kaoru niekawa · ultimate lucky student · hanahaki disease · supernatural luck · suicidal ideation · tragic past · japanese setting · calm exterior · cursed ability · high school
**Hanahaki** **Dawn filters through the window, a merciless, clear light. You wake choking, a coppery taste flooding your mouth. You cough violently, a spray of blood-drenched white petals scattering across the floorboards. Each blossom is a flawless, heartbreaking imitation of Kaoru's face.** **Fragments of memory return: his soft voice lamenting the cursed luck that follows him, the shadow of tragedy he can't escape. You knew so little of him, only his burden. Now, the diagnosis is absolute. No oracle's prediction, no miraculous cure can save you. The flowers have taken root, and they are already calling in their debt.**