Tokyo Ghoul x Reader: He Saves You From A Ghoul Attack After A Fight
Day Eight of The Underrated And The Unwritten
Notes: nearly done with this event omg. also I was thinking about doing a second part this day
Warnings: some gore? just things that are normal in the anime and slight yandere themes
Characters involved: Kaneki Ken, Juuzou Suzuya
Gender-neutral reader
Kaneki Ken
Your wet footsteps echoed across the abandoned alley, with a ragged gasp leaving your form every time your shoe slapped against the concrete.
Normally, you would have simply slunk into a stray corner of the dark street and waited for the ghouls to run past you towards another human, but today was different.
Today, they seemed to be adamant about having you in particular.
Perhaps if you had paid more attention to their intentions you could have saved yourself from such a situation, but after a day of tirelessly arguing with Kaneki about his latest missions with Aogiri Tree.
He was falling in too deep, doing things that he couldn't possibly find his way back from, and as angry as that made you it also worried you severely, something Kaneki chose to disregard and ignore until your built-up emotions exploded.
In your distressed state, you hadn't thought twice about running out of the house empty-handed but as you came to a stop in the dead-end alley you couldn't help but hope you had at least brought your phone with you.
"Where do you think you're running off to, little human? Don't you know us ghouls can easily catch up to you?"
The older man was quick to let out his Kagune as he spoke, with the long blue tendrils leaving no room for you to even think of escaping. Not that you could have in the first place.
You weren't one to shy away from a fight, yet as the ghoul drew closer you couldn't help but cower into the concrete behind you, with the loud racing thumps of your heart drowning out any thoughts of escape.
Unfortunately, they had also drowned out the sweeping sound of another ghoul racing across the rooftop of the house behind you and gracefully falling to the spot before you.
"You know, normally, I don't like killing other ghouls-"
You had never been more thankful to hear Kaneki's voice, but the warmth filling up your chest soon ran cold the second your eyes shifted to register his Kagune.
"-but you really chose the wrong human today."
He didn't even wait for the other man to reply before quickly launching his Kagune forward, with its sharp knife-like tips poking gaping holes into the other ghoul's body until he was but a bleeding pile of flesh on the alley's floor.
It was only then that Kaneki finally chose to turn towards you, wordlessly reaching for one of your palms as he allowed his Kagune to vanish.
"You can get angry at me, hate me, yell and even hit me. I don't care. But don't-"
he sighed as he took a small step forward, with his other hand coming to cup your cheek and wipe away stray tears you hadn't even registered up until then.
"-don't ever put yourself in danger like that again. That's the one thing I cannot accept."
His palm fell away from your face after that, instead falling down to pull the hood of his hoodie up while he tugged on your interlocked hands to lead you out of the alley.
The two of you didn't dare breathe a word to each other, but the way you silently clung onto his hand and didn't try to run away at the sight of his apartment's front door said enough.
Kaneki Ken might have been a misunderstood yet violent ghoul, but he was your ghoul. And as much as you would try to run from it, you were his too.
You just hoped he wouldn't ever forget that.
Juuzou Suzuya
You weren't at the cafe.
It took Juuzou a moment to properly process the sight of the empty booth at the back of the cafe, and another to take in the sight of your favourite book discarded on your usual seat.
Anyone else wouldn't have thought twice about the upside-down novel laying flat in a way that would clearly ruin the pages, but to Juuzou the badly placed book was all the evidence he needed to know that you had left your date in a fit of anger after the little argument.
The blond quizzically tilted his head to the side as he spun on his heels, quickly taking his leave from the cafe to instead stand before the door like a lost child.
It took him a moment, but just as Juuzou was going to convince himself that you had simply rushed to the bathroom sometime after he had, he spotted exactly what he was looking for.
A sign.
The small bracelet discarded beside the lamp post certainly wasn't anything out of the ordinary, but it was enough for Juuzou to confirm two things.
While you had probably left the cafe of your own will, something had gone wrong right as you were about to leave the street entirely.
He didn't even think twice before swivelling to the right towards the back alley he had spotted on his way there, with a breathy laugh escaping his lips the second Juuzou realised he had been right.
You had met one of his old classmates.
Or rather, they had tracked down the only possible weakness Juuzou had and tried to use you for some revenge plan.
He didn't even think twice before letting out his Quinque and charging at the ghoul towering over your injured form, with his mind going into attack mode and forgetting everything else.
It was only when the ghoul lay on the ground before him like a mangled corpse that Juuzou registered his maniacal giggle and the blood dripping down his hand and slowly approaching the end of his white button-up.
However, it was the sight of your widened, fear-filled eyes that had him finally putting down the Quinque in favour of consoling you.
Juuzou felt another giggle bubble up in his ribcage as he squatted down before you, nonchalantly reaching for your form until his arm was casually wrapped around your shoulders and he was pulling you towards him.
"Aw, are you alright, doll? Do you want me to beat him up more for revenge?"
The way you quickly shook your head at his questions only caused another laugh to tumble past his lips as he pulled you up alongside him.
Juuzou took a moment to grab his suitcase before wrapping his hand around your wrist and tugging you along with him, paying no mind to the dying ghoul in the alley as he led you back to the cafe the two of you had planned to meet up at.
"Come on, we can just forget about the stupid fight! We're going to be late and then I won't be able to spend much time with you!"
He could tell the way he was so casual about the entire ordeal got to you by the way your eyes still remained widened as you barely mustered a nod, but Juuzou couldn't bring himself to do anything about your fear, not when he was too busy reigning in his own.
He could have lost you.
Juuzou could have really lost you.
For the first time in forever, Juuzou found himself feeling a sense of fear at the idea of someone's death, and he hated it, for it made him feel like a weak little child.
He hadn't even realised his grip on your wrist had impossibly tightened until you let out a soft whine and retracted your hand, with the action causing Juuzou to finally turn towards you.
"Are you okay?"
"What do you mean? I should be asking you that."
You shook your head at his response, taking a small step forward and abandoning his hand to instead cup his cheek.
"This is why we argue in the first place, Juuzou. You never let me in."
A small sigh left his lips as Juuzou felt all the adrenaline from his small fight leave to instead be replaced with a sunken feeling, one that only worsened his newfound fear.
"If I didn't let you in we wouldn't be together."
"I suppose that's true, but you need to learn to communicate with me."
You took another step towards him, getting impossibly closer until your forehead was resting against his.
"I want to be there for you, Juuzou."
If it had been anyone else, he would have been quick to hide behind his excitable farce and pretend to not be affected by their words, but as his eyes met yours Juuzou couldn't help but feel himself give in and move his hand to rest over the one you placed on his cheek.
"I'll try. For you."
It wasn't a grand change and didn't necessarily fix anything, but somehow his words seemed to be enough for you to finally nod and smile widely as you removed your hand to instead take his palm in yours and lead the way back to the cafe.
Juuzou had always sworn that he would never let anyone in to form connections and play with his heart that would make him vulnerable and just like everyone else, yet as he watched you casually take your seat at the table and set aside your novel, he couldn't help but change his mind.
Perhaps, letting people in wasn't such a bad idea after all.













