I'd planned to have an update out sooner but I got a Windows 8 computer that didn't have Microsoft Word on it so I couldn't transfer the stories I've been working on...therefore I had to start from scratch. But it's all worth it for my wonderful readers & fans. I hope you enjoy =]
Happy New Year's by the way guys!
When he'd had a day off, Sesshomaru usually had his head in a book, watching television with mild interest or had his eyes glued to the screen of his laptop. He'd been off for a long time, considering his maternity leave so most days he spent on his laptop, searching random videos on Youtube or looking up the latest gossip on celebrities he liked. Inuyasha even found him looking up different phrases in different languages & writing them down as if he would need it for future references. So Inuyasha wasn't all that surprised when he hopped on his mate's laptop one day to look up the hours of their local gym & saw his Facebook page was still open...& the inuyoukai had had a messege.
_"He'll never find out...just mark it as unread when I'm done"_
The half breed clicked the speech bubble & narrowed his eyes at the name of one of Sesshomaru's exes, Naraku Onigumo. According to Sesshomaru, Naraku was only a brief fling; it'd only lasted about three months before the silver haired beauty had called it quits with no other explanation except, "I've just lost interest in you". It certainly sounded like something Sesshomaru would say...so why was this guy here saying, "Yeah I miss you too & the time we spent together. It didn't last long but it was the best few months of my life"? Sesshomaru had some explaining to do.
About an hour later Sesshomaru came back from the store, arms full of heavy looking bags of junk food.
"Sessh,c'mon, you know you shouldn't be carrying heavy shit" Inuyasha chastised, grabbing the bags & putting it on the counter before he turned to his mate with an irritable frown.
"It is not all that heavy, not to mention I'm not handicapped"
"Um actually, technically you are...because you're _pregnant"_
"That does not mean I can't carry some grocery bags that collectively weigh about twenty pounds"
Sesshomaru was surprisingly calm; Inuyasha wasn't quite sure how to react to a Sesshomaru that was not overacting [something you get used to when your pregnant mate is usually very emotional]. "Ok well, if our baby comes out with one leg longer than the other, we'll know who to blame"
Sesshomaru waved his hand in a dismissive but not rude way before he went upstairs. When he came back downstairs he'd changed into some loungepants & Inuyasha's Reading Rainbow shirt with, "I can go twice as high" on it.
The inuyoukai smirked. "I got you something..."
Hmm...something's fishy. Either Sesshomaru knew Inuyasha was going to find out about that message & is trying to butter him up or he was having one of those mood swing things he often went through...maybe both...? "What?"
Sesshomaru pulled out a big, industrial sized box of Top Ramen, smiling like he was accepting a very prestigious award.
The hanyou's jaw dropped & a smile slowly turned the corners of his mouth upwards. "Ahh, baby, I love you. We're simply meant to be"
He wrapped his arms around his mate's waist & kissed him passionately, something he hadn't done in a long time since Sesshomaru claimed he always felt "gross". Whatever.
"So when will you propose to me?" Sesshomaru asked quietly into their kiss.
"Uh..." damn, leave it to him to ruin a great moment. Now that calm was about to be obliterated, "Um, one day. Soon. Not like I'm gunna tell ya"
The inuyoukai sighed wistfully & reached up to fiddle with the half breed's ears. "I guess I'll just have to wait a bit longer. Just don't make me wait too long. Anyway, I went to Costco today & found this huge jar of Nutella & I just _had _to have it..."
Wait. So...he wasn't mad? Ah no. Sesshomaru knew that Inuyasha knew, that's why he was being so pleasant. He would never react in such a calm way about anything that had _anything_ to do with marriage! He'd been talking about it pretty much since they found out about the pregnancy & Inuyasha just felt like it would feel forced if he sprung the question, like the only reason why he would ask is because they're pregnant & he wanted it to be special.
"-You even listening to me?"
Inuyasha shook his head once, blinking a few times to snap himself out of his daydreaming. "Eh?"
"I asked what you wanted for dinner" Sesshomaru said, putting away the groceries.
The hanyou helped. "I have a taste for Chinese tonight"
The silver haired beauty made a slight face. "What about pizza?"
Ok now wait a minute. Either Inuyasha was witnessing history in the making or he was dreaming up this entire thing. Since when had Sesshomaru _ever _had a preference on what they ate? When?! It was always, "Oh I don't really care" or "Anything you want" & then he'd end up complaining about how he didn't like the food or how he was craving this, this, that or the other & that whatever they'd just eaten didn't satisfy him. But now he _specifically _wanted pizza.
Inuyasha narrowed his eyes. "What kind of pizza...?"
"Hmm...I want supreme...but I also want meat lover's. Let's get both"
Ho. Ly. Shit. He _specifically _wanted meat lover's & supreme pizza for dinner. There was no way this was real life...unless...Sesshomaru was only being pleasant because he saw his laptop was still on the message Naraku sent him & he was trying to butter the hanyou up so he'd forget what he read.
"So...since you're standing there I'm assuming I'll order it" Sesshomaru said, picking up the phone.
Inuyasha threw the last grocery bag into the trash & took the phone out of his mate's hand. "No, no, I got it. That's all you want, just those two pizzas?"
"& fourteen barbeque wings with ranch"
What the _fuck _was going on with this specificity?! "Alright"
While Inuyasha ordered, Sesshomaru wandered back upstairs again. He didn't come back downstairs until a few minutes later & he had his novel in one hand. He curled up on the couch & popped open the book before really settling in & getting comfortable like he was in for a good, long movie. There was no way he'd gone up their room twice & didn't notice the page his laptop had been left on. Then why wasn't he saying anything? Inuyasha only felt a smidge guilty about "snooping" on his boyfriend's Facebook page like that but to be honest it wasn't his fault. That's why there is a logout button in the upper right hand corner of the screen.
But why was Inuyasha already getting defensive like Sesshomaru had called him out or something? He just needed to relax. If Sesshomaru wasn't going to say anything then he wasn't going to either. It probably was just a misunderstanding anyway; Naraku was probably just one of those guys that you had a fling with & they really caught feelings so they feel the need to hit you up every once in a while. He ignored the part where Naraku had said, "I miss you _too"_.
"Pizza & wings should get here in about thirty minutes" Inuyasha announced, setting the phone back in the charging dock, "You want me to pay with cash or...?"
Sesshomaru glanced up from his book & frowned. "No, no use my card"
"Say what now?"
"Just use my debit card in my wallet. I put it beside my laptop upstairs"
_AHA! _So Sesshomaru _did _realize Inuyasha had been looking at that message! He probably left some kind of booby trap or a nasty note or something up there, something that would probably kill the half breed then when Sesshomaru knew he was dead he'd set the house of fire to burn the evidence, cut all his hair off, dye it green & black then move to California so he could get high all the time & surf while eating an In & Out burge-
He was interrupted by Sesshomaru's soft chuckle. "Are you going to stand there or go get the card, Yasha?"
"I'm gunna stand here! Cause I wanna live!" Inuyasha shouted, "You ain't finna kill me & run off to California with _our _baby so you can be with some bleach blonde weirdo who always smells like weed but is never seen smokin' any!"
Sesshomaru's expression read that he was extremely loss & about to start laughing. "What are you even talking about?"
He sounded so confused, his sentence should've had at least four question marks at the end.
Inuyasha took a few deep breaths to calm himself. He was tripping. Sesshomaru was not plotting to kill him. He was just paranoid cause he wasn't used to Sesshomaru being this damn nice. He liked it but it was going to take some getting used to [even though he kinda missed Sesshomaru cussing at him, hitting him & threatening to beat his ass if he didn't do something in particular]. "Nothing. Nothing, I'm trippin' babe"
He took the stairs three at a time, Sesshomaru's soft chuckle echoing in his ears. He may just be tripping but he still peeked into the room before he walked in. He even glanced up to make sure nothing was going to fall on his head. Sure enough, Sesshomaru's Wells Fargo debit card was right there on top of his wallet beside his MacBook...so was the message from Naraku, blaring white & asking to be reread. So if it was still up, didn't Sesshomaru read it? & if he read it, he should've known he wasn't the one who opened it so why was he so calm? Why was he in such a great mood?
Inuyasha slowly peeled the card off the wallet & pocketed it, side eyeing the laptop as he slowly backed up to the door. Good mood or not, Sesshomaru was perceptive & would have noticed the message. He was just the calm before the stor-
"Careful, Yasha"
The half breed whirled around & put his fists up like he was getting ready to fight. He slowly lowered them as he watched Sesshomaru move some candles that he'd almost backed into. "Damn, babe! You snuck up on me like the Matrix!"
Sesshomaru grinned, walking up his mate & putting a gentle hand on his chest. "How did you not hear me coming? You've always been perceptive"
"Guess some of us are just losin' it in our old age..." the half breed grumbled under his breath.
"Hmm?"
"Nothin'. How can I help you, babe?"
The inuyoukai looked down for a minute before looking back up at his boyfriend through his lashes. "You know...we haven't had sex in a while..."
Inuyasha's eyebrows rose & he nodded slowly. "Ehh...yeah, true, true..."
"They say pregnant sex is...toe curling..."
Sesshomaru's husky baritone made goosebumps raise up & down Inuyasha's arms. "Oh yeah?"
"Oh yes. When we weren't pregnant, it already was toe curling...can you even imagine what it would feel like now?"
"I think we should find out..."
They kissed, slowly & passionately at first then it escalated into something feisty & wild, their hands searching each other's bodies, up under shirts, down pants, over a shoulder, around a waist. Inuyasha brushed the swollen belly twice, the corner of his mouth tilting upwards. He couldn't wait until the baby started kicking. Next week they went in to see what the gender was. The hanyou's heart was already banging against his ribcage in excitement.
Sesshomaru's mouth latched onto one of Inuyasha's biggest spots: on the right side of his neck. His thick, hot tongue ran up & down the tanned column of neck slowly followed by a firm kiss & sometimes a nip or two. Inuyasha lolled his head to the side & practically purred, his eyes fluttering closed & his lips parting. Damn, Sesshomaru had a talented mou-
_Ding dong!_
_ The inuyoukai leaned back with a sigh. "The pizza & wings have arrived"
"You better be glad you're hungry or I'd let the delivery guy stand right out there until we got done"
Inuyasha slipped the card out of his pocket & went downstairs to unlock the door before swinging it open.
The delivery guy grinned & nodded. "Mr. Taisho?"
"You got it"
While Inuyasha paid, Sesshomaru went about making sweet tea. Lately he'd been craving it. Really anything sweet & cold he couldn't resist: ice cream, sweet tea, soda, yogurt, juice...hell, he even had Kool Aid the other day & he'd never cared for the drink before. He poured the hot tea into a pitcher before mixing it with cold water & threw a couple of handfuls of ice in it. By then Inuyasha was back in the kitchen with the food & was grubbing on a slice.
"Ooh, hot, hot..." the hanyou grumbled, trying to move his food off his tongue & inhale to cool it at the same time.
"That is why you blow on it, love"
"How about you blow me..."
Sesshomaru looked up & for a minute, Inuyasha's life flashed before him. He was about to meet a very gory ending for that comment, he just knew it. But to his surprise, the inuyoukai simply smirked mischievously & continued stirring the tea, his hips making a very hypnotic rotation that fell in rhythm with his stirring. Inuyasha almost forgot to finish chewing & swallowing. A sudden image of the wonderful moves Sesshomaru could do with those hips was frozen in his mind & all of sudden eating wasn't even a priority right now.
"-Wish it was slower cause it just felt so good"
The hanyou's eyebrow raised. "Pardon?"
Sesshomaru poured himself a glass of tea & turned to his boyfriend, one hand on his hip. "I said I want to go to the spa cause one of my co-workers said she went to the one I was telling you about & she said they had some talented hands but she wished the time went slower cause she was really enjoying it"
Inuyasha couldn't seem to take his eyes off of Sesshomaru sipping his tea, licking his lips then the glass, humming in approval at the taste of his handiwork. Damn, his boyfriend was gorgeous-
"You have just been in your own world today. What is going on with you?" the inuyoukai asked, concerned, "Are you alright?"
The half breed slowly licked his lips, eyes falling half mast. "Oh I'm good, baby..."
A light dusting of pink skittered across Sesshomaru's cheeks before he cleared his throat. "Well then...I guess I should go ahead & eat. Oh, did you ever follow up at that job I was telling you about?"
"The head of communications at that cell phone company? Nah, I ain't click on the link yet"
"Oh Yasha, stop being so lazy" the inuyoukai gently chastised, gently patting his mate's cheek in a mock slap, "There was another position I think you'll be interested in in the same company but it pays more. Here, let me go get my laptop so I can show you & then you won't have any excuse for not having the time to apply"
Inuyasha began sweating bullets. This was it. Sesshomaru was going to realize Inuyasha had read that message & he was going to light in that ass for snooping. He'd better text all his family & friends & tell them bye now because Sesshomaru never liked his things gone through like that, whether it was an accident or not. The hanyou swiped his damp forehead. & today was going by so smoothly. Shame it didn't last that long.
"INUYASHA!"
_Oh dear God_
_ "Uh...yeah, babe?"
"COME HERE! RIGHT NOW!"
The inuhanyou slowly stood up & crossed himself.
When he got up to their bedroom, he took a deep breath to prepare for a long winded defense for himself...but stopped short when he saw Sesshomaru standing on the bed, the laptop closed & clutched tight to his chest, a panicked look on his face. "You have to get it, Inuyasha, you know how much I hate bugs"
Inuyasha glanced around the tidy room but didn't see any evidence of a bug. "Well what was it?"
"I dunno!" Sesshomaru whispered, grammar slipping, "It was big & fat & ugly! & I don't want it in this house!"
"If it is a spider you know good & damn well I'm just gunna set this house on fire. I ain't tryna get near no damn spider, Sessh"
"No, no, no, no it wasn't a spider! It was like a mutant..._thing _from...hell or something, it was the most vilest creature I've ever-oh shit!"
Inuyasha started & skittered towards his boyfriend, hoping to God whatever Sesshomaru was talking about wasn't on him. When he glanced at the doorway, his heart dropped right into the claws of fear where it squeezed it so hard he could barely breathe. It was the biggest, ugliest cockroach he'd ever seen & it was right above where he'd been standing. The roach was so big he could hear it skittering along the wood panel, making the type of noise that caused your hair to raise in disgust.
"Jesus Christ" he whispered.
"I told you" Sesshomaru whispered, slowly lowering himself onto the bed, "Now can you kill it please so we can go downstairs?"
"What's stopping you from going downstairs now?"
"I'm not walking through a doorway where that thing would be right above my head! What if it fell on me?"
Inuyasha chuckled. "Not like it can hurt you, babe. It's more scared of you than you are of I-"
"Don't give me that bullshit! I'm not disgusting & carrying diseases like _that _thing! I have every right to be scared!"
"It's probably just pregnant & looking for a place to nest"
"Well it can _not _nest here! Now please kill it, Yasha, please"
"No can do"
"Why the hell not?!"
"Shit I'm scared of it too"
...
...
_An hour later_
_.._
_ Inuyasha ran a tired hand over his face. Damn he was hungry. He should've ate more instead of watching Sesshomaru's body like that. But the way his boyfriend's stomach kept growling, he wasn't the only one.
"Just...throw a shoe at it" Sesshomaru said quietly, like the cockroach was going to hear.
Inuyasha gestured to the pile of shoes lying around the door. "Did that"
"Bug spray?"
"Downstairs"
"Knocking it down with something like a towel then covering it up?"
"So it can eventually run loose in our room? Hell naw"
"Well why don't we just like...smother it with something?"
"Like what?"
"Hell, I don't know, a towel?"
"We ain't got no towel big enough to smother that sum'bitch & not feel its body underneath!"
"Stop yelling at me!" Sesshomaru said & had the nerve to pout.
"Look, we gatta do something or we're gunna die in here cause I ain't jumping out the window...though I might if it corners us & I ain't got nowhere else to go..."
"Do you think any kind of spray would eventually kill it?"
"Depending on what it is, it would like startle it but probably not kill it. Like if you got the Febreeze I'm pretty sure it's not going to die, Sessh" Inuyasha said, giving his mate a stern look.
The inuyoukai deflated.
They sat there for another twenty minutes, watching the cockroach & trying to think of ways to kill it or at least get it out the house without touching it until Inuyasha abruptly sighed & faced Sesshomaru. "Ok look I'm either about to kill this thing & die my damn self or I'm going to fail & we die a slow death together but either way I gatta get something off my chest"
Sesshomaru swallowed the lump in his throat. "Don't talk like that, Yasha. We might survive this. Maybe help is on the way"
"Look, just listen. I fucked up. You left your Facebook page up & I read a message you got from Naraku"
Inuyasha had said it so fast Sesshomaru took a minute to process it, blinking a few times. His expression went from blank to confused then back blank. The hanyou's heart was racing. Sesshomaru was probably wondering if he should yell & throw a fit or just give him the silent treatment...or kill him. He was probably contemplating murder. The last time Inuyasha snooped, he'd looked through Sesshomaru's side of the closet to see if he could find the present he was hoping the inuyoukai got for him & when Sesshomaru caught him, he ignored the hanyou for a week & didn't have sex with him for almost a month. Snooping just was not something one did when they dated Sessho-
"Who?"
Inuyasha blinked once...twice...one, two, three times. "Uh...Naraku? The guy you dated before me & you...?"
Sesshomaru blinked a few more times then his mouth formed an O. "Oh, that guy"
"Uh...yeah...him..."
The silver haired beauty looked at him expectantly, like he was waiting for his boyfriend to finish an interesting story.
Inuyasha hesitated then nodded with every word to annunciate it. "I read a message...meant for you..."
"...From Naraku, yeah?"
"Um...yeah..."
Sesshomaru glanced out the corner of his eye before he looked back at his boyfriend like he didn't know what to do with this...information.
"How the _fuck _did you not notice when you passed by ya laptop _three fucking times?!"_ Inuyasha snapped.
The inuyoukai frowned. "Are you...mad at me...?"
"No! I-ugh! I don't know how I feel about this! I thought for sure you were gunna hang me by my balls for snooping through your Facebook messages!"
"I'm not exactly thrilled but no, I'm not mad. I have nothing to hide. We have no secrets from each other"
What the...? _Why was he so damn calm?!_
_ The hanyou took a deep breath to chill out. "Alright. Ok. That's good. I trust you but I don't understand why he said he missed you _too, _like he was responding to you saying you missed him"
When the silver haired beauty looked lost again, the half breed sighed & took the laptop from his mate, opened it, & turned the laptop around. Sesshomaru's eyes read over the message a few times & smirked.
"Ain't shit funny" Inuyasha growled.
"Look at the message I'd sent him, Yasha"
Inuyasha turned the laptop towards him & scrolled up a bit to Sesshomaru's message.
_Fuck off. _That was all it said. So apparently Naraku had responded sarcastically or out of desperation...& it was dated back to two years ago...
"I never even clicked on the message, that's why it showed up as unread, Yasha" Sesshomaru explained with amusement in his eyes. There was not even a trace of smugness in his smirk.
Inuyasha felt like an idiot. To even have a flittering of a thought that Sesshomaru just might be cheating made the hanyou's ears fall limp. He should have known his boyfriend would never do such a thing after all the other shit he's stuck it through all these years.
He enveloped the inuyoukai into a tight hug. "I'm sorry, babe. I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions & I shouldn't have been snooping"
Sesshomaru kissed his neck. "It's alright, love, I understand you're under some stress right now & you need me to help you from going insane, not adding to things you have to worry about. Infidelity is not something you should concern yourself about. I love you"
Whoa. Time the fuck out. Flag on the play. Inuyasha was about to cry & that was not ok. He'd never heard anything so profound from his boyfriend & saying that he loved him was just the cherry to top his lovely bowl of ice cream. He was so happy he could just-
Sesshomaru suddenly stiffened. "Yasha..."
"Yes, sweetheart?"
"Where's the cockroach...?"
The hanyou's eyes widened. Ah, shit.