There's not really a point to this drabble. It's pretty much pure fluff, but I don't care. I think it's cute. :)
"Hurry up, daddy! Mama says it's time for dinner!"
Inuyasha smiles as he scoops his dark-haired daughter into his arms, her tiny furred-ears flattening as he begins to tickle her. The girl giggles madly, her bright smile showing small fangs identical to his own. The half-demon sets her on his shoulders, and the little hanyou grabs a hold of her father's ears.
"Mama wants to know if it's gonna be finished in time," the child says, resting her chin on top of Inuyasha's head. The hanyou smiles.
"Yes. It should be done in a few days, and mama's not due for another couple of weeks. What do you think about having a baby brother or sister?" Inuyasha asks, his claws wrapped gently around the girl's ankles so that she doesn't fall. Even at this young age, her reflexes were excellent, but you could never be too careful.
The raven-haired child hums to herself for a minute before she answers. "Um...I think I want a sister. Boys are icky." Inuyasha grins.
"You'll change your mind one day," he replies, turning his head slightly to look at her. His daughter makes a disgusted face.
"Uh-uh. Boys are dirty and messy and they smell funny," she says, wrinkling her nose.
Inuyasha narrows his eyes at her. "What about me?" he asks, one brow raised. The girl stares at him blankly.
"You're not a boy, daddy. You're a Daddy," she says, as if this should have been obvious.
The hanyou chuckles softly and faces forward as the pair enters their hut. "We're here," he calls, setting his daughter gently on the floor. She scampers over to her mother as the woman steps into the room...
Inuyasha wakes with a start, his claws digging into either side of the branch he was sitting on. He takes a few minutes to still his furiously beating heart before leaning back against the trunk. He sighs.
The half-demon had been having this dream for months, always waking up at the same point--just before he sees his wife and the mother of his daughter and unborn child. He knew why he woke up, he just wished he could decide and finally see the woman he would spend the rest of his life with.
He had seen Kikyo a few nights ago, the dead priestess sending out her soul collectors to call for him. Inuyasha had idly wondered why she almost never came to see him, why he always had to go to her. One look at Kagome's face, though, and he was pretty sure he knew the answer. The schoolgirl hadn't even looked at him; she had simply taken out one of her books and began to study. The hanyou had gone to meet his former lover, and she had warned him that one of Naraku's incarnations was in the area. Inuyasha had said they'd keep an eye out for it, and Kikyo had left. The exchange had lasted ten minutes at the most, and they hadn't even touched each other. Inuyasha had returned to the camp to find Kagome already bedded down, facing away from the others. The hanyou ignored their stares and jumped to a tree, concealing himself in the upper branches. Kagome had slept fitfully that night, and Inuyasha hadn't slept at all.
The boy sighs again and stares down at the figures sleeping below him, his golden eyes immediately going to the girl from the future. For a second he thinks that the heavens are trying to tell him something, before the thought is pushed out of his head. Kagome's eyes are open. And she's watching him.
The hanyou holds her gaze for several seconds before she removes one hand from her sleeping bag and beckons to him. Inuyasha tilts his head slightly--curious--before jumping to the ground and kneeling in front of her.
"What?" he asks gruffly. Kagome visibly flinches at his tone and looks away from the hanyou, back toward the smoke slowly drifting from where the fire had been earlier. Inuyasha clenches one clawed hand and silently curses himself for his rudeness.
Why do I always act like that? Kagome hasn't done anything...
Inuyasha sits down cross-legged on the ground and puts his hands in his sleeves. He tries to put on an apologetic expression. "Sorry," he whispers faintly. Kagome looks back at him, a slight smile pulling on her lips. The hanyou feels the corners of his own twitch, but manages to keep the smile away. Couldn't be too soft, you know.
Kagome sits up and plays with the zipper on her sleeping bag. Inuyasha frowns. The girl is pale and is trembing slightly, and there's a panicked look in her eyes. The miko swallows visibly before she speaks.
"Inuyasha...would you...would you...sleep with me?"
The hanyou can't help it. He gapes at her, his eyes wide, his brows so high you can't see them for his bangs. Inuyasha makes a gutteral sound, but doesn't say anything coherent. Kagome continues speaking, taking the boy's semi-silence for shock.
"I had a nightmare. It was...bad," she whispers, closing her eyes and visibly shaking. The girl takes a few seconds to compose herself, then turns to Inuyasha with pleading eyes. "I...woke up awhile ago; I haven't been able to go back to sleep. I...feel safer with you...close by," Kagome says, looking down as her cheeks redden and she starts playing with the zipper again.
Inuyasha--who has finally closed his mouth--runs his hands through his hair, a blush coming onto his face at her compliment. He tries to slow his speeding heart for the second time in five minutes before he asks, with as much indifference as possible, "How...long have you been awake?"
Kagome looks up at him, locking onto his gaze. "Awhile," she says, the look in her eyes letting the half-demon know that she had seen him wake up. Inuyasha braces himself for her question, but the girl looks down at her hands, twisting her fingers around one another as she waits for his response. It takes the boy a moment or two before he realizes that she's not going to ask about his own dream.
Kagome must really be scared...
The half-demon reaches out and grabs her hands in one of his own, feeling her tremors stilled by his touch. Inuyasha gently pushes the girl down and pulls the top of her sleeping bag up before lying down beside her. Kagome twines her fingers with his, letting one hand rest on top of the other two. She turns her head and smiles at him, two faint dimples showing themselves on her cheeks.
"Thank-you," she whispers, snuggling down so that only her eyes are visible above the edge of her bag. Inuyasha brushes the girl's bangs out of her eyes before laying his head on his free arm.
"Go to sleep," he whispers, smiling as Kagome closes her eyes. Inuyasha had just noticed something.
I just have to remember to look for them... the half-demon thinks as he watches the dark-haired girl beside him drift into a deep sleep.
Total fluff, I know. But I'm completely on a fluff kick, and I could actually play with this as a story. Anyway...