Five Rupees

My friend owed me ₹5.

Not ₹500.

Not ₹50.

Just ₹5.

I reminded him about it for almost two years.

Every time he saw me, he'd say,

“I haven't forgotten.”

One day he suddenly gave me ₹10.

I said, “I only asked for ₹5.”

He said,

“₹5 is the money I owe you. The other ₹5 is for all the reminders.”

We both laughed.

I still have that ₹10.

Not because it was valuable.

Because somehow, ₹5 became one of our longest-running friendships.