A/N:Hello.. this is very first fanfic, "Tokyo Ghoul: Renewal!" Book 1, maybe. So have mercy. Please.

Note that I haven't watched Tokyo Ghoul episode 1-3 nor do I have any internet for the manga. My information for the first few chapters would be solely relying on the information I gathered from a friend.

And I had watched just from the anime, so it'll probably be AU from episode 12, onwards.

Disclaimer: Nothing belongs to me. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Is this really necessary.. considering it IS called FANfiction. Hear that? FANfiction.

Ja ne!

Chapter 1-Kaneki Ken

My name is Shibasaki Akino. I am an 18 year old half-ghoul, going on 19 this December 31.

I have a younger sister, Akiya. She's your typical bubbly busty girl—(half-ghoul, too—) but I'm different.

The two words that describe me most?

Merciless and emotionless.

Friday afternoon, my first day at my job here at Anteiku coffee shop. And it wasn't like there WAS any customers, and I'm not that interested in the TV, so there wasn't really anything to do. I was just wasting my time.

That was when the bell rang, signalling that there was a customer. Finally.

But I just watched with an emotionless look when a black-haired guy came in, followed by another with blonde hair. They sat on a table near the corner.

"Shibasaki, get to work. That's your customer." yeah, and that's Kirishima Touka. As much as she is like me, she's still really annoying.

"I know that," I answered, gathering my notepad and approaching them. "What is it you want?"

"Can I have.. black coffee...?" black-haired requested, although more like asked. I nodded and wrote it down, sensing that Yellow was staring at my chest.

"Do you rather want to taste your own blood rather than coffee, sir?" I scoffed, "And you'd spend your money on the hospital instead of this coffee shop if you keep staring."

"I'm not staring, actually. It's called admiring." Goldie reasoned, a dirty, blushing look on his face.

Sheesh, what a pervert. Pathetic.

"Just tell me your order, dandelion." I said.

"Cappucino, and my name's not 'Dandelion', it's Hideyoshi. Nagachika Hideyoshi."

"Got that, sunny." I snorted. How I love teasing. I don't even care if they're embarassed or hurt. It's their own pathetic problem. "And the other guy is..."

"Kaneki Ken.." black-haired, aka Kaneki, mumbled.

I nodded and left, hearing Nagachika say something along the lines of, "Feisty! That's how I like them."

Around 6 o'clock, my first shift here ended. Chika had already left, saying something like, "I have curfew" or something else. But Kaneki stayed and said he'll walk me home. Something about being worried about ghouls.

So this guy is a gentleman. Pathetic, really.

"You don't even know my name," I pointed out with a straight face.

"So can you tell me your name?" Kaneki asked. I just shrugged. Looking disappointed, he turned away.

"Shibasaki Akino. Call me any honorific you want." I suddenly blurted out. He turned to look at me happily, and flashed me a rare smile.

"Can I call you Akino-chan?"

I shrugged, but he looked happy.

5 minutes later...

The streets were already a little dark, and things were a little awkward.

"Are you new here at Tokyo, Akino-chan?"

"I used to live here before moving to the US."

"What was it like?" he asked. I stopped to think.

"...Pathetic."

Things became awkward again, until we passed by a burger stand, "Would you like a burger, Akino-chan?"

"No thanks. Anything other than coffee, water, bread and rice balls make me really sick," that wasn't really a lie. But still, that didn't stop him from leaning towards me, looking a little suspicious of me. I blushed. Too close...

But he pulled back once our faces were only milimeters away, "So that's how it is, huh? Well then, that's okay. You can't blame it on something you can't control!"

I hit him on the back of the head. "What the hell was that for, Kaneki?"

"Ah.. gomen, gomen, my bad," he rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. I snorted.

"Are you going to start going to school, Akino-chan?" he questoned in a desperate try to dissipate the awkward atmosphere when nobody spoke after 27.56 seconds. I nodded.

"Yeah, at Kamii University. Since we're the same age, I'm guessing we'll be classmates or something.

"By the way, Akino-chan, do you have a favorite song?" he asked

"Song? Well, there is 'Unravel.'" I replied, "Though I prefer books, it has a really deep meaning.."

"Really? Can you sing it?" he asked, looking a little interested. I felt a little uncomfortable.

"My singing voice is pathetic. Sorry."

"Huh? Well.. if that's so..."

Ugh, why do I feel this way? It's so pathetic...

"Fine then... BUT JUST THIS ONCE, okay?" I groaned, opening my mouth just a little to let the words flow out of my mouth by instinc as he looked and listened happily.

"Oshiete oshiete yo sono shikumi wo..

Boku no naka ni, dare ka iru wo...?"

Finally, we reached my apartment. I sighed, "See you, Kaneki."

"U-uh, by the way, Akino-chan—" he started.

I looked at him, but a shrill squeal rang in our ears. "Oneechan!"

I groaned when the door opened in full swing, stepping back in time to dodge, "What, Akiya?"

"H-huh, who is he, oneechan?" she suddenly calmed down, catching sight of Kaneki. I looked from her to him.

"He's a friend, Kaneki Ken. Kaneki. This is Akiya. My sister."

"Oooh, is he your crush, neechan?"

"No. "

"Your boyfriend?"

"A FRIEND, Kiya." I groaned in annoyance, but she just ignored me, eyebrows furrowed stubbornly.

"Ah! I've got it!" she suddenly straightened up as if she discovered something new in the ways of life, "he's your baby!"

Sheesh. How pathetic. I facepalmed while Kaneki laughed nervously.

"Get back in the house, Akiya."

"Aww boo." She frowned, closing the door. "Ja ne, Kaneki-san!" the door closed with a creak.

I sighed, "Sorry about that. My sister tends to be a little... crazy."

"No.. it's fine," he said, "I just didn't know you had a sister."

"It's a common mistake," I said. "So, what was it you wanted to tell me?"

"A-ah, it's nothing. N-never mind I said that," he stammered, blushing a little. I just shrugged. "Well, suit yourself." I said, turning to the door. He stopped me.

"U-uhm, Akino-chan, what I meant to say was... u-uhm, how should I say this.." I looked down, looking too shy to say it. I just watched him, amused.

"Yeah?"

"I was going to say," he started, "You have a really good singing voice."

Something stirred inside me when he said that.

And that's the end. Sorry for low quality and somewhat corny stuff..

Next chapter: "Ghoul eyes"

It will be Kaneki's Pov

Just keep this in check in case I can update. Maybe check this fic around once or twice per week? Eh, I dunno.. since a classmate got me interested in somew game called Five Nights at Freddy's and forced me to be a Foxy x Chika shipper.

Anyways, ja ne!

P.S. This is a small sneak peek for the next chapter.

"Stay away from that girl if you want to live a long life, Kaneki Ken."

"If you don't like her that much, can't you just leave us alone? After all, she's not an emotionless nobody like you!"

"You're perfectly right. I'm a heartless nobody that actually thought could make friends!"

"Tell me the truth, Akino-chan. Are you...?"

"I think I have a crush on Headphones."

End Sneak Peek. Bye everybody.