Anonymous: hello, can i ask what the aogiri story in the novel is about? thank you so much for all you've done! <3

no problem :’) also, hm, do you mean the second story, “union” which has hinami trying to make coffee for ayato?

i skimmed it really briefly just now and here is a REALLY general jumbled up pile of things that happen in that chapter (DISCLAIMER: please take this with a grain of salt, i could have misinterpreted!) –

hinami gathers that she’s being a burden to ayato and also muses about his similarities to her sister

she decides to do something as thanks to him, something that will make him happy. she remembers “oneechan” touka and how touka made her coffee, and thinks “if i make coffee for ayato, he’ll probably be happy too”

on her way to gather the necessary materials for coffee, she runs into takizawa, who is playing with a “ball-like object.” he asks her to play soccer and the ball turns out to be a severed head. hinami is terrified. Hinami averted her face and closed her eyes. She doesn’t want to see, she wants to run away, someone save –

miza arrives. “eat your own things yourself!”

takizawa leaves, holding the head to his chest and laughing like a child. hinami thanks miza and explains she is making coffee for ayato to thank him for putting up with her, and miza notes that it’s dangerous for her to go alone. they end up going together.

hinami remembers kaneki ken, “the person who taught her the beauty of words.”

at some point hinami also remarks, “miza-san, you often follow naki around, huh.”

hinami has some thoughts about herself like you never do anything. it’s your fault that everyone precious to you dies. because you’re weak.

hinami, still with miza, tells her that she’s jealous of her because miza is able to save miza’s companions, whereas hinami herself can’t do anything and isn’t sure how to be of use to anyone.

hinami and miza continue on to shop for stuff like coffee beans

they give coffee to naki and co. naki declares “give me another failure (shippai)!” and someone corrects him “do you mean…give me another cup (ippai)?”

hinami says that she and miza made enough for everyone, and that she’s reserving some for ayato as well. a lot more stuff actually happens with the white suits but maybe i’ll do that later

ayato comes back late that day. “ayato, are you all finished with everything today?” “huh? yeah. finally.” “um, could you please come over here for a minute? just for a minute.”

hinami gives him coffee. he doesn’t say anything. he sips. he doesn’t say anything. when hinami asks him how it is, he replies, “…where did you get the idea to make coffee all of a sudden?”

“i wanted to thank you.”





“thank me?”





“since i’m always such a burden to you.”



he finishes the whole cup and says, “…i’ll buy new coffee beans.”

He said nothing about his impressions of the flavor. Even so, there was something expressed with merely those words.

hinami goes to deliver coffee to eto, who is with noro. just as eto takes the cup and is drinking it – “Ah!” – she turns the cup over and spills everything right before hinami’s eyes. she releases her hand and lets the cup drop to the coffee-stained floor. “Thanks for the meal.”