Summary: or at that time when Kaneki wasn't killed by Arima, but Touka was (AU TOKYO GHOUL DIFFERENT ENDING!)
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Waiting For You.
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"Looks like it's going to rain"
Tilting my head to the side to see Yomo, he is currently holding a broomstick on his left hand, while his right hand hung freely on his side, swaying back and forth, for it had nothing to do in the meantime.
That's kind of… un-Yomo-like.
Switching my gaze back to the outside world, while my cheek rested on the palm of my hand, I heaved a sigh I hadn't realized I was holding while nodding in agreement.
"Yeah, it's getting dark outside"
I heard a soft grunt from behind, obviously from Yomo, as I heard his footsteps retreating himself away from me, probably going back to the kitchen since the light bulb started flickering on and off a few days ago, and Yomo had tried to fix it but didn't succeed. I told him to call for an electrician, but he wouldn't listen. He would either to not hear me or just waved his hand saying that he could handle it alone.
The sound of breaking glass coming from behind caught my attention, as I stood up and walk towards the source of the sound. I had to hold back a groan when I saw the light bulb, destroyed into a million pieces of shards on the carpeted floor. I could only stare at the light bulb, dumbfounded, and then back at Yomo, who is also staring at the light bulb, the same expression as mine but even dumber.
"I knew we should've called an electrician," I muttered, but loud enough for Yomo to hear.
The past few months – no, years – Yomo's acting a bit out of character lately. He tends to doze off when I'm not around, and maybe even do some things that I know the old Yomo would never do.
It's probably because of the accident…
I heard a distant voice inside my head as I tried to shake it away, and looked at Yomo with tired eyes. The shop's been pretty busy for the last couple of days, and since only Yomo and I runs this shop, I had to go back and forth, serving customers of all age and sizes, run back to the kitchen, and go back to them. Sometimes, I would chitchat with one of our regulars, but when the bell of the front door started to ring, I knew that I had to brace myself for a really long day.
"Here, let me clean that up, you go and watch the store for me" I said to him, as I walk towards Yomo while outstretching my arms, telling to give his broomstick to me so I could clean his mess.
Honestly, I feel like I'm his mom or something.
Yomo gave me the broomstick that I didn't know how long he was holding, and then retreated away from the kitchen. I looked back to see Yomo closing the kitchen door. I sigh an exasperated sigh as I started sweeping the remnants of the light bulb.
I guess we're going to have to buy a new one, then, I thought to myself while sweeping the floor.
If only the others were here…
There it is, that distant, creepy, voice again, and deep down I can't help but to actually agree with that part.
Anteiku, I thought, as my mind drifted off to when I first came to that store, but my thoughts were quickly halted, when I heard the doorbell rang, indicating that a customer just arrived.
I knew that letting Yomo looking after the store alone would be a catastrophe, since the said white haired man isn't really good at welcoming customers, hell, if a random ghoul would choose between Yomo and a CCG officer, they'd rather go to the CCG officer since the aura around isn't really that likeable to random strangers.
And to think I had to pretend to be his sibling, I thought, while shaking my head in amusement, as I leave the broomstick on the floor, since the customers are more important than a broken light bulb – or the light bulb is more important?
You know, it doesn't really matter, though, since now what matters is that I have quickly serve the customers that are probably wondering why Yomo is just sitting there at his usual spot, staring at them, and then the customers would leave – just like last time.
I chuckled at that memory, I remembered that last time, three teenagers came in, and I was taking out the trash, so I couldn't really see what's happening inside :RE, although I already have a bad feeling that leaving Yomo alone watching the store would be the worse mistake I've ever made, and just when I got in –
"This is it! My nose kagune is whispering that to me!"
"Nose kagune?"
"What kind of name is that?"
"This shop will surely have some good coffee, I'm sure of that!"
"Look! There's also an elegant man"
"Is he ignoring us?"
"Maybe it's, you see, not for first time visitors…"
"But then we won't be able to order any coffee!"
The last one caught my attention as I quickly throw away all my current thoughts, as I try to make up a smile (although I'm not sure if I really need one at the moment) and walk towards the three customers that just got in.
"Oi, Yomo! How many times do I have to tell you…" I called out as I closed the kitchen door behind me, and smiled at the customers.
"…to greet our customers…"
The three of them looked surprised to see me, especially the woman with purple hair. Both of them looked so familiar – but I know that she's not her, and yet, why do both of them held the same violet eyes that I fell in love with?
"Welcome…"
And from the depths of my head, I could hear a whisper…
Touka-chan…
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A/N: okay, uhm, the ending is very weird, and I feel like I should stop making more chapters while typing this story. What do you think, should I continue this or just stop it at here?
Also, this is my request to an author (I forgot his/her username) to make a touken story about this, but after waiting for a year now (well, technically 9 months ago, but that was last year!) and I still haven't seen he/her making the story (or even updating for that matter), I decided to make my own (it's not like I hate you, I just thought I'd take matter into my own hands, that's all) story by my own idea, but then when I was typing this story half-way, I thought that this story is actually kinda… crappy. So then I thought of making this a one-shot, but I don't what you guys think, SHOULD I CONTINUE?
Either way, thank you for reading this chapter, and I hope you guys enjoyed this! (If anybody is even reading this for that matter X'D) please leave a review or maybe favorite/follow! :))