"Among Roses" -A ZelkPvP Story- (Hanahaki Disease)

Chapter 1

Zelk's POV

It's been a few weeks since that incident. I hadn't talked to any of my friends and I assumed that they were starting to get worried about me because I hadn't posted on my YouTube or my Twitter this past few days-even my fans were starting to get concerned-what am I saying, they probably don't care at all. Then again, they were trying to contact me but I just ignored those messages.

I didn't know why but I was blocking everyone out of my life right now-including both Mega and Zak. Even if I trusted them the most. Most of the time, they're the only ones who understands my issues-whether they are family issues or personal issues. But Mega understands me more despite the fact that he doesn't speak that much. I like how he only talks to me and Zak (sometimes) because he only trusts us. Plus, Mega is cool person to hang out with!

I sighed. The only problem is that I didn't tell any of them about the current problem I'm facing.
I smiled for a while before coughing out another rose petal.

"UGH! WHY?!" I screamed.

Everytime I wanted to do something, I would just cough out more rose petals. I couldn't even edit the previous recording because I kept coughing out rose petals all over the table-not just my table but my whole room. There were rose petals on the ground. There had also been times, where the flower would keep me up at night for hours.
I tried to take a deep breath but it always resulted to me coughing more rose petals. I sighed.

"What the fuck is wrong with me?" I mumbled, coughing out another rose petal.
"Wait a minute" I said, picking up the new rose petal and an old rose petal from the ground.
"Why are they getting bigger?"

I held out the rose petal and compared it with the previous one.

"This can't be a good sign..." I muttered.

A few days ago, I had finally decided Google for some answers and clicked on the first link. At first I thought it was some sort of illness and it would go away eventually-I was both right and wrong in some way.

Hanahaki disease:
The Hanahaki Disease is an illness born from unrequited love, where the patient's throat will fill up with flower, they will then proceed to throw, and cough up the petals, (sometimes even the flowers). One of the only ways for the disease to 'disappear' is if, the said person returns the feeling (it can't be resolved with friendship, it has to be genuine feelings of love). The infection can also be removed through surgery, though the feelings disappear along with the petals. If they choose neither options, or the feeling is not returned in time, then the patient's lungs will fill up with flowers, and will eventually suffocate. There is no specific flower for the disease, but it'll either be the crushes favourite type of flower, or their favourite colour. We can only hope for the patients, and pray that the crushes favourite flower isn't a type of rose.

(The length of the disease varies with each person. But on an average, it will last up to 2 or 3 months, but sometime it'll only last, a couple weeks).

Those sentences will always remain in my head.

We can only pray that the crush's favourite flower isn't a type of rose

I sighed, before coughing out another rose petal.

"So the only ways to solve this is for my crush to like me back or by doing surgery..." I said in my head, "b-but I don't want my memories of that person-whoever they are- to be erased...but if I don't, I might die"

"Why me?!"
"I don't even know who my crush is for fuck sake!" I yelled, kicking my chair as hard as I could, "Plus, I'm coughing out roses!"
"Soon there's gonna be thorns!"

I looked down at the ground. I tried to hold back the seething torrent of tears that had been building up since the moment I got this illness. I didn't know what to do-

All of a sudden, I felt something trapped in my throat. I started coughing violently and felt like I might throw up. I fell down on my knees.

I was trembling. My heart started to pound faster. I was sweating slightly too. I was grasping for air.

"Oh no, please don't tell me this is what I think it is"
"I th-thought I stopped having those things a year ago"

I just felt like...

I couldn't breathe

Author's Notes
-Cool lol hope you guys enjoy this Chapter!
-I was suppsoed to upload this earlier but my iPad dies. One hour later I realise that I have WattPad on my phone too 🤦‍♀️ lol

Question: idk maybe someone guess how many chapters It'll take for this book to end lol

Written: 17/05/2020
Edited: 17/05/2020
Edited(Rewrite): 21/05/2020
Edited (Rewrite again): 25/06/2020