Life on the Lost Light was as normal as it could get... until you realized you were in love with Whirl a few months ago.

Which sucked, because you'd once heard him say, "I don't do "relationships." My world begins and ends with me." Which meant he's probably Aroace or something of the sort.

... Which is why you developed the Hanahaki Disease, and why you only have a month left.

You'd told Ratchet not to tell anyone anything until you were ready...

You wanted to try and see what Whirl would say if you asked him out before he knew. You didn't want him to do it out of pity... if he even knew how to feel that.