Unmasking A Ghoul (Uta X Reader)

Ch.6

I stared at the clock as it ticked away.
One
By
One.
A second at a time. A second closer to the end of my shift. I honestly have never felt this way, wanting my shift to end.
Hehe... I never had any reason to. Until now, now I can't seem to stop thinking of Uta.
Glancing at the floor, I devised a solution. I'll just drop by at the end of my shift!
But what if he asks why I'm here? What do I say? I missed him? Won't I sound needy? Do I say something like 'I love you'?
My face began to burn.
"Get yourself together (y/n)!"
I snapped my head up. Thank goodness no one was around to hear me talk to myself...
Pushing away all other thoughts, I decided on giving him a suprise visit.
'Maybe I'll see Shen again!'
The thought of Shen and Uta brought a smile to my face.
The way Shen's comical side clashed with Uta's sarcasm was the most amusing thing!
As I started to wipe one of the tables I hear my phone vibrate on the counter.
Realizing it was my alarm, I shoot my eyes at the clock.
'Yes! I'm free!'
Smiling like a dummy, I ran over to the counter and dimissed my alarm.
And just for the heck of it, I did a little twirl as I clocked out, and another as I left the cafe.
The nights were getting a little colder so tonight I had a gray scarf coiled around my neck.
Looking right and left, I navigated my way in the dark night to Uta's shop.
I looked down the street, which was mostly engulfed in darkness, not counting the streetlights which lit every few meters or so.
As I past a flickering streetlight, it reminded me of Yusei and Yuze and the scary stories they told me growing up.
When I was little they used to tell me to never go out at night or else I'll be eaten .
Most kids had ghost stories but I had ghoul stories as well, considering that was all those two every studied.
I think it was all those rumours they always told me that made me doubt them. Not all ghouls can be the animalistic beings that were rumoured.
Just like Uta, ghouls have a human side too.
I never understood my siblings ambition and passion.
Then again, my siblings have a personal experience I don't.
Before I was born, I had an uncle from my father's side.
One night he didn't come home and when his blood was found in known ghoul territory, that became his presumed cause of death.
We never found out if it really was ghouls that killed him but I know my brother and sister never let it go.
Maybe they just haven't met a ghoul, like I've met Uta.
Taking one final turn to the right, I reached his shop.
The door was slightly open, which was a little strange but I assumed he was home, possibly fitting a mask.
"Uta? Its (y/n)!" I called out.
No response....
I began walking through the shop, looking for him or a trace of him, till I made my way to the back.
In the faint glow of the moonlight, I see silouhettes I recognize.
Relieved, I was about to call out to Shen and Uta, until I noticed something.
I took a gentle step foward and quickly retreated as a thick odor hit me.
Blood and flesh.
The odor was so concentrated, I could taste the blood's iron.
I clasp my hand over my mouth.
They were hunting? H-Humans...
I looked down, seeing the corspe.
The sight of death froze me in place.
Despite his face being out of view his body bloody and open.
But not too far from the corspe, I saw something else.
A badge.
A badge.
My mind went into a flurry as I knew recognized the badge, glinting in the moonlight.
It couldnt be.... It can't... Uta... Uta..He...Yusei..
I stood there for a second as my brain made one conclusion. One conclusion I couldn't find a way to deny as my entire body seemed to go numb.
I couldn't even think properly as I quickly darted out his shop, onto the street.
My chest was heaving as I slipped into a hysteria, though my cries were silent.
I kept running and running, my lungs felt like they were ready to burst.
I ran up to my door, fumbling with the keys until it open.
'I feel so.. dizzy... I can't focus....'
With my back to my locked door and my arms around my knees, I try to calm myself. I try to reassure myself, of many things.
Like that Uta wouldn't hurt me. That he cares about me. I try as my lips quiver. I try so hard to believe that Uta didn't hunt Yusei. I try to forget the blood and the corsp-
I felt myself gag at the thought. Slowly using the walls, I get up and walk to my bedroom. My vision begins to get out of focus and my eyelids feel heavy.
The exhaust in my body seems to kick in and settle in my bones.
I let my eyes close and my world black out.