{ON HOLD!}The Language of Flowers (ShuuNeki/TsukiKaneAU)

{6: Orange Lily}

{6: Orange Lily}

It's been a month.

It's been a month since Rize attacked Kaneki, Shuu, and Hinami...

It's been a month since Shuu killed Rize...

It's been a month since Shuu saved Kaneki...

It's been a month since Shuu failed to save Hinami...

Today, however, is the first day Shuu has ever experienced this, a shocking and unexpected sight.

Today is the first time his shop has ever been broken into and vandalized.

Every single one of his shop's windows is shattered, with the glass covering the ground like a dangerous blanket. The glass, however, is the least of his worries. Scurrying into his shop, Shuu feels a strong urge to scream in outrage.

Someone has killed his flowers. Someone has cut the head off of every single flower within his store. Not only that, but whoever broke in then proceeded to stomp on the flower heads, turning them into mushy, disgusting looking, (but nice smelling) lumps on the floor. The floor of his shop now looks like a bumpy rainbow.

Nearly falling numerous times due to the flower heads, Shuu slowly walks around his shop, mentally noting everything that appears to have been touched, everything that has appeared to have been broken.

Why?

Why would someone vandalize his shop?

I'm glad Hinami isn't here to see this, Shuu thinks to himself, soon finding tears stream down his face.

He doesn't deserve this!

Hinami didn't deserve it!

Rize deserved it! She did! Rize killed a lot of people! She was a heartless woman.... A heartless killer.

Wow, you killed a killer. That's something to be proud of. Something deep within Shuu's mind sarcastically says, soon adding, you know it's your fault, don't you? It's your fault, it's your fault, IT'S YOUR FAULT, IT'S YOUR FAULT, IT'S YOUR FAULT, IT'S YOUR FAULT, IT'S YOUR FAULT...

"It's your fault," Shuu whispers, noticing the words spelled out in flower petals by the cash register. Bending down to get a better look at the petals, Shuu quickly realizes that the words are spelled out in orange Lily petals. "Someone hates me..." Shu picks up a petal, and holds it within the palm of his hand. It small but lovely all the same time, just like Hinami was... "But who?"

"You'll find out soon enough," a voice responds, causing Shuu to jump. Rising from his crouched position, Shuu catches a glimpse...

Shuu catches a glimpse of bright pink hair, a slender frame, and a strangely familiar rabbit mask. Where has he seen that mask before? Where has he seen this figure, this person before? The figure lashes out, landing a powerful kick upon the back of Shuu's head.

How fitting...Shuu thinks as darkness clouds his vision. A killer who hasn't been seen in years has resurfaced to kill a man who killed a killer...

"For her," the figure whispers, as if needing encouragement to proceed with their plan, "for her," the figure continues to whisper, to chant, "for her, for her, FOR HER, FOR HER, FOR HER..."

/Don't worry the next chapter will be longer./