...peaceful craziness...is that the best way to put this story? Birthday mode is somewhat a go! Here's the chapters up to this point. This makes it 8 episodes in for 3 chapters each
...may not have been worth appearing again
Touka rolled her eyes amused then sighed following Ken out the window. Soon, they took off in search of Hide and white haired Ken. Touka wasn't to thrilled to see how right this Ken was but seeing how white haired version reacted to Hide's eating habits could prove to be entertaining enough.
The teachers sighed in relief not having to worry about Touka glaring into their souls while being petrified by the boy that miraculously lived.
Restaurant...
Once Touka and Ken were inside, they found the booth Ken and Hide were seated at and joined them. White haired Ken was stunned to hear another voice just like his before turning his head to see Touka with the other him.
"Hey...Hide? You're gonna have to scooch over." says cycle 1 Ken keeping his gaze on his black haired form and Touka.
"You chose to sit across from me. You can't change your seat now." says Hide unamused.
"Hide, your long lost buddy is beside Touka with both staring at us." says Ken quietly.
"Doppelgangers really do exist." think cycle 1 and 2 Ken in disbelief.
Ken stood up and sat on the edge of the seat so Touka and cycle 2 Ken could sit in the other.
"How many restaurants has Hide been dragging you too?" wonders cycle 2 Ken.
"This'll be the first. He's been in take out and delivery mode since about a week ago?" says cycle 1 Ken pondering.
"That's 3 meals a day times a week. 3...6...9..12...15...18..21 servings." says cycle 2 Ken.
"Factor in portion sizes." says Touka looking at cycle 2 Ken.
"You're the one who got him into this mindset. I'm merely envisioning it as I go." mutters cycle 1 Ken.
"You don't sound amused with this." says Touka.
"He's supposed to be 127lbs if we are...what 120lbs? Compared to us, he'd be a tad heavier. Gaining weight drastically from elementary to high school...how much would he have been? I asked Hide and he couldn't remember. According to Hide, you guys were never around a scale." says cycle 1 Ken.
"Having to eat my portions would take a toll on his body. I'd estimate between 300-500 pounds by the time his dad got in our business and tore him away from me. What set goal weight are you letting him become?" says cycle 2 Ken pondering.
"Your guess is as good as mine. I cook him breakfast then he buys food when he gets hungry." says cycle 1 Ken.
"I benefited by letting Hide eat my meals at school, how does this benefit you?" wonders cycle 2 Ken.
"I wouldn't necessarily claim our relationship as cringe filled aside from the visions of Rize watching me fatten him up or the idea of Batman force feeding Deku." says cycle 1 Ken mouth twitching.
"Batman force feeding Deku?" wonder Touka and cycle 2 Ken.
"That's what the others claimed me as from the beginning. He wants new depictions of us yet I can't see him in cosplay with his renewed diet." says cycle 1 Ken.
"What do you picture when you look at Hide as he is now?" wonders Touka.
"I get thoughts...a multitude of thoughts. Thinking that far ahead makes me shudder." says cycle 1 Ken.
"Doppelganger, how do you see Hide as a food lover?" wonders cycle 2 Ken raising an eyebrow.
"This whole concept feels weird to me. Me sinking my teeth into his soft body should sound amazing for a ghoul who wants more meat on a human yet I detest that side of me who gorged on humans and demons alike just to keep alive. Corrupted mindsets don't scream normal everyday life. According to my new parents it is. The pinkette would love to see my corrupt minded self to see how demented our minds are similarly. There's only 1 sure fire spot I could go for and it would benefit both of us if you know what I mean. Massaging him when we get home will only make things creepier. I need to start doing it before the urges control me. I'm never sure how to go about our 'love' life and it laughs at me every time I see him. And the laugh is Rize's as if it's toying with me." says cycle 1 Ken nervously laughing toward the end.
"Rize haunts you?" wonders cycle 2 Ken.
"I'd love for it to be a haunting. No, I'd go psycho seeing Rize everywhere. She's like a bad dream turned nightmare that I'm stuck with. She hasn't appeared as of late yet the memories still lead me to wonder how Rize would love watching me fatten your buddy-technically my buddy and god forbid how this ends up. Those memories are forever imbedded in my mind. Never leaving yet never really surfacing." says cycle 1 Ken frowning bitterly.
"Remember what I told you? You need to distract yourself from the hells the mind bring up. She hasnt appeared in your head until we gave into the bullshit you call a ghoulish feeding session. You started the process now you have to finish all the way through. Rize filled regrets and all." says Hide lifting his head up expecting to see white haired Kaneki.
Hide went quiet almost dropping his utensil staring at black haired Kaneki with Touka of all demons.
"Good to see you want to be as healthy as ever." says cycle 2 Ken sarcastically.
"Happy half a year late birthday! If you came out of hiding I would've gotten you a batman attire too." says Hide eagerly.
"If you wanted us to look alike, I'd be human Danny Fenton and doppelganger would be ghost Danny Phantom...right?" wonders cycle 2 Ken.
"That'd work perfectly." says Hide.
"The gods of this world said I was the spitting image of Aru Akise if he were a ghoul. I'd rather not get into reasons why but his love for the male god became my love for Hide. I have his appearance down yet I'm uncertain toward how much he cares about the male god to get a better idea of my situation." mumbles cycle 1 Ken.
"Out of everyone I saved to my phone which is the first 3 contestants to come to mind, the magician high schooler is my best bet with the detective being a close second. But I do have to wonder about other rabbit blondes too." says Hide.
"Magician guy and him are one in the same except instead of thieving, Hide is acting the part of an innocent sunflower shining in the sunlight." says cycle 1 Ken.
"How did you gain white hair? Was it Rize related?" wonders cycle 2 Ken getting a bit intrigued.
"I wouldn't doubt it." says cycle 1 Ken.
"We came. We see Hide being chipper as ever. Let's go." says Touka glaring at cycle 2 Ken.
"I need to know his side of the ravenous Rize construction site moment." says cycle 2 Ken not wanting to budge.
"My Hide and I were drinking coffee at Anteiku when Hide noticed the purplette and whispered to me to go over to her table just as I was about to sip my coffee. I caught sight of Rize and blushed before grinning like an idiot eagerly heading to her table. We chatted and before we knew it we were walking toward our date location. Before we got there, we stopped beside the construction site. I wasn't sure why we stopped until she turned around to attack me with ghoul eyes. Me being the human was freaked out grabbing my injured shoulder and staring at her with frightened eyes. After trying to keep away from her kagune, she was about to wrap said kagune around me when she got crushed by steel beams. I'm not to sure how badly I was injured...I woke up in the hospital to check for injuries and bad luck behold, I stared in horror seeing a reflection of myself with a human eye and ghoul eye with Rize behind me yet she wasn't. It was like having my own personal ghost yet Rize was merely a hallucination at least I had hoped she was. It turned out she became part of me appearing to me yet never actually being there in the flesh...her words constantly in my head while I was a humanish ghoul. To get to be me, you'd have to have Rize become part of you, becoming your ghoul side haunting as your inner demon." says cycle 1 Ken fidgetily staring at the table.
"That doesn't explain the white hair." says cycle 2 Ken.
"Two words." says cycle 1 Ken shadow eyed.
"Two words?" wonders cycle 2 Ken.
"Experimental torture." says cycle 1 Ken.
"Heh? Experimentation and torture?" wonders cycle 2 Ken wide eyed.
"That simplifies my time in this hell hole of a country." says cycle 1 Ken.
"There has to be a good side to it." says cycle 2 Ken wearily.
"Not in the least. I saw a ray of hope through my Hide and that shattered as suddenly as I saw him." says Ken, "You have it somewhat easier than I do. I wanted a bright side to a new beginning after how my childhood went and got morphed into a demon through a crazy mad scientist looking doctor and a ghoul by the name of Jason who enjoys what he does to those who are given to him. My ghoul instincts took over while Jason was messing with me putting me into a mindset where I had nowhere to belong and took on the CCG doves as if I were an insane demon. The crazy demented mind started in the caged room and despite being in and out of it, that part of me needed to be buried deep inside of me. Whatever I claimed as Centipede is me yet not me. The genuine me is the body you see now. Centipede me is equivalent to Yuno in massacre mode or so I've been told when we met. The pinkette hasnt let up on my side of this two way chaos. I needed to get away from her and her boyfriend so I can have some form of peace of mind." muttering briefly showing his ghoul eye.
"You call keeping his Hide to yourself a peaceful mindset?" wonders Touka unamused.
"It's a start." huffs cycle 1 Ken not to thrilled.
"Cmon Ken. We need to get back to Anteiku. Everyone must be in a panic going about the tables, keeping a calm look on their faces while taking orders." says Touka grabbing cycle 2 Ken's hood.
"If it's lunch hour, the others must be running around wondering where we are." says cycle 2 Ken looking at Touka shaky eyed.
"We'll just tell them we went searching for Hide to be sure he was safe in your double's care. It's obvious Hide wants it to go back to the way it was whatever that entails. Whitey knows he replaced you and feels awkward about it. It'll feel natural in no time.." says Touka dragging cycle 2 Ken out of their seat, "Oh and Hide, the doves sent the backup after whitey here to bring you back. Two already found Ken thinking he was whitey. Keep your guard up whitey if you want Hide to stay alive by your side. Fattening him to bring back the normalness in his life makes you a villain in their eyes." says Touka.
"We know. Hide doesn't care. We are merely living our lives as he puts it. Demons and humans alike." says cycle 1 Ken.
"If only all humans saw it that way." says cycle 2 Ken.
"I should be saying that." says Touka.
"You learn more from manga than what the real world wants you to believe. I've only read one so far and Hide told me that manga is pretty much us except filled with humans who are possessed thanks to a curse. I already feel like I am cursed yet at the same time it made me curious about Hide's school life. He wants me there in double me's place but I could never do that. Once I went ghoul, going to school seemed meaningless." says cycle 1 Ken looking from Touka to cycle 2 Ken.
Cycle 1 Ken turned his head to see the second plate was empty and grabbed it to set it in front of him. The waiter that tended to the table walked up to the table to see cycle 1 Ken in Hide's seat. He was about to question it when he caught sight of his twin and what he assumed to be a girlfriend.
"I don't remember hearing them say they were meeting someone here. It's rare to see twins in Tokyo. Siblings usually like doing their own thing. Is it a last minute thing or were you treating your twin to a double date?" says the waiter curiously.
"You have the wrong idea." say cycle 1 and 2 Ken.
"If it was, they're super late getting here." says Hide cheekily.
Touka glared daggers at Hide who was grinning.
"They came to chat and realized they were late for work." says cycle 1 Ken.
few hours later...
cosplay store...?
"Telling the waiter that you dug into my food before I can get a taste sounds so much weirder than me aiming to take a bite only to get stomach pains while you get to have a second lunch." says Ken.
"That's hard to explain no matter how that guy saw it as." says Hide looking around the racks.
"Cameras see everything. Don't think they bought it." says Ken.
"Focus on imagining ourselves as other characters instead of buying merch." says Hide sliding the clothes on the rack he was staring at.
"Notice any gundam costumes as a backup? Specifically whoever this Sousuke guy is? That highschooler you wanted to mimic?" wonders Ken going over to Hide.
"Have yet to see army visual CCG suit." says Hide.
"It's hopeless then." sighs Ken.
"What's hopeless?" wonders Hide.
"We have yet to find the attires for the sly magician and Aru. It's like picking needles out of a hay stack." says Ken.
"Suits aren't that easy to find but once you notice them, you'll eagerly grab for it." says Hide.
"Everything here is expensive and it's evening now. We'll have to try again tomorrow." says Ken.
"If racks were for every anime individually, it would be easier to search through." says Hide.
"That's if what you want isn't out of stock." says Ken.
"There has to be something to give Juuzou next we meet at least." says Hide.
"We don't have a picture to go by for him yet." groans Ken.
"We'll find something before closing." says Hide.
"Highly doubt that with thousands of characters to search through." says Ken.
Hide's house...
"Feels good to sleep on a bed after a year's worth of sleeping in alleyways." says Ken plopping onto the bed.
"Didn't you wanna see how much I weigh?" wonders Hide.
"Set the thing down and step onto it. Look at the number before spouting it to me." says Ken waving it off.
"Scrap booking the results would make it super weird on our part." says Hide.
"Proof is on your phone." says Ken.
"I mostly take-took pictures of you-the you that isn't you." says Hide awkwardly smiling.
