Desires Of The Heart

Chapter 25

"Damn. Where did he escape this time?" Amethyst, the vice-president of the school clicked her tongue as she noticed the stacks of paper waiting to be signed. She sighed and left her bag in a desk.

"Tyler?" She turned around to face her childhood friend.

"Hm?" He looked up from the book he was reading. He is currently the business manager of the student council.

"Can you check the left pile on President's desk? I have to hunt him down again." She scratched her head. He tried to hide the blush forming in his cheeks by standing and turning away quickly. She got confused by his behavior but waved it off as she has more important things to do.

Amethyst grabbed her earpiece in her table and wore it on her ear.

"President?" She asked. Static noises could only be heard from the other side. "Llousander Walxt." She repeated.

A few seconds later, a female voice answered.

"Are you Amethyst?"

"Yes I am. Who are you? And why do you have President's earpiece?" Her eyebrows scrunched up due to confusion.

"Onii-sama is currently-" Shuffling noises could be heard "-knocked out."

"Wait, what?!" Her eyes went wide with surprise. Different scenarios flashed in her mind but Llousander getting kidnapped was the most likely probability.

"Can you please come over? He did something that would cause a lot of headache if left alone." She could hear a sigh on the other line. Amethyst quickly stood up.

"Where are you going?" Tyler just finished transferring the pile of papers to his desk.

"Saving the idiotic President of ours." She rolled her eyes.

"Do you need help?" Worry laced in his voice. She flashed a smile and shook her head.

"Now, where are you?"

~•~
Amethyst certainly did not expect the scale of the destruction. Half of the forest were burning in flames.

She hastily covered her nose when a putrid stench entered her nostrils.

"What is happening here?" She saw three figures in a clearing and headed towards them.

"Finally!" A young girl aged 12 looked at her with relief in her eyes.

"Who are you?" Amethyst saw the president leaning on a tree and hurriedly rushed to him. "What happened here? Did demons attack you?"

"Nothing of that sorts happened. My name is Zackaya. The sleeping figure is Ignis, Onii-sama's spirit."

"Ignis?! He's already home?!" Amethyst loosened her hold on Llousander and his figure fell on the ground with a thump.

"You know him?" Zackaya asked. "Anyways, it seems that he arrived and Onii-sama immediately assaulted him. The poor fire spirit retaliated and Onii-sama had hit his head in a nearby tree losing consciousness in the process."

"President assaulted him?" Her eyebrows scrunched up in confusion. "Must be one of his welcomes." Zackaya kindly left out the part when Ignis panicked and burned the nearby scenery. Luckily, Midnight somehow arrived on time and doused the fire.

"Poor Ignis." Amethyst toward the fire spirit and messed his hair. "Thank you, Zackaya."

Zackaya yawned and rubbed her eyes. "I have to go. My afternoon nap got delayed because of them. Take care of them!" She walked away from the clearing.

"What am I supposed to do with you?" Amethyst sighed and called Tyler.

"Tyler?.... I'm fine.... Yes... I found him... I need your help... Thanks!"

Amethyst smiled to herself when she suddenly felt the urge to cough. Her eyes went wide with surprise. She coughed up a single, bloody cherry blossom.

~•~
Time Skip
A month later

Amethyst ran in the hallways of the school. The urge to cough made her grit her teeth as she dragged her sore legs who were in the middle of giving up.

Her uniform has splotches of red and her hair is caked with blood.

Curious gazes and wide eyes were turned towards her direction. Many tried to help her, yet she ignored them.

Amethyst stopped in her tracks when the urge to cough resurfaced once again. Blood trickled down her lips.

With great difficulty and pain, she coughed out cherry blossoms.

"Amethyst!" Tyler ran towards the bloodied girl. He knelt in front of her and lifted her head up. "Are you okay? What happened? Who attacked you?"

"Tyler?" Amethyst looked to the worried face of her childhood friend and smiled.

"I need to get you to the infirmary. You look horrible!" He hurriedly grabbed the earpiece from his pocket and wore it on his ear.

"President. I have a favor to make."

"Tyler?" Llousander's voice connected. "What favor?"

"I need to use magic."

"For what reason?" Llousander replied.

"I need to save someone." He lifted the girl into his arms, taking care not to hurt her further.

"Granted. Take Amethyst to the infirmary immediately." His firm voice gave him adrenaline and used wind magic to speed up to the infirmary immediately. One look at her face made him grit his teeth for not being able to protect her.

"Everything will be fine Amethyst. Your strong enough to brave this right?" She weakly smiled. 

"Don't worry too much Tyler. This is nothing." She cupped his face and wiped the tears from his eyes. "You're crying. I thought that grown men don't cry."

He weakly smiled in response and slammed the door open, startling the occupants inside. The nurse widened her eyes and immediately transferred her to an empty bed.  A weak light emanated from her hands as she tried to calm the ragged breathing of the patient.

"Tyler?! Is she okay?!" Llousander opened the door and immediately headed to his side. "Chelsea told me. She reported that someone was leaving a bloody trail in school. Kyle reported that it was Amethyst basing from the concerns of the witnesses."

"She was coughing out blood President." He replied, digging his nails on his palm. Llousander looked immediately to Amethyst and his eyes widened at the flower petals on the floor.

"Tyler, was she coughing out petals?" Tyler nodded. "It's too soon." Llousander scratched his head.

"Too soon for what President?!" Tyler looked pleadingly at him.

"It's too soon for her to die! I did not calculate that it would happen so fast!" 

"What about her President?! Tell me!" Tyler shook the shoulders of the shocked boy.

"She has a serious case of Hanahaki disease!"

A/N: The Hanahaki disease is purely fictional XD  But! It is a disease commonly used in fanfictions. I have read one before, and I got tempted to write one on my own.

Question:

What do you think is the Hanahaki disease about?

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