In Silence, Only the Memory of You Remains. [Haikaveh]

CHAPTER TWO

In the morning, everything went more calmly. One of the nurses woke him up while they were checking him. Alhaitham had already arrived by then, the blonde found him sitting in the same chair, reading. Mehrak turned on some time later, already recharged. She went around the room, scanning and making high-pitched sounds. She seemed very happy to see the architect awake.

The doctor came in to give him a couple of prescriptions. Kaveh heard the first part of what he said, but then he got distracted and stopped paying attention.

After the instructions, he was discharged with the condition that he would return to the city accompanied. In a small box, a nurse gave him the jewelry and accessories that she had taken from him when he was admitted. The blonde thanked her kindly and put them on.

When he was ready, he left the medical center to meet Alhaitham, who was waiting for him with two sumpter beasts at his side.

"it will be quicker to come back like this" or at least that's what the scribe told him to avoid making him feel guilty about the additional expense. He still felt bad, but he didn't want to discuss it either. It took them less than an hour to return to the city, and the blonde was extremely tired. The desert heat had only made his nausea worse, and he couldn't wait to get home and take a shower.

They left the beasts near the entrance and walked the rest of the way. The city was always full of people in the morning, but luckily for them, no one stopped them on the way. Some people just looked at them, whispering among themselves. Kaveh assumed that the whispers were due to the bandage on his head, so he didn't think much of it.

Once in the house, the blonde took off his shoes and lay down on the living room couch, exhausted. The scribe left all their things on the table and went straight to his room, the architect listening to him with his eyes closed. He returned just a couple of minutes later, and the blonde opened his eyes to see that he had only changed his clothes. 

The man approached him with a blanket and told him that he was going out for a while. Kaveh responded with a gentle nod and accepted the blanket with pleasure. Without giving further details, the man left the house and he continued sleeping.

After the short nap, he reluctantly got up and went to take a bath. He smiled placidly as the cold water ran through his skin. It felt so refreshing on his body that he didn't want to leave the bathroom. Kaveh definitely wouldn't go back to the desert for a while, he's had enough adventure for the next three months.

He scrubbed his body thoroughly, making sure to get rid of all the sand. The bandage didn't allow him to wash his hair properly, but he did his best to clean it and get most of the dried blood. When he was done, he changed his clothes into something more comfortable and headed straight to his room to work on some designs, stopping only when his head started to hurt too much. Alhaitham returned home in the evening and, without talking much, they had dinner together. Kaveh refrained from asking where he had gone, although he assumed that she had gone to speak with Lesser Lord Kusanali, as he had agreed with Tighnari. They both ate in silence until the scribe reminded him to take the medicine. The blonde took them angrily, repeating several times that he hadn't actually forgotten about them. Alhaitham just nodded and continued eating.

"How do you feel?" Alhaitham asked him unexpectedly.

"The pills help with the pain, but the nausea is unbearable," he replied with a wrinkled face.

"It shouldn't last long, try to rest until you feel an improvement"

"...Alright"

Kaveh looked away, somewhat surprised by his concern. His eyes inevitably ended up falling onto the scribe's hands, still visibly damaged. He shrunk into his chair as he recalled the way they looked before. His eyes wrinkled.