"I think we should recruit him," Eto's smirk widened. Eyepatch merely stared at her finger, trying to focus rather than going insane. Ayato was bored as h*ll, and Noro and Tatara had no objections or comments to Eto's words.

"Why don't we recruit the whole world while we're at it?" Ayato droned sarcastically, waving a hand.

"Now, now, Ayato-kun."

"But he's never been seen with a kagune or kakugan," Eyepatch commented, having the powerful feeling that something wasn't right.

"That's the fun of it, Eyepatch! I want to see his kagune! I'm curious!"

Eyepatch pressed his lips together.

Something wasn't right.

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Knock, knock.

"I'm comin, I'm comin," a sleepy voice called from the other side. A few seconds later, the door opened. Hide scratched his head sleepily. He was in nothing but his underwear, and he had an obvious bedhead.

"Put some clothes on," Ayato growled as Ken's eyes slowly, awkwardly glanced away.

"Aw, you don't want to make me cum sexually?" Hide's lips lazily curled. Ayato wanted to just slam the door closed and leave, but Eto had instructed them to try and recruit him, so..

"Put. Some. Clothes. On," Ayato hissed.

"Hai, hai, whatever you say.." Hide purred, walking back inside.

"Who are you?" a different, panicked voice inquired, and Ayato turned to him. "Th--The Rabbit!! The Black Rabbit!!"

"Who is this idiot?" Ayato scoffed.

"Oh, hey, Serpant Bat!" Hide pushed on Ayato to peek out at Bat. Bat couldn't help but think the position was a little romantic, but now wasn't the time.

"Wh--What--?!!"

Hide got off of Ayato and actually looked at him.

He rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, "Uh, sorry about the comments earlier, I was.. I just woke up, so.. Anyway though, what does Aogiri's Black Rabbit want with me?"

"..." Ayato glanced at the Bat, glaring a little. "Aogiri wants to recruit you."

"Recrui.. Huh? What? What are you talking abo-"

"Are you sure we've got the right house?!!" Ken hissed to Ayato, "We must be mistaken!!" Ayato stared him down, and Hide's gaze shifted towards Ken. His eyes widened.

"Eye.. Eyepatch.."

"Let's go, A--Black Rabbit!"

"What are you talking about? Eto told us to go here. We don't have the wrong place. We're not going back. I don't want to deal with- huh?"

"We're going!!" Ken hissed under his breath, dragging Black Rabbit away. Luckily, this appartment place had stairs on both ends, so they didn't have to go the way they and Bat had come. Ken hastily ran off, and Hide ran out.

"EYEPATCH!! EYEPATCH!!!!" Hide called after him desperately. He was about to run after them, but Bat held his arm.

"..." Bat shook his head, "We can't beat them, Eyepatched Sun.." he explained quietly.

"B-But.." Hide watched Ken's retreating back. He bit his lip.

Kaneki..