We are the ghouls of London // PHAN

•CHAPTER THIRTEEN•

For those who have watched Tokyo Ghoul, yes Termika in this book is a basic spin off of Touka

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Tonight. 8pm. Bandstand again. Important.

If it was so important, then why was it 8:12pm and neither Connor or Termika turned up?

The heels of Dan's converse gently hit the edge of the brick bandstand as he sat on it, his back leaning against the metal fencing protecting the inside of the bandstand. He lightly closed his eyes and breathed out.

"OI! HOWELL!!"

Walking along the pathway was Connor, Termika behind him.

Dan roller his eyes at there late appearance. He gracefully jumped off the bandstand and walked over to them. "And where were you?"

"Well someone fell asleep and forgot I had set up this meeting, didn't they, Termika?" Connor said looking at Termika.

"Look I have a bad memory and I was tired. You can't blame me." Termika said folding her arms to defend herself.

"I can blame you cos' I've been out here for quarter of an hour waiting for you to turn up," Dan protested, a small smile appearing on his face as he defended himself.

"Touché," Termika commented, her voice laced with amusement.

"Right, before we go hunting, we need to go somewhere," Connor instructs us as he walks off in a new direction.

"What? Where are we going?" Dan asked with full interest.

"We, Dan Howell, are off to get you a mask."

"Mask? Why?"

"Are you kidding me? Every ghoul has a mask to hide there face from the police so it makes it harder for them to find us. It's a basic essential Dan,"

"So you two have masks then?" Dan asked out of pure curiosity as they stepped out onto the pavement of one of the main roads in London as card sped past the three ghouls who walked along the street only lit up by the artificial amber street lamps.

"What part of 'every ghoul' don't you get?" Connor teases, "Of course we do."

"We'll get them out at Thomas' shop though. Don't want to reveal who out masked identities are in the middle of a crowded London," Termika added.

Dan decided against asking who the hell this Thomas guy was that Termika had mentioned. Dan had asked a lot of questions already, he didn't need to ask even more to them. The pair of them probably found Dan annoying already.

Connor led Dan down an even dimly lit street, the only light source coming from the luminous neon lights coming from a shop from down the road which Connor was walking towards. The lights created shadows behind all three of the ghouls and the shadows began to dance as Connor pulled back a bunch of beads in the shops doorway for Dan to enter.

It was cramped. Small. But it was a unique shop filled to the brim with unique mask ideas. Some were colourful and bright which Dan thought was odd since the masks were designed to NOT attract the attention to the ghouls but the masks that for some reason caught his attention was the wide selection of masks with the monochrome theme to them. Dan knew that was the colour scheme he wanted but the design he had no idea about.

"Dan, this is Thomas," Dan was instantly pulled out of the day dream he was having to looked towards Connor where he was gesturing towards a male man. He looked only a year or two older than the three of them and was sitting on top of the chipped and slightly dented desk that held the cash register on. His hair was brown but a lot lighter than Connor and Dan's. He had a bright smile which gave anyone the motion that he was an extremely friendly character to be around. He was wearing a black hoodie which was unzipped so his red Steven Universe t-shirt with a yellow star was on display. Like Dan, he was also wearing black skinny jeans and a pair of extremely battered converse.

"Hey Tom," Dan greeted Thomas casually.

"Don't call me Tom. Tom sounds weird since everyone, and I mean everyone, calls me Thomas," he states as he jumps off the unit to shake Dan's outstretched hand.

Dan nodded, understanding.

"So what are you after then good sir?" Thomas asks as he looks at Dan.

Raising an eyebrow, Dan looked at him, "Did you just call me-"

"Good sir? Yeah I did," Thomas chuckled, "Dad's off gambling all our money we earned from this company to the rest of his business rivals so I'm here to stand in for him. Thought I might as well try out some of the language he uses to convince customers to buy some stuff."

"Dan's in desperate need of a mask," Connor tells Thomas as be crosses his arms and leans against the counter in a conveniently placed dent which some how was moulded to fit  Connors back, "And since he will be hanging around with Termika and I a lot it's important he gets one."

Thomas nodded his head as he looked around the shop and then directly at Dan, "Any percific ideas you have wandering about that brain of yours of a design?"

"Monochrome colours," Dan spoke out as he looked around all the items available. He finally stopped in front of one which was black and looked a bit like a part of a gas mask but covered Dan's nose and mouth. It had some cool detailing on it and that was what drew Dan towards the item the most.

"You like this one?" Thomas' voice scared Dan as he jumped, causing a chuckle to escape Thomas' lips.

He took a hold of the mask Dan was holding and passed it to him, "Try it on if you like. I personally think it would suit you."

Dan took the mask out of Thomas' hands and walked over to the mirror. His reflection glanced back at him blankly as he slowly put the mask he was holding over his head, and making sure the strap was tight so the mask could not move. The way it looked on Dan's face... he instantly fell in love.

"Well?"

Dan turned around and jumped once again as the tree people in front of him were all wearing there own unique masks. Thomas' was crimson red which had the same kind of layout as Dan's; covering his nose and mouth. Connor had a mask that looked like it should have belonged to a someone going to a masquerade party. It was a simple design in monochrome colours like Dan's own mask but it reflected Connor's personality a lot. Then there was Termika's mask. Every feature of her face was hidden apart from her eyes which seemed to pierce through the holes at eye level in the mask. The design was cute and could easily catch someone's attention but because of how much it hid of her real face, it was affective.

"I love it," Dan admitted as he looked in the mirror once again at his reflection and even though no one could see it, Dan was smiling.

"Great, now lets go hunting 'cos I'm starving," Termika complained before the four ghouls excited the shop, Thomas locking the doors tightly closed to make sure nothing happened whilst they were gone.

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Ok so this is gonna sound weird.

Smut or nah?

Basically I have this friend called Emily or MCRFans (a shared account she shares with her sister) and she wants me to write smut in this book. And I don't know if I should do that?

I'm thinking of keeping this book smut free BUT have sections with smut but it is written in a SEPARATE book? So you can read this book normally if you don't want to know details about smut but for those people like Emily who do for some reason... that smut'll be in a different book??

Idk should I? Let me know x