"So many people suddenly came over to talk to me. Of course I got nervous—but no matter who you faced, you could always keep the same attitude. That was really amazing."
"They were just classmates. There was no need to be nervous, right?"
"No, not just classmates. Even with teachers or strangers you didn't know, you could clearly express your own opinions, right? I thought that was really wonderful."
"Forget it. What animals did you want to see?"
The two started talking about other things, deliberately changing the subject so the previous topic would not continue affecting their mood.
At lunchtime, someone else came over to watch. It was a boy.
"Did Kosaka make that bento herself?"
"Yeah. So what?" Touka answered for Yoriko Kosaka.
"That's amazing. How about this—just let me pick something from it and have a taste." The boy was practically drooling as he stared at the bento, looking at them with sincere pleading eyes.
"Sure, have some. What was the big deal?" Touka said generously.
"Okay, if Touka said so."
With Touka's permission, Yoriko Kosaka gave him a piece of fried chicken. The boy's expression was ridiculously exaggerated, his eyes shining.
"Wow! This is great! It's so good!"
At that moment, Touka was a little jealous of him. She was a ghoul and could not eat human food. However, in order to survive in human society, ghouls like Touka would choose to eat human food, then force themselves to vomit it back up. Human food was poison to ghouls and would seriously harm their bodies, so they had to throw it up.
The only human food they could enjoy was coffee.
"Huh? What, what? Was it really that good?"
At that point, others gathered around as well.
"Control yourselves a little! You're going to eat