A week later-
The bells chimed above his head as he entered into the café the word 'hello' being said my multiple people, eyes wondering around for a moment before they settled onto a wide eyed Kaneki. "Uta? What are you doing here today?" Touka spoke up before Kaneki could even form a proper sentence. "I'm meet with someone today," he said simply moving to take a seat at a table beside the window, watching as Touka told Kaneki to go prepare him some coffee. The young girl soon approaching him as well. "Should I let Yoshimura know you're here?" she asked raising a curious brow, he rarely ever left his workshop or even his side of town. "Hm? No need, but I feel the need to warn you that the woman I'm meeting is a little Dove," he said just as Kaneki came onto the scene, both Kaneki and Touka slightly stiffened at the words, eyeing Uta like he was the craziest thing around. "You invited a Dove, here?"Touka asked slight malice in her voice, her fists clenching lightly at her side as she watched the dark haired male simply nod his head. She grabbed the collar of his shirt, lifting him easily from his seat, fist raised she was about to punch the man as hard as she could, but was quickly stopped when a rough hand grabbed hold of her wrist. She spun around, eyes slightly crazed to meet the kind eyes of the owner himself Yoshimura. "You invited a Dove here?" he spoke his eyes still kind as Uta lifted his cup of coffee to his lips and took a small sip. "She's quite the odd ball, you'll see," Uta spoke and almost at that exact moment the door to the café opened and in came a little brown haired girl. She smiled and waved over toward Uta with her right hand, left hand clutching tightly to her silver briefcase, but soon slowly shifted her gaze toward the other three gathered around Uta. She raised a curious brow at the scene, but approached the four of them anyways, bowing lightly to the three new faces. "I'm Yuri, pleasure to meet you," she spoke happily before Uta tugged her sleeve and gestured toward a nice box on the table. "Your mask for Chiho," he spoke but, quickly regretted it when she threw herself around him, arms clinging to his neck. "Oh, thank you so much! I'm sure Chiho will adore it!" she spoke happily an excited ring to her tone, the other three Ghouls could only stare wide eyed as this dove who not only ordered a mask from Uta but, also clung to him.
"Does she know…?" Kaneki spoke up rather stupefied by the whole scene, words coming out of his mouth before he properly thought his question through, but still intelligent enough to not mention Uta being a Ghoul. "Of him being a ghoul? Of course!" Yuri spoke happily once more, but kept her voice low enough so that only those in her group could hear. "This is a trap, isn't it?" Touka said, still sending a death glare toward Yuri and Uta, the brown haired girl only shook her head before removing herself from Uta. "No, I'm here by myself, no wires, no nothing. I just came to speak with Uta about a personal matter," Yuri spoke moving to take a seat in front of him before bringing a finger to her lips and going 'Shh…' "You're secrets are also safe with me. I assure you, no one at the agency has even suspected this café yet," she said simply but, was only met with a snarling Touka calling her a lying bitch. Yuri only flinched at her words as the woman was taken back by the elderly man only leaving herself with Uta and Kaneki. The young boy looked over toward her before looking back toward Uta. "Is she really trustworthy?" he asked and resisted a sigh when Uta shrugged his shoulders in the most nonchalant manner Kaneki had ever seen. "She's known about me for a week and I haven't seen any Dove's," he said raising the cup to his lips once more, glancing toward Yuri as she placed an order in with Kaneki. She ordered a coffee and some sandwich that didn't sound appealing to Uta in the slightest. "Thank you so much for this Uta, um…how much do I owe you?" she asked and watched as he shook his head, she only raised a brow. "You paid last week," he said though he would have been more than happy to take her money again. "I did?" she questioned and Uta could only stare at her in wonder, how the hell could she forget? It wasn't as if custom masks for Ghouls were cheap, was this woman really a Dove?!
He nodded his head toward the green eyed female who only continued to stare at him with that questioning look on her face, as if he was lying. Yeah, him lying about being paid, yeah right. Yuri soon enough shrugged her shoulders and moved her hands to open the box, lifting the lid to find a simple white mask. The thing could easily cover Chiho's full face and where her eyes would be it had little slits that were painted in red. The mouth was painted red in an upward smile a small slit located where her lips would be. Yuri starred at it, a smile on her lips as big as the one painted on the mask, she couldn't help but, be happy over the fact that Chiho now had a mask to hide herself away from the other Dove agents if she was ever caught eating. It was rare for Chiho be out hunting for food, but there was a time or two where the two of them couldn't find any dead bodies for the young girl. At those times, Yuri made sure Chiho only hunted criminals but, still even with her only hunting criminals there was always the chance of other Dove agents. Uta raised a brow when he noticed the young woman before him had actually started crying, small tears forming at the corner of her eyes before spilling over. 'She must really care about Chiho…strange for a dove to care so much for one of us Ghouls,' he thought to himself, doubting that you could fake those tears, not with that look splashed across her face. She wiped the tears from her face before looking up toward Uta, eyes still glistened from her tears, but a small smile tugged at her lips. "Alright, you wanted to know mine and Chiho's story, right? Sorry, I couldn't tell you last time, but Chiho always gets so sad when we talk about her past" she asked happily, a small look of pain crossed her face at the mention of Chiho's past, Uta took note that this woman always seemed to have some kind of happy and cheery tone to her voice even when she was secretly in pain. He nodded his head and the woman's smile seemed to grow even larger if that was at all possible.
"Well um, first of all I guess you should know about me. When I was younger my parents were killed by a couple of humans who stated 'they just did it for fun'," she said slowly her voice wavering here and there, but she still tried hard to keep a strong ring to it. What surprised Uta was the fact that her parents weren't killed by some Ghouls, wasn't that like the whole story for all Dove's, losing a loved one to a Ghoul and all? "It was just my brother and I after they passed away and we did our best to keep each other safe, but then one night after work, my brother met the unfortunate fate of running into a Ghoul that hadn't eaten in a long time," she said but paused when Kaneki approached them placing her sandwich and coffee on the table in front of her. Yuri quickly smiled over at him and thanked him, happy ring still in her voice. She slowly turned her attention back toward Uta once the boy had left them alone, but she knew he was still watching them from the corner of his eyes, she knew everyone here was probably watching her in some way. "The Ghoul was killed as soon as he was found and I was so happy for a while, my brother's murderer had been taken down. It was some time after my brother's death that I began to wonder, why hadn't my parent's murderers also been killed when they were found?" she said, eyes staring down at her sandwich, a look of frustration splashed across her face. "The men who murdered my parents got a fair trial and were thrown into prison even though they were just 'killing for fun', but the Ghoul who ate my brother was killed on the spot and she actually had a good reason, it wasn't just 'oh, it was fun'," Yuri said pausing as her fists clenched in her lap. "She wasn't given a fair trial or anything of the sorts. How is that fair? Ghouls have feelings too, they love each other and feel pain just like humans do…so I just…" she paused realizing she was getting off topic, biting down onto her lower lip before taking in a small breath to calm her nerves. Uta just starred at her in amazement, this woman, this Dove, could actually see what most humans couldn't see. Ghouls were just like people the only differences only laying in the supernatural body of a Ghoul. "In my confused state, that's when I met Chiho. I should have killed her, it was my job after all, but how could I just kill a little girl that had nobody? She looked so broken. Her parents they were taken from her by the people I called co-workers. That night she looked up to me and asked if I was going to kill her, no she begged me to kill her so she could see her parents again," Yuri said at this point she could feel the tears begin to well up in her eyes once more, green hues glistening with unshed tears. "I couldn't kill her. I ended up telling her she wasn't alone and that I'd take her in and treat her like my daughter," Yuri said softly, her tears finally spilling forth, remembering the day she had met Chiho all alone with those dead eyes, it was painful indeed. She was pulled from her memories though when she felt a thumb gently press to her cheek and wipe a few tears away. She made a hiccup sound as she looked over toward Uta who seemed to have a small smile plastered on his face. "If only I could see your cute red eyes, it'd make this all perfect," she said happily laughing a bit when the dark haired male gave a huff and pulled away. He could not understand how she found such a liking to a Ghoul's red and black eyes.
The pair was quickly interrupted though when Yuri's phone began ringing, the young woman raising a brow before reaching into her purse to grab her phone. Her eyes widened slightly though when she saw the number, quickly she answered the phone. "Hey mom, there are a bunch of agents here at school right now. They're looking for a Ghoul they were chasing, apparently he's here on campus but, they say he's a big deal. I'm hiding right now, but I'm really scared….what if they find out about me?" Chiho said on the other line, her voice a low whisper, Yuri almost dropped the phone from her hand when she heard her daughter's words. "S-Stay where you and keep quiet Chiho, I'll be there as soon as I can," Yuri said quickly into the phone before grabbing her purse, shuffling through it to find her wallet. "You won't hang up on me will you mom?" Chiho asked and Yuri froze for a moment, shaking her head as if her daughter could actually see her. "N-No, I'll stay on the line, but just be quiet Chiho," Yuri said before she noticed some money placed on the table, she looked toward Uta who was grabbing the box with Chiho's mask. "You're not thinking of…," Yuri started but, was quickly interrupted when Uta spoke up. "Coming with you? Yeah," he said simply before leaving the café, Yuri starred for a moment before her daughter spoke up once more. "Mom, was that the creepy mask guy?" Chiho said laughing a bit when Yuri gave an unintelligent 'uh-huh'. "He's coming too?" Chiho asked having listened in from her end, Yuri gave a simple 'yeah' as she stood up from her seat and chased after Uta. She was glad he was going, but how the hell was she going to explain him to the other agents?!