Heya! Nice to see you there! Before you jump into the story there are a few things to know.

1. I don't update very fast, or even consistently. I could update a chapter a day for three days in a row, or one for every three months. There is no in between! Sorry...XD.

2. I constantly rewrite chapters! It's so they have better grammar as I go, and continue improving as a writer, and so the story flows like an actual published writing!

3. While the story does have a loose plot line, sometimes I have no clue on what happens next, this can cause really long update times. Sorry!

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Humans and Ghouls don't mix. Like oil and water, they layer. So similar but so different. But unlike oil and water, where their worlds meet, amazing and terrifying things happen.

This is the chapter where our story is set, our characters introduced, details are set into place, the plot begins to roll, and bad ideas are made.

The past month has been hell. Hide had to make sure no one knew anything about the ghoul that's hiding in his apartment. The one that the CCG has been searching for about 4 weeks. The ghoul who escaped Arima the "Death God". The ghoul who was his best friend. They're also looking for a human, a human who helped him escape. Centipede was so severely injured after he defeated Arima, that he couldn't have gone far without some help. Blood stains and DNA classification revealed the truth.

A human had helped Centipede.

Currently that human was walking down the street, bright and colorful earphones hanging round his neck, a carefree expression on his face, on the way to his new apartment and his half-ghoul friend. The CCG's most wanted human was a young man named Hideyoshi Nagachika, almost always shortened to Hide. The problem for this young man though, was that he had a lot of problems on his plate.

He has to keep up with his college work, his own job at the CCG, the same place that is created solely to exterminate ghouls and currently looking for him, and keeping up with whatever his best ghoul friend, Kaneki Ken, needs so he doesn't destroy the entire first ward.

Oh yeah, that's a thing too. Apparently life would never be easy for the two of them. They are in the ward with the main CCG office, and the most doves on the prowl.

It may have been a suicidal idea, but so far its kept them safe. Who would look for a ghoul in a CCG employee's own home?

Despite the risks, the first ward was the safest to come to while Kaneki was healing from the Antieku raid. Kaneki had been blind for days, a side effect from the CCG's Shinigami's brutality, so they couldn't flee to anyplace for a while, yet in the end, they both made the decision to stay. Well, Kaneki still didn't speak to him, but not because he was white haired ghoul was physically unable to say almost anything. Cannibalism for anyone can cause mental trauma, but for a ghoul? Well... it causes some problems.

Kaneki couldn't leave his kakuja form very often. It was a animal instinct to be prepared for anthing, and that meant he need to be at his strongest.

The poor half-ghoul was almost completely out of it because of it, his brain turned to mush and animal instincts. He would never hurt someone, simply because in Hide's presence he never felt any tension or danger. Hide almost always had a cool and easy-going aura, even when he was stressed out. But those base instincts made him basically a cute cuddly cat.

But with all that, Hide stills considers himself and Kaneki the best of friends… even though he may feel something a little different from platonic feeling toward him.

He was happy with life, and things were only getting better, He thought to himself. Yet he knew things could go wrong, terribly wrong.

It was at that moment, that moment where Hide picked up his buzzing phone and answered the call that that peace shattered, and disobeyed the CCG's orders for not the first time, and definitely not the last. He began running home as fast as he could.

Kaneki Ken, a nice young man with white hair, had an awful headache when he woke up. The man at the door wasn't helping either.

"Open up!" the voice at the door shouts. Kaneki couldn't help but huff a bit. People were so rude these days he thought through the murky darkness and twirling clouds in his head. The door wobbles once again as someone pounds on it. Like a drum, the noise echoes in Kaneki's skull, confusion muddling his thoughts, though he couldn't help but to hear a touch of familiarity in the voice he hears. The voice is not his his best friend(sunshine), though. He hears a man with a past full of loss, a man who pushed through life with to many scars to count.

An CCG investigator he deduced. One he had met before, and most likely fought. Guilt filled his insides, but he was glad that one of his "enemies" lived to fight another day. He didn't think he'd be able to kill an innocent and probably just person.

A more feminine voice starts to speak, interrupting his internal thoughts.

"You have ten seconds to open this door or we are coming on in by ourselves. Ten…" What should he do, he pondered, with no real sense of urgency. Urgency was not something he could comprehend as he was so relaxed.

"Nine…" Maybe he should hide? He almost stood up, his thoughts starting to clear, before deciding not.

"Eight…"Maybe he should open the door? But where would that get him? No, not safe.

"Seven…" When would Hide get home? He looked at the clock. It was 3: 27 pm, and Hide got out of work at 3:20. He usually walked home, so he would take probably only fifteen minutes usually. But where will Kaneki be in eight minutes? What would Hide find?

"Six…" Dead investigators? A dead ghoul?

"Five…" Kaneki's head hurts even more, like an endless storm of thunder, but his thought were almost clear, his body going into survial mode.

"Four…" What should he do now?

"Three...Two...One..." He knew the woman speaking, he was sure of it. Kaneki's guilt would never let him forget someone he wronged. This woman, a high ranking investigator, is the daughter of the man he assisted in killing. He may have not killed him himself, but he definitely thought he needed to carry the blame.

"HEY! Hey wait up!" Wait… is that Hide? A wave of relief hit him, before a touch of confusion. Hide shouldn't be home yet.

"Nagachika?" the woman says.

"What are you doing here? It's not safe!" The male investigator says.

"You guys may be my superiors, but Akira is the only one with common sense." Hide mutters. " This is my apartment Amon. You guys probably got a bad tip. I already heard the whole spiel about how my apartment building was under watch and stuff because of an anonymous tip. People have given bad info before you know."

"What?" The woman's voice again, recently named Akira. That means the other must be Amon, Amon Koutaru

"I said you guys can go. This is my apartment, and there is no reason to be here." Hide again.

"Nagachika..." Akira starts in a cold clinical voice,"We have a job to do here. We know you may be right, but we had a call that there has been suspicious behavior on this floor, and your apartment is the last one to be checked. Unless you have something to own up, I suggest you move out of the way."

"Fine!" Hide says exasperated. "Just don't expect it to be clean."

Kaneki's breathing hitched, he's bringing them in here?

The door knob turns, and the large black door opens in the dark room. Kaneki couldn't help but to be glad that he had cleaned everything, and that today was garbage day. There was literally nothing that could be used to incriminate them, and Hide had helped him calm down earlier so the could go out to do something later on. Kaneki had his eye patch on, his hair brushed, and sat on the couch as fast as he could and started reading his book he left earlier. He lazily turned his head toward the door as the trio of humans walked in, and smiled a sweet and small smile. He could act a part. He knew how to take on a role. He couldn't lie, but he sure knew how to be an actor.

"Hi Hide! Who are these guys?"

After the fiasco with the investigators, Hide and Kaneki had to move apartments. For the 3rd time.

In 3 months.

Its not like it makes a huge difference for anyone who tries to find them, because Hide was still stuck working at the CCG, and he knows he won't be getting out of that anytime soon. Each day was becoming a struggle.

He kept ending up doing fieldwork seeing ghouls exterminated left and right. Plus, now, Hide was one of the investigators searching for centipede, more recently renamed "The Moon". It was hard enough staying safe just doing normal work, but, dang! Kaneki got himself in some deep shit… But Hide assumed it was due to his influence.

The worst part, was how much Kaneki would worry. One night he came back from his apartment injured by a rouge ghoul and Kaneki basically had a heart attack.

"If you got killed, what would I do? You know for a fact that I'm unstable as it is." He said, panting breaths audible. Kaneki proved this fact by removing his hand from his face. his kakugan was flaring, and there was a frightened look in his human eye.

"I haven't been able to control it in two weeks, an I know for a fact that Kakuja training isn't going as well as you say. What if I hurt you?"

It was just like him to say something like that, so Hide had to show Kaneki somehow that it didn't matter. And maybe add a little joke in there too.

"So what? You need to stop trying to shoulder at all."

"B-b-but I could-" kill you, was the unspoken words.

Hide cut him off. "Shut up and let me finish, if you're that worried about me, come work at the CCG."

"Excuse me?" Hide stiffened. Kaneki would most likely actually consider such a dangerous option. He hurried to correct his error. "I'm kidding, just kidding! Remember that."

Don't you dare try it, was the unspoken sentence.

But he could still tell that it didn't work, not as well as he hoped.

Kaneki knew he should of let what Hide said go, but it was a pretty good idea.

Almost.

First of all, he would need a new name. A new identity. It wouldn't be that hard with the connections he had. Just ask Itori or Uta, and they could probably tell him where to forge some new documents… Second, he would need a new look even with his awesome memories, he couldn't get himself to dye completely. it would remind himself of the person he no longer was. A combination of his human self and his new ghoul side. Maybe just a little bit of black at the top…Thirdly, he also would have to moderate his skills a lot, he couldn't have his super human strength for no , he have to find a position that he could keep hide safe, without him knowing. That would definitely be the hardest.

But, even in this situation, there was a silver lining. After all, the CCG were always hiring for the field.