Left a mother - Kaneki X Reader X Haise

Chapter 44

HAVE YOU GUYS READ CHAPTER 122?! 

ME: TOUKA, *INHALES* BOI

I'M FREAKING OUT RIGHT NOW, CAUSE HE'S MA HUB HUB (he looked extra gud).

(don't get me wrong, I love ma girl Touka too, but BOI)

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"Please tell me why you're best friends with an investigator?"

Izuki looks at you before shrugging his shoulders, a sigh escaping your lips from the response. "Izuki, I'm serious." Izuki folds his hands in between his legs and waits a short minute before actually responding, "He's just a really nice person, he's fun."

"But you know that he could do something bad to Chiaki too," You responded back in a stern voice with your hands on your hips. "He doesn't know though,"

"He doesn't need to know," You look at Izuki before letting out another sigh before softening down, "Look Izuki, I'm just trying to be extra careful here okay? I don't want anything happening to you or Chiaki." Izuki looks down and nods, you pulling him into your chest with a kiss on the top of his head, "I don't want you two getting hurt."

"Okay, mom."

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Opening his eyes, Izuki glanced over at the clock beside him on his nightstand; It read 3:04 AM. Sitting up in the dark, he looked over at Chiaki, making sure he was asleep before getting out and going into the silent hallway. He stopped outside your bedroom and made sure Haise and yourself were sleeping before he threw on a sweater and quietly exited the house.

"Juuzou-san?" Izuki whispered in the dimly lit streets as he approached the meeting destination. "Ah! Izuki!" Juuzou popped up from around the corner with a cheeky smile before squatting down with a small briefcase. "I brought this for you."

Opening the briefcase, Izuki watched as Juuzou pulled out what looked like a weapon. "I was able to take this one without anybody noticing," Juuzou stated with a small chuckle as he hands it to Izuki. "Is this for me?"

"How else are you going to practice if you don't have your own quinque?" Juuzou stands up and places his hands on his hips triumphantly, "Well, test it out!" Nodding hesitantly, Izuki grips the quinque in his hands before slashing a trashcan a few feet in front of him and cutting it into two. "Wow."

"Amazing isn't it?" Izuki nodded and a small smile approaches his lips. "Now we wait around for ghouls to come!" Izuki and Juuzou then walk around town before settling on a good area while they waited for ghouls to approach. "You'll be very good bait because you're so young."

"Here, I want you to go out into the street and act like you're lost. I'm positive we'll run into a ghoul." Izuki's face went pale from that sentence, he was still new at this, he was scared. "W-what if a ghoul gets me?"

"Hey, that's what I'm here for!" Juuzou jokes as he pushes Izuki into the street. It was dead silent and Izuki deactivated the quinque and held it close as he nervously waited. It wasn't until half an hour had passed when they had gotten someone to come.

"Hey little boy, are you lost?" Turning around in light speed, Izuki clutched onto his quinque before nodding, "Y-yeah." The man walks closer to him and puts a hand on his shoulder, "Follow me, I'll take you to the police."

Izuki then slowly follows the man, making sure he could activate the quinque in time in case anything happened. He didn't know if Juuzou was following also, but he could feel his heart beating quickly against his ribcage, if he messed up, this could be the end of the road for him.

"We're here." The man replies as he stops in an alleyway. "Huh, but this isn't the police station," Izuki replies as he takes a step back. "No, but this is where I eat you." Izuki watches in horror as the man activates his kagune and the way his eyes changed.

Izuki barely dodges the slam of the kagune and it sends him a few feet away and onto the hard floor as he reaches to find his quinque. The kagune wraps around his neck as the man gets closer to Izuki's face, "It's a shame that you're such a young boy," Izuki leans his face away from the man, finally grabbing onto his quinque.

Right before the man was going to slash Izuki with his kagune, Izuki activated his quinque and plunged it into the man's heart where blood splatters onto Izuki's face. Izuki pulled out his quinque with all the strength he had left and escaped the man before finishing him off.

It was still the dead of the night as Izuki stood in front of the dead ghoul's body with his face and hands all bloody. He got his first ghoul. Izuki was out of breath and still shocked from everything that had happened that he didn't notice the ghoul approaching quickly behind him.

"Izuki!" A voice shouted as Izuki turned around to notice the ghoul who was activating their kagune towards him. Izuki had no time to react with his quinque and all he could do was try to block himself and shut his eyes wishing for the best.

He felt warm blood splatter on his face and on the ground beside him. After realizing that he wasn't harmed yet, he cracked his eyes open and they widened when he noticed the familiar white haired male in front of him.

"Izuki! What are you doing!" Kaneki shouted as he pulled the man off his kagune and deactivated it to turn around and face Izuki. Izuki was too shocked to talk and his small form was shaking as he looked at Kaneki, more traumatized by everything than scared. "What are you doing out here, you could've died if I wasn't here!" Kaneki scolded as Izuki looked at his dad, angry gray eyes staring into his own.

"I-I was practicing with Juuzou.." Izuki responded still shaken by everything. He felt disappointed that Juuzou was nowhere to be seen, maybe his friend choices weren't too good. "Izuki, you're covered in blood. What would your mom say about this?"

All he could do was look down in shame. He didn't want any of this to happen. Kaneki let out a sigh before turning around and bending down in front of the young male. "Here get on, I'll take you to my house and clean you up and take you back. I'll keep this a secret between your mom and I if you promise not to do anything so careless again." Kaneki scolded once again as Izuki let out a tear and nodded, getting onto his back and wrapping his arms around his father's neck.

"I'm sorry." Izuki cried as he rested his head on Kaneki's back. As Kaneki walked away into the dark and dim streets, arms supporting Izuki tightly. "It's okay, don't cry. At least you were able to defend yourself from that first ghoul, I'm proud of you for that too. But still, it doesn't mean you can do it again."

"I won't do it again, dad."