I wasn't sure what the title should've been, so I settled with problems. I also thought of Stuff (as in the baggage we carry or the stuff that litters Hide's room). Tell me if you have a good idea for a title after you read this!

We got to his house, where it was completely silent.

"Uh, watch your step..." Nagachika-san held my hand, leading me through the place.

"Of course," I replied.

"... I forgot you can't see; oh my G*d, I'm so sorry; I--"

"It's fine."

"... Right. Um..." he chuckled wryly, "I guess that's a good thing for me in this situation.... I don't have to be embarrassed about anything you might see.... h*ll, you could see my porn, and you wouldn't know!" he laughed.

"You have porn?"

"Uh... debatable? Wait, are you saying you've never see--wa--heard a porn video?"

"Well... I suppose that's debatable," I smirked back at him.

"You snide little..."

Truth be told, I hadn't. I barely even knew what porn was. I've always been a loner, and it's not like it's easy for me to navigate the internet.... Honestly, I just like to go on public computers as if I know what I'm doing, and I just click a bunch of buttons, and eventually, sound might come on. It's funny. I've occasionally hung around the place and chuckled to myself when someone shouts about what on Earth someone had been doing on a computer.

I know it's the computer I was on.

Back to porn though, I might have ended up getting a porn video on a computer; I'm not sure. But I know I've never gone on it on the phone that I recently got.

A little after Nagachika-san opened a door, I stepped on something.

"Ow! What the h*ll is that?!" I blindly reached down around my feet.

"A--Ah, sorry... That's my fault.... I--I'll have the place cleaned up for next time, I promise...."

"Next time?" I was much more careful as I set my foot back down; I made sure there wasn't anything I would put my weight on.

"Ah, uh... I--I'm sorry; I guess I shouldn't have assumed...--"

I smiled softly, "No, that... sounds good. I really don't have many friends.... Just... don't let me step on anything like that anymore, all right? What was that anyway?"

"Ah, it was my figurine.... Sorry, man. Come on, let's sit."

"Mm," I let him lead me to his bed. I almost stepped on a bunch of stuff, but I never put my full weight on anything, so I didn't get hurt.

"Uh, sorry about that... W--Well, um.. So..."

"You want to get started on that book?" I inquired.

"O--Oh, sure!" I heard some rustling, and after a second or so, Nagachika-san was reading aloud.

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Apparently, Kaneki-san wasn't as interested in the story as I was--he fell asleep while the main character wed the two ghosts.

"Kaneki-san. Kaneki-san!!"

Before I could successfully wake him up, I heard a click signifying someone's entrance.

"Ah!"

D*mn, I am glad I closed and locked the door behind me.

I stood up--resulting in Kaneki-san falling over softly--and threw a blanket over Kaneki-san just in case. I listened closely. Footsteps passed my door. They soon came back, and he tried the knob. I gulped.

"Oi, f*ggot! What have I said about locking the door?!"

"U--Uh, r--right!" I hurried over.

Sh*t... I don't want to open the door. Is Kaneki-san hidden well enough?

I glanced back at my bed, unlocked my door, opened my door, and squeezed myself out of the room. He glared at me.

"You have something to hide in there, f*ggot?"

"No," I replied, closing the door silently behind me.

"Right," he scoffed, "And what about the blind boy you were so intent on f*cking earlier?"

I hissed, "I just want to be friends with him!"

"Hide, you and I both know you only think about sex," he snarled.

"No, I don't!"

"You should be grateful. I told him the truth before you f*cked it up yourself."

"The truth?!! You just said that I was gay! That's not the truth you were complaining about! That's not the truth that f*cked us up!"

"You and I both know you would've f*cked it up anyway. Literally."

"No, I wouldn't !" I argued, "I keep sex separate! I just wanted to be friends with him!"

"You were only planning to get in his pants, and you know it!"

"I wasn't! "

"You f*ck strangers!"

"I'm different now, Nishio-senpai!!"

And suddenly, I had a forearm against my neck, impairing my breathing.

Kaneki's P.O.V.

I woke up to screaming and grunting. I was under a blanket, according to how it felt.

Clearly, I wasn't the one being screamed at.

But then who was?

I remembered that Nagachika-san had been reading to me in his room, but apparently, I fell asleep. That wasn't like me, but Nagachika-san's voice was like an angel's.

A lullaby.

But now, I think that those horrible screams I'm hearing are coming from that same voice....

Should I... Should I help? But... what could I do?

I carefully came out from the blanket before remembering the littering of objects all over the floor.

I'd be better off staying where I am.

But what about Nagachika-san?

And that other voice, I keep trying to deny it, but... I think that's...

Nishio Nishiki...

"N--Ni--Nishio-senpai!!" Nagachika-san cried out, confirming my suspicions, "L--Let go--I can't--I can't breathe!!" I inhaled sharply.

He can't breathe? What the h*ll was Nishio doing to him?!!

I gritted my teeth, my decision having been made. I carefully made my way through the room, feet hovering slowly and hands wavering in front of me. Eventually, I reached a wall. I slid my hands along the wall, feeling for anything to tell me what this "wall" was and where it was in proximity to the door. I eventually discovered where the door was, with plenty of trial and error.

I gulped, realizing that I probably wouldn't be able to do a thing.

But, I had to try!

I grabbed the knob tightly and opened the door.