Two warm hands press against the sides of Kaneki's face, guiding him to look downward at the head laying in his lap.

"…Ken," Hide softly speaks, his thumb nudging the edge of the eye-patch which covered his kakugan. "I wanna see." Slowly the warm thumb eases its way under the patch and edges it upward. black, red and grey stare downward into a warm honey brown.

He sees Hide's eyes widen; not in fear, but in a childish excitement. Hide's trademark smile creeps up his lips and before he even realises it, he's grinning at Kaneki.

"It's so pretty Ken." Hide states, a faint pink dusting his freckled cheeks and. A blissful calm washes over Kaneki at the sight of his relaxed lover, his eyes narrowing as he gives his own smile back at Hide.

"Is that so…" He muses as he runs a hand through Hide's half-dyed/half-regrowth hair. The other man closes his eyes and gives a soft sigh at the feeling. Kaneki adores this side of Hide, a side only he may see. When the energetic man is calm and placid by just being close to Kaneki. When Kaneki's hands can lull him into a blissful trance and the noises that slip past Hide's lips when his fingers roam through dry strands of bleached hair and over sensitive skin.

The hands caressing his cheeks fall back to Hide's chest, but the smile remains.

"You're kakugan is cute Ken, like a flower." Hide says. Kaneki's hand stills for a moment in surprise. As Hide's words sink in, red flashes across Kaneki's cheeks.

"I-I-I am not cute!" Kaneki protests. Hide laughs and moves himself upward to lean back against Kaneki's chest. Kaneki's arms adjust themselves to wrap around Hide's waist and unconsciously pull him in closer.

"You are so cute Ken! Every bit of you!" Hide's hand reaches up to caress his face. "It's cute when you just wake up and your kakugan keeps flashing. It's cute when you fuss over my hair when it gets too long and cut it. You're cute Ken Kaneki, especially when i get to see you so relaxed and just looking at me."

"You're cute too you know! Like the look across your face when you drink a coffee, or when you bundle up beneath the blankets and curl your legs into your chest when your asleep!"

"Nah, that's just me being handsome." Hide retorts and Kaneki laughs. Hide soon begins to laugh with him and leans upward to the point where their noses touch.

"I think your laugh is the cutest thing about you Ken." Hide says and closes the gap between himself and a blushing Kaneki.