Ray

You're walking down a dark alley. You're a sniper for a dangerous group. Suddenly, you feel a jolt from behind, and you take a few steps forward but keep your balance. You turn around, and a group of guys is waiting behind you. They start hitting you. You try to resist, and you almost succeed, but there are more of them, and they're not that inexperienced.

Ray was from a dangerous rival gang, but he wasn't involved with the ones who beat you up. He just walked past.
The only thing that can give away your involvement with another group is the tattoo on your arm.

All his actions will depend on mine, but he has strange feelings for me, which will develop later, and he and I will deny them.