Daffodil (Kris x Ralsei)

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 Two years had already passed since that day. Two years where Kris has suffered multiple times, two years where Ralsei wouldn't change his mind and actually love him back, so he could get rid of this illness that was slowly killing him, two years where Susie would try her best to not hold a grudge against Ralsei just for not feeling the same.
 Two years of just too much suffering.
 Kris could still remember when he had told Susie about the beginning of his illness. He remembers he told her just because she found him coughing hardly, with some petals going out of his mouth.
—Dude, what the hell?!—She screamed, panicking, without knowing what to do. Yeah, she knew about the legend, but it was only that, a legend, right?
 She helped him to recover after that. Since they were at school, and lunch was over, she told Alphys she would take Kris to the nursery, and left after an evil glare that said "don't tell her mom". Of course, maybe Alphys thought she did something against him (after all, even though they were friends now, she was still known as a bully, right?), but she didn't mind. Kris was her priority right now.
 After Kris calmed down, cleaned the blood and petals from his face and sweater (or at least, enough so his mother wouldn't panic), the interrogatory begun.
—Is not what I think it is, is it?—She asked, hopefully. Why would Kris eat flowers anyways? But he just stayed silence. Susie's eyes widened in fear—. Dude. Dude. The fuck? I mean, I know I was the one who reminded you about all that Japanese garbage! But, it was just for you to confess... To...
 She looked at the ground, staying silence, and so did Kris. Normally, Susie would be a little pissed about Kris being so unresponsive and unexpressive. But now, she didn't care.
—Did you...—Susie tried, failing to find her voice because of how shocked she was—. Did you confess to Ralsei? Maybe this will be fixed if you told him the truth? You know, Noelle told me that would be fixed if your feelings were mutual...!
 The sad look Kris gave to Susie, and the petals that came after that were enough of an answer for her.
—Dude... Why didn't you tell me?—She sounded more sad than pissed, though Kris could tell she was angry at him—. It's been a week, Kris. I respected that you didn't want to tell me, I thought you were just a coward who didn't confess, but I didn't want to make feel for it!—As she talked, her voice was getting higher and higher—Did you really thought you could hide this from us?! From me?! I thought we were friends, Kris! We are almost always with each other, did you seriously think you could hide it from me?!—At this point, she was standing. She punched a wall, kind of breaking it, and then stayed silent. Kris took a moment before talking
—I didn't want to worry you.
 And Susie knew he meant it.

 After that, Susie would be with him, being his accomplice with all of this. He begged her to not tell anyone. Not Noelle, not his family, and not Ralsei. And after so much begging, she told him not to worry.
 But of course, Susie would search everywhere for anything that would heal his friend. Doctors, magicians (there weren't many at this point), pills, everything. Nothing. She would have to stick to the idea of her friend dying because a fucking fluffy goat monster wouldn't love him the same way he did.
 Susie tried her best to not be angry at him. It wasn't his fault; love wasn't something you could just make it appear. It takes time, maybe even more than one life to appear.
 But when she had to see Kris spilling millions of petals at once because he didn't want to spill them with Ralsei around, when he would be weak for it, when he was in pain, she couldn't miss the desire of punching the prince on the face.
 And she couldn't believe how oblivious people was. Was everyone just too stupid, or Kris just a really good actor? She couldn't tell anymore.
 At one point, she started to leave the two alone. Maybe if they tried hard enough, Ralsei would reciprocate Kris' feelings, right?

—Hey, Kris...—Ralsei said one day, after one more time of many others that Susie left them—...Is Susie mad with me? Did I do anything?
 Kris knew it wasn't good for his heart, but seeing Ralsei with such a sad expression, full of guilt he didn't deserve, made himself bad. He took his hand and smiled kindly.
—Don't worry, she just really likes to hang out with Lancer—He said, trying to make the goat feel better.
—Are...Are you sure?—He asked, and Kris just nodded—. Alright then! I believe you! After all, I'm pretty sure Susie would have told me by now if she was angry, right?—He smiled again, cheerfully.
 Kris couldn't avoid to blush. Ralsei was just too pure, too nice, and too innocent. So beautiful. Kris just wanted to lean in and...
 He had to repress his urgency to vomit.
 He knew what would come out of his mouth, and he was determinated to not let Ralsei know about this illness. He didn't want the fluffy monster to worry or to feel guilt he didn't deserve. After all, it was Kris' fault for falling in love.
 Who would ever love him, anyways?