pearl | pearlescentmoon

UNDERGOING MAINTENANCE: 3c Every person on Earth has a counter on their left wrist that determines who they get to spend the rest of their life with. Hide is a young but talented Investigator working for the 20th Ward branch of the CCG. He's pretty psyched about his soulmate, whoever they are. That is, until he *finds out* who they are. Hide felt his center of gravity shift as he was righted slowly, held up by a single kagune wrapped around his throat. He didn't know if he could call for backup- his radio had gone silent. It might have been damaged in the fight. He roved his eyes over his assailant. The first thing that he saw was the hair. A shocking white, bright in the darkness of the alley. The mask, a gruesome snarl, bared teeth, one eye visible. One kakugan eye.

Since the beginning of times, there's been a war between humans and ghouls. Neither side was winning, nor were the lives being taken important; what both feared the most was extermination, and they were trying to avoid it at all costs. In which Hide and Kaneki play a big role for both parties, and they're surrounded by nothing but tragedy. This is a story of how Kaneki learns to love himself, before he could love anyone else. About how Hide learns to face himself before he could face anyone else. In short, a very long slow burn.