KyRu Short Stories

◇ enca au: dad of the year ybarro ◇

prompt: what if pirena didnt stray lira out of encantadia? deciding to leave lira where she thought no one would ever find her, there was no way she would have thought of ybarro himself finding the diwani.

tags: domestic(mej) fluff, unresolved(and unspecified) tension, brief soft single father!ybarro, jealous(mej ulit)!amihan

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(READ THE NOTES AT THE END)

pirena used her evictus powers trying to get as far as she can from lireo, in a hurry. she knew she was somewhere in the territories of sapiro and she could feel the border between hathoria and sapiro getting nearer. somehow, she felt hesitant to leave lira where hagorn rules over. apparently, that way, she would have no say on how her pitiful hadia is going to disappear from the surface of encantadia, given the historical background of hathoria being the darkest second to etheria -- not that there would be other kingdoms to be compared so. there's some kind of pull within her that did not want anything unimaginable happening to amihan's supposed heir.

and so pirena concluded that she should leave lira on a meadow where life signs are significantly barren compared to the rest of sapiro, considering how near it is to the territories of hathoria. even after more than a couple of decades, the brilyante ng lupa still took great care of the lands of sapiro, even after being in the care of the diwatas for so long.

pirena glared at her hadia for a minute, still angered about how she's unable to just stab the baby dead. her heart strings, which she is surprised to find out she had so, started pulling on either ends, so she left through evictus before she could decide on anything else.

pirena left, knowing it is doubtful to have anyone find the diwani unless they're brought right there for that same exact purpose.

fortunately for the lirean heir, danaya's blessing with the help of her brilyante ng lupa, heightened with the unknown power of the sapiryan land to feel how a sapiryan diwani was laid on its embrace, protected lira from anything and anyone that could harm her, the soil growing a bush that served as the baby's protection.

it remained as that for an entire day until ybarro, wandering too far away in his attempt to mend his broken heart after breaking things off with alena, stumbled into that very meadow and the bushes shriveled back into the ground and little lira let out a cry.

ybarro was quick to take a look at where the sound came from and found an arksha wrapped in brown cloths. he took the child into his arms, silently asking how cruel it is for parents to just leave their child in the wilderness, and all the dangers that come with it. bouncing the baby ever so gently -- despite his history of growing up as a mandirigma, always moving with firmness etched onto their bodies -- reducing her into an adorable blob of love that ybarro surprisingly felt.

it's been a minute but he already made up his mind about protecting the baby with all his life and loving her with all his soul. "kakatuwang kay gaan ng loob ko sa iyo, munting encantada. mula ngayon, ikaw na si adrianna, anak ni ybarro." he smiled wholeheartedly, the first one after the dream of pagniniig he had with the queen of encantadia. which reminded him of his other daughter, lira.

"hindi man ako makilala ng iyong apwe bilang kanyang ama, masaya naman akong dumating ka sa buhay ko nang madama ko kung paano ngang maging ama. lubos na pangangalagaan ka ng ado, adrianna. anak ko."

and he kissed the baby's still so soft forehead.

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pirena returned to her bedroom in lireo, where gurna was impatiently waiting for her.

"pirena!" gurna approached her with eager steps. "ano? napaslang mo na ba ang anak ni amihan?"

"ssheda, gurna! baka may makarinig sa iyo!" pirena whisper-shouted.