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"Who are you?"

The question echoes in Kaneki's mind and the only reply she could say was, "What?"

"I said, who are you?" Hide repeated, shifting himself so that he could properly face her, " I've never seen you around before. So, tell me, do I know you?"

"I-I... It's me Kaneki, remember? Come on, Hide. Don't joke around." She nervously laughs, hands finding themselves at the bottom of her T-shirt, and gripping it tightly. An unsettling feeling makes its way down her spine, but she ignores it in favor of staring into Hide eyes, searching for some recognition.

She could feel her stomach twist, when she doesn't see none.

"I'm sorry, but I really don't know you." Hide gave her an apologetic smile, shaking his head, "Names, Hideyoshi Nagachika. Maybe you have the wrong person, different last name? Although, you do have the same last name as my best friend, but he's a guy. Not a girl." He points out.

"B-But-"

"Do you need help finding your friend?" He chirps, cutting of the stuttering girl, "Even though I'm a bit weird out that he has the same first name as me."

"N-NO! I mean-No...I don't need help, are sure you're not joking? You don't...know me?" She breaths out, keeping herself from tittering at the end of her wits. She could feel her whole body shaking and Hide's worried stare. She prays hope her friend is joking, why would Hide not know her, when they just hanged out yesterday?

Although a certain voice in the back of her mind is telling her that it had something to do when she woke up outside and not at her home, but she pushed the thought back and focus on the situation in front of her.

Right now, she wants to scream, cry, and breakdown. If this was a joke, then this must be the cruelest joke she ever faced. And if this wasn't a joke...

She doesn't want to know what the outcome would be.

Hide, better be joking.

"I'm not joking." His voice laced with confusion and concern, as he continues to stare at her shaking form, " I really never seen you before. And I apologize if I do seem to look like your friend."

She knew he was saying the truth, the sincere in his voice, and his eyes showing no recognition. It was like...they never met.

Her arm reaches up to grip her front, balling the fabric in her hands, where her heart lays, beating.

'This is a joke, right?'

She feels like laughing, but only a small wail came from her lips.

Hide is already turning away, thinking the girl was done chatting and wanted to head inside to rest for a bit. He couldn't stop the shaking feeling that something is about to happen. The girl was a bit queer, but he wasn't one to judge being a odd folk himself, although he could see that the girl has something more than meets the eyes. Being occupied by his thoughts, he doesn't notice the female vacant stare behind his back.

She sees him and he's walking away, from her. He's going to leave her alone, and she doesn't want to be alone. Not like before.

She opens her mouth to scream, yell and to tell him to come back, but all that escape was silence.

'Please, don't leave me alone.'

She remembers saying, when she grips Hide's hand when they were little. It was the same sentence she had said when her mother left her at the park, but she could hear her mother always replying the same thing she had said, whenever she needed to leave.

'It's okay, Ken. I'll come back, I always do.'

Her mother with genuine eyes and Hide with his cheerful smiles. Except, Hide came back, but her mother never did. She couldn't come back even if she tried, nobody can't come back from the direction, her mother has walked into. Nobody can't walk into death's claws and come back, especially not her.

Fighting the urge to scream, she settles for keeping her voice silent, and instead breath heavily.

Her knee's that were badly shaking, fell limp and her body slumps forward onto the ground, with both of her hands gripping her chest. Her once heavy breathing turned into loud gasps; and surge of burning sensation bloomed underneath the skin of her chest. Her vision blurred, and she could hear Hide's footsteps running towards her, yelling something she doesn't know, because the pain hurts so much.

Much worse than Rize's betrayal.

Her mouth opens and a silent cry falls from her lips. The vision of Hide's panicked face was the last thing she sees before her whole world turns dark.


Sometimes when I say

"I'm okay",

I want someone to look me in the eyes,

hug me tight, and say,

"I know you're not."


If someone were to say to Hide, that a girl would fall for him the moment they see him. He would've laughed in their face. But judging from his situation right now...she did, literally.

Hide didn't know what to do with the girl in his arms. One moment he was having a conversation with her and the next she's on the ground, struggling to breath, before losing conscious. And for some unknown reason, it hurts. It hurts for him to see her like that and he doesn't know why. Maybe it's because she feels familiar to his lost friend, or maybe he just felt bad, because she's a girl. Either way, seeing her like that scared him, hurt him even, and he felt lost at words.

"Does she really know me?"

The question hung silent in the air, and remain unanswered as he lay on the ground, holding the girl in his arms.

He knows what he had witness, the girl was hyperventilating, and for such thing to have cause that in front of him, must've been from fear, stress, or anxiety. And for that to be happening right now, he knows he must be the cause of it.

Shaking his head, he slides his right hand beneath the girl's knee and his left on her mid-back, before heaving her up into his arms, as he stands. Turning, he walks towards his apartment door and kicks it open; making his way to his room.

Laying the unconscious girl on his bed, he takes the blanket, and pulls it over her; making sure to keep her warm. Taking a deep breath, he walks out of his room, leaving the girl there, and make his way to the couch, before flopping on top of it.

'I need to think. I need to sleep.'

He tiredly thought, running a hand over his face. He felt frustrated and confused with himself, he knows something is not right about the girl that's sleeping in his room right now. The way she looked at him as if she knows him, and it was the same look he gave him whenever they hung out. And Hide knows that it wasn't possible. It just wasn't.

"She can't be him. Kaneki's a guy. A he. Not a she." He mumbles to himself, scratching his cheeks. "But, her face...that expression, it looks just like him.

Shaking his head, Hide closes his eyes, " Nah, I'm just thinking things. Maybe when she wakes up, she can tell me what happened." the corner of his lips tilt upwards and he feels his bone-tired body catching up to him.

"Who knows, maybe we could be friends."


Friendship is a two-way street

Not a one-way road.


Footsteps echoed the eerie hallways, and the sound of chains scrapped along the dirtied tiled floors, as a whimper left her lips. Grasping the edge of her ripped dress, she moves backward along the dark corners of the wall, making herself seem small in the dimly lit room; like a prey.

She hopes, he wouldn't find her. She tried everything, climbing, scratching, jumping in mud and dirt to hide her scent.

But he still finds her.

The lights flickering, before the door slammed open, announcing the arrival of her predator.

"There you are, darling. I've looking all over for you." The arrival purred, his voice loud in the dark planes of the room, before he steps inside. With chains hung along both of his wrists, the male's red pupils survey the room, before landing on his prey, who shook her head; pushing her back further into the wall, hoping it'll swallow her whole.

"D-Don't c-c-come near me! P-Please!" The woman cries out, trying to move away from the male that's stepping closer to her. He chuckles and licks his lips.

"No can do, my dear." His red pupil eyes pierce into her as he continues to move closer to her, "I'm quite hungry, and you're looking quite delicious, may I add."

Her back hits the wall and she realized she is trapped, and cornered like a prey she was, while her predator is stalking towards her. She didn't know this was gonna happen to her, she thought this was all a one-night stand. The male was handsome, and he seemed charming, the fact that the night was pleasant as well, but after that it all went downhill from there. Who knew he was a nightmare dressed as a daydream.

Shaking her head, she screams, "B-Back away! D-Don't h-hurt me! P-Please!"

The male was one foot away from her now, staring her down with a hungry gaze, as his tongue slips out to lick the corner of lips. Bending down, he lowers his head, until his mouth was next to her ears, before whispering, "I wonder, if you'll taste delicious, just how you look."

With that, he bites down on her neck, moaning at the taste of her flesh that graced his tongue. Consumed by his hunger, he continues to chew, bite, and swallow his meal; ignoring her screams. He eats until his prey stops moving, and her screams dies down, just as he chomps on the bloody heart in his hands. He licks his hands, sucking blood of his fingers, before turning his head to grin at the two standing figures behind him.

"Did you enjoy the show?" He purrs, standing up from the bloody mess of his meal, "I did it, just for you."

"Shut the fuck up, Lecher." Ayato growls out, grimacing at the blood leaking towards his boots, "We were sent by Tatara to get you. So, I suggest you start following us or else we'll make you."

"My, my, aren't you a bit too young to be cursing, young man?" The Lecher teased, walking up to the teen boy with his chains dragging along the floor. He slings his arms around the boy's shoulders, grinning like a Cheshire cat, "Don't worry, I'll come with ya'll. But first, any of guys want to eat? You can grab a bite over there."

"As if, I don't need your nasty leftovers, Lecher." Ayato scoffs, elbowing the ghoul in stomach. Smirking, as the man backs away, holding his abdomen with a pained expression.

"Ungrateful brat." The Lecher mumbles, before glancing at the other male, who's been silent the whole time.

"How 'bout you kid, wanna bite? You look like you haven't been eating." He gestures, taking note at the unsettling feelings he has around the white-haired boy.

Kaneki passively stares at the man, cracking his fingers silently, before his gaze turns down towards the bloody corpse.

"No, thank you."

"Fine, suit yourself then." The man snorted, walking past the duo, stopping at the entrance of the doorway.

"And, also..." Turning his head back, he smiles at the two, "Don't call me, Lecher. Call me, Kaito."


We're all

Mad here.


A soft groan left her lips, and the sound of silence welcomes her whole being. Silver eyes peered beneath heavy eyelids, scanning the place, as she takes in the new setting. The familiar color of the walls, and a tall bookshelf near the corner of the room, looks just like the one in her apartment. Blinking, she sits up from the bed and yawns, feeling the sleepiness wearing off; and her body feeling more awake. Looking around, she realizes how very similar the room was to her own.

'Had everything been a dream?'

She blissfully smiles, a bit of hope blooming inside her, as she slides out of the covers; her feet making contact with the cold tiled floor. Taking a deep breath, she scans the room once more, noticing a little change of the room, like how there was a basket of clothes near the door which she had never seen before, but she shrugs it off, thinking she had put it there or Hide had.

Making her way out of the room, she heads straight for the kitchen and quickly opens the cabinets, searching for the coffee mix. Seeing a bag in the corner of the cabinet, she reaches in and grabs it, before walking towards the coffee machine that lay on the kitchen counter. Pouring the water in the reservoir, she measures the coffee mix and puts it in the filter, before setting the heat.

Humming, she sits on the kitchen stool and waits, tapping her fingers along the hard-stone surface of the counter. Observing the kitchen, she notices a small yellow sticky note on the fridge, and stood up, walking towards it, curiously. Take the sticky note in her hands, she carefully reads it.

Hey, if you're reading this, then you must be awake.

You gave me quite a scare back there. So,

I decided to take you in and let you sleep on my bed.

Don't worry, I didn't do anything to you, honestly.

I needed to head out for a bit, since I got called to work.

I'll be back soon, we'll talk about what happened earlier.

For now, you can go ahead and eat something from the fridge.

I'm sure you must starving.

Hope to see you soon, strange girl.

-Hideyoshi Nagachika :)

She could feel herself smiling at the cute smiley face drawn next to the boy's name, before her face drops at the realization when she reads the whole note.

"So, it wasn't a dream after all..." She mumbles, putting the note back on the fridge and wrapping her arms around her chest, thinking about what she should do. As much as it pains her, she knows something is not right. Waking up outside of her home, was never unheard of, and the fact that her best friend doesn't even know her?

Sighing, she taps her chin, glancing along the walls at the pictures that hung among them. Her eyebrows furrows in confusion at a picture of a young black-haired boy with Hide, both smiling with the blonde's arms slung over the others shoulder, while the timid male hunched over holding a book in his hands. She doesn't know who the kid is, but he seems a bit like how she was, when she was young. Moving her gaze away from the photo, her eyes lands on the calendar that hung next to the picture.

November 8th

Rubbing her eyes, she scans over the date once more.

November 8th

"W-What...But, August just started yesterday!" She breathes out in shock, stepping away from the calendar. Her brain going hay-wired for a moment, traveling back to yesterday when she marked the date on her own calendar; the tiny little check mark she drew that marks the first day of August.

"Maybe, Hide put the wrong date, 'cause it can't be November already." She mutters underneath her breath, pacing back and forth in the kitchen with her right hand on her chin. "Unless...no, that's not possible."

"I can't be time traveling...am I?" She stops and stare up ahead at the wall. It was a ridiculous idea to be thinking of such things, but her being in a coma or sleep walking was out of the question, "But, that's not possible. Time traveling isn't real."

'But I once said ghouls weren't real, and now look what happened. They're definitely real, I'm an evidence of one.'

Plopping down on the cold floor, she cradles her face into her hands, biting her lips from keeping herself from screaming. The hunger that she tried to ignore before, comes back ten-folds and her hands tighten their grip on the edge of her hair. The stress of all of this was getting to her, adding to the fact that she hasn't ate in a while was taking a toll and she knew she couldn't keep up to it long. Even if she were to have time travel, what can she do? What problem could she change if the place she has woken up in, isn't her own world anymore?

Sighing loudly, she stands up, having made up her mind on the topic of her thoughts. Taking her time, she roams around the whole area of the apartment, searching the rooms for an eye-patch of some sort, before finding one in a cabinet in the bathroom. Immediately putting it on, she walks back to the kitchen to pour herself some coffee.

Taking the mug, she gulps down the whole cup, relishing the hot feeling of the liquid washing down her throat, before her hunger was quenched for the time being. She knows a cup of coffee wouldn't be enough, the small drink could only do so much. Setting the cup down, her eyes glances out the window to see the sun setting, meaning that she must've been asleep for hours from her morning scenario.

That means Hide have been out of the house, hours ago at most, which gives her the time to probably think of a plan. Biting her lips, she looks down at the empty cup on the table.

'I need to go out. I need to eat.'

Shaking her head, she crosses her arms above the table and shoves her face in-between them. She can't eat, she will never eat a human, not if her life depends on it.

'But, you're hungry. You can't control it. You'll eat Hide.'

Her mind whispers, and as much as she wants to deny it, she knows it's true. If she doesn't devour someone, then the someone she will devour is Hide, and she doesn't want that. Hide was important to her, no matter if he's from her timeline or from another world, Hide is Hide. And probably her other-self would get pissed at her if she did try to hurt him; and she knows it.

Maybe, she should run away. If it were really true, that she has time traveled into the future of some sort, then what's the point of coming back? It wasn't like Hide would miss her anyways, he doesn't know her, he wasn't her Hide, and she wasn't his Kaneki.

She ignores the painful twist of her stomach at the reflected words.

It's about time she moves on and try to cope with herself. She thinks about the consequences of her denying the other side of herself, the ghoul side. As much as she wants to scream and flee from her dilemma, it'll only come right back to bite her on the ass. Like how she wondered off into a ghoul territory, because she was stupid enough to starve herself until oblivion. Or how she ran away from the scary chick that appeared out of nowhere to offer her a decapitated arm. She could feel herself gagging at the image of it.

The image of that arm being Hide's arm instead, brings her to a resolution of leaving. It is safer that way for him, and it'll keep him safe away from her or any type of ghoul that she'll mingles with in the future. She recalls herself once visiting a kind man by the name of, 'Yoshimura', who owns the shop where she once had met Rize, giving her an offer to take a job at Anteiku; the cafe known to ghouls. The kind old man gave her a brown package when he notices the torturous hunger in her eyes and tells her to come back once again if she ever needed help. Maybe she should start by going there first.

With a look of resolve, she stands up to walk into the bedroom, and searches Hide's closet. Pulling out a black sweat pants and a familiar blue hoodie, she slips it on, before looking in the mirror. For a moment, her eyes turned soft and took a nostalgic gleam to them, a tender smile gracing her lips at the reflection. She could see Hide standing behind her, his arms slinging across her shoulders with a wide grin on his face. Blinking, she schools her features and turns away to grab a pen, and sticky note from the drawer; not wanting to stay much longer than she already has. Gripping the pen tightly in her hand, she writes a quick note.

Hey, this is strange girl.

I decided to leave on my own will.

I don't want to burden you with my problems.

Maybe, we'll meet again and probably have coffee.

That would be nice...wouldn't it?

Tapping her chin with the pen, she takes a moment to think of a name for herself. Hide did say he had a friend that had the same name as her, but it was a male, probably the male boy she saw in the picture. Her gaze turns to looks at the photo once again, her brain registering, and realizing how very similar they both look to each other. It was like he was a male counterpart of her.

She wonders, where he is now and If he is like her...

Giving a small but sad smile, she continues to finish her note, before scanning it over for any mistakes. Humming in satisfaction at seeing none, she sets the note on the fridge, and makes her way to the door-way, gripping the handle.

Taking a deep breath, she twisted the knob and steps out into the city of Tokyo. Leaving the apartment with a heavy heart and a place she once called home. Only a small note left behind.

Hey, this is strange girl.

I decided to leave on my own will.

I don't want to burden you with my problems.

Maybe, we'll meet again and probably have coffee

at a small cafe, one day.

That would be nice...wouldn't it?

- Kaneki Kuro


Maybe

one day

we will

meet again

& start

all over.


"You pompous asshole!"

"I'm surprise you know such a word, Aya-chan."

"I'll kill you!"

Grey orbs peers at the bickering duo in front of him, watching as the cobalt blue haired boy jumps at the man, who backs away with a teasing smile on his face, hands on his hips, wiggling his buttocks at the boy. The boy let out a feral sound that comes across screaming and growling, before chasing after the man, leaving the white-haired male to follow silently with a hint of amusement flickering across his face.

The two males have been at it ever since they had left the warehouse, the other man being the teaser of sorts while the shorter one was provoked, leading to them bickering along the way. Not wanting to join in or be noticed, the white male kept silent, allowing them to argue and watch with keen interest, but also wanting to keep to himself as he thinks.

It's true to the man that he hadn't eaten, having to ignore his hunger for two weeks while doing missions, and scouting out the wards. But denying the man's offer was a settlements choice, once he had seen the way he killed that woman, hearing her screams was not a pleasant, and it sent him down the memory lane for a moment, before he glanced away from the scene.

He still wouldn't eat a human. At least, when they're alive, suicidal victims don't count.

So, he devours ghouls instead, ignoring the taste of rotten waste that washed down his throat, and keep eating until he is satisfied, or until his meal was clean to the bone. He even enjoys the looks of fear in their eyes as they realized they have fallen into a real monster, a monster that consumes them, their own kind, and he praise in that feeling of power. Which makes it all the more fun to target them instead, they always manage to give him a thrill of euphoria.

He wasn't born like them, was he?

Maybe he should go hunting tonight, he hasn't eaten, and it was also his duty to scout the ward after they return from their mission. He could probably visit the book store to check out a new book, since he already finished his own collections of series, and grab a cup of coffee on his way there. It wasn't like there wasn't much to scout for, only a small group of ghouls here and there, scavenging for food. Those kinds of ghouls were the type to target individuals, which he eliminates them single-handed and feeds on them after.

Licking his lips, he gazes up at the appearing building of the Aogiri Hideout, stopping behind the duo who are now glaring at one another.

"Listen here, fuck head. You shut your mouth and listen to the leader once you're inside, then after that don't come near me anymore." Ayato hissed, grabbing the man's arm, and pushing him inside through the doorway; ignoring his complaints, while the ghouls who've been guarding the doorway moves aside. Nodding at the guards, he turns to his companion who's been mute throughout the whole mission.

"You can go scout out now, I'll handle the mission and talk with Tatara. Make sure you don't leave any pest in the wards once you come back." With that, he turns on his heels and enters the building, leaving the white-haired male alone at the entrance.

Wordlessly, Kaneki nods at the guards in acknowledgement before walking away from the hideout, not even glancing back. Why would he anyways, it was the organization who been torturing and mentally abusing him constantly, he finds that place revolting and uncomfortable, but he handles it, because he doesn't have a choice. It was either to join and get stronger, or stay where he endangers the ones he loves most, and it was pretty obvious which side he had chosen.

Taking his time, he jumps onto the roof of an abandoned building and stares out into the city of Tokyo, the lights illuminating the city as a whole making it glow beautifully, but he knows this city was far from beautiful. Beyond the beautiful lights, linger monsters hiding in every corner of the dark alley ways, waiting for their prey, hoping to devour and conquer their whole being. It was such a shame that such places holds many of these creatures, and it was such a shame for him to fallen for one as well.

A mistake he won't ever make again.

Grimacing, he stands from his crouching position and jumps up onto another roof, keeping a keen eye out at the alley ways for any ghouls that hides within the dark corners, or any passersby that are caught by them. From the corner of his vision, he sees a middle-aged man standing behind the alley wall, peeking out at a group of high school girls that have exited a small cafe and are making their way down the sidewalk towards the man direction. The man licks his lips and the eyes that were once human, have been turned over by dark sclera and red pupil's that are expanded wide in lust.

The group of girls that were once chatting happily with one another have now disbanded, heading into different directions leaving a lone brown-haired girl to walk the direction where the hungry predator lay, waiting; the street vacant except the girl and him. Just as she walks past the alley way, a hand grips her arm and the other slips over her mouth to muffle her screams, as they pull her into the dark. The hand that was gripping her arm was then gripping her neck in a choke hold, when two piercing crazy hungry eyes stares into her own, triggering the girl's fear to rise. She opens her mouth to scream, only for a breathless gasp to escape her lips, as she struggles against the man's grip; watching helplessly as he chuckles.

"You look delicious," Burying his nose underneath the girl's chin, he breathes in her scent, moaning as he does so, "And you smell so delicious too."

The girl only closed her eyes, shaking her head as her struggles ten-folded, wanting to get away from this creep as far as possible, but the grip on her neck was strong, and the more she moves, the tighter he squeezes, making it more difficult for her to breath. The ghoul watched her, amused by her efforts and futile actions, having seen many victims that attempted to escape his claws.

His stomach growled with hunger and he decided that it was enough playing around. Opening his jaws, he moves his head; ready to chomp onto the pulsing flesh beneath his hands, before a quick movement flew behind him.

A spasm of pain, and after that he knew no more.

The female in his hold ceased her struggle, feeling the grip on her lighten, and she opens her eyes only to feel a scream making its way up her throat. The hands around her neck slackens and the headless body in front her fall to the side; large amount of blood leaking on the ground towards a decapitated head that lay a couple feet away that was once the ghoul.

The girl shrieks in fear, her back hitting the wall behind her as she moves away from the dead body, her heart picking up it's pace at the sudden events that has been bestowed upon her. Scrambling to get on her feet, she grabs her phone to call the CCG, running away from the scene, never noticing the lone dark figure above that watches her, as a flash of red disappears.

Apathetic grey eyes glances down at the headless corpse, Kaneki's kagune now dormant within his body once he sliced the ghoul's head off. Seeing that the job is done, he jumps away from the scene. As much as he wants to devour the dead body, the girl has called the CCG, and staying there would only cause trouble if they see him, especially eating the dead ghoul; for a dead meat, it wasn't worth it.

Sighing, he continues to travel from building to building, observing his surroundings in case if another similar incident happens, making sure to keep his eyes out for any dangerous ghouls that are a huge threat to the organization. Traveling and scouting for hours, he stops to drop down in an alleyway that was near a familiar bookstore, one that he visited a lot when he was a student.

Dusting himself, he makes his way out of the alley way and towards the bookstore, patting his pockets to make sure he had brought his wallet. A nostalgic feeling makes it way up his spine as his gaze lands on the shop, the warm glow that shines out the window, revealing the many bookshelves filled to the brim with books. A soft tender smile makes it way onto his lips, and he enters the shop; the warmth breeze brushing against his cheeks once he opens the entrance door.

The man behind the counter greeted him and he nods back, walking along the isle, taking his time to search for an interesting story he could read. After a couple minutes or so, he finds a book that intrigued him, a story about a tragic character who meets one that suffered the same as the him. The ending was a mystery, one that was not a happy ending nor a sad one. Holding the book, he walks back to the counter to make his purchase, thanking the man once he was handed his book in a bag, before exiting the shop with a small wave to the cashier.

Walking down the sidewalk with his newly bought book and the street vacant of people, Kaneki checks the clock on his phone, deciding that he has time for a small trip to a cafe before he could return to the hideout. Shoving his phone back into his pockets, he turns his body to the direction towards the nearest cafe until a piercing scream echoes from an alley way across the street, catching his attention.

His head snaps up to see a ghoul with his kagune out, cornering a black-haired girl who held her abdomen, crawling back from the creature in front of her. A Ukaku. Cursing beneath his breath, he immediately makes his way towards them, stopping behind the ghoul.

"I suggest you stop." He drops his bag, staring passively at the ghoul who had now turn to the new arrival that has interrupted his meal. A hand raised as his thumb cracks a finger, "Before you'll regret it."

The ghoul hissed at him, "What is it to you? Get your own meal!"

"I won't repeat myself, step back." He calmly stares at the ghoul, who returns it to him with a piercing glare.

"To hell I will! Don't tell me what to do you mutt!" With that the ghoul leaps, Ukaku spread out as crystallized shards shoots out at him, but having been experiencing this before, Kaneki dodges them all with his newfound agility.

Feeling his own kagune forming, he shoots out a red tentacle to slam into the wall behind the ghoul, attaching the organ to it, before diving away from the barrage of crystals. Using the kagune that was attached to the wall, he pulled himself towards it, using his foot to land on the brick surface, using it as a leverage. Turning, he pushed himself forward using the wall as a speed momentum, kagune free from its latch onto the wall and is now point straight forward towards the ghoul; who's eyes are now wide at the speeding figure that's heading straight towards him.

Not having enough time to dive out of the way, the ghoul coughed out blood once the single kagune pierced through the mid-section of his chest, his body pushed backward to hit the ground, creating a small crater underneath him from the strength of it. The owner of the kagune landing a few feet away from his fallen body in front of the shocked girl, who had been silent from the whole ordeal.

Seeing the body going limp, Kaneki allows his kagune to slip free from the dying man, before it withdrawn leaving a small trail of crimson lingering in its wake.

Nose twitching, an alluring scent made him turn his head to glance at the girl, who was staring at the dead body, hands still gripping her abdomen; which was stained red, probably with her blood. His eyes travel toward the red liquid that drips down the knuckles of her hands, and he stops himself from going over there to lick it, wanting to taste the blood that smells just as appealing as it is. It was a unique scent he had never smelled before and for some reason it was tempting him, but he kicks himself at the thought of consuming her-plus he haven't eaten so he could blame it on his hunger for such thoughts.

Clearing his throat, he stares down at the girl, "Are you alright?"

The black-haired girl who'd been speechless from the whole event, looks up at him and he could feel something caught in his throat once their eyes met.

Silver orbs clashing with grey.


And then

I met you.


Author note:

Phew! That was a 6k word chapter that I just created.

I'll get the next chapter out in about 2 weeks, so consider this as a Halloween treat! ^^

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