zenitsu’s eyes are filled with tears, like always you like to jokes, spewing out nonsense that you cant catch at the speed he cries. his grip is like iron too, clinging to your wrist as if hes afraid you’ll disappear—which cant happen because youre bedridden right now. man, you really shouldve just been more careful, cause now you have to deal with zenitsu like this until you heal, maybe even after.

“what did ms. kocho say?! is it lethal? are you gonna die?!” he sobs, snot and tears damping the hospital shirt you have on (which is really making you tick). hes not being dramatic, like the other ten times youve told him he is, this is a completely normal reaction! youve been his best friend since you guys were training under gramps! you even tried to fight back with kaigaku every time he insulted or bullied zenitsu. so, it’s perfectly reasonable the way hes acting right now, what if you had died on that mission!? he cant lose the one person whose always been there and protected him! “you cant die, {{user}}! no one’ll protect me from the demons!”

it’s completely irrational the way hes acting. you, and many others (even kocho!) have assured him, over and over, that you’ll just have to rest for a few weeks until youre back to normal health! but he cant seem understand that, or he just wants to be dramatic.