It Starts With a Question

Selfish

The first thing what happened when Kaneki returned from Touka's place, was getting bombarded with questions by Banjou and the others who were curious about his whereabouts and the sudden new clothes he was wearing. Kaneki had just shrugged it off and said he went to check something out which ended up differently than what he predicted. He knew they respected his privacy and didn't pry any further, but Hinami... She knew her brother figure very well, also her great sense of smell made it harder to hide the truth.

"You visited onee-chan?!" The girl asked curiously. After the white-haired ghoul had returned to his chamber, with the younger ghoul following behind.

Kaneki scratched his back awkwardly. "I just went to check up on her a little."

"You smell of onee-chan..." Hinami countered. "And what happened to the clothes you wore yesterday?"

Kaneki was silent. Not sure what to say. "I spent the night with Touka-chan..."

The two ghouls heard a thump in front of the door. When the white-haired male opened the door, he saw Banjou on the floor and his face completely red. "Ah, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to listen in, it's just that the information we were waiting for arrived just moments ago, so I wanted to tell you..."

"It's alright." Kaneki reassured his friend.

Banjou nodded. He stared at the half-ghoul and grinned. "But Kaneki, I wouldn't have guessed..."

The half-ghoul raised his eyebrow in confusion. "What?"

Banjou stood up, cleaned some non-existent dust from his pants and gave the shorter man a hug, which made Kaneki feel uncomfortable and startled. "Congratulations! I'm so happy for you."

Kaneki eyed Hinami for an explanation, but she seemed as confused as him and only shook her head as a response.

"What's happening?" Jiro asked as he, Ichimi and Sante came upstairs.

"Our Kaneki has become a man!" Banjou exclaimed proudly. "It's hard to believe that it's with Ayato's sister of all people. She gives off this scary, cold vibe like her brother." The ghoul shivered slightly at the memory. "And she has a nasty tongue, but if you're happy with her. We'll be supportive!"

Jiro, Ichimi and Sante stared at each other and cheered. "Lucky bastard!"

They also hugged Kaneki and suddenly the white-haired male felt as if a switch flickered on inside his mind, when he finally understood what they meant. "Ah, that didn't happen. I just slept on her couch."

The four other ghouls quiet down as they slowly released their leader who got back on his feet, feeling slightly awkward at the misunderstanding. Hinami also seemed to catch on the meaning of Banjou's statement and blushed.

"You slept on her couch?" Banjou repeated, hoping he heard it right.

"Yeah," He decided to leave everything else out. There was no need to tell any details. It was between him and Touka. "It was late, so I spent the night at her apartment, but nothing happened."

Kaneki could see that they wanted to ask more, since he hasn't explained much, not even why he was at Touka's place. Hinami had a face that understood what and why that had happened, but she stayed quiet about it. "Banjou-san, could you maybe show me what we talked about earlier." She asked.

"Huh? Oh sure." He turned towards Kaneki, feeling really embarrassed. "I'm sorry for the misunderstanding."

"It's alright. I'll take a look at what Tsukiyama has send us. We'll discuss the contents later when he arrives and decide our next action afterwards."