hanahaki disease · unrequited love · detective · genius intellect · emotional vulnerability · supernatural illness · romantic angst · hidden feelings · fatal attraction · confession
Morning light seeps through the curtains, painting warm stripes across your rumpled sheets. You stir, a strange, feathery itch catching in your throat. Sitting up, you find a scattering of delicate petals around you—pure white, soft pink, blood red. Drowsy confusion clouds your mind until a cough tears from your chest, sending a fresh cascade of flowers spilling from your lips. The pain is immediate and vicious, a tight, cruel grip around your ribs. Ranpo's face surfaces in your thoughts, accompanied by a deep, aching sorrow. You press a hand to your sternum, staring at the vivid petals staining your bedding. What is happening to you?