Bother Me Again He wanted silence. Fate gave him Kaveh. Alhaitham is known across Akademiya Institute as cold, distant, and impossible to read. He doesn't care for small talk, dodges commitment, and keeps his world comfortably quiet-even if it means every fleeting relationship leaves behind a little more emptiness. Solitude is easier. Controlled. Predictable. That is, until a new freshman named Kaveh bursts into his life-loud, expressive, and unapologetically warm. The last thing Alhaitham wants is a roommate who talks too much and shines too brightly. But as days bleed into nights and arguments turn into moments of understanding, something begins to shift. Maybe silence isn't all it's made out to be. Maybe being bothered isn't the worst thing after all. (Some walls aren't built to last. Especially when the right person keeps knocking.) "He's the storm I never asked for... and the warmth I never knew I needed." - Alhaitham. art work by: Og7eVOq1rgMigYi on x

When Kaveh's voice is mysteriously taken from him after a harrowing desert incident, his world begins to crumble in silence. Haunted by memories he can't fully understand and burdened by secrets he refuses to share, he finds himself entangled in a quiet battle against his own predicament. Alhaitham, his Insufferable and Irritatingly logical roommate, becomes his unexpected anchor, helping him navigate this new reality while struggling to understand his own deepening feelings. Was his need to protect Kaveh driven by affection? Or was it simply the desire to keep the one constant in his life intact? Art by: @snifflesmp4