#thistle & weeds ;; hanahaki au

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Ash has quite the hero complex, so he probably has a lot of guilt-fueled nightmares about Skye’s impending death. . .

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ash needs to stop being........kawaii

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thistles & weeds in a nutshell

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(red) zinnia; from the heart, steadfastness, familial ties, like the steady beating of a heart, lasting affection thoughts of an absent friend

figured out what pika’s flower would be :))))

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*KICKS DOWN ME DOOR* BOI HOW DEM AESTHETICS

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oblivious, willing and silent

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would ash notice somethin’s up with skye, what with his pale and weak physical appearance n all?

Skye and his family actually tell Ash pretty quickly what’s going on (that Skye is terminally ill and the only cure is that he needs his love returned by his “unknown” crush). Though, it’d be hard to not tell Ash about it after he sees Skye cough up parts of thistle right in front of him.

Ash gets super upset about the whole Skye is dying thing, so it makes it his mission to figure out who it is and get them to like Skye back so Skye can live and not die very painfully!! As well as being extra nice and comforting, which does the exact opposite effect he’d want, but Skye (and Pika) aren’t going to tell him that.

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peskypooch replied to your post: thistles & weeds au ; the hanahaki disease

gotta ask, we all know the boy is hella ghey for ash and wouldn’t go through surgery because ov the whole no more loving anything side effect- but clearly he thinks about the kind of stress his disease ridden self is putting on good old ESP Pika so why not try to distance himself from her before he dies? might make it easier on ‘em both

aw man, going for the jugular, dude. That would probably only make things worse for the both of them. Skye and Pika have never spent a day apart, so suddenly distancing themselves from each other while Skye is dying would just tear them apart on the inside (a little literally on Skye’s part). and i mean, do ya’ll want pika to just sit there and watch her skye slowly succumb and not be allowed to comfort him??

I think Skye would’ve tried something similar with Ash in the earlier stages of his illness (”ah cannae be gay fur Ash if he isnae aroon’, right? *nervous laughter*), but he quickly realizes that shit isn’t going to work and it’s just hurting Ash and himself in the little time he has left, so he’s just gonna. . .let it happen.

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thistles & weeds au ; the hanahaki disease

Hanahaki Disease is an illness born from one-sided love, where the patient throws up and coughs up flower petals when they suffer from one-sided love. The infection can be removed through surgery, but the feelings disappear along with the petals. The only cure is if the feelings are returned. If they are unable to be cured in time, they will die via suffocation. 

The sufferer initially only coughs up seeds, but they will progressively cough up petals, stems- then full flowers.

The main flower and roots grow around the lungs, heart and eventually in the windpipe.

The flower is also parasitic, as it will sap the life out of their host if it’s main source of food (the sufferer’s affections for their love) becomes inefficient.

The flower differs from person to person, depending on their own lives and personalities. A whole lot of symbolism goes into those flowers.

The removal surgery takes away more than just the sufferer’s love for their love interest. It removes all the love and affection they have, making them completely unable to feel those emotions again.

The origins of the disease is unknown, but there are myths that suppose that someone who was madly in love with someone they couldn’t have accidentally swallowed a Pokémon’s Leech Seed and said Leech Seed fed off that love until they died.

The disease can only be cured if the sufferer confesses to their love and their love returns the feelings whole-heartedly. If not, the sufferer will eventually be asphyxiated by the flower growing inside of them.

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went with the thistles wrapping around his throat/growing around him rather than the same thing everyone else was doing

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Ash: *starts to think that Skye’s possible death crush is actual shit-stain, Megan, instead of a nice random person*

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Is Skye going to die?

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title;; my last breath word count;; 700+ universe;; thistles & weeds (hanahaki au)

also readable on google doc (with a cover art for the au!!) i hate my gosh dang internet and how i can’t upload pictures ‘n shit!!

The instinctual need to breath woke Skye up from his uncomfortable sleep. He choked for air, feeling something familiar lodged deep in his throat. He turned onto his side, coughing hard and loud in attempts to dislodge it.

Pika was by his side in an instant, her face wrinkled with worry. “Chu chu!” She cried, jumping behind to to start slapping her tail against his back.

Skye was in agony, his lungs screaming for precious oxygen and his throat burned. Pained tears welled up in his eyes as he felt something scrape the inside of his throat as it made it’s way up. After what seemed to be a lifetime, with a particularly hard cough, the prickly head of a thistle flew out of Skye’s mouth, slick with spittle and blood. The breeder gasped, his body racked with pain and relief.

“Pi pikachu?” Pika asked gently, replacing her slapping tail with a rubbing paw. “Chu chu?”

Skye was too shaken up to reply, so he concentrated on getting air to his sore lungs. He could feel them, just beginning to coil themselves around his lungs, their message clear. If he allowed them to keep growing, they will conquer his lungs and kill him. But, not now. He’ll live for another night- hopefully.

Tasting iron in his mouth, the breeder reached for the water bottled filled with oran berry juice that he had placed on his nightstand for just this situation. He had been woken up by those stupid thistles enough times to start preparing for these coughing fits.

Following what was sadly a routine at this point, Pika swiped the prickly plant to deposit it in a waste basket Skye had placed beside his bed. She stared at the basket’s contents, seeing several other thistle heads, most of them wilted and spotted with dried blood. This new one looked vibrant and bigger than all the others. Skye chose to ignore that detail.

He took a swig of his juice, swishing it around inside of his mouth before leaning over the basket to spit it out. He took another swig, swallowing it to let it soothe his torn throat. Pika wiped off a speck of blood from the corner of Skye’s mouth before licking at his wet cheeks. “Chu chu, pi pichu?”

“A-aye,” Skye finally wheezed, putting the bottle back on his nightstand to pet her between the ears. “Ah’m awright.”

Pika’s brows furrowed, her face all too easy for Skye to read. She knew fine well that Skye wasn’t alright. He was dying, all thanks to a disease that made flowers grow inside of him. A disease he contracted by sheer accident when he fell in love with his glorious idiot of a best friend, Ash Ketchum.

His ESP placed herself against his chest, leaning her head against his collarbone. With a heavy heart, Skye knew that she was taking comfort in feeling him breathe. He gritted his teeth, holding back a shudder as a thistle tickled him somewhere deep inside.

“Pikachu. . .pi pika pi.” Pika sadly told him, closing her darkened eyes. “Pi chu, pikachu, chu chu.”

Skye shook his head, getting a mournful whine in return. He couldn’t go through with getting the removal surgery. Sure, it would save his life, but it came at a price that Skye didn’t want to pay.

The disease, named “hanahaki” or the flower vomiting disease, was so deeply rooted in his emotions for Ash, that if they surgically removed the flowers, his love and affections for others would be ripped out along with them. He wouldn’t feel love anymore, not just for Ash, but for his family and Pokémon as well. All the emotions that made his life worth living would be gone.

“A-ah cannae,” Skye croaked, feeling himself beginning to shake under the weight of his decision to wait for the thistles to suffocate him. Pika opened her eyes, looking at him sadly.

“Pika, ah love you so much, bit if ah goat d-dat surgery done-” he bit his lip. “Ah widnae be able tae say dat ‘n mean it anymare. Dey’d jist widnae mean anythin’ tae me. Ah cannae dae dat tae you ‘r anywan else who loves me.”

Pika crawled to press her face into his, tears starting to roll down her chubby cheeks. “Chu chu. . .pi pika. . .”

Skye slowly wrapped an arm around her, returning the tearful nuzzle. He hated seeing Pika cry, and that hurt him even more, knowing that the surgery would probably take that from him too.

“A-ah’m sorry, baby girl. . .”

He’d rather die loving than live unable to.

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(Thistle and Weeds/Hanahaki disease AU) Does anyone try to snap Ash out of his depression?

Oh, plenty of Ash’s friends and family tried to help him through the grieving process--but you don’t just “snap” out of grieving a lost loved one, anon. It takes a lot of time for those wounds to heal, and it isn’t any different for Ash. It doesn’t help that Ash is pretty stubborn too.

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skye: *finds out he's going to die if ash doesn't return his gayness* ah fuck, welp it wis bound tae happen sooner 'r later