“Now, Lucretia, We understand that you have …lost some special someones recently. Six s

“Now, Lucretia, We understand that you have …lost some special someones recently. Six special someones in fact.”

Her back stiffened.

“My dear, have you ever heard of the Hanahaki Disease?”

(drabble on ao3 here and young version under the cut)

i think i actually like the young version better but the older one makes more sense, just like, timeline-wise