Hanahaki as a study in grief and different kinds of love
An au to study the aftershocks of George dying from Hanahaki that no one knew he had and let alone dying of, until the day he collapsed on podium and never got back up.
A series of character study of every person in his life who was close to him, openly or secretly.
Each one wondering if it was them, if it was their fault, if they could have stopped it. Each one wondering if they should have confessed, if they could have loved him more obviously, if they were braver, if they made him love them and then it killed him, if they loved him at all, if they loved him but not in the way he needed to be loved by them, or if only they didnt love him then maybe. Then maybe.
But also a study on how each one perceived the others. Wondering if it was that person or that person. When you're wrought with guilt and What Ifs, so you start looking for someone to blame. Some openly. Some with secret grudges.
And George is a ghost that haunts everyone. He is present throughout the story even when it opened with his ending. He took that secret with him to his grave, not realising everyone he's ever loved ever cared about and everyone who's ever loved him in many different ways, are in that coffin with him.
