Guess whaaaaaat~?!! Hahaha, you guys will be so excited for this! So, I made goals in English today, and one of my goals was to finish this specific story by the end of the semester.

Oh my ghouls, what have I done? (just now punched in the face with how far off the ending is in this story and how it is nearly impossible to achieve)

"Koujimaku, Nagachika here was the one who initially started these experiments. You do know this, right? He has probably been working on this for a far longer time than us.-" {Mado}

"Since I found out Kaneki became a ghoul, so yea." {Hide}

Mado-san gave me a quick glare for interrupting her, "-He has probably done trial and error more times than he can count." I had gotten the message from Mado-san's glare, so I didn't affirm anything this time. "He's been thinking of this for months, so he probably already compared the options, and in terms of intelligence, I believe Nagachika is better than you, especially when it comes to ghoul matters like this. And I do believe you were instructed to follow Nagachika's path and notes. Which included focusing on all components rather than just one at a time." {Mado}

"Grrr..!" {Miyako or Koujimaku. Possibly even Ichi but that's unlikely. I think it's Koujimaku, looking at the rest of this.}

"Additionally, hasn't it already been requested that Miyako Izumi here was transferred? What happened to that request? I thought this group had no experimenter. Nagachika was to be the sole experimenter in the group supervised by your son." {Mado}

"I did not see any reason to switch Izumi-san." {Koujimaku}

"Is that so? And why did Nagachika have an issue with Izumi Miyako?" Mado-san looked at me, giving me the incentive to speak. {Mado}

"She threw stomach acid on me," I said simply.

"Ah. That there is enough reason to fire her. I was wondering why the patient Nagachika had gotten irritated with someone. She's a danger in the workplace, and therefore, I will make it so that she will never be in this type of work ever again." {Mado}

"Wha--?!!" Ichi-san, Izumi-san, and Koujimaku-san were all shocked. {Ichi, Izumi, and Koujimaku I assume.}

"WOHO! THIS B*TCH DOES NOT TAKE ANYONE'S BULLSH*T!" Narino-san got a glare from Mado-san for his comment. "Sorry. Forgive me." {Narino Taiga.}

"Hold on, am I missing something? Do you even have that power, Mado-san?" {Hide}

"I am the supervisor of this line of research. I plan to finish up the ghouls me and Amon have in the 20th Ward before I go full-time. So yes, I am in a higher position than Koujimaku here." {Mado}

"Whoa, seriously?"

"I have a newfound respect for this woman, Hide."

"That's great, Kaneki. Thanks, Mado-san; I really appreciate it."

"It's purely my duty to make sure things go smoothly. Izumi Miyako should've been transferred a while ago, for she is a danger to the workplace."

"You got that right. To herself and others. She almost got herself killed there."

"Killing her is still an option, Hide. Just say the word."

"No, Kaneki, killing is not an option; please reunderstand that already."

"It does not matter, Hide. If you want her dead, I can do so."

"Kaneki. Please. I don't want you to kill her, okay?"

"Okay.. just keep it in mind."

"...Kaneki.. seriously."

"But.. with Izumi's mistake in mind.. Nagachika, you also should be keeping Kaneki in better check."

I frowned, "I'm trying my best, Mado-san. I can't help his mouth right now- actions take priority."

"Hide talks in his sleep," Kaneki declared, "Mouths are hard to quiet."

"...That's very helpful, Kaneki." His cheeks flushed ever so slightly, and he looked down.

"I-I'm glad I could be of use.."

"..."

Mado-san sighed, "Whatever. Just be quick about it. It's clearly already causing issues."

"Hai! I'm sorry."

Mado-san turned to Izumi-san, "Izumi Miyako, you will no longer work in this research line. You're fired."

"Wha--?!! And what about those two stupid ghouls?!!"

"DON'T CALL HIDE STUPID!" Kaneki started to charge, but I held him back.

"Ahahaha," I chuckled nervously, "Calm down, Kaneki."

"For your information, Izumi, Nagachika here is the reason this line of research was even opened. He's very intelligent, intuitive, fast, and strong. He's useful to the CCG, so we're using him. Simple as that."

"And if you think I'd let the CCG catch me or anyone I care about without a fight, you're dead wrong," I added, "Even if the CCG did catch me, they would find that I'd escaped soon after. I'm sneaky. It's easier on everyone just to make a deal with me."

"Hide is smart. And he's good in bed."

"...Thank you for your input, Kaneki."

"You're welcome, Hide."

"..."

"Besides, part of our deal is for the ghouls Nagachika is acquainted with not to kill or cause problems in general."

"Ghouls shouldn't be in the CCG!"

"Nagachika used to be human, and he's even more useful now than when he was human."

"Just give it up, Izumi. She's the boss of this- what she says, goes. Besides, you're not fit for this work," Narino-san tried to reason with her.

"Hmph! Fine! This line of work is useless anyway!" she stomped off.

"? If she doesn't like this line of work, why was she in it?" I looked at Narino-san.

"Duh, it pays super well. It's why most of us are here. Since most probably wouldn't want to work towards a way for ghouls to eat something other than flesh, they have to make it high pay, or nobody would do it. Although you're different."

"? How am I different? Because I have a best friend that's a ghoul?"

"Duh, because you're a ghoul?" he seemed confused.

"But I worked on this before I was a ghoul."

"...right.. um.. then I don't know. I have no idea why you wanted to do this."

"?"

"Well, since this issue is solved," Mado-san pushed her hair behind her ear, "Koujimaku, a word please." He followed Mado-san out of the huge room, grumbling.

"Whew. Hear that, Kaneki?" I nudged his arm with a playful smirk, "No more stomach acid being thrown at people. What a relief, yeah?"

"I still wish to decapitate her."

"...Kaneki, don't say that."

"What does decapitate mean?" Narino-san looked at Sagaru-san.

"It means to behead. Or in even simpler terms, he wants to take her head off." {Sagaru Yuki}

"Oh."

"Yes, quite gruesome."

The day followed with barely any problems (although Ichi-san was quite irritated).

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Plop!

"WHEW!"

"Hard day?" Dai-Shun untied his apron. He and the others were working at Anteiku now.

"Yeah. Try having stomach acid thrown at you."

"Isn't that dangerous?" Takumi also untied his apron.

"Definitely. If you leave it on for too long, you could get burnt or something," I stared at the ceiling. "But luckily, that hazardous experimenter is gone now." {... You know.. I don't like.. how Hide refers to the Seven by their first name.. but he still refers Ken as Kaneki.. and Touka, too.. Why..? Is it because Ken's so shy..? I don't like it. Hide is much closer to Kaneki than Touka or the Seven. Oh well I suppose.}

"Hide, do you want to have sex?"

"No, Kaneki."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, Kaneki."

"Okay."

I was trying to be patient with Kaneki. I really was. But G*d d*mn it, that guy had messed him up good. Seriously, I wish he would stop saying inappropriate things.

I have to watch him closely and take that b*st*rd's place as his Master, just until Kaneki can walk on his own two feet. And I'll be a good Master, unlike that b*st*rd.

It's just really hard to be patient nowadays. I'm hurt, too. I'm damaged. I should be recovering.

But with Kaneki's faults, I just don't have room. I have to wait on that. In the meantime, I just have to deal with not being as happy and patient as I normally am.

I rolled on my side, closing my eyes.

Not even a few seconds later, I felt warmth on my back.

"Kaneki."

"Yes, Hide?"

"I'd like to be alone please."

"Oh. Oh, okay." His warmth left.

Ryou scoffed, "You should've thought about that before you decided to rest on the bed in the changing room. Even though they have a bed in here, which is really f*cking weird, does not mean it's sleeping material. Get the f*ck off." I looked back and glared at him.

"Do not speak to Hide that way, Ryou," Kaneki stepped in front of Ryou, glaring, I bet.

"I thought I told you to call me 'Ryou-sama'," he scowled back. I groaned and put the pillow over my head.

"I am not in the mood to deal with this!! F*ck off each other!"

"Hmph! With this a**hole how he is, you need to watch him CONSTANTLY! That means you can't sleep when he isn't! Idiot! It's still daytime, so get the f*ck off!" He got a pillow to his face (courtesy of yours trurly).

"F*ck. Off." {Hide}

"Oi. Stop bickering like a newly wed couple," Touka glared between all of us. "And Hide, you look like a crazed baboon- sleep in the guest room." I groaned and plopped back on the bed.

"Why do you have a bed in here then~~~~~?!!"

"We decided to do that after we got seven new waiters and two freeloaders."

"WE ARE NOT FREELOADERS!" I shot up and screamed at her.

F*ck. I really am irritable.

Even with this knowledge, I couldn't stop myself.

"I COULD GO TELL THE CCG EASILY TO F*CK ANTEIKU OVER! YOU'D HAVE AN ENTIRE ARMY ON YOUR HANDS! AND DON'T THINK YOU CAN F*CKING BEAT THE ENTIRE F*CKING CCG!"

Touka's kakugan flared, "You wanna fight, bleached blonde?"

Okay, so, I'm going to try to focus on this story. It'll be my main one. Just because of my English goal and stuff.