Prompt before I forgor cuz idk if I'll draw it but
Bella gets inflicted with hanahaki disease. She could cough up white lilies or red spider lilies.
It's more of the interpretation of being unable to speak your feelings rather than anything romantic (there's a specific post I saw long ago about it but idk how to find it-). So just inflict her with a literal/metaphorical time bomb.
She might've been able to keep it on the down low for a while, but it definitely would become too noticeable eventually.
ohhhh thats so cool!!! also yeah i totally get it being nonromantic; being aroace i hit everything with the nonromantic beam lmao
this is like "thats it. speak your feelings or die" and shed still be like ".....its.......... its. its fine. its not that bad. ill just hide this for a moment longer," but oh yeah itd definitely be too noticeable eventually. this certainly wont fall apart on her when she least wants it to!! <3 also, when it first shows up, shed totally be going to every abno that could possibly be causing this and politely asking them to Stop Immediately lmao
she does have the red shoes corrosion giving her mouths on her arms.... given the red shoes whole thing of like. exacerbating ones desires and being selfish, those could get some flowers in them too :3c (what a bloody mess that could be... bloodied flowers falling from the mouths would be some metal imagery though lmao)
it also feels like a physical representation of bella hiding her burdens and how that only makes things worse. being perfect and a nonburden does not, in fact, make things any easier or make the issues go away. mental or physical, they get worse without help. and no matter how much she tries to suppress the desire, humans are social beings - they want connection and help and emotional expression by nature!
