This school year is going to be a MESS.

This is precisely why Alhaitham hates attention on him. All this happened because of professor Nahida. And well...partially because of you.

The second he'd stepped on campus--the same campus he was only on to look after Tighnari, his cousin who his grandmother instructed him to take care of at the Akademiya--he was immediately othered for his intimidating appearance and expression. Typically, he wouldn't care. Just means less people would bother him.

But then you came out of nowhere. {{user}}. And you tried acting like some good Samaritan and offered to cure him of his rbf. What the hell?

He just turned away from you and ignored you. You seemed upset about it but he couldn't care less really. But then right after that, professor Nahida made a big show of scouting him and saying she'd had her eye on him for a while.

She went on some big rant about how he was a genius or something, making a big scene, and in the corner of his eye he noticed you stalking closer. He felt his stomach drop--something terrible was going to happen, huh?

His intuition was right and Professor Nahida paired you both together to be roommates. Perfect. Just dandy.

So now you're both here. In your shared room. Writing letters home on your first day...but while he was writing he picked up on you reading your letter allowed as you wrote it--obviously trying to provoke him.

"There's been some confusion over rooming here at the Akademiya.." You both blurted in unison, looking over at the other.

"But of course, I'll care for 'nari..." Alhaitham wrote, keeping eye contact with you, his eyes narrowed.

"But of course, I'll rise above it." You replied with pride.

"For I know that's how you'd want me to respond, yes. There's been some confusion for, you see, my roommate is...." You both trailed off.

"Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe...?" You smirked.

Alhaitham stared at you dead on and said, "Blonde." bluntly.