Sparing a life

Shaun moaned, feeling his head pounding as he awoke. He found himself in a cave, water coming in a little where, at the opening, he saw the sea's surface. Sitting up, he found that he was in shallow water, barely even covering his thighs. Standing up a little, Shaun bent somewhat due to the low ceiling of the cave. Walking out, he nearly stumbled when finding a drop off at the end. Grabbing a hold of some rocks, Shaun hung on, paranoia getting the best of him.

The outside of the cave was surrounded by rocks and Shaun managed to climb up the side of it, going as high as he could away from the water. Going higher and higher, Shaun reached the top and rested a little, sitting on a large rock near the edge. "Where am I?" he spoke out loud, confused.

"Above a cave near the lighthouse, several miles away from town."

Shaun jumped, startled, and nearly fell off the rock. He felt those rough, cold hands grab a hold of his arm, keeping him balanced. Looking up, the teen saw the boy from earlier, dark eyes of a predator staring down at him.

A chill ran down his spine, the same eyes…as the shark's.

Yanking his arm away, Shaun stumbled backwards, falling down on the rocky surface. With a hiss, he lifted up his elbow where a gash was created, blood oozing out of it. For a moment, the older boy froze, dark eyes fixated on the blood. Then, he seemed to snap out of his daze and walked over to Shaun, kneeling down. "Here, let me see that." he said, gently grasping Shaun's arm.

"H-hey! What are you-?" Shaun was cut off by the boy ripping a part of his own dark blue shorts and wrapped it tightly around the wound, Shaun wincing in pain. Tying it securely, the boy, satisfied, dropped his arms to his side. "There…all done."

Shaun stared at his bandaged arm, blinking his brown eyes. Looking up at the boy's face, his scar stood.

"Who…are you?"

The boy blinked, frowning as he turned his head away, facing the sea.

Shaun narrowed his eyes, a hint of fear in them as his voice trembled.

"Y-you're the shark…aren't you?"

Looking back at him again, a dark smirk came across the boy's face with a predatory look.

"Oh? How'd you guess?"

Shaun heart stopped for a moment, then, it pumped faster and faster. His face going pale in fright.

The shark boy dropped his smirk and gave an apologetic gaze, reaching out and brushing away some hair on Shaun's face. He flinched at the feel of his hands but let him do what he wanted.

"Sorry, I shouldn't have done that." the shark boy said, pulling away.

Shaun was stunned for a moment, not fully comprehending what had happened. The shark boy stood, going over to the edge. Shaun suddenly jumped up, reaching out for him. Without thinking, he yelled, "Wait!" and ran over, grabbing a hold of the older boy's wrist.

The shark boy froze, still as a statue. Slowly, he turned slightly to look behind him, seeing Shaun staring straight up at him, all traces of fear gone. Instead, hard determination and willfulness. To be honest, it made the younger boy look cute. A smirk came on the shark boy's face at the thought.

"How did you…you know, get to be like…this?"

The shark opened his mouth to answer but Shaun continued, leaving the shark blinking in confusion then sighed in defeat.

"Why didn't you eat me? How are you alive? Why is it-?"

Shaun felt a hand clasp over his mouth and saw the shark lean forward, a dead panned expression on.

"You talk too much."

Shaun seemed to stiffen when hearing that voice and felt the hand fall away, the elder teen standing up straighter and crossed his arms. Shaun pouted, glaring a little bit. He muttered "Meanie" under his breath and the shark, having heard of it, bellowed a laugh. This spooked Shaun and he squeaked when the scarred face was brought inches away from his, those eyes seemed to stare straight at his soul.

"Jaws."

Shaun blinked, letting out 'Huh?' sound.

"My name. Jaws."

Jaws smiled, revealing his pointy teeth. Although part of his face was scarred, he was still quite handsome. He would make any girl blush, even Shaun found himself flushing.

Pulling back and turning around, Jaws went over to the edge, glancing back at the boy he spared. Something was in his eyes that Shaun couldn't really tell what it was.

"Well, gotta go. I'm sure we'll meet again, very soon. Shaun…" Jaws said and before Shaun could utter a sound, he jumped. Shaun gasped, running over and peered down, seeing rocks below with the waves crashing down on them. He frantically searched for a boy but could find none. Looking up to the sea, he saw a fin of a shark, swimming away until it disappeared down into the deep.

Shaun, dumbfounded, stayed where he was, trying to figure things out. But the question that stood out most was this.

Why was he still alive?