#the aforementioned fic is Deku Why!? on Wattpad so...yeah you can read it if you wanna

[octomelona]

hanahaki disease.

I read ONE FUCKING FIC. And for the past three or four days I've been thinking about this silly little lethal flower illness, SO!!! I wanted to ramble about some symptoms I think would be cool(partially so I remember them all and can pick and choose for fics I write.)

Now, base hanahaki is pretty simple.

cough up blood and petals

die (unless cured via surgery or confession)

We all know it, love it, pretty peak ngl.

In the fic I read, the person with the disease also grew flowers on their face, which were the favorite flowers of the person they were in love with(both the ones that grew on them & the petals being coughed up).

I LOVE THE FLOWERS GROWING ON THEM THING!!! and I also want to make it a bit more uhhh??? idk deadly? like a real disease, I suppose. so!!!

My version!!!

The infected coughs up blood and flower petals

Their skin is covered in a painful itch from the buds

Flowers begin growing on their face, matching the petals

As vines snake their way through the infected's body, the person is inflicted with pain and heavy soreness

Fatigue and nausea spread, along with major headaches as more blossoms sprout from their face

Flowers may sprout from their eyes, causing blindness, on/in their ears, affecting hearing, and flowers grown on/near their mouth or nose would hinder breathing

Flowers can also grow on limbs such as their arms, deteriorating dexterity & physical strength

Coughing the flowers and blood turns to vomiting as death nears

The infected may occasionally pass out from lack of oxygen as vines and roots constrict around their lungs

Thinking of the beloved causes splitting headaches and chest pain

When death finally comes, one final, large flower sprouts from the victim's heart.

IF CURED, then instead the victim will cough up the flower that was growing in their heart(side note, the state of the flower can be used to determine how far along they were in their infection, and therefore helps ppl figure out the stages of the disease(just for some nice little worldbuilding))

Recovery from the disease can take up to a month depending on how bad it had gotten(the stronger the love the worse the symptoms and the sooner they die)

and for one last little nugget of whatever,

If the infected is touched by the one they're in love with, more flowers will grow in the place of contact

lemme know what y'all think