Father's Day 2007 Ishida-san finds himself with an afternoon off and takes his slightly reluctant teenager for a drive. Adventures 02 time frame and Hiroaki focused. Some spoilers for Yamato's family situation.

Natsuko holds her son's hand tightly as they climb the stairs to heartbreak.

She left him because he wasn't good enough.

Is there something nauseatingly serene about the Ishidas and Takaishis? But something fascinatingly wrong? A series of drabbles about Takeru, Yamato, and their parents: Natsuko and Hiroaki.

While Taichi and the others hold one last reunion before college, another gathering takes place not too far away.

The first night she is no longer Mrs. Ishida.

She took a couple of steps forward, and for one panicked second he thought she might hug him. He was just a boy, after all, and he had the sinking sensation he was starting to blush. Yamasora friendship, pre-Adventure 01.

*Anniversary Timeline* Hero Ishida blinked slow, cigarette draped across the edge of his lip. His son stood stone still in the middle of their dirty dining room, tears falling slowly across his dried, pale face. He reached into his pocket. "You want one?"

Takeru is only eight. He still has the optimism and faith Yamato himself had at that age. Drabble 169 Words