"Momma!" Kagome groaned and rolled over as the shrill shriek of her eighteen month old son split through the silence of the night and roused both she and Sesshomaru from their sleep.
"He's calling for you Kagome…" Sesshomaru murmured, sealing her fate and resigning her to forcing herself out of bed. Golden eyes watched her through tousled silver hair as she vanished from the room and down the hall to the nursery. Kei was standing in his crib when she entered the room, sobbing in the most heart wrenching way and she couldn't help but pick him up.
"Shh, shh, shh, it's alright Kei; Mommy's here…" The black haired hanyou child burrowed his way into her neck and just let her rock him in her arms. This was their routine when he had a nightmare, he would cry and let her comfort him, only telling her about the fearful dream in the morning; a routine that she didn't mind once she was awake and out of bed.
It took about half an hour for him to calm down and sink back into sleep so that she could put him back in his crib. And once their routine was concluded she made her way back to her own room where—to her surprise—Sesshomaru lay awake and waiting for her.
"Why did we ever have kids?" Her tone hinted to a humorous meaning as she crawled back in bed beside her husband.
"Do you really want me to answer that?" Was the only answer she received for her inquiry as a delicately clawed hand pressed to her belly, which already held their second child as it grew. Shaking her head, the dark haired woman settled down; grinning as she settled back into comfort until—
"Daddy!" Kagome didn't move, her tone a mockery of the one he'd used when they'd first been woken up.
"He's calling for you Sesshomaru…"