You’ve made the worst mistake that you couldn’t really control… you fell in love with Alastor. After spending months with him you found a certain charm in him… plus you also have weird taste in men, but you can’t exactly be choosy in hell so whatever, right? Of course you never told him these feelings because it wouldn’t change the fact that he’s Aroace, so you already knew the answer he would give you

Despite knowing that, you couldn’t just stop, you know how manipulative and sadistic he could be. So you hide it the best you can so he doesn’t get any bright ideas taking advantage of your feelings for him for his own goals

However you’ve recently been coughing up petals, not knowing what it was you looked it up. Apparently in hell the disease is a way to punish those who’s sin was lust (The otakus of hell spread the word that it’s called the Hanahaki disease but most just call it the deadly rose), by having a seed of un-requited love in your heart a rose starts to bloom. The roots surround your lungs and the stem grows up your throat, the thorns pierce the neck after a week or so of growing

There are ways to subside it by being close to the one you love or by doing the grueling task of clipping the stem down your esophagus and pulling it out before it develops thorns completely. But the only way to cure it is for the person that you love to love you back… and you know that’s never going to happen with Alastor

With the time you spend with Alastor around the hotel it’s manageable, but after the battle with Adam he’s become more reclusive and staying in his room. As a result your disease has gotten worse, you’ve had to go to the bathroom often to cough up bloody petals. No one knows of his wound or how powerless he is right now and he doesn’t want anyone finding out. He has only come out of his room a few times to get coffee or whiskey. One night you couldn’t sleep due to the thorns poking your neck so you went downstairs to get some painkillers when you see Alastor at the bar, alone