Tᴏᴋʏᴏ Gʜᴏᴜʟ Rᴇ:Cᴏᴅᴇᴅ

Broken

Kaneki left Uta's shop sweating while his face held the same complexion of a fresh tomato. He'd asked so many personal questions that he thought he'd die of embarrassment and it didn't help that Touka stayed right there.

It wasn't all bad though, he found that he liked Uta no matter how odd he was. Just another ghoul associate to add to the list. Plus it was great to see Touka genuinely smile for once.

Now they were walking across a bridge back to where they'd started but then she suddenly stopped.

"You can get home by yourself right? If so then I'm leaving."

"W-wait?"

"What?"

"At the risk of being murdered, I want to ask you out."

"WHAT?!"

"N-not like a date or anything!! I just want to...thank you for the other day. You didn't have to intervene and stop me from killing Nishiki nor did you have to take me here today. Please just...let me say thanks."

"...One coffee. One talk. Got it?"

"Sure!"

"Ugh...fine let's go. I know a great cafe around here."

They made their way to said cafe and took a seat in a booth in the far back. He didn't know what to say and she looked ready to kill if he said the wrong thing. Finally her features softened and she began talking.

"So you go to Kami right?"

"Oh uh yeah."

"What's it like, I graduate soon so I've been looking at colleges."

"Oh it's great, yeah their lectures go into great detail, the faculty are nice and the campus is so large and beautiful."

"Is that right? I'll have to take a closer look then. Alright, wanna ask me something?"

"Oh um...got any family?"

"...I have a brother. He's not with us anymore."

"Oh I'm so sorry. Was it the Doves?"

"No he's not dead. I'd welcome his death as a friend. Right now he's suffering worse than all of us..."

Ten Years Ago

"Touka!! Ayato!! Come on back, it's time for dinner!!"

A tall man with short blue hair called out the backdoor to two little munchkins playing around in the backyard of their home.

Touka grabbed her little brother's hand and walked towards their dad who awaited them with open arms.

"I swear everytime I clean you both up you come back even more dirty than before. Wanna tell me how that's  possible?"

Both brother and sister jumped on him and giggled with the sister speaking first. "Sorry daddy, I was teaching Ayato how to dig up bugs. He kept squealing like a little girl though."

"I did not!!"

"Oh then who was it? The wind?"

"Maybe..."

"Haha, you two crack me up. Touka you're the eldest so promise me that you'll always watch out for him. And Ayato, you're a boy so promise me you'll protect your sister.

"We promise!!",they said in unison.

Four Years Later

"Sis watch out!!"