A/N: So I did a thing. Because, y'know, I DEFINITELY don't have anything else to do hahaha that's a lie. But I started talking to someone (coughcoughsilentshout-outtojust-uta-thingscoughcough) on Tumblr about Fae AU!Utakane via anon because I am a wimp hahaha what I didn't say anything, and I really liked the idea, so here I am. I'm going to try and stay as close to fae legend as possible, but I will be taking a few liberties with it CoughcoughKaneki'stransformationintoafaecoughcougH
I am going to try another whack at mutli-chaptered things, but it make take me a while to get used to, so please don't get too angry at me ;u;
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except for maybe the AU (?). But no. I'm not Ishida. Surprise.
Looking back, Kaneki wondered how he could have been so foolish. How could he have trusted the beautiful looking man so blindly? Even back when Kaneki first laid eyes on him, he could tell something was...off about him. The black-haired boy couldn't tell what it was. But...If he had to guess, Kaneki would say that it was the absolutely ethereal feel about the man. He just didn't feel human.
If only Kaneki had listened to his gut.
If only he hadn't accepted that drink.
But he did.
And now he is stuck in the forest surrounded by terrifying things, mourning his lost humanity.
His ears briefly caught the noise of a branch creaking. Kaneki tensed and turned quickly to face the source of the noise. Kaneki hated the way his body unintentionally relaxed slightly at the sight that met his eyes (He should hate him, he is the one that dragged him into this, so why did he feel so relieved by seeing him?) Although, if Kaneki was honest, it was better to see the other than most of the other things that haunted around this forest. He didn't know what he would do if it had been one of them to appear on the tree next to him. Not for the first time that night, Kaneki thanked the fae's strange habit of dancing in the moonlight.
"Enjoying the night, Kaneki?" The man's voice still sounded as warm and lovely as syrup just as it did the night Kaneki first met him. Kaneki shivered and tried to convince himself as he rubbed his arms that it was only because of the chilly night breeze that blew every now and then (and definitely not the other's voice).
"As much as I can considering…" Kaneki's words trailed off, but he knew the other was fully aware of what he meant. The low chuckle he heard was enough to let him know that much.
"You should try dancing with them for a night. Who knows. Maybe you will find you just can't stop." Kaneki stared at the black-haired man with wide eyes, trying to decipher whether or not the clearly emphasized words were a joke or an actual hint. The fae's face gave him no clue, so Kaneki looked back out of the forest. He could almost make out the city from where he stood. Kaneki stiffened automatically when he felt arms that were not his own cross over his chest and a head lay on his shoulder. When had the man moved from the end of the branch?
"Still looking out at the humans?" His breath was tickling Kaneki's ear, but Kaneki didn't move. Or, to be more accurate, he couldn't move. His breath was starting to speed up slightly in tempo. Another chuckle passed through the man's lips making Kaneki cringe. "Why watch a world to which you can never return?" There was a beat of silence. Kaneki could feel dread creeping up at the back of his mind. Whatever the man holding him closely was going to say next wasn't going to be good. "Why try to trick yourself into still believing you will go back to the human realm one day when you have to be human to do so?"
Kaneki darted out of the way to glare at the smirking man, who was still standing a few feet away. Kaneki hated the way he knew that the only reason he was able to get away was because the other man allowed him to get out of his grasp. Of course, his glare may have been softened by his slightly teary eyes, but Kaneki refused to think about that. He hated to think that any traits of his defiance were being ruined by tears of despair. His slightly increased breathing rate was also completely normal, and he refused to even begin to question otherwise. Kaneki breathed deeply and looked at the man across from him straight in his unearthly colored eyes.
"I will return one day to them, I swear to it." There were no tears beginning to trail down his cheeks. The damp trails he felt on his cheeks were just dew beginning to form on the tree leaves around him that landed on his cheeks when he accidently bumped into them. "I am still human." Kaneki choked. He could feel his shoulders shaking due to, oh why does he try to deny it, his silent sobs. He wiped his face roughly with his sleeve and turned to look at the other straight in the eyes. "I am still a human, Uta, and there is nothing you can do to change it." Kaneki jumped off the tree branch and frantically tried to deny the fact that he just jumped from a ten foot tall tree branch, and no human could do that. Running away and focusing desperately on the flashes of pain caused by the tree branches swiping and scratching his face, Kaneki ignored Uta's last faint words.
"Oh really? Because your eye tells a different story."