Itori lifted her phone when it rang, standing behind the bar talking to a flirty ghoul guy that vaguely interested her. It was a text message from Kaneki, and though she didn't talk much to him, she opened it right away. If it had something to do with Uta, she needed to know.
When she opened it, there was a video attachment, and she took the time to download it before watching the video. While only thirty seconds or so long, maybe a little longer, it was worth every second. Uta stood there cradling a candy apple red guitar in his hands, plucking the strings like there should be rock blaring from the amplifier two steps away from him. There was quiet snickering in the background, and Itori could hear muffled blaring of rock coming from Uta's headphones. He was quiet, but had the biggest smile and was going ham on the guitar.
"Oh my god, this is beautiful." She chuckled, looking up. Nico was sitting in the corner, talking with Souta. "Oi, Nico, Souta. Come look at this."
Nico looked up and nodded, strolling over on Souta's arm and sitting at the bar. "Yes, lovely? How can I help you?" He asked.
"Look at this." She restarted the video and flipped her phone.
The other two watched for a moment before smiles broke free on both faces. Nico grinned. "Oh, you must send that to me. That is too good to pass up." He crooned. "I'd love to hold onto it for future reference that he does, indeed, smile when he's not killing something."
Itori nodded, smiling. "Definitely." She answered, already sending the video to all the Clowns.
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Uta had just brought the guitar and amp into the living room where Kaneki had fallen into a fitful sleep, and was about to plug in the headphones again, when his cellphone went off in his back pocket. He snatched it quickly to answer it so that he didn't wake Kaneki, and saw he had a message from Roma. Another from Ganbo followed, and then Souta, and Nico with the original video. It seemed the whole group had received Kaneki's little joke, and Uta sighed, shaking his head as he read them through.
They were all along the lines of 'didn't know you danced, ballerina', or something similar. He wasn't sure how funny he found it.
But even as he thought it, Kaneki started screaming.