~I'm typing this too fast to get responses for my questions. *laughs*
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End of Days
By Alpha Parvani
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Shiro was an immaculate pup. Kagome and I were both proud of him, loved--- love--- him so much. I made my decision just an hour after his birth.
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I was holding my son again. Kagome had held him for a few minutes, let him nurse, then she gave him back to me. Now we were seated around the small fire in the hut, keeping ourselves warm. Kagome was, surprisingly, lenient in letting me hold Shiro. I was surprised, but pleased. I didn't want to let the pup go.
Kagome had been looking at me oddly through the silence. Finally, I leaned back against the wall and met her gaze. "What is it, Kag?" She blinked, looking startled for a second. I mentally kicked myself. 'Nicknames are bad! Bad!' Then Kagome smiled...sadly. "Take him with you... I'll teach you how to take care of a baby. You can take Shiro now." I stared at her.
'She's kidding.'
'No, no she isn't.'
'I get to keep my son? But he's too young. He needs to be with his mother.'
'He'll be fine if you learn how to raise him.'
I sighed and smiled weakly. "Are you sure, Kagome? You...might never see him again." She reclined against a pile of blankets behind her, staring at the ceiling. "I know, Inuyasha. I know. And I am sure. He wouldn't survive anywhere else but at your side." I looked down at the small pup, sleeping in my arms. 'He's so tiny...so innocent.' I carefully ran the tip of my claw over his cheek, watchful so as not to scratch him.
After a moment, I looked up. "I will learn... and I will take him with me." Kagome smiled.
Over the next month, I learned how to change his 'diaper', as Kagome called it, how to wash the diaper, how to prepare his food, how to feed him, burp him, put him to sleep, everything a man--- er, hanyou--- could learn to take care of his baby son. After all that toiling, I was finally read to go back to the den.
"Now remember... Don't bounce him around too much. Mind his head. And keep him happy and healthy." I laughed at Kagome, adjusting the baby carrier Shiro was in so he would be comfortable. Then I stood, lifting the carrier and putting the leather straps over my shoulders and around my chest. Shiro gurgled and grabbed a fistful of my hair, stuffing the strands into his mouth. I subconsciously reached behind me to the pup held to my back and removed my hair from his grip. "It'll be fine, Kagome. I know what I'm doing." Kagome looked uneasy.
I went over to her and put my hand on her shoulder. "You can visit any time, you know." I looked away. "I...I feel like I'm stealing him from you, Kag." Kagome sighed and slowly, cautiously, drew me into a hug. I stiffened, but she didn't seem to mind. "How can you be stealing when I told you to take him?" She released me and smoothed out her kimono. "Besides... I've realized I'm not as ready to have a child as I thought... Shiro will be better off with you."
I smiled and started to turn to leave. She suddenly grabbed my shoulder and reached up to touch my cheek. Alarm bells went off in my head. Her eyes half-closed, a faint blush on her cheeks, lips parted marginally, eye color darkened to a deep brown, heart beating faster... the alarms got louder. This was her 'I-want-to-kiss-you' body language. Subtle... to a human. But to a half-dog demon...
She started to stand on her tiptoes. Quick as lightning, I grabbed her hand on my cheek. "Stop. Please." My voice cracked, much to my annoyance. She was too...tempting.
As if realizing what she was doing, she quickly stepped away, putting a bit of comfortable--- and welcome--- distance between us. A shaky smile graced her features. "I'll... see you soon."
If that wasn't a dismissal, I don't know what is.
Making sure Shiro would stay in his carrier and on my back, I waved to Kagome whilst removing my hair from the boy's grip again. "Seeya." I took off running, keeping my eyes trained on the small mountains in the distance.
~~Not much to say...Uh....another chapter done! Yay! In the next chapter... what's a wolf prince to do when his lover brings home a pup? A loud, hair- loving, drooling, never-sleeping pup? Well, go insane of course! R&R!
~Alpha Parvani
End of Days
By Alpha Parvani
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Shiro was an immaculate pup. Kagome and I were both proud of him, loved--- love--- him so much. I made my decision just an hour after his birth.
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I was holding my son again. Kagome had held him for a few minutes, let him nurse, then she gave him back to me. Now we were seated around the small fire in the hut, keeping ourselves warm. Kagome was, surprisingly, lenient in letting me hold Shiro. I was surprised, but pleased. I didn't want to let the pup go.
Kagome had been looking at me oddly through the silence. Finally, I leaned back against the wall and met her gaze. "What is it, Kag?" She blinked, looking startled for a second. I mentally kicked myself. 'Nicknames are bad! Bad!' Then Kagome smiled...sadly. "Take him with you... I'll teach you how to take care of a baby. You can take Shiro now." I stared at her.
'She's kidding.'
'No, no she isn't.'
'I get to keep my son? But he's too young. He needs to be with his mother.'
'He'll be fine if you learn how to raise him.'
I sighed and smiled weakly. "Are you sure, Kagome? You...might never see him again." She reclined against a pile of blankets behind her, staring at the ceiling. "I know, Inuyasha. I know. And I am sure. He wouldn't survive anywhere else but at your side." I looked down at the small pup, sleeping in my arms. 'He's so tiny...so innocent.' I carefully ran the tip of my claw over his cheek, watchful so as not to scratch him.
After a moment, I looked up. "I will learn... and I will take him with me." Kagome smiled.
Over the next month, I learned how to change his 'diaper', as Kagome called it, how to wash the diaper, how to prepare his food, how to feed him, burp him, put him to sleep, everything a man--- er, hanyou--- could learn to take care of his baby son. After all that toiling, I was finally read to go back to the den.
"Now remember... Don't bounce him around too much. Mind his head. And keep him happy and healthy." I laughed at Kagome, adjusting the baby carrier Shiro was in so he would be comfortable. Then I stood, lifting the carrier and putting the leather straps over my shoulders and around my chest. Shiro gurgled and grabbed a fistful of my hair, stuffing the strands into his mouth. I subconsciously reached behind me to the pup held to my back and removed my hair from his grip. "It'll be fine, Kagome. I know what I'm doing." Kagome looked uneasy.
I went over to her and put my hand on her shoulder. "You can visit any time, you know." I looked away. "I...I feel like I'm stealing him from you, Kag." Kagome sighed and slowly, cautiously, drew me into a hug. I stiffened, but she didn't seem to mind. "How can you be stealing when I told you to take him?" She released me and smoothed out her kimono. "Besides... I've realized I'm not as ready to have a child as I thought... Shiro will be better off with you."
I smiled and started to turn to leave. She suddenly grabbed my shoulder and reached up to touch my cheek. Alarm bells went off in my head. Her eyes half-closed, a faint blush on her cheeks, lips parted marginally, eye color darkened to a deep brown, heart beating faster... the alarms got louder. This was her 'I-want-to-kiss-you' body language. Subtle... to a human. But to a half-dog demon...
She started to stand on her tiptoes. Quick as lightning, I grabbed her hand on my cheek. "Stop. Please." My voice cracked, much to my annoyance. She was too...tempting.
As if realizing what she was doing, she quickly stepped away, putting a bit of comfortable--- and welcome--- distance between us. A shaky smile graced her features. "I'll... see you soon."
If that wasn't a dismissal, I don't know what is.
Making sure Shiro would stay in his carrier and on my back, I waved to Kagome whilst removing my hair from the boy's grip again. "Seeya." I took off running, keeping my eyes trained on the small mountains in the distance.
~~Not much to say...Uh....another chapter done! Yay! In the next chapter... what's a wolf prince to do when his lover brings home a pup? A loud, hair- loving, drooling, never-sleeping pup? Well, go insane of course! R&R!
~Alpha Parvani