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Happy 4th of July, for all my American friends.
Sitting alone in his designated bedroom that he had called his own since Urie took Shachi's Mt. Fuji home by force, Furuta sat at his office desk with the lens of his eyeglasses reflecting the screen of his laptop's monitor. Exhausted mentally from the hours he spent on writing the notes he was planning on using for his interview he had with the news anchor from 'Goodmorning Tokyo', Furuta glanced down at the right-side corner of his screen to take notice of the time.
'Jesus, it's already two o'clock…! I gotta get my happy-ass to bed if I'm not gonna look like total shit in the morning…!' Furuta thought worryingly to himself while taking his glasses down, before putting them on his desk. Blinking away the soreness he felt in his eyes from having stared at a monitor for too long, along with having to neglect his sleep schedule, Furuta let out a tired yawn while reaching up to massage his heavy-eyelids with his index finger and thumb.
Sighing, Furuta placed his elbow down on the desk beside his keyboard, before slinking down while resting his forehead against the palm of his hand. Dreading the fact that he wasn't the greatest typer in the world, along with the fact that he still had to proofread his notes, Furuta let out a groan before reaching over with his other hand to grab a hold of his drinking glass that he had set beside his mouse.
While still focusing his attention on re-reading his latest entry to himself, Furuta absent-mindedly brought the rim of the glass up to his lips before raising the bottom of the cup up to sip on some water. After a few seconds had passed as his thirst had yet to be quenched, eventually Furuta realized that his glass had gone empty.
"... Goddamnit," Furutua muttered with an exasperated tone in his voice, as he looked away from the glowing screen to stare down at his empty glass. Throwing himself a pity party while wallowing in his woes about living in a world where he needed to get up to refill his own cup, Furutua was interrupted by the sound of gentle knocking coming from his bedroom door.
"... Unless you have a pitcher of iced-cold water, I don't want what you're selling," Furuta said half-jokingly with a mildly annoyed tone in his voice, as he swiveled around his office chair to turn around to face the wooden door.
"... What about a mug of coffee? Could I interest you in that?" The voice asked in a kind and playful voice, which made the tired man involuntarily smirk to himself, after he recognized who the feminine voice belonged to.
"Hmph…! Well, I suppose I can make an exception for that," Furuta replied back, and watched as Hinami entered his bedroom while holding a mug of freshly brewed coffee in her hands. "Didn't expect to see you out of all people up this late, Fueguchi… You're usually the first one in bed, after all."
"They do say 'the early bird gets the worm'… But in all seriousness, since you're preparing for that big interview tomorrow you have with Mika Toyato, I thought maybe you'd like a cup of coffee to help you think clearer while you wrote," Hinami said with a gentle smile on her face, as she made her way over to Furuta's desk. "Also… Merry Christmas Eve, Nimura!" The ghoul said cheerfully with a tired voice, before setting the mug of coffee down on the desk to wrap her arms around Furuta to give him a warm hug.
Although he didn't mind Hinami being an affectionate ghoul, Furuta couldn't help but find her celebrating the day before Christmas to be a bit silly. "I appreciate the coffee, Fueguchi, but… Mind if I ask you why you're celebrating Christmas the day before the actual holiday?" Furuta inquired with an arched brow, as he felt Hinami's arm pull away from him. "Don't get me wrong, I understand the hype around the holiday, but… Ah, forget it... I'm probably just not used to it, is all."
Tilting her head to the side, Hinami couldn't help but feel confused at Furuta's uncertainty of how Christmas worked. "Forgive me if I'm overstepping any boundaries, but… What do you mean by that, Nimura?" Hinami asked with a slight frown on her face, as she watched Furuta furrow his brow a bit at the question.
"Oh, it's nothing, really... I just think because of how I grew up at 'Sunlit Gardens', I'm still figuring out how the real-world works, since we never really celebrated holidays, or… Or really anything, now that I think about it," Furuta explained aloud, as he picked the mug up from the desk. "Truth be told, Ihei, Arima, and Yusa along with his two friends aren't really all that familiar with celebrating holidays either; keep in mind, we understand what Christmas is, but… Decorating the place with lights, trees, and presents, well… It's new for us."
Finding the idea of someone being so distant from the holidays, especially one as important as the most magical time of year, Hinami found herself having sympathy for Furuta. "I'm sorry to hear that, Nimura… Growing up with my mother and father wasn't always easy when they were alive, but despite the struggles they faced before CCG ended their lives… They raised me with all the love their hearts could give. And, well… I… I heard what it was like for you growing up at that awful place from Arima-San, so… I'm sorry that you didn't have a very happy childhood."
Being unfamiliar with being shown such genuine kindness and sympathy from someone as understanding as Hinami, the guilt that Furuta had dwelling inside of him for once forcing the young ghoul to stay with them against her will weighed heavier than ever on his mind. "It's fine, but... Thank you," he replied back in a quiet and somber voice.
Taking a moment to blow the steam away from the top of his cup, Furuta carefully took a few sips of the piping hot liquid before setting the mug down on his desk. "Mmm… That's delicious…! You know, sometimes I forget that you used to live at a coffee shop…" Furuta mused with a slightly guilty look in his eyes, as he stared down at his brown-reflection within his mug of coffee.
Flashing a weak smile at Furuta, Hinami nodded solemnly as she took notice of how conflicted the man looked as he tried avoiding eye contact with her. "I'm glad you like the coffee, Nimura… My older brother, Kaneki, taught me how to brew like him."
Flinching at what he had just heard from Hinami, Furuta did his best to hide his grimace by taking another careful sip of his coffee before setting it down once again. "Ah… I wonder if Sasaki is still capable of being the same grandiose barista he once was… I suppose you'll have to ask him for me, when the day comes that this whole mess is sorted out."
Nodding softly at Furuta's hope for the future, Hinami watched as the man quietly excused himself before swiveling back around to face his monitor. Wordlessly, Hinami remained standing behind Furuta while looking over his shoulder while he continued to proofread.
Considering leaving after Furuta made it apparent that he wasn't in the mood to continue their conversation, Hinami began to turn around to exit the bedroom, but stopped as she noticed a picture of a purple-haired girl standing beside what she presumed to be a younger version of the man.
"Nimura, I apologize for interrupting you, but… Do you mind me asking about who that girl is? She looks so pretty…!" Hinami mused with a sense of wonderment in her eyes, as she couldn't help but find the girl's purple eyes and hair to be mystifying in a way.
Looking away from his monitor, Furuta looked up at the frame picture that Hinami was so intrigued in. Reaching up to carefully take a hold of the picture from his adolescence, Furuta placed it down by his lap to stare back at the younger version of himself dressed in a similar kimono as his younger sister standing beside him.
"Ah, she's quite a looker, isn't she? Even back then, she had it going on…" Furuta mused with a quiet chuckle, before handing the picture over to Hinami, so she could get a closer look. "That's my infamous sister, and since you've spent time with Sasaki, back when he was going by 'Ken Kaneki', I'm assuming that her name will ring a bell… For you see, that's none other than 'Rize Kamishiro', who also happens to be my younger half-sister."
Caught off guard by the revelation, Hinami nearly dropped the picture as she let out a quiet gasp. "Y-You're related to Kamishiro?! That same woman who tried eating my big-brother?!" Hinami asked with a slightly appalled look on her face, as she silently shook her head at the adorable looking girl in the picture that would grow up to be the catalyst for Kaneki's transformation. "My goodness…"
Unbothered by Hinami's reaction, considering that he himself wasn't blind to the fact that Rize wasn't necessarily a great person, Furuta smirked before letting out a low sigh. "Yep, I sure am… I understand that there's a taboo in society about one sibling being… 'Attracted', to one another, so I understand if you have judgement for me when I say this, but… She's the reason why I need to go to Rushima Island; she and the children she'll bear for me are the reason why I'm fighting for a better tomorrow."
Quieting thinking to herself about the idea of two siblings being romantically involved with one another made Hinami want to feel repulsed, yet the more she thought about the unorthodox proposition, the more Hinami felt a strange interest in it. Standing with her head lowered toward the framed picture in her hands, Hinami couldn't help but to imagine herself as being the one standing in Rize's place in the picture, while standing beside Kaneki instead of the child version of Furuta.
"... Nimura, I… I don't… I don't think that you're wrong for being in love with your sister," Hinami stated confidently with a reassuring and gentle smile on her face, as she raised her head up to stare back at Furuta's surprised expression.
"Oh, really?" Furuta asked with a somewhat inquisitive look in his eyes, before taking a few moments to think about the reason behind Hinami's tolerance of what essentially was incest; and that's when it hit Furuta. "Ohhhhh…! I get it now…!" Furuta said with a mischievous glimmer in his eyes, as he carefully took the framed picture from Hinami's hands.
Confused at what Furuta was trying to imply, Hinami frowned a bit. "... I don't understand, sorry," Hinami said apologetically with a naive look in her brown eyes, while Furuta continued to look at her with a knowing look on his face.
"Don't play coy with me, Fueguchi~! I know why you out of all people are fine with my affection towards my own sister," Furuta said playfully, while beginning to snicker after seeing Hinami's gentle expression transform into one of anxiety and embarrassment. "You and I have similar tastes, that's for sure~...!"
"I… I don't know what you're talking about…!" Hinami squeaked out in a slightly higher-pitched voice than her regular tone, as she felt her cheeks growing hotter and her palms becoming more sweaty.
"Oh, please…! Don't make me have to spell it out for you," Furuta continued to poke-and-prod, while beginning to swivel back and forth in his office chair. "You don't have to hide your feelings about Sasaki, Fueguchi! You and I both know that you want him for reasons beyond being his 'little sister'."
Frustrated that Furuta was calling her out, Hinami's first instinct to save face was to immediately begin to deny the man's accusations; so that's exactly what she did. "N-No! That's not true at all…! Besides, e-even if I did want Kaneki that way, which I don't by the way, he and Touka have a special relationship with one another already…!"
"Oh? But Fueguchi, that's not what Sasaki told me," Furuta argued back while faking a genuine look of shock on his face, which was more than enough to catch Hinami off guard, yet again.
"... What do you mean?" Hinami asked quietly, while suddenly beginning to feel her chest tighten and her heart beginning to race at the anticipation of what Furuta meant when he said that.
Shrugging, Furuta pretended to be as casual about it as he could, before replying with, "Well, back when he and I used to work for CCG, Sasaki would go-on and on about the time he spent interrogating you in Cochlea… Kept saying that he found you 'beautiful', and even admitted to developing a sexual attraction towards you."
"... He did?" Hinami asked with a surprised and nervous smile on her face, as she suddenly found herself grasping at her pajama bottoms while imagining her older brother's smiling face staring back at her the same way he used to look at Touka. "D-Did... Did he say anything else, Nimura?"
"Plenty, actually!" Furuta said with a clap of his hands, as he couldn't help but feel enthralled in the fun he was having while gaslighting Hinami into believing that Sasaki had developed a romantic interest in her. "He'd talk about how his heart would flutter like a butterfly everytime he spoke to you, and about how he was planning on having custody over you, so you wouldn't be in prison… Shame that never happened though; after what CCG did to him, I'm surprised he's still alive, if I'm being honest… Seemed like he wanted to start a family with you."
Wide-eyed after hearing the last part of Furuta's lie, Hinami found the room to be suddenly warmer than it previously was, all while hyperfocusing on the idea of starting a family of her own with none other than the man she considered to be her actual brother. "O-Oh?! H-He did..?!" Hinami asked a little too loudly than she intended to.
Chuckling quietly at the idea that he was the one responsible for awakening some kind of repressed sexual desire Hinami had pressed deep into her subconscious, Furuta nodded before finishing his web of lies off by stating the truth. "Sure did! Continue to work with us Fueguchi, and eventually we'll both have a world where we can raise our future children with the ones we love. I'll have Rize, and you'll have Sasaki. And who knows? Maybe after this interview I have with Toyota in the morning, Sasaki will be trying to reach out to join our cause! Maybe… Maybe then once he joins GOAT, you and him can 'indulge' in each other's love, hmmm~?"
The idea of Haise joining the cause that she herself grew to believe in, Hinami began to imagine what it would be like to achieve the status of being her older brother's significant other; a status that Hinami figured Touka was no longer worthy of. 'Kaneki-Kun as my husband…?! Maybe… Maybe he'll stop talking to Touka after we start making love? I hope she isn't too upset, but… If what Nimura is saying is true, then….?! Then maybe I misread their relationship this entire time…?!'
Seeing Hinami becoming internally conflicted, while also simultaneously becoming aroused at the idea of having sexual intercourse with Sasaki, Furuta silently hoped the best for the young woman while also finding the fact that he successfully gaslit her to be hilarious. "Welp… I really should be getting back to my writing, Fueguchi… I take it you'll be in your bedroom for the rest of the night?"
"Y-Yes, Nimura; I'm tired after all…" Hinami lied through her teeth, while actually secretary having 'other plans' before inevitably passing out on her bed.
Already beginning to imagine the same scenario she used during her previous masturbatory sessions, the same 'what if' scene that she always had in her head ever since she accidentally caught Kaneki showering back when she lived with him, Hinami quickly utter out a, "Goodnight," before power walking out of Furuta's bedroom.
After hearing the bedroom door close behind him, Furuta waited a few moments for Hinami's footsteps to disappear before getting up to lock his bedroom door. Despite the fact that he was lying to Hinami for his own personal amusement as well as raising her hope for the future, all the talk about taboo incest had actually gotten him aroused.
Closing the laptop monitor and his blinds, Furuta took a gulp of his cooled-off coffee before carefully picking up the framed picture frame he had of him and Rize. Making the executive decision that he had written enough notes to get by, Furuta decided that he had deserved a little 'fun' before catching up on much needed sleep.
Sitting on the edge of his bed with his thumb placed over the face of his child self in the picture, Furuta stared intently at Rize's beautiful face, along with the kamino that fit her a little too loosely.
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Next chapter will be Hinami imaging herself having sex with Kaneki. It'll be NSFW, of course. I'll post another chapter right after I post it, for those who aren't interested in smut.
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