When a hand suddenly grabbed her arm, Reika made a soft sound of surprise. She was jerked to a sudden stop, pulling at her shoulder a bit and causing her to grimace. The touch of his hand on her sent flashes of painful memories through her, causing her to rip her arm roughly out of his grip. She stumbled a bit and once again lot her footing, sending her to land loudly on the floor. A grimace crossed her lips as her hand moved back to rub at her bottom.
"Ouch ..." she mumbled, shaking her head a bit. After a moment, she slowly pushed herself to her feet, absentmindedly rubbing at her arm.
"Please ... Don't grab me like that," she said quietly, her eyes off the to side and on the floor. "It ... Brings back bad memories ..."
"Wait! I...I'd never try to get rid of you. You should know that. At least, I would hope you would. In fact, I think we should hang out more. Don't you?"
Snapping her head up, her expression clouded. She closed the distance between them quickly, an angry finger coming up to jab him in the center of his chest.
"I should know that you'd never try to get rid of me? you think that we should hang out more?" she almost spat out, fury rising up inside of her. Her eyes darkened immensely as she looked up at him, her head tilted nearly all the way back so that she could see his face. "How dare you? Ever since I joined Death's Alliance, you done nothing but avoid me. It wasn't even until last night that you spoke more than two words to me!" she exclaimed, jabbing him roughly on the chest once more. "Rumor has it that you avoided me like the plague because you couldn't stand the fact that I dress like a boy at times. Well, excuse me for not believing that people should be identified by their gender!" she huffed, crossed her arms over her chest and spinning away.
"Jeez. You're too cute ... I-I think that if you ever have the need, you should come to me from now on. Kay?"
Blinking several times, Reika turned her gaze upwards and to the side, looking at him from the corner of her eyes. Why was he being so nice to her all of a sudden? Her cheeks slowly heating up, she cursed the blush that rose to them.
Scrunching her face up, she ducked out from beneath his hand, her own set rising to brush and pat her hair down.
"Why are you acting so friendly towards me all of a sudden? It was like you couldn't get far enough away from me before, and now you're treating me like your closest friend. Just who do you think you are, thinking that you can treat people sorely one minute, and then well the next? That isn't very fair, Tatsuya-sempai, and you know that," she said.