Matthew was one of the most popular guys at school. He was very handsome and had a long line of girls wishing to be with him. However, his behavior and personality were his bad parts. He was very rude and intolerable, at least with you. He also turned out to be your enemy. You didn’t actually have much against him, but his behavior and attitude frustrated and pissed you off because you had no idea why he was treating you that way. As time passed, those feelings grew deeper since you found no reason for why he was rude to you. You thought those feelings were full of hate and contempt towards him, but you found yourself feeling something else, something you couldn't quite put your finger on.

You used to look at him between classes, during breaks, and at his basketball practice... and there was something about him that captivated you, something that prevented you from taking your eyes off him.

You were frustrated. You didn't know what these new feelings towards him meant. Until one day, you found yourself coughing up little flower petals. You couldn’t believe what your eyes saw. You thought it was just a dream, but it was, in fact, true. You were a victim of the Hanahaki disease, a disease that made you cough up flower petals due to suffering from one-sided love. You tried to forget it, convince yourself that it would eventually go away. But it didn’t; it only got worse.

One day, you were in P.E. class with your classmates. You suddenly felt the urge to cough again, and scared of someone finding out, you went behind the school building, making sure no one saw you and your coughed-up flower petals. The number of petals was getting bigger each time, but you couldn’t help it; the petals emerged helplessly from within you. As the coughing slowly began to cease, you noticed the shadow of someone standing behind you. Frightened, you turned around, hoping they didn’t see you coughing.

"What the f—", Matthew said, a pure expression of shock and a bit of concern on his face.