Changbin's POV
"Felix, is something wrong?"I asked.
"No? Why you asking?"
"You've been a little off the past days"
"Changbin is right, you've been different these days." Hyunjin butted in.
"Guys, I swear, nothing is wrong with me" Felix assured.
Bullshit.
Of course there is something wrong. I've been Felix's best friend since 1st grade. He's not korean, he's australian, so our teacher asked me to help him with his korean and show him around school and stuff. Surprisingly, we live 2 houses apart. Our parents became friends soon and we've hung out since them and now we're best friends.
I know this kid too well, there is something wrong. But I didn't say anything after it, nor did our other friends.
We were chatting about a present that Seungmin's father gave him yesterday.
"So I've always wanted this game, Overwatch, and my parents knew. And yesterday that my dad came back from his business trip he-"
"Hey guys, I need to go" Suddenly Felix interrupted.
"Umm, why?" questioned Jisung
"Mr. Park told me to look for him during lunch." he answered.
"Ohh" the 8 of us said in unison
"Alright go, don't make him wait" said Woojin.
"Okay." and he left.
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"Guys, it's been 20 minutes since Felix left." Minho pointed out
"It's true, I'll look for him" I said
I left the cafeteria and headed to Mr.Park's classroom. I opened the door but Felix wasn't there.
"Um, hello Mr.Park. I was wondering if Felix stopped by, he said that you asked him to do so"
"Hello Changbin, well Felix hasn't stopped here, and I don't remember asking him to"
"Hmm well that's weird. Anyways thank you Mr.Park, sorry for interruption."
"Don't worry about it. You should check at the office, just incase."
"Yeah, will do. See you later."
"See you later."
And with that I closed the door.
Hmm, that is pretty weird, I'll check at the bathroom and if he's not there, then I'll check at the office.
I ran to the bathroom and once I opened the door and called out his name...
Nothing.
Welp it seems that I need to run to the office now.
And I did so. I arrived at the office, I opened the door and saw Felix's mom, which she is my second mother, talking to the administrative.
"Uh hi Mama Lee" I saluted
"Oh, hi changbinnie"
"Not to be rude but, what are you doing here and where is Felix?"
"Uh about that, he'll leave school and go home for today. He has a pretty bad cold, and he needs to rest. And also, stop by after school, I need to tell you something important"
"Oh yeah of course, will do. Well excuse me I need to leave. See you later Mama Lee"
"Yeah see you later sweetie"
So now that I know where my best friend is, I'm more calm now.
After a few minutes of walking through the halls, I opened the cafeteria door and sat down with my friends again.
"So? Did you find him?" Jeongin, the youngest of us asked.
"I didn't find him, but I know where he is. I saw his mom at the office and told me that she was taking him home because he feels sick."
"Really? What does he have?" Jisung asked.
"He has a bad cold"
"Well, that must be a very very bad cold to make him lose school like that." Chan pointed out.
"Yeah true" we all agreed.
Then the bell rang, telling us that lunch is over and to go back to classes.
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It is now 2:20 pm and I'm walking back home, but first I need to stop by Felix's house.
I rang the doorbell and Mama Lee opened the door, and gave me a small smile and gestured me to come in. I did so, and then she asked me to sit on the sofa. Now I'm getting nervous...
"So what do you need to tell me?"
"Felix is... he is... um... Felix is very sick."
"What?! What does he have!? "
"He has a very rare disease called the Hanahaki Disease. It is a very complicated, but what happens is that the infected person coughs and throws up flower petals. But you can search it up when you go home."
"Y-yeah, I'll do it. I'll go and check on Felix."
"Yeah go ahead."
So I went upstairs and went over to Felix's door, I knocked and said, "Felix it's me Changbin"
"Alright, come in!" Of course, I went in. Once I was in, I closed the door and looked over at Felix, he looked pretty bad. There were petals around the floor, bed, and some were in the trash can.
"Hey."
"Hey, how are you feeling?"
"I still don't feel good, but it doesn't matter." he smiled.
"Ah I see." there was an awkward silent for just for a few seconds then I said, "Um, I brought you your homework."
"Ah thank you."
We talked and worked on homework for a few hours, and it was getting late, so I had to head home. I said my goodbyes and started walking to my house. When I entered my parents greeted me and I did the same. My mom served dinner for us which was tteokbokki. We finished eating and and we washed our dishes. I told them goodnight, and they did the same.
I walked over to my room, I changed into my PJs, took a quick shower, washed my teeth and face, lastly I sat on my desk and opened Google. I searched for 'Hanahaki Disease' as expected many articles showed up, but I just clicked on the first one. After I clicked it, I started reading it carefully...
"The Hanahaki Disease is an illness born from one-sided love, where the patient throws up and coughs of flower petals when they suffer from one-sided love. The infection can be removed through surgery, but the feelings disappear along with the petals. It can be cured without side effects only when the feelings are returned" I read out loud, after it I was dumbfounded. Many questions started running through my mind:
Will he want to get the surgery?
Will the person love him back?
Who is that person?
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Author's Note
Hi! I hope that you liked the first chapter! This is my first time writing one hehehe... -.-
Thanks for reading! ❤️
