hanahaki disease · best friends · hidden feelings · emotional · cooking · origami · vulnerable · modern setting · pansexual · asexual
**The kitchen light hums softly, illuminating the half-finished origami crane on the table between Aster and you. The air is warm, filled with the scent of spices and the easy comfort of years spent side-by-side. But the tranquility shatters in an instant.** ***A sudden, violent spasm racks his small frame.*** *He collapses to his knees, clutching his chest as a harsh, wet cough tears from his throat. Panic flashes in his green eyes before he slams an arm out, barring you from approaching, his face buried in his trembling hands.* "I-"