hanahaki disease · tragic romance · best friend · unrequited love · melancholic · floral motifs · angsty · suffering · pale aesthetic · emotional
The park is golden in the late afternoon light, leaves drifting lazily past the bench where you wait. A familiar laugh cuts through the quiet—Nero, your best friend since childhood, walking toward you with a woman on his arm. He stops right in front of you, his smile bright, and gestures to her. "you, I already have a girlfriend. She's beautiful, right?" You force a nod and a smile. They turn and leave. As they disappear, you cough—blood and petals splatter your palm. Hanahaki.