Hello again! This story idea was submitted by Cassie, who I am thankful to. I hope you enjoy it, love, cause I sure enjoyed writing it! =]
Inuyasha was scrolling through his Facebook newsfeed when he saw it. He was surprised mostly because Sesshomaru almost never got on the computer, much less Facebook, but that comment...
One of their mutual friends, Sango, had just given birth to her first kid. Adorable little girl; everyone was posting hearts & smiley faces & "congrats!" all in the comment section...then at the very bottom a friend of Sango's commented on how she couldn't wait until she had her child & Sesshomaru had liked it. That action alone shouldn't have concerned Inuyasha at all but it did. Big time. Did Sesshomaru want to have a child too? Was he...already pregnant?!
Inuyasha pushed his laptop off his lap & trotted downstairs where Sesshomaru feeding their fish. "Bae"
Sesshomaru glanced up. "Good morning, Yasha. I did not expect to see you up before noon"
Inuyasha had to be careful. Sesshomaru was a straight forward person but if he was asked a very direct question he might try to avoid it, especially if it concerned something he wanted or needed. Inuyasha didn't need that in his life right now. He needed answers & he needed them now. "Hey you saw where Sango had her kid?"
The inu-youkai nodded.
"She's uh...she's real cute huh? Almost makes you want one..."
Sesshomaru put away the fish food & closed the top of the aquarium. "To think Miroku is a father now is almost disturbing"
Inuyasha noted how his mate pretty much avoided the question...hmmm. "Yeah I know right. If he can make a good father then I know I would..."
"A man donating his sperm to a woman's egg & creating a baby does not make him a good father"
"...So what you're saying is I would make a good father right?"
Sesshomaru had a hard time trying not to smile. "I'm sure you would, Inuyasha"
"Alright, cool, let's get started" the hanyou said & pulled his mate close for a passionate kiss.
The silver haired beauty allowed him a few minutes to indulge in the kiss then pushed him away gently. "Not right now, Inuyasha, I have business to take care of"
"Like what? You can leave the condoms upstairs, baby"
This time the smile slipped through Sesshomaru's defenses but he tried to hide it by turning his head. "No. Grocery shopping will not get done by itself"
"Oh yeah..." Inuyasha reluctantly let him go, "Alright I'll go get dressed"
The inu-youkai raised an eyebrow. "You actually want to come with me?"
"Well yeah I mean I need some more body wash & shit so I might as well"
It took all of about five minutes for Inuyasha to get ready. He glanced again at the comment on Facebook before he pressed the power button to put his laptop to sleep. There was a desire behind Sesshomaru liking that comment & he was determined to find out what exactly that was.
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As they were loading the car with groceries [mostly things they didn't need, thanks to Inuyasha being hungry], Inuyasha glanced up & his eyes landed on Babies R Us a few stores down. He glanced at his husband then back at the store, a plan forming.
"Hey Sessh let's go to Babies R Us right quick"
"Hn? For what?"
"Oh you know get a few things for Sango or whatever"
"She has everything she & her baby would need. The baby shower saw to that"
"Yeah ok but we didn't go, remember?"
"I remember very well because I did not want to"
Inuyasha sighed. "Fine. You ain't gatta get her shit but I want to. C'mon"
Sesshomaru drove them over so that they were parked right in front of the store then made the short walk in, his face set in a stern look, as if he was determined to stay impassive about being in a store full of baby clothes, toys, shoes & maternity stuff.
"Aww, bae, look at this little onsie"
Sesshomaru barely glanced at it; he simply nodded & kept his eyes on the baby accessories section.
"These shoes are too cute! God I can't wait till we have kids..." Inuyasha said, giving Sesshomaru a pointed look but the inu-youkai was scrolling through his feed on Instagram, not even paying attention.
Inuyasha rolled his eyes up to the cieling before moving on to the toys. There were plenty of teething rings & plushie animals that sang the ABC's but he was sure Sango's baby had all of that.
"Have you found anything yet, Yasha? We need to be heading home" Sesshomaru said, crossing his arms.
"Hold on, now. It's only been ten minutes; I'm sure the chicken is still frozen & the eggs are fine. Lemme browse a little more"
"Well hurry up"
"Gettin' impatient cause you can't hold in your coddlin' much longer?"
"Coddling?"
"Yeah. You know you want to imagine our baby in these clothes & get all excited & shit"
Sesshomaru made no further comment which was really getting Inuyasha interested. The inu-youkai was very rarely ever this quiet about a topic. Something was up.
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Inuyasha started out Operation Find Out What's Up With Sesshomaru & The Topic of Babies by following the inu-youkai to work. Inuyasha had paid vacation built up so he didn't mind using a few days anyway. The silver haired beauty went to work & came home normally, only making a few stops at the gas station to fill up & the local Krispy Kreme [which made Inuyasha suspicious because Sesshomaru claimed he was on a diet].
This went on for a whole two weeks. After the first week Inuyasha just decided to leave work early cause he was not interested in using up all his vacation time for this here & there was no telling how long it would be before Sesshomaru did something that was worth his time. It was getting to the point now where Inuyasha had to fight sleep whenever he was waiting Sesshomaru finish pumping gas or for the inu-youkai to deem himself ready to pull out of the parking lot. & then it got interesting.
On Wednesday, two & half weeks after Inuyasha began following his husband, he caught Sesshomaru admiring the baby section as he strolled by at the local department store. As he passed it a smile pulled up the corner of his mouth & his eyes softened as he reached out to finger a pink t-shirt with Snow White on it. Was Sesshomaru hoping for a girl? How many kids did he want? He must be interested in more than one since he wandered over to the boys' section & picked up a pair of boy shoes, smiling to himself. Something about the whole display touched something in Inuyasha & he himself began wishing they would hurry up & get pregnant.
Sesshomaru spent a few more minutes looking at baby clothes & a few toys before walking off for whatever he came here to get in the first place. Inuyasha came out from behind the display of potato chips & ran a hand over the toddler shirts & pants. What would it be like being parents? Would they even make good parents? Could they juggle work, social life & family? Inuyasha smiled to himself as he imagined their little clones running rampant in the house. He didn't have all the answers but the more he asked himself those questions the more frequent he found the answer to be yes.
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Three days later, Inuyasha was stuffing his face with a donut as he followed his husband when the inu-youkai made a detour to the mall after work. Inuyasha found a way to frown around a mouthful of Boston cream. The only time Sesshomaru ever went to the mall was to pick up a game from GameStop for Inuyasha or go to one of the Chinese restaurants in the food court which Inuyasha didn't see either as being a possibility right now. Inuyasha hadn't pre-ordered anything in a while & the food court was about to close in a few minutes.
Inuyasha stayed a few yards behind the silver haired youkai, dipping into shops whenever Sesshomaru even looked like he was about to turn around. The dog demon knew exactly where he was going, if his long strides said nothing else but then he passed a store called The Children's Place & he slowed down, his eyes on a really adorable christianing dress with matching shoes. He touched the glass briefly then looked further into the store as if he was contemplating whether to go in but decided not to & continued walking. They passed by three more children stores & each time Sesshomaru would stop & admire the clothing or shoes featured in the window.
Finally, at the last store, a place called OshKosh B'gosh, Sesshomaru went inside & slowly walked around, fingering clothing, admiring shoes & smiling gently at toys.
"Can I help you, sir?" a cashier asked him.
"I'm just browsing" Sesshomaru answered, not looking up from a rack of Easter dresses.
"Well ok. Today's sale features buy one, get one free pack of socks, 50% off boy's Polos & 10% off select items when you open an OshKosh account today. Let me know if you need anything"
Sesshomaru nodded absently & continued walking around the store. He was getting ready to leave when another associate approached him.
"Can I help you find anything, sir? Maybe recommend something?"
The inu-youkai looked like he was about to say no then changed his mind. "I was curious about what size would a newborn typically fit..."
Inuyasha's eyebrows furrowed. Now why would he care about that unless he lied & he really was getting Sango's baby something.
"Well we have newborn sizes over here. It depends on the size of the child of course. How big is the child? Or has it been born yet?"
Sesshomaru was just getting ready to answer...& then Inuyasha's phone rang. Loudly.
"Fuck" the hanyou swore, fumbling around in his pocket to silence his phone but he already knew it was too late.
"Inuyasha?"
"Ah shit..."
Before the inu-youkai could walk over & question him though, he darted out of the store & ran towards the nearest exit. He heard a few shouts behind him & hoped to God they didn't call security, thinking he'd stolen something but boy, was he gunna get it when he got home.
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Inuyasha heard the garage door open & quickly occupied himself with folding the laundry. In the past thirty minutes since he'd been home he'd gone about cleaning the kitchen thoroughly, doing the laundry & had the chicken thawing out in the kitchen sink. He searched every corner of his brain, looking for a topic to start on as soon as Sesshomaru walked in but .2 seconds beore the inu-youkai opened the door he opted to just play it cool & not really say much.
"Hey, babe. Traffic was heavy?"
Sesshomaru slowly put his keys down on the counter, his eyes taking in the chicken in the sink, the way the counters sparkled, the cleanliness of the stove before his eyes landed on Inuyasha in the middle of folding a dish cloth. "No"
"Oh. Ok. Just noticed you're a little late gettin' home than usual. But it's whatever, at least you're home, right?"
Inuyasha walked over to his husband & pulled him into a deep kiss. Sesshomaru was slow to respond but eventually he did which, to Inuyasha, seemed like the dog demon had resolved that maybe he had been imagining things when he thought he saw Inuyasha in the mall today [at least he hoped].
Inuyasha pulled back. "Go change into ya sweatpants. I'll get dinner started"
Sesshomaru nodded once but didn't move. The way he was looking at Inuyasha was making the hanyou really uncomfortable, like the inu-youkai could see right into his thoughts & the deepest parts of his soul. Did Inuyasha have guilt written on his face?
"Bae? You ok?"
There was a moment of silence before Sesshomaru opened his mouth. "I want to have a child"