Natsuki: Hehe~
After having completed her talk about love with Kaneki, Natsuki had safely returned home with a very pleased face and happy atmosphere around her.
Katsuki: Ara? Did something good happen Natsuki?
Her parents easily noticed Natsuki being so joyful and immediately went to question her.
Natsuki: Not good! Great!
Katsuki: Is it about Kaneki-kun?
Satsuki: Could it be that he confessed to you and your friends?
Natsuki: Well~ in a way yes, I'll explain later after dinner.
After answering her parents, Natsuki happily went to her room.
Katsuki: Looks like our little girl is going to be a lot more happier soon.
Satsuki: ... Just the thought of her having a boyfriend is already making me lonely.
Both Natsuki's parents were feeling happy for her, but a little lonely as well because of the thought of her leaving the nest would be soon.
Katsuki: Hehe~ in that case, why don't we make another kid?
Satsuki: Dear... Don't say that out loud, Natsuki might hear you.
Katsuki: Hehe~ maybe it's time for us to turn our little girl a big sister.
In Natsuki's room*
As Natsuki's mother was teasing her father in the living room, Natsuki was happily changing in her room.
Sachi:
"So Kaneki really has fallen for us?! Woohoo!"
And she was in a call with the rest of the Higanbana girls.
Natsuki: Yup! He even told me all the things he liked about us, which apparently took him two hours to say everything.
Yuuka:
"Two hours? But the time now should be-"
Natsuki: Oh sorry, I forgot to mention he actually told me in his mind so he could tell me faster. It only took a few seconds in the real world while in his mind took two hours.
Chikao:
"So he listed everything he liked about us, for 20 minutes for each one of us?"
Natsuki: That's right! I was honestly very embarrassed when he started off with everything he liked about me I... I was actually so embarrassed hehe~.
Chikao:
"Wow that's amazing, I wish I could have heard it myself"
Natsuki: Heh! You might've took it better than me.
Shino:
"Out of curiosity has he mentioned anything about our looks?"
Natsuki: Yeah he did, he pretty much said the same things like "you have such a cute face, your smile is so bright it blinds me" or something similar and before you ask, Kaneki actually said those for all of us.
Miku:
"Hehe~ I'm actually kind of embarrassed, maybe Onii-chan would have a hard time looking at us tomorrow"
Yuuka:
"Maybe just looking us casually would be difficult for him"
Sachi:
"Oh yeah Natsuki, after Kaneki realized his feelings did he like confessed?"
Shino, Yuuka, Miku & Chikao:
"Wait that's right! He definitely confessed right?!"
Natsuki: Yeah he confessed, although i did rejected him.
All 5:
"YOU DID WHAT?! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?!"
The five Higanbana girls were very mad at Natsuki for rejecting Kaneki, but she easily calmed them down.
Natsuki: It's alright guys, Kaneki actually took it pretty well. He knows that he's not ready to be in a relationship yet, he still needs to get used to his new feelings towards us.
Chikao:
"Ughhh I get your point but..."
Natsuki: Plus I don't think we are ready as well. I mean sure we do a lot of things that couples do but wouldn't we have a harder time doing them once we actually start dating him?
Shino:
"Yeah... You've got a point, we've ever only do those things as friends"
Yuuka:
"And doing them again but as lovers... I'd be overwhelmed"
Miku:
"I guess you're right Natsuki."
Sachi:
"Then what are we supposed to do now?"
Natsuki: Isn't it obvious? We wait and prepare ourselves, once we and Kaneki are ready let's confess our feelings to him when he eventually confesses to us.
Natsuki's plan was good, the other give Higanbana girls happily agreed to it.
Shino:
"This sounds good!"
Chikao:
"Yeah! Man I can't wait for Kaneki to confess to us?"
Sachi:
"Yeah! Just you wait Kaneki! Once we start dating we'll make you even happier once we start dating!"
Miku:
"You better make us happy as well!"
Yuuka:
"Let's do our best everyone"
Natsuki: Yeah!
All Higanbana girls were now motivated.
Natsuki: Well then I'll be hanging up now, I'm going to have dinner with my parents.
All 5:
"See you tomorrow Natsuki"
Natsuki: Bye~ bye~
Press*
Natsuki: Hehe~ I can't wait. Soon once we start dating... We'll truly be happy forever.
Natsuki was super overjoyed at the moment, she began thinking about the future where she, Kaneki and the rest of their friends would be together for the rest of their lives.
Meanwhile at the playground*
But compared to her current state.
Kaneki: You have some nerves stalking us.
Kaneki was in a very bad mood, after discovering that Ryueki was stalking him and Natsuki from the shadows. He was very upset.
Kaneki: Hey Show yourself.
Ryueki: ...
Glare~!
Kaneki's glowing scarlet red eyes stared at a dark area near the playground where Ryueki was hiding in, not daring to show his now ugly and broken face.
Kaneki: Fine I guess, I'll let you hide.
Seeing that Ryueki wasn't following his orders he stopped trying to force him to show himself.
Kaneki: What? Have anything to say you little shit stain?
Ryueki: Tch!
Glare!
Kaneki: You are not in the place to respond that way to me, I suggest you go home back to your parents.
Ryueki: ...
Aside from Ryueki's tongue clicking, he hadn't responded once to Kaneki at all.
Kaneki's thoughts*
(He's seriously not going to talk?)
Seeing that he refuses to respond, he decided to talk on his own.
(Well whatever, might as well)
He glared at the dark area and began to talk.
Kaneki: Are you here to stalk Natsuki? Or to pick a fight? I heard from Natsuki when I slept in her house you were always annoyingly noisy at night.
Ryueki: ...
Kaneki: What? You seriously still think there is a slight chance of Natsuki liking you back? After everything you done? Don't make me laugh!
With Ryueki not making a single response, Kaneki continued mercilessly pointed out the horrible things Ryueki had done.
Kaneki: I mean seriously! You forcibly made her original childhood friend leave her, made rumors about her and her family so she would always be alone.
And Ryueki couldn't do anything but listen.
Kaneki: You've even played with other girl's feelings, made them break their friendships for you, made them fight over you and used them all just so Natsuki could get jealous? Talk about disgusting.
Kaneki had a slightly irritated tone when he listed those things he had done, but what came after he was nearly enraged.
Glow!
Kaneki: What's more... YOU'VE MADE MANY OF THOSE GIRLS YOU USED KILL THEMSELVES.
The moment he mentioned that he remembered the one memory where he mocked one of the girls who was in love with him the past, one who he also used to try and make Natsuki jealous.
He remembered him insulting and trampling on her feelings and efforts and eventually encouraged her to kill herself.
And the scene where she took her own life played back in his head, filled Kaneki with rage and disgust.
Kaneki: AND IT'S NOT JUST THEM, YOUR OWN PARENTS WHEN THEY TRIED TO STOP YOU, YOU ALWAYS THREATENED THEM, EVEN THOUGH THEY LOVED YOU AND WERE DOING WHAT ANY PARENT WOULD YOU THREATENED TO REPLACE THEM!
He was also angry for Ryueki's parents.
Those two who were apparently Ryueki's adopted parents had covered up for him forcibly by Ryueki himself.
He threatened to abandon and replace them with others, and even put them in prison for domestic violence that they never did.
He could pitied those two for having to raise such an ungrateful, disgusting and selfish guy like Ryueki.
Kaneki: Haa~
Sensing that he was getting way too angry, Kaneki calmed himself so he wouldn't yell too loud and disturb the neighbors.
Kaneki: And you did that all for a story? What the hell is that all about? Do you confuse reality with fiction? If you're trying to make some kind of romcom scenario then let me tell you: Your so-called story is trash.
Ryueki: Shut up!
The moment Kaneki insulted Ryueki's "story" he let out a weak shout and showed himself under a dim flickering street light.
Ryueki: DON'T YOU DARE INSULT MY STORY! I'VE WORKED SO HARD SO THE MAIN HEROINE WOULD CHOOSE ME-
As Ryueki continue to spout his delusional desires.
Kaneki had cut him off.
Kaneki: Who in their right mind would love someone who isolated them from everyone and made them miserable everyday? Who would love someone who tramples on others feelings for their own amusement?
Ryueki: !!!
Ryueki's eyes were locked into Kaneki's as he spoke with a sharp and ice cold voice, each word he said pierced him deeply.
Kaneki: You never wanted to be love, you only ever wanted to feel good about yourself. Your "story" would never make anybody happy.
Ryueki: THE MAIN HEROINE NATSUKI MIZUTANI WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPIER WITH ME!
Kaneki was irritated when Ryueki said this, and with a cold voice he asked.
Kaneki: Do you even know anything about Natsuki?
Ryueki: W-What?
Caught off guard by Kaneki's question, Ryueki stopped yelling.
Kaneki: Natsuki is a sweet and friendly girl, she loves to eat snacks, she loves playing video games with friends, she loves bonding with her friends-
Kaneki listed a few things about Natsuki in front of Ryueki, leaving him completely speechless until he was done talking.
Kaneki: And she's someone who cares deeply about her friends.
Ryueki: Tch!
Kaneki: What about you? Do you know anything about her?
Ryueki: S-She's a lone-
Kaneki: Because you isolated her.
Before Ryueki could finish, Kaneki countered his claim by pointing out that Ryueki was the reason she was always lonely.
Ryueki: S-She's cu-
Kaneki: Everyone already knows that, it's common knowledge.
Ryueki: Tch!
Ryueki was infuriated that Kaneki was someone who knew more about Natsuki more than himself.
Aside from looks Ryueki knows absolutely nothing about her.
Kaneki: Who would love someone who doesn't even know anything about them?
At that comment, Ryueki lashed out and with a barely visible smirk mentioned the many girls who had fallen in love with him in the past.
Ryueki: MANY GIRLS! EVEN THOSE PATHETIC SUB HER-
Swoosh~!
Ryueki: EEK!
But he was cut off immediately by a ice cold wind that came from Kaneki's direction.
Kaneki: Don't you dare insult those girls and my friends.
His voice was still cold and sharp as ever.
Kaneki: True many had fallen for you in the past.
Ryueki: Then-
Kaneki: But that doesn't change anything, just because many loved you for no reason doesn't mean Natsuki would do the same.
Ryueki's smirk disappeared after Kaneki pointed out that nothing would have changed.
He the tried to insult Shino, Yuuka and Miku.
Ryueki: DON'T GET AHEAD OF YOURSELF! DON'T FORGET THOSE THREE SUB HEROINES WERE IN LOVE WITH ME FIRST!
He thought he would have hurt Kaneki by saying this, but unexpectedly.
Glow~
Kaneki's right eye's color turned blue, it only meant one thing.
Azuna the demon half was partially in control.
Kaneki & Azuna: I've always noticed, those three seemed to be faking their "love" for you for the past few months, and completely stopped after becoming friends with me.
Ryueki: Y-YOU'RE LYING!
Ryueki refused to believe what he was saying, he firmly believed that the "sub-heroines" were in love with him first.
Kaneki & Azuna: You can refuse to believe it all you want, but I can read them a lot better than you.
Ryueki: WHAT DO YOU KNOW?!
Kaneki & Azuna: A lot actually, I could list everything I like about them but it'll just take an hour for me to do so.
Ryueki: !!!
Kaneki & Azuna: To be honest I'm getting tired of this, I was angry earlier but this is getting boring.
Fade~
The blue eye color indicating Azuna's partial control was faded away as well as the glow from Kaneki's eyes as he turned around and started to walk away.
But before he continued he stopped for a moment and said one last thing.
Kaneki: You should know, I tried to kill you back then, but your parents who loved you even after everything you had done stopped me.
Ryueki: Tch!
Kaneki: Sigh~ And here I was about to say something like "you should atone for your sins and maybe you'll find happiness" but it seems very pointless since you aren't even grateful to your own parents.
Ryueki: THEY ARE NOT MY PARENTS! THEY ARE JUST SERVANTS TO MY STORY!
Kaneki: ...
Hearing such hurtful things Ryueki said about his parents, he stopped talking.
Kaneki: You really are hopeless.
After saying this Kaneki walked away, but Ryueki wouldn't let him.
Ryueki: DON'T YOU DARE WALK AWAY! YOU THINK I'LL LET YOU BE HAPPY?! YOU STUPID MOB CHARACTER! I'LL KILL YOU AND EVERYONE YOU LOVE!
He threatened Kaneki but he payed no mind to his threats and continued to walk away.
Ryueki: Tch! DAMN IT!
Ryueki was infuriated that Kaneki didn't even react and stormed back to his home.
Kaneki: Haa~ what an absolute pain in the butt.
Kaneki who walked in the opposite direction was a bit exhausted with his encounter with Ryueki.
Glow~
But just then Azuna had took partial control again.
Azuna: You did well there me.
Kaneki: Thanks but man how tiring that was, he seriously called his own parents servants? Who does that?
Azuna: Yeah that's so messed up, but I'm quite surprised you wanted to tell him to atone for his sins so he could find his own happiness.
Kaneki: I didn't want to say it for him.
Azuna: I know, it was for his parents after all.
Kaneki: Yup. Sigh~ I just hope nothing bad happens to those two.
Azuna: Agreed.
Kaneki: Haa~ I'm in a bad mood.
With his encounter with Ryueki, Kaneki was not in the mood but as he continued to walk.
He suddenly remembered Natsuki.
"We'll be waiting for when you are ready to tell us your feelings okay?"
Just remembering her calmed him down and made his mood better.
Kaneki: Haa~ I feel a lot better now, well time to head home.
Splash!
Now relaxed, Kaneki went back to his home using darkness travel.
Meanwhile~
Ryueki: DAMNIT! THE NERVE LF THAT STUPID MOB CHARACTER!
"ሃዐ፱ ሠልክፕ ፕዐ ኡጎረረ ፕⶴቹ ቹጮየቹዪዐዪ?"
Ryueki: YES! AND EVERYONE HE LOVES!
"ቹህቹክ ፕⶴቹ ጮልጎክ ⶴቹዪዐጎክቹ ሃዐ፱ ሠቹዪቹ ዐ፪ነቹነነቹጋ ሠጎፕⶴ?"
Ryueki: YES! I DON'T CARE ANYMORE! IF SHE CHOSE THAT MOB CHARACTER OVER ME THEN SHE DESERVES TO DIE!
"ⶴልⶴል... ⶴልⶴልⶴልⶴልⶴልⶴል! ፏዐዐጋ~ ቻዐረረዐሠ ጮሃ ጎክነፕዪ፱ርፕጎዐክነ ልክጋ ሃዐ፱ዪ ጋቹነጎዪቹነ ሠጎረረ ፪ቹ ቻ፱ረቻጎረረቹጋ"