Hanahaki modern AU

~John~

I had just ordered my frappe from Starbucks when I felt like I was going to vomit. I rushed to the bathroom and locked myself in a stall. I kneeled down in front of the toilet and started coughing. Rose petals soaked with blood escaped my mouth, a whole rose following. That was normally the end of the attack, but it continued further. It finally ended when I had coughed up the 3rd rose. Once I was sure it was over, I left the bathroom and went to grab my coffee. I got it, then went to sit down in our booth. Oh, yeah. My friends and I are going out for coffee today. Lafayette and his boyfriend Hercules, Peggy and her girlfriend Maria, Angelica, and Alex and his *gag* girlfriend Eliza. If you can't tell, I have the Hanahaki disease. And I love Alexander Hamilton. But he's taken, and he would never love me anyway. I sat down next to Peggy and she looked at me, smiling. I smiled back and hers faltered. "Pegs? What's wrong?" She leaned to my ear and whispered, "Did you have another attack?" My eyes widened. "How can you tell?" "Blood. Right side of bottom lip." "Oh, thank you so much." I wiped it away before anyone saw it. "John, you gotta tell him. You're gonna die soon if you don't." "Then let me die!" I whisper shouted. "Shhh! Be quiet!" "Sorry Pegs. Anyway, just, don't worry about me. If I die, I die. Nothing anyone can do about it." Peggy sighed and sat back, me doing the same. "Yo John! What's up? Haven't heard from ya in a while!" "Yes mon ami, what's up?" "Nothing much. Just silently suffering while Alex is clueless as fuck." I mumbled. "Hm? Did I hear my name?" "Nope!" Alex shrugged and turned back to Eliza, I playfully gagged behind his back. Only Laf, Herc, and Peggy saw and they giggled. "What's all the giggling about?" "Yeah Peggy, darling, what's all the giggling about?" "Um... Nothing?" "It's just an inside joke ladies, you wouldn't understa-" I started coughing viciously, cutting off my sentence. "Pegs, move.." "Hm? OH! OKAY! MARIA GET OUT FOR A SEC!" Maria shrugged and quickly got out of the booth, Peggy following. I slid out and sprinted to the bathroom. "I'LL BE *le cough* BACK!" I yelled before running in. I locked myself in the same stall as before and more rose petals coated with blood spat out of my mouth. It hurt way worse than normal, probably because I was going to die soon. This time I coughed up 6 roses. I leaned back against the door when it was over, panting and crying. I wiped my mouth and stood up, flushing away the flowers and blood. I unlocked the stall door and opened it to see Alex staring at me with wide eyes. I covered my mouth as I felt more flowers rising up and I tried to get back into the stall, but Alex grabbed my hand, stopping me. "Alex, please, *another le cough* let me go.." I tried to tear out of his grip, but I was too weak, and it was too late anyway. I crumbled to the ground as the flowers started to build up in my mouth, blocking my airway. I tried to cough them out but it was no use. I guess it's finally my time. Alex fell to the floor as well, tears streaming down his face and I mustered up the courage to look into his eyes. He raised his hand to caress my cheek, but stopped, putting his hand down. "Who?" I stayed silent. "John." He grabbed my shoulders and shook me lightly. "John tell me. I want to help you, please, just tell me who it is." I tried to cough out the flowers to speak but I couldn't. He must've noticed this because he brought a hand to my mouth and started pulling out the flowers one by one. Once the flowers were taken out, I felt them build up in my lungs, making it harder to breathe. "I'm sorry..." "John no! John! John please!...

I love you..."

I felt the buildup in my lungs start to fade. I looked at him with wide eyes, and he did the same to me. His face contorted into a huge smile and he hugged me. "John! Oh my god John! Thank The Lord you're alright! Wait.." He pulled away and looked at me in the eyes. "It was me? This whole time? W-why didn't you say something!" I looked away, not wanting to talk. "Whatever, it doesn't matter. All that does matter is that you're okay. John you scared me! I thought you hated me! You've been avoiding me for so long but now I understand! God John, I love you so much." I pushed him away. "I... I don't believe you. You have Eliza. You love her, not me." "John..." He grabbed my chin so I'd look up at him. "I'm gay." "Wait.. Really?! So you've been pretending this whole time?! You've probably killed Eliza!" "She knows." "What?" "She knows. I told her a few days ago. We're just friends.(SO DON'T GO LOOKIN AT ME WITH THAT LOOK- I'm sorry)" I broke into a smile and I tackled him on the ground, both of us laughing. "I love you Alex." "I know." "Oh my god shut up!" I kissed him passionately and he kissed back, caressing my face lightly. We laid like that for a while, then we pulled away and got up. He offered me his hand and I accepted it, walking out of the bathroom with him. We sat back down and everyone at the table was fangirling. "YESSSS!!" Peggy squealed. We blushed and finished our coffees in silence.

I didn't know how to end it and I'm sorry.

-Kahuna 💕