Rude | Kaneki x Ayato

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C h a p t e r 1

"So what exactly do you want me to do?" I asked chuckling as I wiped down the counter in front of me. I was finishing up my shift at Anteiku when my worst enemy, Ayato came storming in with his same old bitchy attitude.

Actually no, I wouldn't say he's my worst enemy. Let's leave Jason to take that title. Ayato always hated me for some odd reason, especially when I began working at Anteiku alongside his sister, Touka. He'd tell me to do whatever he wanted me to do and threaten me as if I was afraid of him.

But he was wrong.

Ayato leaned back in his seat and propped his legs up on the table he was sitting at, knowing very well that I'd have to clean it again later. He bit down on his bottom lip and ran his fingers through his dark purple hair.

Ayato had that "I may be hot but I'm really a dick" look, or that's just what I thought. He matched every rude guy character you'd read about in a book, and every one you'd see in a movie. Ayato wasn't much of a unique person, no matter how much he thought he was.

"Stop working here, stop talking to my sister and get the fuck out of Tokyo, Kaneki," Ayato growled loud and bitterly.

I chuckled once again. "I have nothing on your sister," I ran my my fingers through my dark black hair and continued, "and I don't plan to either."

Ayato got up and walked towards me standing behind the counter. I looked at him with cunning eyes, showing him that I was no where near afraid of him.

He scoffed and looked away, making me laugh in response.

"What's so funny Ken? What the fuck is your problem?" Ayato asked rudely.

I walked out from behind the counter and grabbed my jacket and umbrella to shed myself from the rain that's been pouring heavily here in Tokyo. I put on my jacket and opened the door getting ready to leave Anteiku until I turned to face Ayato once again.

"I'm not going to live my life fearing some non-scary asshole like you," I said confidently, "Especially when you're my own type."

I closed the door and left Anteiku and I opened my blue umbrella as I walked. Before I reached the sidewalk, yells coming from Ayato could be heard through the windows of the small coffee shop, but it's not like I cared.

Ayato didn't work at Anteiku, but he owned an apartment pretty close to the coffee shop. My manger said he could spend his time there anytime he wanted, because his younger sister Touka lived in an apartment above the coffee shop.

I rarely ever spoke to Touka, and whenever I did, her cheeks would heat up majorly and she'd immediately shy away from the conversation. Whether we were talking about customer orders or plans for the days we had off, her face constantly looked like a tomato.

Sometimes that led me to believe she had a crush on me, hence the fact that her older brother is constantly telling me to stay away from her.

I don't want to be rude to Touka, but I don't feel that way about her. She's a nice girl and a great partner for work, but nothing more. I don't see her in that way, and I don't think I ever will.

I have never fell in love with a female in my whole life. Maybe all of the women in Japan just aren't my type? Something about them just isn't attractive to me. Translation: I'm gay. Like really fucking gay.

After taking a ten minute walk from the place that I worked, I was finally in the comfort of my own apartment again. Yes it was small, but it was just enough for me.

I lived alone, worked to pay for my own living expenses, and pretty much remained alone. Ever since my mom died, I was alone.

I didn't have a lover unlike the ninety-nine percent of other twenty year old gay men in Japan, or should I say ghouls, but that didn't always bother me.

Usually when people got involved in those relationships, they'd always end up hurt in the end. Relationships are temporary, love is a forever thing. And I still happened to be waiting for love to come into my life. But I was willing to wait.

I made that mistake long ago when I went on a date with a girl named Rize. She was really beautiful. Rize had long pink hair and glasses. I may be gay, but I went out with this girl way before I knew I was gay.

Yes, like I said before I never fell in love with a female in my life and that is indeed true. I wasn't in love with Rize. I thought she was cute and I wanted a chance to date a girl for once in my life. But when she tried to kill me, my life has never been the same. I've avoided females completely, until I realized I was very much gay, and into men.

After I had situated myself from walking home in the rain, I sat down in front of the television on my couch and wrapped up in a blanket.

I have to admit, I'm quite tired from work. Today we had many customers (probably because of the rain) which meant I was brewing cups of coffee all day.

A lot of them were humans instead of the regular ghouls that stop by Anteiku, which meant I had to control my urges.

What's it been, like three weeks since I've had human flesh in my system? Usually during this time of the month, I start to get desperate. Because one, us ghouls have to consume human flesh at least once a month or we'll die, and two, I may be half human still but I still have the urges of a ghoul.

I hate to eat humans because I'm still slightly human myself, but I need to survive don't I?

Some time later I found myself lying down on the couch in a sleeping position. I still had my eyes on the TV, but my eyes were growing heavy. Before I knew it, I was asleep.