It was 3 am in the morning when Kihyun woke up to a sharp pain in his chest. As he was running to the bathroom, he coughed and the floor was covered in red petals.
"Who's there?" Kihyun heard a voice ask. He instantly recognized that the voice belonged to Minhyuk.
"It's just me hyung."
"What's all this on the floor - Kihyun, are these from you?" Minhyuk asked.
"I'm fine. I have this under control. Just pretend you never saw anything."
"That's all?" Minhyuk looked wrecked. He had his fists clenched tightly to his side and tears dripping from his eyes. "How could you ask me to just – to just watch you die?"
Kihyun paused. Minhyuk looked genuinely shaken, trembling visibly and crying, eyes glues to the petals on the floor. "Minhyuk," Kihyun's voice was gentle when he spoke and he grabbed Minhyuk's wrist. "I'm not dying."
"Who - Who is doing this to you?" Minhyuk asked.
Kihyun stopped for a moment. How was he supposed to answer I love you but you're kinda killing me? "That's not really important." he quickly answered. "Help me clean this up."
Minhyuk knelt beside Kihyun and swept up the petals with his hands.
"Roses are your favourite flowers right?" Kihyun asked.
"Huh? How'd you know?" Minhyuk asked.
Kihyun laughed. Minhyuk was clearly oblivious to what was going on. "Just a lucky guess."
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ballad of flowers / changki
Fanficif only my unreciprocated love would cause me to throw up flowers, you'd wake up to a garden and see the beauty of the pain you've caused. or In which Changkyun and Kihyun face the consequences of bad timing
