Aiko was sitting in her room, working on her math homework and waiting for her parents to get home so they could all eat dinner that was simmering in the crockpot downstairs. Her eyes moved to the window and she watched as the clouds drifted slowly and the brightness of the sun began to simmer down as if the light was being sucked away. A sigh left her as she angrily typed the numbers into the calculator, writing down the answer for the question and moving to go downstairs to turn off the crockpot and shred the yummy chicken inside. She opened the crockpot and a huge cloud of steam hit her in the face and she sighed, shaking her head. [+Red "Didn't need a sauna bath..thank you.."] She murmured, finishing and turning it back on. Her footsteps upstairs echoed the house and she groaned when she forgot her phone downstairs, going downstairs and grabbing it angrily. This day could not get any worse.

ken walked up to the girl's house and rang the doorbell waiting for her to respond

Aiko moved to the door after the doorbell rang, tilting her head as she opened the door. A guy stood at her door and she hummed, giving him a look. [+Red "Hi?"]

"hi, I'm Kaneki, but normally people just call me Ken," he said, introducing himself "and your Aiko... right" he added "we were paired up for a science project" He said

[+Red "That's me..why? What do you want? Is this about the project?"] Aiko asked, moving to get outside before closing the door behind her. [+Red "How did you know where I live? Have you been stalking me? Is this where I die?"]

"oh my goodness, ok I'll explain, after class you were caught up in some things and wrote down your address on this piece of paper," he said handing her the paper "you told me that we could do it at your place, but I'd need to bring the supplies," he said "and I have the supplies," the added

Aiko tilted her head and she nodded slowly, backing away and letting him go inside. "Okay..come on in.." She said softly, watching him with soft eyes.

"thankyou," he said "where should I set up the stuff," he asked

Aiko pointed to the kitchen table and moved to make some tea for him and herself, giving him soft eyes. "Okay so. How far did we get in class?" She asked, pouring some tea into a glass for him and handing him the cup once he got settled.

he took the cup and thanked her "well, I made the mixtures, all we have to do is make the crystals," he said setting up the beakers

Aiko nodded, sitting next to him as she nursed her small cup of tea. "Alright..easy.." She said, pausing when her stomach growled and she groaned. "Did you have dinner? My parents are out of town and I haven't eaten since I've gotten home from school."

"hmm, oh umm, no," he said pulling liquid nitrogen out of his backpack, "ok, trust me I know what I'm doing," he said

Aiko felt her eyes widen when he pulled out liquid nitrogen, quickly rushing over. "A-Are you insane? What are you doing with liquid nitrogen in your backpack!" She hissed, her eyes watching his every move now.

"Woah, Woah, don't run around it," he said pouring some into the beaker and turning on the little flame, "I'm probably wrong but I'm pretty sure the liquid is going to crystalize," he said, taking his teacup, and sipping it

Aiko felt her eyes widen as the liquid slowly crystalized, sighing to herself and walking to the kitchen, taking out ingredients to make a simple chicken ramen before she heard a few knocks at the door. Blue and red lights shined outside and she slowly made her way to the door. "Uh heh Ken? The police are here!" She said, her eyes widening.

"well crap, they must have caught them," he thought grabbing the liquid nitrogen and going to open the front door he then stopped, "when i open this door we are going to book it out the back so open the back door," he said

"We? This is my house! I can't go with you!" She hissed and her eyes widened when the door opened, running back to the back door and opening it, running out quickly. "I don't know what I'm doing but I also have NO SHOES ON!" She yelled, wincing as she stepped on sticks and such.

he grabbed a pair of sneakers that were by the front door, and booked it out the back, "figured these were yours," he said handing them to her "if you want to come then were going to have to run, no matter what," he said

Aiko looked over at him and her eyes widened, nodding and she followed after him, almost tripping over herself but she ran with him, her feet stinging. They ran for at least ten minutes, hiding behind a house and she panted, putting on her shoes. "I'm going to need to go back. What did you do? Who are you?"

"my name is Kaneki Yagi, I go by Ken and it wasn't something I did, it was something my mom probably did," he said watching the lights and sirens fade "she has some problems, and you dont know how many times she's tried to blame me," he said "let's go," he said "I have one thousand in my backpack, we can get some stuff later, c'mon," he said

Aiko nodded and she hugged onto herself, shivering since the cold night air was giving her goosebumps. She also needed to cover herself because she forgot she didn't have a bra on. So she was even more pissed. Her eyes drooped from exhaustion and she yawned, sighing. "Okay..food? I need food.." She said.

"well your about sixteen right, you have a car, I mean I see you drive yourself to school," he said giving her his coat, "we can probably go back to your house for a bit, and you can get everything you need, then we gotta go," he said

Aiko nodded and she walked back to her house, her eyes widening at the caution tape and she went inside, packing a bag and getting into comfier clothes. She came downstairs with a hoodie and leggings, keeping her shoes on and grabbing snacks then he car keys and her purse. "Where are we running away to?"

"wow you really do want to come, well, we'll see when we find a place, for now, i want my jacket," he said

Aiko shrugged and threw him his jacket, walking out to her car and turning on her car, waiting until he got in and began to drive, yawning.

"let's go to new york, it's the best place to go at this time," he said

"New York? Do you know how to drive? That's a long drive and I'm tired as is.." She said, rubbing her eyes and making her way onto the highway.

"yes I know how to drive let's pull over and switch," he said

Aiko nodded and she moved out of the seat after she pulled over, getting into the passengers and shivered a little.

Ken switched to the driver's seat and started to drive, "good, now we can go," he said

Aiko hummed, curling up and shivering as she slowly slipped off into slumber. She slept for a good two hours before waking up for a little, looking at Ken. "You okay?"

"hmm, oh yeah," he said, he then pulled over at a store and got out, "you need anything, cause if you want you can come in with me," he said

Aiko nodded and she got out slowly, stretching her limbs and letting out a small sound of discomfort. She followed after him into the store and walked in, looking around at all the snacks and she smiled, grabbing two big bags of chips, some candy and some drinks as well. She paid and walked to the cash register, taking her wallet out.

"Woah, no no no, not happening, here you go," he said handing the cashier the money "we don't use cards while on the run," he said

"I have cash..I was going to hand him it.." Aiko said, her eyes narrowed and she took her snacks, huffing a little and moving to the door. "You do this a lot.."

"because of my mom... I kinda have to," he said with a smile

Aiko nodded and she pulled back a little, going out the door. "Come on..let's go.." She said, taking his hand.

"Okay okay," he said "you know why I'm, going to new york," he asked

"No..I don't know why. To run away?" She asked, getting into the car and shivering.

"no, because that is the most likely place for my uncle to be, if we find him we're safe," he said

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