Entangled Strings

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"I won't." He said as he grabbed her hand and gave her the gloves. "As repay how about you buy me coffee someday?"

That was the stupidest thing the girl had ever heard, but if he would shut up, then  she'd do it. "Fine, as long as you shut up."

She put on the gloves, though they were big for her, it was better than nothing. Opened the umbrella and ran out of the grocery store.

"I'll see you then, Touka-chan!"

The girl cringed at the way he addressed her. "Stupid weirdo." She mumbled.
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The door closed gentle the moment the white-haired ghoul entered his apartment. It wasn't a very impressive apartment. Enough for one person, with a living room, bedroom, bathroom with toilet and a kitchen as it was designed for humans of course. The place was very neat and clean, Kaneki didn't have much anyway, except for quite some books that he liked to read in his free time. It helped him to keep him busy and prevented boredom.

The man wiped away the water from his forehead. He was completely soaked to the bone, not that he minded. He stored the coffee packages in the kitchen and headed to his room to change into some dry clothes.

He placed his shirt on the heating, for it to dry along with his pants and headed towards the bathroom. He stopped by in front of the midair o inspect himself. His torso was lean and ripped, his back showed one scar. His eyes darkened at the memory. Kaneki quickly looked away and headed into the shower.

"Anteiku..." He mumbled. "I'm sure that the old man knows more than he lets on."

The water continued to wash over his body, while the man thought about the 20th ward and its unique rules. The organisation that decided to mingle with the humans and the members, all of them seem to have their own ideals  and opinions. "I need to observe this place first and get a better idea of the ghouls of Anteiku and the organisation itself. Before I can continue..."

After a few more minutes the white-haired man finally turned off the shower and stepped out. He wrapped a towel around his middle after he dried his hair and returns to his room, where he pulled a shirt, a pair of boxers and some pants out of his closet and put them on, before collapsing on his bed.

"I get the feeling that this will take longer than I hoped."

He grabbed a book that was reading on his nightstand and continued to read where he had left last night. His preference or books were mostly classic literature and philosophy, to him those were the best way to leave you thinking about the meanings and symbolism.

'Rain, as common and natural as it is, when looking past the typical meaning, it has more functions than providing nature with nourishment.'

The white haired man glanced at the window an smirked at the irony. The rain was still tapping against the window, showering the 20th ward is a slight feeling of gloominess.

'As he continued on, he felt like his soul was slowly getting cleansed, all his fears, fury, sadness, worries, all was washed away by the rain and he felt like he was reborn as a new person. The pain and stinging felt like a ghost of the past, finally letting go of their hold on the man; he had finally found salvation.'

"Salvation... If such things really existed, then this world would be a lot more beautiful than it is now..." Kaneki mused.

The man continued reading, until his alarm went off. When he looked up, he noticed that the sky had cleared a bit and was now bathed in the thin glow of the moonlight. It took a while before Kaneki realized that he had lost track of time again. "I guess I should go out for now."