[There's a bit of a frown on Alhaitham here now at that particular question. Dehya isn't exactly wrong with her guess, but at the same time its not so black and white. And as much as he does trust her talking about his... difficulties, as it were, is still a whole different ball game.]
...I want to be sure that my answer is genuine. [He eventually settles on that particular response after a while. He's always been aware that Kaveh is important and special to him, but he doesn't know if what he's feeling is actually love as people would know it. Is love what causes his chest to turn warm, the reason why he wants to hold Kaveh in his arms and never let him go? Or is it simply nothing more than the result of their present relationship, the years that have led them to something that imitates it? He needs to know, so that he can be certain, and then Kaveh will have no reason to doubt.]
no subject
...I want to be sure that my answer is genuine. [He eventually settles on that particular response after a while. He's always been aware that Kaveh is important and special to him, but he doesn't know if what he's feeling is actually love as people would know it. Is love what causes his chest to turn warm, the reason why he wants to hold Kaveh in his arms and never let him go? Or is it simply nothing more than the result of their present relationship, the years that have led them to something that imitates it? He needs to know, so that he can be certain, and then Kaveh will have no reason to doubt.]