So, thought of some sad Taka and Takaaki stuff.
And it's Mastermind AU stuff. If Takaaki was a Mastermind in THH.
After Mondo's execution, Taka completely shuts down. No sleep, won't eat, won't speak and nobody is really there to help him out. Makoto is trying, but it doesn't work. And everyone else just either acknowledges him or doesn't bat an eye.
Takaaki really didn't want it to happen. Taka...he was happy. He made friends with Mondo, and as much as he didn't like Mondo given his record, he felt glad that Taka met him. Even if he wanted Taka to make friends with someone a bit better. Someone who didn't challenge him to a sauna battle where both of them could've died. And in the most idiotic way, too. But...Taka was happy. And the two really loved each other.
He wasn't an idiot. He knew how to two looked at each other. They really loved one another. Then...
Then Mondo killed Chihiro.
He knew what would happen. He couldn't be biased. He couldn't keep Mondo alive and figure something else to replace him. No. Mondo needed to be executed. He took a life. And now, his life must be taken from him. It's how it worked. He knew the justice system as well as anyone else, it was his job! His career was justice.
And...justice wasn't the best thing in the world when it came to something like this. He remembered just how awful he felt when he had Mondo board the bike. When he had Mondo chained down. It was funny, he felt joy of seeing the despair in others' eyes. When he killed the others previously, it felt nice...
And he practically felt nothing else, not even any remorse. But Mondo made him feel the most remorse. But not for Mondo himself, but for Taka. He just wished Mondo wasn't the boy he knew for years since the formation of The Crazy Diamonds. Which, he wasn't, but...
He was still the same. That awful temper and blind rage that got him in trouble a lot.
And seeing Taka during the aftermath made him feel worse about everything, too.
He hoped Taka would at least eat or something. Then again...you really wouldn't eat if you thought your best friend could be in the meal you were given. Right? He also wished Taka would just at least sleep. Prayed for at least a little nap. But Taka refused.
When Taka became Kiyondo Ishida, he was worried. But, at least he was feeling better. And he'd finally do things like sleeping! That was something! And when Taka would go to sleep, he'd sneak into his room and just watch him for a bit. Make sure he's okay.
He'd see the tear streaks on his son's cheeks as his son held Mondo's jacket close to him. Curling up into a little ball as he slept. It was heartbreaking. He wished it didn't happen that way. He'd embrace Taka ever so carefully. He'd apologize quietly, apologizing to the pain he's caused his son to go through. And that he was sorry for being an awful father and that he loved him.
It was really what he could do. It was the only thing. He could only hope that Taka would be safe. Safe from harm.
And how wrong he was.
