"And onee-chan!! You were so selfish!! How could you just pick up the call from the doctor and ran away without any explanation like that??" Hinami said, pulling Touka's shirt, smiling widely. "Sorry! Sorry! I couldn't say anything at that time! I was too worried!" She said, wiping the tears in her eyes away. 
The kept laughing, and some turned into sobs. Hinami grabbed Kaneki's hands, shaking them. "W-We t-thought we were g-going to l-lose y-you!! Onii-chan!!" She said, sobbing. Yoriko and Touka was sobbing too. 
"I... I'm very sorry, Hinami-chan, I am really sorry. I promise I will never leave you, okay??" Kaneki said softly, patting her head. "Let them talk for a while, shall we??" Said Yoshimura. Koma, Irimi, Yomo, Uta, Tsukiyama, and Nishiki nodded and left. 
"It's good to see you healthy again, Kaneki-kun. We will be waiting for you at Anteiku until you're fully recovered." Said Yoshimura. "Thank you, Yoshimura-san. I'll be back to work soon." Kaneki said, and Yoshimura nodded and left. 
Hinami wiped the tears away and smiled. He looked at her face, thinking about what she had been through. Her father and mother were gone, and she had a hard time overcoming the pain. Now she had finally walked out of the darkness, and he almost pulled her back to it again. He felt really sad and bad. He wanted to repay her, repay everyone, with all his might. 
"Hinami-chan, Takatsuki Sen is going to do a book signing at the end of the month, do you want to come with me??" He asked, and her eyes twinkled. 
"Oh yeah!! I saw it on the Internet!! I can go!! Right??" Hinami asked with her eyes shining. "Yep! Of course you can! I decided to bring you there instantly when I heard the news." Said Kaneki looking at Hinami's excited face. 
"Hey wait a sec! Onii-chan!! Where did you hear the news? You were unconscious when it was released." Asked Hinami. 
"Well, I got the news from Eto, that green haired girl that came to Anteiku several times. Remember her?" Explained Kaneki.
"Oh you mean that girl who looks really like Takatsuki Sen??" Asked Hinami. "Yeah, that's her. She's Takatsuki Sen's younger sister, she told me everything about her." Said Kaneki, smiling, and he looked at the others. "You wanna come along??" He asked. "Yeah, we'll come." Said Hide and Yoriko together. "Okay, how about you? Touka-chan?" Asked Kaneki. 
"Well... yeah. What's the date??" She said. "It's May 29th, Sunday." Kaneki answered, and to his surprise, she looked a bit down. "Sorry, Kaneki, I... I have an appointment that day." She said, not looking at him. "An appointment?? With who??" Asked Kaneki. 
"Well.... that week is the week before summer vacation, and Sasaki asked me whether I would like to go to the theme park with him on that day, and I said yes. So sorry, Kaneki, I can't go." Said Touka, looking at her fingers. Kaneki stared at her for a while. "Uh-oh." Hide whispered to Yoriko. 
"Well, is that so?? Then it's too bad, you can't come." Said Kaneki, smiling, but looking a but weird. "So... you're going out with that Sasaki guy, then??" He asked, and Touka nodded. "Yeah, I am." She said, and there was an awkward silence again. They stared at one another. Fortunately Kaneki's phone rang and broke the silence, so no one had to dispel this uncomfortable atmosphere. 
"Excuse me." Said Kaneki as he picked up the phone. "This's Kaneki speaking." He said, and he heard a familiar voice from the other side of the phone. "Man! You are finally awake!!" He said. "A-Ayato?!?!" Asked Kaneki, a bit shocked. He didn't, in fact, no one in the room expected he would call. 
"Yeah, it's me, bro. I'm here to deliver a message." Said Ayato. "Okay, what is it?" Asked Kaneki. He paused for a while, and Kaneki could tell he was smirking on the other side of the phone. "Well, you're done, dude. You're out." He said. "W-What?? What do you mean??" Asked Kaneki. "Um well.... Tatara-san said... how did he phrase it..... you're... oh! Very inactive recently." Said Ayato. "Inactive??" Kaneki repeated. "Yep! You've been slacking off lately. You stopped taking parts in our activities, disappeared when we were calling you, pretended you didn't see us when we met in the corridors. Anyway, you're out! See ya!" He hung up, leaving Kaneki holding his phone at his ear, still shocked.