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

Chapter 4

"UTA-KUNNNN~" You cheered, wrapping your arms around him, slowly squeezing the life out of his tall form. How could you ever forget about Uta? He was your close friend two years ago, maybe even more closer to you than Rize, but he had to put his time into making masks rather than spending it with you. 

"I know you're sad about Rize so I won't tell you to cheer up. It would make you hide your emotions and let you suffer even more than now. I don't want that to happen to you..." Uta said, his hand caressing your cheek. You giggled, making him blush ever so slightly.

"You're a great friend Uta-kun! I can always count on you~"

Uta's eyes widened a bit, although he hesitated to show any emotion (He's in da friend zone ayeee). He ruffled your hair and waved goodbye after telling you to visit his store time to time. 

Ah~ Your shift began 2 minutes ago, BUT IT WAS THE BEST 2 MINUTES EVER. You hurried downstairs, facing a slightly-angered Touka. She wasn't as hard on you as she normally was. Mr Yoshimura told everyone to respect you, as you had lost someone who could never be replaced.

After burning yourself a few times and spilling a coffee on the table, you were forced to be taken out of your shift and given a break. Most days were like this even if Rize wasn't dead. 

As you sat alone at one of the tables with a needle, string and material, you made a little plushie for Uta. It was a grey mouse. Something that Uta reminded you of. The TV suddenly caught your eye and you gasped in utter shock.

"Freak accident as metal poles at construction site fall above a woman, killing her and a seriously injured young man. Her organs have been transplanted into him and he is currently in a stable condition."

It almost made you drop your coffee mug brought up to your lips. That "freak accident" was definitely about Rize and the young man Kaneki.

*3 week timeskip* 

As you began your night routine (brushing teeth, taking a shower and giving Touka some help to finish her revision for the exams), there was a ring of a bell downstairs. A customer this late at night? You went downstairs to investigate and immediately recognised who it was.

The boy Rize was trying to kill.

Rize's unique scent was still on him, so it puzzled you that her scent remained there. If a ghoul tries to kill/kill a person, their scent will linger around them for a bit, but eventually disappear. 2 days was probably the maximum.

Unless...

Oh god. You remembered the organs being transplanted into him. So now he was probably a half-ghoul...? Pffft, probably not. It was only written as a myth. 

You silently walked over to him and sat down as he took a sip of coffee exclaiming that it was great. When he noticed you, however, he let out a yelp and tried to run out the door. 

Mr Yoshimura shook his head, reassured him that you weren't going to eat him and said that you were full. It was quite the contrary, Yoshimura fully knowing that the only thing you ate was a medium-sized package of human meat. You couldn't blame him though, as a suicide victim could only just feed all of the Anteiku employees. 

Now that Kaneki was a half-ghoul, it was probably better for him to stay at Anteiku for the night. He couldn't risk getting captured by particular psycopaths who like to speak french and dress quite eccentric-like.  

The only room available was yours, so you half-heartedly let him sleep on a mattress on the floor. You soon drifted asleep, but was woken up an hour later because of Kaneki fighting with his 'ghoul self' AKA Rize. You could see her standing in the left corner of the room and wasn't surprised when she came over to you and poked your stomach saying that you lost too much weight. She was a ghost, but still as humourous and happy as before. 

Kaneki watched in horror as you conversed with Rize in a casual manner, laughing and grinning as she told you about how pathetic Kaneki is.

"Ughhh sorry (y/n) I gotta go. My invisible meat is awaiting my arrival. I'll visit again sometime soon~"

"Yea don't worry about it! See ya~" 

 

She disappeared without a trace and you were once again alone in the room with Kaneki. He shyly glanced over at you and handed the package of meat Yoshimura had given him.

"Oi Kaneki, eat it. Or you won't live."

"B-b-but I'm still human and you're p-probably starving as w-well. Mr Yoshimura told me you were a b-binge eater..."

"Gahhh, I don't need it. Go to sleep. It's 2am."

"Alright. G-goodnight!" 

You smirked at his shyness and closed your eyes.

*teeth chatter* *more teeth chatter* 

"What the hell Kaneki"

"I-it's kinda cold haha..."

"Do you want another blanket?"

"N-n-no it's fine."

"Then can you like duct tape your mouth shut so I don't have to be interrupted like every five seconds."

"Oh I'm s-sorry. I-I'll do it right a-away. Where is t-the tape?"

"..."

Gawd, Kaneki is too polite and literal. You threw him one of your blankets and sighed.

"Crap. Now I'm cold..."

You tried your best to stop shivering and curled your toes in, trying your best to not start teeth chattering like Kaneki did. 

"(Y/n)? Are you cold?"

"N-no (crap I got a stutter like he did)"

"I'm pretty sure you are... So um, uhhh, well... Do you want to share a bed with me?"

"T-thats actually not a b-bad idea, Kaneki." 

YOU DIDN'T CARE WHAT THE IDEA WAS, YOU JUST NEEDED SOME DAMN WARMTH.

He hesitantly shifted over to you with the blankets in his arms and covered you up before slipping in himself. It didn't really make a difference, even with the extra blankets on (to your confusion), so the shivers kept coming. 

"Crap. Crap. Crap. Crap. What if he thinks I'm weak!?" You thought clutching a fistful of rilakkuma-print blanket.

You turned over and as you adjusted to the darkness, you saw Kaneki's angelic sleeping face a few centimetres away from yours. Even from there it felt warm, but it wasn't enough. 

Inching cautiously closer and closer, you saw his white eyepatch from the moonlight reflected against the window. You decided to inspect his ghoul eye beneath it. 

You lifted it up, but as soon as you did, he woke up and jumped on top of you. His face the opposite to a sleeping angel. It was full of anger and lust. Ahhh shieeeet. That's right, he needed food. 

As much as you tried to reach for the mini packaged human meat on your table, Kaneki had pinned you down firmly, unwilling to let go. His mind was dominated by Rize's hunger now and you knew how psycho Rize gets if she doesn't get food (and she knows how scary you are when you don't get food either). 

"Rize, c'mon why do you do this to your own bestie?" You strained out, knowing that there wasn't any point in fighting back.

Kaneki's grip immediately loosened and you let out a breath of relief. This wasn't the day of your death after all. 

You walked over to the table and tossed Kaneki's package of human meat in your palm. "Here ya go" You said, throwing it into his hands. "You probably needed a Snickers more than human meat."

He laughed and laid back down, oblivious of what he had done just 15 seconds before.