Hi! Sorry this is late, it's been a crazy few days. First, new years brought unexpected guests, then my best friend was leaving back to her university so I had to spend time with her and to top it off my sister refuses to help my mother nowadays so I get to do more chores :(

Sesshy's Mate2012- thanks so much for the review, much appreciated.

Kitana 18- thanks for the review :) I'm glad you enjoy the story and hope you enjoy this chapter as much as you did the last.

And thanks to everyone who keeps reading :)


Chapter 11: Coffee

Kagome watched the clock on Sesshomaru's living room wall. She and Sesshomaru had moved so that now he was lying down behind her on the sofa. She started counting down the seconds and Sesshomaru behind her nuzzled her neck. By the time she got to one she had moved so that she was now facing him and without losing a beat wished him a happy anniversary.

Sesshomaru leaned his head forward just a tad and covered her mouth with his before she could utter anything else. Kagome slightly giggled before returning the kiss and moving to settle more comfortably against him. She snuggled up to him again as his arm pulled her tighter against him.

"Sesshomaru, don't you think it's better if we slept on a bed?"

"And why's that?" Sesshomaru asked placing light kisses on her neck and moving her hair away as he did so.

"I don't want to wake up with a sore back and risk falling off a sofa." Laughing Sesshomaru nudged her and she stood, pulling him up with her. She walked to the stairs and made her way up before stopping at a door that she knew to be Sesshomaru's. He moved behind her and opened the door, leading her inside and towards the bed.

Once the two were settled comfortably, Kagome curled back into him. Sesshomaru smiled, enjoying the fact that they could share this moment together.

"Goodnight." Kagome mumbled, stifling a yawn as she curled into the bed.

"Night." Sesshomaru gently bestowed a kiss on his love and lay there watching until she fell asleep. It was a short while after that that he too lost himself to slumber.


Two little heads peeked in to the living room and found no one there. Shippo and Rin were sure that their parents would be there. They looked at each other wondering about their parent's whereabouts when Rin suddenly exclaimed.

"We's go to Daddy's woom. Daddy know evwything!" Shippo thought about it for a second before nodding. He was scared though. It wasn't like his mother to leave him alone and he really hoped that she had just left to get something. Uncle Sess would know and that put ease in Shippo's heart as he followed Rin up the stairs.

Rin slowly opened her father's bedroom door. She made her way to the bed's edge and climbed on it. As she did she noticed that something was strange. And that was when she saw Kagome.

"I's found Shippo's mama!"

Shippo eagerly climbed on next to her and then pounced on his mother startling her from her sleep. Sesshomaru grunted pulling Kagome back into him trying to ignore the noise. Shippo, snuggled into his mother and Rin eagerly rushed to her father's side, pulling on his hair. Realizing it was a lost cause, both parents opened their eyes, altering the kids to the fact that they were now awake.

"Shippo, if you move, I'll get up." Kagome mumbled not happy to have her sleep broken.

"K!" the boy eagerly climbed off the bed and Rin did the same. They fled the room deciding to go downstairs and wait for their parents.

Sesshomaru groaned leaning his head onto Kagome's shoulder as he did so. He peeked through her raven tresses and wanted to scream in frustration as he saw it was now six thirty in the morning. He normally went with around six hours of sleep a night but the weekend was his time to relax and catch up on it; this was now taken away from him. He felt Kagome move and released his grip on her so that she could get up, him following suit soon after.

When the two adults made their way downstairs they found Shippo and Rin coloring on the dining room table. The two parents muttered hello's in greeting before moving on to breakfast. Kagome rummaged until she found pancake mix and slowly began working on the dish as Sesshomaru eagerly supplied their coffee. She had finished with the batter and set the pan on the stove when a hand pushed a cup of coffee in front of her.

"Thank you." She supplied enjoying the aroma. Both parents shared a knowing smile. As long as coffee was around they could endure waking up early.


I'm sorry this one is about as long as the last. But yes, the next is going to be "vacation."

Thanks for reading and please review. (I apologize if there were any mistakes, I hardly had time to edit!)

Kaoruhana