Touka had to admit, her boyfriend Kaneki was one adorable sleeper. She'd give him that.
But that night, his tight grip around her waist and his head buried in her shoulder was agitating her greatly. Touka had woke up at one in the morning, craving a nice mug of coffee to quench her thirst. The only real obstacle was her white-haired boyfriend.
She let out an annoyed squeak, trying to wriggle out of his overly strong grip. Kaneki didn't move his arms at all, but Touka was still locked in his iron grip. She tucked a few strands of loose azure hair (Not the hair covering her eyes purposely.) and grumbled, "Kaneki, I know you think I'm cuddly, but I still want to get some coffee." Kaneki didn't acknowledge her.
"Bakaneki," Touka began, using the hated nickname, "Please, for the love of God let me go." He didn't budge.
"Kaneki, if you don't let go of me I'm going to try and attack you." Her normally dark blue eyes started to shift, the sclera beginning to darken to black and her irises switching to red. Her ukaku kagune started to sprout out of her back, but Kaneki, sensing something was blocking his arms from his beloved Touka, swatted it away and her rinkaku began to once again shrink into the small of her back.
"Fine," Touka pouted. "But I don't think you want to put up with a grumpy girlfriend in the morning." A tiny corner of her mind laughed at the alliteration.
"Be quiet and cuddle with me, baka." Touka halted and stopped her rebellion for coffee momentarily. Kaneki just called me an idiot!
"Kaneki, I really need that coffee right now."
"But coffee isn't good for you if you drink some right before bed," Kaneki whined in his sleep. To make matters worse, his white hair hanging in front of his squeezed shut eyes made the whole ordeal all the more cuter. Touka knew that if Kaneki kept this up any longer she would loose her argument sooner or later.
"Decaffinated coffee isn't," Touka pointed out. She had questioned the point of it- wasn't coffee supposed to be a drink that made you alert? So why decaffeinate it? Besides, she wasn't too sure if she would be able to drink it or not. Now Touka regretted having brought up her argument.
"Yeah, but can we drink it?" She groaned inwardly. So Kaneki had caught onto her argument. It wasn't surprising though. He had learned her behavior patterns from the time they had spent together as waiters in Anteiku before. Besides, restating the early counter argument, Touka had to admit that he had a point. At this section of the argument, Touka decided at last to admit defeat. She would lose a lot of her energy wasted from arguing when it was actually time to wake up. And it didn't look like Kaneki was going to loosen his grip on her anytime soon.
"Fine, you win." Kaneki let out a satisfied purr, nuzzling his hair against Touka's shoulder. She cringed at the ticklish sensation, trying not to disrupt his half-asleep talk with her giggling. But Touka did allow herself to crack a small smile at his adorable behavior.
"Coffee can wait, right?" He slurred. "I'll make some for you in the morning." And with that, Touka finally allowed herself to appreciate the warmth and comfort that she was surrounded in. Her thirst would be quenched later, she assured herself. With that, Touka wormed closer to Kaneki's chest, waiting for the reassuring noise of his beating heart. At first, Touka couldn't hear anything, pondering if his pajama top was too fuzzy or if she had gone deaf out of fatigue (Not that she thought of it as possible.).
But then Touka heard it. The rhythmic bass drum of Kaneki's beating heart. It hummed a soothing tune to her, allowing Touka to at last close her eyes and drift off into the world of dreams. But just before she entirely fell asleep, she murmured, "I love you, Kaneki."
She didn't have to be awake to hear Kaneki respond, "I love you too."
Author's note: Whoopee, another fandom for me to ruin. (Sarcasm.) I honestly thought that this could have been longer and truly hate the fact that this is so short, but it's my first story for Tokyo Ghoul. Maybe I might actually write something decent for my new favorite manga.
To clear up some questions readers have, yes, this does take place in the Post-Aogiri arc, but it's a universe where the two are already in a relationship. Hope you review (kissu~) Love you guys!
-Spec
