~❀ Hanahaki disease ❀~

~ part 13 ~

(a/n: sorry it took so long!)

We walked in to the waiting room and Kaito sat me down in one of the chairs and then went over to the front desk and started to talk with the lady at the front desk.

He came back about a minute later and sat down next to me. "we're in room 3... we're just a bit early, so we'll have to wait a bit." "w-wait, you've already got an appointment??" he smiled a bit and leaned back in his chair "yeah, I called them yesterday, so everything's all ready" I stared at him, shocked "but that costs money! I-I can't just let you pay for me...!" he looked over at me "it's seriously no problem, just don't worry about i—" "Aiko Fukui?" I flinched a bit. Kaito was cut off by the doctor calling from the entrance to room 3 "ah, that was quicker than I thought..." Kaito smiled a bit and got up. Gesturing for me to too. I stood up next to him and we walked in.

We both sat in the two seats that were there for patients and then the doctor started talking. "so... which of you is Fukui" "ah, t-that's me..." I looked up a bit and the doctor looked at me seriously. "it says that you're here for supposed hanahaki disease...?" he was staring right at me and i kind of froze up. Luckily though, Kaito spoke up for me, pulling my hood back to reveal the flowers dotted down the side of my face. "yeah, my friend here has been coughing up blood and flowers for the last couple of days and it's getting a lot worse" the doctor's face went grim and he just stared at the flowers for a bit "...you should've come sooner..." I looked down, wondering what to do "y-yeah... I'm sorry about that...." The doctor sighed and looked away at his computer, typing something up "sorry, but with how much it's developed... all I can do is write you a prescription for the pill and recommend you a surgeon..." "...don't bother with the surgeon...i-I won't be having surgery to remove it...." He turned to look at me again questioningly "...you do know that if the other cure doesn't work, that you will end up dying, right?" I nodded and Kaito turned to stare at me, wide-eyed. "what!?" I didn't react and he turned to look at the doctor "sir, sorry, but what's the other cure??" he looked at Kaito, with the same straight face he'd been using the whole time "do you not know..?" stupid question "y-yeah..." "well, this disease is caused by unrequited love. The way to cure it that doesn't include surgery is for the one that the patient loves to feel the same way..." Kaito paled and stared blankly at the doctor "....the one he loves...?" he turned and looked at me, seeming confused "yes." The doctor printed out a piece of paper and then handed it to Kaito, who took it and started to read it over "this printout contains the specifications of how to cure the disease, it should be helpful to you both..." he then printed out another piece of paper, signed it, then handed that to me "this's the prescription for the pill. Take it to the front desk and the staff should have some..." I took it and he sat back down "that's all I can help you with for now, please take care" Kaito bowed solemnly and then grabbed hold of my hand "thank you for your time sir, you've been a great help..." Kaito was talking formally... he hasn't ever spoken like that before... my thoughts were suddenly cut off by Kaito pulling me through the exit. I quickly bowed to the doctor and then we headed to the front desk. Kaito was quiet the whole time. I got the pills and he just waited, reading the sheet the doctor gave him until I was done.

We walked back to my house in complete silence.

Kaito's face was blank. I couldn't tell what was going on in his head. He didn't speak to me, but walked with me all the way back to my house. It seemed like he was in some sort of trance.

He stayed like that until we arrived at my place, when I turned to face him before walking in "....Kaito?" he seemed to immediately snap out of that 'blank' state he was in, and looked down at me "y...yeah?" "...I'll, uh, meet you at school tomorrow..." "right." His answer was kind of blunt, and he still seemed a bit dazed. I smiled a bit to him, confused, but trying to reassure him. I'm sure that he's like this because of me, it's probably my fault. i turned and then walked inside, closing the door behind me and, as soon as it was closed, leant against it and fell limply to the floor, sighing. Kaito didn't leave right away, I heard his footsteps leave about 30 seconds after I went inside. I simply sat on the floor, leaning against the door with my knees tucked up against my chest, my head resting on them.