Hanahaki Disease (Sokka)

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"This place is huge!" I gasped, looking at the beautiful structures in the Northern Water Tribe.

"Pssh I still think the Southern Water Tribe is better." Sokka said defensively.

"Well I still think it's beautiful." I smirked.

"Do you know what else is beautiful?"

I held my breath in, is he going to say me? Ever since I met him at Omashu, I wanted to get closer to him, and even date him.

"The Moon." He replied, making me drop my smile.

As he said that a boat went by, it was a girl with glistening white hair in it with some other people. I saw Sokka staring at her.

"Wow.." He said in amazement.

"Yeah...woohoo." I rolled my eyes. I saw Katara walking with Aang so I went over there to them. Secretly getting my heart broken.

"Hey Y/n, I'm surprised you're not over there with Sokka." Katara laughed.

"He's romanticizing that one girl over there." I crossed my arms.

"Oh she's the princess!" Katara exclaimed.

I frowned. "Right."

I didn't say much after that. I ended up getting lost in this big village. I couldn't find Aang, Katara, or even Sokka. He's the last person I want to see. The sky was getting darker, I shivered and hugged myself.

I found my way to this big ceremony thing. I saw Katara, Aang, Sokka and the princess sitting next to each other. None of them even bothered to tell me. I wished I never left Omashu.

I made my way over, the only seat that was open was next to Sokka, so I mistakenly took it.

"So...you're a princess right?" Sokka smirked.

"Yes I am." The girl giggled. "And I don't think I met you before?"

I turned my head and saw that she was talking to me.

"I'm Yue."

"Y/n. Nice to meet you."

"Anyway back to me," Sokka started. "I'm sorta of a prince myself at my village."

"Oh really?" Yue giggled.

I felt a tickle in my throat, I coughed into my hand and gasped. A flower was in my hand with some blood. I quickly hid it away. What was that?

Sokka and Yue continued to talk. I felt an overwhelming feeling of jealousy and sadness. I liked him since the day we met, and we were super close together. But now, he's falling in love with a princess.

"Hey, are you okay?" Katara asked me. I shook my head yes.

"Yeah I'm fine, why?"

"Well you coughed up a flower. You do know what that means...right?"

"Uh no?" I nervously laughed.

She looked at Sokka and then Yue. "Sokka can you leave?"

"Katara i'm trying to do something here." He whispered yelled.

She glared at him. "Just go."

"Ugh fine. We'll talk later." He winked at Yue before walking away.

Katara grabbed my hand. "Hanahaki Disease, have you heard of it?"

"No. I mean I heard the word before but never knew what it meant."

"I don't know how to tell you this but...you have it. And it means that somebody who you like breaks your heart. There's more than just to that but that's the short answer."

I picked my nails. "So how do I get rid of it?"

"The person who you like has to like you back, or you die if it's too late." She whispered the last part. I looked away from her, shaking my head.

"No that can't happen, he likes her not me."

"I don't know what to say. I'm so sorry." Katara tried hugging me but I pulled away from her, standing up and leaving the table.

It's all his fault. If he wouldn't have lead me on then I wouldn't be like this. I coughed again, more flowers and blood was in my hand. Why me?

I decided to walk to the place we were staying at and just going to bed early, if I don't die.

I opened the wooden door and got taken back by who it was, Sokka was in this little house we were staying at.

"Oh..hey." I said, hugging myself.

"What did Katara want?" He asked.

Before I could say anything I coughed violently into my hand so he wouldn't see the flowers and blood. I gasped for air, clutching my chest.

"Whoa are you okay? Do you need to go to a healer?" He asked me, but he didn't get closer to me to help. He was still staying near the window, he didn't show any care at all.

"I'm fine." I said with a raspy voiced.

"Oh, well alright. I'm going to talk to Yue." He patted me on the back and then left. Leaving me all by myself.

I sat on the edge of this bed, trying to catch my breath. It was getting harder and harder to breathe. I felt extremely tired and closed my eyes, is this my last breath? My last moments of life?

Why did I fall in love with him? That was a stupid move. I didn't have strength to cry or do anything, just breathing takes a lot of energy.

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I woke up coughing violently, almost waking up everybody in here. I saw blood and flowers everywhere around this bed.

"Y/n!" Katara came over to me.

"Is that flowers? And blood?" Sokka said wide eyes.

I gasped for air, I could hardly breathe.

"Everybody leave." Katara said, holding my hair up and out of my face.

"But-"

"Go." Katara interrupted Sokka.

She turned to me as I coughed up some more flowers.

"I'm so sorry Y/n." Katara rubbed my back.

I couldn't speak, I was still gasping for air.

I pointed to the door, I wanted Sokka with me. I know that he doesn't like me, and that he's killing me. I just want to lay in his arms.

"What is it?" Katara said.

I laid down on the bed, pointed to the door again.

"You want somebody? Who?"

I tried to speak but couldn't, I mouthed Sokka's name, even though it hurts me more.

Katara didn't fight with me, she knew it was my time to go. And I knew that too.

She left and minuets later Sokka came inside. Having a blank expression on his face.

"Katara told me what's wrong. I did this?"

I didn't do anything, just still trying to breathe. He came closer to me and sat on the bed. Not even looking at me.

"Last night I realized that I liked you. I just like the attention I was getting from Yue because it was a new feeling. I know that was stupid of me and now you're dying. I wished I said this sooner, I love you." Sokka said, still not trying to look at me.

But it was too late, I coughed up a flower again, and I couldn't take in a breath.

I slowly suffocated in my own loneliness.

*requested*

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