He was retching over the toilet, hands pressed on either side of the walls. His mask was down and Aiden could see the petals flowing out of his mouth, as well as the blood on his chin. He knew what this was, although it was his first time seeing it in person...
There had been some kids before who had gotten the Hanahaki disease. They had kept it quiet, and then sort of...disappeared. If they died, they're funerals were private and hushed. Others got the surgery to remove the flowers-those kids moved to different schools and were never heard from again. So this-Aiden actually catching a glimpse of it-as scary as it was, it felt like a chance-like maybe this time...it could be different...and Elliot? I mean, the thought of Elliot disappearing was-