Life after death...a Shiki fanfic

12. Earn her trust

"Hey,"
It had been a while since the two walked in silence.
Tatsumi continued on, not even glancing the young teens way.
"That Tooru guy....he," She hesitated for a moment. "He called me Arisu. Is that my name?" It felt awkward for her to ask him this, yet it had been bugging her.
Tatsumi remained silent for a while, not answering her.

"Arisu," Megumi pleaded with her.
"Don't. Ever. Call. Me. That." She spat at her with malice. Her once dark brown eyes now icy blue filled were with hatred.
With a swift movement, the young female clawed at Megumi's face knocking her head into a nearby tree. Beaten up and terrified, Megumi stared at Arisu. She ignored the throbbing pain in her head.
Her eyes widened as she noticed a sadistic smile on Arisu's face as she looked straight at her, her lips stained with red.

"You can call yourself whatever you want," he finally replied.
"Like what?"
"Hinata, Inoue, Nami, Izumi, Sakura, Lucy, Misako," he listed.
"I don't know. I mean...what do you call yourself if you don't even know who you are?"
"How about Risu," Tatsumi suggested.
Arisu cocked an eyebrow at him. "Seriously, are you that lazy to give me a name,"
"Says the one who can't even name herself," he snapped at her.
"Point taken. Risu it is," the young teen agreed.
"So," she poked Tatsumi, "who exactly are you? Someone I should know? A friend, my neighbour.....or are you my lover?" she giggled at him.
Tatsumi could feel his eyebrow twitch in annoyance.

"Earn her trust. Make her feel like one of us."

Sunako's voice echoed through his head.
She's been giving me a hard time lately....I guess I should do the same, he grinned to himself.
Getting down on one knee, Tatsumi grabbed hold of Risu's hand and gently placed a kiss on it. "I'm your one and only, my love," he said gazing into her eyes.
"Just kidding man," she took her hand away from him. "That was so cringy it made me.....cringe,"
Tatsumi stood up, smiling at her...in an almost flirtatious manner. "Whatever you say...my love," he smirked at her as he added that last line.
"Ok, now that's just downright creepy," she told him.

The two walked in silence. Unlike before, it was in comfortable silence.
"Hey," Risu glanced at Tatsumi.
"Yes, my love," he teased.
Risu cringed at his response. "Where exactly are we going?"
"You seem more social and open than you were before,"
"Am I?" she asked. "Wait...don't change the subject,"
"We're here," Tatsumi announced.
"And where exactly is here?" Risu asked while observing a small house with a lush front garden.
"That's something you should know," was Tatsumi's response.
"So cryptic," Risu mumbled as she followed the blue haired male into the house.
Tatsumi's body tensed the moment he stepped foot into the house. Risu noticed too but before she could say something, the scent of blood invaded her nostrils.
"I've been waiting for you, Arisu-chan~"