Petals - TodoDeku Hanahaki AU -

Chapter 2

     The petals felt wet and sticky. I tried to hold them in, but they just kept coming right back out. My head was pounding and I was terrified. I didn't want to die.

I tried searching my mind for what was happening to me and I couldn't think of any reasons. This condition feels more of something out of a fairytale.

I got up and looked at myself in the mirror. I looked terrible. My mouth was covered in dry blood and I looked like I had just slept in dumpster.

I cleaned myself up and made a game plan in my mind. I was going to tell everyone I felt sick and then I'll go to Ochako's room and look up what's going on with me! It didn't seem like too bad of a plan in my opinion.

I stepped outside and tried to be quiet and hold in whatever coughs I would have. I made my way over to my bad and grabbed my computer. Sadly, I wasn't as stealthy as I thought I was.

"Hey Izuku! I was wondering where you went." Ochako smiled as she came over. She looked at me and gasped. "Man you look like death!"

"Yeah I feel super sick so I was wondering if I could just go in your room and rest." I smiled and tried my best to look like I was telling the truth. Fortunately she bought it.

"Oh no!! Yeah sure go rest in my room and there's some aspirin in the medicine cabinet if you need some," Ochako said with a warm voice. I gathered my things and walked upstairs. "Feel better!" Ochako shouted across the room.

I was walking down the upstairs hallway when I bumped into someone. It was Todoroki. I felt my face become flushed and felt pain in my lungs.

"Oh sorry Midoryia I was just looking for the bathroom.." Todoroki said.

"Oh it's fine Todoroki! The bathroom is downstairs if you need it." I smiled.

"You can call me Shouto, I mean I think we're close enough for that." Todo- I mean Shouto smiled. I felt my face grow hot and a cough coming on. I tried to hold it in, but failed miserably and coughed into my hands. I kept my hands towards my face so Shouto wouldn't see the blood.

"Hey are you okay?" Shouto said in a worried voice. It was nice knowing he cared.

"Yeah I'm fine I just think I'm catching a cold.. see you later Shouto!" I smiled and quickly ran into Ochako's room.

I have a huge sigh of relief and grabbed tissues and wiped my mouth. I felt like an idiot, but why had the coughing sprung up when I talked to Shouto? I really don't know anymore and everything just made my head dizzy.

I opened my laptop and searched up my symptoms. Luckily they only seemed to fit one category, Hanahaki. I think I've heard the name before, but I wasn't sure. I clicked on the definition.

The Hanahaki Disease is an illness born from one-sided love, where the patient throws up and coughs up flower petals when they suffer from one-sided love.

The infection can be removed through surgery, but the feelings disappear along with the petals.

The Hanahaki Disease is an illness born from unrequited love, where the patient's throat will fill up with a 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 nether options, or the feeling is not returned in time, then the patient's lungs will fill up with flowers, and will eventually suffocate.