Kaveh's pov:
The sun shined through the window and onto my face. I woke up slowly but never opened my eyes. I had the biggest hangover in history. It felt like a drill was inside my head, trying to find a way out. And the moment I would move my head, it felt like my brain became this 90-pound weight that would move too much and hit my cranium.
Once I was finally able to open my eyes, I opened them slowly, and they weren't even fully open. I saw the walls of the room and the window, which looked nothing like my room, I turned around and felt like I wasn't on my bed, but something even warmer. I looked down and saw Alhaitham on the verge of waking up. I looked down and saw his chest. We were both naked, so there was no hinting at what we were doing last night.
I scrambled in my mind, piecing memories together like puzzle pieces. I remembered drinking with Alhaitham, confessing that I loved him, kissing, a lot of kissing. And then things get blurry. I know that we had sex and Alhaitham making sure I was okay with everything, but that's it.
While I tried to remember everything, i felt some movement, and then a hand running through my hair. I looked up and saw Alhaitham looking at me with what looked like pure love in his eyes. "Did you sleep well?" He asked me while he continued to focus on my hair. "Yeah..." I said quietly while looking away. To his eyes, I probably looked ashamed or disappointed, just anything but happy.
He abruptly stopped touching my hair and put me aside on the other side of the bed. He put sweatpants and left the room, leaving me alone. I stayed there contemplating my life decisions before walking to my room butt naked. My back hurt tremendously, but I faked it until I made it to my room. I put the most comfortable pants I had, which were loose shorts.
I walked out and saw Alhaitham making coffee while he bit his lips with his eyes watering. My heart broke in ten million little pieces when I saw him holding back his tears. I don't think I ever really saw him cry. So, seeing him hold back hurt even more since I was probably the reason. I walked up to him quietly and hugged him from behind, which startled him. "Stop that. Let's go to a cafe together." I said while resting my head on his shoulder. He nodded slowly while he held back his emotions.
We stayed like that for thirty seconds, and then he stopped the coffee machine. "Where are we going?" His tone monotone. "What's your favorite?" I asked him as I leaned on the counter to stare at him. "I'm sorry, Kaveh..." He muttered. His eyes even had this emotionless, even monotone look to them, which didn't help me when I tried to figure out his emotions. Even his eyebrows didn't hint at anything. "Why are you apologizing?" I asked him, and I approached him slowly. He pinched his nose bridge and let out a shaky sigh.
"Last night... we were drunk, especially you. I have a better tolerance than you with alcohol and when you were drunk, I made you have sex with me..." He said with a slight hint of shame in his tone. "Hey... You're saying it like you raped me, which you didn't." I said with a light chuckle while he looked at the ground in shame. I cupped his face. "You do know you didn't like... assault me.... right?"
Alhaitham sighed again and started to fidget. "Well, you were drunk... So you weren't giving your full consent. So technically, it's assault." I groaned when I heard him and buried my head in his chest. "Alhaitham, you didn't do anything of the sort to me. I don't consider it as that. You could've hurt me or not satisfied me, but you didn't do either of those."
I hugged him. "Now let's go to the cafe to make you stop thinking about that. What cafe do you want to go to?" I asked him as he froze from the hug. "Yeah, sure." I stopped hugging him and patted his shoulder. Come on, let's get ready." Alhaitham nodded while he looked at the ground. Once we were ready, I took his hand, and we left. He glanced at my hand almost every second while we walked.
