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IC INBOX FOR MASK OR MENACE
AYOOO!! Hey there, sorry, I can't reply right now but if you wanna leave me a message I'll get back to you as soon as possible! If I'm out on some adventure, it might take a bit longer than you'd like! If it's a pretty girl, feel free to leave your phone number for me, too! Yooooosh!!
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[ text ; email ; voice ; video ; in-person ]
Call
What's so noble about it? She's my friend, so of course I'd protect her. There's nothing unusual about it. [It's only natural. But maybe when you're not used to thinking of ghouls as kids, you're not used to thinking of them as people who can protect each other either.]
Call
I've seen more than one person throw a 'friend' under a bus in order to save their own skin. [He's talking so calmly, so rationally--but it's true. The CCG could do more than Ruin Touka's life just by seeing her face, and yet she'd done it anyway.]
Do you think it's impossible for a human to care about a ghoul, anyway? Kaneki's been my friend since we were kids. I'd never abandon him just because of this. And I'm not about to hate you just because of what you are.
You're more than just 'some flesh-eating monster'. You're Kirishima Touka. You're a student. You work in a cafe. And you make amazing cappuccino. Ah--and you're funny, cute, and the way your eyes crinkle at the corners when you smile--
[He laughs, he's just teasing, he promises.]
That's the Touka-chan I know.
Call
It's just like the time at the cathedral with Nishio's girlfriend. It'd been easier to walk away then to accept that a human could think of her as beautiful. Except it's even harder with Hide - this isn't some stranger she's never met, it's someone who knows her. And...it's someone she's considered a friend.
But as quickly as she'd pressed the hang up button, Touka hits redial even faster. And each second she waits - hoping he'll answer - her heart beats faster in her chest.
Please. Pick up again.]
S-sorry...I...shouldn't have done that. [She sounds pretty shaken. But before saying anything else, she closes her eyes and waits – making sure he still wants to talk with her at all.]
Sorry for taking forever--life ate me for a bit.
He stares at his phone in slight disbelief, but a smile nearly crosses his face as her image flashes over the screen again. Calling back. She must have did it by accident, or in shock, something...]
...Did I startle you that much? My bad, honestly. Don't worry about it.
You aren't the first cute girl to hang up right in my face. [Nothing's changed--you're still going to be treated like normal.]
It's totally ok!! C:
[She should...probably say something else, shouldn't she? But nothing really seems "right".
Sorry Hide, she's not really good at talking about this sort of thing. It'll take her a little while before she manages to talk again.]
I want to believe everything you're saying- to just take your word for it. I wish that was easy for me to do...but it's not. [As sincere as he seems, it's impossible to erase every fear and doubt so quickly.]
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You've been dealing with the whole... idea that your kind are hated and feared by humans. The sincerity of one guy ain't gonna' be enough to make you change your mind on that, and I get it. [Where did that bubbly idiot go? It's been replaced with a calm, calculated tone, but the voice is still unmistakably Hideyoshi.]
If you give me a chance, then I'll work hard, for as long as it takes for you to accept me as your friend, even if I know what you are. [Even if I know what you do.]
If you don't wanna, though.... I'll respect that too.
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[Because this can't be easy on him either, can it? Putting his trust in a ghoul- and no matter the reasoning, it's one that he knows has killed before.]
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Ehehe.
Then consider our friendship as 'to be continued' from here on! It's good to be able to keep you around. Touka-chan.
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Yeah, I'm...glad that I called. And I'm glad that I-...that you were willing to talk with me.
[The words themselves are sincere, even if they come out a bit awkwardly. And when she talks again, her voice sounds smaller, but there's no shortage of emotion behind it.]
...Thank you.
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Thank you, too. I knew it wasn't probably the best idea to tell you; but. I think we're on more even ground this way. You don't have to pretend around me. After all.
[A LAUGH!] I can outrun you anyway, even if you get embarrassed and end up chasing after me.
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[Being on "even ground", huh? But talking freely around him will still take a lot of getting used to.]
I will, though. I'll call again. And...you can do the same. I might not pick up anytime, but I'll definitely call back.