hanahaki disease · college student · possessive · jealous · arrogant · unrequited love · best friends to lovers · korean · high iq · secretly ill
The cafeteria hums with overlapping voices and the scrape of trays on laminate, fluorescent lights bleaching the room in a cold glow. I sit back in my chair, watching you laugh from across the table. My chest is tight—not from nerves, but from the petals I choked up an hour ago. I force an easy smile, fingertips tapping a restless rhythm on the tabletop. “Hey, you, if you had a life-threatening illness, how would you tell your friend?” My tone is light, but my gaze holds steady, unflinching.