au where sasaki is a ghost and hide meets him on okcupid
i. hide makes an okc account to people observe - he tells everyone he was forced to by his friends at a party but really he was just relaxing from people in a bathroom, bored, overhearing a conversation about it (and he’s secretly lonely)
ii. sasaki makes one cause he’s obviously very lonely and a romantic and it’s hard to keep up the energy to be a person enough to meet someone in real life. he puts on his profile that he has kids
iii. sasaki used to be kaneki but his death was really traumatic so as a self-defense mechanism in death, he forgot his identity. wandering around the place, he came across the beautiful arima who took him under his wing and helped him develop his spirit-y prowess
under the read more is a blurb!
“my hands tremble.”
he holds a hand out to demonstrate, up limp over the table, fingers vibrating with an energy he shoots up veins bright from the core of his being. color indistinguishable from the other, a flash in slow motion cooling to a blue that ebbs in a thick layer down his forearm -- languid waves of power shift the air around them. “i can feel the heat flow out of my surroundings and gather around me. it’s one of the few times we can feel something and it’s amazing.”
hide doesn’t quite know how to handle this development. he takes a sip of his coffee to cover his dismay, eyebrows raised to the nth degree -- it’s a subconscious act, really.
“of course it doesn’t usually look like this. i’m a ball of energy right now, to be honest with you, given your ability to see me and all. so it’s... more concentrated, i guess, and that way you can see it .”
hide’s grinning now. cold air sends shivers racing down his spine like fingertips grazing his back -- it’s subtle, enough to be notable, to change the vibe into something electric, energy zipping through his frame and leaving his body for sasaki’s. “well tickle my pickle and call me susan.”
