The Imprisoned Hero

200 Special Chapter: Hanahaki AU

A/N: I got this idea when I was scrolling through Pinterest and saw a piece of fanart of Overhaul with flowers in his beak. So I guess I'm writing about that. This is going to take place where Overhaul has you captured and he starts developing feelings, therefore, developing Hanahaki. Also, thank you for the 200 views! It really means a lot to me. Thank you guys so much!

I paced back and forth as my mind went right back to her. I needed to be focused on my work, but she kept creeping back into my mind. I tried to shake the thought out of my head, but as soon as it leaves, it comes right back. 

"What the hell is wrong with me?"

"Overhaul?" Mimic asked me.

"Yes, Mimic?"

"She's starting to become more and more uncooperative. What should we do?"

"I don't know. Do something about her. I don't care what you do. Just don't kill her."

"Yes, sir," Mimic said and walked away.

I sat down at my desk and sighed. I looked up at the bulletin board and read a few of the notes I had on there. One of them was to keep our plan in motion with the quirk destroying bullets. I stood up and walked down the hall. 

"Chrono!" I yelled.

"Yes, Overhaul?"

"Do you know how she is?"

"No, sir."

"Great. Looks like we're going to have to do this one more time," I said and walked into her room. It was so dark in there. I told the other members that there needs to be light in there. I guess she turned off the lights for a reason.

"Good morning, Eri," I said and walked over to her bed.

She sat up and had a terrified look on her face. 

"Looks like we're going to start testing again," I said and Chrono picked her up. 

She knew better than to fight against us. We walked down the hall and into another room. There was a chair and there were multiple wires sitting at both sides of the chair. Chrono took off the bandages and set Eri down in the chair. He attached the wires and I was about to get ready, but the thought of her came back. Instead of my normal heart throb, something was in my throat. 

I coughed horribly to the point where I had to take my mask off. Thankfully the lair was clean and the air wasn't going to bother me.

"Sir, do you need a minute?" Chrono asked.

"No, no," I coughed. "I-I'm fine."

"Are you getting sick, sir?"

"No," I coughed once more, this time it hurt my throat. 

"Is the air quality not to your liking?"

"No, it's fine," it felt like I was going to cough up blood. "I just need a minute. Continue without me."

I rushed down the hall and into the bathroom. I closed and locked the door. I started coughing like hell now. It felt like I was going to throw up. I sat in there coughing for at least ten minutes, but that feeling would never stop. It wasn't an itchy feeling. It was the feeling of something was stuck in my throat. I coughed once more and finally the thing came out. It were flower petals? 

"Flower petals?" I asked myself and picked one up from my palm. "Why are there flower petals in my throat?" I thought back to Eri for a moment and wondered what had triggered it. It was the thought of Y/N? I thought back to her and instantly started to cough again. I coughed up more flower petals and I held them in my hands. "What the hell is going on?"

A week had passed and we were getting no where with her. I had to stop all my thoughts about her to avoid from coughing up anymore flowers. But there were a few instances where I had to stop and cough. My team members didn't even know what was going on. I needed to see Chrono and ask him if he knew anything about it. 

"You're coughing up flowers every time you think of our prisoner?" Chrono asked giving me a weird look.

"Don't believe me?" I asked and took off my mask. I sat there, thought about Y/N, and immediately started to cough. A few flower petals came out of my throat once more and I showed it to Chrono. "Believe me now?"

"Yes I do. I thought you were bullshitting me."

"Would I bullshit you?"

"That's a fair point," Chrono said.

"Do you know anything about this?"

Chrono stood up and pulled out a book on diseases. My heart dropped to the floor once I saw the book he picked up. He flipped through it for a few minutes before he stopped. He looked at the book and then at me. He walked towards the desk and sat down.

"You have what is known as Hanahaki Disease."

"Hana-what?"

"Hanahaki. It is where there is an infection inside you where you cough up flower petals due to one sided love. It can be removed, but if it is removed, all of your feelings will leave. However, if that love is returned, it will go away, but it can kill you."

I ran my hand through my hair, "This thing can kill me?"

"Yes. My big question here is who are you in love with?"

"I-I can't tell you that," I said. 

"Why not? Is this something I ought to know?"

"No. It's not important, Chrono."

"Tell me so we can take care of this. I don't want you dying on us right now! We hit a crucial point in making the quirk destroying bullets. Please, Overhaul, you need to tell me who you're in love with!"

"Our prisoner!" I yelled.

"Y-you're joking."

"Do I look like I'm joking?"

"No wonder you have this damn thing then. She will definitely not love you back."

"So do I have to get it removed?"

"If you don't want to die."

"Do I have time to think about this?"

"No."

I sighed and said slowly, "Then, we might as well get this thing out of me."

"This is your decision?"

I nodded my head, "Yes."

I walked out of the darkness and towards Y/N. There was blood running down her face and arms. I sat down in front of her as she gave me a cold glare my way. I returned the glare. What was once inside of me was replaced with a cold shell. I opened up my hand, took the bullet, and twirled it in my hand. 

"You'll make a fine test subject," I said and injected the bullet in her arm. A few seconds passed and I took the bullet out. "Try using your quirk."

She tried her best, but failed to. I smirked underneath my mask and walked away. 

"Did it work?" Chrono asked.

"Indeed it did," I said and threw the bullet onto the ground. I walked past the bathroom and walked inside. I looked at myself in the mirror. After Chrono performed the surgery on me, every time she came into my mind, there was no coughing. I treated the thought as if she was one of my expendables. Just a pawn in my game. I looked at the sink and saw the wilted flower petals that were left in there. I picked it up and crumbled it in between my fingers.

"Just like that, my love for you disintegrated just like this petal."