Tokyo Ghoul and all it's affiliated characters are property of Sui Ishida.
~After every storm, there is a rainbow~
Chapter 8
Habitat
It has been two days…two. Long. Devastating. Days.
I woke up with the curse of drunkeness having the ability of remembering everything. And not bits and pieces but literally…everything.
Why did I drink-just why did I drink! I knew that I was a slutty drunkard. I show more feelings, I reflect my inner emotions and of course notoriously, I act like a 16 year-old horny teenager!
I couldn't. I just couldn't. As if the reminisce of the event wasn't bad enough, more was the stagnant reality of living in my apartment stuck there like a house rat just reminding me of the fact that it really did happen. But that was bad? No- I mean me not being able to forget and suffering from the trauma was not enough evil to torment me, the second half was Itori.
I woke up the next morning before turning into a bawling mess as I recalled the previous night and she was there to console my drunk sad self in the morning when I was fully.
But today was a new day!
I knew the truth it was whole misunderstanding and to top it off- I was gonna move today. Last two days our new apartment has been being checked out by plumber, painter, electrician, pest control and realtors just to ensure its safe habitable and in need of any infrastructure redevelopment plus with the links that Itori has it was done and done fast and easy.
And cheap.
I carried the boxes all up to our new apartment taking out the papers to lay out on the floor. Today before everything that would happen I would be base painting what the painter had to do on the crease of the walls and the bottom of the walls and door jams making this place classy and good looking. Itori wrapped up with the last of the shopping. Something we never realized about our apartment was not only was it on the highest floor but we had a flipping balcony. On top of that, the kitchen had a sexy bar area, and lastly all the rooms had built in hidden closets. We did not….know this. HOW COULD WE NOT HAVE KNOWN THIS!
Gladly we only bought one closet but I never had much clothes in the beginning so that could go to Itori cause that once built in closet would not do her quantity of clothing justice. Let us not forget her clothing line. Her fucking, online clothing line….once again- what am I doing with my life? So therefore today I would finish my little touch ups of painting. I moved from my room to the bathroom and then finally to the living room area. I blew out all the candles I lit in the house from the day before since it was a little ritual of mine. The apartment smelt dusty and locked up so the little scented fragrance added to the airy sensation the room had which made it felt like home. I also do it like a religious thing to rid dark auras, evil spirits and bad omens. Don't judge. Once I was done I began packing out the glasses in the cabinet. Itori bought all these glasses and I was grateful. They looked all high class and stylish there was literally no way to tell the old from the new ones since all her glasses looked new and classy. A bartender's taste and style I think. I wasn't even gonna judge the ones she recently purchased since everything she bought had that rich taste of royalty and classiness that would just have you swearing they just came off the market. Luckily I cleaned the fridge, the bathrooms and scrubbed the balcony floors to have it looking new and well done. I had left detergents and removers on them overnight to soak so with one wipe, they should look sparkly clean.
I grabbed my cell and using the little notebook I had, I called a couple numbers. There was no way I could move all these stuff on my own and so gladly Itori gave me a list of numbers I should call in a specific order. I was glad she did this since I knew no shit of interior designing and from what she sketched and showed me it looked pretty legit. As a matter a fact I really liked it. While I was on calls I had my turkey sandwich with some orange juice and walked around ensuring there was nothing out of place or in the way for when the movers came. I put my hair into a high bun pining the unruly strands behind and getting my gloves on. Itori said she would be coming early so she should be here soon. I made a sandwitch for her too….I hope she doesn't stand me up. I really want her to be here for the moving in and stuff.
The doorbell rang and I bounced out the chair going to the door.
"Hi."
"Hello we are Uzumaki Gardening and Décor."
"Y-Yeah, I'm Kaisa Terresi, I called yesterday you guys were to come in at 8 to do our balcony."
"Yes that's us aumm just direct us we have the plants, furnitures and everything ready so we might have about 3 other person coming throughout your house if you don't mind."
"Not at all aummm, let me direct you to the balcony." I said smiling looking at him there was another guy with him and they seemed pretty friendly.
"Wow it's a moderate size." He said looking around once we reached the balcony.
"Thank you aumm, I wasn't the person who spoke to you on the phone so I don't exactly know the style format."
"Oh no problem it was Itori san. We helped her with her bartending decoration in the bar already and she is an amazing partner of our company. She already explained so just leave the rest to us."
"Oh really, well if you guys need anything let me know okay?"
"No problem."
I smiled and left moving to the kitchen. Now I see why she told me to carry 2 jugs of water and some juice since we had workers coming in. Maybe I should bake a nice pastry. Yup, I should bake a cake.
Ding dong
"Coming."
I walked to the door and opened it to see a plumber standing in front me.
"Plumber?"
"Oh, hey, aumm I came here yesterday to work on the laundry pipe. I came back to finish fixing it, the lady here yesterday was a red haired lady, is she here?"
"Ahh no, I'm her roommate though we're best friends."
"Ahh I see. The thing is the pipe, it's just some small altercation should take 30 minutes the most."
"No problem." I said as he stepped in already finding the laundry room. I was about to close the door when two other guys in the gardening uniform came in with some toolkit and plants.
I sighed after smiling and closing the door. More people are popping up, okay make that should be two pastries. I stepped out going back to the original apartment and as I turned the corner to our hall I saw some men in white onsies standing knocking at my door.
"Woah woah, you guys are?"
They turned around all in onsies and hats. "We are the Deckham movers. We are to move the stuff from this apartment to the one at Room 400."
"Oh yeah, that's the new room this is the old one, I'm sorry I was upstairs."
"No problem, just show us what to move and we will get it done."
"Okay." I shuffled for the key pushing it in the door opening the apartment that would no longer be my home after today.
"First we will start with the green boxes those are for the kitchen, red boxes go to the rooms, blue boxes are for the bathrooms and the orange boxes are miscellaneous please be careful with them.
"Understood."
"Great and the furniture people will be here soon for the orders we made. We will be having a dresser, two beds: one queen size and one king, a five piece living room set, a break front, a glass dining table, three small tables….what else, oh yea- Three bathroom mirrors, a carpet and some curtains"
"Woah that space must be big." one said jotting it all down in a small book.
"It is, now can we get moving? Please do the kitchen stuff first."
"No problem Mrs.….."
"Miss- Terresi."
"Right." He said smiling the guys began lifting and moving stuff around. I inhaled deeply before sighing completely exhausted as I flopped over the counter growling. I was right, the kitchen upstairs had some new décor work to get done. The cabinets on the wall had been eaten out and destroyed by the now dead and removed termites so they needed to be removed and last night Itori and I agreed to have an Island in the kitchen instead of a breakfast counter with swing chairs. We rather breakfast on the balcony. Well I did, she wasn't a breakfast person anyways.
My phone rang and I picked it up with an annoyed tone.
"Hello."
"Kaichi! Don't sound so gloomy."
"Sorry too late- I am already gloomed."
Itori sighed, "I'm on my way in a taxi~"
"Of course you are."
"Don't worry…"
"No you can't say that more people keep popping up. You never told me the Deckams would be moving around our stuff."
"Well you never expected me to have you moving all those boxes…"
"Aumm….no….well what about the plumber?"
"Oh he came back! Seems like he got the pipe we wanted."
"Yeah well he is doing that right now anyways…."
"Great what about the carpenter is he there yet? He has to get the cabinets off and start the island in the kitchen."
"No he's not here."
"Well he should be there soon I will call him, also I have to step out to go and choose the cupboards and the island anything you have in mind?"
I sighed. "I'm not too fancy about the cupboards but the island I want something elegant and stylish no sharp edges and I want it to have a single sink and please get me one with a dishwasher and a granite top. I hate it when it's not granite."
"Tsk, someone is picky."
"You assssssskkked."
"Yes I did, Kaichi- hold on. Taxi can you turn around and carry me to ViVa." She said to the taxi man.
"Send me some pics I'll just do that before I come home."
"Great thanks…I'm going back upstairs. Maybe the painter is here and the carpenter."
"Okaaaaaay, bye Kaichi."
"Bye."
I hung up the phone sighing as I turned around to see the apartment looking like a fucking ghost town. Damn those guys move fast.
I went back upstairs.
"Wo-woah! Be careful!" A man said from out at the balcony. I went out there they were fixing the railing. Holy shit there was no railing. I held on closely to the wall like it was my only source of life how could they be standing up on that outstretched piece of concrete with nothing around it!
"Oh Miss Terresi. Don't worry according to the design we needed to take out the old railings and replace them with new ones."
"R-Right" I said blinking as I held on even tighter feeling the breeze blow. Yes, I was scared of heights.
Well technically I'm not all that scared of heights that's not my fear, my fear is that I'm scared of falling from very high places.
There is a difference. A big difference.
"Miss Terresi, we're almost done moving all the boxes, should we start with the kitchen?"
I turned to one of the Deckham brothers, "Actually the carpenter is coming to work on the kitchen so could you guys start with the living room. The TV and stuff."
"No problem." he said smiling before going to the boys instructing them. I felt nervous, there was no way in hell I was going anywhere near the balcony for now. I went to the kitchen and began packing out my bakery stuff as one of the decham brothers came to help me.
"You like baking?"
"Yeah, I really like cooking but baking it's something I really adore."
"That's exceptional."
"Thanks, oh, pass that. I need the mixer."
"Sure."
It was small talk but at least I made a friend-ish. Tomorrow I knew for sure I would be sick due to all this face to face interaction with humanity.
Ding Dong
20 minutes later I was signing some papers and watching the movers bringing my first batch of furniture. The closet, the breakfront and the two super comfy bed sets! We never bought everything at the same place but the beds -the beds! I was so happy to see the beds! I smiled moving into Itori room watching as they rested it down and her sexy gothic bed head. She is going to freak when she sees it. I showed her it on my phone saying that it was in an American store and she got instantly depressed wishing Japan had the same design. I literally scowered the stores to have the exact same thing imported and shipped here. I was really happy. But she will be happier!
Shit, speaking of photos I need to search for the island designs for the kitchen. I went into the living room curling up in an empty box and going to google images. I needed the privacy. I scrolled the net searching for islands till I found something intriguing or close to what I wanted and sent them to her in a mail. Our kitchen color was white and green so she knew brown mahogany cupboards were out.
The day was passing quite hectic I was already mixing my second batch of upside down pineapple cake to put in the oven and the second delivery of furniture came which was the 5 piece living room set and the glass table. The table came with 6 amazing chairs. The decham brothers wasted no time in getting our dining table set up and the dining room nicely arranged and styled.
"Oh crap the chandelier. There should be a chandelier in here. It's it an orange box."
They looked at me pausing. "We're gonna have to pull the table apart."
One sighed, "It's okay- oh, I think I remember moving that box- it was a crystal chandelier right?"
"Yeah…"
"Okay lets pull the table a part set it up and put it back together." The main one said I think his name was Ukata.
"Yes sir." They replied as they began getting to work. I sighed walking out going to the kitchen getting the baking tins out and began pouring in the batter. Stove already preheated and the stuff for when they came out the oven were already on the counter.
"Damn chandelier. I need to remember where there any other light stuff. I'm sure the electrician already put up every light and switch-"
"Miss Terresi."
I turned around looking at this tall scruffy looking man.
"I saw the door open so I came in I'm sorry, I'm Janjero Muta, I'm the carpenter."
"You, your finally here, I have been waiting on you. Please start with the cupboards, Itori is getting the new ones she is also getting an island to be placed in the kitchen. When she arrives you and her talk about that- for now please get these cupboards down and change the wooden doors on the balcony to the sliding glass doors that are leaned up against the bar counter."
"Ah yes, aummm, are we still going to change the closet doors for both rooms."
"Shit, shit shit shit, I forgot about the flipping closets, yes, take them down."
"Is there a problem?"
"Yes. I forgot to order new closet doors, ughhh, thanks for reminding me I hope Itori hasn't left yet."
He smiled as he moved to the small table with his toolkit. "Oh this is my apprentice. His name is Makuzi, he is a mason in training I brought him to help out."
"Hi Makuzi, aumm, please do excuse me."
"Yes ma'am"
I shuffled through my jumper pocket reaching for my phone as I called Itori immediately sighing as I ran my hand through my hair.
"Tell me you haven't left."
"I am walking out the store now Kaichi, something wrong?"
"We forgot the closets doors."
"No that's okay I remembered while shopping for the stuff-"
"You did!"
"Yes, and remember the half bathroom on the end of the hall, we said we were gonna take off the wallpaper and replace it with tiles, and take out the rusty face basin."
"Oh crap I forgot about-"
"It's alright I got them and oh Kaichi, remember the carpet we choose for the hall I got the most sexiest matching tiles in the bathroom for that and to compliment the tribal prints on the carpet and I got some nice royal gold paint with teal linings for the ceiling and the floor with some African symbolic designs that stick onto painted walls, you think we can use it?"
"Y-Yeah." I said smiling…Wow….I'm so glad I'm going to be living with her. We got this amazing apartment and we are literally converting it to this amazing place that we will just utterly adore. If she wasn't here it would look so simple and ugly but I'm so glad she is here to do this with me.
"Are you listening?" she questioned on the other end.
"Eh?"
"Kaichiiiiiii- I said to let the plumber check the toilet in the hall!"
"Sure."
I hung up walking to the laundry room he seemed nearly wrapped up with all he was doing.
"How is it?" I questioned looking at the work he did, the pipes looking newer and more organized. He closed the wall ceiling it making it look almost unbelievable that there were pipes and stuff underneath.
"Well," he turned on one faucet and then the other and turned to me smiling, "Hot and cold water are basically perfect. The pressure in the laundry room is moderate so there shouldn't be a water problem."
"That sounds good, I just got off the phone with Itori can you take a look at the plumbing in the hall's bathroom. The toilet specifically just to ensure no leaking or anything."
"No problem." he said getting his tools and stuff together as he walked out heading to the second hall. We had two halls one for the main entrance and the other for the three bedrooms.
There was a knock on the door and I opened it, it must be the third delivery with the small tables, mirrors and the curtains and carpets finaaaaallly.
I had a little pep in my few steps as I moved to the door.
I swallowed, nope, it was not my small tables, mirrors and the curtains and carpets…
It was Uta.
A/N: Hope you guys liked. Also Itori I felt my grasp on her has loosened I want to not pressurize on the OC-ness of Itori, she is fragile in writing than she looks-trust me, her character is not so easy, there are so many things you can have her do but at a certain pace and style she is idiosyncratic to desired words and actions. Renji shall be landing in on my story soon!
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