So aparently those machines were man made. Also, it's possible for Kumagawa to actually be the first abnormal to weild an maken.
Possibly, Kumagawa was himself a very confusing existence. However, they'll attribute the machine's malfunction to him being an abnormal unti proven otherwise.
Bill:Ready your minds, because we're getting into social standards. Or how it'll be called for now "Another couple around"
Today Touka was absent from both work and school. Of course, the reason was that she was sick. There's no way an earnest girl like her would miss it for any other reason.
Having nothing to do for the moment Kumagawa was going to visit her. As he reached the door, it was already opened and meet Ryouko face to face.
Ryouko:Uh...
Kumagawa:[Hello!]
Touka:What are you doing here?
Ryouko had to leave and left Hinami with Touka. With a tired sigh the girl let Kumagawa in.
Touka:So?
Kumagawa:[Don't be so cold. I think we got pretty close from the moment we meet. I just wanted to pay you a visit when I heard you were sick.]
Touka:What? With an empty hand?
Kumagawa:[Don't worry.]
Kumagawa reached in his jacket and took out a packet. The paper of the packet was marrow in color, but it got soaked in in blood.
Kumagawa:[I brought you some Taro-chan!]
Touka:...Wait, both me and Kamishiro were with you back then. When did you pack that?
Kumagawa:[I have sneaky hands.]
Zenkichi:I can attest to that. Wait...
Zenkichi moved his hand around his jacket trying to feel something. When he didn't, he groaned out loud.
Zenkichi:Ah, Goddamit!
Najimi:He got your wallet before we even entered the coucil room, actually.
As the two bickered, the ring of her door was rang. Touka decided to put this on hold fir now and open the door.
Outside her apartment a girl with brown hair and eyes of the same color waited with a pot in hands. Her name was Kosaka Yoriko.
Touka:Yoriko?
Yoriko:Touka-chan! I was worried, you didn't come to school today.
Touka:I just feel under the weather.
Yoriko:I ma...
Yoriko stopped speaking and let out a gasp with wide eyes. She seemed to stare at something behind her. Touka turned and saw Kumagawa waving at her.
Yoriko:So you had a boy over...
Touka:It's not like...
Touka was stopped from speaking as Yoriko extended the pot towards her. An serious expression adormed her face.
Yoriko:Eat it with him!
Touka:Wai...
But she was already gone. Touka gritted her teeth, she was sure he did that intentionaly!
When she opened the pot she was witness to a lot of boiled meat, carrots and peppers. Kumagawa tilted his head in curiosity.
Kumagawa:[You're gonna eat it?]
Touka:Of course, Yoriko made it for me.
Kumagawa:[I see. No wonder you got sick.]
Touka picked a pepper and put in in her mouth. With great struggle she managed to swallow it without throwing up. This must be nothing short of torturous to a ghoul.
Touka:Thank you for the meal...
As she moved her hand again Kumagawa suddenly snatched the pot away. Touka gawked at him as he swallowed all of the food in one gulp.
Medaka:They do seem to have gotten rather close.
Saki:Yeah, Kumagawa would usually just watch. Sadistic bastard.
Kumagawa:[Your friend's cooking isn't half bad.]
Touka:Why did you do that?
Kumagawa:[She did say to eat it with me, no? You already took a pepper and so, you fullfiled your promise.]
Touka:But that's...
Kumagawa:[I don't want you to be sick again. Doing it here is fun, but I like messing with you when you work much better.]
Touka:I knew it!
Kumagawa:[Well, I should go!]
Kumagawa left her room with a wave of his hand and a large grin like he accomplished some sort of daily quest, making Touka growl. She whispered in a barely audible whisper.
Touka:Thank you...
Najimi:Oh my, this seem rather familiar. Oh, I remember now! I did see such scenes from my confortable place in nothingness while on my three year break. Now, who was it he was with at that time, I wounder?
Saki:Stalker...
Kumagawa left the complex and was heading to his house. However,he heard some grunts in an backalley and decided to investigate. There he saw Nishiki getting beat up by three ghouls.
Kumagawa:[Ah, are you having an outside game? Mind if I join?]
Ghoul 1:We were just gonna canibalise him. Huh, your smell...A human? How unlucky for you!
The ghoul raised his fist and was gonna punch Kumagawa, but he got puched by his supposed victim before he could even fully raise it. The ghoul was thrown back into a wall, his face a bloddy mess.
Kumagawa:[Huh...]
After taking care of the other two Kumagawa carried the beat up Nishiki back to his apartament who the victim had given the adress to. To be in such a state against those three...Seems he really did a number on him.
When he knocked on the door a girl opened the door. She had red hair and brown eyes. Her name was Kimi.
Kimi:Nishiki-kun!
Worried, she grabbed her boyfriend in a hurry. She was giving Kumagawa, understably, a hostile glare.
Nishiki:Leave it, Kimi.
Kimi:But, Nishiki-kun! He's...
Nishiki:Yeah, he's the bastard who riddled me with holes. Sorry, but can you go buy me some cofee?
After his request the two went to buy him a cofee, Kumagawa knowing a good brand. They ended up sitting in a bench in an awkard silence.
Kumagawa:[Ah, this really is a coincidence. Who'd guess there'd be two ghoul-human couples in this Ward?]
Kujira:Talk about lacking delicacy...
Myouri:That ain't it.
Zenkichi:Yes. Unlike Medaka-chan who has no idea of common sense...
Medaka:Hey!
Zenkichi:Kumagawa-senpai very much understands what common sense is. He just choose not to care for it.
Kimi:Yeah...
Kumagawa:[I see you're still wary of me.]
Kimi:On a logical level, I understand. Nishiki-kun tried to eat your relative and a friend. But, I'm still his girlfriend.
Kumagawa:[True. Love was never something that followed logic. Although it's grest to propely make aquintmance.]
Kimi:Eh? Have we meet before?
Kumagawa:[Yeah, you're the one that tried to have sex with Nishiki-chan on the chair before Hide-chan barged in.]
Kimi:...I feel like I'm gonna be stuck with that description in your mind.
Kumagawa:[Hm...]
Kimi:It's true that it's an unique case when your partner needs to kill humans to survive. But...So much time Nishiki-kun doesn't hurt my friends or family, I can turn a blind eye.
Kumagawa hummed in agreement. He knew even if she snacked on him, Rize didn't stop from her mass eating.
It was understable, her metabolism was already formed long before they meet. It's just how things are, ghouls eat humans as humans do with anything.
He wasn't gonna suddenly impose on her to change her ways. He himself didn't want to be changed by his relationship, so why would he try to do the opposite?
Saki:He might be a bastard, but he isn't a hypocrite.
Kujira:Well, that's a pointer...I guess.
So much she didn't try to eat his friends, not that she'd have much succes considering the majority of them are abnormals, he didn't have a problem. Although, maybe beside Kaneki, he wouldn't really care if she ate his family.
Kimi:Kumagawa-kun, you know pretty much about ghouls, right?
Kumagawa:[Well, I did inform myself.]
Kimi:What can I do to help Nishiki-kun?
Kumagawa:[It's not like he's sick or anything. He didn't do anything to be that way, unlike a certain tsundere I know. All he needs is to eat.]
Kimi:But I...
Kumagawa:[Ah, you're not alright with commiting murder, huh? An interesting moral compass. Fortunately for you, there's a certain group of ghouls that help the ones who can't hunt themselves.]
Kimi:Would they help Nishiki-kun?
Kumagawa:[Well, Touka-chan hates his guts. But knowing the old man, he wouldn't hesitate to extend Nishiki-chan a hand.]
Kimi:Than...
Kumagawa:[Yeah, I'll tell him. Recently I found out Nishiki-chan can also be funny to mess with, wouldn't want to miss the chance.]
Kimi:Thank you!
Kimi gave a bow to show her gratitude and hurried back to Nishiki. However, Kumagawa had one more thing to say.
Kumagawa:[Ah, by the way.]
Kimi:Huh?
Kumagawa:[If you see a purple haired guy who tried to pass for a french around, run. Preferably after you kick his balls.]
Najimi:I suppose he's still bitter about that.
Zenkichi:Well, I don't think anyone would like being presented on an arena to overweight people that want to literally eat him. Guess not even Kumagawa-senpai would want that kind of attention.
Bill:Which to choose...Oh, this one's accurate.
Everyone agreed with Bill. The image did very much pointed the two moods very accuratly.
Kujira:It's still impressive how he can switch so easily.
Myouri:Still creepy either way. Can't tell what's worse, smirking or frownimg.
Zenkichi:Definetly the frown.
Myouri:Huh? How are you so sure?
Zenkichi:You don't know because you didn't interact with him on that state, Unzen-senpai. That dark smirk is something people can get accustomed to, give a rebutal no matter how weak it'd be. But that face...Back when Kumagawa-senpai and Medaka-chan had their final fight a sentence was all I could say. No matter what I wanted to say, when he argued bavk looking at me with those empty eyes...No words would come out. It felt like I was drowning, knowing I'd die sinking no matter how hard I struggled to swim.
Myouri:Huh...Well, don't you know how to use words?