Hello people UltimateMetroMan here with a rewrite of one of my stories. I decided to change some stuff around as I believed I couldn't go anywhere with my other version. The story will be mostly OC centric like most things I do, so you have been warned. I only own my OC, and with nothing else to say on with the show.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Plato

Chapter 1: The beginning of it all

Thursday

"I have never seen a ghoul in my life" Hide said making me chuckle.

"Tell me if you were a flesh-eating creature would you want everyone to know?" I asked looking at him.

"Endo has a point, but you ever wonder how they look?" Kaneki asked.

"Well you could draw how you think they look" I added.

"See you can have good ideas Endo" Hide joked making me roll my eyes. "HA HA HA Hide." They started drawing on a piece of paper while I watched. They showed me their drawings, both were bad but at least Kaneki's was better. Both Kaneki and Hide have been my friends for about 5 years maybe? Kaneki was the easiest to get along with, his calm nature made it easier to talk with him. Hide on the other hand, even though he was my friend and I cared about him, his jokish nature made him get on my nerves sometimes. Not that I didn't do the same, if I had to describe myself I would say I am an open book, nothing to hide. What you see is who I am, and my sometimes in your face nature made me get in more troubles than I can think of.

"Why didn't you try Endo?" Kaneki asked.

"Well you do seem to forget I can barely draw with sticks" I said. "Even though Hide's drawing is laughable" this made Kaneki chuckle and Hide acted like if I hurt him with the comment. "I have to admit I couldn't make half of it."

"Lets stop talking about drawing and ghouls" said Kaneki, Hide and I just nodded at this.

"So Kaneki where's your special lady friend" Hide asked clearly trying to bother him.

"I have to say Kaneki I'm interested in who it might be" I added. He was after all shy and he hasn't had a date in years.

"Is it her?" Hide asked pointing at a girl with purple hair over her eye. I took a closer look and saw she was actually cute.

"No" Kaneki said blushing. "But she is cute."

"She really is" I said. "I think I might try to ask her out."

"Oh here comes Mr smooth" said Hide.

"Oh give me a break Hide I'm NOT that bad" I said trying to defend myself.

"I'm sorry Endo but Hide is right" Kaneki said. I rolled my eyes annoyed but I knew it was true. I might not be as shy as Kaneki but no matter what I tried I actually had never been on a date. Which I know is totally pathetic.

"Well anyways it never hurts to try" I said. "Excuse me miss!" I said as I waved my hand. She looked at us and walked towards us.

"Yes?" She asked.

"Can I have espresso please" I asked. "You want something guys?"

"I'll have a cappuccino" Hide said.

"I'm okay don't worry" Kaneki said probably thinking my attempt was going to fail in a horrible fashion.

"Oh something else miss. Can I get your name?" I said smiling at her.

"Kirishima Touka" she said clearly surprised by my question.

"Kirishima-san would you like to go out somewhere to get to know each other better?" I asked smiling at her hoping to get an answer from her but instead she blushed and ran towards the manager. Probably she was going to get the coffee but Kaneki thought otherwise.

"See Mr smooth" Hide said laughing.

"Not funny Hide..." I said a little disappointed.

"I hope we don't get kicked out" Kaneki said worried "this is the only place I have in common with her" that her seemed to be emphasized making me think he actually really like whoever was that girl.

"I just asked her if she wanted to go out Ken" I said rolling my eyes. "Not like I was harassing her. And before you make a joke Hide just keep it to yourself." We heard the door open and turned to look who was it. It was a girl slender in appearance, a dress, glasses and purple hair. At the sight of her Kaneki seemed to blush.

"It's her..." He said.

"Wait her!?" Hide asked surprised.

"Wow Kaneki she is pretty" I said. "Damn now I feel bad about my luck..."

"Has she said something to you?" Hide asked.

"No but when our eyes meet she smiles" Kaneki said with his eyes full of hope.

"You probably creep her out with you staring at her all the time" Hide said.

"Well normally your tries are more straight forward. Making girls run away. Right Hide?" I said laughing.

"Ow" said Hide "that hurts."

"Well I think we should leave Kaneki alone and maybe without you he might accomplish something" I said.

"Well I guess we can let him try" Hide said thinking about it. "Well good luck delusion boy" Hide said joking as he walked out the door.

"Good luck Kaneki, see you later" I stood up and walked over to the door but before I walked outside I looked at Touka. "See you later Kirishima-san, I hope you consider my invitation." I said smiling and waving at her. I opened the door and walked downstairs to the street. I looked around to see Hide had already started walking and had a nice distance between me and him. I ran to catch up to him.

"You know you could have waited" I said catching my breath.

"Yeah I know sorry" he said. "So what will you do now Endo?"

"I really don't know..." I said "probably go home and mess around with my computer."

"Sounds like fun" Hide said. "Remember that guy I told you about?"

"The one who was going to give you his papers or something like that?" I asked.

"Yes that's him. I got to go later to meet up with him" he said.

"Okay... Good luck with that I guess" I said. I started to think about Kaneki and what were his chances with that girl and I thought it would be a good idea to ask Hide what he thought. "You think Kaneki has a chance?" He smiled for a sec but then got serious about it.

"Well if I have to be honest I think he does" Hide said.

"Really you think?" I asked surprised.

"Yes but don't tell him I said that" he said.

"Don't worry Hide my lips are shut tight" I said jokingly. We walked until we had to part ways. I walked through the campus and arrived at my room. I opened the door and saw it was like I left it this morning, a complete mess. Not that I cared really, I was lazy by nature and mess really didn't bother me much.

Sunday

Weekend came by fast and I had passed all day procrastinating. Even though I had to study I really didn't feel like it, I mean I always study at the last moment and do great when exams roll around. Many say I should study harder, that I am really intelligent and should make use of it, but greatness wasn't really my thing. I prefered normal grades and not really making my precense be known. It was lunch time and I had made myself some ramen and decided to eat. But it seemed someone thought it would be nice to interrupt that by calling me. I looked at the caller ID and it was Hide, I rolled my eyes and answered.

"I was about to eat some delicious ramen Hide" I said. "Can this wait?"

"No!" He yelled almost leaving me deaf.

"Don't scream like that!" I yelled back. "I feel like my ear was bleeding."

"Sorry" he said in an apologetic tone. "Kaneki has a date!"

"Wait they are really going out today!?" I asked Hide suprised. I knew he was meeting up with that girl, for about 3 days now and he had just gotten himself a date. Talk about luck.

"Yes that was my reaction" Hide said. "They will go out to buy books."

"Typical Kaneki right?" I asked as I chuckled.

"Yeah but she seems to like the same books as him" Hide said.

"Well sounds like Kaneki got himself a date" I said. "Also you sound like a proud parent calling me just to give the the news."

"I would act the same if it was you the one with a date. No even more suprised as you have never actually had one" Hide said. "So what happened with Kirishima-san?" I had gone to Anteiku twice just to see if I could get a straight answer from her, but she never gave it.

"Well I tried asking her out again but she just like ran away trying to avoid it" I said a little depressed.

"Well sorry about that" Hide said. "Well I gotta go Endo bye!"

"You just called me to tell me that?" I asked.

"Yeah why?" He asked.

"Nothing, bye Hide!" I said. I ended the call and went back to eating my ramen.

8 hours later

I heard my phone ring waking me up. I slowly walked to the table and grabbed it. I looked at the caller ID and saw it was Hide.

"Hide this better be good-" I grumbled.

"Endo there's no time!" He said with panick filling his voice. "Something happened!"

"What happened!?" I asked catching onto how worried he sounded.

"Kaneki" he started. "He's at the hospital." I felt that hit me like a ton of bricks. Just that phrase woke me up completely.

"What the hell happened!?" I asked loudly.

"I can't talk right now. I will tell you all I know when you arrive" he said.

"Okay! I will get ready and meet you there" I said and with that I ended the call. I rushed to get ready almost tripping over all the mess I had. Whatever happened must have been bad judging by Hide's voice it was serious.

Flashback

"What are you reading?" Kaneki asked as he sat down on the table.

"The Black Cat" I said looking at him.

"Edgar Allen Poe?" Kaneki asked.

"Yes" I said closing the book. "One of the only authors I really like" I said. I always liked horror stories, one where everything goes wrong in the end or something like that. "So do you know the answer of the question I asked you earlier?"

"Yes I actually do" he said. "And do you have an answer for that?"

"I would be probably Don Quixote, a man seeing the world in a different light even though all is pretty much fucked." I said letting out a short laugh "what about you Kaneki?"

"I'm not the protagonist of a novel or anything…" he started saying "I'm a college student who likes to read, like you could find anywhere. But… if, for argument's sake, you were to write a story with me in the lead role, it would certainly be… a tragedy."

End of flashback

I ran to the door and took my bike. I pedaled as hard as I could with only one thought in my head. 'A tragedy huh... This better not be the end of your story Kaneki.'

And here it ends. The first chapter, I do hope you guys like it. I would like some feedback for this story, tell me if it's good or bad and tell me how to improve. UltimateMetroMan out!