Ugh. I'm tired. *yawns* I'm been busy writing this for you guys and reading CloudxSephiroth Fanfics at the same time, not to mention it's almost midnight. Mmm, but whatever.

It just now occurs to me that Shark spends a lot of time in the hospital. :/ anyway, this one has spoilers for later episodes in Zexal II, so don't say you weren't warned. Enjoy~!

Word used: "Hospital"

Shark spent so much time in the hospital; it was actually kind of sad.

At first, the only reason he ever went was because he had to in order to visit his injured sister, Rio. That was all. Then he had to go after the WDC semifinals, when Yuma freed him from Shark Drake and Tron, and he in turn saved Yuma when the young boy tried to take Shark Drake's possession away from him. Then he escaped to go help Yuma, only to end up there again after the battle with Dr. Faker. Then there was the after the duel with Misael, when he and Yuma fell into a fissure. Well, technically Yuma fell and Shark fell in while trying to pull him up from the fissure, but still. Both boys ended up in the hospital.

Looking back on it, that time in the hospital, sharing a hospital room with an upset Yuma who was afraid he'd be unable to protect Astral, was probably one of the most memorable experiences for the purple-haired male. Partially because Yuma's screaming in his sleep gave him nightmares and partially because he got the chance to expressing his feeling to the young boy in a duel.

He'd stolen the key and forced Yuma to duel him. He'd taunted and toyed with the male until he regained his Kattobingu spirit and fought back, winning the duel in the process.

That was probably Shark's favorite duel against Yuma. Sure, he'd accidently reopened a wound in the process, but he saved Yuma from the pit of doubt he was sinking in, like how he'd saved Shark from himself, and expressed his feelings for the red-eyed duelist.

He just hoped Yuma had understood.

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