Chapter 17: Daddy to the Rescue!
"It was the most romantic thing to ever happen in my entire life," Rin gushes as she sits up in her seat. Currently, her, Kagome, and Katsuo are having lunch at bistro that is well-known for their pasta.
"I bet!" Kagome coos right back. "But first, you got to show me the ring," she excitedly says as she leans forward and holds out her hands.
"Look!" Rin shouts as she holds out her left hand, showcasing her engagement ring.
"That's five carats," Kagome whispers in shock and amazement as she grasps Rin's hand and runs her fingers over the diamond ring.
"I know!"
"We haven't even shipped this out in stores yet," Kagome whispers as she looks at her friend with wide, curious eyes.
"I know!" Rin enthusiastically nods.
"Wow," Kagome mumbles in awe. "This must have cost a fortunate. I mean it did cost a fortune. The finance teams haven't even set a price for it. The last I heard, they were debating whether to price it between $10,000 to $15,000," Kagome explains as she looks at her friend. For the past ten or so years, she had been working for Inu No Taisho's jewelry company, Fang. She had started working in the mailroom but worked herself all the way up to be the chief administrative officer. She had started her first job, in the mailroom, because of her father's friendship with Inu No Taisho.
"Really?" Rin asks as she pulls her hand back and runs her fingers over her engagement ring. "Sesshomaru must love me a lot."
"He does," Kagome states while checking on her son who's taking a nap in his stroller. "Now, how did he propose?"
"Well, he waited at the bar for my shift to be done. So afterwards, I was going to get my bags and stuff and he told me that one of the waiters had forgotten to clear off a table in the back of the room. So, I went to go clean it off," Rin calmly tells her. "I took the napkin off the plate and that's when I realized that there was something written on it. In chocolate sauce, the plate read: Turn around. And when I did, there was Sesshy on the ground, one knee, with a ring in his hands!"
"Awwwww! Who knew our Sesshy had a romantic bone in his body?" Kagome squeals.
"I know right," Rin says with a thoughtful twinkle in her eyes.
"So how was the celebration sex?" Kagome asks curiously as she picks up her fork to finish her dessert.
"Kagome!"
"I'm curious!" Kagome loudly defends. "Did you guys do it in Inuyasha's restaurant? Please tell me you didn't. I eat there."
"We didn't," Rin states with a blush. "We did it outside, in his car."
"Kinky!" Kagome says, causing Rin's blush to deepen.
"Wha-"
"Mama."
"Someone's up," Kagome states with a grin as she moves the stroller back and turns it around so Katsuo's facing her. "Hi mommy's little love bug. Did you have a good nap?"
Katsuo nods while rubbing his eyes.
"What time is his appointment?" Rin asks as Kagome starts cooing at her son.
"Hmmm," Kagome hums as she pulls her wrist back and looks at her watch. "It's in twenty minutes. It's just down the street."
Rin nods as she picks up her fork to finish her dessert as well. They were taking Katsuo to get his first, professional haircut. Kagome had been cutting his hair for a while, but for memories' sake, Kagome decided to go see a professional. Although Inuyasha wanted to be there, he had to work.
"Finished?" Kagome asks ten minutes later, after they had finished eating their desserts and paid their bill.
"Yes, let's go change your son from a baby to a man!"
Kagome giggles as she puts her purse's straps on her shoulder and moves to grab the handles to Katsuo's stroll.
'Today's going to be a good day,' Kagome thinks with a smile as they start to walk out the restaurant.
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Thirty Minutes Later
With Inuyasha
"We have five minutes before order 72 is supposed to be out. Hurry it up, guys!" Inuyasha shouts from his spot in front of his station.
"Yes sir!"
"Inuyasha."
The person in questioning turns his head to look at his pastry chef, Abi Hizo, who's holding a phone in her hands.
"What is it? A bad order?"
"No, it's Kagome," she tells him, causing him to almost drop the ladle in hands. He quickly sets it aside before cleaning off his hands and walking towards his worker. "Thanks," he grumbles as he grabs the phone from her hands. He places it in the area his human ear should have been at, before walking out the busy kitchen.
"Hello?" He answers.
"Inuyasha! I need your help!" Kagome shouts.
"What's wrong?" He asks as he hears the distress in his wife's voice. "Is everything okay?"
"No! It's horrible. Kat won't stop crying and I've tried everything. Rin can't get him to stop crying either and I just don't know what to do. I'm supposed to be his mother, I should be able to calm him down, but I can't. And I-"
"Kagome, relax," Inuyasha interrupts as he starts taking off the apron around his waist while walking towards his office. "I'll be there in a few."
"Thank you so much Yash."
"No problem, Kagz. Just relax until I get there. Stress isn't good for the baby."
"I will. Just hurry, okay? I love you."
"Love you too. Bye."
Inuyasha ends the phone call as he walks into his office. He sighs as he places the phone on his desk.
"Everything will be fine once I get there," he tells himself as he starts to gather his belongings before making his way out of his office and out of his restaurant.
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Ten Minutes Later
Ding!
Kagome looks up and sees Inuyasha walking into the salon. She stands up from the chair she's sitting in and quickly walks towards him.
"Hi," she greets as she wraps her arms around herself.
"Hey," he responds. "What happened?"
"Kat was screaming for you and he wouldn't stop crying. I-I-I just feel like a horrible mother because I couldn't stop him, and I couldn't get his hair cut and I don't know why he's acting like that because he usually listens to me and I don't know what to do. Like how can I be a good mother to this unborn baby if I can't do a simple task? And I-"
"Kagome, stop rambling," Inuyasha demands as he places his hands on her shoulder. He moves them away from spot in front of the entrance to talk in private. He sighs in defeat as he sees the tears forming in her eyes. "Take a deep breath with me."
Kagome nods as she does as told.
"Listen to me. Don't ever doubt for a second that you're a horrible mother. You are the best mother that any child can hope to have," he tells her with a serious look on his face. Kagome sniffs in nods.
"Thanks. I needed that," she whispers as she goes to wrap her arms around his waist. She leans her head against his chest and lets out a sigh of relief. "I don't know why I'm acting so emotional."
"Because you're pregnant with our son," Inuyasha jokingly states, causing Kagome to roll her eyes.
"With our daughter," she corrects.
"Tomato, tomato," Inuyasha states as he pulls back from his wife to stare down at her. A wide grin is forming on his face.
"Keh."
His smile widens as he bends his neck down in order to kiss her on the head. "Love ya wench."
"Hmmm," Kagome hums as she unwraps her arms from around him.
"Where's Kat?" Her husband asks as he pulls away from her and turns around to look around the room. He spots their son sitting in his aunt's lap, watching a video on her phone.
"Over there," she says as she grabs his hand and walks them over to their son. Their barber, a tall, brown haired man named Koshi, is standing at his station, cleaning his equipment. Once they were a few feet away from Rin, Kagome stops walking and tells Rin to put Katsuo in the car shaped chair. Rin nods and pockets her phone before standing up and doing as told. When Katsuo's butt hits the chair, he starts to cry, loudly.
"He does that every time," Kagome tells Inuyasha with a worried look on her face. Inuyasha nods before letting go of her hand and walking towards their crying son.
"Hey buddy," he says as he bends down in front of his son. "What's the matter?"
"Daddy!" He cries as he falls forward into his chest.
"Hey, it's okay, it's okay," Inuyasha coaches as he picks him up from the car shaped chair and cuddles him into her chest. "It's okay, no cry. No more crying."
Kagome smiles as she watches Katsuo snuggle into his father's chest as he coaches him down.
"You're a strong boy, right? You are daddy's strong boy," Inuyasha states as he rubs Katsuo's back. Katsuo hiccups as he looks up at his dad. "Daddy."
Inuyasha reaches down and wipes some of the tears off his face and underneath his eyes. "Were you scared?"
Katsuo nods as he hiccups and sniffs.
"Why Kat? You got your mama and aunt here," Inuyasha says. "And mama has cut your hair before, you didn't make a big fuss then."
Katsuo looks down at the scissors and razors before looking back up at his father with fearful, sad eyes.
"Squarry," he tells him.
Inuyasha sighs as he looks at the Koshi. "Do you have a bigger chair?"
"Yeah, right over here," Koshi states as he points to the regular sized chair a few chairs down. Inuyasha nods before looking down at his son.
"If daddy sits with you, are you going to cry?"
Katsuo stares up at his father before shaking his head no and smiling, revealing his small fangs.
"Okay, let's go get your hair cut then!" Inuyasha tells him as he pokes him in the stomach. Katsuo giggles as he leans his head against his father's chest as they walk towards the regular size chair.
Kagome places a hand on her chest and smiles as she watches Koshi place a black gown around Inuyasha before placing a small blue one around their son. Katsuo is sitting in his father's lap, facing him while they talk.
"This is adorable," Rin states as she stands next to Kagome with her phone in her hands, recording the two.
"I know," Kagome mumbles back with a smile on her face. 'Kami. I'm so lucky to have Inuyasha in my life. He knows what to do when I'm panicking.'
Kagome lightly shakes her head; snapping out of her thoughts in order to focus on the two males that mean the world to her. She smiles as she watches Katsuo growl at his father. Inuyasha growls back, causing Katsuo to giggle as Koshi starts to shave a little hair from the back of his head. Katsuo barely notice what Koshi is doing.
'My little man is growing up!' Katsuo's mother thinks with small tears in her eyes. Kagome quickly wipes them away as she focuses on the scene in front of her.
Koshi spends about twenty minutes to cut, shave, and style Katsuo's hair before he announces that he is finished. Kagome automatically walks towards her husband and son and smiles down at them. She quietly thanks Koshi as he hands her a mirror.
"Awww! Look how handsome you look, Katsuo," Kagome says as she places the mirror in front of him. She bends forward and places her head next to her husband's. Katsuo turns around and looks at himself; he smiles and reaches for his reflection.
"Pre-tty!" He screams. Kagome giggles as she watches her son coo over himself. His small bangs no longer hang over his eyes, his hair was evenly trimmed and shaved. Inuyasha chuckles as he leans his head against his wife's.
"Thank you."
"For what?" Kagome asks with a raised brow as she turns to look at him. "I should be thanking you. You were able to calm him down."
Inuyasha shakes his head as he turns to look at her. "Thank you for calling me. I'm glad that I didn't miss this moment."
Kagome smiles as she leans her head against his and smiles. She kisses his cheek before turning to look at their son who's stilling cooing at the toddler in the mirror; his reflection.
"Sorry to interrupt a tender moment," Rin interjects as she stands on Inuyasha's other side. "But I recorded Kat's first haircut!"
"Is it actually there?" Kagome jokingly asks as she turns to look at her friend. "Because last time someone record some-"
"Ha, ha, ha, very funny," Inuyasha interrupts while rolling his eyes in annoyance.
"I love you, my dearest husband!" Kagome dramatically says as she kisses his cheek again. Inuyasha rolls his eyes but lets a smile form on his face as he looks at his wife and son. He was the luckiest man alive! He shakes his head as he leans back in his seat.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Whatever you say, wench."
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A/N:
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