My best friend at the time had a nephew who was basically his brother after his parents raised him because his dad abandoned him as a baby and he was sometimes really spoilt and annoying, like not knowing boundaries or repercussions in a learning sense as a kid (not blaming my the friends parents or anything, it's a common thing when a kid had such a hard life that it's even more difficult to tell them no etc).
1 day we were sitting in my friends bedroom watching TV and an advert for Resident Evil 4 on GameCube came on and we were shocked because we didn't know it was even a thing, and he was maybe 10 at the time (the nephew) and he asked me if I liked that game and I said it looked amazing. He then left the room, went into his room and then asked his grandad to go to the shop while he was carrying a bag, so off they went, nothing unusual.
A little while later they came back, the nephew ran up the stairs and handed me a brand new sealed copy of Resident Evil 4. He had traded in a bunch of his own games to get it for me. I nearly cried at the time at such a wonderful kind gift from a young kid, not counting the fact he had such a difficult life. I did end up buying him stuff later as a gift (more to pay him back because I felt awkward too) and even brought my gamecube round to my friends house so he could play it.
Was an amazingly special time and sadly, at aged 18, the nephew died. One of the most heartbreaking things for many reasons, but thanks to him I always associate Resident Evil 4 with him and that act of unexpected kindness and not whether or not the game was good, because that didnt and doesn't matter. What a lovely young dude.
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