Drip, drip, drip. The rain began to slowly drop on the pavement in the deserted alley, soaking the small, black haired figure which stumbled forwards, seemingly delirious.
The young boy took another step and then stumbled, falling face first to the ground, and abruptly losing consciousness.
Splish, splash.
What was that?
Splish, splash.
Footsteps in the rain.
Splish, splash.
It's the end, they've come for me, too.
Splish…
Just as the young boy braced himself for the end, he felt a hand gently caressing the top of his head. He looked up, expecting to see a suited ghoul investigator, poised to kill, but instead saw a young girl looking down at him, with shoulder length green hair and a kind smile.
"Don't worry," She said, "I'll keep you safe now."
The last thing the four-year old Kaneki Ken noticed before falling unconscious was the curious colour of the girl's eyes. The left was a pleasant green, but the right… the right was the bloodshot black orb of a ghoul.
Just like me, he thought, as he slipped back into unconsciousness.
