"To me, you smell way too human." Uta X Reader !! LEMON !! Tokyo Ghoul fanfic

Part 2

Anteiku needed the extra pair of hands and you needed the extra money – in conclusion, they hired you part-time. You loved it. At first, you were very afraid that your klutzy self will spill drinks all over the customers, but once you actually got to work, your hands were as steady as when you were drawing.

"(y/n)-chan, here!"

Kaneki was handing you 400 yen.

"No. No way! I told you, that's yours, and there's no way in hell I'm taking it."

You smiled at Kaneki and gently pushed his fist back in his personal space.

"But, (y/n)-chan, you saved me today with that peppermint choco latte! Really, Touka never taught me how to make it since nobody ever orders it and you saved me, even though that wasn't your table! It's your tip! You earned it, not me!"

"No, you earned it! It was your table and you were the one providing the service. All I did, was fill in the gap."

"The gap in my head, you mean. Now I can finally make everything in the menu, and it's all thanks to you! Please, accept this token of my appreciation."

"Kaneki-kun, we both know you need the extra money, to pay for the cups you broke last week..."

Kaneki lowered his head in embarrassment.

"You also need the extra money, being a student and all..."

He did have a point. and his intentions were so genuine, refusing the money he was offering felt more like insulting him rather than doing him a favor.

"Tell you what... we split it 50/50."

"No. You take it all!"

Out of nowhere, Touka stormed towards you two and grabbed the money out of Kaneki's hand.

"Two ice coffees coming up! That'll be 400 yen."

You and Kaneki stared dumbfounded at her and then at each other.

"You gonna sit your asses down, or what?"

Kaneki blushed deeply, which made you laugh at how strongly their personalities contrasted each other. From the very second you started working there, you knew that the two of them will end up being together one day, but you never dared express that conviction out loud. They'd both say that you don't know what you're talking about anyway, even though, in their hearts, they'd probably be happy that you could picture them together.

Kaneki and yourself sat down at one of the tables next to the windows as Touka was preparing two big ice coffees for the two of you. 400 yen would never, in a million years, cover for all the stuff she was pampering your drinks with, but you were staff and Yoshimura-san didn't mind anyway. Besides, you never actually got the chance to talk to Kaneki between four eyes (well... three, since he never took that eye patch off) and it was the best opportunity to see how your colleague was ticking. There actually had a lot of questions regarding the half human/half ghoul thing he was rocking.

After what happened between Uta and yourself a quarter year ago, you were always searching for good opportunities to ask the other staff members at Anteiku... how you smelled to them. It was ridiculous, but you just had to know if your granddad lied to you. You tried playing the 'scared-for-my-life' human card, which is why almost everybody said that there is nothing you should worry about: firstly, none of them killed in order to feed and secondly (and most importantly), you didn't smell appealing to them what so ever. However, funny enough, Yoshimura-san saw right through you and asked if you were disappointed by his answer. It was confusing to a ghoul to see that you were hoping they'll be tempted to make a meal out of you. But that wasn't it at all... each time a ghoul told you they wouldn't be tempted to eat you even if they were really hungry, made you remember what Uta said...