Entangled Strings

A Turn of Events

"I heard that the gourmet got into a brawl with the Kirishima siblings last weekend again."

"What?! Seriously?! Is he crazy?!"

"Not sure, but they seem to have less trouble beating him up, if you compare it to years ago. The fight ended is several minutes. And it was koukaku against ukaku! It worries me that Yoshimura-san is so lenient with them. "

"Is it really alright for them to walk around with such mild supervision. I know the elder sibling seems calmer, but you never know underneath that mask."

"Shhh, what if they hear you?"

"We should have faith in Yoshimura. He knows what he's doing. I do feel sorry for what happened to their parents, they were still very young."

Kaneki glanced through the reflection of the mirror at the conversing ghouls. Not really any information that he hoped for, but still. He was a little bit curious.

"Hey, do you need a refill?" Touka asked, while she patted her pen against her notepad. Ayato was standing behind her, cold eyes fixated on the older ghoul.

"Yeah, thank you."

The female ghoul only nodded and took his cup, leaving the two with each other. "So, Ayato-kun,"

"Who the fuck told you, you could address me like that?!" The boy growled.

"You're younger than me, so it's only reasonable."

"I don't give a damn about ages." He leant close until his mouth was a few millimetres away from the man's ears. "Just don't even think about approaching aneki! The gloves were unnecessary, she could warm herself up when she got home."

"It was just a generous gesture."

Ayato said nothing, but his glare was still on the man. He leaned back when he heard his sister approaching.

"Here." The girl said as the placed a new cup in front of her customer. She turned towards her brother and gave him a strange look. "Why are you standing here? Aren't you supposed to take orders?"

The boy only snorted and walked away.

"Your brother really cares for you." Kaneki pointed out.

"I know. Now finish that and get going already, before I'll classify you as a stalker!" She walked away quickly, to take the next order.

The bell on the cafe door jingled when he was about to take a sip.

"Oi, shitty Touka!"

The said girl and her brother looked up. Touka with a frown on her face and Ayato a glare. "What do you want shitty Nishiki?"

The man standing in front of the door; Nishio Nishiki, was a university student at Kamii university, studying pharmaceutical sciences. Short brown hair that was slightly messy, some baggy clothes and glasses. He was known to have a foul mouth as big as the Kirishima siblings. "Keep your shitty brother in check! You know how much I hate it, when others cause trouble on my territory!"

The younger ghoul snorted. "Why should I care? Besides, isn't it your fault in the first place? If you keep your shitty grounds in check I wouldn't have to deal with annoying bugs!"

Touka groaned, she was seriously not in the mood. "You two, outside, now!"

The foul mouthed ghoul didn't respond and followed her to the back of the coffee shop. Touka closed the door and gave Nishiki a piercing glare. "First, why haven't you showed up to work lately?! Do you have any idea how fucking annoying it is to run from one place to another?!"