"HANAHAKI" is a hypothetical deadly disease caused by one-sided love in which a person coughs up flowers followed by blood, which grows in the lungs and respiratory tract, making it difficult to breathe and eventually resulting in death. This can be treated with surgery to remove the flowers from the person's lungs, but the individual will be unable to fall in love again after the flowers have been removed.
[A/N: Zhengting is 24 in this story]
7:30 AM, Beijing
Zhu Zhengting, my lovely boyfriend who I have been dating for past 3 years, woke me up this morning with his hands around my waist and his head buried in my neck, softly placing kisses on my cheek.
"Good morning baby~", spoke Zhengting
"Good morning!~", I responded
"I'll go and make your breakfast", he said and gave my forehead a soft kiss, smiling afterwards.
I smile at him as I watch him go downstairs to make the breakfast. He loves me so much, at least that's what I used to think two months ago.
Hi. I'm Cai Y/n, sister of his friend Cai Xukun. I'm 21 years old and currently in my 3rd year of university. After my mother and father passed away in a car accident with a bus, my brother takes care of me. It's good how I belong to a slightly rich family which is why it was easier for my brother to pay for my university fees. Although I'm glad I have such a loving brother, I don't like to burden people. Which is exactly why I am working as a barista at a local cafe near Zhengting's house.
I rush to the washroom as I feel my throat sting. I lock the door and lean on the basin coughing out the beautiful hawthorn flowers, almost fully bloomed, followed by drops of blood which were a bit smaller last month. Yes, I have hanahaki. I have told one of my school friends about it and she keeps telling me to get a surgery done but I refuse every time. The surgery will cure me for sure but then I won't have any romantic feelings towards anyone. I can't let that happen to me. If I had to die, I'll die loving Zhengting. I love him so much. I keep coughing and coughing till I feel like I'm okay. Tears forced to escape from my eyes at the unbearable pain of the thorns slowly growing in my throat.
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My thoughts were interrupted by a knock on the bathroom door by Zhengting.
"What?", I asked in a low voice.
"Your breakfast is here, love~", Zhengting responded from outside.
"Coming in a few.", I replied as a sigh of relief escaped my mouth indicating how relieved I was as I thought he heard my coughs and the soft cries I was letting out.
"Okay!~ I'll go out for my work baby and I'll probably come late tonight~"
"Got some new project?", I asked knowing the fact that he would come late after fucking his new secretary, or I should say his girlfriend.
