The next morning you woke up to find a note next to your pillow, you sit up leaning against the wall as you picked up the note and read it

Good morning,

I´m out till evening, feel free  to move around at will… the front door is locked though, the same goes for the windows… please  try not to make any attempt  to escape if you don´t want to get into trouble.. in the fridge is some food, help yourself.

Uta

You lied the note aside and rubbed your eyes before you stood up and made your way towards the door, you peek your head out shyly to check if he really was gone, once the air was confirmed clean you stepped out and made for the bathroom that was only a few doors away, you entered it and Uta´s perfume was spread in the air, he had a really good taste in smell that´s for sure.

You washed your face and noticed a toothbrush standing in a glass next to Uta´s, a little note was attached to it that said your name, you smiled weakly and removed the note to make use of it.

You brushed your hair and applied some cream to your face which you borrowed from Uta to give your face some moisture, once you finished you walked out and headed to the kitchen, the food in the fridge was noted with your name and you took it out opening it slowly, he made some (favorite breakfast) for you that lid up your face, you grabbed some cutlery and sit down on the chair to eat.

After breakfast you walked back to your room and opened the closet to see what was inside, a change of underwear and some warmer clothes were prepared in which you changed before you headed out exploring his flat.

His decoration style was dark and involved a lot of bone features and some sculptures that scared you a little but you found his taste interesting, you examined everything up close since he was not around, you peeked into every room until you reached the door that probably lead to his room, you stood in front of the door and hesitated to enter it, you decided to let it be since it was none of your business, you stepped away from the door and headed downstairs to explore.

The art studio was on the ground level and you walked inside his atelier where he kept his mask collection, you once again examined them, he really had a sick taste but who knew why it was this way… you reached his work desk where he kept some notes and measures of his costumers, you hold yourself back from reading any details since it would only involve you more with the ghoul world, before you went back upstairs you walked over to the entrance door and tested it if it was really locked only out of curiosity… and yes it was locked just like he said it would be, that would have been to easy.

You walked back upstairs and headed to the living room, he lived like a normal person with all kinds of things, if you didn´t  know he was a ghoul you would never think he was one if you only knew how he lived… guess humans and ghouls aren´t so different after all, the only difference is their food… you looked through his bookshelf in the living room  and saw a few books about geometry and world history, you took them out and started opening the first pages, you could hardly read since you only managed to get into (grade) grade at school.

You sit down on the couch with the books and tried to read the words, you spend quite a lot of time with it and grabbed some more books from his shelf trying your best to read them, it was getting dark outside and you haven´t even noticed it, the cracking on the staircase caught your attention and you knew that it was probably Uta who returned, you glimpsed at the clock and closed the book as you heard the footsteps coming closer towards you, his figure entered and he removed his sunglasses

“G-Good evening” you stuttered nervously as his eyes noticed you sitting on the couch

“Good evening” he greeted back placing his glasses and his beany on the table, he removed his jacked and hanged it over a chair before he walked over to you, he noticed the books that were spread around you

“Do you like reading?” he sit down on the opposite side of the couch and you looked around yourself to see that you had made quite a mess

“Ohh.. I-I´m sorry I did not mean to touch your stuff without permission.. I was just..” you started collecting the books to clean them up when he chuckled lightly making you stop

“Don´t worry, I´m not mad, I wrote on the note that you could move around at will right?” you looked down with a light blush on your cheek nodding

“Y-Yes..” he smiled lightly

“See? Then there is nothing to apologize for” you smiled lightly to yourself

“Thank you” he glimpsed at the books you had picked out and he noticed that they were all about world history

“Did you read all of them?” you looked up to him shaking your head

“I… tried to…” he seemed to hit a spot that was uncomfortable and he quickly wanted to change the subject

“Have you eaten anything for dinner?” he asked as he stood up from the couch, you shook your head

“No… I totally forgot the time” he nodded and walked towards the kitchen

“Alright, I´ll prepare something, take a bath meanwhile if you please, I bought some stuff for you, it´s already in the bathroom” you followed his figure to the kitchen and watched as  he picked out some cooking tools, you nodded lightly and stood up making your way towards the bathroom.

You locked the door and noticed a paper bag standing on the ground, you walked over and picked it up seating yourself on the closed toilet seat as you opened the bag, you picked out some lady accessories like shampoo,  conditioner, a hair brush, some hair ties / pins, body lotion and face lotion, soap, a shaver, lip balm, tampons and some make up.

You were surprised how he knew what kind of stuff he had to buy… did he perhaps get some help from someone??You placed the stuff in an empty shelf he had cleaned out for you and prepared a bath.

Dinner was ready as you walked in the kitchen, he was texting on his phone as you stood in the door frame

“How was the bath?” he asked looking up from his phone, you startled at his question since you had spaced out for second there looking at him

“Y-Yes it was nice, thank you for the shopping´s” you bowed thankfully and he lied his phone away

“Your welcome… and no need to bow for me… a simple thanks is enough” he walked over to the table with his glass and you joined him.

The food was again delicious and you helped him cleaning up the dishes, you really started to feel comfortable around him, he was so nice… but you remembered your question from yesterday night which he did not answer… was he really just nice to you because he had some plans with you? were you his prey that he enjoyed killing slowly and painfully? he probably won´t tell you that just now…

*

4 weeks later

*

You woke up in the morning as a knock echoed on your door, you got up and opened the door to see Uta standing in front of it

“Good morning” you greeted him, he smiled at your bed hair that was standing off in each direction

“Good morning, I prepared breakfast” you nodded with a small smile and then you noticed your hair standing off by the way he looked at your head, you quickly placed both hands over your skull to hide it

“I... uhh... I´ll be right there, just going to use the bathroom first ok??” he nodded and let you get ready first.

You joined him on the table and smiled at the delicious breakfast he made

“Wow that looks so pretty” you said sitting down in front of your plate, you dig into it and he watched you eating while his lips sip on his glass, he had to smile, the way you ate it looked so funny he wondered how the meals tasted to you since to him it all tasted like… you know… humans were really fun to watch, their happiness was written all over their faces when they just see something simple as food, you finished the plate with a glass of (fav. juice) juice and looked up to Uta who was resting his head on his palm

“Thank you for the meal, it was again delicious” he smiled in reply and stood up to clean your dishes

“No it´s fine, I can do it myself” you grabbed the plate first and he looked at you confused, you gave him a warm smile

“You always work so hard to make these meals for me so it is the least I can do to clean them up..” he let you walk over to the sink and clean your own dishes while he leaned against the table and observed you do so, he noticed that you looked at lot healthier than you did the day he brought you here, your skin was shining and so did your heart, all the bruises had started to heal slowly which was a good sign, you finished the cleaning up and turned around to him with a shy smile

“See, all done” he smiled back because your smile was addicting and then he thought about something, he knew this was a risky idea but still he wanted to give it a try

“Hey… I´m heading out for a bit, would you like to come along?” your smile faded and you looked at his serious face that showed that he was not joking, your heart started to jump in your chest and a even brighter smile formed on your lips

“I-If you really allow it, I would love to go with you!”

End of Part 4