Meruem X Komugi

He was born to be no more 
than a beastly king,
She was no more than a blind girl,
Living for a game. 
Brought together by his own interests,
Falling slowly, silently, subtly
As he tried to outdo her fame,
Beat her at the one thing 
for which she'd so long lived,
Allowing her to wager her life for wishes.

Funny thing is...
Neither knew much of love. 
She only knew the game,
He...the desire to rule and kill,
But, with her, 
He could never bend to that will.
A humane side came 
Briefly, that dark side it could tame.

Instead of laughing about intentions to kill,
This side looked upon her and asked 
if there was something she needed. 
Looked upon her as she was being attacked,
Horrified as she bled from many a gash,
Only thinking of healing her 
And punishing the villain.

He still did not know it was love,
Even as he rescued her
When his palace was tumbling down,
Thinking only of pulling her back
from the brink of death,
Still not knowing it was love as he looked upon her,
Regaining the memories he'd lost,
Seeing her alive and well,
But, oh, you could see their hearts swell,
As they sat down for one last game,
They'd die there, together, 
Peacefully,
With one last smile on each of their faces,
Flying to better places,
No, the beast king never beat the sweet little blind girl at her game,
But he did beat the game that was his short life.
Born a feared king,
Dying a beloved one.

Author's Note

I wrote this piece about two anime characters from Hunter x Hunter; Meruem and Komugi. They had an implicit love for each other that was super adorable and it was like a Beauty and the Beast kind of thing so, I wrote some crappy piece about it lmao.

Reviews

[barleygirl]

I have no experience or interest in "anime" anything, plus I'm not a fan of romance . . . so your poem must be much better than "crappy" (author's note) to snag my interest as much as this piece does. The thing I love most -- how you convey the HEART of your characters, nicely balanced with the typical "action" motif of your chosen genre. I was compelled to read on becuz you made me want to know your characters better (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Tessa Melendez]

Thank you for enjoying the piece. I really wanted to tell the story behind these two characters because, I loved watching their Beauty and the Beast sort of romance develop as I watched Hunter x Hunter (the show). No real romance came out of it, but the chemistry was palpable and the ending so sad that I was crying inside and I wanted others to feel it too. I’m glad you did.