Juuzou vision is fun to mess around with despite the tears that come with the moments. I can't keep a straight face when I think up moments with Juuzou.

Now to end the birthday momentum with it feeling wrong and right at the same time.

Back at the house, Yuno and Yuki had just gotten home to see the door in pieces along the floor as if a mini tornado barged into the house. Yuno was amused to who would wanna come to their home without their knowing. The creepy smile and giggling instantly stopped and in it's place was rage filled shadow eyes as Yuno went to the kitchen to grab a butcher knife.

"Which one of those bastards took Kenny?" wonders Yuno only showing one eye.

"Hide must've finally been able to get Ken out of the house. Don't think the worst until we see for ourselves if Ken is back safely." says Yuki wrapping his arms around Yuno.

"A broken door spells danger Yuki. You should know that by now." says Yuno looking behind her frowning.

"And yet there are no signs of struggling." says Yuki looking around.

"Dammit. If we still had access to our future diaries from our old lives, I'd beable to keep tabs on him." says Yuno tightening her grip.

"Don't talk stalker vision. If the ghoul killers really wanted him, everything would be scattered all over the rooms." says Yuki.

"It helped me make sure you were safe. So why can't it be the same in Kenny's situation?" says Yuno.

"Pretty sure Hide's got that covered. He's practically been scouring Japan for clues into the demise of his best bud and that's investigator level stalker mode." says Yuki reassuring Yuno.

"To think Hide is a mix of me and Keigo. If not, that's some coincidence. Becoming the enemy to hunt down information on Kenny is sinister yet bad ass." says Yuno smirking.

"To us it would be that way. To Hide, its a best friend in need of closure of a broken heart. No-one but Hide knows the truth even if its never noticed. That's one hell of a sneaky recruit. Acting innocent to the eyes of the ghoul killers unless alone. Takes some major guts to be in his position." says Yuki taking hold of the butcher knife.

"Tricking the enemy into pretending to be them would raise suspicion over time." says Yuno.

"Leading the ghoul killers away from Ken would put him down as a ghoul protector and no worker should be one. Unless, he's a great actor when leading them astray. Epic points to the kid for his actions in the old version of this word." says Yuki chuckling.

"Thrilling isn't it?" wonders Yuno smiling.

"This world isn't as different from ours after all." says Yuki.

"Hahaha...if one dies the other would want the same demise." says Yuno.

"Funny how things pan out." says Yuki.

"I could make a snack for the boys but Hide would be the only one eating. What sane mother figure would bring up a snack platter of cheese, pepperoni and whatever else on one side and bits of flesh on the other? That'd put us at the top of the most messed up family list if there ever was one." says Yuno slinking back to the kitchen.

"They'd need separate plates if Hide digs into the food you bring up." says Yuki smugly.

"Oh?" wonders Yuno tapping the tip of the knife to her bottom lip.

"Master chefs need someone to do taste tests and Hide and I would be to stupid to happily oblige. Wellll...more me than Hide since he has a guy doing the cooking. Ghouls can't eat meals so Hide's fucked however you put it." says Yuki snickering.

'I'm gonna ignore that. Thank you very much.'

Yuno and Yuki turned their heads to see Hide and Ken coming into the house with a new face. Hide shifted his eyes away from the couple while Juuzou was chuckling and Ken was itching his cheek unsure how to go about that scenario.

"Even his parents have the same idea." says Juuzou.

"Hey...we would have to live together under normal circumstances to end up in such a position." says Hide looking at Ken.

"Roommates is one thing but living in a house together as lovers is another." mumbles Ken slightly blushing.

"Only Yuno and I can laugh off torture pleasures since we got used to our time together unlike two guys who shy away from true feelings." says Yuki.

"Is the kid with the stare that could burn into souls your long lost brother?" wonders Yuno staring at Juuzou.

"We have different last names. There'd be no way he would ever be my blood relative." says Ken glaring at Yuno.

"If you werent a black haired boy, you'd be brothers, no twins with the white hair and red eyes thing." says Yuno.

"I'd stab my eyes before I see myself and Hide's acquaintance as actual brothers. I'd gauge my eyes a thousand times before I let the piece of shit ghoul murderers see what I would end up doing to Hide. Buddies, roomies or boyfriends...I can't have that part of me shown." says Ken unamused.

"Yanderes may as well be the human version of ghouls. Once a yandere finds their one and only, no-one else matters. Keeping the one they care for most locked away from the world. Easy to toy with regardless if the other doesn't mind or not. The moment you switched to ghoul mode, nothing mattered in the world except for your safety and urge to keep Hide away so he wouldn't be taken from you. You may not admit it but you wanted to head to Hide's house and see how he'd react to your cynical smile and deranged expression even if you had to force his response however way possible. Your mind would scream at you but your body moves on its own. Mind wavering yet your body ignoring it until Hide snaps you out. How long do you think that could take if you stayed that way in this reality? If we reverted your mindset to the one you gained during your everlasting torture, jumping Hide would be a breeze but what escapes your mouth won't sound like you yet will. A creepy version of yourself that stays put for all to see yet keeps hidden from view. How would this Hide snap you back to reality if we rearranged it that way instead of the half ghoul that poured his heart out for the dead Hide?" says Yuno, a wide sinister grin spreading across her face.

"ARE YOU TRYING TO GET ME TO BE THE VERY BEING I CHOSE TO LEAVE BEHIND FOR A NEW BEGINNING YUNO!? Yes, that's centipede me in a heartbeat but that's a messed up mindset I'd rather not have again. Fighting off CCG with a cackling damned mind was enough for this teen to take." says Ken mouth twitching while paling again.

"That would be some backtracking if we rewind time but that would keep us from being a normal family. As normal can be to us." says Yuki.

"Wooooaaaaahh...I want a mom who thinks like me too! We could duke it out or attack someone unexpected. Can she be part of the CCG too!?" says Juuzou.

"Woooooo..." says Ken slowly turning his head away.

"And you need to get it through your head that your human days were a representation of Yuki. Your ghoul days as of now are at war between your old ways and the renewed urge to kill to keep Hide safe. Whatever you do as a ghoul is on you whether people find out or not." says Yuno.

"You do realize what you are saying infront of CCG employees right?" wonders Hide raising an eyebrow.

"Like it'd make a difference." says Yuno shrugging.

"Now I have to burn my mind and get myself to wear the outfit Hide dragged me away to buy." says Ken searching the bags for his clothes.

"We may have dragged you out of the house but you not only followed us, you chose the clothes you thought suited you. Don't pin the blame on me." says Hide.

"Lets get our costumes on in your room then tell our deepest desires." says Juuzou running up the steps.

"HEY! I DONT WANT RUMORS SPREAD AROUND ABOUT ME BEING KANEKI'S STALKER!" yells Hide chasing after Juuzou.

"Detective stalker at your service." says Yuno chuckling.

"Hide doing what Yuno does looks creepy and Hide isn't creepy. If you wanna talk stalkers, I'd be Hide's stalker right now if we hadn't met up. Juuzou would find me and ask the creepiest questions about my relationship with Hide. And me never having the right answers would stammer alot." mumbles Ken quietly.

"Ghoul Ken following Hide from afar until he creeps up to him from the darkness of the night sky. Entertaining." says Yuno.

"Right now we are buds so I can't bet on a dating route between Hide and me just yet. Juuzou already has assumptions and I can only imagine what Hide would go through after he spreads rumors of Boy\boy relationship with the mysterious tease of an albino ghoul." says Ken.

"Anything on the ghoul killers?" wonders Yuki.

"Only that I might be able to pass as a quinx. Not sure if you will fair well against ghouls but Yuno is a definite most likely." says Ken.

"Rude." says Yuki frowning.

"You're not a killer type so its only natural to think that." says Yuno.

"I have my benefits." says Yuki.

"You merely roll with the moments. Kill if necessary if you feel its for the best." says Yuno.

"Keep it together Ken. You have human parents that act like your actual parents and sound like it with how your life fell apart. Upstairs is where possibly the only two humans you can claim as friends are and hearing conversations like that brings more anxiety when everything should be normal in this household. Start imagining scenarios if need be before you step toward something regrettable. Nothing phases Hide so you shouldn't have worries. Even the crazy kid shouldnt make you doubt things. Take deep breaths and put on a smile despite the weirdness at the mall." thinks Ken dragging himself upstairs.

There was a calm yet tense feeling in the air while sitting on the floor of Ken's room. Ken had come into the room with an awkward smile that turned into a frown upon hearing that they wouldn't speak a word until Juuzou had each of them wear the hero attires. Hide in his Deku outfit, Juuzou as Nightwing and Ken as a eerily silent Batman(maybe not in Batman's case).

"I should've chosen red to go with your eyes." mumbles Ken.

"Blue looks good on me." says Juuzou.

"If you say so." says Ken.

"How should we go about this?" wonders Hide looking at the other two.

"Deep desires are things only the truest of friends should tell eachother and hard to say if you fit that role Juuzou. You're the type of kid who would poke your head out of a tree upside down to startle the shit out of anyone standing under you. Asking super creepy questions people cant think on the spot for." says Ken skeptically.

"You don't see me as a brother at heart or friend?" wonders Juuzou frowning.

"No...no...I dunno. The you I am used to would help the ghoul killers take me down before any ideas of friendship come to mind. Weaponized teens don't normally speak 'I wanna be besties with the white haired ghoul! He could benefit from us if he switched to our side!' says Ken acting excited despite keeping his annoyed expression.

"You don't know what goes on in a crazy kid's mind." says Juuzou.

"Course I don't. Compared to you who had a mindset that was slowly repairing itself, mine was a blank slate while trying to keep myself alive. I only knew what the torture chamber left in my broken and battered mind." mutters Ken.

Ken shifted his eyes to look over Hide's hero attire before smirking amused.

"Don't think a headset is needed for a manga hero." says Ken.

"I'm nothing without a headset on hand." says Hide leaning back feeling hurt.

"Mhm." says Ken nodding his head.

"Deep desires...who's going first?" wonders Juuzou looking from Hide to Ken.

"Nightwing." say Hide and Ken looking at Juuzou.

"Not me! One of you!" says Juuzou.

"We pretty much have the same idea on the mind." says Hide smiling at Ken.

"Oh really?" wonders Juuzou smiling evilly.

"I never thought of myself as gay back when I was human. We were elementary kids when we met after all. But Hide's not only become something akin to my shining from the heavens christmas angel...yeah...you're not a heavenly angel or fallen angel. You're my personal christmas angel since I'm a december...child but I can't see myself with anyone else. B...bromances don't turn into romances with the way I treated Hide." says Ken unable to hide the growing blush on his face.

"I don't think that's a thing Kaneki but I get what you're trying to say." says Hide.

"Batman doesn't show romance very well." says Ken turning his head.

"How does manga hero retaliate?" wonders Juuzou looking at Hide.

"If I am Kaneki's christmas angel then Kaneki is the shade from a tree in the backyard of a house. Depending on the angle of the sun there could be a lot of darkness or a little darkness. It feels cool to be where the super bright sun isnt in your eyes but the sun always has its ways. And if the sun disappears, in its place is the gloomy tears of the dark grey clouds that hide the sun away. In the comforts of the things you grew up around, you feel something isnt right as you stare at the book you currently read unsure where you left off as your mind drifts away to the sun you never thought you needed." says Hide snickering.

"HEY!" yells Ken.

"Seriously, how would you retaliate what Ken poured out of his mouth?" wonders Juuzou.

"What are appearances when you know your best friend after sticking by his side for many years? Fuck appearance logics. What really matters is the personalities of the people around you. Always check what personality someone had before being sure they would make a great friend for you. Observation is also key when looking at your surroundings. You have to get to know someone before you know for sure how their presence in your life will change it. People who shy away from people be it family, friends or classmates know where I'm taking this." says Hide tipping Ken's cap down.

"No comment." says Ken.

"That leaves Nightwing. What does the crazed ghoul killer have to say?" says Hide looking at Juuzou.

"This was more so I'd get a better understanding of you two." says Juuzou.

"You have to say something too otherwise it would feel incomplete." says Ken shifting his eyes to Juuzou.

"That wasnt a deep desire we heard Hide." says Juuzou getting defensive.

"But I speak the truth. There can be only one actual truth to a person's way of doing things. Isnt that how detectives ought to think when it comes to the people they watch over?" says Hide.

"I'd say something but where would I begin? My mind is endlessly warped so I'm better off hearing you two talk about each other." says Juuzou crossing his arms.

"So you love me. Like love love me?" wonders Hide smirking.

"A ghoul's emotions get amplified mr. detective stalker. So of course my feelings for you would rot my mind as I think constantly over if best friend should lean toward lover. My human mind and ghoul mind trying to rationalize every emotion coming into play on how a half ghoul should go about a human relationship without letting the kagune slip out and show my blackened kakuju eye for every human around us to see." says Ken taking Hide's hand off his hat.

A devious smile slowly crept up Juuzou's face as he crept over to Hide's other hoodie and felt around for his cell. When he grabbed it, he slipped it out of the pocket and switched the camera button from selfie to showing the room. He chuckled to himself shuffling over to lean on the wall facing the summer-winter duo.

"Let's see how observant you really are sunflower angel." says Juuzou zooming in so the camera could show a bigger version of what he was seeing.

Juuzou went with landscape view instead of portrait with how zoomed in Hide and Ken were. Ken noticed a flash to the side of his vision and shoved Hide away before seeing Juuzou with Hide's cell.

"What did you just do?" wonders Ken.

"Something yet nothing. Hide has alot of pics of you. Portrait style doesnt do Kaneki justice. Landscape looks better. Though portrait view does show the emotions perfectly if Hide got him riled up over something. Wonder what kinds of conversations you two had? Kaneki keeps hiding his face in the selfies of you both." says Juuzou scrolling through the pictures.

"Can't really imagine my ghoul self as my human self if my new self was in his position." mumbles Ken.

"Kaneki looks super adorable as a black haired boy. I can see why Hide would wanna glomp Kaneki to death. You guys used to share everything together and now Hide can eat all he wants. If Hide bought Kaneki a cake, only he would have to eat it before it goes to waste." says Juuzou stopping on a picture of Kaneki with a small cake for himself and Hide startling him by wrapping his arms around him.

"Having a birthday party for a ghoul seems foolish. I wouldn't beable to enjoy the cake unlike everyone else here. Only you two would beable to sit with me atop a building and tease me as you eat the cake you brought for me. Atleast you two and my foster parents liven things up a bit. But how can one keep out of sight and hang out with you at coffee shops around here? Troublesome is the word I ought to think of my situation." says Ken wishing he had a hoodie to hide his face.

Come Ken's birthday...

"Hey Kaneki, I think Hide would love some ghoul pictures of you! Would make things interesting around the headquarters." says Juuzou deviously.

"No he wouldn't! If word got out I-"

"It'll be like a before and after picture you can put on that social media stuff normal humans do." says Juuzou.

"I'd be hunted down instantly!" says Ken ushering himself against the wall.

"Aww cmon Kaneki. Batman is supposed to be the type to never give a fuck what people say cuz his duty to save people comes first." says Hide.

"You agree with the seemingly forever high teen!?" wonders Ken freaking out.

"Dude, its just a picture. Only one." says Hide.

"You cant just put me on the spot!" says Ken.

"Boot up the laptop Hide. We will put it on social media to see what the responses are. It's just a comparison photo. Don't be a baby about it." says Juuzou leaning against the wall across from Ken.

He crept over to Hide's other hoodie and felt around for his cell. When he grabbed it, he slipped it out of the pocket and switched the camera button from selfie to showing the room. He chuckled to himself heading toward Ken.

"Where's a warning sign when you need one!?" wonders Ken frowning.

Juuzou was debating if he should go with portrait for the face or landscape to get the whole body. Juuzou shrugged it off and just clicked the button and after 3 seconds a picture formed on the screen of a rage filled Ken Kaneki tilting his head down to shield his blackened eye with the red iris from view despite looking up pissed.

"You should've went for a awkward pull cap down to shield your eyes type of thing. Now people will be talking." says Juuzou.

"Stop treating me like a ghoul and I wouldn't have to step on pebbles to get around the ghoul killer's radar." says Ken growling.

"Enraging you will bring out the ghoul yet this time it was the eye briefly changing." says Juuzou walking over to Hide and the laptop.

"If this is a ploy to put my ghoul self online ON MY BIRTHDAY of all days, that's twisted thinking!" says Ken running up to the duo.

"Like I said, it's to compare your ghoul self to the picture of human you from the fliers." says Hide reassuringly.

"I hate where this will lead us. I'd never get into the headquarters. They see me in the batman outfit and they'll put 2 and 2 together." says Ken frantically.

"I also would never expect any form of Ken to blurt what you told us like it was nothing." says Hide wrapping his arm around Ken's shoulder.

"Don't take it so literally. I never know what I say until I dread it." says Ken embarrassedly pulling his cap down.

Within minutes, Hide put up Paint and cropped out the image of human Ken from the flier to put it to one side and put the image of ghoul Ken on the other side. After cropping both images together, Hide extended the bottom and in large letters wrote 'Ken Kaneki' centering it between the ghoul and human images. Underneath the name in slightly smaller letters was written 'Ghoul has Ken's face and personality yet if provoked could kill in seconds'.

"I'm not that cruel!" says Ken wide eyed.

"It's just a joke upload. Chill." says Juuzou.

"To you two it is." says Ken.

'If indeed this is the long lost Kaneki, he will go to the ends of the country to get his beloved friend into his grasp, no matter the cost.' was quickly written under it.

"Hey..." says Ken stepping back shadow eyed.

"Does that sound about right?" wonders Hide pointing to the screen with his thumb.

"...be glad normal guy friends fuck around with each other." mutters Ken unamused.

"And UPLOADED to social media!" says Juuzou saving the image to pictures before uploading it to Hide's Facebook and Twitter pages.

"I wasnt actually going to...I was gonna delete it before things got outta hand." says Hide.

"What friends do you actually have that would comment?" wonders Juuzou grinning evilly.

"...I message Amon on facebook time to time though he ignores me alot and if he sees the picture on my page...I would've preferred it messaged to him so I wouldn't get random comments." says Hide staring at the image unamused.

"He told you to keep an eye on the teen. And that's all you can figure out. Could be true given his history but it doesn't revolve around current Kaneki." says Juuzou chuckling.

"It does yet doesnt. If my Kakuju eye forces my kagune to appear...I am screwed beyond belief." says Ken.

"He needed to update his status anyway. Its pitiful seeing him stare at the flier of your human self with no updates until today." says Juuzou.

"I wonder how ghouls spend their birthdays? If there is such a thing, the kids don't last long if they go around eating however much human flesh they want on the day of their birth. I'm better off skipping the rest of my birthday celebrations." says Ken shuddering in disgust.

"Atleast you get presents even if you cant enjoy sweets like us." says Juuzou.

"Two instant friends and a shopping spree should never have been a thing. Watching over Hide wherever he goes is all I know to do." says Ken.

"And yet it happened so suck it up. Let's head downstairs and see what your psycho mother is up too." says Juuzou.

"I'd rather not scar my mind." says Ken waving it off.

"You need to smile more." says Juuzou unamused.

"But getting to happy will only make me cry even more when you guys leave my sight." says Ken.

"Having a small amount of friends is better than a gang of friends! All is well in the world." says Juuzou.

"Until one of you dies and I'm betting on Hide." says Ken.

"I can take care of myself. Being there for you is top priority. Anyone against it will have to see the light of the matter at some point." says Hide heading downstairs.

Juuzou nodded smiling before dragging a stuttering Ken downstairs to see if his estranged parents were awake.