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Toko was never into romance or relationships.
And it’s not like she could get a partner even if she wanted.
They always said she was ugly and annoying.
But then she met him.
He was perfect. Tall, blonde, gorgeous, and smart.
Toko had clearly fallen for him hard. She would do anything and everything for him and let him step all over her.
Everyone said it was unhealthy (looking back it definitely was).
But she didn’t care.
Then suddenly that peasant wormed his way into her masters life.
It started with small things, he would ask to hang out with byakuya and then give him a gift, annoying but her master still obviously didn’t like him and makoto did that with everyone (her self included)
But then everything took a turn for the worse. Makoto was aloud to sit at his table. He would seek out Makoto. He would give Makoto gifts. She had asked about it and he reacted strangely. She asked some of the others and they all agreed that he had feelings for makoto.
For some reason that always made her chest tighten and her throat feel clogged.
Then she asked sayaka and kirigiri.
Sayaka was writing songs with her girlfriend ibuki when she walked up to her.
“Oh hello toko”
“Ibuki says hello hello hello to toko”
“St-stop talking in the third person, i-I need to ask a question”
“Sure, what’s up”
Toko had explained her masters strange behavior
“Oh my GOD!!! Are you serious.”
“O-of course, w-why would I be talking to y-you if it wasn’t”
“Makoto said going to be so happy he won’t shut up about how much he likes him”
Why her chest hurting
*cough*
‘Oh toko, are you alright”
“Y-yeah, I need to find some one else”
She asked kirigiri next
“D-do yo-you really need to be sitting on celestes lap while you answer”
“Yes”
“F-fine”
“Well to answer your question, it seems that a new couple will be going us soon”
“W-what”
Celeste spoke up
“Yes, from what I have heard both have very strong feelings for one another”
Toko’s chest really hurt
‘W-whatever”
‘Ill go see the ultimate nurse, he must have been sick since his face was red’ she thought to herself
When she turned the corner she saw something she never wanted to
Her master was kissing that peasant
She ran as fast as she could away, once she reached her room she started to cough
Then she tasted something metallic and there was something in her mouth and throat
Flower petals. Blood and flower petals.
She passed out from the blood.
Once she woke up she wasn’t on the floor anymore. Instead on her bed, and the mess she made was gone.
‘There’s no way they did this’
“Oh thank god your awake”
She looked over and a girl that looked to be just a year younger max was sitting there
“W-who”
“Oh I’m komaru naegi”
“Naegi”
“Yep, you probably know my brother Makoto”
She fell into a coughing fit
“Oh my, hang on I’ll get mikan and some water”
Soon mikan had come in and examined her
“I-I’m sorry but yo have Hana Hali”
“What”
“The f-flower or l-love disease”
Mikan explained
Toko was shocked, this was just shoving into her face that her master didn’t love her
“Oh my god Toki I’m so sorry, is there anything I could do”
“W-well there is a surgery but it’s expensive and you’ll forget all a-about byakuya-sama”
“N-mo, I refuse”
“I m-mean if h-he returns the feeling it’ll go away”
“T-then I’ll wait for him to return the feelings”
“But toki, didn’t he start da-“
*cough*
“S-shut up”
“Right”
Then life went on
But the disease just continued to get worse
Other than that she became close to komaru
They became best friends
Makoto and Byakuyas relation ship only got stronger over the 6 months this took place
One time they fought and byakuya came to toko (because once he started Makoto he became somewhat of a better person and they bonded over some stuff, they actually became friends)
She had hoped that this would mean byakuya would finally return her love but of course he would just not shut up about him and after he calmed down from the initial anger he kept saying what he could have done to prevent and how this was his fault and how he wished he was better with words because he really wants Makoto to forgive him. And then after 3 hours of hearing him rant on and on about this Makoto had come over sobbing and saying apologizes over and over again and how’s it’s his fault, Byakuya had gone on to comfort him. To cut it short they had made up and were stronger than ever
That was the moment toko relized byakuya would never love her back.
The next day she was coughing up so much blood and full flowers, she collapsed
She couldn’t get up
She neared the door open, she only knew one person who dared not to knock on her door. Komaru.
“Toki, Toki where are you?”
She headed foot steps
“Toki? TOKI OH MY GOD ARE YOY OKAY”
“I’m fine just h-help me up”
She helped her on her bed toko decided to drop the bomb on her
“I don’t think I have long”
Komaru started to sob
“I know toko! But if you-“
“I-I won’t get-“
“PLEASE TOKI. I can’t live without you, I saved up all the money. Please”
Toko was taken back, why would someone do this for her, and she seemed so genuine
Maybe she should let go of her fantasy
“F-fine”
“R-really”
“Y-yeah, your brother would double kill me if you died without me”
Komaru giggled
So the next day she got went in and got the surgery
The doctors had told her if she waited any longer she would have died
When she woke up she saw komura
“Toki, how are you feeling”
“I can breath so well”
She laughed and cried
“D-do the others know”
“No. I told them you were going to be out for a week but not why. It was funny, byakuya actually seemed worried”
“W-who?”
“Oh right, don’t worry Toki, you’ll meet him once you recovered”
The week was spent with komura taking care of her
Had she always been this cute
Wait, toko you can’t go through this again
“Hey toko can I tell you something”
“Yeah’
“I- I really like you Toki, I always have, but you were so attached to byakuya and then it almost”
“Whoa- I was attached to that jerk”
“Tha- well yeah he was the guy that caused you to- you know”
“Well p-past me was an idiot, your an angel”
They kissed.