Run You Little Bastards

Grace coughs up a petal on the way to Erid and the realization hits him like a freight train. He's in love with Rocky, it seems to be unrequited, and he's floating in a box in the middle of space. Rocky immediately notices Grace coughed up something and is worried so Grace tries to brush it off, but as Grace keeps coughing more and more, coughing up more petals that turn into flowers that then have stems and leave Grace's mouth sticky with blood, Rocky frets even more. Grace tries to tell him it's just a human problem and not to worry about it, but Grace is freaking out. Obviously he can't get the surgery, so his only options are to tell Rocky, and potentially make his best friend and only companion in the vacuum of space uncomfortable or hate him, or to die. He can't die, he can't leave Rocky alone after he's already spent 46 years alone. As Grace gets sicker Rocky gets more and more distraught and finally Grace confesses and then he's able to take his first deep breath in weeks.