Chapter 3

Back at Kagome's place, Kagome completed her homework while Kiana slept and was now starting on their dinner.

"Kagome, I'm hungry, have you started on dinner yet?" Souta asked coming into the kitchen

"I'm working on it now, Souta." Kagome answered standing over the kitchen stove.

"What are you making this time?"

"I'm making-" she was interrupted from her answer when Kiana's cry was heard from the other room.

"Hold a sec Souta." She said walking pass the boy to pick the wailing infant from the carrier.

"Hey, what about dinner?" Souta whined as Kagome started to tend to Kiana's needs.

"I'll finish it in a minute, Souta. I have to take care of Kiana first." She said laying the baby on the couch to change her diaper.

"But I'm hungry. Finish dinner first then deal with the baby." He said mad that the crying infant was proponing dinner.

"Cut it out Souta. Come watch TV while I take care of her." Kagome said an upset at the boy behavior.

"Fine" he huffed coming over to the couch plopping his self down just above the baby's head, Kiana continuing to cry.

"Watch it, Souta." Kagome said angrily picking the still crying baby up to rest on her shoulder.

"Go to your room if you want to act like this. One baby is enough for me to handle with right now. I don't need you acting out." She told him, bouncing the baby a little in hopes to calm her down.

"Fine, I will." He said getting up, retreating to his room away from the noise the baby was causing with her crying.

With Souta out the room Kagome was able to concentrate on Kiana and get her settled. After changing her diaper Kagome went to the kitchen to warm up a bottle. Placing a pre-made bottle into a bottle warmer she waited a few minutes till she felt it was okay for the baby. Gently gliding the nipple into the baby's mouth, the wailing stopped.

Glad to have the place quite once more when Kiana was done with her bottle and Kagome had burped her, Kagome returned her to the carrier so she could finish dinner.

A while later Souta ventured out of his room when he smelt dinner being made. Going into the kitchen he saw that his sister was busy making dinner and that the carrier was on the table.

Peering into the carrier he had already know that the baby was a girl he could finally see what she looked like. To him even though he had never seen a newborn baby before Kiana was real pretty with thick jet-black hair, round rosy cheeks, and little cherry blossom pink lips that constantly moved in her sleep, probably dreaming about a bottle.

"Okay Souta, go wash your hands. Dinner is ready." Kagome's voice interrupted him from his thoughts.

"Uh, okay." He said dashing off to the bathroom. Kagome could hear the running of water as she set the table.

After dinner Kagome assisted her 5 year-old brother with his bath and into his pajamas ready for bed.

"I'm sorry" Souta said climbing into his bed for the night.

"What" Kagome asked wanting a repeat.

"I- I said 'I'm sorry' for acting out earlier. I guess my stomach got the better of me." He said rubbing his head.

"Well, I forgive you," she said "But you better make sure this doesn't happen again." She said sternly.

"I promise" Souta said feel guilty of his actions.

"Okay then good-night." She said giving him a kiss and a hug before leaving out his room.

"Night sis." Were his last words before he fell asleep.

Turning off his bedroom light and closing the door, Kagome took the already sleeping infant with her to her room. Surrounded by pillows, Kagome made sure there was no way Kiana could fall off her bed. So at 11:45 she called it a night.

Asleep in her nice queen size bed Kagome was awoken around 1 in the morning by a wailing infant next to her. Still groggy and half asleep she collected the baby in her arms hoping that cuddling her would put the baby back to sleep. But the baby had her own agenda in mind; she was hungry. Turning her head to Kagome's chest she tried to root for her meal. But became frustrated with Kagome's blouse in the way.

Still half asleep, working on autopilot, Kagome had no realization of what her body was doing; as she removed a portion of her gown and allowed Kiana to latch on to a nipple and start to suckle. This quickly calmed her down. Form Kiana soft suckling at Kagome's breast Kagome is brought back, completely awake to a peaceful baby nursing from her. Dislodging Kiana from her breast and with her still cradled in her arms. Kagome slips on her house coat she went to the kitchen to warm up a bottle for the baby. Waiting for the water to boil Kagome notices that Kiana had fallen back to sleep. "What are you doin' out here sis?" Souta's voice from behind her scaring the living daylights of her asked.

"Souta, don't do that. You scared me." Kagome said trying to calm her heart

"What are you doing up this late at night?" she asked

"The lights woke me." He said rubbing his eyes sleepily. "Did she wake you up sis?"

"Yeah, I think she was hungry. So I'm warming her up a bottle." She told him then with a warm bottle headed back to her room.

Not bothering going back to his room Souta followed his sister to her room. Climbing in on the other side of his sister's bed Souta had his self comfortable before falling back to sleep. Kagome then got herself comfortable in her with the baby in her arms rubbing the nipple of the bottle against the baby's lips to wake her back up to feed her. So when Kiana finished off the bottle and was burped, Kagome laid her between the pillows again to sleep then Kagome herself lying down on her pillow was able to get to sleep again.

The next morning Kagome was glad it was the weekend and didn't have to worry about school. But she did have to call off work.

"Yeah he's in bed right now. I was up most of the night with him. So I'll come back on when he's better." Kagome said over the phone to her manager, saying the excuse to stay home was Souta had become ill.

"Well okay. I'll have to call someone to fill in for you then. Tell Souta I said; 'get well'." Miyaka the manager said then hanging up the phone.

Souta on the other hand was at the table eating breakfast.

"Why'd you lie to your boss sis?" Souta asked "I'm not sick." He said eating his bowel of 'Lucky Charms'®.

"I know Souta, but I couldn't tell Miyaka I have a new baby to take care of and can't come in. That would make things complicated to explain." She told him sitting down to eat as well.

"Oh, okay…so when's your boyfriend coming back over?" He asked drinking the rest of his milk from the bowel.

"What?!" Kagome asked chocking on her orange juice.

"Your boyfriend, you know the guy who was with you yesterday. Is he coming back over?" he asked still sitting at the table

"Okay first off; he's not my boyfriend. I explained to you that yesterday; he's just helping me out with Kiana. There isn't any relationship between us other than Kiana's care. Got it?"

"Okay, I get it." The boy said raising his hands in surrender

"But is he coming over? I mean he its almost noon and he said he'd come over this morning." He said but then stopped what he was going to say next when Kiana started to cry again and his sister went off to take care of her.

"What's the matter sweetie? Are you hungry again?" Kagome asked the crying infant walking over to the couch with a bottle to feed her.

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