Week #209 - Pretty in Pink (from live journal's Inyasha fan fiction group)
Daybreak by Lightning Rain
Summary: Shippo observes Kagome's morning routine and reflects on future possibilities.
Whining slightly, Shippo sleepily rolled over as he felt Kagome untangle herself from their shared sleeping bag.
"Mommy, No" He quietly begged, grasping at the air she had recently occupied.
He felt her warm hands smooth back his hair from his forehead as she whispered a few soft words before Kagome stood and began the morning's work. Silently he watched her go through her morning motions: lighting the fire, collecting the dry laundry from the rocks near the river, cooking the rice for the group's breakfast. Shifting his eyes up, Shippo observed his fellow daily spectator. Up in his tree, Inuyasha's golden eyes gleamed in the early morning light, meticulously tracking Kagome's every movement. Though Inuyasha's attitude during the day was gruff and wholly unpleasant towards his mamma, Shippo could smell Inuyasha's real emotions towards the time-traveling girl. He watched her, bathed in the soft yellow-pink morning glow, believing his moment of weakness was unknown to any other living creature. And although he was too shy to publicly announce himself as Shippo's 'Daddy' , small kit felt a connect to Inuyasha as together they daily admired his mommy, because, after all, she sure did look pretty in the pink morning light.