Unmasking A Ghoul (Uta X Reader)

Ch 15

"Yuzei... What happened?" I asked uneasily.
She looked down at her hands and sniffed.
"He was on a outlook post and a ghoul snuck up and scratched his arm up. Most of his arm got.... E..eaten..." She struggled to repeat the words.
"Its a miracle he survived. The operation method is fairly new...." Uta nodded.
"Like Anteiku boy right?" I asked.
"Mmm. He's a real lucky one, that kid nearly died."
"But back to Yuse... He got some sort of an infection from his arm getting torn up like that, they decided that from all that blood lost and such, that the ghoul operation would be the b-best choice for him."
"They didn't ask anything? Or anyone?" Uta asked.

Yuzei shook her head still looking down
"It's like they didnt even consider how he would feel or a-anything.... He's been pretty much off duty since but no one else knows about what happened... Well except you and Uta now."
Uta pushed up his sunglasses with slight unease then asked Yuzei for the medical report.
I hadnt even though about reading it...
As Yuzei handed it, she mentioned she hadn't read through it all, since she hasn't had time to.
A second or two of silence pass and it began to feel awkward....
"Well at least he's safe, well, and alive!" I quickly spewed. I wasn't sure who I was ensuring when I said that. My heart fell into a quivering pattern and I knew I was afraid of almost losing Yuse.... I bit my lip and looked down as I moved my thumbs back and forth and back and forth an-
"(Y/n)..." Yuzei reached out to grabbed my hand and as I brought my head up, i realized my eyes were blurred with tears and my lips were moving ever so slightly.
I brought my head back down with a silent prayer as I held Yuzei's hand.
Uta cleared his throat, breaking the fragile mood.
However looking back at him made me smile as I saw his uncertainty on how to act in this situation.
Deciding to offer a smile, he handed the report back.
"So how did you recognize Yuse's issue? You some secret doctor?" Yuzei weakly joked.
"Nah, just my workplace is close to common ghoul areas."
Dang he played that off real easily! I mentally praised.
"And you ain't afraid of the ghouls? Then again with all those tattoos they'd be afraid of you!" Yuzei began to lighten up and for the first time it seemed, her eyes became happy again.

End of Ch.15