Left a mother - Kaneki X Reader X Haise

Chapter 43

The melody of the ice cream truck rolled around your street as Izuki ran outside with a dollar in his hand. There was a small line beside the truck so Izuki walked behind the other young children, looking at what he could get with his money.

"Ahh~ An ice cream truck! Just my luck!" The young man dashed toward the ice cream truck brightly as he looked over the choices of ice cream in front of him. Izuki, who was beside this man observed his interesting look. Long black hair, small red hair clips, and overalls.

He must have noticed Izuki staring at him because he turned his head toward the young male, "Hmm? Why are you staring at me like that?" Izuki jumped at the sudden question but composed himself, "You're an investigator?" Izuki asked curiously and the man nodded.

"Oh! You could tell?" Izuki nodded at his question and the man smiled at him. "Smart kid! Lemme buy your ice cream for you. Shinohara-san would be so proud of my good deed for the day."

"Thank you," Izuki said quietly as watched the man order for him before receiving the ice cream in his hands. "My name is Suzuya Juuzou, but since you're my friend, you can call me Juuzou!" Izuki nodded again at him, "My name is Izuki."

"Izuki huh? Nice to meet you! I better get going, enjoy your ice cream!" Juuzou says before he starts to run off. Izuki gasps and runs after him, "J-Juuzou-san! Wait!" Halting at the call of his name, Juuzou turns around to face the young boy once more. "What is it?"

"Could you teach me?" Izuki says with a louder voice, tightly holding onto his ice cream. Juuzou steps closer towards the young male, bending down, "Teach you what?"

"I want to become an investigator too."

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"Huh? Izuki, is that you?" You call out from the kitchen as Izuki lets out a small grunt in response. "Did you get your ice cream?" Walking out of the kitchen with a rag, you bend down in front of Izuki and wiped off the remaining ice cream on his face. "Looks like you enjoyed it."

"I found a friend today," Izuki says as you continue to wipe his face. Your face sparkles and you bring his forehead down to kiss it. "That's amazing! What does he look like?" Izuki looks up as if trying to remember, "Black hair, red clips." Izuki states and you chuckle. "He seems like a cute little fella."

As you walk back into the kitchen, Izuki walks into his room and looks out the window and at the small garden of flowers, remembering the words from Juuzou.

'Hmm, alright. You seem capable enough for me to teach you. You'll be one of the greatest investigators by the time you're my age. Why do you want to become an investigator?" Juuzou asks curiously as Izuki digs his shoe into the ground. "I want to save people too."

A few weeks passed by and Izuki continued to secretly train with Juuzou, learning hand to hand combat to even practicing using a quinque. It was extremely tiring and difficult for such a young boy, but even Juuzou could tell he had something special in him.

"Izuki? Why don't you invite your friend over dinner?" You ask as Izuki sat at the dinner table, working in his book you had gifted him. "Sasaki-san and I would love to meet your friend." Izuki stops his writing and looks at his book for a minute before nodding. "Alright, I'll go get him."

You watch as Izuki leaves the house before walking into the bedroom where Haise was working at his desk, finishing some papers up. "Hey sweety, Izuki's friend is going to come over this evening." You say as you kiss his temple. Haise smiles and turns towards you, his circular frames sitting on his face nicely and cutely.

"Have I told you those glasses make you look super smart and attractive?" You say as you play around with his multi-colored hair. "Don't lie to me, I'm attractive all the time." Haise jokes as you nod and laugh into his arms. "Alright, you caught me."

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"Mom, we're back!" Izuki shouts from the living room as you and Haise walk down from the hallway to greet his friend. You're about to greet the male until your eyes land on him, your mouth falls open slightly. He was at all what you imagined.

"Juuzou?" Haise's face is filled with shock as Juuzou smiles and waves to the man beside you. "Oh, Sasaki-san! I didn't know you were here! Izuki asked me to come to dinner and of course I agreed! It's free food!"

"N-Nice to meet you Juuzou-kun." You greet with a small bow as you excuse yourself to the side with Haise. "Haise, you know this man?" You ask with worry as you glance over at Juuzou before turning back towards Haise. "Well, he works in the CCG with us, as an investigator."

You gasp lightly and look around for Chiaki, "What! He's dangerous to us! He could harm Chiaki!" You whisper loudly, but not enough for Juuzou to hear you. "Hey, he won't if he doesn't know," Haise reassures. You bit your lip and look over at the pair chatting as you turn back to Haise. "He can stay over for dinner tonight, I'll have to talk to Izuki separately later."

Chiaki sat next to you as you helped him with his dinner. You watched how Izuki and Juuzou got along well together, but you knew that if anything got closer, something could happen to Chiaki. You made small talk with Juuzou time to time and he got along well with you as well, with everyone actually.

"Thank you for the meal (Name)-san! It was delicious!" You smiled as you walked with him to the door, holding into Chiaki's small hand. "Oh, it was nothing. I'm glad you could come. Have a safe walk home." You reply as you wave good-bye with your free hand. Juuzou skips off and you close the door before having Chiaki walk to Haise.

"Izuki, can we have a talk please?" You ask softly as Izuki looks at you from the living room floor. Nodding, he gets up and follows you into his bedroom where you sit on his bed. "Please tell me why you're best friends with an investigator?"