CHAPTER 1

"Shiro Kaneki! Come here right now!" Haise was screaming since he entered the house. "I know you are in yor room. There's no point in hiding. And don't even think about escaping through the window!"

Man didn't wait for an answer. He went straight to stairs and then barged in the first room on left. There he found boy he was looking for. White haired college student was lying on his bed with headphones listening to music without care for the world.

"Shiro!" Haise snarled angrily. "Turn off the music and explain yourself"

"Ah~ Hai-chan. I'm happy to see you to. What exactly should I explain? I'm sure I was a good boy this past…" He paused to look at the clock and then continued "four hours."

"Ha? What the hell did you do four hours ago? No, don't answer! I don't even want to know. I mean this! Who is Uta and why did he sent you bill for a tattoo?" Haise asked.

"Oh, it was delivered already? I was sure I'll get a hold of it before you do. Well~ If there's no point in hiding it, I'll be honest." Shiro smiled a smile that sent shivers down Haise's backbone. He knew he's going to not like the next part. "I got myself a tattoo. And as you can see we have to pay for it. Please, take care of it, Hai-chan" said Shiro.

"Wha-? What tattoo? Are you kidding? Just… Hold on. I don't… I don't get it, Shiro" Haise was lost. He fell on the nearest chair without strength.

"It's not that hard to understand, dear brother. I felt like getting one and I happen to have a friend who is an tattoo artist aside from making masks for ghouls. So I asked him for a favor. Now, look"

Teenager got up from bed and turned away from brother. He took off his shirt to show his tattoo. On his muscular back there was a big red centipede. It was placed on his left shoulder blade just like it was climbing up to his arm. Haise was left speechless.

"What do you think? Cool, isn't it?" Shiro was proud. "My kagune resembles centipede and I like insects so I thought it suits me well. So?"

His eyes were sparkling and Haise couldn't find words to scold him more. He just sighted in defeat.

"Yeah, Shiro, it looks great." He got up and ruffled his brother's hair before leaving. "But next time please tell me about things like that in advance. I almost had a heart attack!"

"Does that mean I can get more tattoos?"

"NO! Never! Don't even try or I personally remove them from your skin."

"Jeez, Hai-chan! I was joking! Joking! Hey, what are you doing with your kagune? Hai-chan…"

Downstairs, in kitchen, two teenagers where having a nice talk and drinking some coffee while listening to screams from above them.

"I told him it won't go as smooth as he predicted." Kuro was disappointed. He hoped his twin was smarter than that. Never in their lives they managed to deceive their older brother. Haise knew them too well.

"Does that mean you knew Kuro-nii?" asked Ken. "If aniki finds out, you are dead too."

"Of coure I knew. Shiro can't keep anything from me. He told before he got that tattoo. Actually I was with him in Uta-san's studio. And Haise-nii won't find out if you don't say anything" said boy with an eyepatch.

"I won't… But I don't like it. I mean, it's not fair to keep secrets form aniki." Black haired teen wasn't convicted.

"Look at it like that, it's not a wrong thing if you don't tell him something he doesn't ask for, right?" said Kuro. He didn't like to manipulate his brother, but Ken was sometimes too pure for the real life. And it' good to put in use skills he learned at college. In the end he wants to be lawyer, he has to practice.

"Hm… Maybe… You are right, Kuro-nii. Okay, I'll be quiet" Ken nodded with smile.

After a few minutes of silence Haise appeared in kitchen.

"Hi, guys! How was your day?" he asked in cheerful tone.

"Good. I just had one lecture about roman law. Nothing special happened" answered Kuro. "But Ken had more adventures" he added.

"Kuro-nii! It's not funny!" black haired teen pouted

"Really? What happened, Ken?" Haise asked. He loved listening to his youngest brother. He always had something interesting to say.

Most of people thought he's always daydreaming but the true is, that Ken notice things others would miss. But he is clumsy and naïve so often he ends in trouble. Or strange situations. Like when he was taken by stranger to a concert of heavy metal band and he spent whole night there even though he doesn't listen to this kind of music. Haise and twins were ready to call Arima to make CCG look for their family's youngest.

"Umm… I started in the morning. I was at the station waiting for a train when…"