It Starts With a Question

Comfort

"Hmp, time for a little taste."

Kaneki coughed out blood the moment Tsukiyama pierced his stomach.

The koukaku ghoul stared at his t blood-drenched hand and placed it in his mouth, savouring the flavour of Kaneki's blood. "Trés bien! I have never... experienced this taste ever before... It's a deeply intertwined harmony atop my tongue!"

He placed his hands together in front of him. "Shit... it's better than I expected... Ho... however..." He glanced back at the beaten up half-ghoul. "Now I want to find a good topping all the more... I don't want to finish 'Kaneki Ken' off just like this...!"

Kaneki hardly paid any notice to what the ghoul said to him, the pain of his broken arm and the hole in his stomach kept his thoughts busy enough.

Touka tried to lunge herself at the Gourmet, launching a kick at him, but Tsukiyama grabbed her leg with ease.

"Kirishima-san... at that time, your coldness was wonderful. But right now, you're no good. Somehow, the light in your eyes was lit."

He plunged his kagune through Touka, making her gasp.

"That's unfortunate, Kirishima-san." Tsukiyama smirked. "There was no need for such a thing to happen to you."

All Kaneki could do was stare in horror.

"But, you're interfering dinner." Tsukiyama growled, while starting to laugh, his kakugan activated.

Kaneki mustered up his strength, but he could only move so slightly. "Tou...ka-chan...!"

"This is getting more and more fun." Tsukiyama commented.

The half-ghoul gritted his teeth. "Stop it...! If you want to eat me then come over here and do it!

"Hahahahahaha! I'll be over shortly and I'll include a cut of the girl's meat along with it."

"Why do you so simply..." Kaneki hissed in pain before continuing. "Throw away a person's life as if..."

Tsukiyama looked over at the boy in half-amusement. "Were you intending to start spouting human-like concepts such as the value of life...?" He walked over to where Kimi lay, placing his left hand on the altar. "Isn't it arrogant to put a price on it, whether it's higher or lower, Kaneki-kun? We are just bags of meat. The weak bow down and the strong devour them."

Kaneki tried to get up again, but the pain was overwhelming and he hardly had any strength left. He could only sit there and watch as the Gourmet returned his attention to the human girl. "Rather, if you compared them to all living things, it's humans who have shaved away the most lives. We are different than them. All we can do is kill humans."

Tsukiyama turned to Kaneki, a creepy smile plastered on his face. "Well then... Bon appetite!"
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Kaneki shot up from his bed, completely drenched in sweat. The half-ghoul tried to capture his breath, but his body wouldn't calm down. "It was just a dream, it wasn't real, I'm safe." The boy repeated in the hope to calm down.

He slumped towards the bathroom and splashed water from the sink into his face. He was slightly startled when he looked in the mirror and noticed his left eye changing slightly. He rubbed his eyes and checked in the mirror again, only to find nothing out of the ordinary. The 18-year old went back to bed, but found out that he wasn't in the mood to sleep at all. With a frustrated groan, he hid his face under his pillows and closed his eyes.
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The following day, was like the majority of his days, except that Kaneki had trouble with concentrating on his classes and even fell asleep, to Hide and the teacher's surprise. None of them said anything about it, since Kaneki performed very well, but during his shirt at Anteiku it brought worry to his friends.