AHHH LEO FROM ENSTARS PLEASEEEE THANK U AHHHHH
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[prompt name - hanahaki disease! 🥀]
—
you weren't an idol but a friend of tenshouin eichi. you visit him whenever his health keeps him locked up in the hospital.
you were from a wealthy family, so visiting him wasn't unusual, family partners I guess... anyways the nurses know you, you always bring flowers not for romance but for him to feel less lonely with them.
one afternoon you hear... singing.
not just singing but someone composing at full volume. letting curiosity get the better of you, you end up walking to the room of that noise.
you peek in the room and spot an orange haired male, his ponytail loose and his eyes sparkling as he scribbles on the music sheet.
"this note is wrong!" he scratches it out with one perfect straight line as if he's done it a hundred times before- he did.
"no, wait!" he writes another note.
"GENIUS!"
you laugh and he immediately stops.
"ah! an alien laugh!"
"me, alien?"
"do it again! alien princess, my inspiration's flowing!"
—
you end up staying. thirty minutes become two hours. leo, the orange haired boy you learn, yaps... ALOT. he talks about music, bread, birds, cats, his band mates, and even about your childhood friend, the president.
you don't understand half of it and somewhere in the middle... you actually fell asleep. leo stops talking and being the king he is, he carefully pulls a blanket over to you.
"guess I was too loud," he chuckled softly to himself.
—
leo was discharged from the hospital soon after. you stopped visiting anyways because eichi is discharged. months pass, you haven't spoken a word to the orange patient.
—
judgement. you attend the event as per eichi's request.
"you'll love it, you need a break from school anyways," he orders, a hand on your shoulder as he leads you between the students.
"I don't even know what judgement is," he offers you one of his carefree smiles.
you stand next to him, the lights dim and knights take the stage. the center walks forward.
"he's from the hospital?" you mumbled to yourself.
he's radiant, charming and every note he sings, feels alive. you can't take your eyes off him. he's just beautiful and the stage was really meant to be his.
—
from backstage, leo spots you in the crowd, standing next to eichi. you were so close, shoulders almost brushing. he sees eichi whisper something and you laugh, your eyes sparkles and your smile remains present after the joke settles. leo smiles too...
until a thought settles in. he must be your boyfriend. he never asks.
because...
why would he? you were merely even acquainted.
—
the flowers begin, not immediately. just a single petal he coughed up after dancing with the other knights.
"are you okay?" arashi placed her hand on his back, smoothing him.
he flashed her, his smile. a smile that doesn't reach his eyes.
"I'm fine, it's probably stress. we have a concert coming up soon."
—
then hospitalisation.
exhausted, overworked leo had collapsed again. you hear the news from eichi and immediately got to the hospital the same afternoon.
leo grins, "you again!"
"you again," you place your school bag down, taking a seat next to him.
he tilts his head.
"you're not sick, are you?" you laugh in response.
"no."
"then why are you always here?"
"I'm visiting a friend."
"oh..."
"the blonde one."
leo's smile falters just enough.
"eichi..."
"mhm."
"... I see."
there it is... confirmation. of course it's eichi and of course you'll choose him.
—
though he ended up giving you his number, that day.
"to keep me company when I'm alone here, you know," he says.
you don't know how many times he's been forced into the hospital but everytime he mentions or texts you about it, you'll come to him.
you start visiting him, after school and weekends. you'll bring sketchbooks for him when he's bored. he composes in those sketchbooks while you read.
sometimes both of you don't speak, just enjoying the comfort and quiet time shared between the two of you.
—
one day his sister visit.
you were there and leo was asleep. she quietly thanks you.
"he's happier when you're around."
"I like spending time with him," you smile softly.
she hesitates for a second.
"...has he... coughed around you?"
"coughed?"
"flowers."
you freeze.
"what?"
"... nevermind."
hanahaki, you assumed. that day you left with a heavy heart.
—
you can't help but cry on the train home.
not because leo is sick.
because...
he loves someone, enough to die for them.
—
sometimes after that, you heard his condition got worse. he's been in the hospital for almost a week already.
leo wakes up after another coughing fit. white flowers cover the sheets. you were already by his side. without thinking, you pull him in for a hug.
so tight, you're afraid if you let go, he'll disappear.
"you'll be okay," you comforted as he leans his head on your shoulder.
"I'm alive," he says weakly.
"barely!"
"..."
"please don't scare me like that."
leo laughs weakly.
"can you do something for me?"
looking at his emerald eyes who had lost its sparkle, you nod.
"be mine..."
"what?"
"... for a day."
"..."
"id like to know what's it feels like before I'm gone."
he still believes you're with eichi. he thinks, one day is all he's ever allowed. your tears falling.
"one day?"
"mhm.."
you laugh through your tears.
"leo."
you reach for his hands, holding it.
"I've wanted to be yours since judgement."
"what?!" he weakly screech.
"you absolute idiot."
you wipe your tears, glaring at the orange man as he chuckles.
"I thought you were dying because you loved some unreachable celebrity!"
leo blinks.
"celebrity?"
"or an idol."
"I thought eichi was your boyfriend!"
"WHAT? he's just a friend!"
"oh... then I have made a rather significant mistake," leo rubs his nape.
you laugh so hard, you start crying again. you feel his hands come to your cheeks, wiping your tears away.
"I'm sorry," he kissed your forehead.
"no more flowers," you say.
"no more flowers."
he flashed you the same smile you fell in love with.
