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    Dear Al-Haitham,

    I propose that we meet this Friday at sundown on the southeast edge of the city bordering Avidya Forest. This is a marital engagement. Please come prepared with your sword at the ready.

    With spite,

    Kaveh

    Al-Haitham sets down the letter, letting out a long sigh. After all, isn’t the answer to dealing with domestic disputes not marriage? Isn’t that entirely contradictory to the issue?

    Kaveh sends Al-Haitham martial summons to sort out their issues. Unfortunately, he makes a small error in the letter.

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    31 Jan 2026

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    “Prove it.”

    Kaveh paused. Slowly, he turned around. “What?”

    “Prove that you won’t fall in love.”

    Kaveh tilted his head. “And how do you suggest I do that?”

    “Date me,” said Al-Haitham. “Prove to me that you won’t fall in love.”

    Kaveh keeps getting broken up with and is on the verge of giving up on love when Al-Haitham propositions him.

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    25 Jan 2026

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    A wall of hearts. There was a fucking wall of hearts above Alhaitham’s head.

    He slammed the door shut again and stood on their doorstep, panicking. He didn’t have much time to digest the information before the door opened again, revealing Alhaitham’s confused expression and the wall of hearts above his head.

    Kaveh could do nothing but stare in horror, his face pale and his hands shaking. He took a step backwards, his brain too mushed to realize that there was a step, and he started to fall backwards. He surrendered to his fall, hoping the ground would open and swallow him whole. It would be a better fate than having to deal with the idea that Alhaitham might actually like him.

    Now, he understood why scholars went mad when exposed to forbidden knowledge. He felt like he was going insane.

    Kaveh wakes up to the sight of hearts above everyone's head, a measurement of their affection towards him.

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    25 Jan 2026

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    A month after Alhaitham has gone missing, Kaveh finds a journal when rumaging through his things. The journal is encrypted in an ancient script that few know, and the only reason Kaveh does,
    is because Alhaitham had him learn it during their shared project in the Akademiya.

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    22 Jan 2026

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    “Simple set theory,” Alhaitham says, nodding. “Unless (A) equals (B), set (A+B) will always be smaller than sets (A) and (B) separately. I am aware of that, yes.”

    Kaveh clicks his tongue. “Well, I hope you are also aware that with all these requirements, you don’t get a set (A+B), or even (A+B+C). Yours is a set comprised of the entire Sumerian alphabet!”

    Kaveh has had enough of Alhaitham always loitering around the house. In an attempt to get Alhaitham to go out more often, he jokingly tells him to start dating someone. Much to Kaveh’s shock, Alhaitham agrees—and promptly assigns him as his personal matchmaker. And even though Alhaitham’s requirements for his ideal partner are annoyingly specific, Kaveh refuses to back down from a good challenge. He’s confident in his abilities—that is, until his own feelings start getting in the way...

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    22 Jan 2026