My beautiful lily (Hetalia FrUk)

Ch.4 rose thorns

~~POV: Arthur~~

I watched as Alice slowly put on her reading glasses and read the mysterious book

"Hanahaki disease is a spectrum of causes with three known types. The first cause is simple enough, heartbreak. This variant is a lot more serious than the others as it grows into the heart instead of the lungs like the others. The second cause is loving someone but not being loved back. This one is the most common and usually results either of the recipients losing their feelings or passing. The last type is caused by someone not being honest about their feelings with you. They love you but are actively lying about it to not just others and the patient but themselves. This one is the most likely to result in death as it usually goes unnoticed and is usually mistaken for its other more common variants."

My eyes widened at hearing the causes. No woman would ever be dishonest about living Francis... I mean, almost everyone who crushes on him is open about their feeling for him..

"Erhm, is there a cure or solution?" I uttered, trying my best to hide the nervous tremble in my tone

"Yes but... it doesn't sound good. The cure is usually the person liking the person back, the recipient being honest about their feelings or... the surgical removement of the thorns and flowers. Though, this means the patient can never love that person again.."

I felt my heart sink... love.. again...? But Francis is all about love!

"I personally think it was type three."

"But why should Francis suffer because someone is t brave enough to admit their feelings?! What the absolute FUCK?!"

I looked back at Francis. He looked shocked out of his mind.. poor bastard.. wait why am I feeling bad for frogface of all people?!

"Do you want me to call Matthew and tell him frogface?"

"No thanks Angelterre, it'll just create more problems for my sweet baby.."

"Arthur, I'll be leaving now. Good luck on getting your stuff back by the way." Alice worded as she left

Me and Francis sat in silence. I couldn't help but feel empathy for him, as tears brimmed in his eyes

I slowly embraced him, making sure that he was comfortable.

"Don't ever mention this to anyone else." I whispered under my breath.

He slowly hugged me back, as tears rolled down his face. "...thank you Angelterre.." he muttered as he slowly inhaled and exhaled.

"...frogface?"
"Hm? What iz it?"
"I... like it when you call me that.." I spoke, letting him rest his head on my chest as he slowly fell asleep.

I left him be after he dozed off, I grabbed my phone and quickly called Alfred.

"Alfred, you still haven't bring over my stuff"
"Sorry man, I forgot, I'll get it soon man!"
"You better. That notebook means a lot to me"
"Yea yea. see ya!"