[Tokyo Ghoul] Tea Coffee Companion

"By the way, I need...the new Quinker."

How does it feel when a sharp object penetrates the softest part of the body?

Bronze Tree, Ghoul Restaurant, Looking for Kano, CCG, Rescue Cafe...

Kaneki Ken opened his eyes wide in vain, and his eyes fell on the unknown emptiness.The severe pain scorched the nerves, but the brain was flooded with memories, bits and pieces.

"sorry Sorry sorry……"

He knelt down on the ground, manzhushahua filled the sea, hugged the black-haired boy in his memory, and cried bitterly, "It's all my fault, what have I done to you... me..."

"Blame me……"

"We... are so ugly..."

The boy showed a strange smile, like self-mockery, or something else, "It's okay, you... haven't you saved me many times, and stepped forward to fight on behalf of the weak me... I'm not angry, thank you so far is you."

His figure gradually elongated, and he hugged the other side backwards:

"Let's... rest for a while..."

……

……

Aiba Chacha was kicked awake.

Rarely, she was not confused and felt the fetal movement clearly.Exhaling lightly, she reached out and touched her stomach.

In this summer, memories, in the seemingly absurd form of dreams, brought the previously blurred reality into my mind.Everything about Aiba Chacha in high school in this world and about "that person" is row upon row.

Until today... Before she opened her eyes, she dreamed of the ocean paved with manjusawa again.The past and present of youth embrace and dissipate quietly in the middle of the sea of ​​flowers.

Then, melt into a familiar and strange person.

"Ayan..."

She read the name softly, and felt the child in her womb move again as if responding.Then he smiled and tried another unfamiliar pronunciation:

"Sasaki...be born."

***

In her second year of high school, Aiba Chacha transferred to a school near her mother after her grandfather passed away.

However, we have been estranged for many years, even though we are both sad because of the departure of our loved ones, we don't know how to get closer to each other and forget the way of communication.

So what she faced was a more unfamiliar environment and a more lonely self.

After declining the offer to live with her mother, Aiba Chacha rented a place in a nearby community.It is very close to the tea and coffee shop left by grandpa, and not far from the school.

In that situation, Aiba Chacha picked up a man at the alley next to her shop.

Because it happened to be a holiday, she got up early to open the store.There were not many people on the street, she thought she couldn't just leave him alone, or maybe she was too lonely to cause sympathy, and dragged him into the shop.

The other party was in a coma for a whole day, and when it was about to close, Xiang Ye Chacha began to struggle with whether to leave it like this or not, but he finally woke up.

"who are you?"

This is the first sentence he asked.

The young man's name is Sasaki Yuyo.

This was the only thing Xiangba Chacha asked that he answered clearly.

According to Sasaki, he is in a state of semi-amnesia—almost all memory is lost, and the things he still remembers are either vague or incomplete, or he can't judge whether it is real or imaginary.

In any case, after the basic communication, the two have established a preliminary relationship of trust.

After Sasaki Kyoyo asked her some questions about the time and place, he was silent for a long time for some reason.In the end, he showed his ID card and confessed with a wry smile that the money was stolen by passers-by, and for some reason, he can't go home now.

"Although it's rude, I have to ask, can I work in your tea and coffee shop for a while? As long as I provide basic food and lodging."

Xiangba Chacha hesitated for a moment, then called her mother and said she planned to hire a helper, and nodded her agreement.

Sasaki Keise just stayed in her shop. The tea shop has temporary housing, and there is nothing particularly valuable in the shop. This is one of the reasons why Aiba Chacha initially agreed.

What's more... She looked at the young man who was passing by the guest's table and asked with a smile, and decided to give him a salary increase.

Since this guy came, the business in the store has improved a lot.

When this one was picked up, the young man said that he could not go home "temporarily".At that time, neither of them thought that the days of accompanying each other like this had passed unknowingly for three years.

During the three years of peace, Sasaki's initial severe headache and insomnia gradually improved, except for occasional nightmares.The unexplained poor eyesight in the first year gradually returned to the level of mild myopia.

Later, he went to get a pair of glasses. It was originally a good-natured face, but after wearing them, it looked even more refined.

Of course, no black sheep.

Aiba Chacha didn't know when she fell in love with him.This gentle and stable young man seems to have many stories, and he likes to joke after getting acquainted.

It's just that when she realized this, she was already struggling with whether or not to confess and when to confess.

——Even if there is a possibility of being rejected, I want the other party to know.But worried that after the refusal, their getting along would become awkward, and it would be difficult to return to the previous nature.

Probably because she was too entangled, on the eve of the beginning of the third year of high school, she got half drunk at the birthday party.When I woke up the next morning, I recalled everything after being drunk last night, and I just wanted to dig a hole and bury myself in it.

She confessed.

She also kissed.

Moreover, he bumped into someone on the street, said the words of confession viciously, and then kissed them.

After the kiss, he still licked his lips and said, "Fortunately, you are only 1.7 meters".Then, in the strange eyes of the other party, he shook his collar and asked him if he would answer, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes?

In the sight of the crowd watching the strange flower, the young man sighed and said, I'm afraid you will regret it.

What a pity, she thought.

...and fell asleep contentedly.

Son... take me away.

She groaned and buried herself in the blanket.

However, she didn't feel regretful at all.

Aiba Chacha sighed, she must be sure - she has already been planted.

Although it was inexplicable at the beginning, the two who confirmed their relationship did start to try to date cautiously and seriously.

Everything that every couple must go through, dating, hugging, holding hands, kissing.In fact, Xiangye Chacha thinks that they are more like relatives and friends than couples. During the nearly three years of being with each other, they have already developed a different intimacy from others.

But now, it is only on the basis of the original relationship, slowly going a step further.

They filled the bookshelves of the tea and coffee shop with books they loved each other, and talked on the phone under the quilt before going to bed.In winter, the two huddled in the kitchen to make snacks, and the fog covered the glass with a blurry white...

Not sure who started first, or if everyone is moving forward.At first, it stumbled like a baby's toddler, and then walked more and more naturally, getting farther and farther.

One morning after graduating from high school, she woke up in his arms.Looking at those gentle eyes, Aiba Chacha thought in a daze:

Perhaps, this is her "moonlight".

The author has something to say: This is the story between the hero and heroine in "real time and space".

The time when he traveled through the world was probably when he was recovered by Arima (?) and had just undergone treatment (?)—healed from the trauma, his memory was unstable, and he had just realized that he was a "human being".

After all, he was an adult, and he was hiding from Chacha about his ghoul.As for the food, they went secretly to eat together.

He has ID on him (considering CCG probably has a professional fake ID or something) and I think he'll be fine with everyday life.

The last moonlight, from Natsume Soseki's "The moonlight is beautiful tonight", is the Japanese euphemistically saying "I love you".

↑ Two liberal arts masters