"I really think that they're old enough for the surgery," Eto said quietly.

Moonlight poured in from an open window into the quaint bedroom. The half ghoul was buried under the covers, with her investigator husband laying beside her. His chest rose and fell slowly, not fully awake.

"Hm?" Suzuya grunted, not putting forth the effort to actually form words.

"The kids," Eto said, staring at the ceiling with hands clasped over chest. A nervous tightness had taken over her body; this was a topic that had been gnawing at her for awhile. "I—I think they need kakuhou implants. So they'll have kagune."

His wife's sudden statement jolted Suzuya from his sleepy state, and he sat up and stared at her with blood red eyes.

"Excuse me?"

"Well, they can't exactly eat human food," Eto tentatively pointed out. "And we can't provide for them forever. They'll have to go out on their own. And to hunt, they'll need functional kagune, which they don't have."

Juuzou was quiet for a moment, the moon casting ghostly shadows on his pale skin.

"They'll be more ghoul than human then, won't they?"

Eto hesitated. "Probably the same as one eyed ghouls."

Suzuya nodded slowly, looking displeased.

"Look, this is the best age to start training them. And I can't do that very well if they don't have kagune."

Suzuya sat in silence for a minute. "I just don't think—."

"Juuzou," Eto cut him off. "They're not going to survive if they don't get the implant."

The white haired man clenched his jaw.

"Who'd preform the surgery?"

"Kanou," Eto answered casually, trying to brush aside all the negative connotations that went along with the man's name.

"I don't trust him," Suzuya said, lowering his head.

"There's nobody else that really knows how…" Eto said.

The investigator gave a sharp nod. "When… When can the procedure be done?"

"Whenever I say," Eto said. "And then, I can also begin the training."

Juuzou stiffly laid back down. "What exactly do you mean 'training'?"

The teal haired woman shifted in the blankets. "Well, I'm overseeing the training of Kotori."

"Kimi's half ghoul daughter?"

"Mhm. She's getting stronger. I believe she's eight now. She does well in school and has friends. I think she's a good role model for Kaito and Hitomi. They get along the couple times Kotori has been over."

"Except the first time," Juuzou said. "When Hitomi almost died at our wedding."

"Well yeah. There was that."

"I don't want the twins being trained like Kotori," Juuzou said with a rather odd stern tone.

"What do you mean?"

"Kotori may be good in school and have friends and all, but eventually she's just going to be another high profile Aogiri ghoul I'll have to hunt down and exterminate. I don't want the twins to be part of Aogiri. I know that's your cause and all but, I don't want to kill my own children."

Eto pondered his words for a moment. They were heavy, she had not really considered that in the future that the twins could be on her husband's hitlist. The heaviness took place as a weight deep in her chest, joining her other problems and anxieties.

"Of course," Eto said gently. "I'll make sure you're not put into that position."

"When do you want to do it?"

"As soon as possible, really. I was thinking day after tomorrow."

Juuzou nodded slowly, scooting closer to his wife. "So we'll tell them tomorrow?"

Eto nodded. "I suppose."

"What does Kanou even know about the kids?" Suzuya asked, yawning.

"I just told him there was some quarter-ghouls that needed kakuhou transplants, and that they're six years old, and if something happens to them, I will kill him."

Suzuya nodded, drifting off. "Mkay. I love you."

Eto smiled a little, stress subsiding. "I love you too."

Notes:

yeah so this is short and took forever and thats life. Thank you for being patient and more will be up soon