Hanahaki disease is a fictional disease in which the victim coughs up flower petals when they suffer from one-sided love. (Read more at the fanlore wiki page: https://fanlore.org/wiki/Hanahaki_Disease)
I imagine this could be utilized many different ways with Daiken, but here are some examples:
- Daisuke is in love with Ken from the moment they Jogress, but Ken initially does not return his feelings, causing Daisuke to contract the disease.
- In a version where even seemingly-unrequited love can cause the disease, maybe Ken contracts it because he doesn't realize that Daisuke's been in love with him all along, and tries to hide it from him (but of course Daisuke finds out).
- They could also both be in love with each other and both hiding it!
Obviously any of these would have a happy ending because they do both love each other, but there's plenty of room for angst before they find out. You could also have fun peppering in Dark Seed/Flower references -- maybe Daisuke coughs up petals that look like the Dark Seed flowers because he's in love with Ken (which would be quite alarming to Ken when he finds out), or Ken coughs them up and believes they're just a symptom of the Dark Seed and not Hanahaki. Leaving this prompt very open-ended since Hanahaki is such a versatile concept. Have fun with it!
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Hanahaki Disease
on 2020-04-23 06:45 am (UTC)I imagine this could be utilized many different ways with Daiken, but here are some examples:
- Daisuke is in love with Ken from the moment they Jogress, but Ken initially does not return his feelings, causing Daisuke to contract the disease.
- In a version where even seemingly-unrequited love can cause the disease, maybe Ken contracts it because he doesn't realize that Daisuke's been in love with him all along, and tries to hide it from him (but of course Daisuke finds out).
- They could also both be in love with each other and both hiding it!
Obviously any of these would have a happy ending because they do both love each other, but there's plenty of room for angst before they find out. You could also have fun peppering in Dark Seed/Flower references -- maybe Daisuke coughs up petals that look like the Dark Seed flowers because he's in love with Ken (which would be quite alarming to Ken when he finds out), or Ken coughs them up and believes they're just a symptom of the Dark Seed and not Hanahaki. Leaving this prompt very open-ended since Hanahaki is such a versatile concept. Have fun with it!