I do not own Tokyo Ghoul
"Slowly know. Just concentrate on your spirals." Yoshiruma said gently.
Kaneki was learning how to make coffee. He had learned a long time ago; his mother had taught him. Before she was killed by Arima. He finished and took a sip.
"How's it taste?" Yoshiruma inquired.
"Not as good as your, but good enough." Kaneki replied.
"Well, I'm going to make it better than mine. Go to Touka and tell her to train you."
Sighing, Kaneki went downstairs and repeated the Managers order.
"What?! Why should I train shit like you? Fine. Meet me tomorrow in the break room." that was all she said.
Kaneki then carried out his day; his shift had ended. He returned to his apartment and fell asleep on the couch, not bothering to eat.
The next day, Kaneki met with Touka. He made coffee and she instructed him how to make it taste better. Kaneki started snickering after a while.
"What's so funny?" Touka hissed.
"Just the fact that I didn't present my best coffee to the Manager."
"Shitty Kaneki!" Touka yelled. Kaneki suddenly grabbed her arm and pressed a finger to her wrist, right above her vein. Or at least Touka thought it was a finger. When she felt something sharp, she looked and her eyes widened. There at the tip of his finger, was a small, red claw. It was a small kagune coming out of his fingertips!
Out of curiosity, she asked,"How'd you do that?"
"Why should I tell shit like you?"Kaneki replied. He sighed. "Fine. Meet me in the training room after your shift ends. I'll be waiting."
Touka soon finished her shift and climbed down to the training room after closing the shop. Kaneki was standing there with his eyes closed.
"Bring out your kagune." he said not bothering to open his eyes.
Touka brought out her kagune.
"Your a Ukaku type." Kaneki observed. "Close your eyes and imagine yourself with your kagune out. Imagine pulling the kagune to the tip of your finger."
Touka did as he told. When she opened her eyes, her finger had a faint flicker of a kagune.
"That was quick. I was expecting longer. Whatever." Kaneki said.
Suddenly, he groaned.
...How? And why now?
He clenched his stomach. "That's all for today. I'm going now."
He climbed up leaving Touka to wonder what that was. She climbed up 5 minutes after looking at her finger.
As Touka was about to walk out of the shop, she saw Kaneki's phone on a table.
Must have left it here. Give it to him tomorrow. Maybe I should wait. Wait until he starts asking for it. Be fun to prank him.
She then heard groaning from upstairs.
She went up to the break room and gasped at what she saw. Kaneki was lying on the couch with his shirt pulled up to reveal a major wound on his stomach. It was bloody and went deep. Almost to the other side.
"Get out of here. I don't need someone watching me." Kaneki said, watching her.
"I just wanted to return your phone." Touka snapped. "How you get that?"
"No need for me to tell you, trash."Kaneki spat. He tried to get up, but ended up groaning.
"Don't get up!" Touka suddenly yelled.
"Why?" Kaneki said while sat up, managing to not groan this time. He then got on his feet. It hurt bad. He walked out the door, letting out a soft groan. He got home thinking about the one thing that haunted him.
Why did I get up? I should have spent the night there.
He slept on the couch again this time.
The next day, Kaneki seemed fine. He let out a slight groan every time he took a step. The groan was too soft to be heard. He accidentally tripped on a foot sticking out. He groaned, and got up, walked to the manager, and went up stairs. Touka looked after him. His uniform had been wet with blood.
"Manager, will Kaneki be okay?" Touka asked.
"He'll be fine. Why don't you bring some meat and coffee up to him?"Yoshiruma replied.
Touka grabbed some meat and a cup of coffee and brought it upstairs. He was lying on the couch again.
"What do you want? It's pretty annoying with you there you know." Kaneki asked.
"Here. It's some meat. How did you get that?" Touka asked.
"You want an explanation, eh? Okay. Fine. I'll give you an explanation. I had this ever since I was 5. I forgot how I got it, but it healed fine. Every week it came back and healed the next day. This is the only time that it's happened twice a week, and hasn't healed by the next day. Oh, not to mention, it hurts like hell." Kaneki accepted the meat. He then started eating it. "This feels better. Eating human meat after ghoul meat."
"Why do you eat cannibalize anyways? What good does it do?" Touka asked.
"You get a kakuja. You get stronger." Kaneki replied.
"Why do you need to get stronger?"
"It's personal. You ask too many questions." Kaneki said looking away. He took the coffee and gulped it down. "I'm fine. I'm going down." He looked down. He wound was healing at an alarming rate. He got up, walked through the door, and went downstairs.
"Are you feeling better Kaneki?" Yoshiruma asked.
"I'm feeling better, Ojisan. I can still work."
If you're wondering, Ojisan is for uncle. Yes. I made Yoshiruma his uncle.
Forgot to put notes in first chapter. This is my first fanfic. Please review so I know how I did. I know I need to improve.
