So many flowers

Toruu Oikawa x Hajime Iwaizumi

"I'm here, don't worry," he said as his best friend died in his arms. Alright, let's rewind a bit.

They met in middle school through the volleyball team at Kitagawa junior high. Toruu Oikawa and Hajime Iwaizumi. Both boys bonded with one another over their love of volleyball and their hatred for school. To say their grade we're passing was an overstatement; both boys were only a few points away from failing most of their classes but as long as they were technically passing, they could keep playing. Iwaizumi was constantly helping Oikawa to recognize that it's okay to mess up but that was easier said than done. If Oikawa missed even one set, he would beat himself up for messing up even if his Iwa-Chan still hit the ball. The two of them would stay at the gym until they were being forced out because it was already two hours past closing time and they were still practicing. They would laugh the whole way home and most nights would sleep at each other's houses since they lived next door to each other.

As they got older, Oikawa came out as gay which surprised nobody and everyone was supportive of him. Oikawa was troubled by something though, something he was worried might ruin his relationship with his best friend: his feelings. Since about a year ago, Oikawa had noticed a different feeling when he was around Iwaizumi; still friendship, but something more than that. He tried pushing it away but to no avail, the feelings just got stronger. He tried dropping hints to see if Iwaizumi could possibly be interested, but again, it was no use. Although he didn't have a girlfriend, Oikawa's best friend was most definitely straight. But that was fine, right? He was happy to have his Iwa-Chan in any way possible. And if that meant being just best friends, then that's what they would be.

After a few months of being just friends, Oikawa's feelings were still growing stronger and he was starting to love Iwaizumi in a romantic way. He was falling hard and fast and it was taking a toll on him. His chest was hurting, probably from heartache, and it was getting more difficult to breathe by the day. He didn't understand how being in love would have such a large physical effect on his body. At practice one day, Oikawa had noticed his crush using his shirt to wipe the sweat off his forehead, exposing his toned, muscular body. Oikawa couldn't help but think about waking up next to that body every day and going to sleep with it every night. As he thought about Iwaizumi in a romantic way, he got a sudden pain in his chest that made him stumble into Iwaizumi.
"Hey, you okay there? You look pretty pale..." he asked Oikawa.
"Chest. Hurt. Hard. Breathe." Oikawa hardly got out before falling to the ground and coughing up a green flower petal. It fell to the gym floor, not making a sound but making the silence in the room become deafening. Tears began falling from everyone in the room as Oikawa attempted to run out of the gym but continued falling because of the pain in his heart and lungs. He resorted to army crawling to get out of the building but was stopped by Iwaizumi picking him up and putting him on his back.
"You're coming to my place. I know it's me, that petal was the exact color of my eyes. You already know I don't feel the same way, but I do love you. It's just more of a familial love..." Iwaizumi spoke softly as he approached his house. He carried Oikawa upstairs to his room and laid him down on the bed, taking off both of their shirts. Iwaizumi got into the bed and held his dying best friend.
"I love you, Iwa. I don't want to die, I'm scared," Oikawa whimpered into the love of his life's bare, toned chest.
"I know, Toruu. I know. Just try to breathe deep," as Oikawa followed the instructions, he coughed up more jade and emerald green petals.
"Iwa, it hurts so bad," he cried, "I'm sorry, I never meant to fall in love with you,"
"Hey, look at me," Iwaizumi said as he gazed into the other boys' eyes, "it's not your fault, I don't blame you for this,"
Oikawa held on tight to Iwaizumi as he coughed up multiple flowers. He struggled to breathe as he laid back down onto Iwaizumi's stomach. This continued for a few hours and Oikawa was screaming and crying at the burning, stabbing, and aching in his chest and lungs.
"I can't do this, it hurts too much. Iwa, hold me," he cried
"I'm here, don't worry," he said as his best friend went limp in his arms after coughing up a faded green, almost brown flower.
"I'm sorry Toruu, please come back to me," he cried for hours before falling asleep, clinging to the deceased body next to him the entire night.