Kaveh wakes to being shaken by the shoulder. “Kaveh!”
“Haitham?” Kaveh murmurs, as his eyes adjust to the light. Alhaitham’s face comes into focus, beautiful as ever, even with the concern creasing his brow.
“I finally found you,” Alhaitham says. “I had to—”
Kaveh surges forward and kisses him. Alhaitham is stiff, frozen in place. When he doesn’t reciprocate, Kaveh pulls back. Alhaitham is watching him, bewildered.
Kaveh’s head starts to clear. This is the real Alhaitham. They are not together in real life. All those other lives where they were together were just fantasies Kaveh’s brain made up to keep him from going mad with loneliness. “Oh,” Kaveh utters. “Um. I’m so sorry. I don’t know what came over me.”
Alhaitham surveys him. “I don’t mind,” he offers.
“Can we just… forget that happened?” Kaveh asks.
“…I don’t think so,” Alhaitham says.
Kaveh lets out a long exhale. “Look, it’s been a long few… weeks? Months? I’ve been imprisoned for a long time. I wasn’t thinking clearly. Please, just let it go.”
“You finally kiss me and I’m supposed to just let it go?” Alhaitham asks.
Kaveh blinks. “What… what does that mean?”
“What do you think it means?”
Kaveh growls with frustration. “I’m not in the mood for your games.”
“I’ll give you a hint,” Alhaitham says. “Close your eyes.”
The request is strange, but Kaveh does as he’s asked.
A soft breath tickles Kaveh’s cheek before a pair of soft lips brushes against his own. Kaveh’s eyes shoot open.
“You see, being caught off guard and not responding is not the same thing as not wanting it,” Alhaitham says.
Kaveh’s heart is thrumming behind his ribcage. “You… want?”
Alhaitham’s lips curve. “Yes, Kaveh. I want.”
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