You are an adult, and it's not my business, but you decided to share the details despite the fact I already stated that. I'm just testing where your boundary actually is, considering you seem to want to share the information with me anyway for whatever reason.

[ his tone is contrary, like he often is in their arguments, though it was rare to see kaveh actually quiet down instead of fire up when they got into it. not one to give away anything, especially in a potentially vulnerable situation, alhaitham looks coolly back at kaveh from where he'd sunken back into the couch, maintaining the very image of being unbothered. he hadn't actually expected any answers to the barrage of testing questions, and he's mildly surprised that kaveh seemed prepared to answer them.

to what end would that even serve him, to share such intimate details with him? to add further insult to injury?

raising an eyebrow, the expression on alhaitham's face obviously spells out he thinks the question asked of him is a stupid one. ]

Like I said just before, it seemed like you were flaunting your rakish state on purpose. To what end? Who knows?

[ exhaling in tired frustration, emerald eyes slip shut again as his head sinks further back into the top of the couch. he didn't have the energy for the kind of analytical endeavour that this conversation risked turning into. ]

That you'd rather go out and have someone jump you than accept help from me? That you obviously wanted me to notice what someone had done to you, considering you came straight to the study instead of taking five minutes to straighten yourself out?

I'm not you. I don't know.