Hey guys this is the new 15th chapter the old one is now the 16th chapter. It's a bit confusing but I wanted to add more to Kaneki's character and how he's perceived by others outside of the trio and I couldn't fit it well into the timeline without moving some stuff around.

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Kaneki had an unusual reaction to stress considering what he was. Cooking wasn't a normal hobby for ghouls but growing up as a human who was often forced to cook as a child he'd grown rather fond of it.

That's what he'd been planning to do when he snuck into the Hogwarts kitchen one night. As he cracked open the portrait door though he quickly realized another kid was already there. She was younger than him and, judging by her robes, seemed to be a Slytherin. Currently, she was teary-eyed and curled up in a corner eating comfort food.

"Hello?" Kaneki softly called out as he poked his head through the door.

The girl startled out of his stupor and looked up at him.

Kaneki sighed, the poor girl looked absolutely distraught and he wasn't just about to turn around and leave her there. Also, even though he would never admit it, he had a soft spot for spoiling younger kids. He didn't have much parental love and a part of him wanted to give them what he never had.

"Are you ok?" He asked, eyes full of concern.

She blushed as she rubbed at the tear tracks under her eyes.

"I- I'm fine," she said her voice coming out shakily.

"Do you want to talk about it? It might help you feel better," He asked sitting next to her.

"U-Umm, I-I don't know," she stuttered out.

"Ok that's fine, I was going to make some food do you want some?" He asked.

"Oh, uh- what are you making?" She asked him.

"I was going to make cookies, coffee, and some dinner for myself," Kaneki responded.

"Alright then I'll have some too," she said as she snuggled into a blanket the house-elves had gotten her.

The two had fallen into a comfortable silence as Kaneki began to systematically cook various cafe pastries. At around 12:20 AM there were multiple cute bunny-themed sweets and 2 cups of coffee in front of them.

She grabbed a pink and brown pastel cookie, her eyes lighting up more and more with each bite."Wow! These are really good!" She exclaimed.

"Where did you learn?" She questioned.

"From my family," He said, purposefully avoiding naming anyone specific.

"Wait are you a Gryffindor?!"

"Yeah, why?" He responded hoping she wouldn't fall into the Slytherin stereotype.

"Wait really?! You're nothing like other Gryffindors. A lot of them are really horrible. I've heard so many horror stories,"

"Most Gryffindors feel the same way about Slytherins."

"Oh.".

They were trapped in awkward silence when he noticed a charms book on the ground. "Are you learning expelliarmus?"

"Yeah, but I'm having trouble with it" she admitted nervously

"Would you like me to help?" He asked.

"Really?! I don't want to be a bother."

"No no! It's fine!" He reassured her "I don't mind."

"Thank you so much!" She said, surprising Kaneki by giving him a hug.

A few hours later as they were about to leave she spoke up. "Oh hey, I didn't get your name. I'm Kate."

"Kaneki Ken," he said, pausing halfway out of the portrait hole before leaving, wholly unaware of Kate's shock and mild horror at the realization that she was crying in front of one of the most famous people in the wizarding world.

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About a day later Kaneki noticed a lot of the younger kids had started looking at him oddly. Don't get him wrong it wasn't like they were glaring at him or anything, in fact, it was almost the opposite. No one actually talked about whatever it was, but still, if no one was going to acknowledge it he wasn't going to either. He just kind of put it out of his mind and continued as if nothing was different.

It had been a fairly casual day when he saw a few Ravenclaw 3rd years being unnecessarily rude toward a few Hufflepuff 1st years. He hadn't really thought about it when he lightly (and I emphasize, lightly) karate chopped the Gryffindor boys on the head.

"Geeze stop being assholes guys, head to class," He reprimanded lightly.

"Sorry about them," He said, giving a shallow bow apologizing to the kind of awestruck Hufflepuffs almost like a mother apologizing for their disruptive child.

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Slowly but surely kids started showing up in the kitchens for help with their own issues. A few came just to see if the rumors were true. The theory was that there was a "fake" Kaneki, someone or thing looked like him but wasn't that would listen to your problems and help you.

Ironically enough Kaneki, in a school full of literal magic, had bassicially reached cryptid status. He was at the same level as Hanako-san of third stall bathrooms. and he couldn't help but smile at the thought as he headed to divinations.

Honestly, he thought he would be more upset about people cutting into his cooking time but he appreciated their small talk and enjoyed helping people. Whether it be talking, offering a shoulder to cry on, or helping someone out with their school work it felt both fulfilling and like some sort of small act of repentance for everything he's done.

Kaneki walked up to divinations with Ron since it was the one class Hermione didn't take with them. He'd only just finalized his schedule and usually actually liked arithmancy with Hermione better so he usually went there. Unfortunately, the workload for the class was a bit too much and he had enough to deal with considering the tournament. All this meant that today was actually his first divination class.

"Come on, the class is up this way," Ron said as he rushed up a large stairwell until they reached a ladder. Ron climbed up it first and opened up a hatch in the ceiling.

Since the entrance to the room looked more like an attic than a classroom Kaneki couldn't help but wonder what the room looked like. Whatever he'd been imagining it hadn't been a nauseating amount of perfume and smoke though.

He wasn't even all the way up the ladder but the moment the hatch opened his nose was assaulted and his ghoul senses made it all so much worse. The smell burned and he almost fell off the ladder in his attempt to get away from it.

"Woah mate! You ok?!" Ron asked as Kaneki caught himself before he toppled over.

"Yup sorry, I just wasn't prepared for that smell." He explained.

"Oh Yeah! Trelawny has a habit of doing that. Here, Hermione taught me a filter charm, it helps," Ron said before charming Kaneki's red and gold scarf. "Just make sure your scarf is over your nose."

"Thanks Ron," He said with a smile . He didn't know what he would've done if he had to sit through that smell all class.

Sitting down at a table with Ron he pulled out a book as he waited for class to start.

Around 5 minutes later Trelawnly started talking about how to read crystal balls. Half the time Kaneki paid attention and the other half of the time he was lost in his own world thinking about tokyo or the new book he was reading.

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"Ah, , do you mind if I use you as a demonstration?" she asked.

"Uh yeah sure," he responded automatically.

Almost as soon as the words left his mouth he wanted to kick himself, what if she saw something about him being a ghoul!? He shouldn't have let social norms dictate his reaction but there wasn't really a way to bail out at this point without looking suspicious.

Looking into her ball she dramatically gasped. "Poor boy! I see a you being killed by a man dressed in white with some sort of lance,"

Kaneki's eyes went a bit wide in panic. That sounded like Arima.

"I wouldn't worry, Tralawny's made loads of death predictions but none of them actually ever come true. Only Lavender and Parvati and really take her seriously," Ron whispered, noticing how Kaneki looked.

Looking around Kaneki realized most of the class had rolled their eyes or snickered at the prediction but unless that had been an oddly specific coincidence then Trelawny was more than the fraud everyone thought she was.

After all, it might not have been his future but it most certainly had been his past.

He looked up and gave Ron a quick smile. It was best to let everyone think Trelawny was just making it all up again.

Momentarily though, he couldn't help but wonder if Trelawny had even realized she'd been right.

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Hey guys I'm taking a little break from my break to bring you all a new year chapter as a commemoration for leaving the dumpster fire that is 2020 behind us. Hope y'all enjoyed that now if you'll excuse me Imma make mushroom soup. ^ w ^