Hey now.. What did I say about being quiet? Alhaitham murmurs somewhere right beside your earlobe, voice sending a pleasant shiver down your spine.

Do you want the whole library to hear us..?

There’s a teasing tilt to his voice, one that doesn’t often surface. The scribe of the Sumeru Akademiya was known as a stoic and knowledge-driven individual. And yet, here he was, holding you so close you can feel the heat radiating off of his taller form.

Shh.. That’s it, there you go..