"Naki!" a male voice said irritably.

"What?" the blond ghoul said, snapping his head up. Bored, he had found himself in a trance staring at the table.

Several Aogiri executives and other members sat around a large table. Miza was trying in vain to hide her stolen glances at Naki, and Naki's own gang members weren't paying any attention. Ayato looked more grumpy than usual, and Eto, Tatara, and Noro were looking at the blond ghoul.

"We asked you," Eto said slowly. "If you would host the thing."

Naki blinked stupidly, and the white suits snickered. "What thing?"

Eto sighed, and several members groaned in annoyance.

"We agreed," the half ghoul said, speaking slowly to get her point across. "That tensions between Aogiri higher ups have been, well, tense. So we're going to have a little get together thing so everyone can kinda talk and not try to kill each other. And since you have a mansion and servants and stuff, we were thinking that maybe you could host it."

"Oh," Naki said awkwardly, rubbing the back of his neck. "Uh, yeah, I guess."

"That's great!" she said, clapping her hands together. "I can't wait to see how things turn out."

"When is it happening?" Naki asked.

"Tomorrow night at eight. Formal attire."

Naki frowned and shifted his half naked body around in the covers in a desperate attempt to get comfortable. He glanced at the clock, it was 1:24 in the morning. He had informed his servants that night of the party thing that would occur the next night. The blond ghoul had worked until 10:00 pm planning things out and figuring out what servants needed to do what, where they would be stationed, and what errands would need to be run in the morning. And now he was to stressed to sleep. Naki lifted his head and flipped the pillow over.

"Naki," Ju San mumbled, half asleep. Her head was resting on his bare chest; his moving about must've woken her. "Go to sleep."

"I can't," he said. "I'm so worried about tomorrow."

"Why?" the servant asked, lifting her head to look at him.

Naki smiled. Her eyes were half open and her bangs and long, silky brown hair was a mess. And it was adorable. But her question brought the frown right back.

"Eto's gonna ring my neck if this doesn't work out good."

"Who all is gonna be there?" Ju San asked, yawning.

"Let's see," Naki said, leaning his head back on the pillow. "Tatara, Noro, Eto, my gang, Kanou, Ayato, Kanou's kid helper, Takizawa, Karao, Shikorae, Tomoe, Bin Brothers, and Miza. And whoever they invite."

Ju San raised an eyebrow. "Miza? One who's always flirting with you and stuff."

Naki sighed. "Yeah that one."

"This should be fun," Ju San said, a mischievous tone to her voice.

"Ju San, I swear to god if you do anything…"

"I don't start things," Ju San said. "I retaliate."