does that mean you have faith in me?
hi ily / @tsukotsu
“---- kaneki-kun? “ shuu tenses slightly in surprise at the half-ghoul’s question, the meaning behind it not clicking until he lowers the pad of his thumb from his own lower lip ---- understanding chasing the confusion from his features, hitching his lips up at the corners. “ ah, oui. force of habit. i, hm, didn’t know you knew what it signifies, “ and for once, kaneki was not at the base for the subconscious, automatic motion: but matsumae is still not a topic he will readily open up about, no matter how hard he tries to keep her spirit alive in his memory.
besides, he’s well enough aware of kaneki’s state of mind the hint of fragility beneath that teasing tone doesn’t escape him like it once might have.
“ i would think you already know the answer to that, par contre. “ there’s a slight lift to his brows, the smile still playing around his lips taking some of the sting from beneath the soft reprimand. “ whatever the others might believe of my being here, at your side, i wouldn’t be here at all if i didn’t have faith. do you doubt it? “
he turns from the reports he’d been looking over, eases himself down on the chair closest to his king’s. “ we ghouls have always been quite the solitary sort, you know? we do not often work together with anyone outside our respective clans ---- and yet, in the mere span of months you have managed to unite us all to a common cause. one only needs to look outside, at the sheer number of ghouls that have come here, to have faith. “
shuu’s smile grows a fraction, something akin to a teasing challenge glinting within violet hues before he holds out his hand for kaneki’s left one. “ but, if it is physical reassurance you need, do allow me~”
