hanahaki

noun1

1. •
   A fictional illness in which a person bearing an unrequited love coughs up flower petals until they die or their feelings are reciprocated. The disease can also be cured by a surgical procedure that removes the flowers, but this will result in them losing their feelings of affection and all memories of the person they loved.

   • The cascading emotions are giving me hanahaki tonight, they're beautiful but it's suffocating. — 2019