The friend who never flakes slowly turns into furniture. Notice them before they move out.

Reliability has a cost nobody warns you about: the more dependable someone is, the less they get thought about. The friend who always answers, always turns up, never makes a thing of it, slowly becomes part of the room. You would notice their absence instantly, and yet whole months go by without you noticing their presence.

Name the most dependable person in your life and do something with that name this week. Not a grand gesture. Ask them a real question, or tell them plainly that they are the one who always shows up and that you clocked it. Dependable people almost never get told.