Tokyo Ghoul: Days by Towada Shin

Author:Towada, Shin
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 978-1-421-59297-8
Publisher: VIZ Media
Published: 2016-10-17T16:00:00+00:00

III

He took Chiehori to the college hospital not far from the school.

“What’s wrong, Tsukiyama?”

Chiehori raced around the grounds of the hospital without a pause, taking pictures of the building’s exterior and the landscaping. Tsukiyama started speaking.

“There’s something I want to tell you first,” he said. “It’s that I really like humans.”

“So much that you eat them.”

“Even if that’s not my aim, is what I mean. People live their lives without claws or fangs, but still, humans have prospered on the earth. What drives them, I wonder—and what’s at the heart of it?”

“But then you eat people.”

“Even though I eat people.”

The two of them entered the hospital, got on the elevator, and selected the floor for the general ward.

“Are you sure we can just waltz into the hospital like this?” Chiehori asked nonchalantly. The two of them were alone in the elevator.

“Oh, it’s fine. I’ve taken everything into account.”

They arrived at the eighth floor. On that floor there was an atrium as well as the ward. In this restful space, covered with grass and dotted with verdant trees, patients at the hospital and their families sat chatting in a peaceful atmosphere.

“Here we are,” Tsukiyama said, casting a glance at the nurses’ station. There were several nurses on duty behind the desk, and of those, one young female nurse had noticed Tsukiyama and Chiehori and was heading over to them.

“Oh, Tsukiyama, you came back? And you brought … Oh, I see, you go to Seinan, too,” the nurse said, unable to hide a smile befitting such an angel in a white uniform. She seemed surprised that Chiehori, who looked nothing like a high school student, was wearing a Seinan uniform.

“This is my friend,” Tsukiyama said.

“We’re friends now?”

“When you share a secret with someone, that makes you friends,” said Tsukiyama.

“Sounds suspicious if you ask me,” teased the nurse. She didn’t seem to really mean it. After all, the two of them were quite a mismatch.

Next, Tsukiyama introduced her to Chiehori.

“There’s a lot of greenery at this hospital, as you can see. It’s a pleasant place, so I was sitting on a bench on the grounds reading when she came over to talk to me. She has a very kind, polite manner, and she’s very popular with the patients. And as you can see, she never can hide her beautiful smile either.”

“Oh no, don’t exaggerate.” The nurse blushed with embarrassment. But Tsukiyama turned to her and continued.

“It’s just … love can be so painful.”

“E-excuse me?!”

Tsukiyama clasped his hands to his chest and shook his head exaggeratedly, as if he were suffering over an impossible love.

“The doctor I’m in love with hardly looks my way. But if I got the chance I know we’d hit it off,” he imitated her. Then he said, “There’s not a man alive who wouldn’t fall for your smile.”

The nurse became flustered at having her innermost thoughts exposed, but she gave a wry smile at his last statement. “I hope so,” she said.

Just then, someone appeared behind her.

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