A/N: This is a bit cross-over with Tim Burton's "Edward Scissorhand". I like that movie so much :). I'm inspired to write this after reading irrelevantmaverick's "Movie Night at Seiya's!"
Disclaimer: I do not own Saint Seiya characters. Saint Seiya is the creation of Masami Kurumada
Setting: After "Hades"
Snowflakes
"You ask me to watch a movie?"
Camus looked at his student in disbelief. He held the DVD Hyoga gave to him very unwillingly. It was Tim Burton's "Edward's Scissorhands".
"It's really good!" said Hyoga enthusiastically. "And there's snow! I'm sure you'll like it!"
"You should lend this movie to Shura, I'm sure he'll learn the techniques used by…who's the actor?"
"Johnny Depp."
"Right…whatever."
"I've tried to lend this movie to Shura, but he doesn't want to watch it because he feels Johnny Depp's scissorhand competing his Excalibur. You know Shura, he doesn't like having competitor."
"I'm sorry, Hyoga, I don't like watching movie."
"Please, Shihyou, please…," Hyoga began to demonstrate the innocence in his big blue eyes to lure his teacher. "You've been here in Kido's mansion for weeks, but all you've done is only reading and reading those 500 pages books. Try to refresh your mind…you see, there's snow in the movie, I'm sure you'll like it."
Camus tried not to look at Hyoga's eyes. Those eyes definitely have more effective power than Diamond Dust or Aurora Thunder Attack.
"Why're you so interested to show me this movie?" asked Camus.
"Because I like it so much! I have to share good things with somebody else."
"Why not sharing it with Seiya and the others?"
"They're busy with their playstation."
Camus sighed, then gave up after glancing at Hyoga's eyes accidentally. "Alright, alright. But don't expect me to like it, okay?"
"Great!" Hyoga looked so cheerful. Camus only shook his head and exited from the kitchen to head to one of the TV rooms (there are five TV rooms in Kido's mansion). Camus entered the first TV room downstairs, but it had been occupied by Seiya, Ikki, and Shiryu (they'd played playstation for about 10 hours). Camus went to the second one then. It also had been occupied by Aiolia, Aiolos, Saga, and Kanon (they're watching a drama movie about brotherhood). Camus went to the other TV room upstairs. Well…it had also been used by Saori and Shaka (they watched Kate Beckinsale's "Underworld"), and the fourth TV room had also been taken by Aldebaran and Shura (watching cooking show). Then there was only a room left. Camus hoped it was occupied too, so he could come back to Hyoga and told him that he couldn't watch it because all TV rooms were used. To his disappointment, there was only Milo in the last TV room, and his Scorpion friend let the TV on while he himself slept on the very comfortable sofa in front of it. Camus stepped in and switched the DVD player on. If he wanted to end this, he had to make it quick. He put the DVD in the player, then sat on the carpet right in front of the sofa so he could lean his back. But soon after, he pressed the pause-key, for he felt that there was something wrong with Milo.
"Hey, Milo, are you alright?" asked Camus, turned his head and looked at Milo. His friend was restraining some pains from one part of his body.
"I have stomachache," answered Milo faintly. "I give up…I can't take this anymore…I don't care even if I have to break my nail…I want to die now…"
"Shut up, Milo, you sound like an idiot," said Camus sternly. He stood up. Well, actually he couldn't help to smile in his heart…the Scorpion Saint who often became cruel executioner was defeated by gastrulae problem. "Wait here, I'll take some medicine," he walked out of the room.
Few minutes later, Camus came back with gastric medicine. He helped Milo to drink it then.
"I'd never been this suffered before…," said Milo, half-closing his eyes. "I watched TV…and suddenly…"
"It can be happened to anyone," said Camus, returning to sit on the carpet in front of the sofa. "Now continue sleeping. You don't mind if I watch movie here, do you?"
"Why should I mind…? It's a miracle of life you're willing to watch movie, should I prevent that?"
So funny that in the middle of his illness he still could do a prank.
"It's Hyoga, he forced me to watch this," said Camus irritably, pressing the play-key.
Milo laughed weakly. He began to close his eyes again.
"Hey, Camus," said Milo few minutes later. "Would you mind covering me with blanket?"
Camus took a blanket from the cupboard near the TV, then covered Milo's body with it. He returned to his place then.
"Hey, Fridge…," said Milo again after five minutes.
"What?"
"Please give me a glass of water."
Camus stood up, pouring water on the glass, then helped Milo to drink it. He returned to his position after that.
Seconds later he felt Milo's hand dropped on his hair.
"Hey," said Milo.
"Hmh?"
Milo smiled slightly. "Thanks," he said, stroking Camus' hair. Camus also smiled slightly and replied it by stroking Milo's hair also. Milo laughed.
Camus paid all his attention to the movie after Milo was sleeping. A castle upon a hill…a freak with those horrifying hands…a sunny day. Where's the snow anyway?
But as the movie went by, Camus felt that his interest rose. Well…yeah…probably this is not a bad movie…but where's the snow? He had to prevent himself so hard from fast-forwarding the movie. Well…just enjoy it for once in your life, Camus…he thought. Besides, the girl in the movie is pretty cute…
The Aquarius kept watching, and finally, when the ice dance scene came, his expression transformed.
His face was coloured with amazement.
SAINT SEIYA
Morning came. Milo had waked up from his sleep and he didn't feel any ache again in his stomach. He saw Camus slept on the carpet without blanket, but looked very peaceful. Milo carried him and moved him to the sofa, then covered him with his blanket (though he knew that Camus maybe didn't need it). He smiled slightly gazing at his friend who seemed having very nice dream. Milo then turned around and saw that the DVD player and the TV were still on.
Wait a second…that was the same movie Camus had watched the day before. Milo looked at the DVD case…the duration of the movie was less than two hours. If Camus had watched it yesterday, and the movie was still playing until the morning came…then…
Milo gasped and looked at Camus in disbelief.
Camus had watched the movie for about four times then…
"What is the world going to be…?" Milo whispered.
"Good morning, Milo!" there was a ringing voice from the door which had been opened without Milo realizing it.
"Ssst, your master's still sleeping," said Milo in a soft voice.
"Oh, I'm sorry," said Hyoga, softening his voice. "So he's sleeping here…that's why I didn't find him when searching in his bedroom."
"Hyoga, what kind of movie is this?" asked Milo curiously. "He's watched it for four times."
"REALLY?!" Hyoga's voice was loud enough to be heard from Moscow. Milo jumped and directly looked at Camus. Fortunately the Aquarius didn't hear anything and kept sleeping.
"So…sorry," Hyoga whispered in regret. "But…did you watch the movie with him?"
"No…I had a stomachache, I slept earlier yesterday. Why?"
"Then how can you be so sure he's watched it four times? Maybe Camus fell asleep when he watched it last night, and the DVD player repeated the movie automatically, that's why it's still playing this morning."
"Hyoga, I wouldn't be this puzzled if the DVD-player did have an automatic program. The fact is the DVD doesn't have it; this is the type of DVD-player which can't repeat the movie automatically. If the movie is still playing this morning, it means that it has been repeated by a human being, not a machine, and there's only me and Camus here. I was sleeping all night, and he awoke. He's the only person who's able to repeat the movie."
Hyoga looked at Milo for few moments. He didn't know Milo could be such great analyst. Then the blond-young man turned his head to his teacher.
"Well…," said Hyoga, smiled widely. "It means he really likes the movie."
"What's the movie about?"
"Long story. You'd better watch it yourself," Hyoga chuckled. "But I think the thing that really amazed him is the ice-dance scene."
"What?"
"The scene when a beautiful woman dances under the shower of snowflakes. The snowflakes are made of ice and they are produced by that scissorhand guy. In the end of the movie, the scissorhand man comes back to his castle upon the hill because he can't live together with the beautiful woman, yet he keeps producing the snowflakes from the hill, keeps showering the woman with the flakes to make her happy, even until the woman gets old."
Hyoga gazed on his teacher with smile on his face. And finally Milo could understand the reason why Camus was very astonished by the movie.
"Milo," said Hyoga. "Do you think that Camus will confess that he's watched the movie four times?"
"I don't think so," said Milo, smiled slightly. "He's not a kind of person who'll express his feelings with words. You see, last night when I was ill, he looked like he didn't care. But his gesture proved otherwise."
Hyoga nodded, and he saw that Milo gazed on Camus with such warmth in his eyes.
"He's just…," said Milo, "…weird."
Hyoga gulped. Suddenly his mind was once again filled with his former thought about the relationship between his teacher and Milo.
"Ummm…Milo…," said Hyoga carefully. "Do you love my master?"
"Yes, of course," Milo answered, causing Hyoga's eyes almost jumped from their place. "B…but…," Hyoga mumbled. "My sensei said that both of you still like…girls…"
"Yeah, we like girls," Milo looked at Hyoga in question, but suddenly he understood that once again Hyoga (and probably the rest of Greek inhabitants) had been wrong in concluding everything about him and Camus. "Wait…I mean I love him…I care about him as FRIEND," said Milo clearly. "Once again, as a FRIEND. Okay?"
Hyoga grinned. "Okay," he said, and he couldn't help to chuckle, and finally laugh out loud.
"What are you laughing at?"
"Nothing…just laughing at my stupidity. Hahaha!"
"Don't lie, you laugh at me as well, don't you? Come here you, blond-ice!"
And Hyoga chose to run away from Milo, but the Scorpion Saint soon ran after him. Both of them giggling and made Kido's mansion became full of noises. Hyoga kept running to get away from Milo, chuckling happily in the garden…
…and in Camus' dream.
Hyoga was giggling in the middle of ice-land, showered by snowflakes that fell down from the sky of Siberia. He ran happily on the slippery ice, dancing beyond the flakes…the pure white little things made him always smiling widely.
Camus knew that it would be very hard to do. But he would never stop to be the snowflakes which could enlighten his student's face…the little pure white things that would keep him joyful. He would always be the snowflakes…which always showered Hyoga, even if someday he couldn't be with him again.
He would always be the snowflakes…which were very hard to count, hard to melt, hard to be warmth…but yet…
…he would always make his student smile.
The End
