Several days went by and Zassain adjusted with Dylan. He is now more and more comfortable with him. Cassian is sure that he will not receive another roommate like Dylan in the entire college.
Aside from that, the professors provided for research based projects individually. Cassian has got a topic of psychiatry. This topic is very complex. It has the study of Effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy in treating PTSD. Which is an psychological topic and it varies from person to person.
Cassian is sure that this will take more time than he is willing to give. He will first have to know this topic thoroughly, than collect informations, and lastly made a ppt presentation which will provide him a 'A'.
He cannot help but think about it seriously because they will get points accordingly which will add to their finals. Result is important. And an perfect result is even more important. Since he cannot avoid this in any cost he will it all he could and try to maintain a balance study time too.
He smoothly planned a new sroutine which includes most of the time to the research and than the studying. He hardly has any time for proper sleep but he can't only do anything only adjust. This is the story of most medical students who are pursuing doctor as a profession.
The next day when he was freed from the classes he went to the library and took out few books which relates to the topic accurately. He also carried his note making copy for the research and started to notes down all important details.
Chronic pain is persistent pain lasting longer than three to six months, often beyond the normal healing time. This can affect quality of life, mental health, and daily functioning. It can lead to disability, depression, and anxiety.
It also states that Effective chronic pain management often requires a combination of pharmacological, physical, and psychological therapies. Things like these makes the research more complex. It means Cassian will have to study all of them.
He got busier day by day. His eyes slightly paining and his diet also got out of his normal physic. The dark circles are too evident. Yet he didn't missed a single class and followed the routine back to his room strictly. He fears that if he slack off even a little it means that he will waste time. Which is equal to failing in both the project and his normal studying.
Nonetheless, this scene was not taken by Dylan. He constantly saw him sleeping late and waking up early. He also noticed his workload these past days. He doesn't go for breakfast and dinner as usual yet he also didn't had anything to eat. At this rate he will faint on the spot. It's been a week with his new routine.
Dylan cannot take it when he saw him going in the washroom to wash his face thrice. He said, "You got assignments?" To the person who is wiping his face in the towel.
Cassian nodded his head, "Yes, it's a research project." Saying this he went down to his seat before the thick mount of books and his bulging note copy.
Dylan asked, "You aren't eating dinner today too?"
Cassian shook his head. Dylan nodded and left the room. Cassian found the other person very talkative today. In other days he will do his work and won't say anything. But this was also not too extreme and he forgot about him soon.
Having said that, why Cassian felt irritated is still unknown. The questions were too normal and not at all can be consider provoking. Dylan just asked two sentence and no more. He on the other hand didn't even bothered to reply him with words and just moved his head. Thinking this he suddenly felt depressed. Than his focus was lost. He cannot go on. His fingers gripping the pen with too much force that it is paining. Yet his mind if still not moved. He than waited and thought to apologise to Dylan.
Relardless of how his thoughts wandered Dylan came back soon. He still has his previous attitude of a silent and peaceful person. Cassian was about to open his eyes when this person who should be taking of his jacket to sit and study walked to him instead. He looked down at his eyes and placed a hot dinner before him.
"this.." Cassian was slightly shocked and looked up at Dylan. His previous words of apology disappeared. Instead it was replace with shock and something else. A kind of happiness, satisfaction or a comfortable feeling. Cassian doesn't know but he is silent.
Dylan said, "A dinner for you. You should eat." He than started taking his jacket off before sitting down to study. Cassian wanted to thank him and aslo reject but smelling the fresh smell he felt his stomach protesting. He felt embarrassed and his ears turned red. He hurriedly looked towards Dylan and saw him looking at his own notes and sighed in relief.
"Thank you very much." His voice low but genuine. Cassian saw him replying with , "En." Than he slowly opened the package and started eating. It was tasty. Maybe because he hasn't had any decent meal these past days. This meal even though not meat and all veggies is still too delicious.
Dylan heard him crunching the vegetables and wating slowly. Even his chewing sound is his liking. He slowly turned back and saw Cassian facing him his back but his ears red. Than Dylan looked at the front and his lips slightly hooked into a real smile. And this time he didn't turned stiff after realising. Instead he is all happy to know Cassian liked the dinner.
Cassian was also in deep thought. He was never given such kind of help before. Even though he never had that kind of situation, he can never think of something like this to happen. He is happy. His heart content but there is something else that he overlooked.