Something I couldn't get out of my head so I wrote it down, funny how that works. We will see if anything besides a one shot becomes of it, I was thinking I could do all different views from Jun, Yamato, and the parents, or continue with TK and Dai not being able to stand each other. We will see
Hope you enjoy my lame half stories!
By the way I don't own any of the characters!
Epitome of Defection
From a young age Daisuke taught himself how to play the fool. He learned in his young life that if he wanted the attention he craved from his apathetic parents, then he had to beg for it, and what better way to draw attention to him then to get in trouble? So Daisuke learns to laugh stupidly when the other children made fun of him and play the victim so his parents would pick his up from the nurse's office and pay attention to him, "Poor silly Daisuke. He's not smart enough for first grade, maybe we should hold him back?"
When Daisuke got older he was fed up with playing the victim the act had become less cute and him bitterer. The fights he started at school were an annoyance to his parents, but it was better than their indifferent silence. Yes anything was better than silence. To be loved, Daisuke realized he had to make his parents believe they were better than him and the fool mask slipping on again, "Daisuke! Your grades were never good before, but look at this! We should have held you back!" In Daisuke's life love wasn't given freely, you had to degrade yourself, you had to need someone, because love was making others feel better about themselves.
When Daisuke met the other digidestines he was in his rebellious stage, trying to prove to himself that he didn't need anyone, he didn't need love. His mind changed when he met Hikari Yagami, life seemed brighter then ever before. For months he schemed how to sweep Hikari off her feet because he never did anything half way, but after all his advances one truth seemed to remain, he always fell for the people who didn't care. So when all seemed so dark around him again he slipped back into the fool, and forgot that he was so much more than that.
Takeru was perfection, he was the top of his class, star of the basketball team, charming, and oh so fake. Takeru's obsession with perfection did not come from pressures of his mother or even his brother; ironically the thing that was slowly killing him was his hope. If Takeru thinks really hard and really far back he can almost remember a time that he was happy. Though half of it may be his imagination, he remembers picnics and sunshine, happiness and smiles. All of this before his family shattered.
The fights became more frequent until they became the constant of the Ishida family, the cycle always repeated itself, whisper, accuse, scream, shatter, and leave. One of them always left, and finally father came back, only to take Yamato with him. Besides the constant animosity of the Ishida family Yamato was the only solid in Takeru's life, telling him when to stay silent, holding him, protecting him, and taking him to his room when the fights got heated. And they always got heated. When Yamato was carried through the door by his father, he reached for his younger brother, leaving Takeru in his mother's arms while she cried brokenly that this was better. Takeru's heart all but shattered.
When Takeru asked his mother if their family would ever be whole again her answer was, "Maybe, if you're a good boy, maybe." From that moment on, Takeru found his heart whispering that maybe if he was a very, very good boy he could bring his family back together, after all wasn't being together in the dark better than being alone? Takeru decided that he wouldn't just be good he would be great. He cleans the apartment, does his homework until early morning, stays after school late, joins every club he can, and guards his heart from everyone, saving all his love for his family, but years later he finds his family still shattered. He sits in the dark alone crying, "What didn't I do? Why aren't I good enough?" and even though his heart will remain shattered with his family, he will always hope that on day he will be good enough.
Watching the new student was increasingly annoying Daisuke. Though he had known Hikari wasn't into him it still stung, but that was not why Daisuke had an extreme dislike for Blondie. No, Blondie was everything his parents wished to mold him into, he was sure of it. Though everyone thought he didn't like him because of his obvious connection with Hikari, he wasn't that shallow, but no one would ever be the wiser.
Not once in all his years of perfecting his charm had someone ever insulted him to his face. Though Hikari told him not to worry, Daisuke was like that with everyone, Takeru couldn't help be feel relieved, and maybe even a little alive.