"Please kill me." I say again, firmly as I could through my ringing ears, what choice was there? It's me or them.

The Manager had a look of disdain etched upon his old features. Yoshimura, let out a gruff sound out of his mouth, he stared at me as it shone a grave expression of forlorn. Was he actually...sad for me?

It couldn't be,

"My answer is no, Miss Yoshikawa" He placed his long arms to behind his back a very visible frown crossed his face.

Could it actually?

He's a ghoul,

I was once a human..why is this man objecting my wish? If I died. This people would probably eat me...right? Or will they just let my body be cremated and throw my ashes in the near river

Frustration fought reason, making my head hurt ten folds. What should I say? What can I do? to make this work.

"But sir-" I started to protest but he immediately waved it off like a fly.

"I said no, I will not take your life or anyone here will do it, such a a terrible thing " His voice firm and strict, was he serious? I gave a side glance to Yoshimura, he was -dead- serious.

I held back my tongue sensing wet liquids started to accumulate in my tear ducts. I'm crying, or almost a stupid way to do.

My parents raised me to be good and help others, to value life. But, now I asked for a death sentence from an old man.

It seemed wrong and against my mom and dad's wishes for me. Seconds for me seem to turn slower to minutes a hard stare down with a old ghoul, a small resolution came to surface.

He was right

My hands stopped shaking a while ago, but now the tense moment coming to its peak. They quiver in the slightest bit. I was a afraid, humiliated and ashamed. I shouldn't be doing this, I still have a life...I should be grateful-

Wrong, I should be thankful for even breathing and surviving this far in my life.

I face the wooded floor beneath my feet, drips of clear transparent substances fell, making faint sounds at the bottom. The manager notices my crumbling composure and pats me on the shoulder, how nostalgic.

"Its alright, Yuna" Instead of comforting me, this action he made. Worsen my facade, It all came out in one loud cry of dejection fit.

I clasped my hands to my teary eyes hoping it would stop the already pitying looking scene before Yoshimura, "Shh... Let all out " he said again to soothe my breaking heart.

I shrugged of his hand, and strode a few paces ahead of him. I could sense Yoshimura raising a his greyish brow surprised at my actions.

My back faced him, as I tried to push those darn tears away with these twitching hands. I needed to say something...anything that would ease this atmosphere in the cooling air.

"M-Manager.." My own voice cracked under the circumstances of my drying throat this was unexpected for me "Thank you for your pit- " I bit my bottom lip, almost saying a snarky remark for the kind aged male. He seemed troubled and confused judging from those features he made, for me perhaps?

"For helping me, and watching over me.." I readjusted my position to make a more confident pose -it didn't make a dent- I felt too uneasy to his presence.

"But n-now" I held my hands together as tightly as I could "I need find my own way, I must decide on what will I do in my life so sir.." I spun in a hurry to face him, plastering a smile across my face. Making the manger jump a inch.

"I must get going "

I didn't wait for his answer, as only I quickened my pace to get farther from him and this place, Almost out the modern hallway and nearing the exit. I recognized every bit and part of this new place, down the stairs and into the lower area as the cafe. I was almost out only the large wooden door was in the way, my hand brushed the light colored bronze, feeling a slither of warmth from the contact.

I clutched on the metal known as the doorknob and took a twist carefully, scared from what's behind the other side. I shrugged of the feeling, it couldn't be ghouls out there right? Anteiku is a coexisting place, or else it was it?

I sighed, and shook my head in over thinking things. Violent movements from the knob surprised me greatly before I could do anything, the door swung open, making me tumble to the floor. I thought I would really fall hard in the head when a soft hand held my right. This saved me from having a concussion well, not a complete concussion but injury?

"You should really be careful" They hoisted me up and I regained some balance once up and fine I patted my shoulders to clear of some dust collected.

"Yuna" I stopped what I was doing and made a small glance at the person who was my savoir from the fall, her bright orange follicles added the tips of red strays in a frizzy mess and those irises of emerald that shown mischief within them, Haru. She smiled widely towards me

"Uhuh" It was that girl again, Haru the female -Ghoul - barista I've met earlier before this fiasco happened with Nishio. What a great way to have a nice exit.

"So, how have you been?" She tried to pry for my answer she wanted, nose twitching all the while. What does she want from me? I don't even know her that much and now she's acting like my bestfriend now.

"N-Nothing much" I averted Haru's irises of green, shrugging off the aura she made. The feeling like she was toying with me.

"Oh really?" She inched her pointy noise to my face nearer, a smirk crossed the barista's face.

"Yeah" Moments ago, I wanted to cry into my pillow in bed in for a week but, now Haru's annoying actions made me vent out my irritation. I don't know why, The female orange head somehow changed her personality.

"I really need to go so-" I slithered like a serpent to evade The orange head's possible reaction, thus grabbing the doorknob-again.

The ghoul with the orange hair and green eyes almost stopped me by a hair, I escaped her grip "Wait!" She exclaimed.

"Bye!" was my only parting to the confused Haru. I crossed paths with a pudgy male staff member who seemed surprised from the sudden entrance via the 'Staff Only Room' and into the small café.

"Hello miss...?" He started to ask a barrage of questions. But I too ignored him and dashed only through the exit known to me.
The large door of oak, being the divide between human and ghoul worlds. I opened it with no hesitation included. My feet rushed down the steps, the pitter patter of the heels echoed through the narrow hallway.

I need to get outta here- My sense of control malfunctioned on it's own, having a miss step and me resulting for tumbling down nose first.

I screamed, but screaming doesn't help those, in this type pretty of situations. But it was a long way to go, maybe ten or more wooden steps before my neck gets broken from the force.

I braced myself for impact - bolting my eyes closed -for the hard wooden flights to collide with my weak body. Splashes of green and and brown caught my small mass, with their strong arms. They held me tightly on my back, hearing their rugged breathing. They probably ran just to save me, who is this person?

"Hey," A light deep voice panted, so it was a male? I stayed silent for his answer as my heart beating a little faster, this was the first time someone held me closer than before. Except him that is Ken Kaneki "You're getting.." His arms trembled.

"Heavy!" He exclaimed and my eyes stared into a single iris of jade and in the other a electric blue hue, those odd pair seemed to struggle as he held my body from cool to the ground.

"Hey! You're freaking heavy!" He gritted his teeth to try to keep it together and that's where I realized that I was breaking his back from my weight.

I tried to wriggle out from his hold and I managed to escape. My hands made me stable and I kneeled to face the green haired male. His head hung low whilst he stayed plotted to the ground. I takes five whole seconds to make the air awkward, well this conversation took a turn for the bad.

"Sorry miss, I'm still weak" he muttered "I couldn't even carry you for more than three seconds"

I almost laughed at what I've heard from the odd guy. He took notice from my small chortles. He shot up eyes shown a bit of irritation "What are you even doing?"

The guy with green hair and strange pair of irises scrounged his forehead into a crease "I tried to save you, duh" He growled.

What is this guy even thinking? "You don't have to that sorta things, I can handle myself" I smiled lightly, reaching ears to those odd set of eyes.

"Yeah, you really handled yourself" He pointed down the steps "From those oh so scary stairs" The sarcastic male sneered, is this for real?

"At least, I'm not short like you" He took my blunt comment pretty well "What the hell did you just say?!" He raised his voice at me for a kid he sure had moxie.

A smirk inched up my cheeks "I said you are short enough to be a grade schooler" crossing my arms and standing firm on my words

A great big scowl stretched across his forehead and a clearly visible red vein became very visible "You should be grateful" He pointed at me menacingly "I saved you from-"

"From what?" I interrupted the male "Having a few scratches"

"Why you-" Before the strange guy could continue with his cussing, a figure of carrot colored hair and green irises came rushing in. Smacking the smaller guy in the head, a newspaper in hand.

"Why are you doing to our new worker? Seiji" Haru shown a face I've never seen before -anger - The ghoul from my first impressions was a childish happy go lucky girl. Now she held a pretty strong role. The known Seiji held the back of his in pain. Guess it was pretty hard thrash

"What?! She's the one who made fun of me!" He pointed again, Seiji the haired guy gritted his teeth "And now your defending her?!"

Haru rolled her eyes in irritation "What did she say?" She continued to pry Seiji. As for the guy with strange irises he glared as if he were gonna kill me on the spot. Until he breathed heavily thus calming down.

"She called me.." He hung his head "..Short"

Like a switch flicked too fast The orange haired ghoul made fits of laughter to Seiji "You are short Seiji-kun, why do you have to hide it?" And that's where Haru cracked up in a series of chortles

"Stupid Sister!" He balled his fists to the laughing ghoul. Wait a minute, isn't Aneki meaning sister could this two be-

The door behind us creaked open, a certain shade of violet of short hair. She peeked to see the three of us, dark aura surged through the hallway making my spine chill to a degree of horror.

"What are you two doing?" She hissed.

The said two stood frozen, their backs faced Touka. Sweat trickled down my temple. Touka Kirishima was scary.

"It was just a miss understand Miss Touka.." Haru was the first to answer, the other ghoul's question.

"Oh really?" She scoffed "If I hear another commotion outside you pair of siblings, all of you will face a intense as hell of training so such your traps " Her glare made my knees wobble in discomfort.

"Y-yes ma'am" Seiji, stiffly nodded.

"I'm watching you three" She warned before closing the large door.

Seiji, Haru and I remain silent.

Moments passed, I was the first to speak up. "Anyone mind explaining me what just happened?"

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Yeah finally done!
Sorry I haven't updated in a while guys
Made it through prom!
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