our akademia days ( Kaveh X Al Haitham)

How we met

How did we meet, well..... I first saw him on my first day back from summer break. He was sitting in a corner reading a book. I didn't talk to him though. I was talking to my friends.
They were telling me about some rumours they had heard about the new juniors. It was your basic stuff couples, break ups, and who there parents where but there was one that was different. They had heard that one of the juniors had a complete breakdown since it was so loud. They laughed about it and then debated if it actually happened since the juniors come in a week before we do to get a feel for the place. They didn't know the guys name though but they thought it was Al Haitham since they heard no one would talk to him. They all hoped they wouldn't get him as a junior. But I first talked to him after I got him as my junior.
Kaveh:"Hey there are you Al Haitham"
Al Haitham:"Who wants to know"
Kaveh:"hey I'm Kaveh I'm your senior, you where told that you would be getting one right"
Al Haitham: " yes , well hello then "
I started talking to him for a couple hours, he was nice to talk to even though he talked even less then he does now. He was small both in height and size I don't know exactly when he started working out but it definitely was t back then and his hair was very short.
When he did talk though it was kinda odd. I mean it was like he was having a full conversation in his head and would only say a small chunk off it.
Kaveh:" Hey how are you today"
Al Haitham:"....."
He would sit in silence, he was clearly listening to you just wouldn't say anything but occasionally would say a random comment
Kaveh:" sorry I'm late I was doing my hair hehe"
Kaveh:"How is your new."
Al Haitham:"your hair is nice today "
Kaveh:"oh umm thank you"
It was odd but you would get use to it but he has seems to have lost that habit since but does mean now he says a lot of stuff that most other people would keep to themselves.
We got very close in those first few months but...
I do wonder how are relationship would have developed if I wasn't going through so much.
What was I going through well ummm.... my mother had just left for Fontaine so it ment I was now alone, it left me a lot of time to think and it was mostly about my father and my friends and made a realisation.
I had realised my 'friends' were not the best people in the world to me, and especially others. They started pulling cruel pranks on people. But I was also thinking off my father.
He once told me that he kept his hair long so that he could keep the happy memories. My mother told me later that he never really believed this he just came up with it on the spot to satisfy my question. But I have kept that philosophy even to this day but I relied on it heavily back then. I hadn't cut my hair since my father died, my hair went down to my butt.
I was kinda blinded by the fact these people had been my friends for as long as I could remember but since I started hanging out with Al Haitham more it made me realise that they didn't really care about other people they only cared about popularity.
The final straw was when they tried to rope me into one of there cruel pranks but this one was on Al Haitham..... they had made some speakers in one of there classes and they where going to set them up in Al Haitham's backpack and they planned to set them off with some loud screaming sounds to see if he was the junior who had that breakdown on the first day I couldn't just sit there and watch them do it and I tried to stop them. They threatened me that if I didn't help we would no longer be friends. I didn't want to loose my friends but.... I'm guessing you have figured out what I chose considering I'm sitting in Al Haitham's house. I cried for days after this.... but then Al Haitham came to see me.
I didn't want to talk to anyone but he insisted. He brought me food and tried his best to comfort me he was no better then compared to now hehe

It may have been the best and worst thing I ever did that night. I have both regretted it immensely but I also was the happiest I had been in a long time soo.... I do not regret what I did but I do sometimes miss it.
Al Haitham:" is there anything I can help with"( clearly feels awkward)
Kaveh: sobbing " ummm I I .... can you grab some scissors "
Al Haitham:" umm I have some in my bag . Do you need to cut a tag or something" hands over the scissors
Kaveh:" something like that " walks into the bathroom
After a few minutes
Kaveh:" Al Haitham~ can you help me"
He walked in and stood there for a minute just staring it made me feel uncomfortable but he did come to help me eventually I don't blame him I did look really different
Al Haitham:" what do you need my help with "
Kaveh: " just fix it please " I had finally stopped crying and gave him the scissors
I think we where in there for about 30 minutes he took his time and was really careful when he was done I looked at all the hair on the floor
It was just hair but it was also like I was looking at all my life's regrets. I couldn't rember the last time my hair was that short....
but Al Haitham did do a good job