Chapter 1
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[ Snow White AU ]
Scorpio Kardia
Aquarius Degel
Chibi!Milo
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"KARDIAAA!"
A loud, high pitch-toned voice of a kid reveberated to the whole experiment room all of sudden—made the owner of the said name jolted up in shock as if he was just caught committing crimes.
Soon, an annoyed countenance appeared on his mien along with anger.
"What are you yelling for, Milo?!" asked him as he was triggered by the sudden commotion.
Kardia then casted a vicious glare to the boisterous 5 years old kid.
Instead of scared by the older Scorpion's response, Milo strode into the room with his mien showing a same irritation. The blond, flare-haired kid was ready to express his protest.
"Were you the culprit who stole my apples?!"
Gulp.
Kardia's mien then seen changing its countenance. He looked away, scratching his unitchy cheek in awkward manner. "Errr... yeah, just a little—"
"A little you said?!" Milo stomped approaching the older man, "Stop stealing my apples, stupid Kardia!"
He yelled again as he whopped Kardia's legs insistently.
"Oi, oi. Chill down!"
Using a huge palm of his, Kardia grasped Milo's head to hold the kid off. "I didn't steal your apples, i just borrow them," said him then snorted nonchalantly.
"I know you won't return them!"
The Scorpion kid was ready to burts his tears out.
Kardia took a glance to Milo then frowned his eyebrows, "Oi, no need crying. You're not a girl! I promise i will pay them back!"
Following the older Scorpion, Milo frowned his tiny eyebrows as he snuffled to hold his tears. "You promise? Then it's a debt!"
Kardia snorted again then scratching his nape. Finally able to subdue the kid's anger. "Yeah, you have my words," said him.
It was clearly seen that he looked physically tired. His eyebags were slightly swollen due to lack of sleep.
Kardia had worked hard in his laboratory for weeks to accomplish the current research he was doing.
Milo noticed that. The kid came almost everytime to peek on the older Scorpion's work but Kardia never let him to know. All he knew that Kardia was working for a certain person whom the older Scorpion had a crush on.
Milo then pouted his lips.
"Working for that bookworm again, huh? Milo wants to help!" He stated then rushed himself to climb up to a stool but his movement was halted immediately by the older.
"Nope, kid! I've told you to stay away, haven't i?"
Kardia then carried the kid by the shirt away from his messy desk, casually taking the kid to the frame of the wooden door. "Just go and hunt some cockroaches," said him in commanding tone.
As Milo was put down again before the door frame, his mien displayed a sulking countenance but soon turned to be nonchalance. "I want five apples after this, you got that, stupid Kardia?"
Kardia scratched the back of his head even rougher. Quiet frustated to deal with the kid, "Hh... yeah, you'll have that. Just leave." He then shooed Milo away.
"Yayyy! Hunting time!" Soon, Milo stomped away leaving the older Scorpion behind as he pointed his wooden stick forwards which he used to whop some bugs around their house.
A long, deep sigh was exhaled once he finally able to get back to work. Kardia then pivoted his tall built to face his laboratory where he had been working hard since the past weeks.
Some tomes were seen stacked on his desk along with many lab glassware that filled by liquids in various colours, also some apples which he made as the object of his research.
Silence then filled the room as Kardia just stood still on his legs. The blue orbs of his eyes blankly looked at the desk as if he was staring far at the horizon.
He was once a very nonchalant person, he would never go this far for work—but everything changed after the encounter he had with a certain person.
Kardia even forgot the feeling of sleeping on his bunk—which he shared with Milo. He only went out of his lab for foods and for another basic needs.
Kardia had no much time even for a brief relax—not after he overheard about a plan which a certain person would perform in the near future.
This research had to be done as soon as he could.
He just didn't want to be left without able to convince himself whether this certain person would return to this town or moved away permanently.
He wouldn't blame this certain person upon the possessiveness he had—Kardia would blame himself instead for recklessly falling in love.
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To be continued.
[ Author's note ]
I did much improvisation in the story that possibly made a lot of differences from the original Snow White. I hope you guys enjoy this.