Poisonous Petals | BOYF RIENDS

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"M-Michael?"

"I-I'm sorry, Jere. I-I didn't w-want you to be mad a-at me..."

Michael sobbed as Jeremy lowered himself down to Michael's level.

"Michael, why would I ever get mad?"

"I-I don't know, I-I j-just thought that-"

Michael choked on his sobs and sharply inhaled, triggering another cough attack. A small bit of petals and blood escaped his mouth. Jeremy quickly grabbed a towel from the nearby cabinet and lifted it to clean off Michael's sweater.

"J-Jere-"

"Shut up, I'm just cleaning you off. And I'm scared that if you talk you'll start hacking up a lung or some shit like that."

Michael kept silent as Jeremy carefully finished cleaning up and lifted Michael to his feet.

"You can walk, right?"

Michael silently nodded, but his stance wavered a bit. Jeremy bit his lip and sighed. He slowly wrapped his arms around Michael's frail body and lifted him bridal style.

"J-Jere-?!"

"Calm down, you can barely stand. I'm going to get you to your room, okay?"

Michael said nothing as Jeremy walked out the bathroom and towards his room.

Michael felt terrible. Not just from how drained and sick to his stomach he felt, just in general. He gasped slightly when he saw a small flower bud behind Jeremy's ear.

'When a person is close to death from the Hanahaki Disease, a flower will grow behind the person they love's ear. It will grow larger the closer the diseased person is to his or her death. It will be fully bloomed when the person has died from the disease. The only way to rid of the flower is to either have emergency surgery or the person with the growing flower falls in love with the person with the disease.'

[short chapters are cool right]