me: Hello again, people~!! Wie geht es Dir? Es geht Dir gut? Toll! Und jetzt, let us begin! Let me introduce our neue Character! Our beloved~~!! Ryou Itsuwaru! (trying to hold myself back)

Ryou: What the f*ck?

me: Oi. Warum ist das die zuerst Ding du sagt? (hasn't been taught certain Dinge)

Ryou: Why the f*ck do you keep speaking in Gibberish?

me: WARUM ARE _Y_O_U_ CUSSING, HIDEI?!!

Hide: Oh-no-she-did-not.

Kree (nodding): She so totally did.

Hidei: (glaring, glowing eyes) WHAT. Did you just call me...?

me: Whatever are you speaking of? (chuckles maliciously) I merely called you by your rightful name: Hidei!

Hidei: YOU B*TCH!!! (charges for me)

me: (chuckles darkly) Oh, my boy, you have forgotten, I'M the Master in this place.

Uni (murmuring towards Kree): Yet we trapped her in the trash bin.

Kree: Yup. Of course.

me (dodging Hidei's blows): I HEARD THAT!

Uni and Kree: LIKE WE CARE~!!

Rage: What even is this anyway? This story, I mean.

Natsume: Who knows. Fire's always been weird and random. But it has been a while since she even talked with me, never mind doing a Play.

Rage: Mm.

Hide: Can someone please explain to me what's going on now??

Rage and Natsume: Learn on your own.

Natsume: You pr*ck.

Rage: What the heck is that?

Natsume: (stares at Rage)

me: NO!! DON'T DO IT, RAGE, RUN!! RUN, OR YOU'LL BE TARNISHED!! NEVER SAY SUCH A WORD, PLEASE, MY SWEET BABY SON!!!

Rage: ? ?

Hide: It's a cuss word that I am not (glares at Natsume)

Natsume: (shrugs carelessly)

me: The Beginning Play is OUTO!

(simultaneously) Kree, Uni, Natsume, and Rage: The Beginning Play is out.

me: BE MORE ENERGETIC, YOU LAZY BUMS!

Kree, Uni, Natsume, and Rage: No.

Hide: Hold on, am I seeing a pattern here..?

me: (leans up to Hide with a wide grin) Allow me to-

-Beginning Play Out-

Ichinose Koujimaku-boss of new research line; Taiga Narino(Tester)-red hair, green eyes; Yuki Sagaru(Recorder)- blue hair, blue eyes; Ichi Koujimaku(Supervisor)-black hair, glasses, black eyes; Hashiga Koumano(Runner)-curly red hair with a tint of pink and orange that reaches his shoulders, purple eyes

Daichi (real name=Shun Tomai), Mizu (real name=Takumi Morimu), Kuki (real name=Hiroshi Sora), Kasai (real name=Michi Konaru), Jiko (real name=Kenta Hatomi), Hakai (real name=Reidon Zeto), and finally, Hidei (real name=Ryou Itsuwaru). Most of the rules were adopted from his Master, including taping every second and sending the videos to the person who mattered most to the student. For Mizu, it was his little brother, Yuu-chan (full name=Yuuki).

Luckily, Yuki was able to convince Nagachika to receive a massage from him, so Yuki was now making Nagachika relax. Koumano had run off to get some water or something, I wasn't really paying attention.

In case you weren't aware though, Yuki is mine. Which means it does make the feeling of jealousy rise a little.

But Kaneki is being so creepy in his little corner, staring at them with intense, glowing eyes.

He's clearly way more jealous than me. Why does Nagachika even hang around him? Nagachika seems like a good guy, smart, too, but...

And geez, Nagachika doesn't even have his shirt off. It's not THAT irritating, is it? Nagachika's exhausted, and it's clear- it's better if he's massaged like this.

"Your muscles are clearly exhausted, Nagachika-san," Yuki really tried to get in there, "Rest would probably be best for you, but I can try my best. Just promise me you'll stop stressing out. There are plenty of solutions to any problem, and I think your problem-solving ability is pretty good, according to what I've seen of you. Just calm down, take a deep breath, and really think about possible solutions. What do you think you can do, Nagachika-san?"

"Mmh.. I'm trying my best," Nagachika sighed, his eyes still weary.

"I didn't ask that. I asked for possible solutions. List some."

"... B-But Kaneki's not gonna-" he stopped there.

"?" Yuki stared intensely at the back of Nagachika's head as he massaged Nagachika's shoulders. He moved the chair slightly and started massaging his left arm, "Did you think of something?"

"... What bothers Ryou is.. the noise. Kaneki may make the bed creak a bit, but if that was all, I don't think Ryou would wake up and storm in screaming. Maybe this is a little extreme, but we could give Kaneki a gag at night or something. Something to lessen the noise. Speaking of which though, Kaneki, - euh, and uh, I don't-I don't want to know what your previous Master DID, but did you, um, do that kind of stuff with him at n-night..?" Nagachika inquired, trying to look back at Kaneki in his corner. Kaneki immediately shot up and went to Nagachika's side.

"Y-Yes, Hide, he would, until I fainted. He might've continued until the morning, but I don't know.." {Ken}

"Ick." {Hide}

"...?" {Narino}

"U-Um, Hide..?" {Ken}

"? Yeah?" {Hide}

"Um.. y-you don't.. don't want a massage from me..?"

"!! A-Ah, n-no, it's not like that, Kaneki.-"

"Kaneki-san, I don't mean to be rude, but please don't talk to Hide while I'm trying to massage him," Yuki interrupted, and his massaging was slower and more careful. His eyebrows were slightly knitted together. "You're making his muscles tense up, and that's not good."

"!! Y-You--!!"

"Kaneki, Kaneki!!" Nagachika put his hands up, "Calm down, buddy, please. He isn't meaning any harm. He's just massaging me, okay? Please, step down. It's just a platonic massage. Okay?"

"... O-Okay.. Hide."

Nagachika's muscles relaxed once more, and Yuki started massaging again.

"Sorry I took so long," Koumano hurried over, "I didn't want the pail's water to go all over."

"Thank you, Koumano-san. Please put it beside me," Yuki absently commanded, and Koumano did as told. Yuki stopped massaging to dunk the rag in the pail, and afterward, he squeezed any excess water out before he pressed it onto Nagachika's neck, rubbing it gently. Nagachika let out a small, moaned sigh. "Does it feel good, Nagachika-san?"

"Yes.. Thank you. This is exactly what I needed really."

"It does some good to rest every once in a while at least. Especially if you're in great stress."

I smirked slightly.

Ah, Yuki's so f*cking hot when he gets down and dirty like this.. He gets all serious, and I love that on him. He sounds so f*cking mature and wise. SUCH a turn on.

"Talking it out normally helps as well. Do you or Kaneki-san have therapists?"

"No.. but we were thinking about it, for Kaneki. It's just, he doesn't quite trust anyone else, and what therapist would really be willing to help a ghoul?"

"Mm. So it's all on you?"

"I guess."

"That alone is a lot of stress you're dealing with. Of course you're exhausted and everything. What else is on your mind?"

Nagachika chuckled shallowly/wryly, "Are you a therapist now, Sagaru-san?"

"Taiga sometimes says I'm cut out for that, but I'd rather help with Tokyo's ghoul troubles."

"Mm. You certainly are. Me and Kaneki, we live with seven other people. Kaneki was torturing them longer than he was torturing me, so they don't get along that well." Yuki stopped for a second there, blinking, but he continued as if nothing was wrong. "?" Luckily, Nagachika didn't appear to think anything of it, and he continued speaking, "So like, Kaneki makes noises at night, and that wakes us all up. Then Ryou starts screaming about it that he can't sleep. Then Ryou runs in. It's so hard to sleep when they're constantly bickering at night like that."

"I see. That's another source of stress then. You could also try putting headphones on Ryou-san if he's willing."

"Ah yeah. Thanks, Sagaru-san. With both of those, Ryou shouldn't wake up."

"Mm-hm. So, how about you try that, and we'll see how that works?"

"Yeah. Thanks, Sagaru-san."

"No problem," Yuki moved to Nagachika's other arm. Eventually, Yuki moved back to Nagachika's back. He got lower and lower until he reached the small of Nagachika's back, and Nagachika shrieked.

"Oi! Don't touch Hide in that place!" Kaneki immediately got defensive as Nagachika writhed.

"?" {Narino}

What happened?

"What did I do wrong?"

"See, Hide, you can't deny it anymore," Kaneki didn't seem to notice Yuki speak, "He touched you in that place, so he must like you. He must want to elicit a response from you!"

"Wh-What are you talking about, Kaneki? What happened? Wh-Why did that feel so.. weird?"

"? You don't know, Hide? It's something I discovered with my late Master- the kakuhou is an erogenous spot. It can make a ghoul cum quickly."

"Oh! Oh! I-I'm so sorry!!" Yuki's face was beat red as he put his hands up in surrender. I quickly dashed over, just in time to keep him from falling over.

"D*mn, boy, you have to say that right in front of this uke?" I inquired to Kaneki, shifting Yuki over my shoulder, "He faints with that type of talk. And he does NOT like Nagachika, okay? He's mine. He didn't even know the kakuhou was so sensitive, and neither did I."

"Even I didn't know, Kaneki. Why do you even-never mind. The point is, I think a lot of people - ghouls and humans alike - had no idea that the kakuhou was erogenous. So don't worry about that. He doesn't like me in that way, and I don't like him in that way either."

"..." Kaneki seemed skeptical, but he said nothing more.

"Do you want to wait for Yuki to wake up, or...?" I inquired to Nagachika.

"Ah, uh, no, it's fine. I should be fine for tonight, thanks."

"Alright then, see you."

"Bye, Narino-san."

I took Yuki to the nurse.

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When we got home, I had a smile on my face as it should be, and I was definitely refreshed. Reidon, Michi, Shun, and Ryou were playing a video game on the t.v. together, and Hiroshi and Kenta were watching on the couch. Takumi was on my computer on the table.

"Hell~~~o, everyone," I had a pep in my step.

"Hah? What's up with you, being all so happy and sh*t," Ryou scowled.

"I had a massaging therapy. You should try it sometime, Ryou. You with all your pent up frustration," I plopped down beside them to watch.

"Yes, that way, I can have Hide all to myself," Kaneki sat down right next to me.

"Kaneki, seriously, I am telling you, it was platonic. Stop getting jealous over that, buddy."

Kaneki stuck his face up in a stubborn pout.

Ryou scoffed, "I do not have pent up frustration."

"Then why are you so unhappy all the time?"

"I was tortured, duh."

"Exactly, pent up frustration," I responded plainly.

"You little--!!"

"Anyway, I'm feeling totally refreshed. Nice and calm," I smiled, relaxed and satisfied.

"I can do that for you, too, Hide," Kaneki offered.

"Oh my G*D! Get a f*cking room, you two!" Ryou hissed, "Better yet, let us move out! I don't wanna live where Kaneki's been!"

"... Ryou. Stop being so rude and insulting Kaneki like that," I requested, a little irritated with how much he'd been insulting my best friend.

"Less competition for me," Kaneki hissed back to Ryou.

"We all want YOU TWO to stay here, and US to leave! So give us what we want! I'd rather f*cking be watched every second than live with you two a**holes! A coward and a rapist!" Ryou scoffed.

"I thought I just told you to stop insulting Kaneki!" I shouted, angry already. Apparently, Sagaru-san's massage couldn't keep me calm and relaxed through Ryou's rudeness.

"F*ck you, man! Maybe you're willing to forgive everything he's ever done, but I'M not! He ruined my life!!"

"That wasn't his choice!!" I argued back in a sharp hiss, "Kaneki was molded into what he is now! And I'm working very hard to get him stable again! When you see what he's like, what Kaneki is really like, the true Kaneki, unmarred by others, his own self, you'll understand why I try so hard and why I get so offended when you insult him!" I felt arms wrap around my neck. I immediately stiffened, thinking one of the others was trying to choke me, but the hold was too soft for that. It was a loose grip that held affection and care.

"Oh, Hide," Kaneki purred, smirking down at me lustfully, "It's such a turn on when you defend me like that. Oh please, f*ck me, Hide. F*ck me into the ground."

"Ugh!" Ryou made a disgusted face.

"You don't need to waste your time on him," Kaneki continued to purr, seeming unaware of Ryou and everyone else's reactions, "All you need is me, right, Hide?"

"Kaneki..."

"You want to f*ck me, too, right, Hide? You want to feel my a**, too?"

"..." I politely shrugged his grip off.

"?" {Ken}

"Kaneki.. please, you're misunderstanding. I don't want to have sex with you. Right now, even if we're in love, we need to focus on healing. Having sex would set both of us back."

Kaneki looked horrified at my confession. "Y-You.. don't want to have sex with me? Not even a little?"

"Dude, why did you think I haven't been asking for sex like you?"

"I-I thought you were depriving me or something.. My old Master would do that from time to time. I thought I did something bad to deserve neglect."

"Wha..? N-Never mind. Kaneki, I love you, I really do, but I mean in a best friend way. You need to get sex out of your mind. Your mind is filthy, tarnished by th-your late Master."

"B-But.."

"Kaneki, this is all too much. I'm healing, too, you know. I can't handle all of this stress, with you and Ryou bickering all the time, with you always asking for sex, any of it. You don't want me so irritated that I'm unhappy all the time like earlier, right?"

He shook his head frantically, "No, of course not! All I wish for is your happiness, Hide!"

"Then, please, try to get along with Ryou, and try to get sex off your mind. Okay? Can you do that for me, Kaneki?"

"C-C.. I can do anything for you, Hide. I'll do anything for your happiness, Hide."

"Good. I think I'm going to spend some time alone in my room though, okay? Make sure you don't argue or bicker or anything," I got up, "or I'll have to come in and deal punishment."

"Okay, Hide! I won't bother you! Anything for your happiness, Hide!"

Ryou scoffed, rolling his eyes with his arms crossed, "Whatever. But this idiot better not-" he caught my glare and silenced himself.

I went to my room.

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Hide looked so peaceful..

"You're a freak, you know?"

I ignored Ryou and caressed Hide's hair. So tender.. so sweet..

So perfect..

I could never even hope for a better Master. He's so merciful and forgiving..

"Hide? Are you having good dreams?" I murmured to him. Oh how I wanted to lick him.. Press my tongue inside his ear like a little centipede, making him go nuts and laugh on impulse.

Ahh.. I'm getting horny just thinking about it.

But, Hide told me not to think about sex..

I tried to will my arousal down, but looking at Hide like this, his soft, innocent face looking so peaceful, ready to be ruined and start sobbing, oh, I couldn't help myself.

I neared Hide's ear with a smirk. I was about to whisper naughty things to his sleeping self, but Hide began whimpering. I leaned back with a blink.

Hide must've been in REM sleep now. I had been in the family room with the rest of them for a while, reading my book silently. But what is he dreaming about? What is making him whimper so?

"Hide?" I cocked my head. Ryou walked past me, digging through the freezer we had in here. Were we out of food in the kitchen? I hadn't noticed.

"Ah f*ck, come on," Ryou groaned.

"What is it, Ryou?" I walked over. Hide would wake up eventually, so it was alright.

"We only have a hand in here. Actually, where the f*ck is this hand from?"  he held up a hand.

"? Ah, I got that the other night."

"Didn't that a**hole tell us not to go feasting outside? He said he'd get food for us."

"Don't call Hide an a**hole! And I couldn't help myself."

"He is so not going to be happy with you."

"And we'll deal with that later, now give me!" I snatched the hand from him, and he rolled his eyes, strolling back over to Hide.

"Whatever. Oi, Hide," Ryou crossed his arms, "Wake up already, we're out of meat."

"You do not order Hide, nor do you disrupt his precious sleep!" I hissed at him, stomping over.

"F*ck you, man, I could care less about his f*cking sleep. Oi! Hide! Wake the f*ck up already!"

"You little..!! HOW DARE YOU TRY TO DISRUPT HIDE'S SLEEP!" I charged for him.

Needless to say, it didn't go so well.

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I whimpered at my head's poor aching.

"I go to sleep for a few hours, and you two end up fighting in my room! What have I told you about trying to be peaceful together?!!" Hide screamed at us, not helping my poor head.

Ryou scoffed, "Kaneki here was the one who decided to stare at you in your sleep. I just came in to get some food 'cause we're out. Which, by the way, there is a hand in your freezer that Kaneki apparently got the other night. Who knows what happened to the person it came from," Ryou glared at me with a growl.

"Is this true, Kaneki?" Hide turned to me, his expression stern.

"Y-Yes.." I shrunk.

"And what have I told you about meat? I said I'd get some for everyone. I apologize that I didn't notice we were running out; I'll get that tomorrow."

"I can't last until tomorrow!" Ryou hissed at him, "I'm hungry, Hide- I need meat!"

"Just last for one more day, alright? Think of it as punishment for fighting with Kaneki again!"

"Are you kidding me?!! He started it! I just tried to wake you up, and THIS a**hole got all snippy with me! He totally had a fit about me waking you up! I-"

"I DON'T F*CKING CARE WHAT YOU GUYS FOUGHT OVER! I DON'T CARE WHO STARTED IT, AND WHAT THEY STARTED IT FOR! THE POINT IS, YOU. FOUGHT! I HAVE TOLD YOU BOTH TIME AND TIME AGAIN TO STOP FIGHTING, AND IF I CAN'T F*CKING GO TO SLEEP FOR A FEW HOURS, I!-" Hide threw up his hands and turned around. "Whatever. The point is-"

"This is exactly why I want to live elsewhere!" Ryou hissed at him, and Hide gave him a dark glare. "I'm sick of being woken up in the middle of the night; I'm sick of living with this creep!" he gestured to me, "We want to move out, Hide!"

"You need to stop running from your problems, Ryou. You'll have to get along. You know that, don't you?" Hide turned around, his expression still stern, "You'll be watched constantly by the investigators. That's the only way you'd be able to move out."

"It's better than living with the same person who kidnapped, raped, and tortured me!"

"..." Hide crossed his arms, "Ryou. I came up with a solution to the nightly issue. We can give everyone headphones to wear at night-"

"That'd be uncomfortable!"

"-and Kaneki will wear a gag. We're all a little irritable from living with each other, believe me. But I see you seven moving out as a last resort. Are you sure you don't want to try just for a little while longer?"

"F*ck yeah! I don't wanna be anywhere near this a**hole!" he pointed at me.

"..." Hide breathed deeply through his nose. "Fine. Me and Kaneki will get our own apartment."

"F*ck no!"

Hide scowled at Ryou, "What?"

"I'm not living where this turd f*cked you or a pillow of you!"

Hide sighed heavily, pinching and massaging the bridge of his nose, "This place is big for your accommodation, Ryou. With nine people living in the same place, you need a big place. If you seven moved out, it'd be useless, a waste of money. If me and Kaneki are living together alone, we need a smaller place; it wastes less money. You seven, however, still need a big place."

"I don't f*cking care! We'll sell this place then, split the money!"

Hide growled a sigh of frustration. "That takes a lot of work, Ryou."

"I don't f*cking care!"

Hide groaned, massaging his head. "Oh my G*d, if you guys could just f*cking get along... Why are you so stubborn? Fine, if that's what you f*cking want. But I'M not going to deal with that sh*t. You get this place ready to sell; you sell it. Come on, Kaneki, I guess we're being kicked out. Oh, and, I won't be giving you meat either, so you'll have to gather suicide victims or something."

So, me and Hide gathered our stuff and left.

I don't like Ryou.

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"Takumi. Give me my f*cking computer."

"Are you kidding me, Hide?" Takumi looked up at me unhappily, "We have more people; we should have the computer!"

"It's my f*cking computer! Get your own if you want a f*cking computer!"

"We don't have enough money!"

"Then save up, now give me my f*cki-"

"TAKUMI, GIVE HIDE HIS COMPUTER!" Kaneki grabbed Takumi's arms and held them up.

Oh my f*cking G*d..

I put my hand on my head as Takumi and Kaneki argued and complained.

"Both of you, sh*t the f*ck up!" I finally couldn't take it anymore. My kagune had both of them bound now. "It's my computer, so I'm taking it. There. No room for argument."

"A-Ah, Hide.." Kaneki's face flushed, "I thought you didn't want to have sex.. especially.. public.."

I took my kagune off him immediately and grabbed my computer, resuming my packing.

"Aw.." {Ken}

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"Nagachika, you're as bad as you were yesterday.." Sagaru-san blinked, "Did one night really undo all my work..?"

"Me and Kaneki are moving out," I mumbled sourly. "Ryou and the others can't f*cking deal with Kaneki." I tapped my crossed arms. I was as irritable as yesterday morning; he was right.

"Ah.. So rather than solving the issue, you all are running away...?"

"That's what I said!" I uncrossed my arms, "Ryou is just f*cking running away! He'll have to deal with me and Kaneki anyway, so he should just get along with us, but he doesn't f*cking care!"

"Ah.. Yes, that is unfortunate, but if that's his choice, there's nothing you can do.. ..." Sagaru-san had a finger on his chin in thought, "Nagachika-san, who all is being stressed?"

"Huh?" I scowled sourly.

"Never mind. For now, Nagachika-san, why don't I give you another massage?"

"But we need to get to work!" I argued in distaste.

"Then we'll work late, but as it is now, you and I both know you aren't at your best. Come on, sit down, I'll give you another massage."

"..." I grumbled but complied anyway. He was right; I, unfortunately, wouldn't be able to work right like this. I wanted the best results, so I needed to be at my best.

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I wafted the concoction to my nose. It didn't smell dangerous..

"Kaneki, what do you think?" I wafted it towards his nose.

"?" he cocked his head cluelessly.

"I'll take that as a yes," I dipped a finger into the concoction. I stared at my finger. It wasn't having any negative effects.. Almost like water, the way it just rolls off.

"Okay," I leaned back, satisfied with my concoction, "I'm as far as I'm going to get with this one without experimenting."

Narino-san immediately shot up, "You mean I can finally get to work?!!"

"? Well, I suppose that's what your job entails.. the 'experimenter'."

"YES!! F*CK YES, MAN!!"

I blinked at him. Ken peeked over my shoulder in curiosity. Clearly, neither of us knew why he was so excited. Especially considering what the next step in the process is..

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"I have been so f*cking bored, man," Narino-san explained on the way. He was leading, with an irritated Ichi-san right by him. Sagaru-san was smiling almost apologetically or pitifully.

Eventually, we reached our destination: Cochlea.

Ichinose Koujimaku-boss of new research line; Taiga Narino(Tester)-red hair, green eyes; Yuki Sagaru(Recorder)- blue hair, blue eyes; Ichi Koujimaku(Supervisor)-black hair, glasses, black eyes; Hashiga Koumano(Runner)-curly red hair with a tint of pink and orange that reaches his shoulders, purple eyes

Daichi (real name=Shun Tomai), Mizu (real name=Takumi Morimu), Kuki (real name=Hiroshi Sora), Kasai (real name=Michi Konaru), Jiko (real name=Kenta Hatomi), Hakai (real name=Reidon Zeto), and finally, Hidei (real name=Ryou Itsuwaru). Most of the rules were adopted from his Master, including taping every second and sending the videos to the person who mattered most to the student. For Mizu, it was his little brother, Yuu-chan (full name=Yuuki).