The Shadow of Love (chapter 2)

"Come on slowpoke!!" A girl. A girl stood before him. He could not see her face.

He did not know her, and yet he felt himself start to follow her. He ran past scenery that he had never seen before, yet it felt so normal to him.

The girl running before him had brown hair that brushed her shoulders as she ran forward.

"Wait for me------you're too fast! Jeez!!" he heard himself say.

Strange. He could swear he said a name.

The girl turned to him.

"You're so slow Riku!" she said. Something about her reminded him of Kouru.

"Riku!!"

Riku opened his blue eyes widely.

Kouru looked down at him, a worried expression on her face.

Riku noticed that he had been sweating.

Riku wiped his face quickly, and got onto his feet.

"……Riku….what did you dream about?" she asked reluctantly.

"…..Some village I've never even been to….and a girl that knew my name. Weird, they seem so familiar….maybe I'm just retarded…huh?" Riku said with a grin.

Kouru giggled.

"….My dream was also weird….Everything was dark. I could only hear voices. A girl's voice saying things like…. Let me see him again….I miss him….If the light cannot reach him, then maybe the darkness can…It was so weird. She sounded like a lovesick ghost."

"Lovesick ghost? Odd dream there don't you think?"

"I just woke up too actually. There seems to be no escape from this place….so desolate. I only hope we can make it out."

"….I suppose you wonder how I got here huh?" Riku said.

Kouru nodded, placing her violet eyes on him, giving him full attention.

"….I used to live on an island with my two best friends. We were gonna build a raft and escape for adventure…and I opened the door to other worlds…. I caused all the bad things to happen, my friends and I were separated…I caused so much trouble. And this is where I ended up. The only good thing that's happened is meeting you." Riku said, reminiscing in his own words.

"..Meeting…me?" Kouru's cheeks blushed slightly.

"Yeah. I just hope we can find the way out." He said with a smile.

Kouru took his hand.

"We can make it out! Don't worry!" she said with sudden hope.

Riku blushed at her actions.

"Yeah." He said smiling back.

Riku almost thought he heard something in the back of his mind.

"……Have you already forgotten me?"

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sorry for the short chapter! I was a bit sleepy! Please review!!