Chapter 19

Having taken different ways and loops to get to Anteiku to lose anyone that might be watching him since he left the mask studio, it took Corven a few extra hours to get back.

*Ring*

Walking into the shop, Corven sees Yoshimura and Touka making Coffee.

'Its Monday, The days far too slow, its probably for them.' thinks Corven as he sees no customers in the store.

"Ah Corven you've arrived, come come, today's slow so its a perfect time to teach you how to make coffee here." Says Yoshimura with his kind grandfatherly smile.

"So this is the new guy?, doesn't seem like much to me. Are you sure he's not just gonna be a waist of space?" says Touka arrogantly with a yawn.

'Dammit I forgot about her attitude, she's gonna give me a headache if I leave her like this while I wait for kaneki to show up... maybe i can screw with her a little to make her straighten up a bit.' thinks Corven as he stares at Touka with an annoyed look.

"One moment." says Corven, confusing Touka and Yoshimura with how stern he is.

Walking to the back for a moment, Corven heads back with a slice of chocolate cake, with strawberry decorated on top.

Walking next to the both, he looks towards touka after putting the cake down infront of her.

"Eat it."

"What?"

"I said eat it. If you're tough shit like you act, then eating a normal slice of cake shouldn't be any problem for you." says Corven, faking a kind smirk.

Hearing the comment, Touka gets upset, and eyes the cake for a moment, she grabs the fork with it, and puts it in her mouth, eating it.

"What are you doing?, I said eat it not swallow it whole. Go on try it one more time."

"Corven, Touka, i believe that's enough." Says Yoshimura, wanting them to stop.

Hesitating for a moment, and already feeling sick from swallowing the first bite whole, Touka ignores Yoshimura, and slowly gets another piece of the cake.

As she puts it in her mouth, she tries to chew it and eat it, but not being able to take it, she runs to the closest garbage can and throws up.

"Oh Whats wrong? can someone not handle a little old cake?, poor thing, I suppose you really are just all bark." Say Corven as he grabs the rest of the cake with his hands, and starts eating it infront of them both.

Watching him eat the cake shocks both of the ghouls, it isn't like he's swallowing it and faking, but hes truly eating the cake, and seems to be enjoying it.

"You know, I've always enjoyed sweets, especially cake, the variety of textures and tastes they can have, it makes me excited to try more."

"If you haven't realized yet, keep acting like you own the world and ill be forced to drop you down a peg. Arrogance and stupidity will cause you or your loved ones death.

"..Im ending my shift early." says Touka as she walks away angrily, not waiting for a reply.

After a minute, Corven and Yoshimura can even hear a door slam.

"Was that really necessary?" asks Yoshimura, a little upset.

"Yes it was, i may have only been here for a day, but im a good judge in character, and though I can already tell im gonna like touka, if she's gonna be arrogant or have that attitude constantly, she's gonna get herself killed, or worse, someone else." says Corven sternly.

"Hm... I suppose you're right, but did have to take it that far? and how could you even handle eating that?" asks Yoshimura as hes getting more coffee beans.

"Half-ghouls can eat human foods?, I figured you being the oldest here would know that?" says Corven confusedly.

"Anyways, are we gonna make coffee or not boss?"

"Hehe, Boss?, what am I some kind of gangster?" says Yoshimura with a laugh.

"Nah you just remind me of my grandfather, people used to call him boss, its fitting here anyways." says Corven with a smile.

"*Chuckles* Well feel free to call me boss then, ill use it well" says Yoshimura with a chuckle.

"Now then, let's get to work, have you ever made coffee before?"

"Yes actually, my grandmother was pretty much a coffee addict, and when she got to weak to make them, I learned how for her. It ain't the best but it was good enough to make her smile." says Corven.

"Well show me what you can do, and well work from there."

An hour or so passed, during which Corven made a pot of coffee many times, each one tested by Yoshimura, and even some customers, free of charge, when he though they were very good.

After they're done, Yoshimura is cleaning up, preparing to close the shop, and not having much else to do, corven decides to help, while talking with him about his garden and selling some freshly made desserts with coffee.

It took awhile, but Corven managed to convince Yoshimura that he'll be able to get more income for much less for Anteiku, which allowed Corven to get his salary doubled, but only when he proves himself with a harvest from his garden, and on what some customers think.

After they finished cleaning up, considering him ready to work in a couple days, Yoshimura and Corven head to the basement to get him his work suit.

Getting one that matches his size, Yoshimura heads off on some business, leaving Corven to finish up with his room and garden.

As hes in his room, he gets some sticks with and a couple boards, and using his strings from his ukaku kagune, he makes makeshift nails, to nail the boards into the sticks, next, using his nail, he draws a picture of each fruit or vegetable, Then he goes towards his garden, and infront of each line, he digs a whole, which doesn't take long, and when he's done, he puts each sign post into the whole for each corresponding line, making sure to fill them back in.

With his garden finished and the day setting, he then heads inside to take a shower, maybe make something to eat, and then get some rest.

(Still need ideas for a mask if anyone has anything, im thinking of something skull like, with a moveable mouth piece, and maybe some vine like designs wrapping in on eachother, slowly forming horns at the top. lemme know what yall think or maybe something other possibilities)