What defines the bond of a brother?

Do you think only DNA defines the interminable brother and sister Bond? Of course not! The things that describe this bond is unconditional love, lots of care and them always having your back.

I have one special person like this other than my own brother, who is my 'go to' person whenever something bad happens. I could've called him my best friend but it somehow feels doing injustice to the amount of love and care he has for me. This story is his.

We were in the same school from grade one but the thing that is unbelievable is we never spoke. In grade eight we happened to be in the same class and one of my friends told me that he had a crush on me! Now this was the first time I'd been told that someone liked me but I was crushing on someone else from a very long time and there were zero chances of me liking him back. It was until then when he texted me one day on Instagram after we had finished our 10th asking, why  I hadn't followed him back,  that I discovered it was all lies and that he never had any crush on me! Lol. That was such an embarrassment. That's how it all started! We soon started texting everyday and discussed everything from crushes to cuisines, from school days to college, from dreams to destinies, basically everything. We got closer when we cheered for different teams in IPL (I'm a CSKian and he, an RCBian. Ugh  I don't know why)! We fought like no one but little did we know that would only end up bringing us closer. We also got to a point where my parents thought he was my boyfriend because we texted all day! It must be hard to believe after this that we still hadn't met each other in person after school but still shared the strongest Bond one could ever do, only over texts. (The first time we met was when we joined the same tuition in 12th).

Our school had this practice of celebrating Raksha Bandhan every year (a festival among Indians where sisters tie Rakhi to their brothers and the brother would promise to always protect her from anything bad in the world and give her a gift too, to make her smile) where girls tied rakhis to guys and they gave chocolates in return. My mum was against this. She believed rakhis are supposed to be tied to only those who deserved it but I never understood her theory. To me tying rakhis in school meant chocolates and because everyone did, I didn't want to feel left out so I never listened to her. But now, probably after having met him, I've realised what she had meant.

As a kid I'd always wanted an elder brother to whom I could go to whenever 'bad' guys teased me so that he would go and smash their faces for troubling his little sister. Yes, I do have an younger brother but he is naive for this so I can't expect this from him. 

It's been two years that this special person and I have been sharing the most beautiful connection ever. Any bad day? I text him and I am fine! Upset? I talk to him and suddenly  I'm laughing my ass off! Broke up? He listens to me narrating the whole shit, patiently and then makes me believe in myself again. Whatever I do, wherever I go, whoever I meet, he needs to know! It is said that your lucky if your best friend becomes your boyfriend but it's even more better when that best friend is no less than a boyfriend and more like a brother.

Last year during the time of Raksha Bandhan I'd found someone who deserved my Rakhi and to my surprise mom didn't say a word unlike in school when I said I wanted a Rakhi for him. She knows what we share. He fits perfectly into the "dream bro" place I'd imagined as a kid - Shreeshail (his name). I tied him Rakhi which looked gladdening on his hand and Shreeshail officially became my elder brother. He gave me a beautiful candle as a Memento (picture below) of our first Raksha Bandhan celebration. He came as a candle in my life, to lighten up my world with whatever light he had. I know I have him during any phase of my life and it's a great feeling. I have not one but two brothers and I feel blessed.