Tokyo Ghoul one shots

I care (Kuro!Kaneki x Touka) -Part 2

Kaneki lays alone within his bed, contemplating. 'Was it the wrong thing to do...?' He thinks to himself. 'I feel like...I could've done more...' Kaneki takes off his eye patch, forgetting he still had it on. He laughed to himself. "Still need this thing, huh? I mean, it looks okay on me, but..." 'I still can't control my kagugan.'

Touka lays atop her own bed, thinking. 'Should I say something? Something to put him at ease?' She knew that was going to be tougher than it seemed, and so she scoffs at the idea. 'Look at me, I can't even be sympathetic. I'm just...harsh!' At this point, Touka was really frustrated at the situation. 'That idiot! Why would he even do that?! Does he like me? Why should he?! He's just some book nerd! He's just a little weakling! He's so damn considerate towards anyone... He's just some idiot who is around to get involved in my problems, and...he...he...' She thinks for a moment. "And he's too damn adorable!!" She yells out loud to herself. "The bastard stole my heart...!"

Kaneki sighs heavily, still resting within his bed. "How am I supposed to be a real ghoul if I can't control this?" Kaneki covers his face with his two palms. 'Come on Ken, you shouldn't worry about that. Think about some positives...' He starts to mull over some possibilities for positives. 'You're getting stronger...a little at least.' He chuckles out loud. 'You...you...' His mind changes into something else... 'You kissed Touka on the forehead...' Kaneki's face turns tomato red.

'I don't understand, when did this start?' Touka is certainly scratching her own head just to find out. 'When did I start liking the dork?' Touka starts remembering back, and suddenly... 'Please take care of yourself, and be careful, I would be very sad if you died.' Touka just got her epiphany. 'The time he told me that? No...no, that can't be...that was so long ago...right?' Touka slaps her head. "Stupid! Stupid! Idiot! Idiot! I'm so stupid! I'm such an idiot! I-! He-! We-! ...Barely knew each other at the time! How could I fall for that dork through that?!" Touka's cheeks turn hot pink. 'But we know about each other more... I learned more about him... What's stopping me?'

'Touka is so cool, and so pretty too! Aren't you proud that you managed a kiss?' Kaneki touches his lips slightly, as he speaks. "Only on the forehead..." He blushes more deeply. 'And besides, she is too cool, pretty, and brave to like me back. There's no way she would ever feel the same way.'

"Kaneki..." Touka shakes her head. 'I'm so naive, aren't I?' She thinks to herself. 'I was so cold toward him before...' The incident. 'How could he actually want to be with me? Why am I like this?!'

"Touka..." Kaneki holds his chest in comfort. 'Why does it feel so tight?' His chest just keeps squeezing. Next thing he knew, his stomach was filling with butterflies. 'I...this... I haven't felt anything like this since...Rize.'

"I guess it wouldn't hurt to try talking to him..." Touka shifts around in her bed. "Yeah, maybe tomorrow..."

"I need to be as brave as Touka! I-I'll talk with her!" Kaneki sits up from his bed. "I should at least try before giving up!"

'Kaneki...'

'Touka...'

'I think...'

'I might...'

'Love you.' 'Love you.'

Time skip

Kaneki stands outside the cafe, in uniform. 'Alright, another day a new beginning!' He informs himself. 'You've got this! Do your best!' Kaneki smiles slightly to himself.

"Alright, here we go...!" He says right before entering the cafe.

And would you know it, the first person he sees is Touka. They just look at each other silently, and both soon turn red in the face. Touka smiles and waves nervously. "G-Good morning Kaneki!" And all Kaneki could do was nod.

Kaneki felt his chest tighten once again, but this time it's even more intense. Kaneki tugs on his own uniform around the chest area to calm himself down. But then his face begins to heat up to such an immense degree, it became too much.

"I-I'm so sorry! I need to...!" He runs toward the break room. He shuts the door and just sits there, holding onto his knees. Was this a panic attack? No, it wasn't. Kaneki was, and is love stricken.

Touka just stood there in a bit of confusion, she puts on a slight smile. 'He's so cute when he's like that...' She blushes a lighter tone of red as the embarrassment starts to die down. She then puts on a smirk. 'Maybe I'll get him back for yesterday...!'

Kaneki holds his chest as he sits alone in the empty room. 'Come on Ken, remember the trick Hide taught you.' He keeps holding his chest. "River river, buy some deliver, it might be odd but here's a beaver..." And he repeats this phrase for a while. And the same phrase is changed into something else by the end of his anxieties.

"River river, how's that fever? Hopefully gone by the wager." And with that, he feels slightly better. The tightness was still there, but it wasn't as bad now. He slowly stands up, and leaves.

He sees Touka, and they both just nod to each other. They typically spoke to one another during break, so maybe, just maybe, they'll work things out.

Time skip

It is break time, both Kaneki and Touka have had a hard time concentrating on their work, but thankfully still got things done. Touka starts conversation. "Hey Kaneki, you seem very pale. I mean, you're paler than usual. Heh heh!" She jokes. Kaneki hides his face.

"Hey, I didn't mean it... But hey, how are you?" She asks the nervous half breed. He tilts his head. "I-I'm...fine."

And so they just talk about very minor things, and pretty everyday things. "So Touka...what college are you planning on attending?" She shuts herself in for a while. "I shouldn't tell you...it's too embarrassing." "Really? Oh, I'm sorry." Touka nods.

It's almost the end of their break, and Touka can't help but feel a little disappointed with herself. "Well, break time is almost over...see you around." Says Kaneki. "Yeah...see you around." Responds Touka. With that, they continue to work.

As they work, Touka thinks to herself. 'Maybe I should do it when he's about to leave...'

Time skip

It's the end of Kaneki's shift, and so he gets ready to leave. Just then though, Touka meets up with him.

"Leaving so soon?" "Yeah, I guess." Touka puts on a slight pouting face. "Can we talk for a bit?" "..." "Well...?" "Sure, about what?" Touka takes a deep breath. "Do you like me?" She asks very bluntly. Kaneki just stays silent, but his embarrassment still shows. Touka speaks up again. "Hey, you're the one that kissed me on the forehead yesterday!" "Aah! I-!" Kaneki freezes up.

"Hey, I was thinking...maybe I should get you back for it...!" Touka holds his chin and lower jaw. "Hey...I like you. You know that, right?" She tells him. Kaneki stays silent. Touka didn't really know it, but Kaneki liked Touka acting in charge.

"I...I've liked you for a while, Touka..." He pauses. "But...you're so cool, tough, and pretty too. So I thought...I wasn't good enough for you." Touka raises his chin. "Close your eyes." She ordered. He complies and so he shuts his eyes.

"Don't you mean 'eye'?" He jokes. He was referring to his right eye, the one without the eye patch. "Just shut up and do it."

There was silence, and then...there was a feeling on Kaneki's lips. It was warm, and it was smooth. He realized it was a kiss from the blue haired female.

The kiss feels like it could go on for hours, but it only lasted for about a minute. Touka just took Kaneki's first kiss, and he was glad.

Kaneki bows in farewell. "S-S-S-See you t-t-t-!" "See you tomorrow Kaneki..." Touka smiles. Kaneki holds his chest as she says that. Her voice was so warm and calm, it was so breath taking to the young man.

Kaneki nods, and then leaves. It was so hard just to walk straight, he could barely waddle back home. So he basically had to take a break every two minutes.

'Touka kissed me... Touka kissed me on the lips...!' He smiles a little. 'I never want this feeling to go away...' He thought as he grips his shirt. Kaneki felt so happy, excited, and a little scared at the same time.

He needed to get back home and settle down. As he is walking, a thought comes to mind. 'Does this mean we're dating...?' And that brings up so many questions.