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(His flower means Delphiniums are a symbol of reaching the impossible, and are associated with dreamers everywhere. They also represent fun, lightheartedness and levity in situations, and may indicate attachment when given as a gift.)
Two twins.
One made of positive energy and the other of negative. Two sides of the same coin, never one without the other.
Or, at least, that's what a lot of people would expect. Dream never meant to do it but, you see, he grew attached to the attention that the townspeople gave him, and they loved him! It was very nice, but he didn't know how they treated his brother.
They hurt him, abused him, honestly. They threw rocks at him, insults, and everything that they could think of. He tried to ignore it! He really did, but when he felt like he was finally going to snap, listen to the voice whispering to him to eat the apples.
Eat them and grow powerful, make the others care about him, his brother found out what happened. He stood up for him, yelling at the townspeople, saying that if they didn't want both then they couldn't have one of the brothers.
After that... they left.
They left their AU, left to go and explore. Passive felt like he was causing his brother grief, but Dream always told him that he would do it over and over again! There was no way that he would pick random people over his own brother. It made Passive cry, and they hugged for the first time in... such a long time.
They had a fun time, exploring different AUs and learning more about each other, there were things that they both didn't know about the other twin, and they found it a little funny.
Sometimes they would argue, Dream not wanting anyone to feel negative feelings while he tried to explain that he NEEDED negative feelings, there was no way for anyone to live a life without negative feelings at all, it's just human or monster nature. "Do you want me to starve? To end up dying? You'd kill me!" And that, luckily, made Dream realize; at least a little.
They've met a lot of people. Dream made friends with someone named Blueberry from Underswap and Ink, a weirdo. Passive doesn't trust Ink... and Passive met Killer, Dusty, Axe, Error, and Cross.
Everything was going very well!
They've met a lot more people but those were all the ones that decided to stay with them and stick around. Passive was happy to make friends... even if some of them teased him because of his height. How humiliating.
Now one person that they met was... a person with the name of Y/n. He thought that they were a very interesting person, whenever they spoke his soul would feel so strange. Warm. No, hot. Burning even, but it was such a nice feeling, and it almost made him hard to breathe but he liked the struggle.
He loved being near them, and he had no idea why! It was... a little embarrassing if he had to be honest.
But sometimes he would make excuses to go and see them, but lately, whenever he thought about going to see them, that nice burning feeling turned into a tight feeling. He didn't like not being able to breathe anymore.
Today, when he woke up, he felt a tightness in his chest and a tingle in his throat, causing him to shutter. He turns his head to see his brother, luckily still sleeping. He slides out of the bed, covers his mouth with his hand, and hurries to the bathroom. Once he got there, he leans over coughing up something into the sink and his sockets widened when he saw what it was.
Petals.
They looked like a Delphinium flower, but those were dangerous. Most likely just for humans but, you know, still! He reaches up, putting his hand over his mouth, mumbling, "Why would I have petals?"
And with that, he tugs up his shirt to look at himself in the mirror and it caused his soul to skip once... maybe twice.
Roots were curled around his ribs and flowers were growing slowly, they were small at the moment but they were still there. How long has this been going on?
"Brother? Are you alright?"
He jumps and tugs his shirt down quickly, looking over at the door. A sleepy voice of Dream could be heard on the other side, "I'm fine!" he said, maybe a little too quickly. He pushes the door open, hurrying by his brother, "I'm going to get breakfast"
He ignored Dream calling out to ask him if he was sure that he was fine. His body was shaking a little as he thought of everything. Why the hell would flowers be growing in his chest? He needs to find the answer to this...
Finally, he got a perfect idea! He should ask Error about it but then that would show them that something was going wrong with him, and he would much rather nobody know what was wrong with him. Ugh. He may just... try to ignore it.
That might not be the best idea, not at all, but it was the only idea he had at the moment. Maybe if he ignored it it'll go away by itself... stupid. Has he ever been so stupid?
Over the next few weeks, he avoided Y/n, knowing that whenever they were around, the feeling in his chest got worse and he couldn't breathe. The petals had gotten worse too, they cut against his bones and the vines tightened around his bones a lot. It ached, it made his body hurt to even move.
And... he knew that the others were starting to notice. Killer asked him about the way he wasn't moving a lot, and Axe asked if he was fine since he was moving very slowly, and letting out little sounds.
He tried to tell them that he was fine... but the one that noticed the most was Dream, and that frightened him. Dream would stare at him silently, then look away when Passive looked and he knew that Dream knew something was wrong. The fact that his brother hasn't asked confused Passive, did he know that he would just lie? He has been lying a lot... he didn't like it.
Didn't like it at all.
Today he was laying in bed when he heard knocking, making him let out a soft groan. He knew that it wasn't Dream, even though they shared a room his brother was out with Ink and Blueberry, and Dusty most likely went with them... he seemed to enjoy coming around with them, for whatever reason, and Killer was here so it might be him.
"One moment" he calls out, pushing himself to sit up but his arms gave out under him, causing him to fall back down onto the bed, letting out a groan. What the hell? He tries to push himself up again, his bones shaking and clicking against each other. He couldn't even push himself up, his bones were aching too much. Damn it.
Damn it all.
"D...Don't come in!"
Even against his word, he heard the door open and Y/n's voice, "Passive, what's going on? You've been avoiding me and Dream told me that he thinks something is wrong"
Of course his brother.
He doesn't answer for a few seconds, unsure of what exactly to... say to that? He has been avoiding them, there is something wrong.
"I don't know how to answer that," he says, weakly. His whole body hurt. "I don't know what's going on, Y/n" he slowly turns to lay on his back, looking over at them. They frown, walking over slowly and sitting down beside him rubbing his shoulder lightly.
"Can you try to explain?"
His breath hitches at the touch, it causing a surge to go through his body, and he turns to cough up the petals and flowers down onto the floor beside the bed. The petals were coated in a light purple glow... his magic was leaking, a very... bad thing.
Y/n jumps, pulling their hand back quickly staring at him with big eyes, "You... You have Hanahaki Disease?"
They knew what the sickness was?
"I... have no idea," he says, with a weak laugh. "I did not have it in any books. W-What... What is it?"
Y/n sighs out slowly and explains the sickness and as they explained, his cheeks quickly went a bright purple color. Oh... that makes a lot of sense, it does, but he doesn't really want to admit that it sounded right.
"That means..." he mumbles, and shuts his mouth tight, turning his head away and then looking back at them, "That means that I love someone?" Y/n nods. Well, that REALLY explains a lot. How was he supposed to admit to loving Y/n? He knew that he liked them for a while now, they were so kind, who wouldn't love them? Sure, he was a guardian and prince sorta but he was the guardian of NEGATIVE energy. What kind of person would want to date someone who brings negative feelings where ever they go? Y/n deserved better.
He didn't realize that they had started to speak until they tap his arm, "Passive?"
He flinches away and looks at them with big eyes shocked. "Oh um I... I'm sorry, I didn't hear you" They frown but shake their head, "It's okay," They say, "I'm just worried about you. You need to tell the person your feelings, this seems really bad"
The idea of that made him make a soft mrrr sound, looking off to the side and he slowly takes Y/n's hand into his own, "I am... not sure how to tell you this but you are the one that I have found myself loving, Y/n" His voice was so shaky, and he was embarrassed but he knew that they would blame themselves if he ended up dusting because of them. It wasn't their fault but still.
His breath suddenly hitches, and he felt like he could breathe better. His eyes shoot down, then up at them again, waiting to see their reaction.
Y/n was staring at him with big eyes, looking shocked then they smile and put their arms around his neck, pulling him closer, "Of course! I love you too, you should have told me, you idiot" they kiss his cheek.
He had to bite back a groan at the touches, he still felt sore. "I'm sorry" he mumbles, and hugs them back, clenching onto the back of their shirt. He... worried about what this would cause but was also very excited. This was going to be a lot of fun most likely!
(Your POV)
You knew about your feelings for the being of negative energy, Passive.
You would expect yourself to not, you know, like someone who's supposed to bring only negative energy but you've seen how kind that Passive could be. He takes the negative feelings from people so they feel better, you've seen how he treated his friends...
It was adorable! He was much more kind than he gave himself credit for, and you hated the idea of him thinking that he was a bad guy because you knew, just knew, that he wasn't the bad guy.
The only thing that really bothered you, was the fact that you had gained feelings for him. You tried your best to keep them secret, and you had a feeling that you did that very well. It seemed as though he had no idea! You were... happy and sad about that.
Well, lately, he hadn't been coming to see you. It was strange, normally he would come to check on you or at least come to say hi. He always said he was just in your world to collect things and figured he would waste time coming to greet you. You had a feeling it was an excuse to come and see you, which was just adorable, honestly.
But the fact he hasn't been coming was... worrying. What if something happened to him?
There was no way for you to get to his world, you couldn't check on him, and he didn't have a phone that you could use to call him, so it was left up to either him to come and tell you that he was fine or for one of the others to come and tell you he wasn't.
Maybe he was avoiding you?
No, why would he be avoiding you?
You two were friends, and there was no way for him to have found out about your dumb little crush on him. He wasn’t the smartest when it came to that…
That wasn't you just hoping that he didn't find out and was avoiding you... And then, Dream came.
You heard a knocking against your front door, and when you went to open it, you saw Passive's brother.
His name was Dream, and he was the guardian of positive feelings... He didn't look that positive, though.
"Y/n, hi, may I come in?"
"Oh- uh... Hey Dream, yeah, come on in" you open the door wider for him, and he comes in looking around.
Dream wasn't one you were very close to, not that you didn't like him! Just... You liked his brother more.
"So what's going on? I'm sure you didn't come for just a friendly chat?"
"I wish I did" he shakes his head with a soft sigh. "It seems as though something is happening with my brother. He does not wish to tell me anything and I am hoping if he sees you, he would tell you what is happening. Would you mind helping me find out?"
You look at him with big eyes, frowning. Something was wrong with Passive? You knew that that was going to happen! What was going on? You nibble your bottom lip, then nod to show your agreement, "Of course, just take me to him and I'll talk to him about it"
Dream smiles, nodding and lead you to the portal to go to their world, or at least where they live. The portal was rainbow so Ink most likely helped.
After you got there and spoke to Passive, you saw how weak he looked and how tired... and you learned what was going on.
You two spoke for a while, feelings were explained… health was regained, and then, you were part of their group! In a way.
The Bad Sanses started to call you their parent, mostly Killer doing it as a joke and then the others followed after… mostly Killer though. Honestly.
I love reading hanahaki disease fanfics, but can you imagine what it would be like to get hanahaki and have allergies? Being allergic to the flowers growing inside of you???? You'll be dead before you even begin questioning whether you should confess or no lmao
Henry thought it was just a cough, that it would pass, but when he coughed up bloody red and gold flower petals, Henry knew this wasn't just a cough anymore, it was Hanahaki Disease.
Henry was pretty sure he knew how he got it, he had been crushing on not only his second in command, Reginald, but the strong and protective Right. But Henry was too scared to confess his feelings, fearing rejection or worse. And now it has come back to bite him in the ass.
Henry tried to hide his symptoms, as to continue to be a good leader to the Toppats and keep things stable, but Henry had a massive coughing fit during a meeting, red and gold rose petals being coughed up violently, before Henry passed out. Right got Henry to med bay as Reginald called Dr V.
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Dr V told Henry that in order to have a chance at a cure for Hanahaki, he needed to confess his love to whoever was the two he loved. Henry was nervous, sure he was scared to die, but what if Reginald or Right didn't feel the same? How awful they might feel that someone died because they only saw them as a friend.
Henry kept quiet and slowly got worse, the pain becoming too much at some points. But one day, Henry woke up to Reginald by his side, holding his hand and crying. Henry shakily wiped away the tears as he asked Reginald what was the matter.
Reginald told Henry that he didn't want to lose him, that Reginald had grown to love Henry and that he would be devastated if his little crow fell. Henry started crying himself, telling Reginald that he loved Reginald so much, but didn't want to burden him with his baggage.
Henry broke into another coughing fit, but saw that he was only coughing up red rose petals. Reginald felt so many emotions at once, Henry was almost cured, his little crow was going to be ok as long as they found the other person that had stolen Henry's heart.
After some encouragement, Henry revealed that it was Right that he also loved. Reginald quickly ran to fetch Right, almost as if he already knew. Henry was nervously waiting, still in pain from the flowers in his lungs.
Right then entered the room, a rarely seen soft expression on his face. Right sat down next to Henry and just caressed his face, letting his actions show that he recuperated Henry's feelings. Henry touched Right's face in kind, tears running down them as he drifted off to sleep.
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Dr V gave Henry a clean bill of health after a few more days in the medical bay. Henry was cured of Hanahaki, and now could share his feelings with the two men he not only loved deeply, but who loved him back.
