alternative;

[tokugawa]

[They'd found a different way - or perhaps more accurately, Motochika had managed to find a different way.

So Mitsunari had gone to Shikoku. Motochika was trustworthy, Ieyasu knew that, and perhaps the best possible person to look after him after everything had been said and done. Somewhere in his heart, Ieyasu knew that it would almost be impossible to forgive him - but he tried anyway.

He'd asked how Mitsunari was every time Motochika visited.

He'd attempted to go to Shikoku himself.

However at every chance he took, Mitsunari eluded him.

Perhaps that was only what was deserved.

So on this particular day, he expects only Motochika to walk through - accompany by perhaps maybe a few of his pirate men or that blue-haired child that he'd somehow picked up.

But somewhere deep in his heart, he still hopes that perhaps this is the time that Mitsunari will come find him.]

fixing;

[unbending]

[Generally speaking, Mitsunari is not a heavy sleeper. Honestly, he suffers from insomnia often enough that it's remarkable when he sleeps through the night--though having Ieyasu there alongside him tends to help for some reason.

Mitsunari says it's because of the warmth.

Ieyasu usually laughs and lets him get away with it.

Regardless, despite the fact that Ieyasu is right there, something woke Mitsunari up. He squints into the darkness for a moment, huffing at the time on the clock with a grimace--

And then he realizes that he woke because Ieyasu is shifting in bed beside him, and he doesn't look happy at all. Mitsunari frowns at that, but he's not one to let a problem fester. Instead, he reaches out to shake Ieyasu's shoulder.]

Ieyasu. Wake up.

aftermath;

[unbending]

[He's trembling.

The first thing he notices is that. His shoulders are tense and his fists are clenched and he can't quite seem to stop trembling because he is just so angry.

Ieyasu's presumptuous words ring in his ears, and he can't quite seem to shake them. He knew--he knew that this would be what would happen, in the end. But ultimately, it had to be done. He needed his answers. And now, years and years later--

Perhaps this is the end.

If only he could forget Ieyasu.

But he can't. And so he's trembling, as he stalks forward, no particular destination in mind. He doesn't know where he's going, but he's going somewhere.

Anywhere but here.]