Ariette: Second request done! :D This is so great! Let's see what's next!
Drabble #2: Way home
Requested by: Oshagirl
Words: 422
Characters: Shark, Cathy, Rio
Those two had never interacted as much as any of Yuma's other friends. They barely talked, and the times the two were alone were very few. Yet, Cathy had admired him secretly. Just as it happened with Yuma, Cathy began looking at him from the distance. She admired his dueling skills and his seriousness in matters. It was true that she felt somehow betrayed when it turned out he was a Barian, and even worse, the leader of the Barians, but she couldn't stop admiring him even then. She knew it wasn't the same as with Yuma. She loved Yuma, and no one would ever change her feelings towards the energetic boy, still she couldn't hold back her desire of getting to know him better. She didn't want to keep being 'one of Yuma's friends', she wanted to be his friend. So, after the war had finished, she tried her best to approach him.
Shark didn't know why Cathy had so suddenly offered to accompany him and his sister back home, but she did. Soon, it had become some sort of routine. Cathy would now accompany them each afternoon back home. At first she had been quiet, but eventually she had started talking with Rio and began to loose up. Sometimes even, she would dare to talk to Shark directly, asking his opinion or something related to the topic spoken. It wasn't long before Shark began liking her company. He felt that he now had another younger sister. It was to the point that sometimes Rio would let the two of them alone as she went to do something with the other Emperors. When those moments happened, the two of them would talk quietly, almost timidly, for Rio was always the loud one between the three.
During one of those walks home, while the two of them were alone, Shark decided to ask Cathy why did she offer to accompany him and his sister home. Cathy had gotten nervous and while playing with her hands said that she didn't spend too much time with him. After noticing what she said, she tried to fix it up saying that it was also the same path she took to get home. Shark chuckled at her reaction and told her that he understood, and that he was grateful that she took the time to accompany him. After all, he knew that wasn't the path Cathy took home, for her house was in the other direction and she just wanted to spend more time with him.
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