"Touka-chan, you're bleeding..."
Kaneki said in worried with a first aid kit in his hand, looking at Touka sitting on the ground gritting her teeth, trying to ignore the pain from her right arm.
A group of doves has killed Ryoko (Hinami's mom). Touka keeps blaming herself for not being more careful. If she had been there that day, Ryoko wouldn't be dead by those doves. She went furious and secretly planned an attack on those doves. Kill the goddamn investigator who killed such an innocent ghoul to get revenge for Hinami. Although Touka knew it was stupid.
Now she ends up being beaten and a massive wound on her right shoulder by a special class investigator, Mado.
"Get out! I don't need your help, stupid" - Even though the pain from her wound is unbearable, she still keeps brutality in her voice.
"But I just want to help."
"I don't need your compassion. Yoshimura-san is right, I was acting stupid, and this is what I deserve. Just leave me alone!" - She pressed her hand against the wound and gritted her teeth tighter to reduce the pain and hold down her scream.
Kaneki stands still and doesn't know what to do with her stubborn personality. He's not helping her because of his compassion or because he has feelings for her. At first, he saw her as nothing more than a violent violet-haired girl, but as time went by, he had opportunities to see her sweet side. He saw how caress she was toward Hinami. He noticed she didn't try to kill Ishiki, she just attacked him to protect an innocent ghoul like him, and he appreciated her when she prevented him from eating his best friend. He knows that she is acting tough, but she really cares about the people around her.
Kaneki has fallen in love with this violet-haired girl. That's why he would never ignore her, especially when she is in this situation. But obviously, he didn't have the courage to confess to her. He would be burned to ashes if Touka didn't have the same feeling for him.
"Touka-chan..." - Kaneki still tries to talk.
Touka feels annoyed, she doesn't expect him to be this far, and also by the 'chan' he often added after her name, she feels disgusted being called like that. Her back was facing him. She didn't plan on turning around to look at him either.
"...I'm sorry for being useless while doves surrounded Ryoko. All I could do was cover Hinami's eyes. Although it was just a short time since I came to Anteiku, I always considered all of you to be my family. So Touka, if you died, I'd be extremely sad".
Her eyes widened, a little surprised because she didn't expect him to say that. She didn't expect he would be sad if she died. Her heart skipped a beat. Fortunately, he can't see her face so she won't be puzzled. She needs seconds to get back to reality, a small silence between them before Touka breaks it.
"So, what can you do?"
Kaneki immediately reply her question without hesitation
"I will try to do my best to help you... I will help you with any cost".