Farewell

☯ Hakuryuu Ren, 18 years of age. Fourth Imperial Prince of the Kou Empire. [Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic Roleplay Blog.] Beware of Spoiler. Taken out of the most current chapter, so I will try to keep up with updates.

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Blue eyes snap open, body immediately moving to sit up. He looks around for a moment as if he doesn’t know where he is, before a sigh escapes him, hand coming up to rub at his eyes.

Damnit.

He fell asleep.

The boy curses under his breath, a barely hearable “Shit...” leaving him as he notices how dark his surroundings were. Was it night already? He remembers reaching his room in what felt like the early afternoon, but now that he thought about it, he wasn’t that sure anymore. He was dizzy and tired, and his head felt like it would burst open at any given moment. And although he didn’t wanted to admit it, he was hungry and thirsty, too.

It would have been healthier to rest after that fight, he was aware of that.

Yet, he hadn’t done that.

Because he did not have the time.

Hakuryuu turns his head, looking outside his window. He barely remembers people telling him to rest, to get his wounds checked, but in all honesty he hadn’t paid all that much attention to anything. He was exhausted after everything, even though he refused to admit it, yet he wasn’t ready to take a break just yet.

No, he couldn’t do that, he didn’t have the time for that. He had to think, to think about how to go about with his plan. Sure, he still had his original one in the back of his mind, but there were still things he couldn’t change so easily from one day to the other.

Another sigh, his hands clenching into fists.

If only those two hadn’t come here.

The prince quickly shakes his head, trying to get his mind off of those things. No, there was no use in dwelling on it right now, it would only distract him from his task at hand, and yet he found himself thinking about it more than he liked. He found himself thinking about them too, and Hakuryuu wasn’t sure how to feel about that.

A moment passes, in which he merely stares into space, before Hakuryuu closes his eyes, taking in a deep breath.

As much as he didn’t wanted to admit it; Maybe, resting really was a good idea.

Just for a short while, anyway.

He’d rather not pass out on his desk at random again.

Ugh.

With that in mind, Hakuryuu turns around in order to stand up.

Only to freeze in place once his eyes catched sight of someone else in the room.

And while there wasn’t really all that much light, it was enough for Hakuryuu to make out who it was.

Now, normally he would just tell whoever entered to leave, that they weren’t allowed in here unless it was actually important. Not to mention that they should knock first.

But, this wasn’t just anyone.

“Y-You-”

Eyes wide, the boy merely stares at the other, too shocked and confused to speak for a moment. No, this- This wasn’t possible, this-

“How- How are you-?!”

This couldn’t be real.

There was no way.

“Why- Why are you here?!”

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Sometimes when you finally find out, you realize that you were much better off not knowing.

Audrey Niffenegger, Her Fearful Symmetry  (via jennayliu)

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[zaugal-adhra]

會議 - Meeting

[friendshipmyass]

It didn’t surprise Alibaba that Hakuryuu didn’t greet him with open arms after how they had dispersed. But somehow it also saddened him that he apparently had recognized him earlier, but didn’t say a single word. Neither did he walk away.

Instead, muttered words was all that was given as a response. Alibaba was confused, blinked at the prince.  Something seemed off and he couldn’t make much out of Hakuryuu’s words. He was thinking about what to say, what to do, but the fear still made it struggling. 

So a short silence took place. It was burdening Alibaba with guilt, his hands balled to fists and shoulders tensed. But short before he decided to break the silence, Hakuryuu already spoke up again. But with an obvious lie. It irritated Alibaba that he wanted to shove him off like that. As if he was dumb or something.

Sure, he didn’t know what Alibaba knew. But still… that is as much as he would entrust to him? It was disappointing. And the other’s question just stung as well. He didn’t like the tone of it. As if he didn’t wish his presence.

The irritation mixed with his fear were building up to no good. He rememebred the smiling Hakuryuu, his good old friend, who he fought with, who had fun times with… but this mirrored nothing of it. 

Without giving him a single look, Alibaba figured to reply anyway, even if it might not be to Hakuryuu’s question. “So, you are doing fine after killing your mother? Is it that that you want to tell me?” With teary eyes he closed the distance between them once more and looked him straight into his face. “You can’t be serious! Hakuryuu, I…” His words got stuck in his throat and he stepped back while he swallowed his own tears, trying to recollect himself. 

"What are you planning? Why all of this? Tell me!" He was sure that the prince would just talk around it again, but he wanted to know. He had made himself an enemy of so many people, caused an internal conflict in the Kou Empire, practically… a war. What for?

[zaugal-adhra]

He shouldn't have come here. With every passing second, Hakuryuu became more and more aware of that fact, and he cannot stop to ask himself just why he hadn't listened to that gut feeling of his. It's frustrating, and the more Hakuryuu thinks about it, the worse it gets.

If he wouldn't have come here, he wouldn't have to deal with this situation.

If he wouldn't have come here, he would be able to be alone for at least some time and think.

If he wouldn't have come here, he would have not runned into his former friend much earlier than he was supposed to.

But, that is not even the worst. Oh no. It's far from it.

Blue eyes widen, and the prince actually flinches visibly, body turning completely stiff immediately after. And for a moment he thinks he's misheard what Alibaba had said, but Hakuryuu knows that he has not, and that makes it even harder to believe.

He... He felt fine after doing what?

The surprise is visible on his features, and Hakuryuu wouldn't be able to hide it even if he tried. It's not like he actually cares right now though, he's too busy trying to make sense of what the blond had just said.

Where did Alibaba get that information from? And from whom? When?

No, this- This was wrong. "I-...?"

This wasn't how things were.

"What...?" He tries to sound composed, but honestly, he sounds more confused than anything else. And that wasn't a lie.

It takes Hakuryuu some time to catch himself again, but once he does, a frown replaces his previous expression, though the surprise and confusion are still very much present and visible. "What are you talking about...?!"

Suddenly, staying and having a talk with the other didn't seem like such a bad idea anymore.

[zaugal-adhra]

         ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ɪs DARK ᴀɴᴅ CRUEL.

               ɪғ ɪᴛ ғɪɴᴅs ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ { smallest } ʀᴀʏ ᴏғ ʟɪɢʜᴛ, IT DESTROYS IT.

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ついったまとめ

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{Drinking game: Take a shot every time mun comes on here, makes an ooc post, and ends up basically just talking to themself.}

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I loved your Hakuryuu. You should come back to citta ;n;

{Thank you? Also how old is this ask tumblr didn’t tell me anything

Somehow I doubt I’d be very welcome there though.}

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ついったまとめ

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{Mmmm I actually found fanart of it.

Nice.}

[ulquiorra]

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會議 - Meeting

[friendshipmyass]

So it was really him. Hakuryuu…. who he hadn’t seen for years, and now, after that terrible message that they received from the Kou Empire, he stood right at his side. It was… too strange to think of. This must have been another one of those dreams. But a more dark one… probably because of the message…

Come on, wake up, wake up, wake up! He kept telling it himself in his head as he tried to deny the reality. Which was - Hakuryuu was right here. He stepped backwards while facing the ground. All the time he wanted to talk to him. He was worried, that he might turn out like Kassim. There was not much time to worry about it, but whenever his name fell, he had hoped to hear something positive.

Yet now that he was standing in front of the reality, Hakuryuu who had killed his own mother, the witch of the Kou Empire… suddenly Alibaba didn’t want to talk to him anymore. He was scared. Gladly no one else was around - or maybe he would have liked to have Morgiana or Aladdin around right now.

But he had to do this on his own now. As soon as Hakuryuu spoke towards him, his head snapped up. He couldn’t see his face clearly all this time, it was simply too dark. But he could hear in his voice that he was stressed. Then he could also see how worn out his eyes seemed to be. Somehow… they reminded him even more of Kassim now and that was the moment when he shook his head and created an even bigger distance between them.

He had to focus back on Hakuryuu.

"Hakuryuu…-" Completely wet, he stood there, staring at the other with worried, but also frightened eyes. "How…. how are you doing?" There was incertainty shining through his voice. He knew exactly how he must have felt. The situation wouldn’t suppose any other possibility. But he wanted to hear it from Hakuryuu himself. 

[zaugal-adhra]

... Really now? That was it?

Honestly?

That was all Alibaba had to say?

Blue eyes blinked a few times, nothing but silence present as Hakuryuu merely looks at the other with a frown on his features. He assumes that he should be glad though, that he should be thankful that this 'conversation' isn't starting with some yelling or screaming, and that Alibaba isn't immediately bringing up certain things or starting to ramble about god knows what.

Because, somehow, Hakuryuu has fully expected him to do just that.

But he guesses it's a good thing, he guesses that this is much, much better than if this had started the same way their last conversation had ended.

And yet, the other's question just pisses him off.

The corner of his mouth twitches before Hakuryuu opens it to speak, although it takes a moment for his voice to actually come out. This whole situation was so bizzare and stupid that he was starting to feel ridiculous.

He hated that, too.

"... Really?" There is disbelief in his voice and expression, and for a moment, the thought of just turning around and leaving actually manages to come to Hakuryuu's mind once more. But he ignores it, he tries to ignore the mess that is his head right now.

"That's... That's it?" In all honesty, Hakuryuu was more thinking out loud than actually talking to Alibaba right now, but he didn't cared that the other heard him. Should he think about that whatever he wanted. It wasn't important, anyway.

Hakuryuu couldn't care less.

"First you just... Do this, and then all you-" A pause follows, in which the prince closes his eyes, lifting up his hands and clenching his fists as he takes a deep breath.

He really didn't understood the blond at all.

Slowly, he opens his hands again, though he doesn't lower them completely. Blue eyes look straight into golden ones, and Hakuryuu cannot help but wonder why Alibaba is looking at him like that. But did it really matter? He had already ignored the fact that the other was stepping away from him, so why was he suddenly paying attention to this?

How irritating.

Eventually, Hakuryuu decides to speak again, to actually answer the other's question, just to get it over with. Though his voice sounds more calm than it did before, even if it was just slightly. "..... I am doing fine." he says, now lowering his arms completely again. But, ah, it's a lie.

A lie which Hakuryuu himself was convinced to be the truth.

"What are you doing here, anyway?"

As far as he knew, there was some sort of summit supposed to be happening right now. Wasn't Alibaba supposed to be there with Kouen? On one hand, Hakuryuu honestly did not care about why Alibaba was here now, while on the other, he actually was kind of curious about it, as contradictory as it was.

But, he figures, asking wouldn't hurt.

And if it was just to distract himself from the mess in his mind.

[zaugal-adhra]

會議 - Meeting

[friendshipmyass]

Alibaba looked at the stranger who had moved upon his accident. He had expected the other to just leave, that he didn’t want to bother with him, especially after he didn’t say anything, but the contrary was the case. The opening of the hood was faced towards him, so the other person was probably staring at him. But Alibaba avoided the gaze and just looked pissed to the bottom.

However, for a mere moment he thought to have heard Hakuryuu’s voice. His head snapped up and of course his first suspicious was the hooded figure. 

No… that couldn’t be. Hakuryuu killed his mother, there’s no way he’d come near here. I am already imagining things…. Confused he kept staring at the stranger for a little longer. “Haku… Hakuryuu?”

The more he thought about the possibility, the more emotions began to crawl up. They urged him to get out of the fountain into the cold weather, stepping closer to the stranger. He was careful with every step, fearing that it might really be true. But he wanted to know. He really wanted to know if it was him.

Whether the other stepped back or even attempted to run away, he didn’t care. He would catch up to him and attempt to pull down the hood. If he would see Hakuryuu’s face, it would come to a shocking revelation for Alibaba. 

[zaugal-adhra]

The urge to punch himself in the face suddenly became extremely strong.

Hakuryuu notices the blond staring at him, and his first thought is that he's noticed, oh god he's noticed, he knows it's him.

Something in his mind screams 'Leave!' the second he hears his name fall.

Maybe if he stayed calm, he could still get out of this. Maybe, if he just didn't react, if he just left right now, the other would leave him alone. Maybe, just maybe, Hakuryuu could still manage to get away and avoid a confrontation. as long as he kept himself calm and collected, and reacted fast.

Sadly, he does anything but that.

He takes in a sharp breath at the sound of his name, and almost immediately, one of his hands comes up to clench his coat, in an attempt to hide himself more. He turns his head away too, trying to keep his face out of the other's view, all of which probably just make him seem so much more suspicious.

And Hakuryuu makes another mistake, and all he can do is ask himself why this was happening, why now, why here, why to him.

"... I-" No, no. Stop, don't. Don't speak, don't make it any more obvious, don't give him a chance to pin you down. Just leave, leave, just get away and leave.

It's because he's tired, the prince thinks, it's because he has had that stupid dream which had kept him from sleeping that he's acting the way he is and is making all those mistakes. Yes, that was the only reason, it was because he couldn't concentrate, because he would have never done any of those things if he would have been able to think clearly.

At least, Hakuryuu liked to tell himself that.

And it's when he hears the sound of the water as Alibaba moves that Hakuryuu starts to regret having come here, and suddenly he thinks that maybe running wouldn't be a bad idea after all. He can hear the other's steps behind him and oh god oh god no he's following him, he's following him quickly and he's going to catch up. Maybe if he really ran, he could get away, or maybe he should just Djinn Equip and fly--

It's when he feels the blond's hand on his shoulder that Hakuryuu flinches again, failing to follow his instinct to push Alibaba away and run.

He hates this.

The prince wants to do something, anything, just to get away. That's his only clear thought right now. But before he even gets a chance to try, Alibaba has already grabbed and pulled down his hood, exposing his face.

Hakuryuu knows that now, his chances to get out of this without any form of confrontation are below zero.

And he hates it.

His eyes are slightly widened in what seems to be shock until he pulls away from Alibaba's hold, switching to a somewhat annoyed looking expression. They have dark circles underneath them too and are slightly red, as if he hasn't gotten a lot of rest or sleep at all lately. His skin looks more pale than it used to be as well, and overall, one could easily get the impression that Hakuryuu has not taken good care of himself for quite a while. His hair is merely tied together in a ponytail, without the hair ornament he usually wears; Simply for the sake of being able to wear a hood without it looking weird.

All in all, he must have looked pretty terrible and worn out.

The grip he has around his weapon tightens as he almost glares at the blond, though he doesn't try to run again, at least not yet. But why he's not, the prince himself does not know. And against his better judgement, Hakuryuu speaks. "What do you want?!"

His voice gives away that he is not pleased by the other's presence, though it doesn't sound as confident as Hakuryuu had wanted it to; It was noticeable that something was off.

Hakuryuu was tired and exhausted, in more than one way, although he'd deny it if asked. All he wanted was to be alone, to not have to deal with this right now.

But of course, that wish wasn't granted.

[zaugal-adhra]

"Good day. My name is Hakuryuu Ren, and I am the new co-host of The Hunger Games."

"May the odds be ever in your favor."

[zaugal-adhra]

會議 - Meeting

[friendshipmyass]

There was a lot on Alibaba’s mind. Many new impressions flooded his mind through Aladdin showing them the story of Alma Toran. Although he was certain to help his friend, he also wanted to help his country, and not in a way like certain other princes are dealing with it. Morgiana offered him to talk about his troubles, but he chickened out for a moment and wanted to free his mind for a second, to think about it properly for himself.

Thankfully it was a clear night, and everything around him seemed so peaceful, as if nothing happened. Everyone was going on with their usual lives. Alibaba looked through the streets, gazed into the sky and took in the calm breeze with a deep breath, as it also gently stroke his skin.

After that he decided to sit down on a fountain nearby. It was dark, so he couldn’t see the edges clearly. He tried to feel a place where he could sit, and so it happened that he bumped into a person who had had the same idea. It startled him, as if he had just seen a ghost. “A-Ah-! Sorry, I didn’t mean to be rude.” He spoke with a smile on and his hands folded in front of him. 

Then he decided to just sit down nearby without checking, and fell back first into the fountain, resulting into a splash. Alibaba was embarassed and not amused about what just happened. Thankfully it wasn’t deep, and he didn’t think of just stepping out into the cold weather. With his head sticking out, he shook it, sighed and then decided to stay like this for a little while.

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The sudden contact surprises the prince, though he finds himself too focused on his own thoughts to actually care. So all he does is give a slight shrug, wanting to speak and tell the other that it's fine, that there is nothing to worry about.

But the moment their voice meets his ears Hakuryuu finds his whole body freezing in place, his eyes widening slightly as no words leave him.

No.

That was... impossible. No, no! Not here, not now. This- This wasn't supposed to happen! He wasn't supposed to be here! So why? Why?!

Why was Alibaba here?!

Please, no.

For a moment Hakuryuu merely continues to sit there, starring into space and not moving a single inch. His first instinct was to run, to get out of here as fast as he could. And since the other didn't seem to have recognized him yet, this could might as well work.

Without a second thought his hand moves, ready to grab his weapon.

Only for his movements to come to an abrupt halt at the sound of a splash behind him.

Wait, what?

"Wha-?" Blue eyes blinked in confusion before Hakuryuu turned around, a rather... dumbfounded expression on his face.

And the sign he was greeted with didn't really made it any better.

"..."

Alright, that... That was... Uhm.

What the hell just happened?

Having completely forgotten the situation he was in for a moment do to sheer confusion, Hakuryuu simply starred at the blond with a confused and somewhat concerned look on his face, somehow finding himself unable to believe that this had really just happened. Although he probably should have used this chance to get away, but alas, that thought doesn't cross his mind right now.

In fact, he is so baffled by the whole scenario that he doesn't even notices how he accidentally mutters "Are you serious...?" out loud.

Congratulations, Alibaba.

You got him there.

[zaugal-adhra]

會議 - Meeting

He figures that maybe, leaving had not been a very good idea. Not that it had been an advisable thing to do in the first place, and to be honest, Hakuryuu was actually quite aware of that fact. Yet, he'd done it, and while a part of him was starting to regret his choice and kept asking himself why he would do something so idiotic, the other was incredibly thankful for the peace and quiet he was able to get this way.

A sigh escaped the prince as he looked around, hands folded in his lap. Where exactly he was, Hakuryuu didn't know, though he clearly wasn't within the Kou Empire anymore. All he knew was that he was in some sort of small town, though it wasn't like it actually mattered much to him. The only thing he had wanted was to get away, at least for a short while, and it had worked out.

Just for a while, he wanted to be alone, away from everything and everyone. And the reason as of why was frustrating the boy beyond belief.

It was amazing and irritating what a small and simple dream could do to him.

His hands reached up to pull the hood of the cloak he was wearing further down over his face, a chill running down his spine. It was late, not to mention cold, and the fact that Hakuryuu was tired as well did not help the situation. Nevertheless, the prince continued to sit on the edge of the fountain, his weapon beside him, not really paying attention to what was going on around him.

Not that much was happening at this time of the night in the first place.

He should probably go back, but he didn't wanted to. Not yet.

Just a bit more time to think in peace, just a bit more time to clear his thoughts.

That was all he wanted.

Hakuryuu didn't even notice that someone he knew was may or may not nearby.

[furyokus]

But if, by any chance… you hate your “destiny”, I’ll take you by the arm.