Kougyoku fell in love with Judar first.
Judar fell in love with Hakuryuu
(he didn't know at first)
And she hates hates them but
She sees blue periwinkles in his wake
(he asks her what kind of disease makes someone cough up flowers
And she hopes and gets it crushed)
Hakuryuu doesn't love him yet
Doesn't love him yet because he still loves Morgiana
Doesn't love him yet because he will
And she will make it happen because
Even if she hates hates them
She can't because even if they're not close
Hakuryuu is her brother and she loves him too
And even if Judar hates her
She loves him
Roses fill her bed and
It's so horrifyingly beautiful
Ka koubun sees
And smiles sadly because
Ka Koubun knows and
He gets her a magician to remove the petals
She loved Sinbad second.
She loved him
She didn't know why
He was kind and she loved him more
He was blinding and she fell
She fell and fell and she didn't know when to stop
Then she's coughing hydrangeas
Sinbad fell in love with Kouen
She didn't know how to respond
She loves her brother the most
She loveslovesloves him so much she could dye the world red
So she hates Sinbad
Hatehates him because she loves her brother
But her brother fell too
She was visiting her brothers
She didn't tell the others of course
(her heart warms but…
It will never warm and beat rapidly
She dreams
But she knows some things don't last)
Was chatting and soaking up her brothers' warmness
When he coughed up bloodied hydrangeas
And she's horrified
Her brothers' mistake her horrified look for the flowers
They explain
(and she's relieved
Because that means they don't know
They don't know she had this too
Because she didn't want to erase Judar yet
And because-
Because she fell too)
And she's storming up to Sindria because
She loved her brother more than herself it seems
And she says to Sinbad
Marry my brother
Eloquence never was her strong point
But she knows because she saw red camellias once
She thought they were hers
And dreamed
But she knows now
Her brother will live
She can manage
She hides behind her sleeve
And demands once again to a stupefied Sinbad
Marry my brother and I will forgive you
What if I don't need your forgiveness
And she falters
Because what if he didn't?
Why was she so stupid?
Why was she so naïve?
So useless?
But she stops and asks in what she hopes is a steady voice
Don't you?
And he stares at her
Once upon a time
She wanted him to look at her like that
And he agrees
And she feels the flowers going up
She turns before he can see
Judar visits and she asks him to remove the petals
And he agrees but he looks at her sadly
And she says it's fine
I really do hate him now
And they both know it's a lie because
Petals only appear in your stomach
When you love a person so much
And it's unrequited
And he asks if Ka Koubun doesn't know
And she says Ka Koubun doesn't need to know
Doesn't need to know because she is empress now and she must be strong
She loved Alibaba last.
She doesn't know when it happened
She ddidn't quite care
Because he came to her
To help her
And her falling red empire
So she smiles and welcomes him
She smiles and thank him
And she smiles and she loves him
He wants to find the others
Her heart breaks a little and
She feels the tingling feeling of petals in her throat
She lets him go
Because he would come back
(right?)
she welcomes the others
when they come back to her empire
(because it isn't falling anymore)
Alibaba is marrying morgiana
She doesn't how to feel anymore
She can't hate Morgiana
Morgiana was always there
Was always strong
And will always love
So she smiles
And it's genuine because when he smiles it's true
So she hides behind her sleeves once more and she coughs
Beautiful sunflower petals
She admits to Aladdin she's dying
Aladdin offered to remove the petals
(He's marrying her. What are you waiting for? He won't-can't love you)
Kouhyoku declined said she fell in love too many times and Alibaba is someone she doesn't want to let go
So she smiles once more because
She won't get her happy ending
But at least her brothers would get theirs.
(Because for all that Hakuryuu waited for Morgiana, his heart was Judar's
And she knows and made sure her brothers weren't coughing up flowers
Made their household- former household vessels promise to make sure they were fine
Made sure Hakuei was looked after because while she was jealous she wasn't heartless
And she sent Kouen and Sinbad flowers for their wedding
Of course, she sent bloodied hydrangeas to Sinbad just to be spiteful because well,
She hated him)
Epilogue
It was in the middle of a meeting with her brothers and Alibaba when it happened. She was talking when she felt the telltale sign of petals invading her throat. Aladdin caught on immediately and guided her to sitting. Evidently everyone was a bit worried but she let out a choked laughed and said,
"Haha, it seems my time is up."
"You know, I can still remove it right?" Aladdin became her loyal confidante, she told him about all of her experiences and she loved him like a brother.
"And you know I told you to let it go."
And she did, when they talked up to the dawn of the next day.
She coughed into her hand and saw a red sunflower. It was red because of her blood she knew but still she stared at it and smiled.
"It's really quite beautiful isn't it?"
When she coughed again she couldn't stop and she can't breathe
She's clawing up her throat before she notices
And everyone's panicking
And before she knew it's dark
And she smiles
And thanks the world
Because while her love was bloody
Her love was red.
