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The following days were spent in peace. Kaneki Ken only went out once a day just to go to Anteiku Café. He was supposed to be training for being one of the waiters for the café but he always got his own time where he was by himself and would just sit in the corner of the café for a long period of time. He also had to dye his white hair so he wouldn't attract much attention while wearing a medical eye patch over his left eye.

It was peaceful, and that was what he thought until he had encountered hunger. With a ghoul the size of Jason, he was be able to last just under a week and he highly doubted that there were going to be other ghouls that were going to be his size.

He tried figuring out strategies in order to get these ghouls. Should he only hunt the ghouls that have harmed humans? Perhaps a ghoul that wasn't as respectful as the ones in Anteiku since they would only eat the dead.

Ring… Ring…

Reaching to his back pocket, he pulled out this phone and answered the call.

"Uh, hey Kaneki, it's Hide." Said the caller.

"Hi, what's up?"

"Come on, you can't just give me the 'what's up'!" he exclaimed, "I'm just giving you a heads up that the university's having a thing for juniors and the senpais. It goes from 4pm to 6pm so you have half an hour to get there. I'll meet you then!"

"Thanks Hide, see you soon." The phone's screen darkened as the call ended. Sighing, he started to make his way towards the school taking the closest bus stop to get to his university.

"KANEKI! Over here!" shouted Hide waving at the black haired young adult who just arrived at the university. Kaneki smiled at his friend's welcoming exuberance and quickened his pace by a bit to get to his friend quicker than he planned.

"So where is it at? The lecture hall?" asked Kaneki, puffing a little bit just for show. As part ghoul, his physical abilities have increased and may have gone through more than just one roof. Hideyoshi nodded and Kaneki followed him as they started walking towards the main lecture hall where the elder students of the university and juniors would discuss whatever they were going to.
On the way they met with a blonde upperclassman who just sneered at them for the fact, most likely, that they were just brats.

"What's the hell's wrong with him?" asked Hide to both himself and Kaneki.

"It's pretty normal for the upperclassmen. They're older than us after all…" said Kaneki then veering off to a quiet voice. He didn't mind anyone like the blondie since he figured that anyone else couldn't harm him as much as Jason did. He was restricted, held down, completely helpless, but now he could fight back. He will fight back. But it was not his nature as a fellow 'human' to harm another unless he was provoked or someone close to him was hurt.

"Whoa, you looked pretty serious, are you okay?" Hide's words interrupted Kaneki's thoughts and he simply returned a smile and Hide just ranted on saying that he should discuss his feelings so he could help him.

I highly doubt you can help me with this ghoul business, thought Kaneki. As oblivious as he is, he failed to notice the sadness that Hide had been struggling to hide.

"Kaneki, can't you open up a bit more? I'm your friend after all and it doesn't matter if you're ghoul or not," muttered Hide to himself.

"Did you say something?" asked Kaneki. It sounded like Hide was just speaking his thoughts so he didn't want to pry into it directly.

"Nah it's nothing. I was just thinking about what on earth they want us to do when it's the break time," said Hide, "reminds me, break ends after the weekend. No wonder."

"No way." They had arrived at the lecture hall and as soon as they were seated and ready for whomever to speak, the blonde went up to the stage and the person who followed him was Arima.

"Welcome underclassmen, upperclassmen, teachers, and special guest Professor Arima Kishou," said the blonde.

"How'd he become the representative for the seniors?" whispered Hide to Kaneki. He shrugged and the two of them chuckled to themselves as Hide made, quite, smart retorts and comments to the blonde. They soon found out that he was filling in for the senior's representative, Nishiki Nishio who was a close friend of the senior's representative and the head student of the pharmaceutical sciences and technology section who was also the I.T. guy who kept records of the school's events that all require technological assistance along with fixing student's laptops and school electronics.

"Pretty respectful job he has. It's a wonder how his character clashes with what he does," remarked Hide.

"True that," replied Kaneki only to be reminded that Arima was there as the man himself stood up and went to the podium.

"I am delighted to be here. As you know I am a professor in human nature and biology along with basic sciences and research on anything many people overlook as something simple or too mysterious," said Arima emphasizing 'delighted.' The things people overlook would have been ghouls, but only Kaneki knows that.

"Today we are going to be in groups of three," explained Arima, "underclassmen are to be in pairs and you will have a senior who will be joining you. Teachers are here for any questions and aid while I will be going around to help. In these groups, you will be discussing about any future plans, whether you have any idea what you want to be and the senior is there to help you should there be any contradictions in the courses you are doing and what you are aiming for."

By default, Hide and Kaneki paired themselves together and waited as the teachers started to pick random seniors for the students' groups. And lucky them, they got Nishiki Nishio.

"Hey kids. You better ask smart questions or your future won't look that bright," he said with a smile and evil dancing in his eyes which were hidden by his glasses.

"Yeah-aha, okay…?" said Hide, who definitely did not expect the blonde to be their senior in their small group.

"Come on Hide, it's probably from looks. He can't be that bad," reassured Kaneki. He sure couldn't be as bad as Jason. Ask anyone who had experienced something from Jason and they'll agree with him.

"I feel like a lot of back talking comes from you two, especially you," said Nishiki pointing at Hide. Hide laughed nervously and Kaneki just smiled anxiously. There was something off with this guy. He could feel it and it wasn't his personality.

And that's the end of this chapter~ I hope you've enjoyed and thank you for reading!

Zaira Swift.