Different Ways Of Life [Ghoul!Sousuke X Reader]

The first time you had ever met him, you were absolutely afraid of him.

When he looked at you, you can feel him  just silently judging you. It felt as if he can read your soul. Like he knew every secret. Like he knew everything..  Intimidation radiated off him. His eyes silently conveyed the message, 'Please leave me alone or I will not hesitate to hurt you.'

You had then found out that the aura the was emanating off of him was there for a reason.

You had been walking home from the store one night when you heard some faint screaming noises. You were curious on what was that noise. What is it a dog or something?

You walked down the alley way where you heard the noises coming from. The noises started getting louder and you heard some crunching and slurping noises. What an animal eating something?

You saw a hunched over figure over a corpse. It looked like it was eating the meat of it. You gasped and dropped your bag of ice cream.  The figure looked back at you and you opened your mouth in a gape. Was that…Yamazaki Sousuke?

He had blood dripping off his lips and his eyes….were that of a ghoul’s. The sclera was black and his pupils? They were blood red. He was staring at you. You had started backing away from him and had turned around completely to run away from him, until he caught your wrist in his hand. His hand was covered in blood, and some of that blood transferred onto your skin. Your eyes widened and then you looked at his kakugan. You hadn’t been aware that you were whimpering in fear.

"I'm not going to hurt you." His deep voice rang in your ears and that just made you pull harder against him. His grip tightened on your wrist and you cried out, hoping that someone would help you. If anyone could hear you. His other hand went to cover your mouth, so he could muffle the sounds coming out of your mouth.

After a few minutes of struggling, you had started settling down. He then uncovered your mouth and stood in front of you as you kept your mouth shut. You didn't know what to say to him.

"Are you going to turn me in?" You heard Yamazaki say.

You had continued to keep quiet and stared at the ground.

He rolled his shoulders. A habit he always did. He repeated what he said again. “Are you going to turn me in I said?”

You thought about it. I mean turn him in? Sure, he was a ghoul. A ghoul who might eat you at any moment. Yet...he hasn’t. But then again, he had to eat to survive. It was like humans. We also eat meat, but instead of human meat we eat animal meat.

You looked up at the ghoul male. “I-I won’t turn you in!” Maybe it was the fear of getting eaten that made you say that.

The tall male just simply rose an eyebrow, as if he didn’t believe you. He had every right to doubt you. You just witnessed him devouring a person. He was a threat to humanity. At least, that was what the CCG thought. “And why should I believe that you won’t turn me in?”

You kept your voice steady. “You can believe whatever you want. I know what I’m going to do.”

He grabbed you by the collar and pulled you close to his face. Your eyes were wide with fear as he glared down at you. Once he noticed the fear in your eyes, he let you go. “Go home. Now. And don’t come and find me.”

You must have had a slightly worried look on your face because he then said, “I’ll be fine. Don’t worry about me. Just go home like I said.”

You reluctantly picked up your dropped bag and started walking home, despite the fact you were worried and still a little scared over your encounter. You glanced over your shoulder and saw that he was gone.



The next time you saw him was while you were walking home from school.

It was a cold winter day. You had buried your face deeper into your scarf and while you did that, you had bumped into him.

“I’m sor—” Your voice refused to continue the apology after you had seen his face.

Oh god, it was Sousuke.

He glared down at you and you slowly inched away from him. He grabbed your wrist, and dragged you with him. You had tried to protest, but he shut you up with another glare.

Apparently the destination where he was dragging you was a nearby cafe. Why did he want to take you there?

Once the both of you entered, you had quietly noted that he was still holding onto your wrist. While you did not say anything, your face had started flushing a deep red. He had noticed this, let go of your wrist, and then promptly turned a little pink himself. You hadn’t noticed this however.

A waitress quickly attended to the both you, seating you a table. She asked what you both wanted, a smile ever-present on her face. Though it seemed that the smile was directed more at Sousuke than anything.

After you had both told her what you both wanted, she went off. You looked down at the wooden table, still keeping quiet. You still quite afraid to be with him since the incident. You continued to keep quiet until the waitress came back with what was ordered.

You poked at your [favorite cafe food] and hesitantly took a bite. Your lips spread into a smile, and you continued eating it. You heard chuckling and looked up to see the sound was coming from Sousuke. “Good, isn’t it?”

You blushed, your face turning slightly red. You then remember that he couldn’t know the taste of the food. He was a ghoul. You remember hearing on a television program once that ghouls cannot eat human food. You frowned and started poking the food again.

“Are you still scared?” you heard Sousuke stirring his iced coffee.

“M-Maybe just a little?” you timidly said.

He scoffed softly, still stirring his iced coffee. "I said I wouldn't hurt you."

"I....know." You took another bite of the food in front of you, even though you're not that hungry.

"That didn't sound very convincing."

"I would have ran away and tried to call the cops on you by now."

The teal eyed male rose an eyebrow, as if he was doubting you would do that.

Your eyes narrowed down at him, but you just simply scoffed it off.



After that little coffee outing, you two started hanging out more. Obviously, you did not like each other much at first. But then, you both started warming up to each other. Soon, feelings blossomed between you both and before you knew it you already deeply in love with Sousuke.

Then it was a few months later that you had moved in together in a small home. You both were college students, so this wasn’t unusual. You met his friends as well. Apparently, they were ghouls as well. Though they were quite wary of you being a human, they still welcomed you into the group.

You had also found out he used to swim when he was in middle school and high school. Let’s just say you had found yourself in some situations that made you find out just exactly how good he was at swimming.

You were already used to his life. His ghoul life. The midnight outings. The constant drinking of coffee. It was already like clockwork for you. Even the running away from doves was normal. Sousuke was worth this risk, however.


It was just another typical night. You were home alone while Sousuke finished up his hunting for the night. You silently typed away on your laptop. You yawned, stretching your arms up in the air, and silently closing your laptop. You could finish your essay tomorrow, since you were starting to feel sleepy.

You trudged to the bedroom and slipped into the bed you shared with Sousuke. You cuddled into the covers, and fell asleep with the faint smell of smoke tickling your nostrils.


Sirens were heard the entire night and an ever burning fire was currently engulfing his small home. Sousuke watched the scene unfold before him, closing his eyes. The house burning could be replaced one of these days. Other people however could not be replaced.

He kept his feelings behind an emotionless mask, but inside he was grieving. Over the loss of his dear [Name]. Firefighters could not find any trace of his human lover in any of the other rooms and the bedroom was engulfed with flames. They could not enter it. The only answer remaining was that [Name] was in the room, probably sleeping.


As the flames died down, the team of firefighters went in the house. And once they came out, they carried a body covered with a cloth. One hand peeked out from underneath the cloth and it was black, scorched from the fire that was within the house.  He already knew who it was. He didn’t need to guess. His heart promptly tore into two and he collapsed on his knees, silent tears going down his cheeks.

It was [Name].