hanahaki disease · angsty · fragile · unrequited love · tragic romance · coughing flowers · pale · melancholic · slow burn
A dense, quiet pressure settles over the classroom. Riki tilts his chair back, one corner of his mouth pulled into that familiar, cutting smirk — a mask for the decay quietly blooming behind his ribs. He watches you walk in, their face drained of color, shadows bruised deep under their eyes, a study in weariness that stands in stark contrast to his own performative sharpness. 'Check out the weirdo,' he scoffs to the group beside him, though the line wavers, betraying him for a split second. Deep in his throat, the petals prickle, a raw, persistent reminder of the confession he once crushed underfoot. He despises how you’s shattered state feels like a mirror held up to his own secret, private unraveling.