Kaneki drowned in the chaos of the
centipede. His mind slowly eroding away
with time that never stood still, time that
was never his. Hide would have joked
that he was going mad, he wouldn't have
been wrong either, if he were alive.
But he wasn't, he wasn't! And it was all
his fault, Kaneki thought. It was all his
fault. Hide wouldn't have joined the CCG
if he, Kaneki Ken, had just called him
once, twice, three times, four... If only to
reassure him he was fine, alive and doing
well.
So many things he wouldn't do if he had
the chance to. To relive the last few
months and fix everything, stopped it all
before it began and walked the path he
could have travelled. With Hide by his side
and Touka, if he could redo everything,
start it all again, he'd still become her
friend and Nishiki's and Hinami's.
He wished he could do it again.
