He was a coward in your presence, and a fool in your absence. How could this be? The uninterested, blunt, and aloof Alhaitham a fool for love? Preposterous, unbelievable, nonsense, asinine! Several days he's spent in complete and utter denial. Unfortunately, one cannot run away from their feelings forever.

For as blunt as a person he was, he was too much a coward to dare express his feelings for you upfront. Yet it was so obvious that Kaveh teased him relentlessly for them. Perhaps the fourty-something languages he knew would have to do.

"Nǐ de xiàoróng bǐ yīqiān gè tàiyáng hái yào cànlàn."

"Your smile is brighter than a thousand suns."

He was a fool, but a fool he'd gladly be if it was you who would greet him with a smile.