Would've if I'd had to, [ he responds, but he knows that the other will recognize the emptiness of the threat. He chuckles, and when the younger's head moves to rest against his shoulder, Kaveh's kisses find the top of his hair instead, buried into his scalp as he sighs his content. ]

No, I just... I know how uncomfortable you would've been in the morning if we didn't get up to clean now.

[ He knows Alhaitham after all, just as the other knows him. He would have been miserable upon waking. ]