Tokyo Ghoul - NEST

White Christmas

Hinami giggled a bit. "Really? I'm not that good looking." She said, being as modest as ever.

Yomo placed his piece somewhere on the board and Kaneki bit his lip. The match seemed pretty intense.

Kaneki cracked a smile suddenly and moved his king, a bold move, and crosses his arms like he already won. "Check." He said.

Yomo quickly looked at the board for two seconds or so, and moved a piece, making Kaneki flinch and grow a nervous smile. Yomo looked him in the eyes.

"Check mate." Yomo said, making Kaneki sigh in defeat.

"Your much to good at this." Kaneki mumbled, leaning his head on his hand.

"You just suck." Said Nishiki, coming out from the back, yawning.

He hadn't come around for some time, it was nice to see him actually come out for the occasion. Kaneki and Nishiki begin arguing about chess while Yomo sips his coffee silently.

"Touka? Hello~?" Hinami said, tugging on my sleeve, getting my attention. I snap out of it and give her a quick smile. I was spacing out staring at Kaneki again...

"What is it?" I asked.

"Can we open presents now?" She asked.

I nodded slowly, glancing at the presents under the tree everyone had brought. We all slowly but surely gathered around, pulling up chairs to sit near the tree.

Kaneki handed them out, all the while having a large smile on his face. It was nice to get his mind off of things, if I can do even the smallest things to make it easier on him, then it'll be worth it.

But I would never say so out loud...

I'm spacing out once again as Kaneki hands me a small box. I look down at it to see the tag, "To: Touka, From: Kaneki". I look up at him, but he looks away, talking with the others.

"Okay... open them on three... one... two... three!" Hinami said, ripping apart hers first present quickly. It soon showed a make up set, she had said she wanted it since she was interested in make up and cutting hair... cosmetic stuff.

She smiled brightly. "Who gave me this one?" She said, looking at me.

"I didn't... it was Yomo." I said, smiling.

Hinami gives Yomo a confused look. Most wouldn't expect him to give other people gifts, but he had come to me and asked what she wanted, so I told him. He really is a nice guy deep down all that intense atmosphere he gives off.

Nishiki gets a nice new sweater, which he reluctantly says thank you, to Tsukiyama who gave it to him. Yomo gets a pair of mittens, pink ones. Nishiki let's out a laugh when Yomo stares at them with a blank face.

Hinami had gotten them for him, but instead of saying something bad about it, he put them on and have Hinami a small bow. Hinami looked pleased by this, thought was obviously teasing him to be more open.

Kaneki opens his and finds a book, he smiles widely, but freezes as if to remember something. I didn't know what he was thinking, but he turned to me and thanked me for it.

I honestly didn't know what to get him, so I got the first intellectual and interesting book I could find. I was too embarrassed to ask what exactly what he wanted.

"I-If you don't like it, then you can turn it back it... I have the receipt." I said quickly, to hide the feeling welling up in me.

But instead Kaneki smiles gently, making my heart jump and my chest tighten. "No, I love it. Thank you." He said softly.