Hiraeth (A HideKane/ KaneHide multichapter fic)

Chapter 7

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so I've officially decided that the update days for this fic will be thursday and sunday, so make sure to look for new chapters then! unfortunately, that schedule may be interrupted at some point in time because exams are coming up, which sucks unu

with that said, I actually missed the thursday update so I'll go ahead and post two chapters right now, sorry haha!

from here on out for a few chapters, it's going to be following the manga timeline. I tried to change the wording up in Touka and Kaneki's conversation just so it wouldn't be like rereading the manga, but it still reflects the original.

as always, enjoy!

"So are we not going to talk about the fact that Hide could probably amount to be one of the fastest ghouls that's ever lived?" Touka asked, taking a sip of her coffee that Hide had prepared for the four of them. She tried not to let her disgust at the horrible drink show. It was almost as bad as human food.

The others were barely managing to choke down theirs as well. "Monsieur, I think you should stick to sweeping for now," Tsukiyama said, setting his cup down. Hide picked up his cup and took a sip. Yep, that was the last time he would ever make coffee for anyone.

Kaneki, sweet Kaneki, managed to finish the entire cup. "That was...certainly an interesting flavor it had," he commented.

Hide laughed. "Okay, I get it. I suck at making coffee. I'll never go near another coffee machine again."

Kaneki chuckled. Tsukiyama nodded in agreement. "I'm afraid it's for the best," he said. He didn't need Hide's scent to be tainted with the foul odor of poorly made coffee.

Tsukiyama never thought he would move on from Kaneki's scent. But Hide had something that Kaneki did not-he couldn't identify it, but it was there. And it was enticing as hell.

Tread lightly, Tsukiyama Shuu, he told himself. Don't let this one slip away.

His mistake with Kaneki was not acting soon enough. Yes, that had been it. And then he had spent months just waiting for the opportunity to get a long-awaited taste of his delicious meat-but now, he had set his eyes upon someone even more delicious. He wasn't going to give up on his Kaneki-kun-no, never-but he wanted to get a taste of Hideyoshi Nagachika as well. He needed to form a plan.

"If he can just learn to manage your speed and use his other kagune in midair," Touka explained, "then he can do it. He could go the fastest a ghoul has ever gone. Hell, he might have even done it yesterday."

"Hmm, I'm not quite sure about that. From what you have told me, Nagachika is indeed fast, but let's not get too naïve about his abilities," Tsukiyama reasoned. "Let us not forget that the Owl, too, is an incredibly fast ghoul."

Hide noticed Kaneki stiffen at the mention of the Owl. He had the feeling he knew something the others didn't, but didn't press. "I think Tsukiyama is right. I'll have to keep practicing before I can really control it. I didn't even think about it-it was like an impulse. I don't even know where it came from," Hide said.