Glow | Tokyo Ghoul

# 0 2 9 ⦋ Back to You ⦌

— edited 2023

word count — 2349

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Who was I kidding?

   Four hours had passed and my fingers were still drumming on several surfaces and my foot kept tapping beyond control. I rushed through the activities while having as much fun as I could, winning prizes left and right, doing my best in getting a grey and white cat plush like the cat she had at home, and buying a few pastries from the mobile vendor that Miri went on about.

   Sunset was nearly approaching, and I had already felt bad about staying a bit longer; not because I wanted to see Miri in whatever it was that she was describing—although I did want to—but because she sent a message to Sumie about feeling worse. I hoped that sobriety had made its way to her, but more than anything, I wanted to make sure she was fine, in every sense of the word.

   I could burst into tears at any moment! When are we leaving?!

   While we stood in another line, I tapped Jin on the shoulder as I questioned, completely fidgety, "When are we going back? It's been a couple hours."

   He first glanced at me over his shoulder before rotating entirely to face me, his brows furrowed. And abruptly, it was as if the realization finally hit him. "Right! I was supposed to take you back to the cabin!"

    "Uh, yes?! Hello?! I wanted to leave three hours ago! Jin-senpai!!!" I had all but held him by the shoulders and shook him.

    "Okay," he chuckled, placing a hand on my shoulder. "C'mon, let's go."

   We both headed towards the end of the line and I waited for Jin to lead me to the exit.

    "Hey, where are you two going?" Haru had asked once she saw us leave the queue.

    "Hide wants to go back to the chalet for Miri."

   The redhead gasped. "May I come, too? I want to see Mimi!"

   However, Jin was quick to wave away her question, and I wasn't even surprised anymore. It kept me hopeful: the fact that they had a long history, but he was still pushing me to be the one by her side. But at this point, it shouldn't even be surprising. "We'll all go back eventually; I'll just send Hide there for now. I don't want to make four trips."

    "What if Hideyoshi wants to come back?"

   I shook my head. "I have to stay there to take care of her properly! I can't abandon her twice."

   I already felt like shit for leaving her behind the first time.

   Haru rolled her green eyes but smirked. "Fine. Have fun."

    "Be back in forty minutes," declared Jin, and we were off.

   As we drove in silence, Jin couldn't help but sense the tension in the atmosphere in the closed space between us.

    "Something on your mind?" he asked, tapping his index finger on the steering wheel.

    "I know that you want me to hear these things from Miri," I confessed as I looked at him on my right, letting out an exhale I had been holding in. "But can you tell me a few things?"

   Before Jin could respond, he gritted his teeth in order to fight back an obvious smile. "Sure, Hide. Whatever feels right from my perspective, I'll let you know. Other things...you're going to have to talk to her about."