A/N: This is my first time writing a Fan fiction hope you guys enjoy it. feel free to review and give some pointers for a newbie like me ;)
Kaneki shuffled around nervously in his apartment, mustering the courage to ask Touka-chan out. Just as he was to head out of the door he had decided to take a detour that would take Kaneki a few more minutes of walking, but this did not matter to Kaneki; he had resolved himself to go to all lengths to get Touka-chan to go out with him. He did not care at how long it took him to make Touka-chan to fall for him; he was going to do it. He walked out in his usual attire his old hoodie, a pair of worn out jeans, shoes which were smeared in what appears to be mud but Kaneki knew it wasn't and finally he had his signature eye patch on his left eye.
He had been thinking of asking out Touka-chan since the incident at the old church a week ago he had realized his feelings for Touka-chan when she had bitten him. His desire for self-sacrifice that had ended in him getting eaten was an overwhelming want to protect Touka-chan.
He had reached Anteiku about half an hour later only to realize that Touka-chan was not in for she was taken out by her best friend Yoriko.
Instead of Kaneki getting to tell Touka-chan about his adoration for her, he was bombarded with sentences beginning with "Back in my wild days ,when I was called 'Devil Ape'" provided by Enji Koma. Then shortly afterwards Kaneki was whisked away by Itori to the "Helter Skelter" bar to drink with her, although drinking alcohol was the same as drinking liquid rubber Itori seemed to adore the drink. "I would not be caught dead drinking that" thought Kaneki to himself. He surrendered at around midnight and decided to go back to his apartment. When he arrived he had added a solitary flower to an empty vase; the flower was initially supposed to be for Touka-chan:Kaneki had bought it due to the radiating navy colour of the flower. It was very close to the shade of Touka-chan's hair. Kaneki slumped unto his bed and sighed in defeat.
Kaneki may have not been successful but he promises to himself that he will be able to ask Touka-chan out on a date with him some day.
Kaneki is now feeling a new sense of hope and a renewed sense of courage after he was unable to ask Touka-chan out on a date with him last time. This time it was going to be different he was going to ask Touka-chan while they were both on a shift at Anteiku.
When Kaneki had arrived in the cafe, Kaneki had again prepared something for the act of asking Touka-chan out. On the verge of entering the cafe he suddenly felt anxious in that he was about to ask Touka-chan, and this continued until he encountered the Enji Koma again with his same story with the same start as before. Next person Kaneki saw was Nishino-senpai; Nishino-senpai was looking at Kaneki very suspiciously. Somehow probably Nishino-senpai had managed to see the navy coloured rose behind Kaneki's back this gave Nishino-senpai enough incentive to tease Kaneki till he was on the verge of crying. After a few minutes of talking to Nishino-senpai it usually consisted of line such as "Who does the little eye-patch want to go out with" and after he realized who it was he added lines such as "So Kaneki and Touka-chan finally gonna make out and make babies". Kaneki was thinking silently to himself that Nishino-senpai was lucky Touka-chan was not around or else Nishino was going to die.
Then when Kaneki was finally in the changing the locker room, he had met with the manager, during his encounter Kaneki recalls being told that Touka-chan was not going to be doing the shift tonight because she had to study for a classical literature class and she wanted some time off to study thoroughly for this particular subject.
Kaneki felt degraded once again and people he had served in the cafe were picking up on the aura that Kaneki was radiating; most ignored him and tried to not engage Kaneki in anything. Though not this could be the same with the others who gave Kaneki a encouraging smile and Kaneki just gave an appreciative glance in their direction as a sign of thanks towards the people in their respective tables and booths.
Kaneki finally returned from his shift at Anteiku and as he had done before he added the second the rose to the vase which held the previous navy rose. This was again followed by slumping onto his bed and moaning audibly from his apartment.
Kaneki the next day was looking out towards the street with a cup of coffee in his hand, he sat there watching a young kid play with his pet rabbit in the nearby park. Kaneki contemplated on whether he should continue with his quest to capture the brash, impulsive and tomboyish ghoul's heart. Kaneki had soon reached a conclusion if he was not able to ask Touka-chan a third time he would not have enough courage to be rejected somehow, and then he was going to stop his futile attempts.
For the third and final time Kaneki had collected all his remaining shards of dignity and his courage to go up to Touka-chan and ask her out on a date. He grabbed the tarnished brass door handle and he entered the building with an overwhelming sense of anxiety. He forced one foot in front of the other, to Kaneki's surprise he had to use all his concentration to not run away from the shop and never tell Touka about his feelings for her.
At first he was not able to find Touka-chan anywhere in the main area of the cafe. He once again felt as if he was going to be consumed by the overwhelming anxiety he was experiencing. He checked in the locker room "maybe Touka-chan was getting ready for a shift" he quietly whispered to himself. Deciding that she was not there he once again walked out into the main area of the cafe.
What awaited him was Touka-chan and the other workers of Anteiku how did he not notice Touka before? "oh well" thought Kaneki he slowly walked up to Touka having accumulated enough courage to tell her he was about to say the words that Kaneki had wanted to say for a long time before a shower of broken pieces of glass rained on all the people inside of Anteiku. There was a peculiar man in a beige suit in the place where the glass used to be... he wore a hockey mask... that covered his whole face unlike Kaneki's own mask.
He abruptly asked "which one of you is Kaneki Ken?" breaking Kaneki's train of thought then he stopped and realized that the scary man in the suit was looking for him, and only him.