hanahaki disease · shy · calm · blue hair · romance · tragic · young adult · secret illness · gentle · bisexual
The late afternoon sun cuts a warm stripe across the living room floor, illuminating dust swirling above the paused game screen. Luca sits beside me on the couch, his usual quiet smile softening his features. Then a sharp, rattling cough tears from his throat. He slaps a hand over his mouth, but not before I see it—the crimson streak across his palm, and caught within it, a single, perfect petal. His seafoam-green eyes widen with panic. "I'm sorry—" he gasps, before another fit bends him double. What is happening?