["Never struck me as reckless" just wait till you hear about the time he ran out of his safe house, at night, knowing full well there are vampires out there who want him dead, and then sassed out when they expectedly found him.]

That girl convinced herself she "liked" me.

[He clocked her right from the start: self-centered and selfish, eager to cast him into a role her personal drama. Megumi was never interested in him but in the idea of him, the new kid from the city who will bring excitement into her dull village life.]

Another person may think I wronged them somehow and try to "get even." Maybe seeing someone dead would be enough to satisfy then.