Two halfs of one whole♥

Painful memories

It was 8:30 in the morning and Shiro had woken up due to his own kagune waving around excitedly. He often had this problem where he wouldn't be able to control his own tendrils for a while.

They seemed to have acted on there own most of the time and it was honestly annoying the shit out of Shiro."Alright, Alright I'm up you stupid tentacles,I might as well call you that instead." One of the tendrils had smacked Shiro slightly on the head as they disappeared into red dust behind his lower back.

"Yeah that's right you better hide..." He got up and stretched a bit with a long,lazy yawn. "I better get dressed and eat dinner...maybe brush my teeth then fix my hair? Or maybe I should just-" Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Shiro blinked in surprise and made his way to the door,he opened it cautiously but froze when he saw his counterpart Kuro.

"Um...hey Shiro? I'm sorry to bug you but can I stay with you for a bit? There some workers in my apartment working on plumage problems."
Shiro was both happy and nervous but he kept his cool. "Why can't you just wait till there done?"
"Well I can't because its a all day thing. Besides I'm not comfortable around strangers...I mean I know you already so your not a stranger! B-But if your busy then its OK. I guess I can go ask Hi-" Shiro quickly pulled ken inside and closed the door. "You can stay. But only because I don't trust you with anyone else got that?" Ken stuttered shyly. "Y-Yes Shiro I-I understand." The other male chuckled. "No need to worry I was just messing with you feel free to come and go as you please." Shiro headed into his room to fix himself while leaving a bewildered dork in the living room.

When Shiro came back he was all dresses in decent clothes with his hair fixed and a grin on his face. 'He seemed happy today unlike yesterday's calm,depressing mood...' Thought the human.
Shiro attempted to open up his fridge but froze in shock. He almost forgot that he had human remains and body parts stacked up in there,he surely didn't want to scare or gross out his guest. "Um you hungry? Let's head out for breakfast at a near by place I know of!" Ken agreed and smiled politely,"OK then Shiro-San! I don't mind at all." Shiro nodded and opened the door as they made there way out.

Soon they arrived at Kaneki's favorite known place. "Wait this is Anteiku! I come here a lot with Hide!" Shiro looked at the other a bit sad. "Oh? I didn't know you came here. That's good I guess. This place really brings back memories for me..." Shiro was touching his chin with a pained grin. Kaneki nudged his shoulder and spoke softly with worry. "You OK? You look sad." The white haired shook his head and lead the way inside,"I'm fine."

As they walked inside they were greeted by a young female worker who Ken had seen a couple of times. She had dark purple hair and pretty violet-like eyes but one of her eyes where covered by her bangs. She looked like she was filled with anger and compassion but Ken was never bothered by her in fact she seemed nice. "Hello and welcome to Anteiku." She took a glimpse at the two and frowned slightly. "Touka..." Ken looked at Shiro in surprise and so did the young waitress. "Huh? Do I know you or something?" She glared.
"No you probably don't remember me. Sorry about the confusion~" he smiled but she just huffed in annoyance and left.

The two boys soon found an empty place to sit at and stare at the menu but Ken was filled with questions. "So Shiro how do you know her name?" Shiro put his eyes on the other. "Hm? Oh Well let's just say that we are old friends. She doesn't know me anymore but I'm sure she'll come around."
"Oh." Was all the raven haired male could say. He was still confused but trusted Shiro's words. After a while of waiting Touka came by to collect there orders. Kaneki ordered a sandwich with fresh green tea as a drink but all Shiro got was black coffee. 'Maybe he wasn't hungry? Well I'm sure he'll eat sooner right?' Again Ken thought to himself. It took another while for there orders to arrive and they were finally able to enjoy there treats. It was silent for a bit but soon conversations about random things filled the café. You could say they were finally having some fun until someone else came in. That's when things got intense.

Kaneki glimpsed to the side and met eyes with his secret crush Rize. She was indeed beautiful and stunning in his eyes and he gasped as her light colored purple hair passed by. She was always smiling when she came in and she always sat at the same spot across from kaneki. He lowered his head in a dark blush. "It's her. It's really her. She's here again." Shiro watched as ken became a shy,blushing mess but he wasn't so pleased. He glared at Rize as she passed by and he couldn't help but feel the need to throw up. He was scared but also enraged. "Are you almost done? If not hurry up have to go." Ken looked up in confusion once more. "What? Leave? So soon?!" Shiro left some money by the table and got up,yanking at the others arm. "Yes now hurry up or else you might-" his sentence was cut short when Rize came behind him and dropped her book. He stood still in place clearly stunned. Did she do that on purpose? "Shiro! Be careful next time you almost hit her! Ah, sorry about my friend..." Kaneki picked up her book and looked at it while giving it back. "Egg of the black goat?"

"Oh it's alright I'm sure your friend didn't mean it~ anyway yes that's the book that I'm currently reading,you know of it?" Kaneki gasped. "Yes its from my favorite author and one of the best novels so far! I read it so many times!" Rize giggled. "You must be a big fan of Takatsuki's works" Kaneki shyly blushed and shouted out in joy,"Y-y-yes! I love sen takatsuki!!" Shiro came in and pulled kaneki close. "Sorry to bug you miss but we were just leaving."
"Oh where are my manners my name is Rize Kamishiro~" she cooed. "Alright that's lovely now we really must go." She frowned slightly in awe. "What's the rush? surely you two must have time to chat?" Kaneki was about to say something when Shiro interrupted. "Actually no we don't. Goodbye." And with that last remark Shiro quickly dragged his precious human away from Anteiku but he slowly felt her glare from behind. He knew she wasn't going to be ignored that easily.

"What was that all about?!" Ken shouted. "She's a bad person don't go near her." Shiro frowned slightly.
"B-Bad?! She was so nice and polite though...she even liked the same author that we do and she didn't seem so-" Shiro was furious now as he yelled back at his counterpart. "ENOUGH! JUST SHUT UP OK?!"
There was silence. Silence And more silence until Shiro sighed, rubbing at his temple. "Look I'm sorry OK but trust me when I tell you this...she is a horrible person." Kaneki didn't understand why he was so hateful towards Rize but he complied effortlessly. Walking the way home was dark and completely awkward for the two. None of them were sure of what to say next for a long time,shame seemed to have filled both boys. It was at least 4 or 5 in the afternoon and time sure did fly by. Shiro was still worried about Rize and a bunch of other things such as the CCG or fabulous trash Shuu or worse Yamori. So many threats to worry about so Shiro decided to kill everything that was considered harmful. He had so many people to protect such as Touka,Hinami,Yomo,Uta,Hide,Nishio-Senpai,Yoshimura and just so many precious friends. He needed to set things right,after all isn't that why he was sent back to the past mysteriously? Or was this just a sick dream?

When they arrived at Shiro's apartment Kaneki was surprisingly very tired. Shiro looked through cabinets of clothes and items of personal belongings when he entered his room. He quickly found a plastic bag with what he was searching for, but he had to find a way to sneak out. He paused for a moment and stood there in thought,he slowly made his way to the living room to ask Kaneki something but was surprised to find him sleeping. "What a dork...well I'll let you sleep. I'll be back OK?" Shiro smiled softly while gently kissing the others forehead before stepping out the door.

He found a empty alley way to cautiously change into his battle suit and switched his old clothes in the bag,he sprouted his kagune from his lower back with a calm face. Shiro's kagune swaying around beautifully as there neon like colors of red and back glowed in the dark. Next Shiro put on his skeleton grin mask and leaped up onto the cities rooftops where he stood proudly as the lights of Tokyo glittered in the night sky. With a loud crack of his index finger he spoke softly as his right eye was blood red and covered in a black abyss. Red small veins showed up inside and out of his right eye,spread across his face slightly. Yes he was what most people in society considered to be a monster but he wasn't a monster in fact he was a...

"I am a ghoul."