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Who: Kaveh and YOU
Status: Open
Where: Surasthana Cafe on Eltrut!
What: The grand opening of a book cafe.
Warnings: God I hope not.

[Kaveh hasn't talked much about what he's been working on for a few months now, because he wanted this moment to be a surprise (and because he didn't want to be scolded for overwork). It has finally paid off, now, with the grand opening of the Surasthana Cafe, just in time for the deep end of the fall season. The cafe is cozily furnished and warm, the smell of lovingly brewed coffee floats through the air, and soft music plays from Mehrak.

Kaveh isn't expecting a huge rush on any given day--this was done for his own sake more than anything, but now on weekday afternoons, the little book cafe can be found and people can stay a spell, enjoying expertly made coffee drinks and some light reading in a ridiculous plant paradise.

If you have any requests for new kinds of books, or wish to purchase various accessories, stop by the front counter! The owner is happy to accommodate you, after all.

ooc: you may also treat this post as a mingle and toplevel accordingly, just mark if you are doing so! Otherwise, Kaveh will be coming for you!]

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Spoiled. [Kaveh huffs, but he's nosing into Alhaitham's hair, nuzzled against then man's temple, as he settles comfortably in Alhaitham's lap. He's glad, in the end, that Alhaitham likes this place so much...it's not their home in Sumeru, but it's in Kaveh's nature to build his love into forms, make it real in his hands, and what better way to love a man like Alhaitham, but build him libraries?

They don't know how long they'll be here. And research is not always a fast thing; Kaveh needs things to fill his time. Something like this...pleases the both of them.]

[Alhaitham hums, clearly too content to deny the allegations, his already warm body made even warmer by the nuzzling that Kaveh is doing to him right now. While its true that this place is at best a substitute for the home they both yearn for, its made far more bearable with the presence of his senior. Home is Sumeru, back in Teyvat, but it is also here, with his senior warm and comfortable in his lap and knowing that Kaveh loves him just as much as he loves him.

He presses a kiss to his senior's neck, the arms around him giving a little squeeze as he settles in comfortably, very much intent on enjoy this moment that they have for as long as possible... or at least until his legs start complaining about having to be sat on by a fully grown man. Kaveh may not be as heavy as him but he's still hefty, alright.]

[Hey, you were the one who wanted Kaveh to gain weight, Alhaitham. Even if he lost most of what he'd previously gained in this world, he's still a tall man, a healthy weight is a lot!]

Do you know what you want for dinner tonight?

[Kaveh's asking mostly idly, more concerned with playing with Alhaitham's hair...truly, this cafe is one of the better ideas he's had, seeing how relaxed and comfortable Alhaitham is here.]

[Well Alhaitham certainly isn't complaining about Kaveh's weight. In fact he would quite like his senior to be a little hefty. It makes him nicer to hold. :)

He hums at the question, thinking about it a little, but mostly he's just as distracted by the feel of Kaveh's fingers in his hair.]

Something with roti. [He eventually does give his answer after a while. But even after having said that, he makes no attempt to move himself or get Kaveh off his lap just yet.]

Really narrowing it down for me, aren't you?

[Kaveh snorts, but he's not going to stop spoiling the man until he's forced to get up. And why should he? He's comfy here, thank you.]

Just giving you options.

[Its an easy refutation, but also one that doesn't have any real heat in it because he is still very much enjoying having his senior in his lap. Kaveh is nice to hold and even nicer to cuddle with. Nice and warm and soft.

He noses at the spot behind Kaveh's ear, planting a kiss there as he hums again, just as content with staying right where he is. Kaveh is here, after all.]

There's a thing as too broad a field, you know.

[Kaveh laughs softly, and presses a mirrored kiss to Alhaitham's temple, brushing his fringe back with his hands to do it.]

Come on, before your legs fall asleep, Haitham.

[It would be easy to keep on bantering with his senior, but he'd rather let himself enjoy the warm press of lips on his forehead, or the fingers the comb through his hair again.

...really, its just nice, knowing that he is able to have this anytime he wants. That Kaveh loves him enough to give him this. The thought of it alone is always enough to make his chest warm.

He tightens his arms around Kaveh when he tries to nudge himself off his lap, humming in a show of thinking it over for a bit before going on to say, with no ounce of shame whatsoever:] Give me a kiss first and I'll consider it.

Consider what, having dinner? Or circulation in your legs, you ridiculous man?

[Kaveh huffs in mock indignation, but hasn't he already taken Alhaitham's face in his hands to kiss him.

Eleven months were stolen from them, for a year back in Sumeru where this seemed like a distant and faraway dream. But here, with the clarity of hindsight, Kaveh can see it; the foundations they'd rebuilt already, pouring new understanding into the cracks that were never really beyond repair as they seemed. There is hope, already growing, a fragile-looking but tenacious weed, and while Kaveh will not let what they know be taken again, there is a comfort in knowing they will not lose each other, not really, because their path leads to this same place.]

[Kaveh's response is more than enough to make him smile, amusement dancing in his eyes, but what is even better is Kaveh acquiescing to kiss him. Alhaitham hums a pleased note into Kaveh's mouth as he kisses back, hands quick to start wandering and touching, a part of him always marveling at this wonderful gift that he is able to have.

He knows full well where they stand back in Sumeru, where everything about this place might as well not even exist. But just like Kaveh he too can see the beginnings of what they've managed to build together here, a love that he will eventually come to discover and learn and then cherish with his entire being. And while he is fully onboard on their search to preserve this memories, he also knows that there is nothing to fear regardless of the outcome of that search; even if the time comes where they have to forget again, Alhaitham is confident that they'll come back to the same place where they are now—together, and secure in the knowledge that they'll always choose each other, no matter what.

A long time passes before they finally part, but even then Alhaitham only gives himself a second to catch his breath before he's leaning back in, clearly trying to push his luck for more.]

[Kaveh laughs against Alhaitham's lips but allows it, giving him another kiss, and another for good measure, before really pulling away.]

Hey, enough. We best get you dinner before you're hungry enough to get cranky!

[Not to mention before Kaveh gets hangry...the problem with being fed regularly is one starts to remember that one craves food.]

[Kaveh isn't wrong with what he says, but until that time actually comes Alhaitham is still far too affected by the inertia of getting up that he would rather stay where he is.]

Hmm... [He gives that hum which has never meant anything good as he runs his both of his hands up each of Kaveh's sides.] Maybe I'll just have you for dinner, then, when that happens.

[He's joking, of course. Probably.]

Keep that up and you're not getting any dessert.

[Kaveh does shiver, of course he does, but of the two of them he is capable of keeping himself on task in the face of temptation! ...Mostly! Kinda!

But food really is important.]

Whatever happened to Mister "I'd expect the top mind of the Kshahrewar to understand the concept of regular mealtimes", hmmmm?

[Kaveh should know by now that such threats are hardly effective on Alhaitham, especially when he knows that Kaveh wants and likes this as much as he does, if not more. It's always a 50/50 chance on who is the needier one between them at any given moment.]

Quoting my own words against me isn't as effective of a strategy as you think it is. [He murmurs, voice low and amused as he shifts, ducking his head to the side to start nuzzling at his senior's jaw.] Besides, a half hour difference isn't that much of a deviation.

[It's also a 50/50 chance on if Alhaitham is really intent on getting some action here, or simply just doing it as a tease.]

And if you'd exercise your patience whatsoever, we could do much better than thirty minutes. Come on, you brat, behave.

[Not that Kaveh can even manage to sound mad, laughter on his lips. Archons, he loves a truly ridiculous man.]

[It's hard to pay attention to anything else that Kaveh says when he laughs like that, so bright and open and free. It's a sound Alhaitham didn't think he would have heard, not so long ago, nor did he imagine himself to fall so deeply in love with it. It's better than any song or melody that he can hear through his earpieces; indeed, Kaveh's laugh is perhaps one of the most wonderful things he can be blessed with, and he'll do anything to keep hearing it for the rest of his life.]

Hmm... [He makes another show of thinking about it yet again, hands gliding up and down his sides one more time before coming to a stop to rest at his hips.] I suppose I can acquiesce, once my beloved senior asks me nicely.

[What Alhaitham means by 'nice' here is entirely up to the other's interpretation.]

Nicely, is it?

[Kaveh snorts, but takes Alhaitham's face in his hands, lifting it up out of his neck to kiss him, nipping just a bit at his lips in a promise of what awaits him if he behaves himself now.]

Would you please behave so we can go get dinner, Alhaitham?

[And Alhaitham, with no ounce of embarrassment or shame, is more than happy to take the kiss as its given, and it goes without saying that he returns it in kind too, wordlessly promising Kaveh back in turn what he will get later.]

I guess, since you asked very nicely. [He says, completely indulgent, giving Kaveh's hips one last squeeze before he lets go so that his senior is finally free to slide off his lap.]

You are so spoiled.

[Kaveh does ruffle the man's hair as he stands up, unable to resist that last bit of teasing, but they have a meal to get to before Alhaitham decides he's feeling particularly capricious, so Kaveh won't push it. Too much.]

Come now, your royal highness, I'm sure you really are getting hungry now.

[Alhaitham simply hums, never confirming nor denying, though regardless of what the truth is it doesn't change the fact that Kaveh is still letting it happen anyway.

..and unsurprisingly it takes a moment for Alhaitham to stand, and then another one for the pins and needles on his legs to dissipate, because Kaveh was on his lap for quite a while and now that he's no longer distracted, his legs are truly feeling the full brunt of having a fully grown man seated on him.]

Have you decided what to eat? [He asks as he holds onto Kaveh after standing up, waiting for his legs to be useable again. No regrets, of course, but it still doesn't change the fact that having his senior on his lap is something that no amount of leg strength can fully work off so easily.]

There's somewhere on the way home that's started making curry, if you don't feel like waiting for me to cook. Or we have enough stuff for biryani at home. Make your choice.

[Kaveh is willing to wait for Alhaitham to have feeling in his legs again, but he does still offer a hand up. He always feels a little bad about it...pins and needles is never comfortable, after all.]

[Alhaitham is willing to suffer through all the pins and needles if that means he can keep having Kaveh in his lap.]

Mmn... biryani. [He decides after a pause. Alhaitham isn't exactly in the mood for being too adventurous today; he knows how Kaveh's food tastes and wants that reliability right now.] We can try the curry another day.

Alright, then. Biryani it is. [Kaveh had suspected as much, but he knows how ornery this man gets if he doesn't get to make decisions, and this one is truly easy enough to give, so why not? Besides, biryani does sound good...It'd go well with some of the wine they have but convincing Alhaitham to let them open a bottle might be tricky. Hmmmm.]

Shadowlily, it's time to go!

[He calls out after a moment, and receives a sleepy 'mrrp?' in response as the dark-colored puddle that is their cat looks up. Truly, she really does take after Alhaitham.]

[There are a few days here and there where Alhaitham is fine with letting Kaveh decide their food for them, but he always appreciate being asked nonetheless. And now that their plans have been decided he can very much feel his stomach catching up to the news now, making a quiet rumble to indicate its readiness to eat sooner rather than later.

With the pins and needles in his legs mostly having subsided its truly time for them to leave now, and Kaveh calls out for the cat, who looks up from where she'd been stretched out on the floor close by. It only takes a moment after for her to get with the program, and then she's up from the floor and trotting over to them, winding around their legs and meowing out her own demands for dinner, which earns a snort from Alhaitham.]

None of the cats back in Sumeru would approve of you at this rate. [The cats back home all hunt for their own food!! They certainly do not get fed and spoiled as badly as this one here.]

Says the man responsible for the strays all hanging around our house?

[Kaveh won't deny he feeds the cats when he sees them, and made little shelters for them from Sumeru's storms, but he knows that the cats are hanging around because of another source of food.

A tall, green-eyed source of food who every single cat in the city seems to adore.]

Come on, come on, I'll feed you both, don't fuss.

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