Hello everyone, thank you for getting this far into the fanfiction!

This chapter is the beginning of the next chapter, which is a lemon. More specifically, it's going to be Hinami x Haise this time around. The author's notes will be at the end, where I'll ask questions and go over most of the reviews I got from the previous chapter.

Without further adieu, please enjoy reading this chapter!


Sitting down next to one another on the cement ledge of the circular flower bed that encompassed the circumference of the giant and festively decorated evergreen tree that towered above them from the center of the courtyard, Haise and Hinami sat in solemn silence for what seemed like an eternity before actually beginning to talk once more. Recovering from having been reduced to blubbering messes after Hinami had sung her heart out to Haise, the two were pressed up against each other for warmth and comfort, as they stared outward toward the seven-story hotel resort just within walking distance of them.

Taking in a deep breath of icy-cold air before letting out a frosty breath that was visible in the chilly air in front of his face, Haise eventually found the gull to collect his thoughts before beginning to speak to the ghoul he had sacrificed so much to find. "... Are you sure you don't want to come inside the hotel to talk more, Hinami-Chan? It's warm inside, and, well… Touka and Yomo are upstairs at Uta's party; I'm sure they'd love to see you and catch up a bit."

Tapping her cold fingers against her covered thighs, Hinami appeared to Haise to be thinking the proposition over in her head for a brief moment, before finally letting out a sigh. "Thank you for the offer, Onii-Chan, but… But being here with you, knowing that I'll have to go in an hour or so, well… It's hard enough as it is for me, and I don't think I have it in me to tell them that I'm not staying with them tonight… At least with you, I know I'll see you tomorrow night; they're not allowed to come to GOAT's meeting tomorrow, so I'd rather not have to deal with telling them that tonight."

Feeling somewhat surprised that Hinami already knew of his plan to visit her and the rest of GOAT's members tomorrow night, Haise couldn't help but to furrow his brow, before finally chuckling quietly to himself. "Ah, so… So you knew that I was coming to see you after all. How did you find that out?"

"Through our supporters, of course," Hinami said with a gentle smile, as she reached her hand over to interlock her fingers with Haise's red-gloved hand. "Believe it or not, Onii-Chan, but within GOAT's inner circle, there's… 'Talk' of you and I being, well~…!" Hinami trailed off with a cheesy smile spreading across her soft lips; finding the idea of there being a scandalous 'rumor' about her and Haise's relationship to be risky and exciting.

"'Talk', talk…?!" Haise repeated back with his eyes becoming wide, as he gave Hinami a shocked look before she nodded back at him.

"Yes, Onii-Chan; 'talk', talk," Hinami said in a playful voice, as she gently squeezed her fingers around Haise's hand, before raising it up to kiss the back of his gloved hand; sending a chill up Haise's spine as well as causing his face to become as red as the festive hat that Hinami wore. "According to what I heard from Nimura, God bless his misunderstood heart, you've always had… Certain urges and feelings for me, that started when you and I first started to have our 'sessions' at Cochlea."

Forcing a smile on his face, Haise did his best to hide his inner bafflement at what he had just heard from the woman he saw as his little sister; and was doing his best to remain calm as he could, while she awkwardly tried being seductive by moving his hand over to her upper thigh.

"O-OH!? D-Did he now?!" Haise asked loudly with a nervous laugh, which Hinami nodded softly at before slowly shifting his hand deeper in between her legs. "Erm…?! W-What did he t-tell you, H-Hinami?!" Haise asked with his face beginning to burn an even brighter shade of red, as he couldn't believe that he was starting to actually get aroused by having his hand sandwiched in between his little sister's surprisingly soft thighs.

Underneath the brilliance of the Christmas Tree above, Hinami let out a quiet sigh of relief, as any doubt of Haise possibly not actually being attracted to her diminished after looking down to see that her older brother was starting to 'pitch a tent', as she started to slowly grind her crotch against the side of his hand. "Mmmph~...! H-He told me a little bit of 'this' and a little bit of 'that'... You know, 'stuff'." Hinami said with a playful wink, before reluctantly pulling Haise's hand out of her thighs.

Putting two-and-two together, it didn't take long for Haise to catch on to what Furuta must have told Hinami before his untimely demise. While Haise wanted to object against Hinami's not-so-subtle hints about him being sexually attracted to her, in actuality he really just wanted to deny the fact to himself more than anything.

Caught struggling between his morals and his more baser needs, Haise did his best to conjure up a lie like he had always done in the past to try to deny his repressed urges from Hinami, but ended up saying something that made Hinami snicker instead.

"I-I, erm…?! I don't know where he, I, umm…?! I don't know what he was talking about! T-That just sounds like gossip to me!" Haise stuttered out nervously, while trying to cover up his visible erection by crossing one leg over the other. "B-Besides, w-we never spoke that much while we worked at CCG…! Yeah, yeah, him and I were never even friends to begin with; h-he was just lying; trying to make me look bad, or something…"

"Oh~? And is that why you're blushing and fidgeting like that, Onii-Chan~?" Hinami asked with a wide smile, as she nodded her head gently down at the erection that Haise was trying to cover up. "Because from the looks of it, I think it's safe to say that you feel a… 'Certain kind of way' with me, Kaneki-Kun~!" Hinami said playfully while giggling to herself, after seeing Haise getting visibly more flustered and nervous.

"I-I…!? I don't know what you're talking about…!" Haise gasped out, before turning his head to look away from Hinami's beautiful face; the same very face that reminded him of when she was only fourteen years old, which only intensified the guilt Haise felt for his sudden urges to bed the woman. 'Why am I so horny lately…?! I-I used to never be like this! ... Maybe it was something I ate?'' Haise thought begrudgingly to himself, while momentarily realizing that his sex-drive had increased seven-fold since earlier that day.

Not believing a word he was saying Hinami playfully crossed her arms over her chest before letting out a scoff. "Sure you don't, Onii-Chan~! I'm sure it's just my imagination, right~?" Hinami asked teasingly, before cutely plopping her head down on his shoulder. "That's okay, Onii-Chan… I… I myself have always found you rather… Handsome, charming, kind, and, well… I've had my fair share of fantasies involving you and I doing… 'Dirty things' with each other~...!"

"R-REALLY!?" Haise yelped out a little louder than he had anticipated, before needing to shift his legs to make room for his growing 'tent' that was reacting to Hinami admitting to having sexual thoughts about him. "Ahhh?! I-I, erm…?! W-Why, I?! I… Ahem," Haise babbled on like an idiot, before needing to clear his throat to compose his thoughts and correct the way he was talking.

"Excuse me… Like I was trying to say, Hinami-Chan: Mind I ask why you're only staying for an hour or so? I mean, what's stopping you from, say… Spending the night at the hotel with us? We have a spare room that you can have, after all," Haise asked, while silently swearing at himself for trying to imply to Hinami that he wanted to take her up to the spare hotel room to have a romp in the hay with her.

"Oh… Well, while I appreciate the offer Onii-Chan, it's like I told you: I really don't want to get everyone's hopes up about my stay being permanent. I've got my own duties to attend to; the first and utmost urgent duty being that I have to be in charge of setting up the venue, services, and catering for tomorrow night's event." Hinami said with a proud look on her face.

"Wow, that's… That's a lot of responsibility and trust they're giving you then, Hinami," Haise said with an impressed tone in his voice, before shaking his head to himself. "And here I thought you were being held prisoner or against your will… You're not a part of GOAT against your will, are you?"

"Not at all, Onii-Chan! Well… Not anymore, at least," Hinami said with a slightly embarrassed look on her face, while Haise's face suddenly became serious and alert at the notion that she, at one point, was being held against her will.

"'Not anymore'...? What does that mean, Hinami? D… Did they hurt you?" Haise asked in a deep and foreboding voice, while Hinami watched as his hair transformed back into being straight black-strands; a complete opposite transition as opposed to the way she saw his hair change earlier.

"No, no, not at all; no one laid a finger on me, Onii-Chan! I promise!" Hinami said in a chipper voice; her answer calming her protective older brother down enough to have his black hair transform back into its usual two-toned fluffy-self.

"O… Okay… Good," Haise said with a still serious look on his face, while still trying to ease his nerves down. "If anyone hurt you, Hinami, I'd make them pay dearly."

"I know you would, Onii-Chan, I know," Hinami said in a soothing and reassuring voice, as she gently patted his leg to help ease his mind, before further explaining her past situation to Haise. "Like I was saying… Originally, Arima forcibly took me from Cochlea during their raid. The reason behind this was because, according to Nimura, I was to be used as a bargaining chip with you, Touka, or Eto, in case any of you cornered them, or became too much for them to handle."

Frowning while tightening his hands into fists, Haise did his best to remain calm and collected, all while resisting his urge of wanting to plan an assault on GOAT, just for the sake of getting petty revenge against them.

"At first, they were really direct and firm with me, especially Ihei; I don't think she likes ghouls," Hinami lamented with a disappointed look in her brown eyes, before sighing. "But… After a few days, Nimura started to ask me personal questions about my past, about my relation with you, and soon he started to show interest in my happiness. He started to bring me gifts, such as giving me brand-new clothing, a fancy smartphone, and even a laptop for me to pass the time, and he even trusted me enough to help him do research from time-to-time."

"... I eventually asked him about a week into my stay with him and Arima as to why he was being so kind to me. He… He told me that I reminded him a lot of Ihei when she was younger; apparently, she used to be a kind and sweet little girl." Hinami explained while conveying empathy for both Furuta and Ihei; finding it unfortunate that the girl who Furuta told her about ended up becoming a merciless killer for the sake of wanting to impress Arima.

"Anyways… Eventually Furuta told Urie to start treating me with the utmost respect, which he did easily enough. Ihei was less willing to be nice to me, and of course her and I had our issues here and there, but Arima would always step in before it got serious. When I was introduced to Yusa and his two friends from Sunlit Garden, I was immediately reminded of you when I saw him; back when you had your black hair and eyepatch, Onii-Chan," Hinami reminisced with a look of nostalgia in her eyes, as she momentary thought back to her time with Kaneki back at Anteiku.

"Yusa is practically like you in almost every way: he's brilliant, shy, and has a way with his words, despite not always being comfortable with speaking. He and his friends weren't very educated though, so I usually was the one who helped with reading stuff online and old records from CCG's archives that Nimura brought to him. From what I was told by Nimura, children who are raised at Sunlit Gardens aren't given proper education, and are only taught basic math and reading skills, but only enough for them to succeed as ghoul investigators, and never enough to really question the way things are done in CCG."

"... Which is why I think Nimura favored Yusa over the rest of the children over at Sunlit Gardens… Unlike the rest, Yusa never truly conformed to the dogmatic ideology that he was taught, and apparently used to always be reprimanded for showing disinterest in what the CCG's wanted him to learn religiously, and would usually get beaten for voicing out his opinions… It's… It's disgusting how they used to brainwash those children into becoming monsters, and that's not even covering the child abuse that went unspoken there...!" Hinami spoke bitterly in a spiteful voice that sounded very alien to Haise.

"... Child abuse?" Haise asked with a sickening feeling conjuring itself up in the pit of his stomach, as the subject itself made him far more uncomfortable than it should have. Unable to stop himself from suddenly thinking of his own mother, Haise let out a disgusted sigh as Hinami nodded back in response to him.

"I wish the stories Nimura told me were false, but… According to him and Arima, it wasn't uncommon for members of V, friends of the Washuu-Clan, and the Washuu-Clan themselves to… To…" Hinami trailed off with visible anger in her eyes; unable to even speak of the assault the children had to face against their oppressors. "... I suppose that's why I was never upset when I heard that Urie destroyed Sunlit Gardens. It saddened me that those children died, but… But I took solace in knowing that at least a few of them survived, and the rest, well… Those awful men can't hurt those children anymore; or anyone else ever again."

"... What happened to them?" Haise asked, while being worried over the possibility that only the Sunlit Garden children were the ones who were executed; a worry that was casted down after seeing Hinami suddenly smiling in a way that Haise had never seen her do before.

"... They got what was coming to them," Hinami said in a vindictive tone, as she couldn't help but smile even wider while remembering how vivid Furuta was with her when he told her of how he and Urie made them suffer before gruesomely killing them. "Arima, Furuta, and I think even Matsuri were the only ex-members of V who never harmed a child…The rest of those bastards were butchered by Urie and Furuta. By the time they were done with V and the Washuu-Clan, they were begging them for death."

"... So Matsuri really was the last of the Washuu-Clan to die," Haise muttered to himself with an odd feeling dwelling in him, as he didn't know how to feel knowing that the man who had tried hunting him down was finally gone, along with the powerful family that had once ruled over CCG with an ironfist.

"And good riddance to him and his accursed bloodline; I HATE everything about them, the CCG, and what they stood for!" Hinami shouted with an intense amount of anger and scorn in her voice, before suddenly swearing under her breath as she leapt up from her seat to begin pacing back-and-forth in front of a very shocked one-eyed ghoul.

Even in the midst of seeing Hinami battling Takizawa, Haise had never once seen Hinami so visibly angry in his life. Needless to say, Haise was initially at a loss for words as he watched Hinami stomping around with her fists curled up to her sides, and her kakugans active as she gritted her clenched her jaw tightly.

"I've always hated the CCG… I hated them so much that I didn't even think twice when Yoshimura and Ayato asked me to join the Aogiri Tree all those years ago." Hinami said with a remorseful look in her eyes, as she shifted her kakugan-gaze away from Haise's stare. "I… I've always regretted that decision though. My hatred of CCG blinded me to the fact that the Aogiri Tree existed only to hurt innocent people and commit atrocities for the sake of terrorizing CCG and those affiliated with the Washuu-Clan; especially V… Turns out, the Aogiri Tree was even worse than the CCG."

"So… So why did you join, Hinami?" Haise found himself asking the question aloud, before even thinking about the consequences he would face for asking such a thing; still, Haise felt as though it was better for him to understand the reasoning behind why Hinami had joined the Aogiri Tree to begin with, rather than never talking about it. "You knew what they did to me; what they were capable of… So why? Why did you bother joining in the first place? Why didn't you just stay with Touka-Chan?"

"I joined them because I didn't think I had any other choice, Kaneki!" Hinami snapped back without missing a beat, causing Haise to recoil after seeing his little sister baring her teeth at him. "After CCG had raided Anteiku, I thought you died; everyone else thought that too, but just went on with their lives, as if you never were a part of theirs! Touka stopped talking about you, and just focused on recreating another 'Anteiku', and everyone else? They… They were able to move on and forget about you. B-But, I… I couldn't."

After having listened to the reason as to why Hinami joined the Aogiri Tree to begin with, Haise found himself being able to relate to her past struggles. "... I can understand that completely," Haise said in an empathetic voice, as he smiled gently at the still heated-ghoul. "Everyday of my life as an investigator, I was told that I had no other choice but to follow CCG's orders until the day I died; my life was to be used as their weapon, and nothing else mattered. I was discriminated against by those around me, and expected to die for them, and to kill for them. I hated what I was doing, because I felt as though I had no other choice but to do as I was told; I didn't know how to escape from that life, nor did I think it was possible."

"Then… Then you understand what it's like to be forced into helping others do evil things, while being threatened that the same will happen to you and those you love if you don't do as you're told," Hinami said in a solemn voice, after her kakugans faded back into becoming her normal brown eyes. "When I was under Ayato's command, he… He used to call me useless, weak, and pathetic for not being able to follow through with his orders. Ayato, he… He never laid a hand on me, but he never made me feel as though I was anything more than just a disappointment to him… He used to try to get me to complete violent tasks by telling me the same words of Yoshimura that were constantly drilled into the heads of the Aogiri Tree's newest members…"

"'Aogiri Tree exists to create a good world for us ghouls; a world in which ghouls can live openly and freely'," Hinami recited out loud to Haise, as though she were reciting a mantra belonging to a cult of zealots; which in her eyes, wasn't too far off from what the ghouls of the Aogiri Tree were. "... They lied, Kaneki; their goals were never to create a world where ghouls can live in freedom. No, it was clear to me, even before I defected, that Yoshimura and Tatara were just… Just spoon feeding us all lies, so that everyone who was a lowly member such as I had false hope to continue on, in spite of the evil we did…!"

"... Looking back on it, the worst part of it all was that in spite of how horrible they were, the Aogiri Tree wasn't even able to do anything remarkably permanent to the CCG; they were only capable of being an inconvenience, at best. Meanwhile, GOAT has done more within the short span of a few weeks than the entirety of what Yoshimura's group was able to accomplish throughout the years of their existence!" Hinami ranted on, as she started to pace back-and-forth once more.

"The Aogiri Tree was the result of what happens when you FORCE groups of psychopathic low lives who lack any redeeming qualities to work together and against each other at the same time, all for the sake of committing heinous acts for the sake of fueling their hate against humanity! It was just a group of brutal-heartless ghouls who were either too self-absorbed or too spiteful to get anything meaningful ever done…" Hinami said with furrowed brows, before slowly coming to a complete halt.

Looking up from the ground, where she had been fixating on her shoes to help her concentrate while expelling her pent-up thoughts to Haise, Hinami found herself being comforted by her older brother's enchanting grey eyes, which were practically radiating with empathy and warmth.

"Kaneki, I… I've learned from Shirazu that you and Eto are close now, and I respect that… But I will never, and I mean never, forgive her for the things I did while I was a member of the Aogiri Tree," Hinami said with a serious expression, while Haise couldn't help but feel offended by the fact that she was speaking bitterly of his childhood friend. "Yoshimura manipulated me into thinking that I was fighting for a good cause, I… I have nothing but resentment towards her." Hinami said with such conviction in her voice, that she even surprised herself with how spiteful and toxic she sounded.

Taken aback fully by Hinami's explanation of why she resented CCG and the Aogiri Tree, and more specifically Eto herself, Haise watched with bated breath as the young and usually timid ghoul was visibly shaking after having gotten so worked up, before finally speaking up on behalf of the half-ghoul who was there to defend herself. "Hinami… Eto isn't how she used to be; she's changed."

Swallowing back the lump in her throat, Hinami closed her eyelids to take a breather to compose herself, before finally letting out a sigh. "... I understand people change, Onii-Chan, but… I couldn't forgive her if I tried; and believe me, I've tried."

Seeing how distressed Hinami was, despite the fact that she was trying her hardest to show him that she had everything under control, Haise stood up from his seat on the garden bed's ledge before walking over to the young woman to wrap his arms securely around her small frame.

Pressing her cheek against Haise's chest, Hinami kept her eyelids closed while beginning to weep again, due to her suddenly becoming overwhelmed with the waves of anguish and heartache she had kept repressed throughout the years of her life. "Onii-Chan…! Forgive me, I… I have something else to tell you; something that I know will hurt you to hear..."

Fearing whatever it was that warranted Hinami to ask for his forgiveness before even saying what it was she needed to say, Haise felt his heart nearly skipping a beat as he did his best to comfort the young ghoul by softly brushing his fingers through her strands of hair. "It's… It's okay, Hinami; you can tell me whatever it is you have to say."

Taking a shaky breath of icy cold air into her lungs, Hinami mumbled something under her breath before admitting, "I… I smiled… I smiled more than I ever had while I was in Cochlea, w-when I saw… When I saw Ihei kill Ayato." Hinami said with hesitation in her voice while wrapping her trembling arms tighter around Haise's body to comfort herself. "T-That's not all… I… I smiled again, when Furuta told me… When he told me that Urie exterminated the Aogiri Tree, and left the rest to die on Rushima Island, I-I especially was happy when I heard that Urie had put an end to those awful Clowns as well; with the exception of Uta, unfortunately..."

"... Say what you want about Urie, but… I think what he did was more than just justified; he made everyone pay who had it coming," Hinami said with a slight smirk forming across her lips, as she allowed herself to bask in the thoughts she had of how terrified and cowardly the snobby members of the CCG and the Aogiri Tree must have been when they were faced with the Black Reaper himself.

"Kaneki, I… I didn't ask for you to forgive me for admitting to you that I get happy when I hear about evil people getting what they deserve… I want you to forgive me for what I'm about to tell you now," Hinami said in an anxious voice; her smile fading while Haise himself became even more worried about what the small woman had to ask of him. "... I want you to save Urie."

"... What?" Was all that Haise could utter at first; finding it hard to believe that Hinami and Shirazu both had different wishes about Urie's fate; especially since it was made clear to him that Urie was an enemy of GOAT now.

Understanding the reason behind Haise's confusion, Hinami wiped her eyes against his black-collared shirt before looking up at him to lock eyes with him. "Yes, you heard correctly: I want you to save Urie. I understand that he needs to die; the number of ghouls and humans he needs to kill in order to maintain his health is too much, and he's killed more than he needs to..."

"... But even if he needs to die, I… I don't want the last thing he sees to be a pair of hateful eyes, or for him to die alone without anyone there to comfort him, to show him love, in his final moments," Hinami explained, while conveying a tone of pity behind the words she spoke softly to Haise. "Urie… Urie used to be a good person, and know for a fact that he still is... He isn't the monster everyone thinks he is!"

Without thinking, Haise's mouth started to move faster than his brain could think, and soon he found himself asking Hinami in a desperate voice, "How… H-How do you know that?!"

Although Haise had raised his voice to her, Hinami understood where the one-eyed ghoul's pleading words were coming from; she knew that they were words coming from a brokenhearted man who wanted to believe what she saw in Urie that he couldn't see for himself.

To accomplish that, Hinami decided to take a step back with her hands retracting from Haise's body to allow herself to reach up and caress the sides of his cheeks, to reassure him while smiling brightly at him, before telling him her account of what Urie had told her in private, earlier that very morning.


Entering his bedroom at precisely five-o'-clock in the morning to hand Urie a morning cup of warm coffee, to prepare him for the day he had ahead of him, Hinami made sure to gently knock on his door to announce herself before letting herself into his room.

Usually, Hinami would have to be the one to push Urie to get out of bed; due to his body needing plenty of sleep to cope with the stress brought on by his heavily-mutated cells eating away at his body. However, this particular morning Hinami was instead greeted by the sight of seeing Urie wide-awake while sitting at his desk with nothing but the table-top lamp to illuminate the area around him.

"Good morning, Urie! I'm surprised to see that you're awake without needing my help for once…!" Hinami said half-jokingly, as she curiously made her way to him; all the while thinking about how much he reminded her of Kaneki with his snow-white hair. Having expected for him to say something in response to her playfully teasing him, Hinami found herself becoming worried as she got closer to place his cup of coffee down beside him.

Staring down at the picture Urie was holding of a handsome gentleman who bore an outdated uniform that CCG used to wear, Hinami couldn't help herself but to become even more curious as to why the Black Reaper was up so early, just staring at picture of his own father without even saying a word to her.

"... Urie? Is… Is everything okay?" Hinami asked with a concerned voice, as she looked up at Urie's face that expressed an emptiness within him, as he continued to stare at the picture of his father; transfixed on it as if it were a puzzle that he was trying to solve within the recesses of his mind.

"Hinami… Can I ask you something?" Urie requested with a hint of fear behind his words, as he let out a shaking breath while still staring blankly at the photograph in his hands.

"O… Of course, Urie… What can I do for you?" Hinami asked with a slightly shaken voice, due to her finding it uncanny of just how similar Urie's voice sounded to the way she remembered Kaneki's voice sounding almost two years ago.

Taking in another breath to calm his nerves, Urie gently turned the framed picture of his father sideways, so that Hinami could get a better look at. "I'm assuming this man is, or was, my father… Tell me, have I… Have I ever told you his name before?"

Only needing to think about it for a few seconds, Hinami was quickly able to recall the time that Urie told her the name of his father in idle conversation. "Yes, you told me his name was 'Mikito Urie', remember?"

"... No. No, I don't remember," Urie said in a voice that reflected the overwhelming amount of dread in his body, as he slowly placed the photo carefully back on his desk where he had found it.

"You… You don't remember telling me about him?" Hinami asked with a quiet chuckle in her voice, believing Urie to just be forgetful and nothing else.

"No… I remember that conversation just fine; what I can't remember is his name, or who he even was." Urie said nervously with an anxious look on his face, as he slouched back in his office chair while looking up to see the very worried look on Hinami's face after he had told her that.

"How… I mean, when did you-?"

"-Forget who my father was?" Urie asked with a humorless smirk on his face; unable to help but to find the way Hinami was talking to him to be endearing enough to smile at. "... This morning… But, I… I've been forgetting a lot of things as of lately; ever since Arima… Nevermind, forget what I said." Urie said, after stopping himself from accidentally revealing to Hinami what Arima had done to him, after he had tried telling the White Reaper that he was done working for GOAT.

"Are you sure you don't want to talk about what's on your mind, Urie?" Hinami asked, as she felt her heart beginning to sink in her chest after catching a glimpse of the overwhelming misery that Urie had been burdening himself with. "You… You can talk to me about anything Urie; I'll even keep it a secret between us."

Letting out a dry chuckle while slowly shaking his head at her with a look of cathartic-sorrow on his face, Urie dismissed her offer as smoothly as he could do without worrying her more than he already had. "... It's nothing that I can't handle; I promise." Urie said with his smile still present on his face, as Hinami watched with her muscles tensing up as he reached up to grab a hold of his chin; a mannerism of Kaneki's that he himself never displayed before.

"... You're lying," Hinami said in a hollow voice; which was an accusation that Urie hadn't been prepared to hear from someone who was as timid and non-confrontational as Hinami was.

"... What makes you so certain that I am?" Urie asked, while attempting to appear stone-faced after having been called out for trying to lie not only to Hinami, but to himself as well.

"Because Kaneki used to grab his chin when he was lying… You did the same thing just now." Hinami pointed out with a saddened look in her eyes, which only intensified after she saw the look of true fear and despair in Urie's eyes reveal themselves to her. "Kaneki, he… He used to lie for the sake of making others feel happy, so that they wouldn't worry about him. Urie, I… I worry about you a lot, you know? You and Kaneki, you both… You both suffered so much, all for the sake of protecting those who you care about… You don't have to pretend to be heartless, Urie; I know you aren't."

Remaining silent in the face of Hinami dissecting his emotional barriers apart in her attempt to reach out to him, Urie stared blankly at her for several minutes after she was done speaking to him before finally letting out another sigh. "... Hinami, If what you say is true, then… Then I'd like to ask you one last favor; a favor that I only trust you enough with to see it through."

Kneeling down on one knee to look up at Urie to gaze into his pain-ridden eyes, Hinami reached up to grab onto his hand to comfort him as she smiled reassuringly at him. "Anything, Urie; just say it, and I'll do my best to see that it gets done."

The moment he heard Hinami agreeing to help fulfill his wish was what finally broke Urie's emotional barriers enough for him to lower his guard enough to begin shedding black-tears down from the corners of his eyes; tears that reflected the near-endless abyss of agony that his heart was forced to keep locked away inside.

"I… I know one day you and Sasaki will be reunited. When that day comes, I'd like for you to… To tell him that I'm sorry; sorry for all the pain I've inflicted upon him and those he cares about. I never wanted to hurt him, nor did I ever intend for S… Shirazu to die." Urie said with a heavy heart, before needing a moment to recompose himself before continuing on with telling what he wanted Hinami to relay to Haise.

"... Everything I did was to protect him, Shirazu, Saiko, and Mutsuki… And I have... I have failed them. I have failed them all,' Urie repeated twice aloud, despite how much it hurt him to admit his greatest failure to not only Hinami, but to himself as well. "When I thought they all were gone forever, I… I fell into a depression that made me weaker than I've ever been. After I've found out their status, I took the first opportunity that presented itself to me to take it upon myself to protect them from afar; to give them all the peace of mind that I couldn't have for myself."

"... Looking back on it now, I… I see that I've made nothing but wrong choices since then. My good intentions and unwillingness to let go was what made me into the monster that I'm now. Tell Sasaki that I've… I've tried to stop, but… But it's clear to me that there's only one way that I'll find peace."

"... Tell Sasaki that I never stopped loving him as a father-figure, and that I… I want him to be the one to grant me that peace. I want to die; to have my suffering finally come to an end," Urie said with a slight bit of happiness in his voice, as he watched Hinami beginning to sob quietly after realizing how serious he was about wishing for his own demise.

"I don't deserve it, but… I'd like to have his smile be the last thing I see before I go..."


"'If I could have that, then I… Then I feel as though that would be enough to make the pain finally fade away… Forever'," Hinami recited to Haise, as she watched through a fresh glaze of tears over her eyes as the one-eyed ghoul stared back at her with a look of complete shock on his tear-soaked face. Smiling sorrowfully, Hinami swallowed back another lump in her throat before letting out a sigh.

"... I… I understand what it's like to want to hate someone so badly; to deem them what they did to you as nothing short of unforgivable. I… I feel the same way towards Yoshimura," Hinami said empathetically with tears still streaming down from the corners of her bloodshot eyes, as she reached down to grab a hold of Haise's gloved hands. "B-But… He's your son, Kaneki-Kun; he can't remember his biological father's name, and he's forgetting more of his past memories by the passing hour… But I know in my heart that he won't ever forget who you are, and how much he loves you…!"

Curling his bottom lip up while squinting his eyelids shut, Haise once again became a blubbering mess as he began to violently sob, while Hinami brought him closer to her small body to embrace him with love and warmth. "Y-Your son is scared, alone, and suffering, Onii-Chan… H-He needs his father, Kaneki-Kun…"

"... He needs you."


Dolling herself up by tying her long green strands of hair coming from the back of her head up in a fashionable bun, Eto even went as far as applying makeup on her face for the first time in her life. After having spent thirty minutes straight mimicking the same brush strokes done by the woman in the tutorial video she was watching, Eto made sure that her silky-purple dress and maroon designer slippers matched perfectly, before finally exiting her bedroom.

Although she was eager to allow Haise to find her within the Disney-themed event hall, in a similar fashion to how Prince Charming found Cinderella in the classic movie named after its titular character, Eto was too excited in wanting to announce herself to the love of her life.

Awkwardly waddling over to Haise's hotel room, while trying to figure out how to walk in high-heels, Eto made sure to guide herself along the hallway's wall as she made her way to the outside of his room's door. Knocking her knuckles against the door's metal surface several times over, Eto shouted out loudly enough to Haise that she was ready, and was going to be waiting for him inside the event room.

Her smile soon withered after she was met with silence, and soon she grew fearful over the possibility that Haise was suffering from cardiac arrest, or worse. Announcing that she was coming inside, Eto used the copy of Haise's hotel key that she requested earlier at the check-in desk to unlock the electronic door handle.

The moment she saw the door handle's electronic lock flash from red to green, Eto practically ripped the door off of its reinforced frame. Kicking her high-heels off of her feet, Eto sprinted inside the hotel room, calling out for Haise in a worried tone as she started to scour every inch of the unoccupied hotel room.

However, it didn't take Eto long to notice a cold draft blowing into the room before she saw the half-opened curtains flowing back-and-forth. Not having paid much attention to the window when she first came in, Eto's heart sank to the bottom of her chest the moment she made her way over to the windowless frame, and poked her head outside to stare down at the shattered glass seven-stories below.

Not even bothering to put on her heels, Eto ran bare-foot out of Haise's abandoned hotel room, before beginning to sprint down the hallways to find the nearest fire-escape staircase. With a thousand scenarios of what could have happened to Haise running through her head, Eto practically was sliding down the seven-flights of stairs as she made it her mission to get to the hotel lobby as fast as she possibly could, so she could alert the hotel staff of what was going on; believing that they could help her find the one-eyed ghoul with the help of their security cameras and employees.

After Haise had calmed down enough from hearing everything that his little sister had to reluctantly tell him, Hinami had decided that it would be best for her older brother to clear his mind by distracting himself with the festive decorations of the night around them.

Together, hand-in-hand, Hinami led Haise past the courtyard and down towards the parking lot; completely oblivious to the fact that Eto and a large group of security guards were trying to locate anything suspicious that would warrant their investigation.

To the security guards monitoring the cameras from within Disneyland Hotel's private area, they saw nothing suspicious about Haise and Hinami walking towards a white-sedan that was parked amongst the many other party-attendees' vehicles. Instead, the guards were more concerned about the fact that they were still contacting the authorities about having seen a 'cyber ninja' leave their property not too long ago. It didn't help either that their backup was currently pursuing a 'blindfolded man' who had accidentally groped a female security guard who tried approaching Uta, after he had wandered into Mickey Mouse's kitchen, over at 'ToonTown'.


Oblivious to the chaos around them, by the time Hinami had led Haise over to Arima's white sports car, she found herself once again getting lost in his gorgeous grey-eyes that sparkled underneath the glow of the moonlight above. Pressing her back against the side of the white sedan, Hinami nestled her face into Haise's chest while wrapping her arms loosely around the back of his neck.

"Forgive me for taking my leave earlier than you must have expected, Onii-Chan, but I think it's time for me to go… Before I do go however, I want to apologize for what we talked about earlier being rather… Depressing." Hinami said apologetically with an uneasy smile on her face, as she softly looked up to stare at Haise.

"... Look at the bright side though: we've got each other's new phone numbers now, and we're going to see each other tomorrow night! The way I see it, there's no need for us to say 'goodbye', but rather we can simply say 'I'll see you soon'. Doesn't that sound better?"

Doing his best to push aside any saddening thoughts to the corner-recesses of his mind for the time being, Haise smiled his best at Hinami while reveling in what she had suggested. "Yeah… Yeah, I think I'd feel better saying that instead of 'goodbye'; it makes me feel better knowing that I'll get to see you tomorrow…!"

Seeing Haise happy in turn made Hinami happy, which happened also to result in her pushing aside her negative thoughts to deal with later. Feeling her heart once again starting to beat faster inside her small chest, Hinami watched with bated breath as Haise's cheeks started to blush, and his smile slowly faded into that of a nervous frown that was akin to the one that was spreading across her lips as well.

Lost in each other's eyes, underneath the starry night above, Haise and Hinami continued to gaze into their respective windows to their souls, with the only thing keeping them warm from the chilling air being each other's hot breaths. In the heat of the moment, Haise and Hinami closed their eyelids in unison before leaning in closer to one another to passionately press their lips against one another.

Raising one leg up to wrap it around Haise's waist, Hinami let out a cute whimper as she blindly reached down to wrap her icy-fingers underneath the handle of the car's back passenger door, all while continuing to lustfully kiss the love of her life. The moment Hinami was able to unlock and pry open the car door behind her, she immediately leapt up and wrapped her other leg around Haise's waist; letting out a muffled giggle after feeling Haise's hands reaching down to lift her up by her bottom.

Lowering one arm down to grab a hold of Haise's ass, Hinami let out an amused yelp while gently biting down on the one-eyed ghoul's bottom lip, as she used her other free hand to swing open the car door before feeling herself getting lowered down into the back of the sedan. With Haise crawling on top of her, Hinami momentarily freed her hands to remove her Santa hat to retrieve the car's key-FOB that she had kept in there the whole entire time.

Hooking her foot around the passenger door's inner handle, Hinami slammed it shut behind Haise while he was busy burying his face into the base of her neck. Biting down on her lower lip, Hinami let out a high-pitched moan as she felt Haise beginning to gently bite and succle at the sensitive ivory-skin along the side of her neck, all while she locked all four doors of the car with the wireless device in her hand, before remotely turning the engine on.

Tossing the car key-FOB underneath the driver's seat, Hinami gently pushed Haise up by his torso to begin undoing the zipper and buttons along the middle of his black trench-coat, while the two of them were treated to the gentle sounds of Christmas music and the warm-air blasting out of the car's air conditioning vents.

"M-Merry Christmas, Onii-Chan~...!" Hinami muttered out under her breath, while practically ripping open Haise's black-collared dress shirt to get access to his sculpted abdominal and hairless pectoral muscles, before immediately reaching up to begin running her hands greedily along his phenomenal body.

"Merry Christmas, Hinami-Chan…!" Haise said with a lustful look in his eyes, before moving backwards within the compartment of the backseat area to lift Hinami's legs up and over his shoulders. Reaching down without bothering to ask if she was okay with him ripping her clothes, Haise tore open a large hole in the crotch area of Hinami's festive leggings before staring down to marvel at her exposed and robust asscheeks, along with her red-and-green striped panties.

The embarrassment and exposure Hinami was experiencing made her feel vulnerable underneath her older brother's hold on her, which in turn only made her face become more flushed, causing her womanhood to begin soaking through the spandex-fabric of her panties.

"A-Aren't you going to open your 'gift', Onii-Chan~?" Hinami asked with a submissive look in her glistening amber-eyes, before letting out a lust-filled moan as she watched Haise begin to unzip the front zipper of his slacks.

"That depends, 'little girl'; have you been 'naughty' or 'nice'~?" Haise asked teasingly, before reaching down with one hand to pull his slacks and boxer-briefs down to his knees. Using one hand to grab the base of his fully-erect cock, Haise raised it up in between Hinami's thighs, before letting his throbbing member flop down on the warm-wet spot of Hinami's panties. Looking down to see her eyes widening as she marveled it as if it were the most beautiful thing she had ever seen, Haise couldn't help but to begin slowly grinding himself against the thin-wet fabric covering his 'little sister's' warm and inviting pussy,

"How about we 'find out', Daddy~?" Hinami asked in a horny voice, while paying no mind to the fact that there was a slight bit of drool pouring down from the corner of her lips, as she eagerly reached down to begin taking off her Christmas sweater in preparation to have her very own 'White Christmas with her 'daddy''.


That's right, DDLG and carsex will be up next, baby~! Don't worry, this won't be the only time Haise and Hinami end up fucking, lol.

And here's a list of who will be attending the Christmas Party/ To help clarify what gifts someone could get. Also, I've decided to make this a 'Secret Santa' style party, where everyone gets one gift from someone who they're not expecting to receive a gift from. I got the idea to that from OldNick, someone who has helped me greatly,

Anyways, here's the list:

Haise

Eto

Touka

Saiko

Roma

Yomo

Itori

Irimi

Ruisawa

Koma

Kurona

Chie Hori

Karren

Asa (A young blonde ghoul who's an amateru mask-maker. She's from Tokyo Ghoul Void: Chapter 2. Look her up on the wiki if you want to know more, or just wait for me to introduce her into the series, because :re didn't bother to, lmao)

AND MAYBE EVEN YOU?! Lol, probably not you, but if you have any requests of who you want to be at the party, let me know! They can be from Tokyo Ghoul, or heavily 'based' off a character that you want to see get fucked by Haise/Kaneki.

Anyways, let get on to the reviews:

Thank you for reviewing, Saitama! While Haise would probably love to spoil Eto, the sad fact is that he really hasn't had any time to acquire money that wasn't his, nor was he even able to have time to purchase a gift. He really shouldn't have pushed the window out of the frame when he was Kaneki.

Saiko getting a Nintendo Switch would be a great gift, considering that she is a gamer and has been shown to only own a PSP in the canon (Or at least something that resembles it).

I never knew that Gurus were spiritual guides, lol. I guess your joke makes sense now, Guest lol.

Thank you for reviewing, Carla! I think Eto is still in love with the Kaneki in her head, who she's trying to see in Haise; which isn't working out too well for her at the moment. I think that applies to even Touka and Hinami too: they love the versions of Kaneki that they have in their heads, and tend to try to find that in Haise. Having a dialogue circle where they all talk would be great, especially since she needs to have Hinami forgive her.

There's also the problem of the fact that not all of Haise/Kaneki's girls actually want a romantic relationship with him; girls like Itori and Irimi just want to fuck, and women like Roma and Karren just want to bare children from him.

And if only Haise/Kaneki still had memorabilia of his past, such as that camera you mentioned, I'm sure it would mean the world to Eto. Sadly, I think it's fair to say that the only thing Haise/Kaneki has to his name are the clothes on his back, his cell phone, wallet, and a glock with some ammo.

The best thing Haise could get his hands on at this very moment is, well… Is whatever he can buy from the hotel's gift shop, lmao.

Don't worry Guest, Haise will be banging two/three milfs during this Sex-Arc (so far): Roma, Irimi, and Itori (If she counts as one?).

The list, so far of hotel lemons, is as follows: Hinami, Saiko, Itori, Irimi, Kurona + Chie Hori, Roma, Masumae, Asa, Touka, Ruisawa, and finally Eto; and don't worry, Haise/Kaneki won't be pulling out of any of them.

Fuck, that means the next chapters are going to be straight lemons, back to back to back, lmao. THE TWELEVE CHAPTERS OF HOTEL SEX ARE AMONGUS. The final chapter to end the arc will be of Eto being 'visited' by the 'ghost of Christmas past' (ie, she's just dreaming of her mother showing her what her life would be like if she and Kaneki stayed together).

The decision has been made, guys, about Juuzou being a girl. That's right, when Haise goes to Rushima Island, he'll find out that Juuzou is actually a girl, and that he made up the story about his balls getting cut off, so he would have an excuse to keep his gender a secret. He only spent time in the men's locker room if Haise was there, and it was just to spend time with him and catch glimpses of him showering.

Hello Lemon Drafter Writer! You can wait to do the Ihei x Haise chapter, because you're right, they haven't really interacted with one another yet. However, feel free to do Itori, Irimi, or Asa (if you want to lol)!

Since Eto at this point will be upset that Haise is drunk and pretty much just sticking his dick into any woman he sees at the party, I think I'll take your recommendation of having Haise turning into Kaneki, and pretending to be like his old self, all for the sake of roleplaying what it would have been like for Eto to sleep with the Kaneki she fell in love with.

At the end though, I can imagine Eto realizing that Haise/Kaneki was just playing pretend for her, and feels cathartic that him pretending to be how he used to is the closest she'll ever have to the boy she fell in love with; hence why she dreams of seeing her past changing for the better.

But for the part where she's dressed up in her Aogiri Out, did you mean full bandages with the maroon hooded cloak she used to wear, or an actual purple dress?

The idea of having Haise/Kaneki giving Touka a cage with two rabbits to represent her and Ayato is adorable, but again, Haise really isn't going to be great at giving gifts. Touka giving Haise a coupon book for sexual favors does sound like something she would do, lol. Or maybe even giving him her parent's wedding ring.

Thank you for reviewing, L! I'm glad that you enjoyed Kaneki tricking Uta into wandering around Disneyland after hours with a blindfold around his head. I even took your idea, and had Uta get in trouble for groping a security guard while trapped in Mickey Mouse's house. He's even going to get arrested, lol.

Yusa getting super excited when Mayuzumi strips is probably what's going to happen, but that won't stop her from getting his dick inside of her.

Don't worry, Hinami and Haise were able to exchange numbers before they inevitably started to fuck inside the backseat of Arima's expensive car.

Rather than heading back to the Crescent Moon, Roma will definitely drag Karren along to the party, while also making sure to have Kurona, Chie, and Masamune come along to 'let loose'. Which is a good thing, because none of the hot girls in the United Front are going to have to be present when Urie and Mutsuki inevitably raid Tsukiyama's yacht later that night.

Thank you for reviewing, Root A! Thank you for sharing your thoughts on why killing Urie shouldn't just be on Shirazu's shoulders, despite him thinking otherwise. The reason why Shirazu doesn't mind dying now is because he no longer fears it, and really, he doesn't want Haru to see him the way he is now. Doesn't think she can handle it if she sees her brother the way he is now. In actuality though, Haru would probably find his new body to be cool, and would compliment him on it. And you're right, Shirazu did more to Urie in one day than Haise did in the span of two days before passing out for four of them.

Haise woke up from his coma on the 18th (seven days from Christmas).

Sadly Root A, Haise doesn't have a gift for Hinami, except for maybe impregnating her, if that counts. And Juuzou did look kinda hot in the auction raid, huh? So I might have him either look like that, or his usually goofy self for when and Haise gets it on.

Before she leaves, Hinami probably will give Haise her wet panties as a Christmas gift.

Don't worry, Guest, as your boss I can promise you that when I reveal Juuzou to be a girl, I'll have Haise knock her up too.

Speaking of which, there's a reason behind why Haise's become horny recently; ie, Tsukiyama/Kanou have a hand in it, and it'll be revealed later why they engineered him into being horny 90% of the time.

Girls giving each other gifts, while they give their bodies to Haise is exactly what the Spirit of Christmas is all about!

Ooo, Touka making 'special coffee' out of her breast milk is exactly what I'll be doing! Thanks Guest, you're the best! Touka sharing her breast milk with her and Haise's harem is great!

Okay, for the Wattpad thing, I promise I'll try making another account and reposting the story on there to see if that helps. Who knows? I might just post lemons on there, and see where that gets me lol. I'd have to edit them a bit, but I must do what I must do.

Thank you for reviewing, Reviewbruh! Touka hopes she's pregnant, and so does Eto. They'll probably give each other pregnancy tests for Christmas at this point. And thank you for the congratulations, it means a lot! Six days have passed since Haise has woken up. I know it can be hard to tell sometimes.

Nymphadora Tonks sounds hilarious, but I believe you; I think I read Harry Potter like, once? So forgive me if my memory of it is vague. I think Shirazu was waiting there for probably like, maybe five minutes; he isn't known for his patience after all. I think Haise is happy to see Shirazu ,despite the fact that he's more machine than man.

Hinami was peeking, that's how she knew of his hair change. Plus, she was eavesdropping. Hinami doesn't really know enough about his hair changes to distinguish the differences between Haise having another slightly different personality when he's Kaneki, at least not yet. She'll probably ask if he can roleplay with her tomorrow, when he's alone with her at the hotel event at Mt. Fuji. And even though I'm not very weeby myself, I did get that reference of 'Haku Yuki', lol.

Uta's party was indeed a distraction for him to get into the park, but I wouldn't call a man who willingly agrees to be blindfolded a genius tho imo.

I'm sure Haise will pamper Hinami and give her a great gift tomorrow, when he gets actual time to go shopping. Or uh, goes looking for something he can give her, considering that most stores are closed on Christmas. Who knows, he might go to a Jewish store for something lmao, that would be fun to write.

You bet your ass Roma will be arriving at the party in a giant present box that's FROM: Sugar Momma, TO: Haise Sasaki. Thank you for the wonderful idea!

Eto will definitely be getting a strap on, lol. Who knows? I might just write a thirteen chapter, where she and Touka have sex while Haise's going around and screwing other women.

And yeah, Itori will definitely be the one to recommend to Haise that he needs to shower after fucking around with a girl, as to not piss off Eto or Touka.

I'll be copying and pasting a list a Guest wrote out for gift ideas: Lotions, cosmetics, shampoos, soaps, hair brushes, hair dye, hair extensions, fake nails, nail polish, tampons, adult diapers, face wipes, nail polish remover, dildo, butt plug, lube, anal beads, vibrator, lingere, thongs, mini skirts, female viagra, underwear, bras, nipple stickers, erotic novels, whip, sex chair, rope, paddle, fuzzy hand cuffs, leg locks, ankle locks, vagisyl, birth control, neck collar, leash, shaving cream, razors, ass wipes, food, I owe you one sticker, money, diamonds, rubys, pearls, gold, silver, birth stones, flowers, chocolate, pastries. Tablets-Phones-Televisions-Ps5-Xbox Series X-OLED Switch-8k Oled TV-IPAD PRO-GAMING PC—Gaming Chair-A Car-A Mopev.

Hinami taking it raw? Of course she is! Haise doesn't even know what a condom looks like.

I wish Hinami got to hang out at the party with Haise too fam, :(

A foursome between Touka, Hinami, Eto, and Haise/Kaneki? Hell yeah it's possible, bruddah.

Thank you for the ideas of what I should change with Juuzou, Guest! I'll copy and paste that too, for my own personal use, as well as to share with others:

"Juuzou never changing in front of anyone at the CCG besides Haise and never taking off underwear. Haise smelling a different smell coming from Juuzou compared to the other men. A smell that smelt female. Juuzou always staring at Haise when he changed clothes. Juuzou hugging Haise longer than anyone. Juuzou's hands getting lost and accidentally touching Haise in private spots. Juuzou blushing when Haise looked her way. Juuzou falling asleep on Haise many times never with anyone else. Haise accidentally finding tampons in Juuzou's locker. Juuzou playing it off that someone pranked her. Haise the single person to see Juuzou shirtless (Guest, Chapter 41)"

Each person, officially, gets one present from a secret Santa. Every woman whos attending the party will be getting dicked down by Haise as their gift.

And don't worry, even if Eto and Touka have their issues with Haise/Kaneki, at least they have each other. That's right, they'll be becoming each other's girlfriends by the night's end, baby! And don't worry, Touka will be giving Eto the most sentimental gift out of everyone at the party: Touka will be giving Eto the same antique cup her father had saved for her. Touka will explain that she recovered it, and pieced it together herself.

Haise probably would have done the same thing, had he been awake instead of in a coma for four days after Corniculum. Thanks for the idea OldNick; you're an MVP!

Anyways, that about does it for now.

The next chapter will be Hinami x Haise.

Thank you for reading, and I hope you all have a great day/night!