Since I’m dealing with some depression currently… Maybe something sweet, with Juuzou and Mama Shinohara? Her stepping into her husband’s shoes, so to speak, to provide a loving parental figure in his life? Reassuring him that both she and her husband love him like their son, and their children see him as their older sibling? Sorry if it’s out of the blue, I just… I really need something like this, right now.

❤ Hugs. I am too. ❤ Feel free to message me whenever you want!

Suzuya Juuzou makes it almost out of the hospital before he breaks down. He falls to the ground, crying into his knees.

It’s all so unfair.

He’s not sure how long he sobs, but he tries to stop once someone taps him on the shoulder. “Huh?”

“Juuzou, are you okay?”

To his surprise, he looks up to see Mrs. Shinohara crouching besides him. A sad smile adorns her face, and she holds out her arms, as if he can hug her.

Suzuya hesitates. “I … I’m all alone now.”

Mrs. Shinohara shakes her head. “No, no you’re not.”

He gasps as she wraps her arms around him. “Yukinori loved you like a son, and I’m sure he still does, even if he’s unconscious. And so will I.”

“R-really?” Suzuya’s eyes begin to well.

“Really.” She strokes his head. “Would you like to come over for dinner? My children would like to spend more time with their older brother.”

Her eyes. There’s no disgust in them. Just like Mr. Shinohara. Juuzou musters the strength to nod and follow her away from the hospital.

A scenario where after the war shinohara wakes up and juuzou gets to excitedly show him around. It’s all fun until they come across kaneki (who is chatting with people from both the quinx and Anteiku) and shinohara is all like “good god is that the centipede ghoul? Who let the crazy bastard in here!”

LOL.

“Here’s CCG. Or, what’s left of us.”

Shinohara recognizes Marude, Ui, Mado Akira and Amon Koutarou, and a very disgruntled – and white-haired – Takizawa Seidou. Kiyoko is in a wheelchair, Mougan behind her. Ah, and there is Iwao’s son, besides Kuki’s son.

The Quinx Squad is behind Kuki, or so Shinohara assumes. They look fully human right now.

He can’t believe so much has happened. Arima a ghoul, Yoshitoki a ghoul, cooperation with ghouls to save a city.

“Suzuya!” A white-haired young man races towards them, holding pudding aloft.

Shinohara chuckles past the ache of his missing colleagues. Suzuya’s face brightens as the man reaches them.

Shinohara squints. He knows that man.

“Good god, is that the centipede ghoul? Who let this crazy bastard in here?” Shinohara exclaims. But his tone is light – no one who gives Juuzou pudding can be all bad, right?

“I was an investigator for the past few years, thank you very much. Kaneki Ken.” The ghoul holds out his hand. “Former First-Class. Now One-Eyed King. It’s all very confusing.”

“Of course it is,” sings a pretty young woman. She marches to Kaneki’s side. “I’m his wife, Touka.”

“She was Rabbit,” Suzuya says, mouth full of pudding.

“Huh?” Shinohara frowns. She does look familiar, doesn’t she?

“Hey, Kaneki, don’t take all the ghoulification credit, you bastard.” Takizawa waves to Shinohara, proudly showing two kakugans. Behind him, Amon Koutarou displays the same, even as Akira Mado slips her arm around his waist.

“What the hell?!”

I need more angst in my life, so, PLEASE SHATTER MY HEART. Shinohara dying/having to be let go, and Juuzou’s reaction to it~? -prettyreaperxiii

Suzuya tiptoes into the hospital room. Fresh flowers from Touka sit on the bed, and from others, too, apparently. A dozen bouquets decorate the room of the only father he’s ever really known.

Mrs. Shinohara extends her hand to him. The rest of their kids sit there, too – older now, but still kids.

Suzuya feels Hanbee and his squad’s presence behind him, and tears prick his eyes. “Is he…”

“He’s still here,” Mrs. Shinohara says quickly. “For now. With the infection…they’ll be removing life support very soon. I’ve signed the forms.”

Her voice breaks at the end, because she’s been losing her husband and hope for the last few years, and she wants just one more moment with him awake, and now she won’t get it.

Suzuya steps closer to the bed, watching Shinohara’s chest rise and fall. Tears run down his cheeks, but he feels otherwise numb as nurses enter the room.

Suzuya leans over suddenly, desperate to plant one last kiss on Mr. Shinohara’s cheek while he’s still alive.

Mrs. Shinohara holds her husband’s hand, and his kids gather around. Some are stoic; some weeping.

Suzuya wants to close his eyes, but he can’t. It feels like a betrayal of Shinohara. A lump emerges in his throat, threatening to strangle him, to take him with Mr. Shinohara.

But Suzuya keeps his eyes open as Mr. Shinohara slips into what lies beyond. He hopes it’s heaven.

Suzuya Squad members as classmates, Shinohara as their teacher maybe (? I need something funny besides all the tragedy ;-;

“Suzuya, you don’t need to threaten Seidou with needles. Frankly, I’m surprised we don’t have a policy against those.” Mr. Shinohara sighs.

“Okay.” Suzuya giggles. He always sits in the front row, eager to answer questions, even though he’s distractible and occasionally attacks the other students.

Mizurou Tamaki smiles up at Shinohara. He’s a mischievous one, always passing notes to Suzuya and Miyuki Mikage.

Mikage, however, never pays attention. He doodles constellations and looks up his horoscope in class.

Now Mizurou slips a note to Keijin Nakarai, who responds with a glare. Nakarai wouldn’t dare disrespect Shinohara to his face.

And then there’s Hanbee Abara, Suzuya’s best friend and enabler. He sneaks Suzuya pudding, and in return, Suzuya helps coach him how to answer questions in class without freezing up.

Shinohara breaks out into a smile. He loves these kids and their ridiculous idiosyncrasies.

“Take your seats. We have a pop quiz!” Mr. Shinohara announces.

Suzuya groans, Nakarai pales, and Mikage shrugs his shoulders, as if to say well I’m not passing, so I don’t care.

But Suzuya will try his best, Shinohara knows. Even if he doesn’t know the math, he’ll find some unique way to figure it out.

He loves these kids like his children.

Tokyo Ghoul Juuzou, Shinohara, Houji, Takizawa, Akira and Amon meeting their future :re selves.

OMG

Suzuya Juuzou – He’d be intrigued. A bit confused as to why he chooses certain things. But I think he’d be happy that he’s found friendship and happiness, and that Mr. Shinohara still matters to him.

Shinohara Yukinori – He’d be disquieted at his vegetative state. He would, however, ask about whether his family visits, how they and Suzuya are doing, etc. Once he finds out they’re okay, he’d be more accepting. And he’d be very intrigued by the ghoul who visits to bring him flowers.

Houji Kousuke – He’d be very disappointed about what happened to Seidou. He’d even debate with himself whether he should have tried to kill him. His :re self will insist on killing Seidou now, Luke-Skywalker-to-Ben-Solo style. But he won’t be able to do it, not yet.

Takizawa Seidou – He might go a little crazy. He’d deny it flat-out. “There’s no way you are me, goth freak!” And then he’d cry and spend more quality time with his family and Rocky. He’d probably keep it to himself, though. His only way for calm would be denying it and occasionally reminding himself that Akira and Amon did not reject him even then.

Mado Akira – She’d be intrigued, though the idea that she’d befriend the Rabbit and Yotsume would offend her. She’d also be interested in stopping Seidou and Amon from becoming ghouls, which might cause problems. Amon might then wonder why she kept bringing him donuts every morning.

Amon Koutarou – He’d be sickened that he’d turn into a ghoul. Once he realizes he can still be a good person and help his friends, as opposed to being the predator Donato was, he’d calm down a little. In time, he’d realize that knowing ghouls and humans are connected far more than he imagined is freeing.

Shinohara wakes up and meets Hanbee

Hanbee holds his breath as Suzuya and he enter the stark hospital room, which smells of limp food and cleaning fluids.

Suzuya wants to stop, to run away, but he can’t, so Hanbee will hold his breath in his leader’s place.

Suzuya steps in full view of the bed, where Shinohara Yukinori sits, awake and smiling at his wife and not-so-little kids.

Suzuya’s heart beats wildly. Is there still a place for him with Mr. Shinohara?

Shinohara stills as soon as he spies Suzuya. Then he holds out his hands, as emotion clouds his ability to speak.

“Mr. Shinohara!” Suzuya wails and launches himself into Shinohara’s arms. “You’re here, you’re really here.”

“I am,” says Shinohara, embracing Suzuya. “Juuzou, you’ve become a great man.”

“T-thank you,” says Suzuya, wiping his eyes.

“Who is this?” Shinohara’s eyes flit over to the doorway, where Hanbee stands.

“That is Hanbee Abara, my squad member. He’s…very special to me,” says Suzuya, flushing.

“Hanbee.” Mr. Shinohara smiles at him. “I’m glad Suzuya found someone like you.”

Hanbee gasps. “Thank you, sir! Suzuya is – well, he’s the most amazing leader we have. And I – I love him.”

“I’m glad,” says Shinohara, squeezing Suzuya’s shoulder. “Nothing could make me happier.”

Everyone’s reaction at Suzuya saying fuck ???

Kaneki/Sasaki: You – You shouldn’t – s-s-s-ay that…Hahaha…Uh…Help.

Mutsuki: *scared*

Urie: *stunned silence*

Shirazu: *chokes*

Saiko: Hey fucker, wanna fucking go? I fucking love it.

Hanbee: *turns bright red, gets very antsy*

Keijin: *impressed* *makes a mental note that swearing may be okay in front of his squad leader*

Mizurou: OMFG

Mikage: the constellations have aligned. The planets have united as one. The world is ending and it is beautiful.

Shinohara: Suzuya, sometimes that word upsets people. I’ve found it helpful to try saying what is making you so angry, rather than saying that word.

More Shinohara kids! How old are they 0ASBI (after steel beam incident just in case you didn’t know)???

0ASBI (Nice acronym!).

Ryohei – 13. Tends to worry about his dad’s safety.

Noriko – 10. Tends to ignore that dad’s safety is a thing, but every time he winds up i the hospital, she scolds him. And she forces him to promise not to get hurt again.

Eichii – 6. Gets super excited every time Daddy comes home. If he gets home late, Shinohara is always sure to enter his kids’ rooms and kiss them goodnight.

What if the one saving Juuzou from falling was Shinohara instead of Mizurou

SOB.

“Suzuya!”

Just like that, the ground isn’t there anymore.

He’s falling. People are falling. His comrades tumble down into the arms of that – that thing, that greedy monster devouring the city.

Just a second ago, he was standing on concrete.

“Suzuya!” Hands shoot out and grab his wrist.

Suzuya looks up – why is he safe, why has he been spared again –

Mr. Shinohara stares back at him.

“What?” Suzuya fights the fear that he’s dead, because this is too good to be true. “How are you back?”

He knew it. He was right to fight Haise. He should have killed him. Then the fallen wouldn’t have died.

Mr. Shinohara tosses Suzuya back onto solid ground, where Nakarai and Mizurou catch him.

“How?” Suzuya cries again, paralyzed with love for his mentor.

When Mr. Shinohara crawls back up, Suzuya sees.

Shinohara now has a bikaku. He used it to save them both from falling.

“Bet you weren’t expecting us, were you?” Shirazu Ginshi – someone who’s at least supposed to have a kagune, though not life itself – hurries over.

“What is happening?!” Suzuya screams.

Okay but Shinohara Noriko age 20 joining the Suzuya squad and giving Juuzou the biggest hug she can muster?

“Juuzou!”

Suzuya spins around to face the familiar voice. A blur that sounds like Shinohara Noriko hurtles towards him. “I did it! I graduated! Now I get to work with youuuuuuuuu!”

And then she’s in his arms, squeezing him tight enough to do more damage to his organs than any ghoul.

“Noriko!” He giggles.

“You! Suzuya Juuzou! I get to work with you!” Noriko grins. She has her father’s hazel eyes. “Guess you get to pay forward what Dad taught you, huh?”

Suzuya nods. Can he? Can he do a good job?

She beams at him, more excited than any investigator he’s seen. His squad gathers around them, and she waves eagerly.

They all seem happy.

They give him strength. Mr. Shinohara still gives him strength, too.

“Welcome to Suzuya Squad,” Suzuya says. Mr. Shinohara, I won’t let you down.