after most of everyone goes exploring, Kaneki and Shino start to prepare lunch
Shino also wanted to talk to him but she felt a bit awkward since they haven't talked in a long time.
"Aaahh~ this is so bad everything is so awkward between us! He's mostly focused on cooking the lunch but when I try to talk to him he just freezes! and I can't even say a single word".
Kaneki: Ku-kun! Come here I have a request.
"wait what is he doing?"
Kaneki called Ku-kun asking for a request.
Ku-kun: Ku?
Kaneki: ?efas era yeht erus ekam dna ukiM dna ikustaN wollof uoy naC
Ku-Kun: Kuu!
Kaneki: thank you friend.
Ku-kun: Ku!
*Buzz*
Ku-kun left and started going somewhere.
Kaneki: alright time to make a fire.
"wait what did he say to Ku-kun just now?"
Shino was curious
Shino: Kaneki-kun what did you say?
Kaneki: !!!
"oh crap I just called him by his first name!"
Kaneki: that was a bit sudden why did you call me by my first name?
"I have to make an excu- no I must say 'that'"
Shino: what's wrong by calling you by your first name? aren't we friends?
Kaneki looked Puzzled.
Kaneki: eh? what do you mean? we don't even talk at school.
"what's going on why is Shino acting this way?"
(Author: dense but understandable)
Shino: well i consider everyone in our class my friend.
Kaneki: really? but i never hear you talk with anyone else from class besides for those 3.
Shino: (oh crap) well I'm friends with most of the girls and but i don't really like talking to most of the boys.
Kaneki: oh so you don't like talking to boys?
Shino: not really I'm mostly comfortable talking with Hayakawa-san because he is kinda nice and he doesn't really look at me the way other guys do, Itadori-kun you probably already know.
Kaneki: I see...
"crap i shouldn't have said that!"
Shino: and you Higanbana-kun.
Kaneki: Eh! me?! why?
Shino: I mean you don't really do anything bad and you try to make sure Keiko and Hayakawa-san don't get in trouble, like 3 weeks ago when some guys were picking on those 2 and you saved them both from those guys.
Kaneki: wait who told you that?
Shino: Keiko-chan.
Kaneki: THAT GIRL! I'M GOING TO DYE HER HAIR RED FOR THIS AS PUNISHMENT!
Shino: Punishment??
Shino was a bit surprised to hear that from Kaneki.
Kaneki: i seriously told those two not to tell anyone about it and She didn't! I'm going to dye her red as punishment.
Shino: hehe~ that's surprising you didn't do that to us when we were in middle school.
Kaneki: !!!
Shino: Higanbana-kun?
Kaneki upon hearing those words from Shino, he remembered the time where he saved Shino from some bullies.
"Hey Shita-chan please don't cry I'm alright"
"B-But it's my fault you got hurt if I was more careful you wouldn't have got hurt."
"It's alright this is nothing to me you know I'm strong!"
"sniffling* are you sure?"
"Yes, but please don't tell anyone about this"
and the last thing he remembered was her smile... and after that.
Shino: Kaneki-kun are you crying?
Kaneki: Huh? what? oh I'm sorry I just had a bad dream c'mon we can mix everything now.
Kaneki was still tearing up a bit.
"did i.. say something that hurt him?... oh wait i mentioned 'us' i... i shouldn't have said that... I'm sorry"
Shino felt more guilty for making Kaneki tear up but then.
Yanma: YaYA!
Shino: oh hello there.
Kaneki: What do you want Yanma?
Yanma: Yan ya.
Kaneki: wait there's no spices! I'll be right back Tanaka-san oh yeah Yanma keep Tanaka-san safe while I'm gone.
Yanma: Yaa!
Kaneki left to get some natural spices from the forest.
Shino: he's gone.
Yanma: Shita-chan.
Shino: Huff* what do you want to talk about Yanma-chan.
Shino is about to talk to her familiar whom she thought she had lost.