Chapter 4 – A Big Dinner

We have been living in our lovely home for two weeks now. So far it's been pretty nice. It's been easy to keep everything clean as I don't have much else to do, and I've been busy learning new recipes for supper. Rather than cooking the same things all the time, I wanted to broaden what I'm able to cook. I'm seriously starting to feel like a house wife now.

Inuyasha seems to be getting more and more stressed out as each day passes. I ask him how his day at work went when we sit down to eat, and normally he just says how much more he's learning and how he's having a hard time remembering everything. Inutaishou seems to have faith in him though, after all he is a Takahashi. They are naturally successful men.

On the bright note, we went for the ultrasound yesterday during Inuyasha's lunch break, but unfortunately Ultra Sound Tech wasn't able to tell what sex our baby is yet. We weren't surprised though as it is the earliest to be able to tell. We have another appointment in two more weeks to see what it is. We're pretty excited.

It's Friday afternoon and we're having both of our families, and our friends over for supper for a home warming party. I've never cooked for so many people in my life! Thankfully my mother decided to come over to help as Inuyasha is at work.

I sighed as we spoke, I'm just telling her about our appointment yesterday. Every time we go, Inuyasha just doesn't seem to be as interested as I thought he would be.

"You have to remember Kagome," my mother said. "Inuyasha isn't carrying the baby, you are. Most men don't actually feel like a dad until they hold their child for the first time. Trust me, he is definitely excited, but he's stressed too. He probably has a lot on his mind. You get to stay home and do what you please for the next 6 months." She smiled at me.

She's right… I never thought about it like that.

For dinner, we have a pork tender loin cooking in the slow cooker with barbeque sauce to make pulled pork. I'm currently making potato salad while my mama has making her famous broccoli salad. There's also bacon wrapped chicken cooking in the oven. It's going to taste so good!

Inuyasha soon arrived home, seeming very grumpy. I asked what was wrong but he kept walking upstairs to our room to change. I looked at my mother, slightly worried about his current mood. She gave me a look saying there wasn't much to say. It's part of the big business world I guess, especially if it's not something you saw yourself doing.

He soon came back downstairs and seemed to be in a much happier mood. He gave me a kiss on the cheek before he grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge. My mama and I gave him a weird look.

"What?" he asked when he saw the looks we were giving him.

"You were so grumpy when you walked in, and now you're so cheery." My mother said, just as confused as I am.

"Oh," Inuyasha began. "That's because of my suit, that one is really uncomfortable, I won't be wearing it again that's for sure."

"So I'm guessing your day went well?" I asked him.

He nodded. "Yea, actually, this business thing is a lot more interesting than I thought. My father brought me along for a business meeting today, it was more interesting than I thought it would be."

I smiled and gave him a hug. I'm very happy that his career isn't SO bad. But now that Inuyasha is here, our friends, and our families would be arriving soon.

Inuyasha set up the collapsible table and chairs for us and then we began to set out the plates, glasses and cutlery.

The first to arrive were grandpa and Souta. This is grandpa's first time at the house, so Inuyasha offered to give him the tour, which he gladly took. I gave Souta the job to answer the door for us so that way I wouldn't have to run back and forth. It didn't take very long for Sango, Miroku, Ayame and Kouga to follow. Sango also brought Kohaku along with her as he is Souta's age, who is much younger than the rest of us and would probably be bored out of his mind.

"I brought the beer!" Kouga announced as he walked in. Inuyasha seemed pleased to hear that. I'm glad he doesn't drink like he used to that's for sure. He has a beer once in a while, but the last time he got drunk was at that fucked up night at the bar.

"And I brought alcohol free wine for the pregnant lady!" Sango announced as she placed the bottle on the counter. I laughed, it's so like Sango to think of me like that. I'm just wondering how it will taste…

Inuyasha and my grandfather finally came back. Inuyasha greeted everyone when Akai and Hayaku finally arrived. Now we just have to wait for the Takahashi's, then we can sit down to eat.

I seriously wonder how everyone will get along all together. I just hope there isn't a food fight like there was back when I first met the Takahashi's. I really don't want to clean that up...

After about another 20 minutes, someone knocked on the door and Souta ran to get it for me. Inutaishou, Izayoi, and even Rin and Sesshoumaru are here. They decided to come down for the event even though they were just in Tokyo a couple weeks ago.

Our friends already knew both of our families, so I only had to introduce my family to Inuyasha's. So far, they seem to get along.

"Okay, time to eat!" I said to get everyone to get their plates. I'm freaken hungry!

"Kagome, go ahead and get your plate first." Inutaishou offered. "You are eating for two after all."

I would have declined, but my stomach has been grumbling for a while now even though I had mac and cheese a couple hours ago. I began to fill up my plate, and everyone followed me. Sango did the honours to pour me a glass of the wine she brought and everyone else got their own drink. Everyone is so kind to me, I honestly don't deserve it…

At first it was pretty quiet, but it didn't take long for Inutaishou to strike up an interesting conversation, of course…

"So Sakura, what do you do for a living?" he had asked my mother.

"I own the flower shop downtown." She replied. "Infact, Sesshoumaru, I used to see you there pretty often." She pointed out, and half of us nearly spit our food out.

"Sesshoumaru, buy flowers?" Inuyasha asked with his eyebrows raised. I glanced at Sesshoumaru. He kept his stoic face in check and concentrated on the food he was eating.

"Yea, Sesshoumaru buys me flowers all the time!" Rin began with a big smile on her face. "He's the biggest sweetheart I've ever met!"

Now Inuyasha, Kouga, and Miroku were in fits of laughter.

"I don't get what's so funny?" my grandfather asked, I just sighed as the boys tried to stop laughing. Even Inutaishou was having a hard time holding a chuckle in.

"I suggest you all quit laughing, you are all aware of what I'm capable of." Sesshoumaru replied, obviously very ticked off.

Izayoi shook her head. "You see, Sesshoumaru keeps a cold image. It's hard to imagine him buying flowers all the time. Oh and to answer your question as to why he doesn't stop by anymore, he had moved away for school." She explained.

"I see…" my mother said, now unsure of exactly what to think. I bit my bottom lip, I really want our families to get along.

"I always knew Sesshy was a softy!" Akai blurted out. "You would have to be to make a girl as happy as Rin is."

Oh god… Akai just said the 'S' word… I remember calling him that to Inuyasha (thank god Sesshoumaru wasn't anywhere near us) and I was warned to NEVER say that. To make it worse, she's sitting right beside him.

Sesshoumaru turned his head to her, obviously very angry for what she had said. She just flashed him a toothy smile. "Calm down Sesshoumaru, I'm just bugging you!"

"I will deal with you later." He replied and continued to eat. Most of us just shook our head. Akai seems to enjoy bugging people who are serious all the time. Looks like Sesshoumaru is becoming a target. Good thing she's a demon.

I tried the wine that Sango had brought, turns out it's pretty good! Not as good as regular wine, but it's much better than what I had expected.

"Kagome, you're going to have to give me the recipe for this pulled pork!" Ayame said as she ate the sandwich, and Kouga agreed. Seems like the two of them really enjoy it.

I laughed, as it's the easiest recipe ever. "Just cook pork tender loin in a slow cooker in barbeque sauce for five hours, and when it's done use two forks to pull apart the meat, it's really easy!"

Everyone seemed impressed. It's a big meal that can definitely serve several people, but super simple. I think everyone is going to remember this recipe. I have to admit, my favourite part is mama's broccoli salad, it is delicious!

We continued to converse among each other, the guys trying to pick fights while the girls tried to keep peace. Trust me, it wasn't easy. For this reason, I'm kind of hoping I have a girl. They're much more mature, even though they can be a handful during their teen years. Well if I think about it, both girls and boys have their upsides and downsides.

Once we were finished eating, everyone helped put the dishes away in the dishwasher and helped wash the bowls we used to serve everyone. After, we all moved to the living room so we could continue to hang out while we waited for our bellies to rest before we had dessert.

I played some music on the TV on low volume so we had something to listen to, and hopefully give us topics to talk about.

Of course, when Gangnam Style by Psy played, this brought up a story Inutaishou had for us. Shortly after the song became famous, he had to spend a week in America for a business deal. One of the interns at the cooperation he was trying to make a deal with actually had the nerve to ask him if he knew Psy. When Inutaishou asked why on earth he would think that, his exact quote was "Well don't all famous Asians know each other?" Apparently he didn't return to work the day after, or ever. We shook our heads. The brain power of some people is astounding. Because of the mishap though, Inutaishou managed to sign a contract that would mostly benefit his own company.

"So what's it like not having school to stress you out?" Ayame had asked me. She's that type of person who hates school, but goes because she doesn't want to work at a fast food joint for the rest of her life.

"It's honestly pretty awesome!" I had to admit. "Although I am getting bored, I can't wait for the little one to come to keep me busy."

"Speaking of the little one," Hayaku started. "Have you guys picked names?"

"Not yet," Inuyasha replied. "We're going to find out what it is first."

As everyone started to chat up a storm about my pregnancy I made my way back to the kitchen to serve dessert. I brought out cherry cheese cakes for everyone and then returned to make my own concoction.

I grabbed a piece of cheese cake and drizzled chocolate sauce on it. I don't feel like this is enough though… Oh I can make the same thing I did when Inuyasha and I watched the movie!

I came back and everyones eyebrows rose up when they saw my desert.

"I thought my cravings were weird." My mother said with a giggle.

Izayoi laughed too. "It's not as weird as mine were, with Inuyasha being a half demon I was craving really weird things. I think my most famous was tomato soup with pickles, onions and cheese. Oh and my salmon and peanut butter sandwiches."

"Oh I remember that…" Inutaishou shook his head, disgust evident in his face.

That's when I realized something…

"How much demon will our baby have?" I suddenly asked, and everyone stopped to think.

"Well," Miroku began. "Since Inuyasha is half demon, and you are full human, I'm assuming it will be a quarter demon. How similar it will be to a demon will have to be answered as it grows and learns it's demon traits."

This is something I will definitely ponder about. I am definitely going to be doing some research in the near future. Unfortunately, the internet will be our only resource. The doctor we have is human and doesn't deal too much with demons, so I don't think he will be able to answer our questions.

We were going to get a demon doctor at first, but we thought about it and decided since I am full human, and that Inuyasha is half human, it would be best to go with a human doctor. I'm sure a demon doctor would know more about it, as it's common for demons to mate with humans as the demon population is much scarcer than the human population. You're more likely to see two humans dating by a long shot, and two demons dating is even rarer than a human/demon couple. The half demon population is definitely growing though.

Night time soon came and everyone slowly took turns leaving. It was a great turn out that's for sure!

Once everyone left, Inuyasha and I inspected the house. It's decently messy, but it's not too bad. We decided to leave it for tomorrow, for now we are both exhausted from a long day and we just went straight to bed.

We lay down and decided to put the TV that's hung up on the wall on. We didn't feel completely tired enough to fall asleep yet. As we watched TV, Inuyasha slightly lifted my shirt up and started to rub my belly.

"I still can't believe our child is growing in there." He said and put his ear against my belly to listen. "All I can hear is the fluids swishing around."

I smiled. "It's pretty amazing, isn't it?" Inuyasha nodded for a response.

Then, he let out a very frustrated growl. "I don't know what the hell it is with your pregnancy, but it's making you want you like I'm a fucken rabbit!" he cursed himself and I couldn't help but fall into a fit of laughter.

Inuyasha climbed on top of me and started to give me kisses on my neck and stomach. Then I stopped him for a second.

"Is the door locked?" I asked.

Inuyasha thought for a second. "I'll be right back…"

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