Coughing Up Flowers || pixelshark

Flowers Growing in My Lungs

I USE TRANSLATION!!

Mualani, until I met you, I believed that Hanahaki was nothing but a legend. But now, I feel as if your smile and kind behavior planted a few seeds in my lungs and made them grow and blossom.

「 ❀ 」

Kinich wasn't feeling anything for his first day of college. He had learned to dull his emotions. However, there was one feeling that he was not familiar with and that he could not dull. Love. He had an intense love that he believed was one-sided. This love had become so strong over time that it caused him to cough up the blooming flowers in his lungs. If someone had told him that Hanahaki was real and that he too would suffer from this disease, he would never have believed it. But life always had surprises.

He wandered through the corridors of the university he had visited several times before and made his way to his class. He wasted no time waiting in front of the classroom and walked through the open door. He walked towards the desk where his name was written, his eyes locked on his black shoes. He watched his shoes until suddenly one of them stepped in front of him.

"Didn't you like University?" This voice sounded familiar to Kinich. He couldn't help but wonder if it could be her. He was sure that if he looked up he would see her. His breath was getting short, the flowers in his lungs blooming, making it difficult to breathe. "You shouldn't walk with your head down, come on, have some courage!"

He swallowed, feeling uneasy as he slowly raised his head.

His eyes widened as he looked at the sky blue haired girl in front of him. Indeed, it was her, standing right in front of him with a big smile. She had both hands on her waist. He didn't realize he was examining her until he saw her tilt her head slightly. He quickly turned his head and put his hands in his trouser pockets. He couldn't swallow or speak as if he had a lump in his throat.

His voice cracked, but he could at least say a few words. "How is it now, is it better?"

Damn it, he thought. He had to clear his throat, but he was also trying to hold back his deep cough.

"Oh, wait. Aren't you that boy who came into the shop last month and knocked over all the surfboards?" Kinich didn't expect Mualani to recognize him, and the girl seemed very excited even as she described the accident.

Kinich wanted to shout, he wanted to say that my lungs are burning when you smile like that. He couldn't say it, even though it hurt, he couldn't risk destroying her happiness.

He had to cough. His flowers were lined up on his throat, waiting to come out. He dropped his bag on his desk, shook his head apologetically, and went to the bathroom not far from the classroom. He went into one of the toilet stalls and started coughing. All the flowers lined up in his throat were falling to the ground with every cough. There was someone outside the stall who heard his voice. He was waiting for Kinich, who was completely out of breath from coughing, to come out. So he can check on Kinich. The young man flushed the toilet to avoid leaving a trace behind, and watched the flowers drain away with the water. He was having trouble breathing when he came out of the toilet stall. When he suddenly collapsed to the ground, the ash blonde haired boy waiting outside caught him. As Kinich lost consciousness, the person holding him called out to his friend.

「 ❀ 」

When Kinich woke up, there were three people waiting next to him. The two of them were the ones who held him while he fainted and carried him to the infirmary. The other one is...

What is she doing here? And she's sitting in the chair next to the bed...

Kinich tried to sit down when he saw Mualani, but he reached into the trash can next to the bed when he suddenly started coughing. While he was coughing, he felt a delicate hand patting his back. Kinich knew that this hand belonged to her, and tried to remain calm, waiting for his coughs to end.