The New RFA

Hanahaki AU

- Jisu is dating Eunha

- Iseul loves Eunha, causing him to die of Hanahaki.

-Hanahaki is a fictional thing that people can have due to unrequited love. It makes you cough up flowers until it consumes you and you die.

-Areum has gone insane. She hallucinates and cannot function without Jeaki watching her.

-Eunha visits Iseul's grave all the time.

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Yellow pedals fell from Iseul's mouth as he coughed them up violently. On his hands and knees, he stared down with tears in his eyes, knowing what it is. Hanahaki is well known and very common, usually developed when one has unrequited love for another. He hated himself because while Eunha is having a good life with Jisu as her girlfriend, he's over there dying slowly because of it. Can I get anymore selfish?

He tried to stand but couldn't. How long has he had this? It must've been months but he could always stand back up. Is... Is this it? Is this when death comes? No! It couldn't be! He can't die at the hands of Hanahaki! He heard there was surgery and had an appointment scheduled for next week! He can't die now! That didn't stop the flowers from coming even more rapidly, blood accompying them this time, painting the yellow flowers in a brilliant red as his vision started going black and his muscles stopped holding him up, relaxing as his body started to shut down.

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Laon ran as fast as he could, the pavement under his feet wearing his shoes thin and his heart feeling as if it would give out. He kept Jisu on the other line of the phone, intent on making it to her before she took her life.

"Jisu, just stay there! I'm going to be there real soon, okay?!" Laon said, his breathing coming in pants as his speed quickened, rivaling the man's speed who held the world record for fastest man alive.

"I'm at fault... Iseul died because he love Eunha but I was her girlfriend. I should die too. I indirectly took his life so he should indirectly take mine," Jisu said, her voice staticy as it came through his phone. It was soft and quiet, almost as if she were being respectful of the dead.

"No! You're wrong! He would be dead anyways! The Hanahaki illness goes with unrequited love and Eunha doesn't even like boys! It's all his fault, not yours! Sweetheart, please!" Laon shouted.

"I love you. I'm gonna miss you," His heart dropped as he heard the endtone of the phone. He pushed his body even harder, sweat making his clothing cling to his wet body. His heart was beating rapidly as his breathing came in and out of his lungs unevenly. He felt like he was going to puke. He called her again and again with no answer and was almost ran over a couple times. Finally, he made it to her home. Not caring if he wasn't allowed in the girl's dormitory, he busted through each set of doors that was in his way as he ran to Jisu.

"Jisu!" He nearly screamed her name as he pulled open the door, it seeming to going off it's hinges. He found her on her bed, her eyes blinking as the few ounces of consciousness was slipping from her. He acknowledged the bottle of sleeping pills and sat her up, tears streaming down his face as he tried to stick a finger in her mouth, desperately trying to make her puke it all back up. "Come on, Jagiya, please!"

He felt the bile on his finger as he pulled it out and got her to double over. Its... It's not enough... She couldn't have puked enough up to save her life! "Jisu, sweetheart, please wake up!" Laon said. Her weak voice had said something but it was too small for him to hear. "Please stay alive until I can properly take care of you!" He started promising her everything under the sun as he called for an ambulance, his voice almost unintelligible due to his crying. He held her close as he yelled at the operator to get an ambulance there quickly.