"Father. The Eyepatch ghoul attacked Izumi-san."

The man stared at Kaneki in a threatening manner.

"Are you kidding me right now, Ichi-san?!! I know Kaneki is way more dangerous than Izumi-san and everything, but she tHREW A BEAKER OF HUMAN STOMACH ACID AT ME! She should've known that's how Kaneki would react! He's been threatening people just for the slightest thing!"

"She hurt Hide! She deserves to die!"

I put my arm in front of Kaneki, "Kaneki, calm down, I will deal with this. This is MY workplace. Ichi-san, it was Izumi-san's fault. I'm surprised Kaneki didn't just rip her head off for that. We HAVE to be careful around Kaneki, even me. And if she doesn't know that by the way Kaneki keeps threatening people, maybe she should learn the hard way if that's what she needs! We are coworkers, and therefore, we should respect each other and try to get along. But instead of that, she's been insulting me constantly and just being plain rude!

"And Koujimaku-san, if you need proof, why do you think I only have my boxers, socks, and shoes? Why do you think there's glass all over the floor? Izumi-san could've seriously hurt me! Test the liquid on my clothes if you wish! But the proof-"

"I don't NEED to test anything. We have video cameras."

"..Oh. Oh, that's.. that's smart."

"So, I'll just take a quick look at that. In the meantime, Nagachika," he glared, "get. Dressed."

"That was my only pair of clothes!"

"I'll give you my clothes, Hide. It's indecent for you to walk around when you have a lover."

"Kaneki, I don't need that- then you'd be in the nude."

"But I'm just a pet. It's fine if people degrade me."

"Kaneki, seriously, that man gave you some SERIOUS self-esteem issues. That you need to solve. I don't want you walking around in the nude, and neither does anyone else."

"But your muscles, Hide-"

"Kaneki, I don't have any muscles like you, and anyway, they've already seen mine. What is the point of putting your clothes on and having them all see both of us?"

"... Ohhh.."

"Stop bickering with your pet and get dressed, Nagachika. And DON'T use your stupid pet's clothes."

"'Wasn't planning on it, sir."

He walked away, and I sighed.

"He is like a Tension Machine."

"Should I exterminate him, Hide?"

"What? G*d, no!"

"Oh.."

"Anyway, I guess I ought to go get dressed. I'll go to the infirmary. They should have extra clothes. Kaneki, come with me."

"Of course, Hide," Ken followed him like a pet.

"I wonder if we'll bump into Narino-san and Sagaru-san on the way," I absently commented, "They were going to the infirmary, right?" I took a turn.

"I believe so, Hide. Why, do you want to f*ck them?"

"What?! No!!" I sputtered.

"? It is perfectly natural to want someone, Hide. Don't let me stop you- I'm just one of your pets after all."

"DUDE, I AM NOT INTO THEM, OKAY?!!"

"?"

"Ah, never mind," I sighed. Eventually, we reached the infirmary.

"Hello, do you need somethi-OH MY G*D, WHERE ARE YOUR CLOTHES?!!"

"Yea.. I got stomach acid all over them. Can I have some new clothes?"

"What? How are you so clumsy that you got stomach acid all over yourself?" she went into another room, and we followed. She was fumbling around in a tote.

"Actually, someone else threw it at me."

"What'd you do to p*ss them off?"

"... Honestly, nothing really. I think it was just the fact that I'm smarter than her, better than her, and I could probably replace her as the Experimenter."

The nurse glanced at me with the chuckle, "Well, with an attitude like that, I guess that's why she threw it at you. But I would assume she has anger issues. What size are you?"

"Large for both."

"Then, this should fit," she held up an outfit. "Want to try it on?"

"Sure."

"Hide did nothing wrong, you bi-"

"Now, now, Kaneki. Let's be civilized. What have I told you about my workplace rules?"

"...D-Don't speak.." he moped.

"I said don't threaten or insult people, but if that's how you take it, I guess that's fine too. You don't seem to know how to speak civilized anymore. But, he's right, ma'am. I tried my best to be polite while she insulted me right and left," I took the outfit, murmuring thanks, "She appeared to have perceived my suggestions as an insult of some sort. I guess she can't take constructive criticism." I walked into the bathroom with Kaneki close in tow.

"Um, maybe you should stay out here-"

"It's fine," I told the nurse, "We've already seen each other, and I'd like to supervise him. He says things without thinking, you see, and it could cost our lives, never mind my job."

"...I.. see.."

Kaneki closed and locked the door behind us, and I got dressed.

"It fits nicely," I told her when I came out.

"Good. I'm glad. Also, who was it that threw stomach acid at you exactly?"

"It was Miyako Izumi," Narino-san walked out of another room.

"Ohh so this is your new Experimenter then, Narino-kun?"

"Yeah. This is Hideyoshi Nagachika, Sako. Nagachika, this is Sako Satumi, one of this building's nurses."

Satumi-san chuckled, "Izumi-san is bright, talented, and has lots of potential, but she certainly has quite the temper. I don't understand why she's still in the Intelligence Division when she should be taking out her anger on ghouls, not experiments and the sort."

"She'd probably have a fit if someone suggested that to her. And anyway, I think Ichi has a crush on her, so he probably gets his father to convince the higher ups to keep her there. Unfortunately. I'd much rather have Nagachika here than her. One time, she got into it with me because I gave the experiment wrong or something. That was a total mess."

"Ah yes, I remember that. Sagaru-kun carried you here with Koumano-kun's help, and the young Koujimaku carried Izumi-san with some injuries of his own."

"It wasn't fair. That a**hole used a quinque against me, and I was already weakened slightly from fighting with Izumi. And I got suspended for it!! Even though she was the one who started it! So ridiculous. I swear, that Ichi has no brain when it comes to Izumi."

"Yes, well, sometimes the system is corrupt."

"Nee, why were you curious of who threw stomach acid at me?" I spoke up.

"Ah, well, clearly anyone who throws stomach acid at another person shouldn't be in possession of stomach acid or any other dangerous liquids, but if it's Izumi-san, there's not much I can do unfortunately. All making a complaint would do would make things worse."

"Oh.."

"That's no problem, because I can kill her, right, Hide?"

"No, Kaneki."

She blinked, "Clearly your friend there shouldn't be possessing dangerous liquids either."

"Oh, don't worry about that, he won't touch it.-"

"It could potentially harm me. I don't trust doctors."

"-He has kagune for that, which he should not be using," I emphasized at Kaneki.

"She hurt you and revealed your sweet body to everyone. She deserves a punishment."

"Kaneki, not everybody gets a punishment when they do something bad, okay?"

"That's stupid."

"...Kaneki, seriously. That a**hole really messed you up good."

"Which a**hole? Are you upset with me for f*cking Hidei's a**hole because I thought he was you?"

"Kaneki, stop, no."

"Or maybe you're unhappy because I only gave your a**hole my kagune while I fed Hidei's a**hole my d*ck."

"Oh my G*d, Kaneki, stop, stop right now."

"Okay, Hide. But are you sure you're not unhappy with me?"

"I'm unhappy with your late Master, Kaneki."

"Oh.."

.

.

.

"But, what a**hole?"

-_-'

"I'm using the context of a jerk. Your Master was an a**hole."

"Oh, that makes sense. Master did have a butt hole, but I didn't ever go in there, Hide. He went in-"

"Okay, stop, Kaneki, seriously, I don't want to hear it. I don't want to hear about what you did with that a**hole. It's disgusting."

"...Sorry, Hide." I felt a vibe of sadness from him, but I ignored it. I was so sick of Kaneki talking about sex all the time..

"Anyway," I sighed, running a hand through my hair, "Let's go back. Koujimaku-san probably already looked at the footage."

"Okay, Hide."

"I'd come with, but Yuki's still unconscious."

"Yeah," I waved. "Thanks, Satumi-san. See you later, Narino-san."

"Bye, Nagachika."

"G-Good..bye?"

Looks like Kaneki freaked the nurse out. Oh well.. Nothing we can do about that now.

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Koujimaku-san had his arms crossed, his finger tapping his arm impatiently. He looked very unhappy.

"Sorry we're la-"

"How can getting dressed take so long?"

Urgh. Whelp, no mercy for us. Our punishment will be worse..

"I'm sorry, the nurse was inquiring about what happened."

"Well, whatever. I looked at the footage, and I decided that Kaneki Ken be punished for his actions."

"..." {Hide}

"!!" {Ken}

"Why? He's unstable; we all know that. Izumi-san attacked me even knowing that Kaneki would react very badly to that. She went in head first, completely aware of Kaneki's insanity and hastiness/impulsiveness. It was her fault. I'm sorry, Koujimaku-san, but she was clearly in the wrong, and you can't blame Kaneki for reacting badly. I stopped him from endangering her, didn't I? No harm done. Don't punish him for-"

"Only Hide can punish me, you-"

I put my arm in front of Kaneki, "-being broken. What he needs is healing, kindness, compassion. Not the brutality he's so used to- that's what injured him to this point in the first place."

"Nagachika, you were also very aware that the agreement was that you and the people we're pardoning on your behalf cannot hurt anyone at all, or the deal is invalid."

"Kaneki didn't hurt anybody. I stopped him before he did."

The man glared at me, "No excuses. Kaneki Ken almost injured Izumi Miyako. That is inexcusable."

"He almost hurt her as a defense mechanism. That's how Kaneki is currently wired. If someone almost or does injure his Master, he is to hurt - and even murder - the culprit. That's his duty. It's revenge, but at the same time, he thinks anyone who almost or does hurt me once will definitely pursue to injure me again. So it's a protective mechanism.

"It wasn't his fault that he went to injure Izumi-san, not when that's how he was taught. I am working on getting him to act appropriately, but that will take lots and lots of time. It will take integrating him back in society. In the meantime, everyone else needs to stay clear of Kaneki and not irritate or punish him. He is merely here for me to watch over. He won't cause any problem if nobody causes a problem."

"You expect me to just ignore this incident? Not a chance."

"Well, let me ask you, are you punishing Izumi-san for throwing stomach acid at me?"

"No, she is not nearly as dangerous as you two."

"Exactly. You're not punishing her, so why would you punish Kaneki? I could've gotten some severe acid burns from what she did. And don't tell me she's not as dangerous as Kaneki or me. She's more dangerous than me because I have a hold on my anger, unlike her. I may have kagune, but she has her own weapons at her disposal.

"And Kaneki's a different case because he's mentally ill. Since Izumi-san doesn't have any mental issues, she should be able to express herself in an appropriate manner. She shouldn't be causing problems for no reason. She shouldn't be getting angry and fighting for no reason. Kaneki is reigned in by me; I keep him from making problems. But who is keeping her from injuring others, hm? She's even more dangerous than Kaneki because no one is keeping her from injuring someone."

"Whoaaa this b*tch has got some serious comebacks! I'm glad Yuki woke up, so I didn't miss this!" Narino-san interrupted the tense atmosphere. Yuki was behind him. "You go, man, that b*tch needs to get her a** handed to her. She needs to learn her place."

"I agree with you, Narino-san," Kaneki commented, "I have a new found respect for you."

"Thanks, man. Glad you're rethinking killing me."

{Kaneki: I didn't say that.

Narino: ...}

"I think I am accepting the fact that Hide wants to have sex with you."

"Whoa, wait, what? Dude, you want to have sex with me?"

"Kaneki, I have told you a million times, I'm not into him like that!!"

"It's okay, Hide, I can share your c*ck."

"DUDE, HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU TO GET YOU TO UNDERSTAND?"

"You don't have to be ashamed. A master needs many pets."

"He's not my pet!!!"

"Okay, now I'm confused. Nagachika, do you LIKE me?"

"No!!"

"Oh. All right."

"...Regardless of Nagachika's love interests, Kaneki Ken was in the wrong, and Izumi-san was not. You, also, were in the wrong, Nagachika."

"Hah? For what?"

"For suggesting to alter the experiment. I explained to you beforehand that you would follow the directions handed to you."

"Hah?!! But then it's just like making a product!! I'm not doing any experimenting! And there are less brains working on their own solution of their own ways! Therefore, there is less of a chance to succeed! And besides, your way is bullsh*t! I'm sorry, but seriously? Focusing on the ability to eat human food, then adapting that to taste, and then adapting that to smell?!! It'd be so much easier - waste so much less time - to just focus on all of the components at once! I-"

"All right, that's enough," a stern voice spoke. The holder furrowed her eyes dangerously.

Haha, I'm horrible ;w;

Who is this mysterious person who practically has no reason to be here?!! Find out~!! But warning: you won't find out why she's here I don't think haha. I have no idea why she's here ;w;