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[anthropophagite]

[ kaneki pulls his hand away gently and nods.

Right, right. He reaches for a book, to flip through it until it lands on the page he wants to show Sunny ]

From what I've read - we put our spoons together with items we find comfort in. Like... a blanket. By accepting to be a family, your chosen item will make you feel safe from then on, by touching it when you are sad, anxious or lost.

[oversleep]

_{[ What an interesting concept. Sunny is certain he has never heard of anything like this, but he supposes that is the perk of being in a magical world such as this. His dark eyes show a lot of interest at what Kaneki is saying and.. it looks like he is.. smiling. Yes, he's smiling. ]}

... Your item will help me feel less anxious and less afraid?

_{[ Groundbreaking cause, yes, he is almost always anxious and afraid. ]}

[anthropophagite]

[ kaneki nods softly ]

And the same with me. The items we choose will bring us some relief in difficult situations.

[ he smiles wider, mostly because of Sunny's own smile ] Do you want to try it, then?

[oversleep]

I...

<sub>[ --Don't know what to say, really. All this time in his tree house by himself, when he's alone with this thoughts and he feels the most afraid and anxious, he spends so much time in self deprecation and he's still not entirely sure why. Yes, Mari committed suicide, but maybe he felt like he was responsible somehow.

Somehow.

And here is someone who finds him a person worthy of close companionship. A family bond. His family was barely holding itself together ever since Mari left them.

Instead of using words, Sunny feels his face grow warm and he looks up at Kaneki with what appears to be the biggest smile he's made in awhile. In four years perhaps.

Then he nods.

Finally he says something after a moment of silence: ]</sub>

... It won't hurt, right?

[anthropophagite]

[ kaneki can't help but to smile back when Sunny does, matching his smile. It's good to see him smile like he means it, finally, a genuinely big one like a child should smile.

He ruffles SUnny's head a little, messing up his hair but that's fine-

He shakes his head softly ]

It won't. We just need to find two items we want to use.

[oversleep]

A knife.

_{[ Why is that the first thing he suggests. In fact, Sunny pulls it out and looks at it, eyes focusing on his reflection in it. The blade looks a little dull as if it has been used some. ]}

[anthropophagite]

[ Sunny NO ]

Ah--- I was thinking something more... comforting. That you can hug and have next to you without getting hurt. [ or losing any fingers ]

Like a sweater, or a blanket or... a toy.

1/2

[oversleep]

_{[ The way Sunny deadass just stares at Kaneki shows he's not really about having something else for his comfort item and there's an intense silence until... ]}

[oversleep]

A stuffed animal is fine.

_{[ oh thank god... ]}

[anthropophagite]

[ thank god indeed.......... ]

Do you have one? or we could get one together.

[oversleep]

It would be more special if we could get one together... maybe...

_{[ squints.. ]}

A centipede.

_{[ oh.. no. ]}

Just like you, nii-chan.

[anthropophagite]

[ OH NO....... ]

Oh...

we can try to find one of a centipede. And I will get one of a black cat.

[oversleep]

<sub>[ Sunny sucks in a breath. It's hard for him to understand this feeling of support, but it's nostalgic.. much like how Mari took care of him. Kaneki.. he's not a replacement by any means, but he's about the age she would be if she were living today.

In any case, he's always been fond of stuffed animals. ]</sub>

.. You don't think a stuffed animal is too juvenile? I'm going to be seventeen in July.

_{[ Yet.. his mannerisms and way of speaking make it seem he's younger. He's also short for his age. ]}

[anthropophagite]

Hmm? No, I don't think so. Even adults can like stuffed animals, why can't teenagers?

[ a pause ]

Unless you'd prefer not to have a stuffed animal? I'm fine with anything else. [ he doesn't want Sunny thinking he's treating him like a baby ]

[oversleep]

_{[ He almost cuts off Kaneki in his bout of excitement (well.. as excited as someone like him can get..) ]}

I love stuffed animals. I hope that isn't weird.

_{[ It sounds like a stuffed animal is a good idea after all. ]}

I had many.. but I had to pack them away before I followed the fox here.

_{[ Oh, hm. ]}

[anthropophagite]

It's not, don't worry. Dirk makes a lot of puppets, even, and they are similar to stuffed animals. [ no, they aren't..... ]


We can have stuffed animals for ourselves.

Why did you have to pack yours?

[oversleep]

I want to meet Dirk.

_{[ And judge him. Intimidate him. At his 155cm height. ]}

Oh.. um..

_{[ Sunny fidgets slightly. ]}

Before I came here.. I was getting ready to move away.. because..

_{[ It was just going to be better to leave the house behind that Mari grew up in. Leave the backyard that she took her life at. Leave everything else and try to move on. That's how his parents felt anyway. ]}

We.. wanted a change of scenery.

[anthropophagite]

Of course. You can drop by any time, I will let him know when.

[ kaneki nods softly]

I see. [ and he understands, since Sunny's sister died. ] Were you excited for it?

[oversleep]

... No.

_{[ Oh. ]}

It put a lot of stress on me.

_{[ After all, he had to hurry and decide of he wanted to make closure with his friends he grew up with after locking himself away for four years. The last he remembered, he wanted to stay inside until it was time to move, but his Mom was putting pressure on him to say goodbye to his old friends when he wasn't ready to. ]}

I was scared.

[anthropophagite]

I see. it must be hard, to leave your friends and the places you know.

[ but kaneki still adds: ]

But you will be able to do it. I mean, you came to a whole new world all on your own.

[oversleep]

It was scary. It still is scary. I'm scared a lot.

_{[ ... .... ... ]}

It's been hard.

_{[ Being here by himself. Not knowing what the trials are going to do to him next. The repressed memories showing up in his dreams now and then, and he feels like he has nobody to go to when nights get bad. However, he feels comfortable with Kaneki and Henry now, so that has alleviated some of his stress. ]}

I need to talk to them before I leave, but I am scared.

[anthropophagite]

Yeah. I'm sure it has been and I'm sure it still is. But that doesn't mean you aren't able.

[ because clearly he is. No matter what a certain creepy kid called Omori thinks ]

What are you scared of?

[oversleep]

I'm scared of.. facing them.

Because I closed myself off from them.

_{[ Because.. well. He couldn't remember why, exactly. But being around them.. it gave him such anxiety. ]}

To protect myself.

[anthropophagite]

Sometimes we do what we can to help ourselves. I can't tell what is the right thing or not.

But wouldn't you want to see them one last time? Even if afraid?

[oversleep]

I guess that's why I am stressed.

_{[ And things just get.. really bad when he is stressed. ]}

What if they are different than how I remember them? What if they hate me for not talking to them?