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Alhaitham was never a jealous man. He never had the want or need for it. But as he watched you run into the arms of Kaveh he couldn’t help as the feeling rose in him. You were his . Well, not his but at least his best friend. Both of you had met while studying at the Akademiya and he never had fallen faster. Your wit and humour drew him in like a cat with string.
But he watched time and time again as you chose someone else, as you would come back to him months later in a burst of tears over another useless heartbreak. Something that had kept making you think that you were the problem. How could you not see how absolutely breathtaking you were. But it wasn’t like he could just tell you that. You were friends and he was too smart to put that in jeopardy.
He wanted you to find happiness. Hell, he’d kill just to see a genuine smile on your face. But he just wishes you’d find that happiness with him instead of someone else. But for now he’d play the supportive best friend, hoping maybe this time it’d stick for you. It didn’t matter where you were or who you were with, as long as he could admire you from a distance that’s all he could ever hope for.