Don't Ever Let Go [A Touken Fiction]

Chapter 11 : Beyond Repair

A/N: Hi readers! Haven't updated for a very very very very very long time, and I am so so so so so so so sorry! I said I'd finish my One Piece story a month ago but I found it impossible. So here's chapter 11!! Please enjoy!!

Kaneki woke up. He thought someone was stabbing his back with a knife, and a few seconds later he found out it was his backache. The room had no bed, so he curled himself up at a corner and slept there.

"Holy damn! I need some backache pills..." He muttered and stood up slowly. Every move he made seemed to make his back hurt even more. He looked at his watch: 8 : 42 a.m..

It was Saturday. He did his routines and went downstairs and saw Hinami sitting alone at a table drawing.

"Good morning! Onii-chan!!" Said Hinami cheerfully. Kaneki smiled and went to sit next to her. "Onii-chan, what happened? Why're you here and why're walking like that? You hurt your back?" Hinami asked him three questions at a time.

"Hinami-chan, you asked three questions and I only have a mouth, how am I supposed to answer them at one time??" Said Kaneki jokingly, and Hinami giggled. "Sorry, onii-chan, I'm just curious." Said Hinami, and Kaneki explained why he was there, but he still lied about the reason why he was homeless. He finished explaining and saw what she drew. It was a sketch.

"Hinami-chan, what're you sketching?" Asked Kaneki. "It's just me and some imagination." Said Hinami. "So you're a butterfly in the sketch?"
"No, those aren't wings, they're my Kagune. I read a book about ghouls yesterday and I love it!" Said Hinami, and she giggled again.

"Oh god, we have another ghoul lover here." Said Kaneki, and both of them laughed. "Why're you two laughing like that?" A voice came from the other side of the cafe. It was Touka.

"Good morning! Onee-chan! Onii-chan and I were talking about my sketch and ghouls!" Said Hinami happily. "Oh? Really? That's good. But Hinami-chan, don't call him that, he's not worth it." Said Touka, and the last few words suddenly changed the atmosphere. It became cold and uncomfortable.

"Why not? Onee-chan? He's very kind and humorous, and he cares about us. Why can't I call him onii-chan?" Asked Hinami. She knew the relationship between the two was dangerous and unstable, but she was still trying to help.

"'Us'? Only 'himself'. That's just his mask, don't get fooled." Said Touka coldly. Hinami turned and looked at Kaneki. The smile on his face not long ago vanished, and was replaced by an unreadable expression. He stood up.

"I'm going to the pharmacy to buy some backache pills. I'll be back around ten o'clock and get ready for work. Bye, Hinami-chan." Said Kaneki. He looked at Touka, and walked out of the cafe.

"Onee-chan, what happened??" Asked Hinami, although she'd already asked about fifty times. "Nothing much, really." Said Touka, and she patted her head and went upstairs.

Hinami stared at the stairs. In fact, she wasn't really looking at anything, she was just confused, and a bit sad. "Onii-chan... onee-chan... what exactly happened...?" She mumbled, and flipped through her drawings and stopped at a page, which was Kaneki and Touka hugging herself from both sides. It was the painting that saved her.

"You saved me, and now both of you are suffering, and it's my turn to save you, but I really don't know what to do or how to start...." She mumbled, and hugged her drawing book to her chest. She knew, this wasn't a good opening for a weekend, and this weekend wasn't going to be fun.

Kaneki walked to the pharmacy, bought some pills, and went to a Subway nearby and bought a sandwich for breakfast. When he walked out of it and was about to go back, someone called him from behind.