when jisung starts coughing up the petals of daffodils during their world tour, the members of stray kids are hit with heart-shattering news.
gay! straykids! hanahaki!au
it had been two days since jisung had begun throwing up daffodils, and he had been discharged from hospital. since then, he'd throw up a full daffodil at least 3 times a day and flower petals around 5 times. in his opinion, it was torture. yet, despite his condition, he still had to travel to london from berlin with the rest of the members instead of taking time off.
this was because the fans couldn't know about him being sick. why? because the disease jisung has is called hanahaki disease. it's basically when someone falls in love but the person doesn't (yet) feel the same, which causes them to cough up flower petals - sometimes even the whole flower, depending on the severity of the love. if the fans found out about him having hanahaki, there would be chaos.
so, now, jisung walked weakly through the airport. felix wrapped his arm around his friend's shoulder in an attempt to help him walk properly. the elder smiled a tiny bit in gratitude, pulling his beanie further down his head.
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"tell me the truth," chan said to the exhausted boy, who laid on his bed with a cold towel on his forehead, "is it hyunjin?" jisung didn't really have the energy to deny it nor the heart to lie to someone like chan. "am i that obvious?" the leader shook his head and glanced towards the bedroom door.
"no, i just have an eye for spotting when someone likes another person," he replied, scratching the back of his neck, "you pick up on the signals when you yourself are in love." the younger boy knew exactly what he was talking about - chan had liked woojin since their trainee days and he knew the eldest felt the same, but neither of them had the guts to confess.
the blonde closed his eyes and stretched his arms, "i clearly have no chance with hyunjin-hyung, though. for obvious reasons." he pointed towards the bowl on the floor full of daffodils and sighed. chan reached forward and wiped the stray tear that had fallen down his dongsaeng's cheek, cupping his face in his large hands, "don't worry, ji. you'll live through this, i promise."
"how do you know that though, hyung?" jisung retaliated, more salty tears pouring out of his eyes, "the doctors said hanahaki is fatal in almost every single case because even removing it surgically is dangerous! i might as well just make this tour my last ever and end it all afterwards."
"oh, god no," the leader said, kneeling down next to the bed and pulling jisung in for a hug, "you've got to have faith, jisung. don't ever think about killing yourself, okay? no matter what situation you're in, we all have your back."
