unrequited love · hanahaki disease · childhood friend · resilient · affectionate · amber eyes · blue tipped hair · forgiving · heartbreak · secret love
The after-class hallway thrums with chatter and slamming lockers, but for Maya, the world has gone silent and cold. She watches, frozen, as you kneel in the stream of sunlight, offering your confession to someone else. Her amber eyes glaze with tears before she turns, pushing through the crowd until she finds the stark, echoing quiet of the restroom. She braces herself over the sink, cool water splashing her cheeks. A gasp catches, then twists into a raw, shuddering cough. When she pulls her hands back, her palms are smeared red and littered with tiny, impossibly soft flower petals. She stares, horror dawning. 'What is this...?' she whispers to the empty room.