#basically; kimimaro's health started to go to shit after he received the cursed seal!

[kyugens]

❛  nothing you can say will upset me.  ❜ ( for kimimaro )

sentence starters  –  still accepting!

He could think of plenty that would upset the Sage if spoken out loud, which is why he mostly kept it to himself – that and the fact that Kimimaro knew he wasn't allowed to think at all, not about those matters. At least, not after everything Orochimaru-sama has done for him, all the purpose freely given to his otherwise useless existence. If he's incapable of playing his part, what was the point of all the time invested in him? It didn't matter that he didn't particularly like the Sound Four, that he thought of them as a waste of air – he would do it because Orochimaru-sama knew better. It didn't matter that he still didn't trust Kabuto even after the genjutsu had been released – Orochimaru-sama knew what he was doing or how to handle things should they not work out. What matters is his deteriorating health and how he could no longer hide it from his master. The blood he coughed up this morning that stained his sheets and hands matter – if inspected closely, one could still see red tainting the cuticles in his left hand. Nevertheless, he owed the Sage everything he had to offer, even the truth that could set them back a few years on their goal – Orochimaru-sama's new and perfected vessel, now falling apart. “ Orochimaru-sama, I haven't been feeling well since... ”    Kimimaro clutched at his chest, hand resting carefully on top of his cursed seal – shaking as if the mere implication that he was ungrateful for anything that he's received would lead to the inevitable combustion of his already weakened body. He sighed, closing his eyes and bowing his head – he was on his knees.    “ It appears my own body is betraying me, Master. What should I do? ”

@tiantii