If I was in Cookie Run Kingdom {CURRENTLY BEING REWRITTEN}

Just a little drabble

Okay so I was thinking what if... Dark Cacao became corrupted like Mystic Flour and the other beasts and froze his whole kingdom over. Like what if??? SOOO I wrote a oneshot, give me your comments on it! I also published it in Memories of my Dreams. And by the way, it's a song fic. The song is called "The Rose" by the way, and it's a good song to listen to if you need a good cry.

The Rose (Dark Cacao x OC! Honeyflower)

Some say love, it is a river
That drowns the tender reed

Dark Cacao originally had never believed in romantic love. Sure, even when he and the others were still the Five Ancient Heroes, he could see the budding romance between Pure Vanilla and White Lily, but now that they had all been "corrupted" according to other cookies, he couldn't feel anything amongst that blizzard of cold in his heart, other than his original love for his son, Dark Choco Cookie.

That all changed once he met her.

Some say love, it is a razor

That leaves your soul to bleed

Dark Cacao had gone through betrayals, hardships, and even after his son tried to kill him twice, even after taming the Licorice Sea, he still struggled with the power of his soul jam to the point he succumbed to Solitude, giving up his former Resolution to numb himself from the freezing cold and pain of loss.

Some say love, it is a hunger

An endless aching need

He yearned to feel again, but he was like a tower amidst everyone else: solitary, silent and foreboding, inciting fear into everyone who saw it. Dark Cacao remained still as stone, unmoving. Yes, he was still aware of the world around him even after regressing into isolation and falling into silence while his kingdom froze over from the darkest of permafrost that came from his uncontrolled power, but this... emptiness was still consuming him.

I say love, it is a flower

He had left the Citadel one day, searching for the subjects he lost as a result of his so called incompetence, and had found a frozen child, pointing to where the ice had come from and kneeled in the emptiness that consumed him, trying to feel sorry for the child but still failing to figure out his emotions, when she came.

And you, it's only seed

"Are you alright?" she had asked, kneeling next to Dark Cacao, as the wind blew his hair to hide his empty expression and face, like it knew what he wanted to hide.

It's the heart, afraid of breaking

That never learns to dance

"My name's Honeyflower. What's yours?" the woman asked, smiling gently and kneeling beside him. Dark Cacao remained silent, as he listened to Honeyflower. She observed him for a few more minutes, before speaking again, "I... suppose you've lost someone... who's this?" she had asked shyly, not trying to intrude or go overboard. Dark Cacao remained silent as usual.

It's the dream, afraid of waking

That never takes the chance

Honeyflower offered words of comfort, those words that thawed a slight bit of the cold ice in Dark Cacao's heart, making him wonder "Do I have a chance at forgiveness?"

It's the one, who won't be taken

Who cannot seem to give

"You know, it's alright to make mistakes... but the important part is that we learn from them. After all, tomorrow will always be a better day," she had said. Dark Cacao began to feel the thawing warmth that she provided for him, and he could... feel?

It's the soul, afraid of dying

That never learns to live

The wind blew his hair out of his face, and Honeyflower gave a light gasp once she realised who he was, and Dark Cacao knew... it was over, his only source of warmth to leave if he did not do anything. Honeyflower spoke, "I-I didn't know it was you, Your Majesty, I am so sorry for my words! Please excuse-"

When the night has been too lonely

And the road has been too long

As Honeyflower was about to leave, Dark Cacao quietly spoke and interrupted her words of worry, "Wait... please." he called out, as Honeyflower paused in her movements and turned to face him as she was afraid of being killed or frozen to death by Dark Cacao's sheer power. Her eyes, those heterochromatic eyes, the left with hues of pink among the grey and the right with lush green amidst the brown, met Dark Cacao's own dull, purple eyes that now had a slight glimmer of desperation in them.

And you think that love is only

For the lucky and the strong

"Please, stay with me..." Dark Cacao said, in that same quiet tone. Honeyflower's eyes widened, as her mind slowly processed the frozen and bitter king's words. Dark Cacao's desperation was hidden and well kept behind his stoic and frosty demeanour.

Just remember, in the winter

Far beneath the bitter snows

Honeyflower was still in slight disbelief at the king's words, but her heart softened once she saw the sadness in his eyes and the pain behind them. She took a few small steps towards Dark Cacao, and knelt beside him once more, just like when she was comforting him, and her warm aura penetrated the cold king's iced heart.

Lies the seed, that with the sun's love

In the spring...

Dark Cacao wanted her to stay, and that's what Honeyflower did, as she brought words of warmth and comfort to the burdened king, her eyes filled with a gentle warmth that thawed some of the permafrost in his heart as she comforted him amidst the snowstorm he had caused. He was... feeling again? That slight sense of joy, and that... love he once held was coming back to him, but this was a different kind of love, could it be? He wondered.

...becomes the Rose

Honeyflower accompanied Dark Cacao back to his kingdom, where the former subjects were plainly astonished once they saw the king coming back with Honeyflower and looking warmer than usual, with his snow tipped hair having less white snow on it. And Dark Cacao ignored them, sitting back on his throne and becoming unmoving, this time with his only source of warmth by his side, in his freezing hands that protected Honeyflower's warmth from being extinguished.

This time, he wouldn't let her go, as Honeyflower would remain by his side.