Christmas Dinner

[anthropophagite]

WHO: Everyone
WHERE: Maurtia Falls, Bakugou and Kaneki's apartment
WHEN: 8th of December, night
WHAT: Christmas dinner for friends and enemies!
WARNINGS: None so far

OOC Note: Please feel free to have your character join in even if they don't know Kaneki and Bakugou personally. Officially, Kaneki invited friends and friends of friends, but your character can still show up unannounced - you can either have them show up because they do want to sneak into a dinner party with free food, or because they heard of this and thought it was a dinner for everyone. Kaneki and Bakugou won't turn anyone away at the door, so anyone can come! Just please don't destroy the house!

Feel free to make your own prompts as you wish. If you have any questions, contact me through PM to this journal, through plurk at Vilani, or through discord vilani#5684.

[ Kaneki and Bakugou live in an apartment for two in Maurtia Falls; it's not incredibly big, but it's big enough to accommodate people for a dinner and party, which is why Ken decided this would be a good idea. Anyone visiting will be given a small little bag with two mochi inside that Kaneki made himself - it's a Christmas gift, so to speak, nothing fancy but he put his heart into it. The house is decorated with typical Christmas decor and there is even a small Christmas tree by the entrance; nothing too big or amazing, but Kaneki tried to mimic what he saw in the movies.

The kitchen and living room will be available for all the guests, as well the single bathroom the house has. Guests can put their things on Kaneki's bedroom (that is shared with Bakugou, in fact), but Bakugou's bedroom remains closed (it has been turned into a library of sorts, with many shelves. There is an unused bed there, too). Anyone is welcome to try and sneak in when the house hosts aren't looking, though! There is also a balcony with chairs and a table for those who feel like they need some more privacy (or a smoke!).

Since this was never meant to be anything big, there won't be any fancy food and instead the guests will be met with a home-made meal that Kaneki and Bakugou prepared during the day; the food will be good and homey, but if you are (un)lucky, you may end up eating some of the spicy food Bakugou prepared (and it really is very spicy! Thankfully there is yogurt for those who feel like their mouth is on fire). Guests are also welcome to bring their own dishes, as well as drinks and sweets, so a lot can be found! Enjoy the Mac and Cheese, the Turkey, mashed potatoes with gravy, dumplings and prime rib. For dessert, you can find gingerbread cookies, pie, flans and even Christmas fruit cake. As for drinks, while there are a lot of underage kids around (who will be drinking non-alcoholic drinks), adults can find wine, beer and eggnog - and some spiced hot chocolate with a bit of rum! There is a large table on the living room where guests can find their food and drinks; while it's mostly "eat as you go" sort of thing, chairs are available for anyone who wants to sit down at the table.

There is a also TV, which will work as background noise, but anyone is welcome to sit on the sofas and watch the romantic Christmas comedies playing. The remote is there too, so feel free to change the channel if you want to! And finally, while they don't have a fireplace, there will be a nice heater next to the sofas if anyone wants to warm up. Or maybe you can all just cuddle together, who knows.

Please enjoy your night! ]

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[hot_handed]

Hosting

[Katsuki's not normally into big parties, but dammit if he's here he's going to be a good host. None of that airing out all his dirty laundry shit some of his classmates, specifically an icy hot bastard, are so prone to. Kaneki worked tirelessly to make this party a success. He can't even eat any of the food, and yet he did so much just to bring people together. He owes it to him.

But did he have to invite the villains?

He keeps shooting the League dirty looks, spending a lot of his time monitoring them. But Kaneki can fight, and so can he, as well as a lot of the guests here. He tries to make time to be "social" or whatever garbage that is, approaching your character with a plate of different glass cups with various sauces and stuffed peppers.]

If you like the prime rib, try it with my homemade sauces and ghost peppers. TRY IT OR DIE!!!

Mingling & Movies

[When he's not helping Kaneki, he's perched up on the top of the couch, glaring at the villains, eating some turkey and prime rib from before. He moves to snatch the remote from the table.]

This shit sucks. Let's find a real classic.

[Going back to the menu, he searches until he finds it. There!

Die Hard.]

We're watching this. Don't fucking complain.

Closed to Kaneki

[When Katsuki hasn't been helping Kaneki and sending death glares at the villains, he's been closely monitoring his boyfriend for any signs of illness. He doesn't like Kaneki's choice. All he was doing was hurting himself. He couldn't get him to stop though, so the only thing he could do was refuse to participate or offer him a plate and try to make up for him being gone when he got sick.

The night is winding down when he moves to grab his wrist and attempt to practically shove him into the couch. He sits next to him and leans in to whisper in his ear.]

How you feeling?

[anthropophagite]

[ it my sound idiotic to most, for a ghoul to insist on eating human food when it makes him really sick. But this is probably one of the most important things to kaneki: the ability to share meals once again. It took him months to accept the disgusting taste in his mouth every time he took a bite of normal food, and it took him even longer to be able to smile and pretend the taste didn't get to him.

This dinner ended up, in a way, being months of training to look as if he finds food delicious and to look as if he enjoys every bite. Months of training to be among humans and do a very human thing which is to share food. He never thought about it until he was turned into a ghoul, but once he was without it, Kaneki realized how important something as simple as sharing a meal was.

So he wants that too. And tonight, he was able to do it. At every bite, he smiled and looked as if he was having something incredibly delicious. It may taste disgusting but this means a lot to him, so he is happy.

This isn't without consequence though. Ghouls will get sick with human food, weaker and slower. Continued consumption will lead to ghouls to stop being able to even have their bodies work properly. But it's just for tonight. It will be fine.

Kaneki did go to the toilet several times to vomit it out as the night went, and as the night finally quiets down, he stops eating as well. He makes one last trip to the toilet and once he is out he is dragged by Katsuki to the couch where he sits.]

Ah... Just a bit sore. It will be okay tomorrow. [ he will go eat tomorrow] Thank you.

For letting me do this. [ even if Katsuki complained, he still let Ken do it]

[facepalmchampion]

Shigaraki was tired of being glared at. The moment he and the others had made their extremely cool appearance, Bakugo was there to glare at them. It was an expected move, but at least whatever Kaneki-san had said that he would keep as a promise on his end, he had. Shigaraki had talked to his own lot and they were under his order not to start problems. If they listened? That was up to them. They had upheld their end. Don't ask Shigaraki how someone underage garnered alcohol, but he had.

For the moment it left him at a level playing field where he wanted more or less to just consider there may be just opportunities to learn more about the people that Kaneki knew and therefore likely Bakugo. It could come in handy in the future for leverage in various ways. However, this movie, though. Sure, Bakugo wasn't talking to him, it was some other rube that had to deal with it, but him and his drink sat down none the less. "I like this movie."

Maybe that would change Bakugo's mind. It would be interesting to see if it did. If not, the movie wasn't so bad.

[hot_handed]

[Maybe Katsuki would have complained less had Shigaraki not been there. But he was the only person Katsuki knew who could kill Kaneki with little effort, and if Kaneki ate human food, he'd become weaker. It was the worst combination possible, but Kaneki wanted to do this. He wasn't happy about it, but all he could do was play along.

Wrapping his arms around Kaneki, he scoffs.]

You make it sound like I could change your mind.

[anthropophagite]

[ public displays of affection are still something he isn't used to but Kaneki and Bakugou did sort of make out in front of a Gate and military. Besides, this is their house, they should be allowed to do what they want here.

Kaneki leans into the touch, nuzzling Bakugou's neck gently]

No, you couldn't. But still. [ Kaneki smiles wider]

Did you enjoy the night? It wasn't bad, was it? [ even with the League of villains around]

Hosting

[floatsaway]

[Ochako has been, for the most part, enjoying the party thus far. She's also been keeping a very close eye on everyone at the event - both her friends and the villains - and had been trying to mediate as much as possible between the two sides. It's been difficult, especially considering, well...she's also been twitching and leering at a few of the patrons from time to time when they toe the line between what is acceptable and what is not (both villain and hero - that means you, too, Katsuki. Behave). Honestly, it's a miracle she hadn't escaped to either the bathroom or spare room to just decompress and relax a moment. This was...not a great idea. In theory, maybe, but the general awkward and highly uncomfortable air was a bit...much.

But god, is she trying. Trying for everyone's sakes, but especially Kaneki. He's really too kind for his own good, but then again...so is she. So Ochako gets it - in a perfect world, everyone could come together like this and enjoy. And maybe nothing bad was happening, but she's been here only maybe a half hour and she already feels exhausted. Rubbing her eyes a bit, and tucking some hair behind her ear, the young girl blinks as she's approached by her friend, expression immediately softening into a look of warmth and adoration.

....Aaaand then falling flat.]

If I try it, I will die.

[floatsaway]

i. Dining

[There is so much about this that could go wrong. So much about this that makes Ochako, personally, scream internally from the very moment she sets foot into the apartment and has to remind herself that this small space is going to be occupied with people who, in a world far away, are quite literally at each other's throats. Two sides coming together, to share a meal and good(??) company...t-together. She'd really and truly like for the image in her head not to be what it is it (pandemonium), but there really is no other way to string it. Ochako can only hope and pray that no one starts anything, because she is...really not ready for the fall out.

For a number of reasons, really. Some known to others, and some a well guarded secret.

Regardless, she is going her best, and putting on her nicest face. She's brought food along as well, though Kaneki did prepare most of the food. A favorite among...probably many people here, considering they're mostly from Japan. A comfort classic, and one of the few recipes her mother taught Ochako, and one she can make exceptionally well - cream stew. It's not a huge pot - just enough to serve a small portion to everyone as a starter - but it's warm, hearty, and tasty. The young lady is a surprisingly good cook. She's also brought some dessert as well - fudgy brownies decorated to look like Christmas trees.]

Everyone, please enjoy!!

ii. Mingling

[Throughout the party, her anxieties are definitely...a motherfucking rollercoaster ride, to say the least. There are times where Ochako is relaxed and actually laughing and smiling for real - talking easily with people and even joking around honestly - and other times where she is really and truly uncomfortable, and forcing herself into a corner where she has to play the part of being a polite and pleasant guest. It's not always easy, and she really and truly does try, but once or twice Ochako does have to sort of just...escape the swell of people for a while.

Mostly she goes into the spare room or bathroom for just a few minutes to calm down (knocking first to make sure the restroom isn't occupied, of course), and she rubs at her temples a bit. So far so good, but this is still such an...awkward gathering. Forced, almost, in a way. Definitely for "her side", and it makes sense. She doesn't want to be biased, doesn't want those thoughts and feelings to cloud her enjoyment, but it's still not easy. It's tiresome having to be so on edge for so long, to make sure no one sets the other off or anything. Hell, even she herself has glared and growled at a few people, despite herself.

Once, because both her two hiding spots were occupied, Ochako head to the balcony and leans on the railing to breath, letting the cool air blow past her face and hair. She sits there for a good five, maybe ten minutes, listening to some carolers in the street singing. Carolers or...drunks. It's hard to tell. Regardless, with her cheek leaned on one of her arms, she hums softly to herself and whisper-sings one of her favorite American carols.]

They looked up and saw a star...

iii. Gift Giving - [CLOSED to Shigaraki]

[By the time the thrum of the party is dying down, and people have either left or just plain escaped the apartment altogether (she won't judge), Ochako lets Momo know that she has one last thing to do before heading home, and to not wait up for her. Her excuse is that she's picking up something on hold at a shop, which isn't a lie!! It's the truth, though not the full story...

Because, well...throughout the night, when Ochako was certain she was alone, she'd sent a text message or two to Shigaraki with an address and a request to meet her there, if possible, after the party. Ochako had been mulling over the idea of if she should or should not get anything for the League in terms of gifts for the holidays, and if she did, who for, and what...and how in the hell she would give them said gifts. Was it acceptable to bring things over to the party? No...probably not. And she's really, really like to avoid being questioned there, especially with everyone all together under one roof.

So, really...this was the best she could think of. If he shows up, the address will bring him to a cute and rather elegant looking storefront - a clothing shop named, hysterically, 'For the Lols' - Specialty Boutique and Lolita Fashion. Ochako is inside, back facing the window, as she chats with someone inside - probably one of the two owners. She comes here quite often, actually, and has a wide selection of clothes and accessories from this store.

In fact, there are several bags, both big and small alike, by her side. Though...not all of them are from this store. Hm.]

ii. now in the right place

[recommendations]

[ The party is lovely. Kaneki has done a marvelous job decorating and cooking, and Momo even enjoyed some of Bakugou's less-spicy additions! She brought a wide selection of teas, hot cocoas, and non-alcoholic egg nog as her contribution, and has generally been having a good time!

At one point during the night, she has to pop into Kaneki's bedroom to fetch something from her purse, which is when she looks around and realizes... this is the only bedroom that looks actually lived in. The other bedroom has a bed, sure, but it hardly looks like anyone has been using it for that purpose.

Does that mean... what she think it means...?

Suddenly, another realization hits her, that she hasn't seen Ochako in a while. Knowing the way that Ochako feels about Bakugou, and thinking she had better check on her friend to make sure she is alright, given what she may have just inferred, Momo ducks back out into the living room and begins looking around for Ochako. She finally spots her through the sliding glass door of the balcony, and goes out to join her. She's quiet as she slides the door open, realizing that Ochako is singing a carol to herself. Silently, Momo stands by and listens until the song is finished. ]

...That was lovely.

[anthropophagite]

1. Hosting

[ anyone arriving will see a very busy Kaneki preparing the the table with the dishes he and Bakugou have been cooking through the day. In fact, when the door rings, Kaneki is still wearing an apron and oven gloves as he answers the door ] Ah- welcome!

[ if he recognizes who that person is, he will immediately add: ] You can put your things on the bedroom - first door on the corridor.

[ if it's a new face, naturally Kaneki is ready to introduce himself ] I'm Ken Kaneki. I'm sorry, I don't think we have met. [ he won't be turning anyone away, obviously, and his invitation extended to friends of friends and plus one - so he is ready to accept unfamiliar faces too, and greet them with a smile

In any case, each arrival will receive a small little bag with two home-made mochi - matcha and strawberry - and a small christmas card saying "Thank you for coming". He can't give fancy gifts, but he can give this much at least. Hopefully everyone will enjoy them.]

2. Food

[ No one truly gives food a lot of importance. It's a daily thing people do - they eat, they have lunch together, they taste new things. This is so normal and such a natural event that no one ought to give it a lot of importance. Until the day you can't do it anymore and realize you are locked out of one of the most human things people do: share a delicious meal together.

Ghouls learn since very young to be part of this ritual. The food is incredibly disgusting and being unable to digest any of it means the food will actually attack a ghoul's body and health; ghouls who consume human food often are unable to fight, to heal, and continuous consumption can deteriorate the body. It's still something they have to do if they wish to live in the human world alongside humans. Kaneki didn't learn to do that since young because only recently he became a ghoul; therefor only recently he was forced to learn how to do it correctly and forced to train it.

it might sound silly to most, to even bother sharing a meal when it can rot away your body, but it's important. Even ghouls know this. Kaneki does too and for many months he tried his hardest to learn how to eat without looking as if he is about puke. There is even a technique to it, and Kaneki trained himself almost daily to be able to take a bite, chew and swallow the food and look as if it's incredibly delicious. A smile after each bite, a hum of how "good" it tastes, and to repeat the gesture while he is among other people.

And like this, Kaneki is finally able to share his first meal with others in months. He is smiling at every bite he takes, he laughs as if it doesn't bother him and he looks so very human doing so. He even says he doesn't want to try Bakugou's ghost peppers because it leave his mouth numb. Just like any human would.

And when no one is looking, he will sneaking away into the bathroom to empty his stomach completely, before he comes out to mingle once more and go back to eating. Just the way a human would.]

3. Cleaning up

[ By the end of the night and when everyone seems to be happy and full, Kaneki will start cleaning up. The amount of left-overs is, however, way too much. Only one person actually eats in this house, and Kaneki is finding it unrealistic that Bakugou would eat everything.

So while people are enjoying each other's company and while Ken is placing everything in containers, he will ask around if anyone would like to take some of the food home. Please take it, he has no idea what to do with this much food........... ]

Ah, I might have gone overboard. [ kaneki indeed cooked a lot, and the guests also brought their own food and drinks, too. He should have known oops ]

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[anthropophagite]

[ Ochako knows Kaneki can't eat - she doesn't really know what specifically happens when he does eat normal human food neither that it tastes absolutely disgusting to him, but he did tell her he can't digest any of it and she has noticed before the faces he made at food during Disney.

However, nothing of that will happen tonight. In fact, Kaneki will be eating the food and at every bite he takes, it's as if he just tasted something incredibly delicious. He is even carrying a plate which he fills with bits of the food he passes through, until he takes a brownie ] They look very cute, Uraraka-chan!

[ he can't tell if they smell or taste nice, but they look very pretty, he thinks ] I'm sure everyone will love them.

Light mention of Manga spoilers for Tomura's background story.

[facepalmchampion]

Have you ever rolled up to a party with three other people from your tightly knit crew and still felt more out of place than you ever had adorned in the taxidermied, disembodied hands of your family? He did. For his own security and for the chance to see just how far Kaneki meant by they could show up wearing whatever they wanted. Essentially this was what counted as his Sunday best, but no one ever expected the childhood trauma to show up.

Really, Tomura couldn't care less for parties but this was a great opportunity that really couldn't be passed up. For any of them. Each person there from what anyone would sanely call the villain side, had fought begrudgingly or not at his side in tandem at points and trusted by him to execute his plans and ideas in pursuit of similar goals. That meant they knew what they were doing separate or together, he trusted them to use the opportunity or use the opportunity and to let their hair down a little. They hadn't made a move and even Shigaraki was getting tense with what their next move should be.

But this? This he felt like turning around and not bothering. He hated social gatherings and had put himself out into enough of them over the course of his time here to last a lifetime. Opportunity or not, it didn't mean he had to like it and worse still he had a sinking feeling. They were walking right into the mouth of the beast, but they had done that before and come out on top.

A few extra 'behave' glances were given to a certain two people and none of whom were Twice if they saw them or not. The last thing he wanted was them to be broken up and they have to hold a Christmas jailbreak. That sounded like a terrible Christmas special he wanted to be none the part of in conjunction with Hallmark.

For his part, he wasn't being all that sociable to begin with. Tomura knew he should be to keep up appearances, but he was already tiring of the thin veneer that he undertook on his own. They were stronger now. The food was good, at least, and there was enough booze that he was sure people were going to be loose lipped here or there if he found the right person to exploit information from. His own drink in hand, and the only one he really wanted to nurse the night away on, he finally stepped into the foray of social contact.

((Feel free to do whatever your character wishes if the generalized thing isn't for you. Also feel free to bracket, I am just a prose brain today.))

3; he was made for 3

[facepalmchampion]

He had to go sooner or later, later as it turned out. There was a lot of socializing to do for a supervillain and it was tiring. Tiring and Ochako was acting a little too odd for his liking by texting him after such a long time between actual contact. That part of it didn't bother him, he had other things that needed doing than babysitting.

Like this. Which was the opposite of babysitting unless you count Dabi at home (who probably took better care of himself than Shigaraki ever could have). "The second worst part of having anyone at your house. If you knew I was coming, you should've used paper. I excel at clean up." As in he would have just decayed it.

[hot_handed]

Ugh. Him. Well, Katsuki would rather Shigaraki be close to his vicinity than Kaneki's. Any time he went anywhere near Kaneki, Katsuki stiffened. Images that he tried his best to block out would stick in his mind of decaying flesh and a lifeless, crumbling face. It made him sick.

So it was much easier to deal with now that Shigaraki was sitting there, even if Katsuki couldn't stand him.

"Didn't fucking ask," He replied dismissively, hitting play. He wouldn't be able to watch it, but the actions sounds would help calm him down.

[hot_handed]

[Did he enjoy it? It was complicated. Mostly he just wanted no one to end up dying (unless it was the villains), but seeing Kaneki smile so genuinely...

Ugh. It gives him butterflies and makes him melt. He kisses Kaneki's cheek, and then the top of his head, hugging him close.]

It was cool. You did good and the food was fucking phenomenal.

[anthropophagite]

[ And no one died! Everyone is pleased.

Kaneki laughs at those kisses, his hand reaching for Bakugou's hair to ruffle it ]

You helped with that last part. And no one had to go to the hospital due to the spiciness, so you really held back there. [ he speaks as if he is oh so proud of Katsuki for not trying to kill people with his over the top spicy food ]

[facepalmchampion]

That was the best part of the night, watching Bakugo metaphorically sweat and not be able to do anything about him moving smoothly with the other four league members present at the time. "I know you didn't. Turn on the subtitles."

Leaning back comfortably and taking father from his face, he (thumblessly) put his hands in his lap. "I thought maybe you wanted to say something to me, since you've been shooting glares toward me and mine. Maybe the movie can cover up and make it looklike we're getting along as long as we don't turn our heads, or glare any more."

[anthropophagite]

Kaneki is actually pretty proud of everyone for not trying to murder each other. He doesn't expect any of them to become friends, but they were at least on neutral ground and everyone held their end of the agreement, and the night went smoothly for everyone involved, no matter how tense the UA students were. Kaneki was too, but truthfully, halfway through the whole thing, he decided to let it go seeing everyone seemed to be okay-ish.

By the end of the night, being approached by Shigaraki was no loner something that set off huge red flags (perhaps just small orange ones). "Cleaning isn't so bad. Plus, I feel like paper dishes would be a lot messier." food would fall off much easily and plates would be forgotten everywhere. Kaneki naturally wasn't implying that his guests would be messy, but this was a party and accidents happen. "Plus, I wouldn't ask my guests to bother with this." that's the host's role, after all.

"What is the first worst part of having anyone at your house?" Shigaraki mentioned cleaning was the second, after all.

[hot_handed]

[They're both exhausted. Maybe (hopefully) this distraction will help. Or maybe it will just tire her out more.]

Really, Ochako? I thought you were braver than that.

[He motions at the plate, and a sauce that's golden honey in color.]

This one's pretty mild.

[hot_handed]

"You turn them on."

Katsuki tossed the remote at Shigaraki, unsurprisingly roughly. He didn't need subtitles.

He scoffed and moved to grab his drink. Couldn't even have any booze with the shitty villains around.

"I said you could come and that I wouldn't attack you or your stupid group. I never said I'd be happy about it."

[floatsaway]

[A little of both, probably, though Ochako's grateful for the distraction regardless. It's always been nice to speak with Katsuki, to challenge and tease him, but after their so called "High Flying Adventure"...Ochako's gotten a little bolder.

Hence why she leans in, very close to Katsuki's face, and whispers quietly to him, fingers trailing down one of his arms (pinky up) slowly.]

Eh? And if you kill my poor tongue, Ka. Tsu. Ki...how do you intend on fixing it?

Keep your bracketttssss

[facepalmchampion]

The texts weren't all that odd to get from Ochako, but he hadn't thought that he would get them at the party. Answering them then wasn't what he was there to do and he would answer them when he had a free moment of not being glared at by Katsuki, apparently. Fair enough, but regardless what he did that night, he also felt like neither of them talking as easily as they both did was going to be received well. It would require conversations and lies he didn't want to tell and this was easier.

After he had done what he needed to accomplish at the dinner, the people he had to talk to and the things he wanted to make sure weren't left undone, Tomura checked his phone again and looked around. It seemed, very much, like she wasn't in trouble and that if she was it would have been more direct. She would have come over, likely? Or he thought she would have. If someone was giving her an issue at the party, he was right there. Right in front of his Ghoul made salad.

Well, if he didn't leave, he wouldn't know. That was what he rationed with his mind as he left Kaneki and Bakugo's place. The address wasn't hard to follow and the store name was amusing by the time he saw it in the distance and recognized the address. He saw her standing in there much quicker than he had to ask himself what she wanted him at a god damn Lolita store for. She could've gotten Bakugo to walk her home, but that didn't seem like her either. She was capable of taking care of herself to her house.

Ugh. Okay, he could do this. The place was more suited to Toga but he wasn't about to call her and tell her to walk Ochako home if that was what she was worried about. It didn't seem likely but nothing else came to mind as he stepped into the store and, ever politely, removed Father from his face. Staying, relatively, quiet aside a small clear of his throat to announce that he was there.

[facepalmchampion]

He could do that, but instead of catching it, he let it fall close to his lap at any rate, then, with one finger up, picked it up and turned on the subtitles. No problem, Bakugo was a perfect example of what he had to put up with daily, and while if it kept happening he would likely snap, for now he wasn't in the mood. He just wanted subtitles.

With the white descriptors running, he set the remote down in front of the TV, then sat back comfortably, slipping father and his hair back in place. "They're not stupid." It was a soft statement, but resolute. "If you're not happy with it, ask us to leave."

[hot_handed]

"They are stupid. At least Clones and Vampire are." He should have just shut up while he was ahead, for Kaneki. But he spoke before even thinking. Watching the back of Shigaraki's head, Katsuki leaned against the wall.

"Ken is happy. And you've kept your word for now. Don't tell me what to do."

[facepalmchampion]

Don't take the bait. Don't take the bait. For now, all that Shigaraki did was reach back to adjust his grandmother and the link between his mother. He would have to follow up as to why not Dabi, too. Maybe Shigaraki picked on him enough to cause that karmic kick.

"Kaneki-san." He nodded, knowing he was being watched and Tomura could handle that. "The first time I met him, he gave me a gift. I'm certain he was uncomfortable, but he did anyway."

[hot_handed]

A gift. Katsuki started toeing at the couch cushion, trying not to glare too much.

"That's because not everyone is a shitty fucking person. He just wants some goddamn peace and to read his books, so I'm serious. Any of you go near him and I'll-"