just a dream

chapter 2: when they met

It was 4am, the night still pitch black. Shoyu couldn't sleep, he was drifted in thoughts,
"Why this school?"
"Do I really wanna spend my last few years here?"
"Am I really going to be lonely? Till I die?"
"I've always been, maybe I thought it would change but that's stupid, I'll be fine"
"No I wont!"
His mind kept confusing him. What is it he really wanted?
He didn't know.
He slowly got off his bed, put his coat over his pyjamas and silently walked out the door. Fresh air at night,where no one was bothering him was what he needed. Rain poured as he slowly lifted up his umbrella admiring the rain, small little droplets of cold water, he didn't know why it looked so relaxing, making him forget about all his troubles. The trees dancing and the night still.
"Thud"
it came from the bushes behind him
He turned around as he saw a silhouette created by the light posts.
"Thud!"
It came again..
And again..
Shoyu turned the corner of the bushes. His eyes slowly moving. Just then he saw it, a tall man, wearing a grey shirt and trousers, they were connected as he had two katanas strapped to his back
Shoyu stepped back
"Who- who are you?"
"THUD" he felt a cold hand on his shoulder.
Shoyu gasped as he sharply turned his head to see... Yuko?
He looked back at where the man was, he was.. gone.
"Hey, shoyu right" yuko said with a smile
Shoyu stared at him blankly, what was he doing here
"It's fine if you don't like me, I just wanted to make a friend before I left this school for good but hey, its ur choice right"
He said smiling weakly, about to walk away.
He could be the change shoyu was looking for
"No.. I dont mind your company" shoyu said trying to force a smile, but yuko could tell it was fake and laughed.
"You dont need to force yourself to smile." He said chuckling.
They walked to a tree and sat under it
"What are you doing here at 4:23??" Yuko asked.
"To get fresh air, what about you?" Shoyu said. It sounded so unnatural, for him.. to be talking to someone.
"I had an argument with my parents" yuko said his smile fading.
"You see, I'm adopted and I asked my mom who my real parents were and she didn't want to say anything so we had a fight"
I felt sympathy towards him but didn't want to add anything about myself or my missing dad as I didn't trust him yet.
We sat there silently as I thought of what to say.
"when were u adopted?" Shoyu asked.
"8 yrs old, I can't really remember anything about my past since I've had therapy though."
We sat in silence again. Just then we both looked to our right when we heard someone yell
"Yukoooo!!! Where were you???!!! Everyone was worried!!"
It was towa, she ran towards them.
"Why would you lea-"
She stopped as soon as she laid her eyes on shoyu.
"Oh.. I didn't know you were here, is this a meet up or something?" She asked, her cheeks flustered.
"No it isn't." Yuko said firmly
"Why are you still mad at me?! I was so worried how dare you just walk out the door and LEAVE WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING??!" she yelled kicking yuko hard in the leg. They both started yelling at eachother and arguing while shoyu thought and thought, towa did come off as annoying when he first met her but as he looks at her right now, she really cares for yuko, they both have eachother and its clear they care about eachother. He admired that. While they went off at eachother he just sat there, almost about to genuinely smile... Will they be the change I've been craving?