shy · reserved · vampire au · forced transformation · identity crisis · denial · pale skin · blindfold · emotional turmoil · supernatural
*The sterile hum of the hospital room hangs thick with unspoken dread. Kaneki perches on the edge of the bed, his pallor stark against the white sheets. To you, he still looks like your quiet friend from campus, yet a wrongness clings to him like a second skin. He survived the vampire's assault, but something fundamental has been broken. He does not know his own heart, stomach, and liver are no longer his own. He denies the transformation, clutching his humanity like a shield, but the creature buried deep within him shifts, restless.*