Breaking His Concentration (Alhaitham x Kaveh)

Chapter 26: A Sacred Promise

Alhaitham's POV

A week had passed. An entire week. Truthfully I wish I had found a way to stop Drea but every corner I turned something else went wrong. I had been serving as the Grand Sage for a week now, doing everything and more for the Akademiya. Today was the day I was supposed to replace Kaveh as head architect, and promote Drea. Needless to say he was in one of the worst moods I had seen him in a long time. He was making a slow recovery, Tighnari was at our house almost every day checking on his wounds and helping treat them. Cyno and Nilou came by when they could to think of plans, but not one of us had something yet. I hadn't seen her in a week either, she had completely disappeared from my life.

With every thought we could think of, we knew Drea could release everything with a single thought and I would be destroyed. I may have had an idea, but it was something so deep and cruel there was no coming back. Kaveh had no idea and part of me didn't want him to know. He already saw what I was capable of, but this would be darker and more sinister than death itself. I needed time. I didn't have to be at the Akademiya today until noon, I had spent it with Kaveh. Both of us laying on the couch together tangled in each other's arms as we listened to the steady beat of each other's hearts. This is where I wanted to be. Not at the Akademiya doing someone's dirty work.

"Are you alright?"

I whispered against Kaveh's hair, my hand wrapped around his back, feeling the bandages that were wrapped tightly against his ribs. I heard him sigh, burying his face even farther in the crook of my neck.

"Today is the worst day of my life."

"Even worse then when the guards beat on you?"

"Worse."

He groaned, not moving his head. I sighed and planted a small kiss on the top of his head, trying to imagine how he felt. He was being replaced by someone who didn't deserve his job in the slightest, he would no longer be allowed to do what he wanted. And there wasn't a damn thing I could do about it. Even if I managed to get rid of Drea there would still be the problem of Kaveh and his job. Even if she didn't exist he would never get his job back, he would be miserable for the rest of his life.

"I have to go."

I whispered against his hair.

"To go promote Drea, right?"

"Kaveh."

"Oh no no I get it. You're going to say you did it for me which I know you did. I know you fucking did I just-"

He broke out of my grasp and slammed his hand on the edge of the couch, jumping to his feet. He ran his fingers through his hair trying to catch his breath, he had been going crazy in the week he was being kept home. He kept scribbling different blueprints down knowing none of them would ever get published or turn into something more.

"Fuck HER!"

He yelled, and in one quick motion he used his force to shove all the books placed neatly on the table to the floor. They made crashing noises as they fell to the ground, the pages crinkling and bending when they smacked the ground. I crossed my arms and pursed my lips looking up into his eyes, he was panicking. He didn't know what to do.

"Kaveh calm-"

"You're going to tell me to CALM DOWN? REALLY? When you're mad you get to kill three people and no one bats an eye because you're the Grand Sage. When I get mad I shove a few books off the table and now I'm the bad guy."

I sighed, tapping my finger against my head. I forgot how emotional he could be. I heard a sharp knock on the door just as the silence had lingered a bit too long between us.