Chapter 04 – Lullaby
"You should try to sleep a little." She turned to him. She hoped that with the pendant he would be calmer, but he was still shaking quite a lot.
"I never sleep during the storm." It was his only response and she sighed. She wanted him to sleep, because this way, he wouldn't focus so much at the storm and it should be gone by the morning.
"You know what?" She wrapped her arm around his shoulders and drew him closer to her. "I'll sing a lullaby for you and we'll see, if you fall asleep or not."
He tensed when she drew him to herself, but didn't protest. He was glad that he was not alone when the storm was raging outside, and the way she talked to him was almost like his mother did. When she started to sing, he closed his eyes and listened carefully to what she was singing.
Lavender's blue, dilly dilly, lavender's green,
When I am king, dilly, dilly, you shall be queen.
Who told you so, dilly, dilly, who told you so?
'Twas my own heart, dilly, dilly, that told me so.
He tried to focus on the words, but soon they seemed to be meaningless and the only thing he was able to perceive was her sweet, calming voice.
Call up your men, dilly, dilly, set them to work
Some to the plow, dilly, dilly, some to the fork,
Some to make hay, dilly, dilly, some to cut corn,
While you and I, dilly, dilly, keep ourselves warm.
She felt as the boy started to relax under her arm and she smiled. She lowered her voice, but kept singing to make sure, he wouldn't wake up.
Lavender's green, dilly, dilly, Lavender's blue,
If you love me, dilly, dilly, I will love you.
Let the birds sing, dilly, dilly, And the lambs play;
We shall be safe, dilly, dilly, out of harm's way.
The boy was now fully asleep and Kagome was tired as well, so she closed her eyes and was slowly falling asleep as she sang the last part of the song.
I love to dance, dilly, dilly, I love to sing;
When I am queen, dilly, dilly, You'll be my king.
Who told me so, dilly, dilly, Who told me so?
I told myself, dilly, dilly, I told me so.
I don't know much lullabies, so I had to search for some on google. It didn't take me long though to choose which one, because the lyrics of this one caught my attention almost immediately, so the decision about it was very quick. :D