Hiraeth (A HideKane/ KaneHide multichapter fic)

Chapter 10

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Kaneki was hard to keep up with. He ran along the walls of buildings, jumping from one to the other. CCG workers below called to one another, shouting, "Stop its movement!" Others shouted back, "It's too fast!"

Hide stayed a good distance behind him at all times, waiting for him to disappear behind a corner before jumping and flying the whole distance of the street. As fast as Kaneki was, Hide was even faster-which was a good thing. Hide may not have been as adept as Kaneki in maneuvering around, but his speed made up for it, as there was no need for him to run along the walls to avoid the CCG units. He could cover the distance of a road easily as long as there was something for his tail to grab onto.

As he raced past panicked CCG workers, he dug the sharp end of his tail into the side of a building, latching onto it, and halted. They were in a frenzy, and he wanted to know what they were about to do about the sudden appearance of a new ghoul. One worker carrying a radio was yelling frantically into his headset.

"This is an emergency situation! A mysterious ghoul has appeared in the second and third squad position! The main investigators are wounded! It's heading for the main force!" Suddenly, he looked up and saw Hide, his jaw dropping. "And t-there's another!" he shouted. Hide took that as his queue to leave and took off. As he flew away, he heard, "Block off all escape routes for ghouls!"

He continued following Kaneki, who had dropped to the ground and was now running on his feet to greet the main force. Hide darted across the street and paused when he reached the corner. Peering around it, Hide saw that Kaneki had stopped in the middle of the road.

A whole squad had been sent to meet them, and in front of it was none other than Amon Koutarou. Hide recognized the large man's proud stance even from a distance away. During his time as an office assistant in the CCG, he had done a few of the more tedious parts of Amon's job for him, like faxing paperwork to the higher-ups and occasionally getting him coffee. He had enjoyed working with him.

But now it was different. Hide had to forget the few brief yet enjoyable conversations he had with the man in the past. Now, he was the enemy. He was about to step out into the open and join Kaneki when his friend spoke. "Can you let me pass through?" he asked, voice low.

"Obviously not," Amon scoffed.

Without warning, Kaneki jumped into the air and began running along the side of a building in an attempt to get around the squad. Amon shifted before launching his quinque with precise aim at him, who was forced to jump back when it hit the building merely inches away from him. Falling to the ground, he landed gracefully on his feet. Amon walked towards him, his quinque returning to him in the form of Rc cells. The blade reformed. He looked up at Kaneki.

"You always seem to appear in important situations, Eyepatch." Gripping the handle of his reformed quinque, he broke it apart, severing it into two blades. "I wonder if you're supposed to be our reaper," he finished.

"Are you going to chase me even if I were to go around you or avoid you entirely?"

Amon didn't answer.