CHAPTER 7: RELISH
It's been almost two weeks since she discovered about her possible pregnancy. Currently, Eto stays with the rest of GOAT's key members at Touka's shop. Sometimes she is taunting the rest of the Anteiku crew for her own amusement.
"What are you waiting for?" Sitting onto one of the café's table, Eto demanded. As early as of today she heard Kaneki talks about forcing the CCG to have a peaceful talk with them. Eto almost rolled her eyes at the stupidity of their chosen king.
"We don't need to kill to have a dialogue with the Washuu who sits on top"
"Looks like you were manipulated by the fair lady over there" She tilts her head towards the 20th ward Rabbit's direction.
"I am not manipulating him. If that's the case, I would have told him to stop with his entire heroic act to save the ghouls" Rabbit steps forward before Kaneki can even say anything.
"Oho is that so? You could have ignore the two of us just like those who are present here and do your managerial duties"
"Look, if all you can think of is to cause violence and to spill blood then no wonder Yoshimura-san never bothered to find you"
"Ahahahaha that's so rich from a person who killed a father, a mother, a son and a daughter just to survive. You're also—" A hand covered her mouth even before she can rebut further. She eyed the rabbit for a second and was tempted to bite the woman.
"I know what I am and what I did"
Eto bit hard into the hand that is covering her mouth, licking the blood that smeared her lips. She looked at the rabbit in triumph till the woman let her go "The rabbit taste good"
She's been too focused till the rude woman bite hard into her flesh, Touka flinched and she cradled her injured hand. Kaneki wipe her hand to check for any damage, he sighs when the wound closes on its own.
"Takatsuki-san, you do not need to do that. If you are hungry you could have just say it" Ken said, his voice is as cold as his eyes.
"Oooooohhhh so the young man doesn't want the idea of sharing his rabbit~?"
"What are you—"
"I know what you two are doing. You are an adult now and is ready to have a family~"
"…" Touka and Kaneki blushes at the same time once Eto hinted what is transcribing between the two of them.
Roma never begrudge anyone in GOAT if she were to be honest. Not even when they took her as a prisoner of war after the destruction of Aogiri Tree in the hands of CCG. For her, the only reason why she went to protect that old fart Kanou in behalf of Souta was to find an opportunity to have fun and to check on the opposing party aside from the fact that she also wants to please their spoiled king at the same time. As expected, they never failed to amuse her with their ignorance about the real danger and with their acts of heroism. The one whom she have interest most is Kaneki Ken and his campaign about creating a world where ghouls and humans can live peacefully by trying to have a dialogue to those who sits on top. She laughed out loud at the ridiculous idea. Souta will be so thrilled to learn about the bastardized king's plans. Although she suspected that her dear boy already figured out Kaneki Ken's plans. Souta after is a clever boy.
"The One-eyed King and the Rabbit they are married" One of the passing unknown ghouls said to another one
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, a friend of mine said that the king announced it to his closest friends"
"So the rumour about the Rabbit's pregnancy is real?"
"Perhaps so"
Roma's lips formed into small o upon hearing the unknown ghouls gossiping. She almost wants to escape her cell just to announce the news to her friends. Hearing gossips is one of their pastimes after all along with creating chaos and watching from above.
"Damn that Okama for leaving me here" She muttered to herself. She flexed her limbs till her bones pop up and gave her a little space for her kagune worm to strip the jacket that they tied around her. Freed, the first thing she did was to leave the cell and to stalk Kaneki but a familiar scent caught her attention. Luckily, she found the artificial ghoul being surrounded by his closest allies. She hid herself in a safe distance. Close enough to hear them and far enough for them to notice.
"Are you really sure that you do not want to tell him?" Touka asked Eto Yoshimura cautiously which earned weird glances from everyone present.
"And then what? Play a game called house with a Washuu?" The one-eyed beauty snorted at the idea of her and Furuta being together.
"Technically speaking that is his child too so he has every right to know that he spawned a brat and let him take responsibility" Nishiki grumbled which earned a pinch from Touka.
"Let him know about the child and perhaps he can spare you and your child once he comes after us" The rabbit encouraged. Everyone already concluded that Kichmura Washuu will go after them as soon as he is done playing his own game and thus, as early as today, Touka and some of them wants Eto to tell Kichimura Washuu about their child's existence. Not only for Eto's sake and also for the unborn child's sake.
Roma leaned a little bit closer and her lips quirk up once she caught the scent of the infamous one-eyed owl. She quietly listens to the group.
"You are deluding yourself if you think that I will be given considerations just because I am carrying his brat. Washuu never work that way. They want control over everything and for that; I will never allow another one to be born"
"You always think as if killing is the only answer to everything" Hairu muttered begrudgingly.
"That's how the world is; you of all people must know it. After all you were trained since you were young on how to kill, murderer of ghouls"
"I do not have a choice because those who grew up from that place do not have a choice unlike you"
"Spare me with your moral sermon. A weak person like you knows nothing"
"You are no better than V and the Washuu clan or even that bastard Furuta. For you killing is the easiest way to settle things"
"Don't dare compare me to those megalomaniacs"
"To get rid of anything that you think is a liability using another person that is how they work and that is how you work too."
"Oooooohhh cheesy" Roma muttered loud enough till their attention is on her.
"…" In a second Tatara grabbed the back of her head and he throw her onto the floor recklessly.
"Hi there!" Roma greeted giddily even though she looks like a ragdoll sprawling on the floor "Oh you are the one who freed me from cochlea! You have my thanks!"
"How did you even escape?" Nishiki kicked the clowns' founder
"Owwie through the door of course dummy" Roma tilt her head as she act clueless of the matter, rubbing the part where she was rudely kicked. "Kaneki congratulations on your wedding to Touka-chan but why am I not even invited?"
Ken frowned at the knowledge that Roma knows about his affair and status quo. "Who told you that?" His Kagune almost hit the older ghoul's head
"I heard some of your people talking out loud"
"What is little Furuta's plan?"
"Furuta who?" The clown ghoul giggled
"Kichimura Washuu. The CCG's new director. He's one of you" Hairu hissed.
"No waaaaaaay~ The CCG's new Bureau Chief is a clown~? Since when~?"
"…" Hairu grabbed her suitcase where her quinque is resting.
"Mah mah killing a young girl will never make any difference, my dear. You ridiculous peace loving hypocrites"
"Why you—"
"Oooohhhh is the little Washuu princess hurt? Of course you are because you are very sensitive after all"
"I am not—"
Roma darted her attention to the one-eyed owl "So the one-eyed owl and the CCG Director will have a child?" In a second, she is already standing in front of the owl and touching her baby bump.
Blood splutters next, the arm that is touching her was ripped off by the likes of the owl. She smiled sweetly and she throws the arm on the ground. "Touch me again and I will rip your head next and send it to that faint smiling clown that you loved most."
"How scary! Afufufufu" She back away from the sensitive ghoul and reattach her arm as if it is just a child's play. "Reminds me of someone I am so fond of as of late!" She was baffled by the owl's hand
"Say no more or I will rip your tongue and force you to eat it" She pushed her away and she hops back to her seat. For some unknown reason she felt like as if she wants to stay away from the danger that Roma could give them. Is it a maternal instinct? Eto doesn't know too.
"I heard from them that you don't want your baby. Why not let me eat it. This little girl is so curious how does the Owl and CCG Director's offspring will taste like" She muttered and ignoring the weird glances that were sent towards her direction. "It might be tastier than normal humans or ghouls for its breed—"
"Halt, you bitch" Eto snarled once Roma tried to touch her baby bump once more
"Ah. You don't want me to kill it? Then why don't you do it?"
"Lock her up!" Eto barked. A vein popped just under her eye once she heard what the clown said.
"Little did you know is that you unconsciously you want your baby alive because it's a family that you never had? Your maternal instinct is bothersome too, right? That is why you want Kaneki to kill your baby so you need not to feel guilty about it" Roma grinned maniacally. Till they drag her back to her cell. She likes the delicious spark of genuine denial into the one-eyed owl's eyes.
In present time, Roma is tied back in a tight jacket and was locked inside a cell. "I am so bored" She whined as she patiently waits for someone to save her or at least someone from the clowns to see her kagune worms that she sent out after scolding them to never find that okama again and just find someone more useful like Souta or Uta, her two most favourite clowns.
"Why did you not escape on your own?" Someone said and she tilts her head to from the doorway and there she saw the gothic ghoul from her clown group.
"U-chan!" Roma squeals in delight.
"How troublesome. I should have told him to get you instead of sending me here on his behalf" He removed his mask and he walk inside their founder's cell and freed her.
"Eh?"
"Souta was the one who saw your kagune worm and he asked me to go instead because he's busy playing his own games" Uta showed the little kagune that is twitching on his hand.
"Oooopppps~" She accidentally knocked out an unnamed ghoul from GOAT who saw them, guts spilled out of the poor thing.
"Let's go" Uta wear his mask again, he grabbed her by the back of her clothes and helped the shorter clown to escape while the GOAT is busy themselves.
