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Hairham woke up with two arms around him. It was quite early in morning. He sighed.
"Cyno let me go, I have to get ready", he softly whispered into Cyno's ear.
"Nooo..", Cyno mumbled half asleep.
The arms around Haitham tightened. The General Mahamatra may look weak compared to the Grand Scribe. In reality it was quite the opposite. Cyno was a much stronger than him. He knew that out of first hand experience. He looked back to the past when he and cyno would fight over having different opinions. But that all changed. Haitham always felt a little weird about his senior in the academy even though he was never able to put a label on his feelings.
Until his good friend Kaveh told him "to stop looking after him like a sad puppy and talk to him" and some curse words afterwards. Haitham chuckled at his past self. He remembered the time he spent researching what even love is. He even asked the librarian for help wich had looked at him in confusion. But it didn't matter to Haitham. As long as it wasn't Cyno who caught him reading those books it was fine.
To Haithams demise, the general actually showed up in the library, noticing him. It was quite embarrassing for the Grand Scribe and he hid himself behind the book he had in his hand, avoiding the General for quite a while afterwards.
Though in the moment Haitham still couldn't believe that Cyno, THE General Mahamatra himself would like...no even love Haitham. His face started to heat up just thinking about it.
He put his hands on his face, hiding behind them. He knew that no one could see him blush, let alone the two together in bed.
Haitham's mind wandered again back to cyno, at time of the day they became a couple. Kinda. It was during the the battle against the Golem guard a few months ago. After the fight Cyno was heavily injured. His guard was down when Haitham rushed over to him to treat his wound. Cyno looked at him and said :
"Haitham... are you a thief? "
"General save your energy, the injury is quite ba-" Haitham exclaimed before Cyno interrupted him.
"Because I think you stole my heart"
"General, I don't think it's possible for me to steal your heart without you dying on me", answerd the Grand Scribe, "Look I don't have time for your jokes. I need you to not die here. After all I think my heart couldn't take it."
Cyno looked stunned, his cheeks turning red. After Haitham finished treating him , the Scribe brought Cyno to his tent. After Haitham left Cyno immediately passed out.
In the night, when the others were sleeping the concerned Haitham decided to check up on Cyno and went to his tent.
When he entered, he noticed that there was no one in the tent. He then felt a hard kick on his back making him fall to the ground.
"Oof"
"Oh its just you", Cyno stood there behind Haitham.
"Cyno...what are you doing?"
"Protecting myself from intruders"
"Ah. So by your definition I am an intruder ?"
" you did come into my tent in the middle of the ni-", he suddenly held onto his injured side and let out in a painful groan.
"Cyno!", Haitham rushed to his side worryingly, "Lay down! Your wound just opened you little dessert dwarf"
"What did you just sa- ouch ouch ouch"
"That's what you get for being careless. Don't do that again or the wound will never properly heal."
"Fine..But how should I defend myself if there is a real intruder?"
"If you don't mind, I could stay with you and protect you"
"I would rather die than let you protect me."
"What is that supposed to mean? I am very capable of protecting you"
"Tch."
"Why are you so annoyed all of the sudden"
" Because you are quite oblivious"
"I know you're normally able to protect yourself but let me help you this time."
" I really layed it in front of you and you-..."
"Cyno. I have no idea where this is coming from. But if you are hurt form me not enjoying you joke then I apologise. I never intended to hurt you. In fact I care too much about you. I thought I made that clear while I was treating your injury." Haitham sighed, "Now lay down and let me treat your wounds again"
Cyno did as he was told. He didn't have much energy left to protest. Haitham got very close to Cyno while treating his wounds. The General's body tensed under Haitham's touch. "Relax a bit" he whispered into Cyno's ear. He relaxed a little. After Haitham finished patching up Cyno, he decided to get him some water to make up for the liquid he lost. Suddenly something grabbed Haitham's cape. He turned his head around to see a weak Cyno.
"Please don't leave!" He whispered.
" I would never leave you. But I am getting you some water." He smiled at cyno softly. After he came back with a water bottle in his hand he helped Cyno to drink it. As soon as the general finished Haitham put the bottle down while sitting next to Cyno.
"Haitham"
"Hm?"
Cyno took a huge breath " are you a thief?"
"Again-"
"Because you stole my heart", cyno turned to Haitham and grabbed his hand.
"What do you mean ?"
"Oof." Cyno scoffed," I an trying to tell you that I like you... no I even like you more than anything in this world"
"I...I like you too."
"HUH?", Cyno's eyes widened
" you probably didn't expect that, did you?" He chuckled.
" yeah I didn't expect this..not in the slightest." Cyno admitted. " ....so what now?"
" you should rest now. We can talk about that tomorrow."
" sure but let me do one thing before I go sleep."
"Sure-"
Cyno came closer to Haitham and kissed him softly on the lips. Haitham was quite stunned, but he still kissed him back. Cyno pulled away with a slight smirk, while it was Haitham's time to blush. "Okay now I can sleep peacefully"
Only later has haitham noticed that he was frozen after cyno had kissed him. He watched cyno sleep peacefully the whole night that day. And even now in Cyno's arms his feelings didn't weaken but only got stronger. He loved Cyno more than he could ever describe. His eyes turned heavy and he fell back asleep.
Cyno woke up to Haitham sleeping in his arms. Cyno smiled and kissed him on the forehead. He got up and dressed himself before leaving to the akademiya for important work. Leaving Haitham sleeping in their bed.
The end. Or.... is it?
Bonus ending:
The evening breeze entered Haitham and Cyno's room. Haitham slowly woke up, trying to make a picture from his surroundings. The door slightly opened and a tall figure entered.
"I think he's sleeping" the tall man said quietly.
The man turned to Haitham's closet and opened it, searching for smth. Haitham recognised him.
"Kaveh what are you doing in my room?" Haitham asked while he sat up.
"Oop- you're awake. I definitely didn't want to steal from your secret wine collection. No it would never cross- Ewww oh gods please, cover your chest, it's gross."