𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦

twenty

It was getting worse just as Gluttony started to feel better.

Envy had caught up to his incessant coughing fits (he texted him about it, Gluttony could remember each word, "bruh go to the hospital or sth ur sick and u can't heal urself".

Smiling, he had replied with, "speak for urself lmao ur still sick af".

But he knew if he tried to go to the hospital, he'll be seen as a good place to start the non-existent research on hanahaki, and, besides, human medicine doesn't do jack shit for spirits, and Gluttony is aware that Envy knows this.

So what did Envy mean?

As he was thinking about this yet again, his phone vibrated. There was some new texts from Envy.

envy òwó: anyways I got u meds

envy òwó: and some other shit

envy òwó: to stop this fuckery

Gluttony scanned his locked phone lock-screen, filled with tons of unanswered texts. He'd zoned out for longer than half an hour.

There were a few other texts that caught his eye, though, so he stopped in the middle of unlocking his phone to read them.

temperance UwU: I've typed the report.

temperance UwU: Scan for typos.

temperance UwU: File attached: Lab_Report.docx

greed nya: pick up ur fucking sister

greed nya: sloths in one of my casinos again

greed nya: and istg if my name is still greed nya i will kill u

greed nya: ARE U ALIVE

greed nya: youre dead arent u

addiction qwq: THEY RAN OUT OF MY FAVORITE CANDY T_T

Smiling, Gluttony swiped up and typed in his password, then started to reply to the texts he'd gotten.

To Envy, he replied:

you: thanks :p

you: what's the "other shit" tho

To Temperance, he replied:

you: Will do in a minute!

To Greed, he replied:

you: shes also ur sister so shes not my problem

you: at least not mine until i finish bio hw

you: jk i'm doing bio AND phys

To Addiction, he replied:

you: OH NO :((

There were texts from Wrath and Diligence (for some reason?) and White Magic, so Gluttony opened them as well.

wrath ÒwÓ: WHERE THE FUCK IS SLOTH?!?!?!?!

wrath ÒwÓ: GREED IS YELLING AT ME I DON'T SPEAK CAT HELP ME!!!!

diligence???: What happened between Temperance and you

le white magic: i can remove the flowers for you.

le white magic: without surgery.

le white magic: but you will still lose the memory / feelings.

Gluttony frowned, taking another gulp from the jug on his lap. The news about his disease had spread, apparently, until even Diligence knew about it. Luckily, Wrath was distracted by Greed's incoherent meow-yelling which often occurs because Greed favors her mini form (which is a cat) and therefore she gets cat-like tendencies, especially when yelling.

Just like how Envy is tempted to eat precious metal and jewels in his mini form and how Sloth eats eucalyptus leaves (the only food she will actually stay awake long enough to eat).

He set the now empty jug on the coffee table, and started texting them back.

To Wrath, he replied:

you: BUT I HAVE HW!!!!! :(

To Diligence, he replied:

you: Just some issues in schoolwork, why

To White Magic, he replied:

you: where did u find out about this. >:o

He finally finished replying to his texts, a mundane routine he'd never really liked or hated, when he started violently coughing again, flowers being forcibly expelled from his lungs with an intensity that made his throat feel like it's on fire.

"Jesus fucking Christ! You're getting worse, aren't you? Why won't you listen to me?" Envy's voice rang out from the stairs. His footsteps became louder and louder and Gluttony had no way to stop him and the flowers are everywhere—

Envy reached the living room, took one look at the mess, then calmly replaced the jug on the coffee table with another one filled with water.

"And there it is. Just don't tell me it's each other you're pining for." he said calmly despite his still sickly complexion and shaking limbs.

Gluttony coughed up the last of his flowers.

"It's Temperance."

Envy sighed. "God, I wanna fucking kill you both."