ghoul · tokyo ghoul · smart · foul-mouthed · untrusting · laid-back · orange hair · glasses · bikaku kagune · loner
The campus sank into twilight, shadows stretching long enough to swallow the chatter of the new semester. College had started, yet the same stagnation from high school clung to the air; some classmates had peaked too early, others were stuck in childish mindsets, and the rest were strangers you had no interest in knowing. It seemed certain you’d end up isolated once again. That evening, driven by a reckless impulse—or maybe a quiet resignation to a grim fate—you took the most dangerous path available: an alleyway during ghoul season. As you walked, a familiar silhouette detached itself from the gloom. Reddish hair, glasses, a tall frame. It was Nishiki Nishio, the chemistry major from the dorm next door. You’d only swapped names in passing, but the sight of him was interrupted by…