The night went on and on, Kaneki sat at the end of one of the tables watching how funny it was seeing Compa eat pudding and have fun with Noire, it was like two complete opposites.

He sat calmy watching the relaxing scene unfold, while staring at the table, his mildly-warm coffee mug was still fresh there, he slowly grabbed it and took a sip.

''Still like it black'' he muttered, suddenly memorizing the lessons he got from Manager, how he was teached how to make a great cup of coffee, if compared to this, then he'd proudly take over and make all the coffee from now on.

Chian slowly sat herself down next to him and drank her own cup of coffee while also looking at Noire and Compa's interactions with a smile.

''You all seem so familiar with each other, have you known each other for long?'' she asked, taking another sip from her coffee cup.

Kaneki chuckled and stared at them while slowly gaining a smile ''Nah, but it feels like that, we only met a couple of days ago''

''I see...well you all make a great team, it's been a while since this place has had it's share of joy with it's customers'' she said smiling, while pointing at the cafeteria with both hands, nearly pointing all over the place.

Kaneki sipped the last of his coffee before standing up stretching his arms ''well, i think it's nearly time to call it a day, we've gotta make sure to get our energy before doing our grand espionage'' he jokingly said chuckling abit.

''you're right, go on ahead i'll stay up a little more'' Chian said leaning back in her chair.

As Kaneki walked towards the stairs up to the rooms a voice yelled to him.

''Hey!''

As he turned his head towards the direction of the voice he saw Noire giving him a displeasing look.
''Where do you think you're going?'' she said, momentarily not talking with Compa.

Kaneki yawned on purpose and said ''i was just on my way to bed, i don't know about you two but i'd want to regain my energy for our next mission''

Noire jumped off her chair, brushed off her clothes, and made a little wave to Compa before walking over to Kaneki.

''In any case you're probably right, let's get going'' she said before walking up the stairs.

''wait, are you also going to bed now?'' Kaneki asked puzzled while he walked up the stairs with Noire.

Noire looked behind at Kaneki and tilted her head ''Yes? is there something wrong with that?'' she said before gaining a small pouty face.

Kaneki couldn't stop smiling at this and patted her head ''no no of course not, i just thought you'd want to talk more with Compa since you two have gotten a little closer'' he walked past and forward of her.

Noire began blushing as the headpatting felt nice but aswell looking away ''W-well you're just right, we need to take this mission seriously or else Lastation will suffer more'' as she said this her cute face suddenly turned dark and gloomy, thinking about all the people that Avenir is feeding off.

Kaneki turned the handle and opened their room door ''don't you worry Noire, Avenir won't get an inch past us, i'll assure that'' he said, sitting down on his bed whilst smiling sincerely to her..

Noire moved her head down so her face wasn't visible, but in a near second she jumped forwards and embraced Kaneki in a hug still holding her head down.

''N-Noire?'' Kaneki asked confused as to the hugging.

Noire mumbled something he couldn't quite make anything out of.

''W-what did you say?'' he asked.

She raised her voice a little higher ''This is...my thank you'' she said still hugging him for a couple of more seconds, before quickly running over to her own bed and laid down staring at the wall.

''N-now turn off the lights!'' she yelled sounding annoyed, but Kaneki just smiled and did what she asked, as the moonlight began shining in through the window, Kaneki's eyes got heavier and heavier.

He began to feel again a tugging warmth in his chest from the hug earlier, what was this? he was beginning to get weirded out as he had never felt it before.

As Kaneki stared at the ceiling slowly nearing his sleep he muttered.
''I have a feeling...something big will happen tomorrow'' he managed to get out before going out like a candle.

The next morning they slowly prepped up, getting their disguises back on and ventured out the door, Compa marching out more cheerful than usual, Noire right behind her yawning, and Kaneki lastly stopping at the door and waving goodbye to Chian.

''Time for another mission, take care'' Kaneki said smiling.

''Be safe! all of you'' Chian replied and clenched her fist in hope that everything would go as smoothly as it did yesterday.

As they once again came to face the giant building that was Avenir, they checked themselves in at the reception, waiting for Ganache to give them new assignments.

''Waiting sure is boring huh?'' Noire asked, sitting in a chair next to Kaneki.

''It sure is, but that doesn't mean we should let our guard down, this is the main place for the bad causes you know?'' Kaneki replied looking around at the many different people walking around the place.

''You're right, but it still feels off...these are my citizens, why would they want to ruin my land?'' Noire said, pondering at the thought.

''i'm not sure...maybe to overthrow you? this whole ideal just feels fishy, as if somet- oh, there's Ganache'' Kaneki spotted among the crowd of busy people walking and running around the place.

Kaneki stood up from the chair and watched as Ganache came closer with what looked like a file assignment in his hands.

Noire flicked Compa's forehead and she reacted quickly with covering it before also standing up, ans lastly Noire did it aswell.

''Alright folks, it's a busy day we've got alot ahead of us but it's nothing you can't handle, you just need to take these papers and go to the designated location for monster eradication, simple right?'' Ganache smiled, handing over the papers to Kaneki.

''Seems simple enough, so just like always, go in, clear the area, and get back here to report right?'' Kaneki asked, looking through the papers and noticing the location located in the papers were a place at the outskirts of the Residential city area of Lastation.

''Yes, that's correct'' he replied, adjusting his glasses.

Kaneki walked past him and looked behind his shoulder to Compa and Noire ''let's get going'' he said, giving them a pleasant smile.

''D-don't get ahead of yourself, stupid!'' Noire replied running onwards after him, and with Compa sighing and giggling behind her.

As they left, Ganache adjusted his glasses once more...with a malicious smile.

This is a Chapter that was half-done, but lost it's life after 2017 arrived, i apologize on that part, and i might've lost a feel for the characters but i still remember how they were in my heart, so i can surely get back into the rythm.

this is from now on gonna be a series that's gonna be more or less unstably updated as you've noticed with Very slow updating, i do apologize but real life takes priority, see you in the next chapter!

From ChaoticShock.