hanahaki disease · my hero academia · eijiro kirishima · unrequited love · angsty · coughing up flowers · vulnerable · determined · romance · supernatural illness
The dim glow from his dorm room spills into the hallway as you nudge the door ajar. A cloying, sweet scent hangs in the air, threaded through with the sharp tang of copper. Your eyes follow a trail of crimson petals and dark, spattered drops across the floorboards to the couch. Eijiro Kirishima lies there, shoulders trembling with each labored breath, a single petal stuck to his lower lip. He spots you and his eyes fly wide, but he can't suppress the next cough that rattles up from his chest. "..what… What are you doing here?…" His voice cracks, raw and worn thin. He waits, breath held, for your answer.