Kagome sighed as she finally made it inside her home. After spending the past five days being pampered at a five star hotel with her best friends Sango and Rin she was ready to be home and back with her family.

She had only gone in the first place because for the past month she had been suffering from one of the wonders of women hood; Postpartum depression.

It hadn't been something either Kagome or her mate Sesshomaru had been worried about. It had been such a happy and worries free pregnancy. The moods wings were mild most of the time and her libido had gone through the roof, but the day after their son Hotaru was born, she couldn't stop crying. At first everyone thought it was just because of how happy she was or from worrying about how her son was doing, but soon everything seemed to set her off.

After bringing him home things became worse for the new mother. Being premature and small Hotaru easily became sick with ear infections that kept him from sleeping for multiple nights in a row and nothing Kagome did could make him quiet. That, plus the feeling of being unattractive because of the baby fat and swelling pushed Kagome into a constant offensive mode toward her husband.

After a month of enduring his mate and sleepless nights from his new pup, Sesshomaru had had enough and brought out the big guns. Within hours Kagome found herself ambushed and dragged off to a tall building where she was introduced to a man only known as "magic thumbs."

But now that it was over Kagome could finally put things into perspective. Her mate loved her even if her tummy wasn't completely flat or her butt looked big to her and after a few more nights with the medication her son would finally fall into a normal sleeping pattern. Life wouldn't stop because she was puffy.

As Kagome toed her shoes off in the foyer, she noticed that the house was very quiet. There was no sound of servants walking around or a TV somewhere. It must have been later than she thought.

Following the walls with her hand Kagome easily found her way to the nursery, but quickly realized her son was not in his crib. Panicked she rushed to the kitchen, then family room, but couldn't find either of the boys she was looking for.

As she made her way to her bedroom, she heard a familiar noise. Quiet violin music was coming from her room which was odd because Sesshomaru didn't like violin music; it hurt his ears too easily.

Pushing the door open, Kagome sighed in relief when she spotted her mate lying on the bed. He was lying over the covers with his back to the door. The stereo system on the opposite wall was turned down just enough to hear the music but not loud enough to keep him from falling asleep.

Moving around the bed, Kagome froze in shock at what she was seeing.

Sesshomaru was lying on his side with his tiny pup contently playing with his hair next to him in the center of the bed, a large body pillow on the other side of them. Little Hotaru was half asleep with some of his father's moonlit strands draped over him, some tangled in his tiny fingers which he was clutching. Sesshomaru was out cold and purring quietly to his son.

The biggest smile lit her face as she quietly moved closer to the head of the bed and grabbed the camera from the night stand. Sesshomaru never liked being seen in a gentler light like when he was with his family, but every so often he would let his guard down and Kagome would get an opportunity like this to capture it on camera.

Lifting the digital camera up, Kagome backed up and snapped her photo, but the sound it made to indicate the picture was saved startled Hotaru and made his whimper quietly; the disturbance also aroused Sesshomaru ever so slightly.

Not wanting to ruin the perfect moment, the photo bandit as Sesshomaru liked to call her, ran back out of the room and hid her sent. She listened as her mate sleepily reassured his son that it was ok and that he was there for him. It made her tear up a little.

After a few seconds both father and son settled back down. Peaking inside with camera ready, Kagome was excited to see that they had changed positions. Now Sesshomaru was laying on his back with the tiny little mini him squirming on his chest.

Like before Kagome tip toed up to the bed and got the shot focused; but this time she turned off the sound. Looking at them together like this made every tear and all the pain worth the effort.

Before her spell wore off Kagome quickly pressed the button and captured the image of the father and baby. It was another perfect picture of the two.

Feeling that she had done her motherly duty, Kagome re-hid the camera and moved the body pillow to the ground. She quickly stripped and put on her night clothes before gently placing herself on the bed. Even though she tried to do it without moving the mattress to much, it still woke her mate.

"You're home late." Sesshomaru opened his eyes and placed their baby in between them so his wife could see him. "How was the hotel?"

"Perfect, thank you for thinking of it. I got exactly what I needed." Kagome rubbed Hotaru's back while Sesshomaru continued his purring sounds.

"I'm glad. Hotaru wasn't sleeping well so I brought him in here. Damn child wouldn't settle down without that violin music playing or me growling at him. I don't know why." Sesshomaru was interrupted when a yawn overtook him, making him flash his fangs.

"It's probably the vibrations and the fact you are his father. He only sleeps for me when he listens to my heart beat." Both adults smiled as Hotaru yawned as well, also showing off his tiny fangs.

"I'm glad you made it home to me." Sesshomaru's voice drifted off into sleep, and within seconds he was out cold.

Realizing there was one more perfect pic to be had, the camera was brought out once again and Kagome took a picture from her point of view on the bed. Hotaru was in between herself and her mate, with Sesshomaru's hand on his tiny little back and hers just below.

"Yeah, me to."

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