Personally, if you asked me if I had any kinks to be into, I'd answer with domination in a heartbeat. The reason why? Because I don't like it when my prey struggles. As soon as Kaneki swallowed the rest of the flesh, I let him go, in which he responded with vomiting his dinner, rude.
"How... How could you do that to me?! I can't eat someone, you're not gonna turn me into a monster!" He whined.
I rolled my eyes and kicked him upwards and grabbed him by the hair, throwing him against the wall.
"And what did I say about whiners?" I growled before punching him hard in the gut and delivering a right to left hook.
He started to bleed from his mouth, any other injuries immediately healed, and collapsed onto the ground. Isn't this cute, he thinks he's getting away, I step on his back to keep him from running off.
"Call me a monster? You little punk!" I shouted.
"Please, you have to help me." Kaneki wheezed, "I don't know what to do, my world has been shattered!"
Jeez, enough with the melodrama, before I could come back with a snide remark, Touka walked up to us.
"Sure sounds rough, can't say I pity you though." Here comes the ice queen I know and love. "You know, I've always wondered why you humans like cake so much, it taste so disgusting to me that it makes me want to puke. But you guys keep eating it like it's going out of style.
"It must've been nice to live such a peaceful life, one where you don't have to live in fear of CCG or other Ghouls. Think your life sucks now? Cut me a break, this life is all we've ever known, so how do you think that makes us feel?!"
Touka picked up the severed head while I had a smile that could kill puppies. She tossed it into Kaneki's lap, causing him to scream like a cowering school girl, fainting immediately after.
(Cue Jonathan Young's Unravel, ask if you want a full description of what Otto's version of the intro looks like)
I dropped the sucker in one of the booths and we just stood around, waiting for him to wake up. Yoshimura started brewing coffee while Touka and I looked like those punks that hang outside your school, you know the type. Kaneki shot up as the smell of dark roast filled the air.
"Hey, that's smells kinda good." He mumbled.
He sluggishly walked himself to the counter, taking a seat. Kaneki stared into the dark brown liquid wrapped in porcelain.
"What's the matter, you don't like coffee?" Yoshimura asked.
After a little back and forth between the two, Yoshimura convinces Kaneki to try the brew. Unsurprisingly, Kaneki exclaims that it taste normal, fun fact, the only human food that 99.9% of Ghouls can consume is, you guessed it, coffee. I have no answer, only more questions. Yoshimura then gives a history lesson about Ghouls and coffee, then a pound of flesh wrapped in a brown paper bag.
"Remind me why we should help that guy, he seems like a oversized manchild to me." I scoff, not even trying to sugarcoat.
"Because it's our policy, Otto. I shouldn't be the one to remind you of that." Yoshimura says in a calm tone, with a slight tinge of annoyance.
Yeah, policy, short for long term pain in the ass. Yoshimura sent us both upstairs while he finished cleaning up.
"Just my luck, when I thought you were the worst it would get." Touka joked.
"I'll take that as a compliment. But you're a bigger handful."
We laughed before stopping at our doors, I just realized, we are right across from another. Maybe I could...
"Hey, Touka?" I clear my throat slightly.
"Yeah?"
"I'm gonna follow Kaneki around tomorrow, when I'm done, you want to do something?" I ask, trying to avoid fumbling my words.
Touka's face went a little red before she... Smiled. She's so beautiful when she smiles.
"Are you trying to ask me out?" She says, walking a little closer to me.
"Well, I don't actually want to go anywhere in particular, unless you want to. I was more thinking that we'd see what they got at the video store and watch movies..." I'm getting a little red myself.
Touka's smile grows a little more mischievous before she gets right in my face.
"Of course I will, I hope you have good taste." She says before planting a kiss on my nose and going to her room, shutting the door behind her.
I touched the spot that she kissed. I'm... I'm getting drowsy... But at least I know now, I am in love with Touka. I've only known her for a few months, but I feel as if I can trust her. This girl, I just... I can feel it, she's more important than any of us realize yet.
The next day, I tracked Kaneki to his college, his friend seems to be doing well. In case you're wondering, I followed him on foot, but I didn't wear the mask. It seemed that the hood did wonders in protecting my skin, I've got one of those complexions where I burn easy, never tan. Kaneki and Hide were in there for a while, but they soon exited with...
"Nishiki?!" I hissed to myself.
Yeah, Kaneki is well aware that this guy is a Ghoul, but chooses to follow him anyway. How the hell are you still in college when you already won the gold medal for champion dumbass?
"I'll just stick to the shadows for now." I whisper, using my sense of smell to track Kaneki and Nishiki.
They didn't walk far, but I still feel like I'm getting pulled along with a thread. They end up in a underpass, then Nishiki knocks out Hide with a spin kick, he seems to like those.
"I don't think he needs to see this." Nishiki says while adjusting his glasses. "And here I thought that I was the only Ghoul on campus."
He takes a sniff to the air, I don't think he's noticed me yet.
"Man, you smell like my girlfriends perfume!" He said before grabbing Kaneki by the neck and holding him Darth Vader style.
Nishiki went on about how he thought Kaneki wanted to eat Hide, and Kaneki's constant denial just made him laugh. He just kept taunting Kaneki until... Well, Kaneki essentially threw a temper tantrum, but instead of throwing toys around, he finally activated his Kagune, it's the exact same as Rize's, but slightly darker red. Kaneki went absolutely apeshit, brutally stabbing Nishiki multiple times until he looked like a corpse, left the bastard hanging on one of the rails up top. Then Kaneki just... stood there, not really doing anything, until he started speaking.
"No way, I can't eat him... He's my friend."
It sounds to me like he's having a one sided conversation with himself, because all I hear are his responses. Maybe he thinks that he can talk his Ghoul instincts out of eating Hide?
"Yeah, I can..." Kaneki said before manically giggling, "Now that you mention it, he does look tasty!"
I start making steps, but I'm really not in the mood to suffer from brutal lacerations.
"Wait, no! What the hell am I doing?! What instincts?! He's... all mine?" He started laughing like a kid in middle school who thinks if he acts like an insane clown, people will think he's cool. "You're right, maybe I should follow my instincts for once! He's like a special treat made just for me!"
Is it bad that I'm actually getting worried? Guy's making me look normal by comparison.
"Well, page the doctor, because you're gonna need a straitjacket." I said, finally making my show stopping appearance.
"Leave me alone!" He growled, I just clicked my tongue and shook my head.
"Poor boy, so hungry that you've lost your reason. Whatever, eat him, what do I care? But between you and me, if you eat him, you'll be walking down a path soaked in blood, entrails, and regret."
BGM: Endless Despair - Little V
Kaneki growled like a mindless animal, this made me smile. We both activated our Kagunes at once.
"Fine, have it your way, but don't come bitching about it later! If it'll take some force to get it through you, then so be it!" I said before lunging at him with the claws.
He covered above himself in hopes of knocking me back, I just dig my claws in as deep as they'll go. Kaneki shook me off and managed to impale me, but in his weakened state, he can't do much. The only reason he was able to brutalize Nishiki was because he was caught somewhat off guard.
"Merely a flesh wound." I laugh before ripping his tendril from my stomach.
His expression changed to worried while I dashed forward, returning the favor by stabbing him through the chest and throwing him to the ground. His tendrils wrapped around my leg, whipping me around the underpass, dragging me through concrete before tossing me up.
"Guess I'll have seconds too!" Kaneki roared.
"You wish." I rumbled before morphing my right arm into a blade and spinning quickly towards Kaneki.
His Kagune did little to defend against the momentum of my swing, tendrils actually collapsed under the shear force, adding some more pain to our maddened pal. Blood shot everywhere as Kaneki screamed. He swung his Kagune around frantically, maybe he's thinking he'd get me if I had no space to avoid his attacks. He hit me a couple of times, it's starting to sting like hell. I trip him before grappling him with the whipfist, slamming him into the ground at least eight times before throwing him.
"So long-a, Kaneki!" I tauntigly shout.
There was a small thud and silence.
"Diiiiieeeeeee!" Kaneki screamed as he jettisoned towards me.
"What's the matter? Don't like needles?" I taunt.
"Die, die, die!" Now he's resorting to using a single word, nicht gut.
Needing a new plan, I run at Kankei as fast as I can with my shield arms in hopes of knocking him over, he jumped out of the way only to be pulled back with a tendril and punched hard with a hammerfist. I drop the Kagune and resort to hand-to-hand. Delivering a powerful right cross directly to Kaneki's face, then a left hook, gut punch, and a hard slap to the ear. His movements grow more and more weary by the second, I just need a bit more time. I eventually do knock him out with a upper-downercut from the hammer fist. I dragged him and his friend back to Anteiku, practically collapsing as soon as I walked in. The last thing heard was Touka screaming my name.
When I woke up, I was in my bed, bandages around where Kaneki stabbed me. Touka rested her head with her arms folded, right on top of me. She's cute when she sleeps. I run my fingers through her hair, just enjoying the moment.
"How long have you waited here?" I whispered, slightly rousing Touka from her sleep.
I managed to worm myself from bed and rest Touka on the couch. She's smiling slightly. Almost immediately as I exit the room, Yoshimura is waiting for me.
"It seems Kirishima has taken a liking to you." He says.
"Not surprised, knew it would happen eventually." I say in a cool tone.
We stood in silence for a moment.
"We should probably check on our guest." Yoshimura said before leading me to the other room.
Kaneki was laying, passed out on the couch. His chest rose and fell softly,he'd probably survive a few more beatings. Damn, how was he that strong? He's had Rize's organs for a month or so, right? If not, he's just activated his kagune and clearly had no idea on how to use it, remember, there's a difference between swinging a sword and training in fencing, one has more effort and finesse put into it.
"Well, my job's done." I mumble before heading back to Touka.
She's awake now, rumaging through my closet. After a few minutes, she finds an old DVD player. While dusting it off, Touka notices me starting at her.
"Hey." I said, walking closer to the indigo haired beauty.
"...Idiot..." Touka mumbled something under her breath.
"I'm sorry, I should've gotten you first, maybe I would've come back in one piece." I stare at my feet.
Touka says nothing, she hugs me tightly, stinging my wound a bit. I swear that I can hear her crying.
"Do you have any idea on how worried I was?! I thought I would've lost you!"
That seals it, she likes me. I wonder if I can pull this off without getting punched. Without saying another word, I pull Touka's face up and kiss her. She doesn't try to resist, she instead gives into it and deepens the lip lock. After what felt like years, we finally part.
"Hey, Touka?"
"Yeah, Otto?"
"You want to watch some movies?"
"Of course I do."
The plot thickens, Otto and Touka's relationship officially begins, and Kaneki is still a whiny bitch. In other news, the sky is blue, grass is green, water is wet, Trump is a moron, and I'm not wearing pants. What will happen next? Find out, next time on King of Marrow!
Sorry for the slightly shorter chapter, episode two doesn't really have that much to write home about, at least I gave you something the anime didn't, a proper fight scene with a berserker Kaneki. So, what should I do for the next chapter, go on to episode three, or try to make something original? I'll let you be the judge, cause I got ideas cooking up, just ready to be served. Be sure to leave a review and have a swell day
