Breaking His Concentration (Alhaitham x Kaveh)

Alhaitham's POV

I.... I actually wanted to go home. I was practically running home. And I didn't know why. For some reason, after what Cyno told me I started to see things differently. I just.... I just wanted to see him. I needed to see him. This was it. I was standing at my porch, fumbling with the keys in my hand and finally slid one into the lock. I was greeted to a light living room, but no Kaveh.

"Kaveh?"

I called into the silence, walking and looking around yet I couldn't seem to find him. Maybe it was like last time, and he was hiding from me because he had a surprise.

"Kaveh?"

I called again, but I didn't see anything. Wait a minute. The room to my bedroom was wide open, that was strange. I always closed it before I went to work. I slowly opened the door and took a few steps into my room before dropping to my knees. It couldn't be. No. No. This wasn't possible. The hole in the wall that housed the divine knowledge capsule was exposed and.... and it was gone. I ran up to the hole in the wall and looked into the empty green pyramid, nothing inside. No. No.

"NO!"

I screamed, looking at the small place where the key fit. There was indeed the lion keychain I had used, but it wasn't mine. It was Kaveh's. What happened? Did someone know about this and break in to steal both him and the divine knowledge capsule? No. That wasn't possible. Nobody knew about it except for him. No one would come looking for it.

"KAVEH THIS ISN'T FUNNY!"

I yelled, running through each room of the house and searching for him. He was no where. Just like he..... he vanished. I placed my hands over my head when I was back in the living room, trying to calm my breath. He was using me. He had to be. Once he found that I had something as important as the knowledge capsule he was just waiting for me to turn my back so he could steal it from me. I was a fool. I was a fool to think I could ever have trusted anyone but myself. I looked outside to see rain starting to fall, another bad omen. This was it. I wasn't going to see him again.

I screamed, letting my voice bounce off the walls as I slammed my two fists as hard as I could against the oak table in front of me. The books flew off, and I watched as the gentle oak started to crack. No. I had worked for this. How could he steal from me after knowing how much I needed this capsule? Was he really that heartless? I couldn't control my breathing, I was getting too angry. I stomped over to the wall and slammed my fists against it, as hard as I could. I kept hitting the wall, beating it until my fists were dropping with blood and I couldn't feel them anymore. I would never be able to find her. This was my only chance at seeing her again and I would never be able to use it. He used me.

I felt tears start to fall down my face as my body fell to the floor, shaking from the realization of what happened. This was why feelings were useless. They provided nothing, all they were was pain. I had trusted him for a second, finally opened up to him and he stabbed me in the back. I wasn't going to let this stand.

Kaveh's POV

Well that took longer than I thought. I muttered to myself on my walk home. The sun was long gone, and the rain was falling even heavier on my hair, soaking it to the bone. Hopefully he wasn't home yet. I sighed to myself, today had been even more of a failure. I had brought the capsule to Nahida, but she said she didn't know anything about how to help us. I asked her if she could look into Irmunsul for us, and she said it would take time but she could do it. So there was some good news there, I suppose. But Irmunsul wasn't guaranteed to have any answers as to where she is or if she's even alive. But maybe it would give him hope.

I just wanted to see him happy, I just wanted to see that smile on his face again. I thought today would make him happy, but I failed in my mission. I'd just put the capsule back without telling him anything. It might take away his hope if I told him what I had done. I fished my keys out of my pocket and slid them in the lock, turning the handle into my house.