Random x Reader

Kaneki Ken x Reader

Because Kaneki deserves the world.

"This is dedicated to a very special person," I mumbled, giving the huge crowd a smile and a bow, "I hope he likes it."

I sat down in front of the piano, the empty feeling inside my heart never disappearing. The crowd cheered, encouraging me to begin.

Kaneki, I hope you saw the posters for the charity event at our university. I hope you found out that I'd be singing.
I wish you would be here.

Taking a deep breath and closing my eyes, I began to play the piano keys as I had been practising for so long.
The tune played as I moved my fingers along the piano.

Nervously, I cleared my throat and began to sing:

Oshiette oshiette yo sono shikumi wo,
Boku no naka ni dare ga iru no?

(Tell me, please tell me, what this plot is all about.. Exactly, who resides within me?)

Kowareta kowareta yo kono sekai de,
Kimi ga warau nanimo miezu ni

(I'm broken, so broken - amidst this world. Yet you laugh, blind to everything.)
.......

I hadn't realised I had been crying until I felt the wetness of my tears on my hands, with a broken voice I sang the part of the song that affected me the most:

Ugokenai, ugokenai, ugokenai, ugokenai, ugokenai, ugokenai yo
Unravelling the world

(And I can't move, can't move, can't move, I cannot move!
Unravelling the world.)

A roar of cheers and claps broke out after I finished singing the most emotional part.

Maybe I had sung it well with raw emotion. A sad smile appeared on my face as I sang the last part I would be singing.

Wasurenaide, wasurenaide Wasurenaide wasurenaide

(Please don't forget me, don't forget me, don't forget me, don't forget me!)

"I will never forget you, Kaneki," I whispered, a silent promise to myself.

The cheers that ensued made my heart swell with joy. With wobbly legs, I got up from the stool and stood in front of the crowd. The emptiness in my heart was ever present and the numbness hurt. I really, really missed Kaneki.

He had told me he had become a ghoul. I didn't care. I loved him, but he was just not ready to put mine or Hide's lives in danger. So he just disappeared from our lives.

Several flowers and papers were thrown at me and people chanted my name. I gave the crowd one last smile and bowed.

"A beautiful and heart touching performance by the lovely (Y/N)! A huge round of applause, please!" The host grinned, patting me on the back.
I just bowed gratefully, my head hung low and left the stage.

It was truly exhausting; not just physically but also mentally. The lyrics of Unravel always had that kind of deep affect on me. They worked so well with Kaneki's life story and I felt terrible for my best friend.

Goodness knew if he was even alive or not. The rumours about the 'Centipede' and the 'One-eyed ghoul' worried me sick. Was that what Kaneki, the boy who'd never hurt a fly, was doing? I didn't know what to believe. I just knew that I loved him. Always.

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Kaneki stared at the girl on the stage in shock. His eyes were wide, and without his knowing, several warm tears had trickled from his eyes. (Y/N)'s dangerously beautiful voice combined with the lyrics just left him in a trance. As she sang the 'I can't move' part, he could visibly see her crying. Her voice was hollow and broken and he felt shaken to the bone. She poured so much emotion into the song and it was just so beautiful to listen to.