It's gonna kill you (a davekat fanfic)

Every morning.

Emetophobia and homophobia warning!!

(Dave pov)
I awake to more flowers making their way up my throat, i barely have time to sit up before flower petals start to cover my bed, they escape with coughing and gagging. It burns but it wont stop, im gasping for air but the flowers wont allow it to reach my lungs. I'm so fucking tired of this, i'm tired of waking up choking on flowers, i'm tired of flowers being the first thing people notice, i'm tired of flowers, i'm tired of feelings, i'm tired of hanahaki.

The grim truth about hanahaki is its seemingly one-sided love. Only one of the soulmates get it, i happen to be that unlucky soulmate. If i dont find her soon, the flowers will fill my lungs until i suffocate and die.

I finally stop choking and try to catch my breath. Once i'm able to breath somewhat normally, i look around and notice the sun starting to rise, meaning i wont be able to fall back asleep. The fact that im covered in petals and puke also wouldn't help.

So I get out of bed and try not to let any of the mess fall to the floor, which it does anyways. I take off my disgusting shirt and throw it into the mess. I take a look at myself in my mirror and notice more flowers growing on my chest, these ones are a beautiful orange colour, almost matching the sky. There is some dried blood from where it came out of my skin, meaning they probably sprouted during the night.

I decide to shower to wash off the dried blood and get the horrible smell of vomit off. I walk out of my room and make my way to the bathroom, as i pass the kitchen i check the time for it only to be 6:04am, pretty early but it doesnt bother me too much. Once i'm in the bathroom i start the shower, get the rest of my clothes off and put then in the hamper, then i grab a towel from the closet and place it on the counter. I glanced at the mirror just for it to remind me of how much time i have left. I hurry into the shower before i have the chance to think about it more. I wash up, being careful not to fuck with the flowers, and get the smell of bile out.

Once i'm done i turn off the water, get out of the shower and grab the towel to dry myself, again, being careful not to fuck with the flowers. I wrap the towel around my skinny flower covered body and head back to my room. This time i glance at Dirk's closed door, he's probably still asleep. I wouldn't blame him tho, if i wasnt waking up super early every morning from coughing up flowers, i would still be sleeping.

I finally get in my room and gag from the smell, i spend a hot 30 seconds debating if i should get dressed in the smell then bring it to the laundry mat or bring it first then get dressed before choosing to get dressed first. So I grab some random red hoodie and some dark skinny jeans and put them on. I look around for my shade until i found them on my dresser, i go and slide them on.

I walk out my room to get a laundry basket and I'm instantly relieved from the non-vomit smelling air. But that is short lived knowing i have to carry the nasty smelling blankets to the laundry mat. I walk to the hallway closet and open it looking for the bigger laundry basket, i luckily find it and get back to my room. Once back in my gross smelling room, i go towards my bed and slowly place the comforter and sheets in the laundry basket. I place it down to slip my phone in my pocket, afterwards I pick the basket up and head out of my room and to the front door in a hurry. I grab my keys and shove a few quarters in my pocket before leaving the apartment. Almost half way to the laundry mat i notice how fast im walking. Slow down, people think you're gay when you walk that fast.

Once at the laundry mat, i put the laundry in the washing machine, ram a few quarters in the coin slot and start the machine. There isnt much to do while waiting so i start playing on my phone for a while until I notice Roxy, my older cousin, walk in with her own laundry.

I've always somewhat envied the Lalonde's, Roxy's soulmate was the one stuck with flowers, and Rose, Roxy's little sister, found her soulmate in freshman year. Of course i feel bad for Rose because she's being stuck with someone of the same gender but at least she isnt stuck with this hanahaki bullshit anymore.

Roxy waves hello, but i'm too caught up in my mind that i don't respond. I only snap back into reality when she goes to sit beside me.

"More flower coughing?" She asks, or sorta assumes? I dont really know. I just nod in agreement. "How long has it been again? 3 years?-"

"5 actually..." i sorta cut her off. She looks down at her thighs and starts playing with her thumps awkwardly.

My washer beeps telling me that its done. So i walk up to it and grab my wet sheets and conforter from the machine and place them back in my laundry basket. I wave bye to Roxy and leave. While walking back to my apartment i bump into a smaller boy. He stumbles back a bit but bolts out of the building. Weird?
I look down to make sure i didnt drop anything and notice a flower fell off? Must have been stuck in the sheets.

I finally get back inside. I go onto the balcony and hang the bedding onto the clothing line to dry, they dont smell anymore which is a plus! I head back into the kitchen, i check the time again and its 7:26am. Wonder what that boy was doing this early? I let my mind wonder to a bunch of possibilities, is he a drug dealer making an early morning deal? Is he planning on burning someones house down? Who knows!?

All that thinking is tiring, also the fact that ive been waking up at like 5am every morning doesnt help... coffee time! I grab the coffee grounds from the pantry and fill the cup thingy with water then pour it into the machine along with the coffee grounds, i start the machine and wait.

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(A/N)
This was originally gonna be a oneshot but whatever.

I know its not the real version of hanahaki, this just seems more interesting.