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"How Beautiful…" The words Kimi whispered echoed through Touka's head. She'd been cooped up in her room for days, reflecting on that. How could a human think that of a murderous ghoul? She thought, trapped in her thoughts. The sound of Hinami's door slamming shut brought Touka back to reality for a second, only to slip back into subconscious thought again. She probably just misses her father, she thought.
Kaneki knocked on her door later that day. "What is it," Touka asked walking to the door without opening it. "It's about tomorrow's shift," Kaneki replied. "Are you working it, too?" Touka inquired. "No, but I don't see how that-" "Pass," Touka said, interrupting him. "Hey," he said, trying to get her out of her misery, "Earlier, Hinami and Ryoko were fighting but they patched it up." He told Touka, confirming her suspicions. "Looking at that, families seem nice. It also seems that the relation between the two wouldn't matter if it was human and ghoul," Touka started to smile, seeing where it was going, "That shouldn't be a surprise," he continued, "but until I ended up like this, I had no idea." "So, what do you want?" Touka asked through the door. "Nothing. I just wanted to apologize about bringing Yoriko into this mess without knowing her." "It's ok," the ghouless said, opening the door and kissing the ever-clueless boy on the cheek. "As long as you're here." They both blushed.
"Kaneki," Touka called while wrapping up the shift they both decided to take after all, "you like me, right?" He blushed again, "Yes…" he said, totally embarrassed. "Then let's make this official. An actual relationship," she said, being more forward than her usual self. "If I had the guts, I would've said it, too." Kaneki said admittedly.
The next morning during setup, Hinami ran downstairs, nearly falling several times. "Kaneki and Touka are going out now!" She blurted to everyone in the quaint little shop. "Knew it," an already beat-up Nishiki said. "Hey!" Touka yelled, instantly looking like a schoolgirl instead of the regular badass, "I don't have it in me to kick your ass right now!"
Later that day, Hinami and Ryoko were out at a bookstore and Kaneki was running errands. Once again, after they didn't show up at the shop when they said they would, Touka began to worry again. She decided to go out and do things of her own to get her mind off it.
Once she got back, Anteiku had closed early. What's this about? She thought, walking in. Going upstairs, she found everyone in the common room, save Ryoko and Hinami, with grave expressions on their faces. "Sorry I've missed so much work. Has something happened?" Yoshimura responded, his voice laced with sorrow, "Ryoko had her life taken by CCG investigators." "What?" Touka said, shocked, "What about Hinami? Is she alive?" "She's in bed in the other room," the manager replied. "Did they see her face?!" Touka asked, panicked. No response was given. She crumpled to the floor in tears. "We can always kill the investigators that did this! We have Yomo and Kaneki, after all!" "If the 20th ward doves are killed," Yomo replied, "they'll only send more." Touka stormed out of the room, tears still in her eyes.