A/N: Prompt: The children want a horse but it does not get along with him, as requested by Kousei.
Kagome walked into the stables and stopped short, noticing something immediately.
Or rather, the lack of something.
She immediately turned on her heel and headed back into the shiro to face her mate. "Sesshomaru," she said levelly, "where is Naru?"
He looked up from the scroll he was writing. "Naru?" he asked, raising his brow.
She glared at him, knowing that he knew damn well who Naru was. "The pony," she said, stressing, "for the children."
Sesshomaru set aside the finished scroll and picked up a blank one. "The pony," he stressed in turn, "was dangerous and the children are not to be placed at risk. For their own safety, the pony has been removed."
Kagome gaped at her husband. Naru had never, not even once, even so much as nipped any of their children, let alone bucked or kicked. Naru was a sweet and gentle gelding with a quiet nature. Kind of like Sesshomaru, she reflected. "Naru is harmless," she blurted, astonished at why Sesshomaru would have decided the pony was suddenly dangerous.
Sesshomaru set aside his brush and ink and rested his arms on the table and it was only then that Kagome saw several bite marks on his wrists. "The pony is dangerous," he repeated firmly.
"Naru bit you." Kagome stared at the bite marks.
He immediately moved to tug down his sleeves to hide the marks from her gaze. "Hnn." He wouldn't meet her gaze.
Kagome moved over to him and tugged back his sleeves. "What happened?"
He flushed slightly. "It is irrelevant." He sat back. "The horse is gone. I will inform the children later. Perhaps the next gift you buy them will be less...animated."
Kagome hid a grin, deciding against teasing him just then when he already seemed so put out. "Maybe we'll get them a garden," she said instead with a teasing smile.
He looked relieved as he nodded. "That would be acceptable."
And Kagome just chuckled to herself as she left the room. Evidently she'd finally found a flaw in her seemingly perfect mate: Sesshomaru had difficulty with mortal animals.