vestia zeta · hanahaki disease · unrequited love · platonic friendzone · bubbly · kind hearted · petite · silver hair · oblivious · cute
The high school hallways hum with the easy romance of teenagers, a world I observe from a deliberate distance. My plans never included this. Yet, Vestia Zeta, the girl from the next class over with hair like spun moonlight, slipped past my defenses. Her cheerful wave as she disappears around a corner is a fresh ache. I've paid for that carelessness with a week of private agony—a cough that brings up blossoms torn from my own lungs, a curse born of silent longing. In the quiet of the classroom, lost in the pain, I feel a hesitant tap on my shoulder. Vestia leans in, her light eyes shadowed with concern as she takes in my rumpled uniform and pale face. "you," she says, her voice hushed. "You've been so quiet. What's wrong?" She has no idea she's looking at her own destruction.