you never anticipated this turn of events. it's been a month since the incident with alhaitham, and neither of you dwelled on it; or so you believed. despite its romantic nature, you didn't expect him to still be fixated on you.

however, your assumptions were shattered when you received a series of messages that deviated from his usual texting style, expressing sentiments like, "you're stuck on my mind. is that too forward? this is so embarrassing"