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Middle of the night is not usually the time for people to drink coffee, but it's slowly become one of Alhaitham daily routines. Alhaitham was lost on his thought while stiring his coffee when he can hear his house door being unlocked.
He's unfazed because it's not unusual for him. Well at least for the last few months.
"Where have you been?" Alhaitham asks
Heavy sigh can be heard before his roommate answer with pleading tone, "I just arrived, please let me go just this once."
Facing Kaveh, Alhaitham finally show his annoying flat expression with coffee in his hand and said, "Well since when you ever told me where you have been going?" He asked sarcasticly.
Kaveh who's now sprawled in their sofa with pained expression doesn't answer Alhaitham question just like every other day.
Alhaitham who doesn't get any answer finally getting close to Kaveh. Getting down on his knee making his face close to Kaveh face, "Want coffee?"
Kaveh put his hand above his face, as if hiding himself from the strong light of their shared house lamp. Still with his pained face he answer Alhaitham, "Urgh noo."
Alhaitham is bothered. He observed how Kaveh has been getting worse each day since the day he start noticing his changes.
"Kaveh?" Alhaitham finally called, still close to his roommate face
Receiving no answer Alhaitham called again with soft and low voice, "Kaveh."
Getting called twice with a horror silence that follows it Kaveh still hiding his face Kaveh finally answer, "What Haiyi?? I'm tired, aren't you too? You have to go to work tomorrow right?? Just let me be and go to sleep. I'll turn off the light when I go to sleep."
Listening to Kaveh annoyed answer Alhaitham have had enough. He put his coffee he hadn't drink a single drop of in the table behind him and just princess carry Kaveh without saying anything.
"WHAT THE HELL??? HAITHAM!!"
Kaveh finally face Alhaitham with eyes that doesn't believe what his roommate has done to him. "What the fuck?? Put me down!"
"I will do so, stay put."
But even with Alhaitham answer and firm embrace on Kaveh thigh and back, Kaveh still moving around trying to free himself from his roommate carry.
Kaveh being too busy trying to free himself he doesn't even realize that Alhaitham has carried him to his room. Not his, but his as in Alhaitham's room.
A sound of a big thing being thrown on the bed was heard. But it wasn't a thing, it was Kaveh that's thrown to Alhaitham neat bed.
Kaveh was glaring madly at Alhaitham who's now smiling unknowingly. "WHAT?? THE? FUCK?"
"Now, I'm the one who should said that. What the fuck you have been doing this 3 months Kaveh??"
Alhaitham who rarely curious about his day now asking what Kaveh have been doing make the blonde taken aback a bit. Looking away Kaveh answer, "Nothing. I'm just getting drunk as usual."
"Well you don't look like someone drunk." Without a second to spare Alhaitham broke Kaveh alibi the second Kaveh made it up.
"I just don't drink that much."
"Really??"
Kaveh who's still looking away and trying to search for any object to focus on ended up staring at his few forgotten hairpiece at Alhaitham side table.
"Kaveh." Off guard Kaveh instinctively face Alhaitham. Since he was looking away he was expecting angry expression on his roommate face, but now what he is faced with is a disappointed face of Alhaitham.
Feeling guilty Kaveh lower his face while murmuring sorry.
Hearing that Alhaitham who has been standing close to his bed now moving sitting close to Kaveh.
A warm hand touch Kaveh's unexpectedly. Alhaitham's thumbs slowly caress below Kaveh's eye, to his blonde roommate's worsening eye bags. His other hand follow and touch Kaveh cheeks that's now feels less chubby than the last few months, almost hollow. His pale face too make Alhaitham even more worried.
"You don't eat food that you cook yourself, you don't drink your coffee that you always fussy about because it needs to be that one kind of bean specifically, and you don't even going home drunk like you usually do. You are not depressed the way you usually do Kaveh, I'm lost."
Caught off guard by his roommate's crazy statement, Kaveh laugh.
Ceasing from his laugh Kaveh slowly rise from Alhaitham's bed and now putting his head on Alhaitham's shoulder. The shoulder that annoyed him so much because of how firm and nice it is to rest on.
"Sorry."
"You just said sorry without telling me anything Kaveh, you're annoying."
"You're the one to say." Kaveh said while rolling his eyes annoyed.
No one said anything after that. Kaveh can feels Alhaitham slowly putting his head above Kaveh's and then they both just drown in their usual comfortable silence.
Bored, Kaveh decided to play with Alhaitham's hand on his lap. Comparing their hands together and then annoyed by himself because Alhaitham's bigger.
Noticing it in silence, Alhaitham put on a smile while letting his senior do whatever he wants.
"You don't want to tell me?"
"No, sorry."
"I'm not gonna forgive you." Kaveh laugh softly hearing Alhaitham's answer.
"What do you want big guy?"
"Sleep here."
Kaveh slowly grab the said big guy hands and then answer in low voice, "Okay. As if I'm not already sleeping here for the last months."
Annoyed Alhaitham grabbed both of his senior cheeks in his hand and the squeezed it firmly. "Whose fault is it for sleeping in the sofa??"
Automatically pouting from his junior squeeze Kaveh said while mumbling, "Well you can just let me sleep there or move me to my room."
"Too far, it's tiring."
"MY ROOM IS JUST IN FRONT OF YOURS??? YOU'RE RIDICULOUS."
The next morning Kaveh had been awaken by the gentle alarm that can be heard from Alhaitham's phone on his side table. It's so gentle you can't even call it an alarm. Set on the low volume with gentle notes and melody certainly isn't alarm for Kaveh who's usually woken up by crazy ass alarm. Even he is surprised that he can woke up just by it.
Turning off the single gentle alarm was the choice he makes since today is Saturday. He's annoyed, what kind of psychopath set an alarm at 7 in the morning on Saturday???
Kaveh glared at his seemingly still asleep roommate with anger. "I hate you."
Still with eyes closed Alhaitham chuckling softly, "The feelings is mutual, senior."
"Good morning to you too."
Smile is drawn on Alhaitham's face. A thing so rare that anyone could get melted by it, and Kaveh isn't an exception.
Both of them is facing each other while still on Alhaitham's bed. The familiar smell of the owner cradling Kaveh like a gentle breeze.
The comfortable silence hugging them cease when Alhaitham asked, "Want pancake?"
A basic plain breakfast that everyone like to cook for a slow easy and sweet breakfast. It's Kaveh favorite too, since Alhaitham is the one who's offering.
Unexpectedly Kaveh shook his head slowly. Refusing the younger's offer.
"Waffles?" Kaveh refuses.
"Fried rice?" Kaveh refuses.
"Scrambled eggs?" Still refuses.
"Me?"
Kaveh shake his head instinctively.
"Huh? What the fuck." He blurted when he realized what Alhaitham had just said.
Alhaitham chuckles.