Author's note: Hey, guys, I'm back with another fanfiction. This one was a request from my sister, so I'm really hoping that she'll like it. This is only the first chapter, I am planning to make this one a multi chapter story. Nothing too much happens in this one, it is like intro to the whole story. It is set in the AU world. I thought about writing this chapter dedicated to Touka and her life and the next one would be dedicated to Kaneki and so on, as the story progresses. I had so much trouble thinking of a title for this one, but then it just clicked. I changed things up a bit, as you will see, but it had to be done in order for story to go the way I wanted it. Anyhow, I hope you'll enjoy reading and that you'll like it! :)

As always, I apologize for any grammar or spelling mistakes, as well for characters' OOCness.

Disclaimer: I do not own Tokyo Ghoul nor any of the characters, they belong to Sui Ishida.

Love, Shiori :)

'Inner thoughts'

Touka was sleeping peacefully until the first rays of sun came in through the window and woke her up. She was a light sleeper and every little thing would wake her up. She rolled around in her bed, pulling the covers over her head, trying to get back to sleeping. It was unsuccessful.

"I give up.", she said, grabbing her phone and looking what the time is. "Tsh, I still have two hours left."

She got out of the bad and changed into her school uniform. Her parents were away on a business trip, so her brother and herself, were left alone in the house. She knew Ayato wouldn't be up anytime soon, so she made her way to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for both of them.

"Why can't I sleep like all normal people.", she grumbled to herself.

Once she was done with breakfast, she took her plate and sat in the living room turning the tv one. There was nothing interesting this early in the morning, so she was just browsing through the channels, stopping only when something would catch her attention. After hour and a half, she heard the doors upstairs open, which meant that Ayato was awake.

'Lucky bastard, got to sleep longer then me. Again.'

Soon after he came into the living room.

"Good morning.", he told her.

"Good morning. Your breakfast is in the microwave."

"Okay, thanks. Couldn't sleep again?", he asked her.

"Yes. It's so annoying. Maybe I should take some sleeping pills.", she answered.

"I don't think that's a good idea. I read about some teas that could help you relax and falling asleep. Maybe you should try that first. We'll go get them after school."

"Okay.", she wasn't in the mood for arguing, she felt so tired, exhausted.

Usually, she wouldn't let her brother decide what's best for her, even though he was older. Just because during the past week she was waking up on every fifteen minutes didn't mean she had a problem with sleeping. That didn't happen before and it wasn't anything serious. It will go away, just like it appeared. She was sure the cause were exams. She was so nervous and under so much stress, that it was only natural that it will affect her sleeping habits.

She got up from the couch she was sitting on and went upstairs to pick up her school bag.

"I just remembered, I have work today, after school, so don't wait for me. We'll get that tea some other time.", she stated as she entered the kitchen.

"You just don't want to try that, right?"

She just smirked at him. He knew her very well, he is her brother after all. They both got ready quickly and went out of the door.

During her literature class, she was staring out the window. She didn't have any energy to listen to what her professor was talking about. It's not like she didn't like reading and literature over all, but that wasn't her favorite thing in the world. She was more into sports.

Someone knock on the classroom door. She turned around just in time to see white haired boy coming in. He was saying something to their professor. She didn't hear what it was saying, she was too occupied observing him. He had beautiful white and gray eyes. He was tall and he wasn't too masculine. The boy looked very familiar to her, but she couldn't remember from where.
When he finished his conversation, he went to his seat, which was four seats away from hers, in the last row.

'Where did I see him before?'

She realized that she was staring at him, so she turned her head to the window again.

The bell finally rang and since this was her last class for today, she packed all of her stuff and left for her work. She worked as a waitress at the place called Antique. The place wasn't too big, but it was pleasant. Touka usually liked to walk to her work place, but today she felt to tired and instead she took the bus.

She got to Anteiku early. When she entered the door her boss welcomed her.

"Good afternoon, Touka!", he greeted her with smile.

"Good afternoon.", Touka greeted back and went straight to the changing room.

Once she had her work uniform on, she went back and started serving the customers. They didn't have many customers, which she was greatfull for. She was done with her shift and they were just about to close, when the door bell rang, letting them know that someone came in. Touka was pissed off.

'The hell is wrong with this people?! They know our working hours and yet they always come just before closing!'
"Hey, we're closing now.", she told the person, turning around to look at who ever that was.

She was shocked. There stood the white haired boy from her literature class.

"Oh, I'm sorry.", said the boy. "I'll come back tomorrow.", he turned to leave.
"You can order take away if you want. That won't take long.", she said, while handing him their menu.
"Okay. Thank you.", he took the menu from her hand and made his order.

Touka just nodded her head and went behind the bar to prepare his drink. When she was finished, she gave him his drink. He thanked her, after paying and went out.

She sighed. 'I can finally go home.'

Before she went to change her clothes, she caught herself looking after the boy. She couldn't explain what was it that drew her attention to him, but there was something and it way annoying her.

She shook her head violently. 'Because of that idiot, I had to stay longer.'

It was not really his fault, she could've easily told him to go, but it was her decision to serve him. She quickly changed and ran out to her bus stop.

She didn't wait for too long and soon she was in her house again. Entering the kitchen, she saw a package of tea on the table with a note attached to it.

"DRINK IT!", it said.

'So he bought it anyway.'

Touka took her mug and put the tea bag in, while waiting for the water to boil. When it finally did, she poured it into the mug. Deciding to wait a bit to cool down, she took an apple from the small basket, that was standing on the table, along with other fruits.

She ate it quickly and drank the tea in three gulps.

'I hope this will help me sleep better and not wake up before my alarm goes off.'
With that thought in her mind, she went upstairs into her bedroom. She took her school uniform off, not bothering to put on anything else, she went into her bed.

Instantly, her eye lids felt heavy.

'Maybe this tea really works.', she thought, before sleep took over.

End note: Thank you so much for reading, I hope you enjoyed it! :)