Wassup boys, smee again. Now, I won't dilly dally too much on the author's notes, so yeah. Few things to note, I will probably be inactive for some time after this chapter. External factors are pieces of shit. *cough cough* camps *cough cough* That's about it. New episode of RE coming out the day this chapter began, will stay up for it, 10/10. With that out of the way, let's get on with the chapter! Disclaimer I do not own Tokyo Ghoul, or anything else that may belong to other ppl, e.g. songs n shit. I'm just a friendly facfictioner taking out my post-anime depression on writing happy endings. Thank much. (OwO) (Helpful criticism always invited!) Much Thanks! (^w^)


Kaneki woke up in a strangely familiar place. What is this? A field? He looked around in panic. "TOUKA!" He cried out. "HELLO? ANYONE?" No answer. Just the echo of his words springing back, almost as if the entire place is making fun of the lost man. "The hell is this place?"

"So you did forget."

Kaneki's head snapped towards the sound, ghoul eye showing.

"R-Rize?" He suddenly remembered. This hellish landscape. The countless lilies. And worst of all, the annoying bitch.

"Why am I here again?" Kaneki spoke, clearly irritated. He hated this place. It was where he first started embracing his ghoulish ways. Where he started to get obsessed over killing. He had 'eaten' Rize that day, or at least Rize's soul. It had fused with his mind, and turned him into the cannibalistic and uncaring ghoul he was at that time. He had managed to overcome Rize's influence, yet here he was again, on the same field where he lost himself to his demons.

"Ha. I though you would have known better." Rize spoke condescendingly. "You are dead!" She announced happily. "Or, on the verge of death, anyways." Kaneki froze. Dead? I can't be dead. Verge of death doesn't mean dead, right?

"You were ridiculous." She continued. "Why did you kill yourself to save a bunch of humans? Ever heard of survival instinct? What you did there was the opposite!" She giggled. "What a tragic act of heroism!"

"What do you know about me?" Kaneki retorted. "You were the one who brought this upon me. Why are you blaming me?"

"Blaming? Oh no love. Blaming, I don't do that. I'm stating facts. Remembered what I told you that horrible night? Or should I put it this way," she twirled her hair, circling the man. "Remembered what you threw away that night? The belief that 'It is better to be hurt that to hurt others.' How cliché! I had hope in you, that you would become the almighty being I saw you to be. But no no no no no, a few months later and you gather a bunch of losers to make a ridiculous attempt to bridge the gap between humans and ghouls. Even Banjou is in there! What a joke! Now just look where that took you…" She ridiculed.

Kaneki resisted the urge to sock her right in the face. "Oh shut up. I am my own self, you have no right to question my actions and motives."

"Do I not have a right? Or do I? We are in the same mind, same body. Am I not you now?" She continued walking around him. "I've seen you done stupid things in your lifetime as a ghoul, but that, THAT, ladies and gentlemen, saving HUMAN LIVES was the single most ridiculous thing you've done!"

There was no point in arguing. She was trying to tick him off, trying to force him to open himself to her possession again. "What now?" He mumbled.

"What now? Oh, I don't know, wait for your inevitable death?" She chuckled. "Funny. I still remember how I died that day. A bunch of steel beams falling onto me, stabbing me with 'prejudice'. Now look how you ended up yourself. A bunch of big grey rocks fall onto you. How ironic! Now what are they going to do, transplant your organs into another person? I bet not, but it'd be pretty hilarious to watch." She sat down beside Kaneki. "Ah, how nice fate is to you."

Kaneki had grown tired of her incessant talking. "So am I alive or what?" "Hm? Oh, barely. Your body is making a good attempt to heal." Rize spoke thoughtfully. "How long more do I have to spend in this hell hole?" "Hmm, with me, maybe an hour or two? Your regeneration is going fast. But in real time, could be half a year." "Oh." Great. Two hours with this girl feels like eternity already.

"While we're here, why not we do something? It is getting quite boring." She said, while pulling her dress over her head. Wait…

"What the FUCK. STOP." Kaneki shielding his virgin eyes from her. "Hm? Oh, no, nothing like that. I'd figured I should go for a swim. Although I wouldn't mind…"

"No. Go ahead, take a swim. I don't care. Whatever you do, not that." God dammit. I want to rip my eyes out. She shrugged. "Suit yourself." And just like that, a pool materialized, and she jumped in like it was real.

"I had a lot of time in your head, and I learnt some neat things I could do." She swam lazily. "Care to join?" "No thanks." He mumbled. How much longer do I have to wait… He grabbed an imaginary chair and sat down.

"Ah yes by the way." Rize swam to the edge of the pool. "News from the living world. That purple haired girl? She has been crying for days. Man, how pitiful."

"Shut the fuck up…" All the more reason to punch her.

"Oh! Visitors! Looks like… A buff guy with FANTASTIC shoulders! My god, do I want a taste of that…"

"Who?" Kaneki knew no buff guys, other than Yomo. And Rize had confirmed that she would never compliment a ghoul.

"What was him name? Alex? Axel?" She scrunched her brows, trying her hardest to recall that word. But Kaneki knew immediately. "Amon? The hell is he doing here?"

"Oooh, yeah, Amon. An investigator in your body's location. Why isn't that girl doing anything?"

Cold sweat formed. Had they found them already? How?

"Oh, this is new." Rize mused. "A bouquet of flowers! How nice! Must be thanking you for dying. Or was it for saving their asses? Can't quite tell…"

Flowers? Are they out of their minds?

"Oh, man. I can't see anything anymore. Guess I'll wait…"


Time skip

Three months has passed. Kaneki's body was fully healed. Yet he showed no signs of waking from his coma. He was laid on a bed, Touka sitting beside him. His face was so peaceful. So calm. So serene. If it were not for her knowing, she would have thought he was sleeping. She smiled.

He's alive… Why was she so happy? She knew she was. And she welcomed it. What should I do when he wakes up? Hug him? Kiss him? Tell him I…

"Yea, like I could really do that. I'll probably just punch him or something." Either way, she would be content. She looked out the room door. No one. Quietly closing it, she got onto the bed with the man. I had to find SOME place to sleep. It was always her excuse when someone catches her on the bed with him. But inside, she just wanted the company. Someone beside her while she was sleeping, like a protective angel. It was even more comforting, knowing, cheesy as it is, that that person is her one true love, whether he was unconscious or not. I swear to god if he wakes up now though…


Another time skip

"Oh! Seems like your body is ready. Time for you to leave!" Rize was playing tennis against the wall.

"Hngh?" Kaneki sat up, apparently having fell asleep on the ground.

"Oh, I'm losing you. Well, guess I'll see you next time. Tata!" The field of flowers turned red.

"Hnguh? What the…" "Byeeee." Rize sang playfully, as he got blinded. With absolutely no time to collect his thoughts, he felt himself lifted up out of the black hole of unconsciousness.

A sensation on his chest. "Hng…" His eyes shot open.

It was dark. Nighttime. "Huh? Where the hell am I?" On a bed. He recognized that. But there was something on his chest… He looked down. "EH?!" A hand? He nervously traced it back to the body. And there she was, lying beside him, with her hand over his body, wrapping him towards her. "T-touka?" Ohhhh fuck. Play it cool Kaneki. You would probably get out with a few bruises, that's all… Mustering his courage, he shook the sleeping figure.

"Mmmmh. Stop… Let me sleep…" She mumbled. "Uhh Touka?" Her eyes fluttered open. "Ahhh GAH." She fell off the bed in surprise. "KANEKI?!" "Hi?" Bracing himself for a rain of punches, he tensed up. He braced for impact as Touka leapt towards him…

She hugged him.

"Eh?" He was confused. "Wha…" "Thank god you're alive." She said, choking on her words. "We thought you were dead…" Ohhh yeah. That.

"Aha, no big deal. Did I worry you guys?" She pushed off him. "Yeah, nearly die, then go into a coma for 6 months, and you expect us not to worry. Sure." Holy shit 6 months?! Hell.

"What did I miss?" "Nothing much. Nothing big going on so far. We didn't get attacked or anything, though if we did, we probably could have held our own." She laughed. Then she started tearing up. "I-I'm just glad you're alive…"

Kaneki smiled. "Personally, I'm happy that you did not put me in a furnace and burn my body." "I'm glad for that too." Touka chuckled, a distant look in her eyes. "Something bothering you?" "Hm? Oh… nothing big…" Lying. As always. She yawned. "I need sleep…"

"Kay then, guess I'll not bother you anymore."

"You're not going to… oh wait."

"Yeah, six months of sleep. I think I had enough."

"Umm, yeah." She started blushing. Hard. Her cheeks were deep red.

"Ok what's on your mind."

"Wha…? Nothing! Well, maybe one thing…" Oh. Tell me I'm wrong…


Touka listened to his words with undefined dread.

"You want me to sleep. On the bed. With you."

Touka blushed harder. Ohh HELL he knows. She was frozen there, not moving, not uttering a single word, just looking down trying her hardest to keep a poker face. Her cheeks gave it all away though, and she was left helpless. Fuck me… They were silent for a minute that seemed like forever. Then her dream came true.

"Huhh… Fine. If you really want to. I'm somehow feeling tired too anyways…"

Her eyes lit up. "Really?" She celebrated inside.

"You sound excited."

"NO I DO NOT." She could have died of embarrassment that night. "Now lie down or I'll kick you out."

"Okay okay, sheesh… It was your idea, not mine damn it…"

"Shut up…"

A minute and some bickering later, they laid side by side. "Hey Kaneki?"

"Hm?"

"Thanks. For everything."

"You're welcome."

As she assumed her previous sleeping position, hands wrapped around Kaneki, she knew that, for a long long time to come, she was going to be happy…


HAAAAH. Episode 5 of TG:RE was GREAT and I can't wait for the next fukin INSTALLMENT. Also rip Takizawa. He was a nice guy. Wonder when we'll see Touken in season 3 *ahem* chapter 125 of the manga ;) Bad thoughts aside, it was a jolly good time writing for myself and for you guys. Thanks sooo much for the support you've been showing my story so far, and I REALLY appreciate it. So thanks, so much. (OwO) Well, as always, till next time, it's EAZGAME signing out! PEACE (^w^)

BTW Thanks to a guy in the comments named Guest. Gave me the realization of the irony of Kaneki's situation. THAT is called constructive criticism. I think.

BTW (not sponsored) go check out, if you haven't already, Makoto Shinkai's works. They are so heartbreaking, ESPECIALLY 5 Centimeters Per Second and Kimi no nawa. Left me in tears. (QwQ)

AND FYI A Silent Voice fanfic is underway.

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Daily news from my life, I have friends creating an Othello fanfiction with loli porn.

Do not want to know, do not want to care, though I want to forget ever knowing it.

I have weird people all around me.

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