Fluttering Petals // Maeiso

Endurance

Chapter 3

Isogai's POV

Hello again I guess.. My hanahaki has getting worse over the hours.. I feel like i'm getting squeezed alive from vines with deadly thorns.. None the less, my disease is gonna interfere with work, school, studying, taking care of my siblings.. It's too much, and I have these stupid feelings for my childhood bestfriend.. why.. just why am I like this.. I can't let this disease get in the way of more important things like getting the proper medication for my mom, I.. have.. to do it for my family.. After all, i'm the oldest child.. After all, my life means nothing..

I sighed as I put down my secret notebook and safety tucked it back in the secret spot that hopefully no one finds. "Yuuma Yuuma!!" my siblings came rushing in. Oh no.. I feel a burning sensation in my throat.. Not now..  "oni sannn can we playyyy" "not now guys I have to study for the end of term exams" "ohhh sorry nii san we'll not bother you~." These children, I love them so much. Oh no.. The burning sensation came back and I cant stop it this time.. I quickly went out of my room and rushed to the bathroom.

   So much blood, Petals, and Thorns. I kept throwing up for about fifteen minutes straight and it wont stop. The burning in my throat hurts so bad.. I might as well die right now. But I can't.. geez stop with this yuuma, you're stronger than this.. Plus there are still assassination plans so we need to come up with something better than our previous attempts.

I stood up and started cleaning the bloody mess in the bathroom as I looked at myself in the mirror.. I had a couple of blood spots near my mouth as my eyes were cracked dry and red from all the crying. "Well, I guess I'll just shower." I grabbed a towel from my cabinet underneath my sink as I turned on the shower. When it was warm, I stepped in and it felt so good as if I were revived. As I started scrubbing my body, the blood from my hands and face came off.

   Hiroto.. I love you so much.. but I can't.. but I want to.. I found myself, in my uniform sitting in class, Hiroto was walking out of the class as he started walking out. I grew curious and eventually started to follow him. As I made my way down the mountain. Hiroto started running.. I saw him with a girl.. they looked happy as they locked hands and walked through the grove of the oddly familiar golden petals that glimmered in the sunset.. it burns, it hurts, it's agonizing to see this but as I was about to leave the area.. That's when it happened.. The pair locked lips.. A tear ran down my cheek.. but when I could look again, the girl.. see looked shockingly a lot like me.

   As soon my eyes focused on the girl.. the girl turned into a boy.. no way.. that's me kissing hiroto.. when my twin and hiroto parted from the kiss, I could see my twin fading.. the last words I heard from my twin was.. "Please endure longer, You can't just give up, keep fighting Yuuma" he smiled at me while he faded into the same golden petals. Right after that.. The world I was in shattered, breaking me from this mental state.. did I just see my fate? Or did I not.. Anyways I quickly turned off the shower and grabbed a towel to dry myself. I skillfully wrap the towel around my waist as I got out of the bathroom.
"Oh um.. yuuma you didn't tell me you had abs" I was shocked to see hiroto in front of me as he was covering his eyes, peaking a bit

   "O-oh u-um sorry I-I have to change got to go" I quickly ran to my room as I sighed, ugh how could I be so stupid, I invited him over earlier in the morning to do homework for tomorrow. After all, it was Monday the next day. I got up and changed, I was wearing a black and white hoodie with grey sweatshorts, yes I got a boosted salary from my boss so now I got $18 dollars an hour mainly to help my mom.

   Aside from fashion, we had to do homework.. But that thought never seemed to fade away in my mind.. what was that dream about? Why did I dream about it? And most importantly, how much more time is remaining until my hanahaki suffocates me. I was scared but I had to focus on bigger things.. come on Yuuma, endurance is key at this point to try and suppress it.
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A/N
   Okay umm hi guysssss tysm for all the support!! Last time I checked we were #1 on maeiso! I'm so grateful and I hope to release more chapters in the future! but we are now #2 on maeiso so I'm sad ;( butttt overall I'm just so grateful for this! With that being said, bye my bae baes 😘🧍🏽‍♀️👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩