January 5

We stayed for just a little bit longer after that hilarious incident yesterday. Snow flurries were starting to come down and we didn't want Moroha to get too cold or sick. When we went home, we spent the rest of the day warm by the fire with her.

Moroha was in bed fast asleep by the time I was finishing up with my writing and Inuyasha had just come into the room after taking a bath. He came over and put his hands on my shoulders and kissed my cheek. "Come to bed soon, love."

I turned around and kissed his lips. "I'll be right there."

I wrote a few more words, blew out the candle on my desk, and then crawled into bed next to him. He wrapped his arms around me and I snuggled close to him already feeling relaxed by just being next to him.

"What Shippo did was funny," I said, still amused by it.

"Shippo is an annoying little shit."

I giggled a bit. "You know you love Shippo."

"Keh, well he still deserves to get beat up sometimes. You knew what he was going to do, didn't you?"

"I may have seen him planning it."

"All this time I thought you were on my side." Then he lifted my chin and pressed his forehead to mine. "You're a bad girl, Kagome."

"Maybe, but I'm yours," I said as I ran my fingers through his soft hair. He then closed the gap between us and I gave in to his sweet kiss.

We started getting carried away very fast. How could I not get carried away with the way his lips moved so perfectly with mine, his warm body pressed against me, and his hands caressing me everywhere? I tried to suppress my moans so that I didn't wake up Moroha but it became much more difficult as the intensity between us grew.

"Kagome…" Yasha whispered against my lips. It sent chills down my spine. "I want you, baby." Then he rolled on top of me kissing down my neck as he started to pull my robe open. "It's been so long. I need to feel you."

I wanted nothing more than to feel him deep within me. But we still needed to wait just a little bit longer. "I want you too, Yasha...but we can't right now." It took a lot of willpower but I had to be strong and have some self-control.

He moved from my neck and looked into my eyes still breathing heavily. "Why's that?"

"Because I'm still recovering from giving birth."

"It's been two weeks."

"I know, but Sango and Kaede said my body needs more time to recover. They said I shouldn't be having sex for four to six weeks."

Now he looked even more disappointed. "Four to six weeks?"

"I'm sorry, love," I said as I ran my fingers through his hair again. "But you don't want me to get hurt, right?"

"Of course not, Kagome." He gave me a gentle kiss. "I love you more than anything, the last thing I want is to somehow end up hurting you." He got off me and lay next to me, holding me close against him. "We'll make love whenever you're ready. Just say the word."

"You're the best, Yasha." I was relieved that he was so understanding. I had a feeling he would be before, but just hearing him say those words made me feel good.

Still though, these next few weeks are going to be difficult for both of us until we can make love again. Before the final months of my pregnancy, we were having sex almost every night (except for most of that first trimester when I was so ill). It's been agony to not be able to give him all of my love that often. I know as soon as I feel ready again, the two of us are going to go wild.