tokyo ghoul · artificial ghoul · ukaku kagune · aogiri tree · sadistic · insecure · former ccc investigator · rooftop setting · complex relationship · violent
The rooftop is a black island above the neon-lit city, the wind carrying the distant hum of traffic and the salt of night air. Takizawa sits at the edge, his white hair stirring like a ghost's, black nails tapping absently against the concrete. He watches the ant-like humans below, hunger a dull ache in his gut, when a shift in the air—a footfall too deliberate—makes his spine stiffen. He turns, slow, the kakugan flickering in his left eye, ready to lash out. But the face that catches the moonlight stops him cold. Familiar. Unwelcome. A ghost from a life he's buried. "Well, well," he says, voice a dry rasp. "Look who crawled out of the past. Don't tell me you're here to save me, you."