Forgotten

INTRO

preview: introduction to Ayato and Kaneki's relationship.

No one in Aogiri expected two of the highest rating members: Ayato and Kaneki to date, but yes in fact they did, despite being polar opposites. Of course this was before the unfortunate events of Kaneki being taken out by Arima. With a stroke of luck; Kaneki -the only one in the organisation and maybe the only one in the entire world- managed to break down Ayato's strong walls and get him to open up about his true fears and emotions.

Of course it wasn't easy; in fact it took Kaneki several weeks to finally get Ayato to open up to him, and to him it was very much worth it. Kaneki and Ayato's relationship wasn't the best but it wasn't the worse; Ayato was very grumpy and verbally abusive which sometimes Kaneki didn't like but he dealt with it because he loved his boyfriend.

After being tortured by Yamori it was hard to feel any emotion; but he soon learned to feel them again with the help of Ayato; the younger surprisingly managed to bring them out, although it originally started with anger. Yes, Kaneki knew/ knows that Ayato is around 4 years younger then him, when he first met him he was 14 and he was 18. He originally felt wrong and guilty for starting to feel something for the younger boy but soon that guilt vanished, it's not like he had the choice to not fall for the younger teenager.

Kaneki was so happy when Ayato said he had the same feelings for him, he can't remember ever feeling this good after his 'accident', even before for that matter. He could tell from Ayato's bright flaming blush and microscopic smile that he was happy too, even if he was trying to abuse him.

Regardless of that, Kaneki was glued to Ayato's side; always wanting to protect him from any danger, especially during their missions. He was dedicated to protect those who he cared and loved for to avoid another disaster and loss. He was dedicated to be different with the younger, he was dedicated to protect and be there for him at all costs. Ayato helped influence his determination to be strong enough to protect everyone, which he did.

But all of that was in the past, in the present time they cant see each other. Arima brainwashed Kaneki and 'erased' the past 20 years of his life instead of killing him to use him as his toy instead. Unfortunately for Ayato, his memories stayed. Ayato remembered all those affectionate moments, which he pretended to hate when he secretly loved them. he remembered all the arguments and fights they would have, he remembered how Kaneki would always protect him and stand up for him.

That said relationship is now a one sided love.

Ayato didn't expect Kaneki's disappearance to affect him so badly, he didn't expect to feel lonely without his partner in crime by his side. He missed him but would never tell anyone that or admit it to himself. Let alone let himself grieve the loss of him.