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cornus27florida · 7 years ago

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The Beginning of Growing Affection between Two People

Prompt: Beginning

Summary: What happening after you blows out all your first paycheck to send a secret love letter? Actually the moneys went to right place, Alzheimer patient and their families need support

Rating: T

Words: 1297

Notes: This will be a short series of prompts with a connection with forget-me-not meaning. It’s my first time to do both drawing and writing after a long hiatus. I might do some edits later if I have time in AO3. Please enjoy and share what you thought after read it :)

I make a drawing to accompany the first part of my fic as a way to participate the Touken week this year. I’m really sorry for all incovenience and flaws I made. Just imagine there’s a pack of seed that tied with ribbon (like cookies)

The Beginning of Growing Affection between Two People

That evening is unusually the quite one. Some warm sunlight penetrated big windows that Anteiku have, showering all staff with it’s light. Kaneki Ken is a new staff in this cafe, nervously fidgeting several pack of something. One customer drinks his coffee and give encouraging smile after being served with the best coffee in town. The only customer in Anteiku is just his best friend, Hideyoshi Nagachika. Their exchanging glance really like they are scheming something.

“Ex-excuse me, everyone! I-I want to share something today” shout Kaneki break the peaceful evening. All head stare at Kaneki, eyeing the packs with ribbon that really look like a warm handmade cookies packed sweetly to share. Irimi stare with a confused face still washing dishes. Koma’s mop nearly jumps out from his hand. Manager’s hand slowly put the jar of hot water to stove. Touka really like to throws her napkin to Kaneki’s face right now - for sudden interrupt at her work clean up the tables.

“What Bakaneki like to share? Cookies?!” Touka said angrily. This dude really gets her nervous. Is he want to relive his live as human and unconsciously gives poison to all staff? He should knows well that all Anteiku staff are ghouls. Cookies taste like shit, a combination of rat poison and rat own carcass. Is anyone want to lick the source of awful smell with some crumbly material that responsible to make smell and death happen?

“N-nope, it’s actually some seeds” reply him weakly. Kaneki at quick pace give everybody with a pack of seeds, each with different ribbon color. Irimi's got the red ribbon, Koma's got the yellow one, Manager got the yellow one, and Touka got a pack that tied with a pale blue ribbon. Everyone confused with Kaneki's doing. They just eyeing the pack nervously and treat it like it actually contain bomb or something.

Hide exclaim to shed confusion, "This dude blows away all his first paycheck to brought pack of seeds hahaha! Those are forget-me-not flower seeds from an Alzheimer foundation on the way here. Ah how noble his money went~”.

“It’s not like that! I just feel the need to help that foundation. It’s must be awful to have broken memories like people with Alzheimer.. The important thing is I want to celebrate I got work with you all” said Kaneki.

That foundation is need some money and they try to improve the donation involving forget-me-not, flower that symbolize the memories that Alzheimer patients try to hold. Alzheimer's is a type of dementia that causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior. Symptoms usually develop slowly and get worse over time, becoming severe enough to interfere with daily tasks. That foundation helps treatments for symptoms and help the funds for Alzheimer’s research continues. Although current Alzheimer's treatments cannot stop Alzheimer's from progressing, they can temporarily slow the worsening of dementia symptoms and improve quality of life for those with Alzheimer's and their caregivers. Fundraising like what is needed for foundation like that to improve the Alzheimer patient’s life qualities and his families (Souce about Alzheimer: https://m.alz.org/what-is-alzheimers.asp?sp=true)

Manager said deeply, “I hear some other time you got pickpocket, those money should go to yourself. You shouldn’t do this, Kaneki-kun”

“Actually I didn’t blows away all my paycheck sir” said Kaneki quietly while holding his chin. Touka just fidgeting the pack though, unsure what should to do. She still keeps the gesture ‘to not welcoming Kaneki’.

“If you say so, thanks for your gift!” thanks Koma and irimi cheerfully.

Kaneki glances Hide, didn’t know what to do next. The next step of scheme should go on. Hide catch on and take a pack of seeds. He got one like what Kaneki share before. Hide untie his own pack of seed that he saves in his own pocket. He pull a folded card inside the pack, with a purple color like the ribbon. The card is actually a sheet of plant care guide. “Nah everyone, just do the same like what I did earlier. If you didn’t want to spread the seeds soon, please tie the pack again tightly” explain Hide.

Koma is the first one mimicking Hide’s actions earlier. He read the simple tips to grows forget-me-not. He mumbling “Ah.. So this plant loves shade huh?”

Irimi reads the Plant Care Sheet slowly, “Forget-me-not needs much water and some moist soil hmm..”

Manager stare the front side of his cafe. Probably he thinks to grows forget-me-not there. But this flowers shouldnt plant in the edge of a path. Customers could be cynical when walked too close, spent time to removing the clinging Forget-me-not seeds from their pants or skirts.

Touka is the last one to open her pack of seeds. She actually take a seat and unties the ribbon slowly. When she pull the folded card, she surprised to found a neat handwritten on the back of the card. Those rows of text look like be wrote by Kaneki. What this man trying to do? Is not like she’ll open up soon with just a pack of weird things.

May you grows those Forget-me-not flowers to help remind what you really are and your own goal

Don’t let revenge and hatred towards my mind towards ghouls distract it

I’ll try to be better person

I want to understand ghouls better

I know you are the right person to help me

Kaneki stares her nervously, prays silently she didn’t kick him out or other negative replies. Unconsciously she blush madly reads those kind words he write. She avoids Kaneki intense gazes. She’s thanks him with a voice like a whisper “Th-Thanks, Kaneki”. Kaneki smiles lit up upon hears her response. She folds the cards and tie the pack quickly, continues her shift. Kaneki is called by Manager, given a sudden shift stop. Manager asks everyone to going home sooner. Manager feels there’s no customer today. He like to spread Forget-me-not seeds too as the sunlight still shining.

All staff prepare to going home. In the charge room Touka thinks silently, thinks about Kaneki. ‘He actually a nice person. Am I should keep the act to hostile against him. Is not his fault suddenly be a ghoul, he is a victim, so why I keep trying to make him the villain that change to be a ghoul as an act? He tries to understand… He believes I could help him. What I can do him though? Be a white rabbit to helps his adventure to exploring ghoul world ? Ghoul’s world actually a dark world..

On the trip of Kaneki back to his partement with Hide...

“Hey man, I see what you did there. So you write on the back of blue’s one? A Is that a secret love letter to Touka-chan?” winks Hide cheerfully.

“N-no. It’s not what you think it is” stutters Kaneki.

“She’s blushing madly when read that! My boy finally!”

Kaneki just speechless. Hide stops his tease and change topic “It’s rare you back sooner, want to watch movies tonight?

It’s just.. I don’t think I could make hostile act to ends, let alone dates her. I don’t think I even to her…’ thinks Kaneki.

If Kaneki and Touka knows, the first meaning of Forget-me-not flowers is ‘The Growing of Affection between Two People’

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