Final Chapter:

Lith's POV:

I knew I should be more upset by the situation, but how could I? After all, I am 'only' a teenager. What was I supposed to know about love?

I felt a drop splash onto my face, followed by a second and then a third. It began to rain quite heavily and I could already feel myself getting sick. I ran towards the nearest shop and stood underneath the small roof that protected me from getting soaked. I waited, and waited, and waited, but I never saw Ayato appear. Was I really that unimportant? I guess maybe this just wasn't meant to be. I sighed and sat down on the shops steps. My back leaned comfortably against the cool, dry door as I waited for the rain to stop.

A few minutes later I suddenly fell back. I tried to hold my balance, but to no avail. I fell on a man's foot. I looked up and he grunted angrily. I grinned nervously before bowing in apology. "Sorry! I was just trying to shield myself from the rain."

"If you're not going to buy anything, then scram, you brat!" he yelled. I heard him mumble something about today's youth not being respectful before slamming the door shut. Talk about rude!

I made a run for it and tried to find a dry place to stay at. All the shops I passed by were closed, so I ran to my favourite place, the alleyway. Ah, so full of sketchy looking people, a place full of mystery and yet so comforting at the same time. It wasn't really as wet as the streets, so I just sat against a graffitied wall. The rain didn't appear as though it wanted to stop anytime soon, so I tilted my head and went into a light sleep.

I woke up abruptly to the sound of screams. I yawned and stretched as I noticed it had stopped raining. I lazily looked over to the direction in which the yelling was coming from. I picked up a familiar scent. I tried to think of where I recognized it from when a group of ghouls began to walk in my direction. I wasn't able to distinguish their separate scents, most likely because of the rain from earlier today. It had already begun to darken so I squinted my eyes to try and see their faces.

They were all wearing hoodies that cast a shadow over their facial features, making them indistinguishable. One of them seemed to be dragging itself, another was walking boldly and the last ghoul was skipping, its small body moving behind the others.

"Uh, hi?" said Lith when the ghouls stopped in front of her. She stood up to greet them but suddenly felt a sharp pain in my shoulders. My eyes widened as I realized what had happened. A thick liquid began to drip down my arms. The ghoul retracted her Rinkaku and backed away, before pulling off her hood. For a moment, I thought I was looking in the mirror. The ghoul looked just like me! The two ghouls behind her did the same, only to reveal myself. What the hell was going on!?

You won't be seeing your friends anytime soon.

"What!?"

And they won't ever be seeing you.

My fear turned into anger. I felt myself go into a kind of trance as I blacked out.

When I opened my eyes again, I felt myself lying in a pool. At first I thought nothing of it, until I caught the metallic-like smell. I gasped when I realized it was blood. I stood up quickly, but slid on the shimmering liquid and fell again. My body felt weak and sore, as though I had just run a marathon. Before I could attempt to stand up again, I felt something pierce through my abdomen. It was painful as hell, and I screamed out in pain.

I thought you were dead. At least I still have a play toy.

I began to cough up blood. I saw the ghoul standing, snickering as it saw how much pain I was in. Why was this happening to me? How did I even get into this situation? I felt like crying, but couldn't. Not because I wanted to prove that I was strong, but because instead blood began to slide out. It slowly dripped down my face and things began to look redder than before. Could this be the end?

I squeaked when I felt another kagune pierce my arm. It didn't hurt as much, but it was still painful.

This is so much fun, getting revenge for forgetting me!

Revenge? Wait, if that thing looked like me, and it said I forgot about it… was that me?

Bingo!

Was this a dream? No, it couldn't possibly be. You can't feel pain when you're in a dream…

"Lith~" I heard echoing in my head. Great, I was going insane!

"Darling, wake up..." said the voice in my head. Darling? What the heck!? That sounds disgusting!

I blinked and suddenly found myself where I had fallen asleep originally. "Nani?" I mumbled as I stood up. Who had told me to wake up? I doubt it was Ayato. He would never say darling. That would be hilarious though. I stood up to leave and turned around when suddenly…

"Boo!" yelled Eto. I jumped back in surprise. I swear I peed myself a little, but luckily I was soaked so nobody could tell. I sighed as I pushed my wet bangs out of my face.

"What do you want, Eto?" I mumbled in annoyance.

"Glad you asked! I wanted to know if you were ready to fight."

Thank you everyone for reading Tokyo Ghoul: Lith! I really enjoyed writing this (even if I got quite a lot of writer's block) and I hope you enjoyed the characters, plot, and overall story. For now, this story has come to a close. I'm still debating whether or not to make a sequel. Either way, I wish everyone a safe and happy summer (Especially you, Pokémon Go players!).

~Amunet Gyeong

P.S.: With the new chapter out, if I do plan on making a sequel, the story might change drastically to fit what I was planning. Also, who else was surprised with the recent manga chapters?