Who Am I? ((Kaneki Ken x reader))

Chapter 3

The harsh wind entered the small coffee shop as you burst through the door, the bell's ring being muffled by your arrival. Fortunately, Anteiku had closed a few minutes ago, leaving the employees to clean the tables and wash the cups and dishes. You ascended the stairs in a rush, desperate to escape reality. Your (h/c) hair hung over your face like a shield, refusing to let anyone see what your emotions were showing.
"Are you okay?"
"What happened?"
"Why are you in such a hurry?"
You ignored it all, ran to your room and slammed the door shut. Your eyes scanned the room for anything you could distract yourself with before you went crazy. Nothing. You made your kagune shrivel into thin, sleek tentacles, just enough to grasp objects out of your reach. The pressure was building up in your heart, stabbing it with invisible knives. Your head began to throb and your vision was getting blurred by tears.

Thats when you couldn't take it anymore.

You threw yourself onto the bed and let out a cracked, grieving wail. Tears flowed nonstop from your (e/c) eyes and created a large moist patch on your pillow. You made a tantrum, punching the mattress with closed fists, yelling for Rize and your mini-kagune began to grow back to its original large size. There was a soft knock at the door, making your head immediately snap to the direction it was coming from. "C-Come in..." You said, choking back tears.

A kind, wrinkled face gave you a sympathetic smile as he walked in, holding a cup of fresh coffee and a white tea towel. It was Yoshimura.
"Tell me what happened, (y/n)." He instructed softly, setting the coffee down on your study table. He sat down on the edge of your bed and waited patiently.
You hesitated to do so, but said it anyway, a lump forming in your throat each time you tried to say a word.
"Rize w-was k-killed in accident w-when she was ab-b-bout to kill someone. Now I'm a-alone. I ha-ave no one."
"You have Anteiku."
Something in your mind clicked. It was true. All along, you thought you only had Rize, but you had forgotten about the little coffee shop that had taken you in as a child, when you were just a frail young girl. The tears stopped as the jagged hole in your heart was filled.
"Mr Yoshimura, I never really thought about what Anteiku was to me. Now that I do, I realised that Anteiku is all that I need. A family. Something I never used to have."
"The importance of family is more than enough, (y/n). Remember that for as long as you live."
Yoshimura patted your back, like a father.
"You are all my sons and daughters at Anteiku, no matter what the circumstances."
The creases next to his eyes and mouth deepened as he smiled, giving you one last pat on the back before leaving the room. Before he did, however, he took out a package from under the tea towel he left on your table, next to the coffee. It was about the size of your wrist to your elbow.
"Mr Yoshimura? What's this?"
"You haven't eaten anything today have you? This might not fully fill your stomach, but it may be enough to satisfy your appetite."
"Thank you, thank you for everything you have done for me!"

He then left the room, so you could eat without worry. The coffee was a little cold, but it was worth it. Normally lectures weren't very interesting... This once changed your life, forever.

You quickly gobbled up the wrapped human meat and sipped up the coffee. With the click of a light switch, the light turned off and you fell into a deep sleep (with a wet pillow).

When you awoke the next morning, the sunlight was already streaming through the lace curtains, telling you it was time to wake up and start your day. You had a shift today, downstairs to make coffee with Touka, so you slipped on your waitress uniform and tied up your hair in a ponytail. As you opened the door, a familiar face gave you a happy shock.
Your eyes sparkled in delight~
"Yo, long time no see (y/n)."