Fan suggestion from Ao3 (achievementofourown)❤️

Intro; Ayato is jealous of how time Kaneki spends with Hide and follows him around. (Aka Ayato goes to work with Kaneki)

Ayato sat fussingly on the couch; his arms folded as he stared at the television screen unfocused and unamused. Why? Kaneki was sitting next to him on the phone with Hide, morefully so; Kaneki wasn't giving him any attention. Ayato didn't want to admit that he was jealous even though it was painfully obvious that he was. He's stubborn like that.

Ayato looked over to Kaneki to see him smiling and replying to something that Hide had said but it was incoherent to him. Ayato pouted; as he watched Kaneki face twist up in laughter with jealously. "Tch." Ayato spat and turned back to the tv, frowning; not so much at the tv itself but at how Kaneki was neglecting him. 'Why does he even like that asshole so much, he's annoying.' Ayato thought glaring at his boyfriend in the corner of his eye.

A couple minutes (which seemed a lot longer than it was to Ayato) passed of Ayato being fussy and jealous on the couch and Kaneki laughing and smiling bothersomely whilst talking to Hide. Till Kaneki finally hung up; and as soon as he did Ayato looked over with a slight pout "are you done?" Ayato asked; silently praising himself for not sounding like the needy child that he felt like.

"Yes, I'm sorry." Kaneki apologised; quickly shooting him an apologetic smile before placing a quick kiss on his cheek as a sorry. A small smile fixed itself on Ayato's face; finally getting the attention he wanted, it caused Kaneki's eyes to widen, a gasp to leave his mouth. Kaneki smile widened at the rare sight and placed another kiss to his cheek to see if he would do it again. But instead Ayato being Ayato; he growled and shoved him away, "asshole" Ayato grumbled; folding his arms and looking away; embarrassed.

Kaneki chuckled and ruffled up Ayato's blue locks playfully which caused the blush to deepen. "Hey-!" Ayato started but was cut off by Kaneki's phone, Ayato hissed with a roll of his eyes, glaring at the phone. "Sorry." Kaneki quickly apologised again before picking up the phone, "tch." Ayato spat, as Kaneki put the phone to his ear.

"Hey Touka-Chan." Kaneki greeted; which grabbed Ayato's immediate attention, "oh okay, I guess I could." Kaneki continued; looking over at Ayato which caused said person to frown in confusion. "Yeah, I will, bye." Kaneki announced after a quick pause then hung up, Ayato raised his eyebrow; silently asking what that was about. "Touka-Chan asked if I could drop by, to fill in for Nishiki-senpai for a while." Kaneki announced as he stood up, he smiled down at Ayato apologetically "I'm sorry I have to go." Kaneki said; which caused Ayato to quickly stand up.

"uh-" Ayato started; his cheeks darkening as he fumbled over his words, "what is it?" Kaneki asked with a slight tilt of his head quizzically, "um..can I uh...come with you?" Ayato hesitantly asked; looking off to the side embarrassed to admit such a thing. Kaneki smiled "of course you can." Kaneki replied; immediately calming Ayato's nerves, too embarrassed to reply; he nodded.

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Ayato was extremely embarrassed and flustered as he was walked hand in hand with Kaneki down the street; finding it to be ridiculously stupid at how needy he was being and how jealous he had gotten.

Kaneki chuckled; breaking the silence which caused Ayato to look over at the smiling male, "what?" Ayato asked frowning confusingly at him and his smiling face, "you're being unusually affectionate today Ayato-Kun." Kaneki chuckled; gesturing at to their linked hands and how Ayato was standing closer than usual. "S-Shut up asshole!" Ayato yelped out; immediately jerking away from him, Kaneki chuckled and pulled him back before he could escape.

"It's cute." Kaneki commented; definitely not helping the growing blush that was dominating his cheeks, "shut the fuck up!" Ayato yelled; pulling his hand away and shoving them into his pockets, purposely walking slower so he wasn't close to the older anymore. Once Kaneki was 'too far' ahead Ayato forced himself to swallow his pride; he quickly walked back to Kaneki's side and grabbed his hand. Refusing to make eye contact; even though he wasn't looking at him, he could tell that Kaneki was looking at him most likely with a smile.

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"Touka-chan!" Kaneki yelled out as he stepped in; over voicing the chime of the bell that went off as he entered. "Don't yell, idiot!" Touka scolded as he stormed over; glaring at him in an annoyed matter. "Oh...hey Shityato." Touka greeted; her scolding expression turned into a cocky one as she locked eyes with their linked hands; which caused Ayato to immediately jerk away from Kaneki. "Okay, look, Nishiki's shift ends in half an hour, he had to step out; something about his girlfriend. I dunno I don't care." Touka announced; tossing Kaneki an apron which he caught.

"Alright." Kaneki replied as he tied the apron around his waist, "get to work, asshole." Touka said before walking off; going to tend to the customers. Kaneki looked over at Ayato and smiled "my shift won't take too long, so you can either stay here or go off if you like?" Kaneki asked; moving to stand in front of the younger. "I'll....um..I'll stay here I guess, it's not like I want too or anything! Just I want coffee." Ayato replied; stuttering over his words too much for his liking.

"alright, then I'll make you a coffee." Kaneki announced; smiling as he grabbed Ayato's hand and lead him over to the serving counter. Ayato sat on the chair and propped his elbow on it, his hand cupping his face as Kaneki stood on the other side of the counter; preparing to make the coffee for him.

"black right?" Kaneki asked to which Ayato immediately nodded, "yeah." He replied; watching Kaneki closely as he prepared the ingredients.

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"Thanks I guess for filling in for Nishiki, Kaneki." Touka said as she wiped the tables down, Kaneki in reply looked over and smiled "it's no problem. I'm happy to help." He said as he was hugging Hinami goodbye. "Let's go, idiot." Ayato interrupted; tugging on the back of Kaneki's shirt, demandingly. Kaneki chuckled and let go of Hinami to step back and stand next to Ayato, "come back soon, Oni-chan!" Hinami exclaimed happily clapping her hands together. "I will." Kaneki replied as he grabbed Ayato's hand (much to the youngers embarrassment) "Goodbye Touka-chan, Hinami-chan" Kaneki said as he walked out; the bell ringing as he did.

It was silent for a few moments as Kaneki and Ayato walked down the empty streets; the street lights painting the area a dull white colour. "Thank you for coming with me, Ayato-Kun." Kaneki said; giving Ayato's hand a quick squeeze, "its fine." He muttered in reply. "What made you want to come with me this time?" Kaneki asked; trying to hold conversation as long as possible.

Ayato bit the inside of his cheek; he was dreading that Kaneki would ask that question and here he was, asking it. "I don't fucking know, don't question me asshole." Ayato replied; frowning over at the white haired male who chuckled at his response. "Well alright." Kaneki said, he bit his lip before continuing "im glad you came with me." Kaneki confessed; giving Ayato's hand another quick squeeze.

"Dont get used to it, shithead this is a one time thing." Ayato replied; starring off into the darkened alleyways, Kaneki just chuckled; they both know that it was a lie. How? That's what Ayato said last time. After that; silence consumed them both, the chilly night air sending shivers down both of their spines, the only sound was the soft sound of the wind blowing.

Ayato bit his tongue as he looked over to Kaneki; debating if he should ask the question that has been on his mind all day or not, just going with it he spoke out. "Do you like hide?" Ayato randomly blurted out; shocking the older so much that he caused him to freeze on the spot. "No, I don't. Why are you asking Ayato-Kun?" Kaneki replied; frowning over at Ayato; confused to why he would ever ask that.

"You too are really close and shit, so I figured you liked him, I mean you spend more time with him then you do with me asshole." Ayato explained; immediately regretting opening his mouth straight after. "Ayato-Kun-" Kaneki started but Ayato cut him off "just fucking ignore me, just pretend I didn't say anything." Ayato interrupted; walking off, leaving the white haired male to himself.

"Ayato-Kun, are you jealous of Hide?" Kaneki asked softly; to make sure Ayato didn't think that he was mocking him or making fun of him as he ran up to his side. Despite Ayato not answering; the answer was clear, the way he immediately turned his head away and clutched his fists after he asked was a dead give away.

"Ayato-Kun, Hide-Kun is my best friend and I'm dating you. I don't mean to make you feel any less important, I'll make sure to give you more attention okay?" Kaneki confessed; grabbing and lacing his fingers through Ayato's slim ones.

"Okay."