Chapter 1
I emerge from the back of the shop wearing my new uniform and apron.
"Wow! Mie, you look so cute!" Hinami greets me with an excited squeal.
"Ha! You'll be wearing this one day too I hope!" I laugh.
"Maybe when I'm older..." She says, embarrassed.
I walk into the kitchen where I will be taking my post at my new job! I look around to find all the ingredients I need: human flesh, human fat, human blood, human skin, and human hair in various colours. I've always been known for being greedy, so I take a small lock of hair and drop it into the hungry cave that is my mouth.
"Yummy~" I squeal in delight.
Touka walks into the kitchen, followed by my best friend Katsu.
"Finally, someone to make the cakes we serve. Now we can spend less money buying them" Touka says calmy.
"I just hope I can be of use!"
"You'll be fine. I love your cake" Katsu pets my head lightly.
"Well, I better get to work then!" I say enthusiastically.
"Try not to eat all the ingredients before you finish" Touka reminds me.
"Good luck" Katsu smiles, a rare thing.
They exit through the door leading to the rest of the cafe and I get to work. A few hours later I have successfully baked: 2 human cakes, 1 ghoul cake, and a batch of 12 human cupcakes. There were also a few leftover ghoul cake ingredients, so I made myself a decadent cupcake which I will save for afternoon tea.
I walk out with the two human cakes to put on display where Yoshimura greets me with a smile.
"Ahh, thank you Mieko. These will do nicely for our human customers" He picks both cake stands out of my hands and puts them in the display window next to the counter.
"Glad to be of service" I spread my legs slightly into a tough stance and thrust my arm out with a peace sign while I wear a bright grin on my face. This is known as the MiNeko Pose.
I walk back into the kitchen to fetch the batch of cupcakes. They're on a three teared cupcake stand which I will hopefully not drop! I carry it out to the cafe and place it on top of the cake display window for all to see. Everyone looks so in awe by my cakes and I notice a slice or two already missing from the chocolate fudge cake.
My shift is finished for now as more cake will not be eaten until the afternoon. I slide off my apron and hang it on the designated hook. As the only kitchen staff (the other staff all being baristas) I got a special hook that has a sign above with my name. Someone has also gotten a marker and drawn a small 'n' between the 'i' and 'e'. Oh wait, that was me.
I wander over to Touka who is mixing a latte for a customer.
"Shift over huh?" She asks nonchalantly.
"Yep! Must be lunch time!" I giggle.
"I'll bring you a coffee in a bit then, Mieko"
"How many times have a I told you to just call me 'Mie', Touka?!"
She stays silent and goes to bring the coffee to the customer. I wait for her to return, never taking my determined eye off of her. Suddenly, a brilliant idea becomes extra attention-seeking in my brain!
"Wanna here a joke?" I ask
"I guess" she shrugs.
"It's called the Interrupting MiNeko!" I MiNeko Pose a few seconds before continuing, "Ok...Knock Knock!" I do a little knocking action.
"Who's there?" She groans.
"Mieko!" I exclaim.
"Mie-"
"NYA!" I cut her off mid-word, "Now that wasn't so hard was it?"
"I have customers to serve" she says darkly before walking off to take an order.
I take a seat at one of the tables and impatiently wait for my coffee. Touka walks over with the delicious liquid and I light up like a Christmas tree. She places it on the table in front of me and I thank her. She leans her face over to my ear.
"It's orange" she whispers before strutting off again.
Orange is a flavour I like very much. By orange I mean human hair, by the way. Touka always slips a different colour into my coffee each day. I quietly sip my coffee, savouring my precious break time. The day passes smoothly after that. I make 2 more human cakes after my break and my work is done for the day. I put my special cupcake in a box and walk all the way to Touka's house where Hinami lives too.
"Mie!" Hinami comes rushing out the front door to embrace me.
"Hinami!" I smile as I hug her back.
She looks up at the cupcake I have been cautiously holding high above her head. She pouts at me.
"No way! This is my cupcake, I made it myself!"
"Mie..." She whines.
"Maybe you can have some of the icing" I pet her on the head and she giggles in delight.
Hinami and I quickly devour my precious cupcake and it is gone forever. We spend the rest of the afternoon reading and I help Hinami when she gets stuck on some kanji. It's quiet and peaceful now, but soon it will be dinner time and will we have to hunt.
Asuna: SO! I'm writing fanfiction again. This story is a Tokyo Ghoul fanfic about a cute ghoul girl and her less cute friends. I mostly wanted to post this story because I stopped writing the sequel half way through, and if you guys like it… I guess I'll have to continue!