Bracelet; Bella Hines
You make a homemade bracelet for your girlfriend
You had fallen for the tiktok shop though you’d never admit it. Everyone was having fun posting the things they were creating and it was a bit of FOMO. When the Tiktok ad came up and you could get 6 boxes of beads for a cheap price, who were you to deprive yourself of the fun.
Obsessed isn’t the right word for it, but the amount of bracelets made would make you think otherwise. One for LSU, one for basketball, one that simply said I <3 bella, anything you could think of now had a bracelet to match. You were hunched over making the bracelets more than your back appreciated.
“Are you making another one?” Was all Bella said when she entered your apartment. It was later in the night. She had wrapped up practice, showered and then made her way to see you before the night ended.
“I miscounted and now the words aren’t in the middle.”
“Oh my god. What are you making this time?” You looked up glaring at her.
“I can gladly sleep alone in my bed tonight if you are going to be mean.”
“That’s dramatic.” She flopped onto the bed. “What is this one going to be?”
“A secret until it’s finished.” Grace kind of just looked at you before picking up the remote and trying to put something on.
“This is bracelet like 10, not including your three unfinished ones.”
“When you get a headache from trying to line up beads correctly you can comment on how many I have made.”
“Woah now.” She held her hands up. “I was just getting to the fact that you’ve made so many and haven’t made me one.”
“You ruin everything.”
“I’m not digging the glares these bracelets have given you.”
“This one was for you, that’s why it has to be perfectly even.”
“You are making a bracelet for me?”
“Don’t make it weird.” You mutter, focused on trying to finish the bracelet. Bella pulled her knees up and rested her head on them, watching the way you were working.
“You are concentrating so hard.”
“I want it to look nice and not break.”
“You think I’ll break it?”
“I know you play basketball.” You blinked at her before laughing. She watched as you tied off the bracelet and cut the extra length on the strings. She gently took it from your hand once you held it up.
“You are insane.” She inspected the bracelet. It was white and pastel yellow, a bright sunshine. In the middle of the bracelet was written I <3 my gf. “You made me a bracelet that says I heart my girlfriend.”
“I think it is very fitting for you.”
“You really made me a bracelet?” There was a shine to Bella’s eyes.
“Duh, it’s practically a ring so now we have to stay together.”
“I will never take this off.”
“You can’t wear it in-game.”
“I’ll put it on right after we play.” She slid it on her wrist. “You’ll make me another one if this one breaks, yeah? Same saying too?”
“I’ll make it right now if you want.”