Reader x Kaneki Ken [Beauty was a man; Book 2]

|Familiar|

___ was just working another shift at :re. It wasn't a very busy day. It was also really nice out. Hinami had come to visit her, Touka and Yomo a few hours back. They talked about the recent happenings and then it was time for her to leave. She apparently had grown up into a smart computer expert.

As she was walking past a table, the customer slapped her butt making her halt in her steps. Touka looked at the scene unfold in front of her and only said one thing, "Well shit."

____ had put up a cold, blank face as she turned around to the customer. The guy was smirking. He thought he had accomplished something. He only earned himself trouble.

She had changed. No more was she the sweet kind girl. She grabbed the guy out of his seat and twisted his arm behind his back. Before she could continue, the bell rung at the door. ___'s sense of smell went wild as she let go of the man. "Yeah you can't really do anything." He muttered and cradled his hurt arm.

The girl smacked her black heel on the guy's foot before turning her attention to the group that just walked in.

He's here..

The grey eyed copy of Kaneki was staring at Touka first. Something had clicked in him when he saw her. His eyes widened at her.

"Kaneki.." ___ whispered. The boy turned to look at her, hearing her call that name. She gave him a hard glare and turned to the guy who had slapped her butt. "Touch me again and I'll chop your hands off." The guy raised his hands in surrender, winced and let out a low whistle.

___ rolled her eyes and walked to the counter. "___, am I the only one seeing that?" Touka whispered in her ear. The girl shook her head and stared at the boy who look just like him.

Suddenly he got up from his chair and walked over to the counter. ___ froze as his eyes were set on her when he was approaching.

"Hi." He said to her. She stared at him with a blank face and turned to clean cups. It's not him, She told herself.

She kept ignoring him and he finally had enough. "Excuse me, do you have a problem with me? I just want to get to know you." He said as nicely as he could.

"Why would you want to get to know me?" She angrily spoke. He was getting on her nerves. The fact that he looked like her dead lover didn't help either.

"I don't know, I just get this feeling that I should know you. I feel like I've met you before." He said with a small smile. Why wouldn't he give up on her already? She didn't want to interact with anyone. She just wanted to be alone.

"Fine." She said, giving in.

He grinned. "I'm Haise Sasaki." He said, showing his hand to her to shake. She just stared at his hand. He didn't give up and still held his hand there. She groaned and shook it. The second their skin touched, Haise frowned and let go quickly.

His head had started to hurt. He clutched his head tightly and the girl look at him with worry. He did smell like Kaneki..

He apologised and told her he had a headache. "I'll get you some coffee." She said.

The boy smiled and nodded walking back to his table. His friends look at her suspiciously but shook it off.

She made their coffee and walked with it to their table. Haise had fallen asleep with his head on the table. The girl shook it off and placed everyone's coffee in front of them.

"Thank you!" One of them chirped. She smiled and left.

Meanwhile, Haise was dreaming again. A white haired boy that always came in his dreams was walking around him. "Beautiful, isn't she? You must be wondering why she's so familiar." He said to Haise. Haise stared at the boy as he thought about the girl he had talked to earlier.

"Accept me. You'll find out what she means to you. Just accept me." The white haired boy whispered in Haise's ear.

He shook his head and told him, "No."

"She said the name, Kaneki. Do you know who that is? Serpent called you that too." Haise shook his head and tried to ignore the boy.

"You're a lie." The boy told him.

He suddenly woke up and spilled his coffee. "Oh my god! I'm so sorry." He told the girl who was walking over to clean the mess up.

She shook her head. "It's my job. No worries."

He felt so bad at what he did. Then, remembering his weird dream, he stared at her. Why was she so familiar?

How could someone that beautiful exist?, a voice said in his head. It was the voice of the boy from his dreams.

Haise rubbed his eyes. Another cup of coffee was placed in front of him. He thanked the girl and started to drink it.

The whole time, his mind was occupied by her. He didn't pay attention to anything else.

Touka walked to where ___ was cleaning cups. She looked at the girl with worry in her eyes. "He smells like him, looks like him." ___ said without turning around. Her senses had grown stronger.

"It'll all be okay." Touka told her. "There must be a reason behind all of this and we'll fix it. He'll be the same old Kaneki again." Touka told her. The girl nodded at her best friend.

She turned to look at the group of friends who were getting up to leave. Her heart broke all over again when Haise stared at her one last time before walking out the door.

"Bye Kaneki." She whispered when the door closed.