Title: Gin
Author: Jarjayes
Fandom: InuYasha
Rating: PG
Genre(s): Drama
Pairings: Inu-Papa/SessMom
Word Count: 348
Summary: Inu no Taisho is a first time father.
Gin
The first time I laid eyes on her I could not help but be overwhelmed by happiness. I had a daughter and she was very beautiful. Despite being exhausted from her ordeal, Zayura nursed her—and I watched with tenderness in my heart.
The midwife watched her attentively from her position under the window ready to remove the child as soon as the girl had her fill of Zayura's milk. Instinctively, I moved closer to Zayura and wrapped my arms around her for added support. She looked up at me with her usual cold eyes; they turned warm. With that I kissed her forehead and she responded by placing her head elegant upon my shoulder.
"She is beautiful," I said.
"I would have rather given you a son," she replied in return.
Then I answered, "It is not for you to decide what to give me."
There was a moment of silence as she thought out her reply. Knowing her the way I knew her, Zayura wanted to make her point and she was not going to give in until she did.
"But would it not be grand to have a son to carry your name?" she insisted. "Do not tell me you are completely happy that our child was born female and not male?"
Truth be told, I would have liked a son but looking upon my daughter's face and hearing the sweet sounds of her suckling on Zayura's breast, I was happy she was born nonetheless.
"I am happy," I answered my wife.
Zayura then looked down upon our child and then said, "If you are happy then I am happy."
"What will we call her?" I asked for indeed, I had not the slightest idea of a proper girl's name in my head.
"Gin," Zayura stated. "Like the color of her hair."
Gin did not have much hair. I was not even sure this name was appropriate for an Inu-youkai princess. Even my mother had a longer, more prominent name. But then I smiled upon my daughter's face.
"Then Gin it is," I finally agreed.
