Hope in the Shadows

Past of Regrets

AN: Hi I'm Percephine! This is my first story on here so please tell me if I'm doing anything wrong.

I go by the name Ryoga to many, and Shark to one.. That was a long time ago though and that person is no longer alive, and it's all my fault. It had started out like any other day really. I had gone home with my sister after school, which I'm still not sure why I'm going to anyway. I had just changed out of my school outfit and into my usual outfit of blue pants and a purple jacket that matched my shoulder length purple hair. I was getting ready to just watch T.V. or something when the door bell rang. Mumbling about how I never had a peaceful moment alone I opened the door.

And there he was, Yuma Tsukumo. That strange spiked black hair with the red bangs in front. that dorky red hoodie and white pants with the orange cresent moons, and that idiotic huge smile on his face, and that naïve look in his bright red eyes. Yuma was obviously, the most beautiful person I have ever seen.

" Hey Shark, Earth to Shark? You in there? " I was brought back t o reality by Yuma waving his hand in front of my face. I could clearly see the slight concern on his face.

" Yeah I'm fine. And how many times have I told you not to call me Shark? " Shark was an old nickname I went by back when I was the school bully. It was mostly because I would tear into anyone who got in my way. Back before I met Yuma that is. Now everyone else calls me by my real name Ryoga. Well everyone that is, except for Yuma. " But shark is a lot easier to remember. "

I sighed in defeat. " Fine, guess it's not that important anyway. So why are you here anyway Yuma? "

" I got bored so I decided to spend some time with you. " After years of practice I can easily hide my emotions from everyone, so even though it didn't show I felt like my heart was beating so fast I thought it was going to explode.

" Sure it's not like I have anything better to do. "

Me and Yuma ended up walking around for a while just hanging out together. After walking around for a while we ended up stopping at an ice cream shoppe. Mostly because once Yuma saw that there was ice cream he wouldn't shut up about how much he " wanted, no needed ice cream". I got plain vanilla while I'm pretty sure Yuma got every flavor in the store. I still can't understand how someone as small as him could eat so much. By the time we had finished up just walking around the city some more it was already dark.

Usually the night could be a wonderful thing with the glow of the city lights and the stars. But there was something about tonight, something that ... just didn't seem right. It was obvious that Yuma felt it too because instead of just walking around with his hands behind his head like he didn't have a care in the world like he usually does he was fidgeting with his fingers while his eyes darted back and forth like he expected something to jump out at us any second. Neither of us knew why we were feeling this way but we did know one thing. We wanted to be inside where it felt safe.

We headed to Yuma's place since it was the closest. The only problem was that the shortest way was through the park and the lamps there were all turned off to be repaired. So we were going through a park in the dead of night with no lights on and some creepy feeling. What could possibly go wrong? As we walked through the park we became more and more unsettled. Then suddenly Yuma whipped around and exclaimed " Did you hear that?! '' I didn't move a muscle, I didn't even breathe. i just stood there straining my ears trying to her the smallest sound. After a few minutes I turned to Yuma and said, " I don't hear any- " "AAAHHHH! "

AN: Well that's it for today! Sorry it's so short I'm just trying it to see if people like it.Please leave a comment, or review, or whatever they do on this site and let me know if i should continue.