A/N: I didn't think I was going to write this, but so many people asked for it I felt too guilty to not to. And I honestly had no idea what to write... but then bam! there it was. However, I will warn you guys I literally started writing this yesterday. So this is the very first draft of this. Meaning that there will likely be a lot of mistakes and typos, if you see them tell me so I can fix it. I will reiterate: I have not edited this, I haven't even reread it since I finished.

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Epilogue of sorts…

"Hnn," I took in a deep breath and slowly opened my eyes. I took a moment to wake up and I gradually noticed that the room was lighter than it usually was when I woke up. I belatedly noticed that I wasn't alone in bed. I looked over and smiled at Sesshomaru, who was laying there watching me, "What time is it?" My voice was still rough with sleep.

"Sometime in the early afternoon I would suppose," he replied without moving from his spot. Waking up to Sesshomaru watching me sleep wasn't unusual occurrence as of late. Although Sesshomaru wouldn't admit it, I think he does it to make sure that I'm still alive. I think he likes to watch me breathe, just to reassure himself that I am really here.

I stretched my arms above my head, "Why didn't you wake me?"

Instead of answering he said, "I had breakfast brought in."

I lifted my head up to look around our room until I found what he was talking about, I laughed, "It's practically lunch now, isn't it?"

Sesshomaru smiled, "I supposed it is." He rolled over so he was laying on his back.

I sighed, it was days like this that made me realize that my life was pretty much perfect. Especially since I had… come back, it had been about a year now. No. it had been exactly a year.

I smiled and rolled so that I was laying on Sesshomaru's chest, "You remembered."

Sesshomaru didn't say anything, of course not. Sesshomaru still wasn't the best at admitting that he had feelings but that was fine with me, because I knew better. He smiled at me, showing he knew exactly what he did.

I leaned down and kissed him, "I love you, you know that?"

Sesshomaru flipped us so that I was now underneath him, "I would hope so." Sesshomaru was the one to kiss me this time.

When we broke away I grinned up at him and jokingly said, "It wouldn't kill you to say it back, you know."

Sesshomaru stared down at me, then leaned down and kissed me again. Then he moved the kiss from my mouth to my neck, and from my neck to the junction where my neck met my shoulder. He kissed the mating mark that he had left behind. I groaned. He pulled away and I sighed and blinked, trying to focus on him, "I love you."

Those three words made my heart race. I surged up and kissed him and the kissing led to more.

After we took a bath Sesshomaru had breakfast taken away and lunch brought in. I ate like I was starved but I figured after our morning workout I deserved it.

"It seems that you have been sleeping more as of late," Sesshomaru said in an almost conversational tone. But I knew that wasn't al there was.

I grinned but raised an eyebrow in confusion, "Are you trying to call me lazy?" I joked.

Sesshomaru sat up straighter, almost like he would sit if he was getting ready to talk over a delicate subject of politics with the other Lords of the lands. I felt butterflies in my stomach, nervous for what Sesshomaru was going to say. "No," he paused, "that is not at all what I am saying."

He paused again as if he was trying to figure out what to say next. The butterflies in my stomach stirred, it wasn't often that Sesshomaru didn't know what to say. "What are you trying to say?"

Sesshomaru hesitated a second longer before he said, "Nothing."

I stared at him for a minute, not sure if I should be worried. I got up and walked over to where Sesshomaru was sitting at the table and sat on his lap. Normally, that was not something I would do, but in the privacy of our room I felt that I had that right. Sesshomaru was staring at his food on the table, but he looked like he was thinking about something more important than lunch. I lifted up his face to look at me, "Are you sure that it's nothing?" I paused, "Does it bother you that I am sleeping late?"

"No." Sesshomaru said immediately, "You can sleep as long as you like."

I smiled at him and gave him a chaste kiss before getting up and returning to my seat. I went back to my meal and we were quiet for several minutes. Sesshomaru still had not gone back to eating, instead he looked as if he were considering something.

"You have also been eating more as of late," Sesshomaru noted almost hesitantly.

I dropped the food that I was about to stick in my mouth back onto my plate. I felt annoyance rise up within me. "Is there something that you are trying to tell me? Because if there is, spit it out!" I burst. Sesshomaru stared at me in silence and my eyes widened at my actions. "I am sorry, I don't know where that came from," I said covering my mouth with my hands.

There was a glint in Sesshomaru's eyes as he assured me that it was alright.

Several days later I was taking lunch with Chieko-sensei, Rin, and Hotaru. We were taking a break from lessons and Chieko-sensei had seemed to have something on her mind for most of the morning. It wasn't until lunch had ended that I found out what it was.

"You seem to be awfully hungry today," Chieko-sensei laughed, "did Sesshomaru feed you while you were together?"

For a moment I laughed because "of course Sesshomaru fed me," I told her. I paused, "Sesshomaru said something just like that to me the other day." But then I thought for a moment. I had been eating a lot. Just today I had had breakfast and a snack, then another snack, and now lunch.

Chieko-sensei turned to Hotaru, "Why don't you take Rin outside for a second."

Hotaru looked confused but she nodded, "Come on Rin, why don't we write a letter to Lord Isao's family."

Rin seemed to sense that something important was happening, so she seemed hesitant, she turned to Hotaru. Hotaru thought we didn't seem the wink that she shot to Rin, so Rin smiled, "Yeah let's go do that."

They left but I knew that they would be waiting right outside the door. Chieko-sensei waited until the door closed before she turned to me and patted my hand. "Nicole," she said slowly, "have you noticed any more…changes?"

I thought about that, "Sesshomaru did say that I had been sleeping more lately."

Chieko-sensei nodded, "Anything else?"

There was something else, not something that I really wanted to talk about. I had really only noticed it when I went to get dressed earlier today. My clothes had fit more snuggly than usual, but that would be because of the eating. Right? I didn't seem to need to say anything to Chieko-sensei, apparently the look on my face gave it away. Chieko-sensei nodded. I was silent for a while more while I was trying to figure out what Chieko-sensei was trying to tell me. Then it dawned on me, "You're not trying to say…?" I shook my head, "no you can't think—I'm not… am I?" I looked at Chieko-sensei, I was at a loss for words.

Chieko-sensei smile, patted my hand again, and nodded, "I think you might be."

I just sat there staring at our hands. And then I shot up, knocking over my chair in the process. "I need to go see the healer, right now," I took off towards the door. I threw the doors opened and stopped. I turned to Chieko-sensei, who was still sitting down. "Will… will you come with me?" I asked hesitantly.

Chieko-sensei smiled as she stood up, and I could have sworn that there were tears in her eyes as she said, "I was hoping you would ask."

Chieko-sensei walked to me and linked her arm through mine. We turned to see Rin and Hotaru staring at us, they had undoubtedly heard everything even if they didn't know what it meant. I smiled at them, "Come on, you guys must come with me too."

Rin took my hand as we started for the healer's, "Nicole?"

I smiled down at her, "Yes?"

"Why are we going to see the healer? Are you sick?" Rin asked sounding worried.

"No I'm not sick," I assured her.

She looked confused, "Then why?"

I smiled through the nervousness that was creeping up on me, "It's a surprise."

After examining me for an hour and half, and checking and double checking and triple checking, the healer confirmed what Chieko-sensei had expected. I couldn't help but be happy and excited but also nervous. Extremely nervous. But looking at Hotaru and Rin, who were dancing around in excitement, and Chieko-sensei who looked so proud, and I just couldn't stay nervous for long before the happiness took over.

"Are you going to tell Lord Sesshomaru?" Rin asked.

It was a good question, of course I was going to tell Sesshomaru but how? And then it dawned on me. Sesshomaru. He knew. And he didn't tell me. He had hinted at it but he didn't tell me!

Suddenly I was up and stomping down the halls. "Sesshomaru!" I yelled loudly, I was sure that everyone in the palace could hear it but I didn't care. "Sesshomaru, you get out here this instant!" Chieko-sensei, Hotaru, and Rin followed me looking surprised and rather befuddled by my behavior.

Sesshomaru came to stand in the main hallway and waited for me to meet him. I came up to him and slapped him in the chest, "You bastard!"

Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow, "I assure you that my parents were married when I was conceived. But what have I done to deserve such a claim?"

I almost laughed, Sesshomaru had said that on purpose, just to be funny, just to lighten the mood. Oh, he had changed a lot since I had first met him, but I didn't laugh because this was serious. I slapped his chest again, although it obviously didn't hurt him it made me feel a little better, "You know damn well what I mean, and you know damn well what I am talking about!" I paused, and quieter, "You knew and you didn't tell me."

Sesshomaru was silent until, "So it's true then?"

Suddenly I was nervous again, I hadn't even thought about Sesshomaru in this whole situation. What if Sesshomaru didn't want this? I nodded. And very quickly all my worries vanished, because Sesshomaru had picked me up and was smiling up at me. And suddenly I was laughing, "I'm pregnant," saying out loud for the first time took my breath away.

Sesshomaru was apparently no having that same problem because he pulled me down to him and kissed me. A part of my mind was stunned that Sesshomaru was allowing such a display of affection to be witnessed by others. Usually he was very private about showing him emotions. But most of my brain didn't care, because it was too busy being kissed stupid by Sesshomaru.

Sesshomaru finally put me down, "How many?"

I grinned at him, "The healer said it was too soon to tell, but it's strong and healthy."

Sesshomaru picked me up and kissed me again, this time when he pulled away he didn't set me down. Instead he started walking towards our bedroom. He looked at Chieko-sensei, Hotaru, and Rin over his shoulder, "I will be requiring Nicole's company for the rest of the day," he paused, "perhaps tomorrow as well."

I blushed and hid my face in Sesshomaru's shoulder, but I couldn't help but smile.

A/N: I was feeling nostalgic and decided to come back and read this because it's one of my favorite works I have ever done. I have lost a lot of confidence when it comes to my writing, and it's hard to focus when I feel like I'm already failing. But I can see the stats on this story and it makes me so happy. I wrote this in 2013 and it makes me unbelievably happy that people are still reading in 2022. You all help me regain a little confidence every time I come back here, so thank you for that. I'm still writing every now and then, but not fanfiction. You guys make me remember that even if I can't write as much as I used to or when the stuff I write now never makes it out to an audience, someone out there still likes the stuff that I can do.

Anyway, I just wanted to stop in and say thank you. And I hope you all enjoyed the story! Much Love! 3