|| Rebuilding Your Heart ||

meeting declined

"You seem a bit tense, any reason for that?" Alhaitham looked down at [Name] who in turned clenched her papers in her hands tightly, "You'll ruin the papers if you hold them so tightly [L/Name]," they were at work again, and [Name] was nervous to show off some of her finished sketches to Yae Miko waiting for her to enter through the doors.

"I stayed up for nearly a whole week, sketching and reading, I can hardly even stay awake right now..." Alhaitham frowned, "What if we just got someone else to present the ideas then? You can rest and eat then join the meeting if it still is going on?" [Name] shook her head, "I need to be the one to present and talk with the ideas that I have in mind, if not, then who? No one else knows anything besides me, you, and Kaveh."

Alhaitham was about to reach out to them before his hands hovered, "Is it alright to touch you?" [Name] turned to look up at him, her concerned and tired eyes, looking a bit confused. "Sure?" And with that he placed his hands on her shoulders lightly rubbing, "You're so tense [Name], you need to relax more..." [Name] let a sigh escape her lips, and honestly his hands felt good rubbing her shoulders.

"Maybe you could get a few days off and go to a spa or something," [Name] frowned as she placed her papers on her desk, "After this meeting... Maybe I'll take a few days off, but who will take over?" Raising a hand to tuck a stray piece of hair behind her ear, Alhaitham's eyes softened as she leaned into his hand enjoying the warmth. "I will, and so will Jean and Lisa, they are the most reliable to help."

[Name] under normal circumstances would've blushed and been flustered at his actions, but now she were too tired and wanted to sleep more than anything in a warm bed. "Thank you Haitham..." She smiled just as the door opened and the two turned to the door, to see Raiden Ei, and her wife Yae Miko. "Well, this is a surprise, you and your assistant? This'll make a good story."

Ei sighed, "Do not apply real situations to your novels Miko," The pink haired lady frowned playfully, "So mean Ei," [Name] turned her chair and faced the two women, and Miko frowned at her tired eyes. "I thought I told you not to overwork yourself [Name]?" She shrugged as she held out the papers to the woman, but Miko shook her head with her hands gently pushing the papers back to the young CEO.

"As much as I would like for you to present them and your ideas... I would rather you be well rested and actually able to keep your eyes opened [Name]," Ei frowned as she crossed her arms looking at her wife then [Name]. "As much as this would put us behind a bit, I fully agree with Miko," [Name] frowned as she looked down at the papers with small tears gathering in her eyes.

"I-I worked really hard, please, just look at them!" Yae Miko frowned as she shook her head placing her hands on her hips, "We're no declining them [Name], just please, get some sleep and we can ask you for another meeting in a few days, okay?" She looked back to her assistant who nodded agreeing with the two women, and [Name] frowned before letting a sigh escape her lips as she blinked away her small tears. "Alright... I'll make sure to take a day or two off, before our next meeting."

Miko smiled as Ei let out a sigh of relief, "Take two or more, one day is not enough to rest, trust me dear [Name]," [Name] nodded as she moved to place her sketches in her lower drawer, before sighing as she two women bid her farewells. "I think I might pass out Haitham," she muttered as soon as her door closed. "Well, let me at least take you home then?"

"How's Kaveh doing with his project?" Such a quick change in topic, Alhaitham frowned as he watched her stand up from her desk and move over to the couches. "He said he's almost done with the floorplans; he said by the end of this week he'll show you." [Name] nodded as she got comfortable on the couch, curling up after she kicked off her shoes. "Wake me up in an hour, or when my next client comes in, okay?"

Alhaitham nodded as he moved to slump down in her seat behind the desk, he knew she wasn't going to wake up anytime soon, and he knew he had to take over for her. It's only been a few minutes, but she were already out like a light. Then someone entered the room, it was a blond woman, and a light brown-haired woman.

"Jean, Lisa, over here," the two turned her head towards the male, and moved to the desk, "We need a bit of extra help these next few days, [Name] has been over working again, and so she's  going to take a few days off," The two women nodded, and Alhaitham looked down at the papers, "if we need sketches done, we'll call Albedo from the museum, and maybe Ningguang and Kaeya for their tastes in fashion..."

"Alright, that's it, I'll hand off a bit of paperwork to you two, then we'll all leave for the day seeing as it late," The two nodded and collect some papers from the male before she left. Alhaitham looked down at his phone before shooting his boyfriend a quick text. His eyes trailed over to the sleeping CEO and let a smile dance across his lips before snapping a picture of them and sending it to Kaveh.

As soon as the picture was sent, his phone buzzed in his hand, so he quickly answered it while moving away to look out the window to look over the city. "Yeah Kaveh?" "One why are you snapping picture of her without her consent, and two, why is she sleeping in her office?" Alhaitham hummed, "She's slept so little this past week, she over worked herself, again, and now she's just resting, anything else?"

Kaveh hummed, and Alhaitham could hear some scribbling on the other line, "Poor thing... Is she okay now at least?" Alhaitham looked over to them as she shuffled around on the couch, "Yeah... what do you want for dinner?" Kaveh hummed on the line in thought trying to rack his brain for anything, "Why not just come home and bring [Name]? I could make something?"

Alhaitham huff in annoyance and frowned, "Wouldn't that just put you behind with your work?" The grey-haired male could feel it in his being that Kaveh rolled his eyes, "Don't roll your eyes at me, I know you." Kaveh sputtered words and Alhaitham smirked. "Alright, I'll be home in an hour, make sure you take breaks, and don't burn yourself accidently when you cook, okay?"

"Alright Habibi, see you later," Before Kaveh could hang up, "Wait Kav," he heard his boyfriend hum, and Alhaitham could feel his heart hammering against his chest as his ears burned. "I love you Kaveh," now, that was a first in their relationship, Alhaitham saying I love you first? It made the architect's heart flutter and soar. "I love you too Haitham." 

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me and my demons just know haitham's face doesn't blush, but his whole body does; ears, neck etc. 

me and my demons also know kaveh is the prettiest mf in the whole damn universe like tf???