KyRu Short Stories

◇ enca au: a king's despair ◇

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tags: angst, mentioned mcd, no fluff at all, just me pulling out my notepad while watching encantadia episode 183 to ramble, no sarkosi amihan in here btw

cw: mentions of amihan, lira and kahlil's death

/not proofread/

you could ybrahim ask the same thing about how much lira meant to him, but he would always have the same answer.

lira was the gauze that held all of his wounds intact, keeping him from scratching the scars until they bleed; keeping him from completely destroying himself. losing his only daughter is comparable to the pin being pulled off the grenade, setting it off to hurt everything around it with varying impacts, the closest ones getting hurt the most.

after lira died, ybrahim acted on what his emotions told him to and not on what he had to do for the sake of encantadia.

being a ruler is a curse that he could always break through if he ought to just cut through the shackles that held him and amihan back then when their love was at its prime. and as he said, first went amihan, then went lira, the only one left to shine her light to guide her father through life.

amihan was no longer there to ground him and keep his sanity in check, and his world blacked out when lira went to follow her mother. ybrahim was alone in the dark.

who would have thought that the valiant warrior within the rama could ever cower in fear without a hand to hold his through the dark?

cue ybrahim passing out from the exhaustion, of keeping himself awake beside where his daughter was laid. there in his dream, he found amihan where she sat waiting for him in the past dreams of pagniniig. a tear fell when she smiled at him and pat the empty space beside herself, silently asking him to join her.

it wasn't a dream of pagniniig, though. it was amihan reminding ybrahim of what they fought for back when they were alive and breathing together.

it started off with a well-constructed "kumusta ka, mahal ko?" from amihan herself. and then ybrahim let himself become vulnerable inside his lover's arms after expressing how much he longed to get to be with them, his family, all the time.

amihan then tells him, "kailangan mong magpakatatag, mahal kong rama. katulad ng sinabi mo sa akin noon, hindi lamang tayo mga magulang, tayo ay mga pinuno ring nangangailangang mangalaga at managutan sa ating mga nasasakupan. oo nga't hindi na ako isang reyna at isa na lamang akong payak na ivtre na nananahan sa kandili ng devas, ngunit narito ako upang ipaalala sa iyo na hindi pansariling ibig ang ipinaiiral ng isang pinuno. ng isang hari. hindi tamang isusugal mo ang buhay ng iyong mga nasasakupan sa kadahilanang napopoot ka sa nangyari kay lira."

and then, unexpectedly--or not really at this point-- ybrahim abruptly stood up with eyes as sharp as his erra'ordin. "hindi mo naiintindihan ang nararamdaman ko, amihan." the king gritted.

amihan also made the move to stand up. "ybrahim--"

"hindi mo alam kung ano ang pakiramdam na maiwan ng mga tanging pinakamamahal mo sapagkat ikaw naman ang nang-iwan!" he yelled with a stiff finger pointing at amihan.

the hara durie was aghast. her mouth fell agape at ybrahim's words. she could not move, in too deep utter shock to even feel the clanging of the shards of her heart.

"nawala sa amin ni alena si kahlil, iniwan mo kami ni lira, at ngayon ako naman ang iniwan ni lira. sabihin mo sa akin, amihan. mapapantayan ba ng mga pasakit sa buhay mo ang dinaramdam ko ngayon? sa tingin mo ba ay may panahon pa akong maging hari gayong wala na akong ibang nakikita kung hindi ang kadiliman ng buhay ko buhat ng paglisan ng mga minamahal ko?!"

amihan had tears running down her face. she didn't seem to recognize the ybrahim in front of her. he's so... full of hatred. so far from the ybrahim that made sure to keep her happy until she had to breathe for the last time.

"ybrahim, paki-usap, makinig ka sa akin." she pleaded, reaching out for her lover's hands, which were flicked right off before her grip could cage them in.

"maging masaya ka na lamang sa devas sapagkat makakapiling mo nang muli sa wakas ang ating anak, amihan. ako naman dito sa encantadia ay patuloy na ipaglalaban ang kung ano sa tingin ko'y nararapat. avisala meiste."

and just like that, the dream was over, and the fire burning within ybrahim's heart did not fluctuate one bit.

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this is the shortest i've written for this collection which makes sense naman kasi it's a drabble after all.

will this have a part 2 as well??? not gonna promise anything especially bc di pa ako nangangalahati sa part 2 ng dad of the year ybarro hehe.

bye na ulit ~