Ruby Strawberry: Awakening of the Queen - Full Episode (ENGSUB) is a magical fantasy drama filled with hidden identities, royal destiny, romance, and breathtaking transformations.
Ruby Strawberry has always lived an ordinary life, unaware that an ancient power sleeps within her. When a mysterious event awakens abilities she never knew existed, her world is turned upside down. Suddenly, she finds herself at the center of a struggle involving powerful kingdoms, forgotten prophecies, and dangerous enemies determined to control her fate.
As secrets from the past begin to emerge, Ruby discovers that she is connected to a legendary royal bloodline. With allies and rivals surrounding her, she must learn to master her newfound powers and embrace the destiny she has spent her entire life avoiding.
Along the way, unexpected friendships, forbidden romance, and shocking betrayals test her strength and courage. But to protect those she loves, Ruby must rise above fear and become the queen she was born to be.
Packed with fantasy adventure, royal intrigue, magical powers, emotional drama, romance, and epic plot twists, this addictive series is perfect for fans of strong heroines, fantasy kingdoms, and destiny-driven stories.
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Ruby Strawberry has always lived an ordinary life, unaware that an ancient power sleeps within her. When a mysterious event awakens abilities she never knew existed, her world is turned upside down. Suddenly, she finds herself at the center of a struggle involving powerful kingdoms, forgotten prophecies, and dangerous enemies determined to control her fate.
As secrets from the past begin to emerge, Ruby discovers that she is connected to a legendary royal bloodline. With allies and rivals surrounding her, she must learn to master her newfound powers and embrace the destiny she has spent her entire life avoiding.
Along the way, unexpected friendships, forbidden romance, and shocking betrayals test her strength and courage. But to protect those she loves, Ruby must rise above fear and become the queen she was born to be.
Packed with fantasy adventure, royal intrigue, magical powers, emotional drama, romance, and epic plot twists, this addictive series is perfect for fans of strong heroines, fantasy kingdoms, and destiny-driven stories.
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#RubyStrawberry #AwakeningOfTheQueen #FantasyDrama #QueenRise #HiddenPower #RoyalDestiny #FantasyRomance #MagicalAdventure #StrongFemaleLead #DramaSeries #ShortDrama #ENGSUB #FullEpisode #FantasyKingdom #EpicFantasy
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00:00My husband the golden banana rented out my flesh to his three brothers for a mere 15 grand so they
00:05could sow their seeds, simply because in this fruit world where color is everything, I was a colorless white strawberry,
00:12I endured in human torture, watching them make sick bets on the seeds bulging from my skin, watching him humiliate
00:19me just to please the vibrant cherry, when the smoking industrial acid burned into my flesh, my core finally died
00:25completely.
00:25In the fruit world, a vibrant color is the absolute symbol of power and beauty, as a pitiful white strawberry
00:32my pale colorless skin made me a defective outcast, subjected to endless disgust and discrimination, but an unexpected twist of
00:40fate made me believe I had stepped into a fairy tale.
00:43I married the golden banana, a premium fruit of supreme status and blinding luster, he was the absolute helmsman of
00:50the prestigious banana family, it wasn't because of love, years ago he contracted a deadly peel blight, the only cure
00:58was the pure, unpigmented juice of a white strawberry.
01:01I drained half my life force to save him, and the board of directors of the banana group forced him
01:06to marry me to maintain their honorable reputation, but he despised me, he believed I used my life saving grace
01:13to steal the title of his primary mate, tearing him away from his true love, the vibrant cherry.
01:19To him, my pale skin was nothing but a disgusting reminder of his humiliation, we had been married for 5
01:25years, the golden banana had always undisguisedly refused to touch my colorless flesh and forbade me from bearing his little
01:32fruits, but a few months ago, he suddenly agreed to artificial pollination.
01:38After 3 months of agonizing chemical drips, I finally sprouted 3 distinct, bulging seeds on my pale skin. But carrying
01:463 foreign seeds was brutal for a fragile white strawberry like me. My delicate flesh swelled to a grotesque size,
01:53the heavy burden caused my skin to bruise into sickening shades of purple, I fainted multiple times confined to the
02:00sterile soil of the greenhouse bed for weeks.
02:02The orchard botanists strongly recommended to remove one of the seeds, but the golden banana refused without hesitation.
02:10We love all 3 of our little seeds.
02:12His voice was smooth and flawless, just like his pristine yellow peel.
02:17How could I bear to pluck away any of our children?
02:19Hearing his words, pale strawberry juice welled up in my eyes. It turned out my husband loved our little strawberry
02:26seeds this much.
02:27I swore to myself that no matter how much pain I had to endure, I would safely bring our little
02:33fruits into this world.
02:35But one day, after I collapsed again, I regained consciousness to the sound of laughter coming from outside my room.
02:42I recognized the voices immediately the golden banana, his cherished childhood sweetheart, the vibrant cherry, and his 3 high-class
02:50fruit brothers.
02:51The arrogant orange, the thorny pineapple, and the venomous dragon fruit.
02:56I can't believe you actually rented out her pale skin to your three bros for a mere 15 grand.
03:03The vibrant cherry giggled, her voice dripping with sweet, intoxicating juice.
03:08And just because I said I was curious to see how hideous a white strawberry would look, bulging with three
03:16seeds.
03:17The golden banana pulled her close, his tone softening in a way he never used with me.
03:23Only a fruit with a color as rich and florless as yours deserves my lineage, my sweet cherryry.
03:31That pale thing inside is just a defective fruit I can toss into the compost bin whenever I want.
03:37Letting her grow my friend's seeds is the biggest mercy her colorless body will ever get.
03:42The arrogant orange chimed in, his bright peel shimmering as he chuckled.
03:47We paid 15 grand for a free sowing.
03:49We really should thank you and the cherry.
03:52Why don't we make a bet on how the seeds turn out?
03:57Whoever loses has to buy the cherry a diamond tiara worth at least 1.5 million.
04:02Hearing this truth I felt like I had been locked in a sub-zero freezer.
04:08The golden banana had set this trap turning the agony of growing these seeds on my skin into a cheap
04:14auction and a sick bet.
04:15And I had stupidly thought I was living a fairy tale.
04:19I wiped my pale strawberry juice tears and quietly opened my communicator to book an appointment for a seed extraction
04:26surgery.
04:27The laughter outside my room got louder and louder.
04:30Then the vibrant cherry said in her fake, sugary voice,
04:34Oh, if the ugly white strawberry knew all this, she'd be so mad.
04:39The golden banana just scoffed.
04:42Mad? What right does she have?
04:45I only asked her to grow three seeds, not to rot.
04:48But even if I did tell her to rot, she'd do it.
04:51The thorny pineapple laughed so hard his spiky rind shook.
04:55Anyway, the cherry is the only one the golden banana really cares about.
05:02I still remember when he took the cherry to the tropical orchards for half a year.
05:06When he got back, he found out the white strawberry's gestation was already 8 months along.
05:12Her skin covered in his almost ripe seeds.
05:15To keep the cherry from getting jealous of her bearing his little fruits,
05:19He actually hired some pesticide thugs to beat the white strawberry so badly
05:24that all her seeds was violently scraped off her flesh.
05:28Man, I almost felt sorry for her pale ass.
05:31The vibrant cherry chimed in proudly.
05:34The white strawberry's pregnancy back then was just an accident.
05:38My darling banana was secretly feeding that colorless strawberry seed inhibitor every day
05:44to make sure she never sprouted.
05:47If I hadn't gotten curious and wanted to see her miserable and bloated,
05:51she wouldn't even have had the chance to grow a single seed in her whole pathetic life.
05:56The venomous dragon fruit cracked up.
05:58Well, well, anyway.
05:59We spent our money and got a free laugh out of it.
06:02We really gotta thank him for sharing his pale wife for the sake of his bros and his true love.
06:08The golden banana shrugged, his golden peel catching the light.
06:11Whatever.
06:12She's taking up a place in the premium orchard she doesn't deserve anyway.
06:16If I snap my fingers, she'd be begging to be my fertilizer.
06:21Their mocking laughs filled the sterile glasshouse corridor.
06:24Every word dripped with sarcasm and absolute cruelty.
06:26Hearing their laughs, I pulled my green leaves down tightly,
06:29trying to block out the cruel sounds.
06:32My pale skin stretched painfully over the three protruding seeds
06:37as I swallowed my pale juice to muffle my sobs.
06:40In those six months of artificial pollination,
06:43my flesh was pierced by needles again and again.
06:46The chemical fertilizers left me weak,
06:49leaking juice and so sick I could barely stand.
06:52I suffered so much.
06:54Yet the heavy seeds digging into my flesh
06:56were nothing but cheap bargaining chips for their twisted games.
06:59What's even more insane is that I actually believed
07:02the brutal assault I suffered at eight months
07:05was just a random accident.
07:07I had even blamed myself,
07:09thinking my pale skin was just too weak to hold on to my seeds.
07:13Who could have guessed that every bit of that humiliation
07:16and agonizing pain was part of my husband
07:18the golden banana's plan all along.
07:20He harmed my little fruits and my dignity,
07:23but after just a few sweet words from the vibrant cherry,
07:26he turned around and sold my body like it meant nothing.
07:30Forcing my white flesh to incubate foreign seeds.
07:33If the golden banana was so disgusted by my lack of color,
07:37he could have just thrown me out of the orchard.
07:40Instead, he kept hurting me,
07:42over and over,
07:43dragging me further into my own personal rot.
07:46Every bit of care and sweet words were all fake,
07:49just traps he set up so I would ruin my own flesh willingly for him.
07:52I bit down so hard on my own lip that pale, watery juice bled into my mouth.
07:57Then the room door handle turned.
07:59The golden banana came in with a radiant smile,
08:01his yellow peel pristine,
08:03holding a bowl of steaming,
08:04dark green broth.
08:07He did not say a single word of comfort
08:10and just brought the spoon straight to my mouth,
08:12not even giving me a chance to say no.
08:14Drink this, my pale little strawberry.
08:17It'll help the seeds stay firmly rooted in your flesh.
08:21I swallowed mechanically,
08:23my entire body shaking.
08:24At that moment, he wasn't my husband.
08:27He was the parasite that drained my dignity
08:30and the toxic blight slowly rotting my core.
08:33The broth smelled awful, sharp and metallic.
08:36When he noticed my disgust,
08:38he even stroked my bruised white cheek like he cared
08:41and said with a soft, chilling smile.
08:44It's brewed from the crushed remains of the seeds
08:47that were scraped off your body last season.
08:49The cherry said it was a secret compost recipe
08:52from her home orchard.
08:53It works amazingly for a defective fruit
08:56trying to grow three seeds at once.
08:58My crushed seeds.
09:00He actually believed the vibrant cherry
09:02and was forcing me to drink a fertilizer
09:04made from the pulverized remains
09:06of my own lost children.
09:08My core turned violently.
09:11I don't want it.
09:12No.
09:12I fought to push his hand away,
09:14but before I could even react,
09:16he grabbed my delicate stem tightly with one hand
09:19and forced the scalding.
09:21Foul broth down my throat with the other,
09:24his golden face hardening.
09:25I'm only doing this for your own good.
09:28His voice sounded so disgustingly righteous.
09:31You have to grow these three seeds safely.
09:33You couldn't be a vibrant color like my precious cherry.
09:36So this is your punishment.
09:37The burning hot fertilizer
09:38scorched my internal vessels in seconds,
09:41leaving them raw and swelling.
09:44The pain crashed over me
09:46and I just lay there on the soil
09:48like a discarded compost scrap,
09:50staring at his flawless golden peel blankly.
09:53He was so familiar,
09:54yet now I realize that beneath his golden skin,
09:57his flesh was pure, blackened rot.
09:59I thought to myself,
10:01punishment.
10:02You sold my white flesh for 15 grand
10:04so your friends could sow their foreign seeds in me.
10:07Did you ever feel even a shred of guilt
10:09for turning my body into a cheap breeding pot?
10:12Or did it just thrill you
10:13to help the cherry satisfy her twisted curiosity?
10:16The golden banana smoothed out the cruelty
10:18on his flawless peel
10:19and held my hand like he cared,
10:21his palm brushing my bruised cheek so gently.
10:24I feel bad for you too.
10:26If you just drank it nicely,
10:27I wouldn't have had to force you.
10:29Classic carrot and stick.
10:31However,
10:31I was done drowning in this fake fairy tale
10:34he built for me,
10:35I knew if he ever found out.
10:37I wanted to forcibly pluck these three seeds
10:39from my flesh,
10:40he would probably lock me
10:41in a cold storage unit forever.
10:43I curled my pale lips into a cold smile.
10:45I need to rest.
10:47You can leave now.
10:49The golden banana looked like
10:50he had been waiting for me to say that.
10:52He got up right away,
10:53almost relieved,
10:54and walked out of the botanical ward
10:56without even glancing back.
10:58As soon as the heavy door closed,
11:00I dragged my aching body to the sink,
11:02wishing I could tear my whole core out.
11:04I gagged and choked,
11:06until the foul metallic fertilizer
11:08laced with the crushed remains of my past
11:10spilled from my lips.
11:13Deep down,
11:14I knew it wasn't just compost.
11:16It was the flesh and blood
11:17of my own lost seeds.
11:19After emptying my core,
11:21I couldn't even stand.
11:23I crawled back onto the bed,
11:25my white skin bruised and messy.
11:26My communicator wouldn't stop buzzing
11:29with messages from the vibrant cherry.
11:32So what if you wear the title
11:33of his primary mate?
11:34He still rolls after me.
11:35If I just release a drop of my sweet scent,
11:38he'd peel himself alive for me.
11:40I scrolled through the visual logs she sent.
11:42They were all photos of premium luxuries.
11:46Imported volcanic soil,
11:48a bath of the purest,
11:49mineral-rich spring water,
11:51organic beeswax,
11:52peel-polishing spa treatments,
11:54and custom-tailored silk pest protection nets.
11:56These were the romantic dreams
11:58I used to beg the golden banana for.
12:00He always had an excuse to say no,
12:03but for a fruit with such vibrant red skin,
12:05no matter how expensive or complicated,
12:07he did it all willingly.
12:08All her provocations flaunted right in my face.
12:11The golden banana didn't care
12:12about my dignity at all.
12:14He just wanted the whole orchard
12:16to know the vibrant cherry was his true love.
12:18While I was nothing but a wife in name only,
12:20my delicate green stem trembled uncontrollably
12:23as pale strawberry juice dripped onto the screen.
12:27After I confirmed my appointment
12:29at the underground seed extraction clinic,
12:31I left the ward by myself.
12:34This time, I didn't make a fuss or call him.
12:38Yet he took the initiative
12:39to send me premium nutrient credits out of the blue.
12:42He attached a short note.
12:44For the three seeds.
12:46I knew he wasn't doing this for me.
12:48He only cared about nourishing the three seeds
12:51I was growing for his fruit brothers.
12:53So I hit reject without thinking twice.
12:56When he saw I refused the credits,
12:58he got mad and sent a voice note.
13:01Don't be so ungrateful, you pale freak.
13:03Think about whether you even have the right
13:05to throw a tantrum.
13:06If those three seeds in your flesh wither,
13:08you'll be sent straight to the compost incinerator.
13:11It was a blatant threat.
13:14Yet I didn't care anymore.
13:16That night, when I returned to the premium estate,
13:19I saw the golden banana and the vibrant cherry
13:21tangled on the velvet couch like two exotic vines.
13:25The air reeked of their sickeningly sweet scent.
13:28The stark contrast of her flawless,
13:31deep red skin against his shining golden peel
13:33stabbed at my eyes.
13:35I stood there frozen.
13:37The cherry sat up,
13:38her red skin slightly bruised from the friction
13:41and smeared with sticky, mashed yellow pulp.
13:44But fake innocence dripped from her voice.
13:47Oh, don't get the wrong idea.
13:49We were just discussing orchard business
13:51and this position is just
13:52more efficient for deep nutrient exchange.
13:55Then she shot me a smug look,
13:57her lips curling in mock sympathy.
13:59Don't worry.
14:00I'd never try to steal your place.
14:02After all,
14:03I can't sprout three heavy seeds at once like you.
14:06Not everyone is cut out to be a cheap,
14:09colorless breeding pot, you know?
14:10Her soft, mocking laugh was like thorns
14:13stabbing straight into my pale flesh.
14:18I acted like I didn't hear a word she said
14:20and turned to leave.
14:22But out of nowhere,
14:24the vibrant cherry's fleshy base gave out
14:26and she rolled to the floor.
14:29She squeezed out a few drops
14:31of bright red cherry juice from her eyes,
14:33pretending to cry.
14:35If you are jealous of my beautiful color,
14:38just say it!
14:39Why did you push me?
14:41I'm sorry.
14:42I know I was wrong.
14:44She wobbled in front of me,
14:45grabbing my bruised lower peel.
14:49You always hated how vibrant I am.
14:52Please don't be mad at me.
14:56The golden banana rushed over
14:58and helped her up.
14:59For a second,
15:00I thought he saw right through
15:01her pathetic act.
15:02But the next thing I knew,
15:03his heavy golden hand
15:04cracked across my pale face
15:06so hard my skin split.
15:07His voice was ice cold.
15:11Are you insane?
15:12How can you bully her like this?
15:15Do you really joy-tention with this
15:17grumped and you'd have done
15:18with the bazines?
15:20Do you really think
15:21you're the master of this estate?
15:22Before I could even react,
15:24he grabbed a heavy crystal
15:25watering bulb
15:26and smashed it against my head,
15:28yelling,
15:28Well, there's to a nod in his sin.
15:30It's down-topping for the hat.
15:32Like going hard.
15:33You think just because
15:34your white skin is bulging with seeds,
15:36you can do whatever you want?
15:38Who even knows
15:39what low-class fruit
15:40put those seeds in you?
15:42You colorless trash.
15:44Warm, pale juice
15:45gushed down my forehead
15:46and a sharp pain
15:47spread like wildfire.
15:49My knees buckled
15:50and I hit the ground.
15:50I just lay there,
15:52laughing at myself
15:53through the pain.
15:54Don't you know exactly
15:55whose seeds these are?
15:57I thought to myself,
16:00He turned me into this grotesque,
16:02swollen ghost of a fruit
16:04and now he wanted
16:04to shame me for it.
16:07Besides being born
16:09without a beautiful color,
16:11which isn't even something
16:13I can control,
16:14I have been nothing
16:16but a doodial mate to you.
16:19What did I even do wrong?
16:22Why do you hate me so much?
16:25For a second,
16:26the golden banana froze.
16:27There was a flicker
16:28of hesitation in his eyes,
16:30but then he grabbed
16:31my delicate green stem
16:32and spat.
16:33Apologize to the cherry!
16:35I fought to break free,
16:36but he yanked my stem back,
16:38dragged me down,
16:39and forced my head
16:40against the cold tile
16:41again and again.
16:42Pain and pure disgust
16:43washed over me.
16:44I just let him hurt me,
16:46my pale body shaking,
16:47my lips shut tight.
16:48Yet the vibrant cherry
16:49wasn't done.
16:50She looked at me
16:51with a twisted grin,
16:53grabbed a dark bottle
16:53she had hidden
16:54behind the couch,
16:55and lunged at me.
16:57The golden banana's eyes
16:58widened and he yelled,
17:00Wait!
17:01That's industrial corrosive acid!
17:03But the cherry
17:03completely ignored his warning.
17:05She let out a sick smirk,
17:07her voice dripping
17:07with hate as she teared.
17:09Defective,
17:10colorless trash
17:11like you
17:11should be burned clean!
17:13You've hogged
17:14the title of
17:15Mondam of the banana group
17:16for far too long.
17:19Now it's my turn.
17:21She didn't even flinch,
17:23she dumped it
17:23right onto my pale skin,
17:25her voice dripping
17:26with hate.
17:27The acid burned
17:28into my white flesh
17:29like liquid fire.
17:30I let out
17:30a sharp broken scream.
17:32My pale skin blistered,
17:34bubbled,
17:34and split open
17:35in seconds.
17:36The pure white
17:37turned into a sickening,
17:38rotting brown.
17:39Sickly juice
17:40oozed out of
17:40the chemical burns
17:41while I lay there
17:42paralyzed,
17:43my breath catching.
17:44Everything started
17:45to go dark.
17:46The last thing I saw
17:46before I blacked out
17:47was the golden banana
17:48holding the vibrant
17:49cherry tightly,
17:50panic all over his face.
17:51He was terrified
17:52that a single drop
17:53of the acid might splash
17:54and ruin her beautiful
17:55red skin.
17:56Meanwhile,
17:57I was sprawled
17:58on the floor,
17:59rotting alive
17:59like a puddle
18:00of putrid,
18:00melted pulp.
18:03When I opened
18:04my eyes again,
18:05all I could smell
18:06was clinical disinfectant.
18:09The massive acid burns
18:11on my white flesh
18:12were half-wrapped
18:12in protective mesh.
18:14I dragged my rotting,
18:15half-melted body
18:16down the hall
18:16to the underground
18:17seed extraction clinic.
18:19I told the botanist
18:20straight up,
18:21extract the seeds
18:22now.
18:27The pain of the procedure
18:29was worse than
18:29I had ever imagined.
18:31I lay on that
18:32cold metallic table.
18:33The botanist took a pair
18:34of long freezing
18:35silver tweezers.
18:36Without anesthesia,
18:38the tweezers dug deep
18:39into my rotting,
18:40swollen white flesh.
18:41The first pluck
18:42I screamed as the seed
18:43was violently ripped
18:44from my skin.
18:45Pale, translucent juice
18:47the lifeblood
18:48of my colorless body
18:49spilled from the open wound,
18:50soaking my trembling flesh.
18:56The second pluck
18:57The third.
18:58Two more agonizing tears.
19:00Deep down,
19:01despite the torture,
19:02I actually felt
19:03a wave of relief.
19:04After all these
19:04wasted seasons,
19:05I finally made up
19:06my mind to break
19:07away from him for good.
19:09He despised my lack
19:10of color,
19:10and I finally chose
19:11to free myself.
19:13When it was over,
19:14I didn't even look
19:14at those three
19:15extracted seeds
19:16soaking in my pale juice.
19:18They were grotesque,
19:19each already bearing
19:20the traits of their
19:20true father's one
19:21glowing with a
19:22sickening orange
19:23tint.
19:23One covered in
19:24sharp microscopic spikes,
19:26and one dark and
19:27scaly like a dragon fruit.
19:29I just had the
19:30botanist seal them
19:31in a luxurious,
19:32polished black walnut
19:33shell lined with
19:34dark, soft moss,
19:35and arranged a
19:36same-day premium
19:37courier pickup.
19:40Back at the banana
19:41estate, it was chaos.
19:43The golden banana
19:43and his so-called
19:44high-class fruit
19:45friends were partying,
19:46drinking premium
19:47nectar, hyped up
19:48about their twisted
19:49bet on my body.
19:50They were laughing
19:51while demanding he
19:52announce the results
19:53of the seeds.
19:55Can't we just drag
19:56that pale strawberry
19:57in here and cut her
19:58open to check the
19:58seeds now?
19:59Why wait for her
20:00to drop them?
20:01The golden banana
20:02frowned for once.
20:03No need.
20:04That'll ruin the
20:05carpet.
20:06Before he could say
20:07more, a heavy
20:08courier beetle buzzed
20:09and hovered into
20:10the room.
20:10It clicked its
20:11mandibles.
20:12Premium delivery
20:13for the golden
20:14banana.
20:15Sender, the white
20:16strawberry.
20:17The golden banana
20:17froze when he saw
20:18the hovering courier
20:19beetle.
20:19We lived in the
20:20same banana estate,
20:21so why would I
20:22send him a courier?
20:23He smoothed his
20:24pristine yellow peel,
20:25a smug smirk
20:26forming.
20:26He assumed it was
20:28a pathetic apology
20:28gift.
20:29That I, the
20:30colorless strawberry,
20:31was begging for his
20:32forgiveness again.
20:34He took the heavy
20:36black walnut shell
20:37curiously.
20:37However, the moment
20:39he caught the faint,
20:40bittersweet scent of
20:41my pale juice leaking
20:42through the seams,
20:43a horrible feeling
20:44crawled up his stem.
20:45His core thumped
20:46wildly, and his
20:47golden hands trembled
20:48even though he tried
20:49so hard to steady
20:50them.
20:51When he lifted the
20:52lid, the laughter in
20:53the room instantly
20:54died.
20:55Ew!
20:56What is that?
20:57Is that...
20:59strawberry juice?
21:00The vibrant cherry
21:01jumped back.
21:02Her glossy red skin
21:03shuddering in disgust.
21:04The golden banana
21:05stared into the shell,
21:07his brain refusing to
21:08process the sight,
21:09but the truth smashed
21:10into him anyway.
21:11He stood there like a
21:12statue.
21:13Inside the dark,
21:14soft moss lining was a
21:15pristine white petal,
21:17heavily stained with my
21:18fresh, pale translucent
21:19juice.
21:20And resting in the
21:21center of the stain were
21:22the three violently
21:23extracted seeds,
21:24one sickeningly orange,
21:25one covered in tiny
21:26spikes, and one dark
21:27and scaly.
21:28The seeds were tiny,
21:29carrying the faint,
21:31sweet scent of my
21:31white flesh.
21:33No!
21:34No way!
21:35He gasped,
21:36shaking his head
21:37wildly.
21:37The shocking sight of
21:38those grotesque,
21:39extracted seeds felt
21:40like thousands of fruit
21:41knives slicing his
21:42golden flesh to pieces.
21:43He could almost
21:44visualize the cold
21:45silver tweezers digging
21:46into my pail,
21:47rotting flesh to rip
21:48them out.
21:49No!
21:49This isn't real!
21:53My pail,
21:54translucent juice
21:55stained his polished
21:56golden peel,
21:56but he looked like
21:57he had lost his mind.
21:59Not hearing a word
22:00anyone said,
22:01just shaking his head
22:02over and over.
22:03She was so desperate
22:04to grow these seeds.
22:06She wouldn't just
22:07pluck them out.
22:08Did she find out
22:09about the bet?
22:10No way,
22:11that pale idiot
22:12wouldn't know.
22:13He started to panic.
22:14He fumbled with his
22:15communicator,
22:16punching in my
22:17frequency multiple times.
22:18But I had already
22:19severed the connection.
22:21Dead air.
22:22A cold rot suddenly
22:23spread through his
22:23golden flesh.
22:25Just then,
22:25his estate assistant,
22:27a frantic green grape,
22:28burst into the room.
22:29The golden banana
22:30lunged forward,
22:31grabbing the grape
22:32by the vine,
22:33thinking he had come
22:34to report my location.
22:35But the grape
22:36just lowered his head,
22:37his plump green skin
22:38shriveling so fast
22:40in terror he almost
22:41turned into a raisin.
22:45Boss!
22:46Something's happened.
22:48After Madam Strawberry
22:49left the underground
22:50seed extraction clinic,
22:52she went straight
22:52to the cliffs
22:53and threw herself
22:54into the raging
22:56salt tides.
22:59Aaaaaah!
23:01The golden banana
23:02stumbled back to steps.
23:04By the time our
23:04security hornets
23:05rushed over to stop her,
23:07it was too late.
23:08The grape stuttered,
23:09drops of sour juice
23:10leaking from his eyes.
23:12I saw it
23:13through the cameras.
23:17Madam Strawberry's white skin
23:19was melted,
23:20covered in acid burns
23:21and bleeding from
23:23the extracted seeds.
23:24But she still jumped
23:26into the crushing salt water
23:27without a second thought!
23:29The armored hermit crab
23:31salivage squad
23:32has been dredging
23:33the dead salt bay
23:34for three hours.
23:36Sir, it's over.
23:36No delicate fruit
23:38can survive
23:38such a highly concentrated
23:40salt tide that long.
23:41The deadly salt
23:42would melt
23:42Madam Strawberry's
23:43flesh entirely.
23:45He stared blankly
23:46at the grape,
23:47watching his mouth
23:47open and close,
23:48unable to form
23:49any words himself.
23:52He refused to believe it.
23:53Like a lunatic,
23:54he grabbed the grape
23:55and shouted,
23:56You're lying!
23:59This is her pathetic revenge!
24:02She hated me
24:03for making her
24:04grow those seeds!
24:05So she did this
24:07to punish me!
24:08Find her!
24:09Deploy the heavy-duty
24:10salt-excavating beetles,
24:12even if you have to scrape
24:13every last salt kernel
24:15out of that bay!
24:16I want her found!
24:19As long as she crawls back
24:20and owns up to this stunt,
24:22I'll forgive her!
24:23The grape let out
24:24a shaky sigh.
24:25With a trembling hand,
24:26he pulled out
24:27a small sealed evidence bag.
24:29Inside was a withered,
24:30half-melted green stem,
24:32heavily encrusted
24:33with sharp salt crystals.
24:34Boss!
24:36Madam Strawberry
24:37really is gone!
24:39This is all
24:40the salvage beam
24:41could find!
24:42The rest of her flesh
24:43melted into the salt sea.
24:45The golden banana
24:46stared at that
24:47familiar green stem
24:48the very stem
24:49he had violently
24:50yanked just days ago.
24:52The golden banana
24:53knees gave out.
24:55Tears of banana juice
24:56fell one after another.
24:57His whole body
24:58started to shake
24:59like he had been
24:59tossed into a freezing unit.
25:01The reality of my absence
25:03was suffocating him.
25:04The vibrant cherry
25:05stood there,
25:06taking in his reaction,
25:07but she didn't care at all.
25:08She was sure the golden banana
25:10wouldn't stay sad for long.
25:12With just a deliberate sway
25:13of her glossy red peel
25:14and a waft of her
25:15intoxicating,
25:17sweet scent,
25:17he would forget all about me,
25:19that pale ugly,
25:20and keep rolling
25:21after her like a fool.
25:22So the cherry
25:23just smiled shamelessly,
25:24putting on a fake
25:25pitying tone.
25:29Oh,
25:30the pale thing
25:31actually jumped?
25:32I bet
25:33she was just trying
25:34to guilt trip you
25:35with a cheap stunt.
25:36But she was too clumsy
25:38and actually fell in.
25:40She's been scheming
25:42for seasons
25:42to get your attention.
25:44How pathetic.
25:46Who'd be cruel enough
25:47to pluck her own seeds
25:49and box them up?
25:51She just did it
25:52to mess with your head.
25:53You really shouldn't
25:54have mated with a fruit
25:55so defective and nasty.
25:59She glanced
26:00at his high-class
26:01fruit buddies,
26:02then clung
26:02to the golden banana's
26:03arm like nothing
26:04had happened.
26:05His friends all
26:06laughed along,
26:07raising their glasses
26:08of premium nectar.
26:09The arrogant orange
26:09laughed,
26:10raising his glass.
26:11Yeah,
26:12good riddance
26:13to the pale strawberry.
26:14Now you can
26:16officially plant
26:17your roots
26:18with the cherry.
26:20Should we pop
26:20some aged floral
26:22nectar to celebrate?
26:23The venomous dragon
26:24fruit chimed in fast,
26:26his eyes darting
26:27to the grotesque
26:27seeds on the rug.
26:29Hey,
26:30don't forget
26:30we had a bet.
26:32Those little seeds
26:33on the floor
26:33are gross.
26:34But we don't even
26:35need to analyze them.
26:38Just look at their shapes.
26:39It's obvious
26:40which one is whose.
26:42Let's settle it now.
26:43Whoever loses
26:44still owes the cherry
26:45that 1.5 million
26:47diamond tiara.
26:50Before,
26:51the golden banana
26:52had always ignored them
26:53when they talked trash
26:54about my white skin.
26:55Yet right now,
26:56every word stabbed
26:57into his flesh
26:58like sharp fruit forks.
26:59I was his mate.
27:00The fruit he legally
27:02brought into his
27:02banana estate.
27:03How did he let himself
27:04become so twisted
27:06that he used my body
27:07for a sick bet?
27:08How could he stand here
27:09while these so-called
27:10premium fruits
27:11mocked my gruesome death?
27:14His trembling
27:15got even worse.
27:16He slowly looked up
27:17at the vibrant
27:18cherry's smug,
27:19intensely red face.
27:20Suddenly,
27:21a wave of profound
27:22nausea rolled through him.
27:23Her bright red skin,
27:25the color he used
27:26to worship,
27:27the symbol of ultimate
27:28beauty no longer
27:28looked beautiful.
27:31Could a fruit
27:31with such a beautiful,
27:33vibrant color
27:33be this rotten
27:34at the core?
27:35Had she always been
27:36this dark inside,
27:37and he had just been
27:38too blinded by her
27:39bright skin to see
27:40the rot?
27:40The golden banana's
27:41peel turned cold
27:42and stiff as he stared
27:43at everyone in the room.
27:45No one touches
27:46my seeds.
27:47His voice was
27:48dangerously quiet.
27:49I'm done with
27:50this sick bet.
27:52If I hear any of you
27:53say one more word
27:54about my wife's
27:55pale skin,
27:56I will have you
27:56pressed into cheap
27:57juice and flush
27:58down the drains,
27:59and no one will
28:00ever find your pulps.
28:02The wealthy fruits
28:03went pale,
28:04their vibrant peels
28:05shriveling up so fast
28:06they looked like
28:07dehydrated dried fruits.
28:08But the golden banana
28:09didn't care about
28:10their reactions.
28:12Internally,
28:12the center of his
28:13golden flesh was
28:14turning black with
28:15regret.
28:15I had been so gentle,
28:17so quietly resilient.
28:18Even when he berated
28:19me for being a
28:20white strawberry,
28:21I only ever tried
28:22to please him.
28:23How did he ever
28:24have the heart to
28:25let these parasites
28:25use my body for
28:26their twisted games?
28:27He had actually done
28:29it.
28:29He had forced me to
28:30incubate their
28:31grotesque seeds just
28:32to impress the
28:33vibrant cherry and
28:34his high society
28:34friends.
28:35An agonizing thought
28:36pierced his mind.
28:37If he hadn't been
28:38so obsessed with
28:39proving his cruelty,
28:40would I still have
28:41plucked them out?
28:42Would I still have
28:43thrown my battered,
28:44melted body into
28:45the salt tides?
28:47Suddenly,
28:47the memory of
28:48grabbing my
28:48delicate green
28:49stem and forcing
28:50me to apologize
28:51to the cherry
28:51flashed before his
28:52eyes.
28:53The pain,
28:54the acid burns
28:55bubbling on my
28:55white skin.
28:56He lifted his
28:57bloodshot eyes,
28:58unable to speak.
29:00The grape assistant
29:02who had stayed
29:02quiet finally
29:03stepped forward.
29:04He couldn't hold
29:05back the truth
29:06anymore.
29:07Boss,
29:08Madam went through
29:09absolute hell for
29:10you.
29:10You saw the cherry
29:11pour that acid on
29:12yet you carried the
29:13cherry away to
29:13check for splashes,
29:14leaving Madam to
29:15rot on the floor.
29:16If when my skin
29:17had been melted
29:18like hers and my
29:19husband abandoned
29:20me like a pile of
29:21trash, I would have
29:22thrown myself into
29:23the salt sea too.
29:26The golden banana's
29:27eyes widened in
29:28sheer horror.
29:29I, I told the
29:31medical bugs to
29:32treat her afterward.
29:33The cherry told me
29:34she only suffered a
29:35minor burn.
29:37The grape handed
29:37over his datapad,
29:38projecting a visual
29:39log.
29:40In the hologram,
29:41the golden banana
29:42saw me dragging my
29:43half-melted,
29:43agonizing body down
29:45the empty corridor,
29:46leaving a thick
29:47trail of pale juice.
29:48No medical bugs
29:49ever came.
29:50And that wasn't
29:51the worst part.
29:52The hologram shifted
29:53to another day.
29:54His high-class
29:55friends surrounding
29:56me in the garden,
29:56kicking dirt over
29:57my pale flesh.
29:59Laughing as they
29:59forced me to drink
30:00contaminated puddle
30:01water while calling
30:02me a colorless freak.
30:03This was the life I
30:04lived in his banana
30:05estate.
30:06I had told him,
30:07cried to him,
30:08begged him to see
30:09the rot beneath
30:09their vibrant colors,
30:11but he had never
30:11believed me.
30:12He had chosen to
30:13believe the beautiful
30:14red cherry and his
30:15premium friends over
30:16the pale,
30:17unappealing strawberry.
30:18The golden banana's
30:19entire body went cold.
30:21While he was basking
30:22in his golden superiority,
30:23I had literally been
30:24melting alive in his
30:25own home.
30:27The grape pulled out
30:28a thick stack of
30:29medical scans.
30:30These are the clinic
30:31logs, proving
30:32Madame Strawberry's
30:33skin was severely
30:35corroded by
30:35sulfuric acid,
30:36boss.
30:37The cherry didn't
30:38just bully her.
30:39She planned to
30:40torture Madame Strawberry
30:41until she rotted
30:42away completely.
30:43Now that she threw
30:44herself into the
30:45salt sea, the cherry
30:47finally got exactly
30:48what she wanted.
30:52The rage the golden
30:53banana had been
30:54suppressing finally
30:55exploded.
30:56He released a sharp
30:57burst of commanding
30:58pheromones, and
30:59dozens of heavy-duty
31:00security hornets
31:01swarmed the estate,
31:02locking all the
31:03doors.
31:06The terrified estate
31:07staff fled, leaving
31:08only the vibrant
31:09cherry and the three
31:10clueless premium fruits
31:11trapped inside.
31:13The vibrant cherry
31:14met the golden
31:15banana's icy, dead
31:16stare.
31:17A wave of genuine
31:18terror washed over
31:19her, but she still
31:20clung to the absolute
31:21law of the fruit
31:22world.
31:22Color is everything.
31:24She didn't believe he
31:25would actually destroy a
31:26fruit as beautifully
31:27red as her for an
31:28ugly, colorless white
31:30strawberry like me.
31:32She forced a sweet,
31:33supery smile.
31:34Don't look at me like
31:36that, my golden king.
31:37Those logs are fake.
31:39Your grape is just
31:39slandering me.
31:40And even if I did
31:42pour a little acid on
31:43her pale, ugly skin...
31:45So what?
31:46Didn't you say I am the
31:48most vibrant, perfect
31:49fruit in your orchard?
31:50You said my red color was
31:52all that mattered.
31:53You'll forgive me,
31:55right?
31:57Her hand trembled as she
31:59reached out to touch his
31:59golden peel, her smile
32:01full of desperate
32:02flattery.
32:03Please, stop scaring
32:05me.
32:06One of the premium
32:07fruits the bright,
32:08arrogant orange stepped
32:09up to protect the cherry.
32:10He cursed, pointing
32:11aggressively at the
32:12golden banana.
32:13Hey, what's this
32:15supposed to mean?
32:16We're premium grade.
32:17Are you seriously
32:19saying we're worth less
32:20than that pale,
32:21colorless trash?
32:23Stop pretending you
32:25loved her.
32:26You were disgusted by
32:27her white flesh.
32:28Now that the ugly white
32:30strawberry is gone,
32:31you can finally mate
32:32with a fruit who
32:33actually has pretty
32:34color.
32:34The more the orange
32:35talked, the smugger his
32:37bright peel looked.
32:38And what was so good
32:39about that stiff,
32:40flavorless strawberry
32:41anyway?
32:42When you were busy
32:43ignoring her, we used
32:45to throw rotten
32:45fertilizer at her just
32:47for fun.
32:48Is she really worth
32:49ruining our premium
32:51alliance over?
32:52Before the orange
32:53could blink, there was
32:54a sickening crap.
32:55The golden banana
32:56lunged, his heavy
32:57golden fist smashing
32:58directly into the
32:59orange's bright peel.
33:00citrus juice sprayed
33:01across the room.
33:02He grabbed the orange
33:04by the stem, his eyes
33:05completely hollowed out
33:06by murderous rage.
33:07Say one more word
33:09about my wife.
33:10The golden banana
33:11whispered, his voice
33:12vibrating with pure
33:13madness.
33:14And I will peel you
33:17alive and feed your
33:19vibrant skin to the
33:20maggots.
33:22The orange hit the
33:23floor, his peel ruptured
33:25and leaking heavily.
33:26Are you out of your
33:28mind?
33:29He shrieked.
33:31She was just a
33:33colorless freak!
33:34Do you really want to
33:36go to war with us
33:37over her?
33:37You knew what we did
33:39to her, and you
33:40turned a blind eye
33:40because you hated her
33:41color too!
33:42Who else can you
33:44blame but yourself?
33:45The orange's words
33:46completely pushed the
33:47golden banana over the
33:48edge.
33:49He was drowning in
33:50guilt and rot, but it
33:51was the absolute truth.
33:52If he hadn't been so
33:53obsessed with the toxic
33:55hierarchy of vibrant
33:56colors, how could he
33:57have ever looked away
33:58from my suffering?
33:59Rage consumed him.
34:00He grabbed the orange
34:01by the stem with one
34:02hand, and repeatedly
34:03smashed his golden fist
34:05into the bright citrus
34:06peel with the other,
34:07his eyes bloodshot and
34:08burning with pure
34:09hatred.
34:10The vibrant sherry
34:11shook in terror, not
34:12daring to release a
34:13single drop of scent.
34:14She slowly shuffled
34:15backward toward the
34:16grand doors, hoping to
34:18slip out while he was
34:19distracted.
34:19But the golden banana
34:21had no intention of
34:22letting her roll away.
34:23He dropped the
34:24bruised, leaking orange
34:25and locked his cold,
34:26hollow eyes onto her
34:27flawless red skin.
34:29Where do you think
34:29you're rolling, cherry?
34:31His voice dripped with
34:32venom.
34:33Did I say you could
34:34leave my orchard?
34:35The cherry's plump,
34:35vibrant skin instantly
34:37shriveled, drying up in
34:38pure terror.
34:39He whispered, advancing
34:40slowly.
34:40You made my wife suffer.
34:44You melted her white
34:45flesh, and you laughed.
34:48Now I will make you pay
34:49back every single drop
34:51of juice she bled.
34:52I will make you feel
34:54just how cruel the fruit
34:55world can truly be.
34:57Her last bit of hope
34:58snapped.
34:59She dropped to the floor,
35:00completely throwing away
35:01her pride, tears of
35:02bright red cherry juice
35:03spilling from her eyes.
35:05I know I was wrong!
35:08I did it all for you!
35:11I was so jealous that a
35:13colorless fruit like her
35:15got to be your primary
35:16mate!
35:18Please, think about how
35:20beautiful my red skin is!
35:22You love my color!
35:24We can still rule this
35:26banana estate together!
35:27The golden banana let out
35:28a terrifying, hollow laugh.
35:30He grabbed her violently
35:31by the stem, forcing her
35:33to look into his dead eyes.
35:36Beautiful.
35:37His voice was filled
35:38with pure disgust.
35:39Your vibrant red
35:40makes me sick.
35:41This was the first time
35:42the cherry had ever seen
35:43the golden banana erupt
35:45in such terrifying rage
35:46towards her.
35:47She was desperate,
35:48finally realizing that
35:49his obsession with her
35:50vibrant color was just
35:51an illusion, built on
35:53the suffering of me.
35:54The only fruit who had
35:55ever truly loved him.
35:57Now, it was too late
35:58for regrets.
36:00Half a season later,
36:02news echoed through
36:03the high society orchards.
36:04The vibrant cherry,
36:05the golden banana,
36:06and his three premium
36:08friends had all met
36:09horrific ends.
36:10The cherry's beautiful
36:11red skin had been
36:12slowly corroded away
36:13by industrial acid
36:14until she was nothing
36:15but a rotten pit.
36:16The three friends
36:17were tossed into
36:18a commercial juicer.
36:19And the golden banana.
36:21His mind shattered
36:22by guilt,
36:22he had purposefully
36:23infected his own
36:24pristine peel
36:25with the incurable
36:26black rot.
36:27He surrendered his wealth,
36:28his estate,
36:29and his golden luster,
36:30choosing to live
36:31as a rotting outcast
36:32in the darkest
36:33alleys of the city.
36:34Waiting for me,
36:35a white strawberry
36:36who would never return.
36:37Of course,
36:38their miserable fates
36:39had absolutely nothing
36:40to do with me anymore.
36:42Because I was no longer
36:43the defective,
36:44colorless fruit
36:44they once despised,
36:46when I threw myself
36:47into the salt tides,
36:48the corrosive water
36:49didn't melt me.
36:50I drifted for hours
36:51until a massive,
36:52armored yacht
36:52belonging to the legendary
36:54dark pomegranate family.
36:56The true rulers
36:56of the underworld orchards
36:58fished me out.
37:00To heal my half-melted,
37:01colorless body,
37:02their top botanists
37:03performed agonizing
37:04botanical reconstructions.
37:06The dark pomegranate boss
37:08personally infused
37:09my dying flesh
37:09with his own thick
37:10ruby red juice.
37:12Nourished by his
37:13powerful essence,
37:14I shed my weak,
37:15pale white flesh entirely.
37:18I was given a new name,
37:19a new life,
37:20and a dazzling ruby red.
37:23Three years later,
37:25the grand atrium
37:26of the global fruit summit,
37:27the golden banana now
37:29referred to by everyone
37:30simply as the blackened banana,
37:32sat huddled in the shadows
37:33like a rotting ghost.
37:34He had aged horribly.
37:36His once-glorious golden peel
37:38was completely black,
37:39soft,
37:39and covered in fuzzy mold.
37:41The remaining premium fruits
37:43in the room avoided him,
37:44disgusted by his pungent
37:45smell of decay.
37:46He was only here to scavenge
37:48for discarded nutrient scraps.
37:50Suddenly,
37:51the grand ballroom
37:51quieted down.
37:52The murmurs died instantly.
37:54The spotlights shifted
37:55to the sweeping,
37:56emerald green marble staircase.
37:58Ladies and gentlemen,
38:00please welcome
38:00the new matriarch
38:02of the sterling orchard,
38:03the ruby strawberry queen!
38:06The blackened banana
38:08didn't care to look,
38:09clutching that withered,
38:10salt-encrusted green stem
38:11hidden beneath
38:12his rotting peel.
38:13But as a collective gasp
38:14of pure or rippled
38:15through the crowd
38:16of premium fruits,
38:17he slowly raised
38:18his rotting head.
38:19He froze entirely.
38:21The scavenged scrap
38:22fell from his mushy hands.
38:24I descended the stairs,
38:25looking like an absolute goddess.
38:27I was no longer pale.
38:28I was breathtaking
38:29a deep, rich,
38:30intoxicating ruby red.
38:32My skin was flawless,
38:34my color so saturated
38:35and dominant
38:36that even the brightest
38:37premium fruits in the room
38:38looked dull next to me.
38:39I radiated an aura
38:40of absolute power,
38:42wealth,
38:42and deadly beauty.
38:43I was looking down
38:44at the crowd
38:45with a faint,
38:45polite smile,
38:46wearing a crown
38:47made of perfectly polished,
38:49ruby red seeds.
38:50It was me.
38:52My strawberry.
38:54My strawberry!
38:55The black banana whispered.
38:56His voice cracked
38:58and then he screamed it.
38:59The entire ballroom
38:59turned to look at the mad,
39:01rotting fruit.
39:03The black banana
39:04lost all sense of dignity.
39:05He shoved past
39:06the premium elite fruit,
39:08his mushy body
39:09stumbling wildly
39:10toward the staircase.
39:11He collapsed
39:11in the center of the hall,
39:13tears of foul,
39:14dark juice
39:14streaming down
39:15his black peel
39:16as he reached
39:16a trembling tip toward me.
39:18You're alive!
39:20Oh God,
39:22you're alive!
39:24He sobbed hysterically,
39:25his face twisted
39:26in a mix of pure agony
39:27and desperate joy.
39:29And your color!
39:30You're so beautiful!
39:32I knew you didn't leave me!
39:34I'll do anything!
39:36Just let me be near you!
39:38Before his rotting peel
39:39could even brush
39:40the hem
39:41of my elegant leaves.
39:43A massive,
39:44imposing figure
39:45stepped in front of me.
39:47It was the dark
39:47pomegranate boss,
39:48standing at least
39:49two heads taller
39:50than any fruit in the room.
39:51His thick,
39:52leathery,
39:53purple-black skin
39:54cracked slightly
39:54to reveal rows of jagged,
39:56blood-red arils
39:57that looked like teeth.
39:58His aura was terrifying.
40:00Watch your rotting hands,
40:02garbage.
40:03The pomegranate's voice
40:04was like rolling thunder,
40:07freezing the room.
40:08He naturally wrapped
40:10a protective,
40:11heavy arm around my waist,
40:12pulling me flush
40:14against his chest.
40:15If you try to touch
40:16my queen again,
40:17I will peel you
40:18and feed your black rot
40:20to the soil.
40:21The at-black banana
40:23lay on the floor,
40:24staring in absolute horror
40:25as I,
40:25the ruby strawberry,
40:27leaned comfortably
40:28into the terrifying
40:28pomegranate's embrace.
40:31I didn't look at the
40:33at-black banana
40:33with hatred.
40:35I didn't look at him
40:36with anger
40:37or a desire
40:38for revenge.
40:39I looked at him
40:40the way one looks
40:41at a disgusting insect
40:43on the sidewalk.
40:45My strawberry,
40:47what is he saying?
40:48The at-black banana
40:49choked out,
40:50dark,
40:51foul juice dripping
40:52from his bruised
40:53lower peel.
40:54He ignored
40:55the terrifying pomegranate,
40:56his bloodshot eyes
40:58locked entirely
40:58on my flawless,
41:00vibrant ruby red skin.
41:02You are my mate.
41:03I am your golden banana.
41:06I paused.
41:07I looked down
41:07from the marble steps,
41:09my perfect ruby skin
41:10glowing under the chandeliers.
41:12The colorless fruit
41:13you are talking about
41:14melted in the dead salt bay
41:16three years ago.
41:17My voice smooth,
41:18elegant,
41:19and chillingly calm.
41:20I whistled
41:20my elegant leaves slightly,
41:22and a sleek
41:23at-green apple assistant
41:24immediately handed me
41:25a stack of botanical
41:26for-fosure documents.
41:28I tossed them
41:29gracefully into the air.
41:30They fluttered down,
41:32raining over
41:33the at-black banana's
41:34moldy head.
41:35I am the ruby queen
41:37of the sterling orchard.
41:39And you,
41:40rotting trash,
41:42are bankrupt.
41:45The at-black banana
41:46stared at the papers
41:47landing in the puddles
41:48of his own leaked juice.
41:50His eyes widened
41:51in disbelief.
41:53You?
41:55You destroyed
41:56the remaining
41:56premium orchards?
41:58You bought my debt?
42:00I smiled,
42:01looking down at him
42:02from my pedestal.
42:03But the smile
42:04didn't reach my eyes.
42:06It was the cold,
42:08detached smile
42:09of a predator.
42:10Did you think
42:11I returned to this city
42:13to accept
42:13your pathetic apologies?
42:16I bought all your debt.
42:18I seized your fertile soil.
42:20Tomorrow morning,
42:21you won't even own
42:22the dial beneath
42:23your moldy skin.
42:24I didn't raise my voice,
42:25but every word
42:26was a sharp pruning blade,
42:27severing the last thread
42:28of the black banana's sanity.
42:30I had not only
42:31taken his wealth,
42:32and yet,
42:32ironically,
42:33I now possessed
42:34the most vibrant,
42:36untouchable color
42:36of them all.
42:37The at-dark
42:38pomegranate boss sneered,
42:40signaling the heavy-duty
42:41security hornets.
42:42Throw this compost
42:44out into the storm.
42:45The black banana
42:46had been thrown out
42:47by the security hornets.
42:49His soft,
42:50decaying peel
42:51bruised and leaking heavily.
42:52It was pouring rain outside.
42:54The freezing winter storm
42:56cut through his thin,
42:57filthy skin,
42:58but the chill
42:58in his rotting center
42:59was far worse.
43:01He had lost everything,
43:02his wealth,
43:03his empire,
43:04and his once-proud
43:06golden luster.
43:07Now,
43:08he was nothing
43:09but a blackened,
43:10rotting banana.
43:12In the fruit world,
43:14where color was power,
43:15he was the lowest
43:16of the low.
43:18A piece of decaying trash
43:20that even the
43:20scavenger beetles avoided.
43:22But he didn't care
43:23about the bankruptcy.
43:25He only cared
43:26about one thing.
43:27He stood by the exit,
43:29shivering violently
43:30in the mud,
43:31waiting for me.
43:32Finally,
43:33the grand doors opened.
43:35The gala ended.
43:36The impulsive
43:37out-dark pomegranate
43:39walked out,
43:39holding a large
43:40black umbrella over me.
43:42The ruby strawberry queen,
43:44wrapping a warm,
43:45protective leaf
43:46over my shoulders.
43:47The out-black banana's
43:49breath hitched.
43:50Under the dim streetlights,
43:52my flawless,
43:53deep,
43:53red skin
43:54practically glowed
43:55in the darkness.
43:56I was breathtaking.
43:57A rich,
43:58intoxicating ruby red.
44:00My queen!
44:02The out-black banana
44:04cried out,
44:06crawling forward
44:06through the muddy puddles,
44:08blocking our luxury transport.
44:12He kneeled in the rain,
44:13pressing his blackened,
44:15mushy forehead
44:16against the wet asphalt.
44:17I have nothing left!
44:20He sobbed hysterically,
44:22the dirty water
44:23splashing
44:23against his rotting skin.
44:25I was blind.
44:26I was a fool
44:27to ever despise
44:28your white color.
44:29Look at you now!
44:30You are so beautiful!
44:32You're perfect!
44:32I know what they did to you.
44:34I know how much it hurt
44:36when they pulled those seeds
44:37from your flesh!
44:38I'm sorry!
44:40I'm so sorry!
44:42Just hate me!
44:43Torture me!
44:44But please!
44:46Don't leave me!
44:47The black banana
44:48reached out a trembling,
44:49rotting hand,
44:51desperately trying to touch me.
44:52I just stepped back slightly,
44:54as if afraid the mud
44:55from the beggar
44:56would ruin my beautiful color,
44:58my perfect ruby red skin
44:59glowing as I,
45:01sneered at his pathetic state.
45:02Golden banana?
45:04Is that really you?
45:06I mocked,
45:07my voice dripping
45:08with pure,
45:09unabulturated disgust.
45:11You used to be so obsessed
45:13with vibrant colors.
45:14You tortured me
45:15for being white.
45:16Look at you now!
45:18I pointed at his mushy,
45:19blackened peel.
45:20You are nothing
45:22but a rotting,
45:23colorless piece of compost.
45:25You smell worse
45:26than the garbage dump.
45:27The black banana froze,
45:29his bloodshot eyes
45:30widening in absolute horror.
45:32He realized I had changed
45:34I was no longer
45:34that pitiful.
45:35White strawberry
45:36who would let him
45:37bully and humiliate.
45:39I turned to the dark pomegranate.
45:41Have the security hornets
45:42throw this rotting trash
45:43into the gutter.
45:44His stench
45:45is ruining the rain.
45:46With pleasure,
45:47my queen.
45:48The pomegranate smirked,
45:49signaling the guards.
45:50The heavy-duty hornets
45:51violently grabbed
45:52the out black banana
45:53and tossed him aside
45:54into a muddy puddle
45:55by the road.
45:56The dark pomegranate
45:57gentlemanly swept me
45:58into his arms,
45:59carefully settling me
46:00into the warm luxury transport.
46:01The vehicle drove away,
46:03splashing fade,
46:04dirty water directly
46:05onto the black banana's
46:06rotting face.
46:07He knelt in the pouring rain,
46:09staring at the taillights
46:10disappearing into the dark night.
46:15The echo of my vicious words
46:17sliced through his mushy flesh
46:18like thousands of fruit knives.
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