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Yes, there are spoilers.
Title: 'Confessions'
Chapter 1 : 'Camus & Aphrodite'
"Did you use it ?"
The stern voice came from a dark figure sitting in a corner of the last stairs of the Pisces Temple.
Practically undiscernible in the obscurity,
Aphrodite had to pierce his eyes near to fully to unmask the Aquarius Saint.
"To what do I owe you this late night visit ? It's pretty much dawn."
The Pisces Saint's voice melodically enchanted the cool night air,
rearranging his light blue hair while marching towards his fellow Gold Saint.
Slightly chuckling for as Camus didn't respond nor move.
In fact, Camus crawling at the bottom of his stairs quite surprised him, but then again,
if his suspicions were right, he could easily guess why he appeared here.
Aphrodite's amusement only grew by the realisation of that.
"Did you ? " The deep voice of the Aquarius Saint irritatingly continued.
His severe face lit up by the few bright stars in the night sky.
Only the nostalgic eyes couldn't contain the facade, betraying as such the Aquarius Saint.
Aphrodite had now certainty to what Camus was referring to.
But most importantly that Camus was perfectly aware that Aphrodite knew what he was in essence searching for.
Not being used to weakness, this plaintive display made the Pisces' stomach turn,
to which he in defence replied with:
"Why don't you ask him ? He was there."
Camus' eyes wandered over the Sanctuary and the eighth Temple.
"I only want to know. Nothing more." He muttered.
Softening his tone, aware he won't obtain anything with the harsh approach this time.
Aphrodite bent on his knees, eye leveling a still turned Camus,
cupping his chin delicately with his feminine fingers.
At the contact, Camus' breath stopped and his eyes shut deeply,
as if awaiting the sentence coming out of Aphrodite's pink lips.
"One deadly red rose. Otherwise, he would have been killed.", the Pisces Saint elegantly whispered.
The scent of the Queen of flowers engulfed the Aquarius Saint,
as Aphrodite stood up and departed to the Pisces Temple.
Camus' eyes were still locked, more tightly than before.
Clenching his fists until his nails nearly made his inner handpalms bleed.
Author's note:
This ficlet is based on the anime (not the manga),
before the battle of the 12 Temples of the original series,
just after Milo destroyed Andromeda Island...