Boys, you guys don't miss a beat when it comes to little details! lol. Most of y'all figured out quickly that Hiten's sacks were nothing to worry about. Sorry to worry the rest of you. Despite what it looks like, I'm honestly not trying to kill you with cliffhangers & angst! I'm just the messenger; the story writes itself :)

He had been doing so well but this thing with Hiten made him cave. Honestly he hated himself for it but he didn't dwell too long on it. He had an excuse, right? His infant son was currently having surgery, he was allowed to deal with his emotions any way he felt was acceptable.

Inuyasha drew long & hard on the cigarette before holding it in his lungs & exhaling. He did not miss the smell at all but man, did it make him feel so much better. The burn in the throat, the way it stung his nose…for whatever reason, the slight pain made him feel a little better.

He & Sesshomaru had given Dr. Robbins the go-ahead to do the surgery on Hiten. She said they would go after the ones in his wrists because it posed less of a risk. She said they'd only use a little anesthetic to let him sleep through the surgery which would probably take anywhere from fifteen to thirty minutes. Not a very long time but enough time something could go wrong.

Sesshomaru was such a nervous ball of energy, Inuyasha had to leave the room. He'd be the first to admit he was afraid of what the doctors would find but he definitely couldn't do that in front of Sessh. The demon looked like he was only seconds away from breaking down into tears & the hanyou was so tired, emotionally & physically, he couldn't bare it so he came outside & asked the first person in the smoking section outside if he could bum a cigarette off of them.

Inuyasha took another drag before flicking it away. Sesshomaru was going to kill him for picking this little habit back up but he had no intention of continuing. He was just proud of himself for not going out to get a whole pack. He knew he should walk around some or get in the car & maybe ride with the windows down but his gut was telling him to get back in the room. He shouldn't have left his mate at a time like this, not when he was so vulnerable. He was wrong for that, he knew. He just hoped Sesshomaru was in a forgiving mood.

Inuyasha gently knocked on the door & let himself into the room. Sesshomaru was sitting on the edge of the bed, his hands the only thing moving as he worried Hiten's blankie. He stared absentmindedly out the window & even though his face was completely blank his eyes were rimmed in red.

"Hey…" the hanyou whispered.

The silver haired beauty looked at him but didn't say anything.

"You…you holdin' up ok?" the half demon asked, closing the door & leaning against it.

"You smell like cigarettes". It wasn't a question, not even an accusation. Just a simple statement that held no disgust or hostility.

"I smoked one"

"Do you plan on continuing?"

"No. I just asked someone for one. That's it"

Sesshomaru swallowed thickly, his eyes watering again. "That better be your last"

"It will be. I promi-"

"Don't promise me shit!" the inuyoukai shouted, "Don't do it! You promised me long ago & now look what you've done: you smoked another one! Don't promise me a damn thing! Just stop!"

"Ok" Inuyasha whispered, "Alright. I will do my absolute best to never pick up another cigarette"

He'd been getting ready to walk out, feeling like Sesshomaru just wanted to be left alone right now but the demon surprised him by holding his arms out for a hug, fat tears falling like bombs down his face & Inuyasha wasn't going to deny him the world if he asked for it right this moment. He rushed forward & grabbed his fiancée up into a fierce hug, burying his nose in his shoulder. The closeness made him feel so…complete, so whole. He reveled in the feeling & willed it to comfort the uncertainty of this surgery in his own body as well as his mate's. They couldn't lose something so good after everything they'd been through. They just couldn't.

Three knocks sounded at the door & Dr. Robbins entered, her mouth in a thin line as if she were forcing herself to smile. "Sorry to keep you guys waiting. Hiten uh…had a little accident we had to clean up. It was…an ungodly amount of-"

"So he's alright?" Sesshomaru asked impatiently.

"Yes! Yes sir the surgery was successful & we have him in the recovery room right now. When we went in, as I've told you, the skin of the sacks were tough…like, inhumanly tough"

"Well he isn't human so that makes sense" Inuyasha pointed out.

"R-right, my apologies. Anyway, we finally cut open one of the sacks &…our scalpels melted. Actually, anything that came in contact with the liquid melted"

The looks on Inuyasha & Sesshomaru's faces went from concern to shock then to relief.

"Jesus. Whew, you had me scared for a minute there, doc. Thought it was something serious" Inuyasha breathed.

Dr. Robbins smiled nervously. "Uh…well, Mr. Inuyasha, it's actually…kinda serious cause that's not….supposed to happen…"

Sesshomaru pressed a hand to his forehead & exhaled. "Those are his poison pockets, Dr. Robbins. He inherited it from me. It wasn't expected but it's nothing to concern yourself over"

"I-I'm sorry, poison pockets?"

"Yes. That's where his poison is stored so when he matures poison can come out of his claws & his saliva. I'm able to do the same thing"

"It's more like acid than what you're thinking about" Inuyasha said, noticing the look of panic on the doctor's face, "It's not like you guys are gonna die if you came in contact with it. If you did, you'd know, cause it'd burn like shit"

The pretty blonde mulled over this new information for a bit before chuckling. "Well…I'm glad it is normal for demons cause it sure freaked us out"

They laughed a bit then she gave a few highlights in the surgery mostly about how well developed his blood vessels were (which was a good sign that his heart was very healthy & his brain was getting plenty of blood supply & oxygen). She gave them a few tips on how to help with his post surgery pain & wrote out some prescriptions for the infant. After making sure she answered their questions she dismissed herself so they could get some much needed rest.

"You guys look like you're going to fall out" she commented.

"When can we see him?" Sesshomaru asked.

"In about an hour. The recovery room has to be fairly quiet so when he wakes up it won't be to a bunch of noise. I'm assuming his hearing is very sensitive so we don't want to startle him"

With the two being left alone, they finished off the rest of their food & drinks. They were ready to go home, not to mention Shippo's graduation was tomorrow & they wanted to make sure they got caught up on all of their sleep before hand. The thought of sleeping back in their own bed made the inus almost moan.

"I miss that little dip right there in the middle…you know, the place you always got stuck in when you were pregnant?" Inuyasha reminisced, smiling dreamily up at the ceiling.

"That mattress was the best investment we've made in a while" Sesshomaru commented, "I wonder how they came up with the idea for a cooling mattress…?"

"I dunno but I'm so grateful for the invention"

"& I miss our blankets"

"Oh my God, yes, & the sheets"

"& the pillows"

"& the sound of the headboard hitting the wall while we're fucking"

Sesshomaru sent Inuyasha a side-eyed glare. "You ruin everything"

"Well I certainly can't get busy in a hospital!"

Just as the demon was getting ready to respond, a tingling sensation, an alarm, a feeling overtook him & he was instantly on alert. Inuyasha could tell by his mate's stiff body language & wide eyes something was up. The silver haired beauty looked at the door & headed for it.

"Wait, what's wrong?" the hanyou asked, following.

Sesshomaru walked out into the hallway & went to the nurse's desk where he asked where the recovery room was. They showed him where the elevators were then told him to go to the third floor. When the two inus were alone in the elevator Sesshomaru noticed Inuyasha was still waiting for an answer, his foot tapping the floor impatiently & his hands on his hips.

"He's hungry" he answered.

"Who?"

"Who else? Hiten!"

"What? How do you know?"

"Call it instinct or common sense but I know he hasn't eaten in a while & if I don't get up there as soon as possible, he's going to throw a fit like his Daddy"

"Like his Da-how dare you insult me to my face!"

Sesshomaru grinned, watching the elevator numbers slowly light its way to the number 3.

"Ya know…I always wanted to fuck in an elevator…"

The inuyoukai's body immediately responded to that husky tone of voice & he swallowed thickly, keeping his eyes on those elevator numbers. Why couldn't they just be a normal couple doing normal couple thin-oh that's right…they weren't a normal couple. They were demons. "Inuyasha…"

"What's breast milk taste like…?" Inuyasha asked, suddenly so close his breath fanned across the back of Sesshomaru's neck, "Lemme see…"

"Y-Yasha…"

The hanyou's large hands snaked around his torso & gently fondled his pectoral muscles, causing his nipples to immediately harden. "If your body can't handle sex right now I could always pleasure you with my mouth…"

What was taking this damn elevator so long?! Jesus, it wasn't like they were coming from the top of the Empire State building the floor number fucking three! Oh, but that sinful mouth was making it increasingly hard to wish for them to arrive on the third motherfucking floor-

Sesshomaru punched the emergency stop button, causing the elevator to stop immediately, & he turned to pull Inuyasha into a fierce kiss, a moan slipping from his lips as the half breed's hands immediately began exploring his body. It was true enough: the thought of being penetrated wasn't on his body's wishlist right now but that was not the only way they could please each other.

The youkai dropped to his knees & made quick work of his mate's pants button & zipper.

"Hey, whoa, slow down, baby" Inuyasha said even though he made no move to stop the demon.

As soon as the hanyou's member was free the silver haired beauty swallowed it effortlessly, causing the half breed to release a long, low groan. Sesshomaru damn near moaned himself; it'd been a while since he'd tried to deep throat so he was quite proud of himself. His mission right now wasn't to tease or show off though, he just wanted to let Inuyasha cum so he'd leave alone for the rest of the day.

"Shit, baby…"

Sesshomaru paused & took a deep breath as his gag reflexes started acting up. He'd come this far, he couldn't just stop. He wasn't a quitter; he could do this! He took his time swallowing every inch of his lover's member, making sure to work his throat muscles every once in a while & he forced his eyes open to look up at Inuyasha, who was looking down at him with such a sultry look, he became even more turned on than he already was.

'Kami, he's going to be the death of me…'

Inuyasha tangled his hand in Sesshomaru's hair & groaned in the back of his throat, letting his hips move on their own will. Sesshomaru knew he was getting close just by the way Inuyasha was biting his lip to keep himself from moaning too loud. He gave a particularly hard suck & a cry fell from the hanyou's mouth. The hand in his hair tightened & started moving his head a little more forcefully, his face meeting his hips. When Inuyasha actually let out a loud purr, Sesshomaru came unexpectedly which caused him to suck on the hanyou's member harder which caused the hanyou to cum quite hard, every muscle locked as he struggled not to yell.

Sesshomaru sat back after he finished & put his hands on his thighs. "Well…it wasn't sex but it was just as good"

Inuyasha, still panting, ran his hand through his boyfriend's hair a few times, a lazy smile gracing his handsome features. "Ya goddamn right is was"

The inuyoukai stood & gave his fiancée a sweet kiss before he pressed the emergency button again & then the third floor again. Whew, he was probably only down on his knees about ten minutes but his knees were protesting like a bitch.

The doors opened & the two walked out like nothing happened. They were directed to where Hiten was awake, opening & closing his little fists against his fat little cheeks.

"Hi, koibito" Sesshomaru cooed, picking him up & kissing his little face.

Hiten kicked his little legs & started talking. Even though his eyes weren't opened yet, he turned to his birthing father as if they were having a conversation.

Inuyasha grinned, running a hand over his son's head. "What will he call you?"

The inuyoukai shrugged & pulled his shirt open to feed Hiten. "I haven't really thought of it. I don't really mind either way"

"You'd make a good Otosan"

"I'm sure he'd shorten it to Oto or something similar"

Inuyasha chuckled. "Probably. Hey, I wonder can we take him yet…?"

The half breed went to the nearest nurse's desk to ask were they allowed to leave with their son & explained they had a previous engagement to make tomorrow.

"Well I can page your doctor if you want me to" the nurse said, "What's the name?"

Inuyasha told him & he could hear the page for Dr. Robbins to the recovery unit. He thanked the nurse then went back into the room where Sesshomaru was sitting in a rocking chair, watching the rain out of the window.

"Wow they even put a rocking chair in here. How thoughtful of them" Inuyasha commented & sat on a chair in the opposite corner.

"I think he likes the rain. As soon as I sat down & he heard it hitting the windows he relaxed then went back to sleep" Sesshomaru murmured quietly, a slight smile on his beautiful face.

"Just like his Otosan. Soon as you hear rain ya ass is out cold"

The demon threw him a glare. "We're going to work on that foul language of yours"

"For why? You cuss too!"

Sesshomaru rolled his eyes. "You will not speak around him the way you communicate with your friends on Facebook. 'For why'? Really, Inuyasha?"

The hanyou smirked & shrugged his shoulders. "It's a habit but you act like it's horrible. What wrong with Hiten saying 'for why'? It's not like it's a cuss word"

"Because he's smarter than that & he needs to speak as such. You heard Dr. Robbins: he's very advanced"

"Well I mean look at his parents. We're the cream of the crop, baby"

"At least one of us is anyway…"

"Hey-!"

Three knocks sounded on the door & Dr. Robbins stepped through, smiling cheerily. "Hey, how are you guys? & look who is finally up! I swear every time we came in here, he pretended to be asleep, the little prankster"

"I wonder who he got that from…" Sesshomaru mused, looking at Inuyasha with a raised eyebrow.

"Well I was told that you guys are ready to be released" the doctor said.

"Yeah we got something to do tomorrow & since Sessh & Hiten seem to be doing alright…." Inuyasha started.

"I mean…I would prefer to keep him a little longer because he's so young. Most babies stay at least three days after they're born…"

"But Hiten is no normal baby" Sesshomaru pointed out, "He's a demon & cannot be treated like a regular, human baby"

Dr. Robbin's nodded, her blonde hair bouncing around her face. "You're absolutely right. Being that this was my first demon delivery, I have absolutely no idea how to treat a demon baby. If you two are comfortable with it, I'll get the discharge papers & any instructions you may need…?"

The two inus nodded so the doctor excused herself with the promise that she'd make it quick. She knew the two were anxious to leave; Inuyasha had told her yesterday how uncomfortable Sesshomaru was with hospitals. She wasn't entirely sure if they were telling the truth about the previous engagement they said they had to attend but then again, that wasn't any of her business.

Hiten detached himself from his Otosan's nipple & yawned before arching back in a satisfying stretch. Sesshomaru smiled down at him. "Are you sleepy now, koibito?"

Inuyasha himself had to fight a yawn. Sleeping in the hospital bed with Sesshomaru wasn't exactly comfortable & it was affecting his sleep. "I sure as hell am. I'm so excited to just sleep all day & night"

"You will be getting up periodically to care for Hiten if he starts crying…"

That tone of voice did not leave much room for arguing & Inuyasha didn't bother starting. The last thing he needed right now was to rile the demon's wrath. "Yes, sir"

A few minutes later, Dr. Robbins came to give them their discharge papers, instructions for giving Hiten his pain meds & caring for his surgical incision as well as caring for Sesshomaru's stitches.

"St-stitches?" Inuyasha stuttered, swallowing thickly. He loved Sesshomaru, God knows he did, but he was not about to be putting salves on the guy's stitches. Just the thought was making him very light headed.

Dr. Robbins smiled at the hanyou. "No worries, Mr. Inuyasha, it's not gory anymore. I doubt it's still red"

Sesshomaru grumbled something rude under his breath & Inuyasha discreetly shot him a bird, causing the inuyoukai to chuckle.

Once all their questions were answered & they were comfortable, Dr. Robbins reminded them to give her a call if they had any questions then smoothed Hiten's hair. "Bye bye, little cutie"

They stopped by the room to gather the last few things. While Sesshomaru was neatly folding up Hiten's blankie to put over the boy (Miroku had brought the car seat by one day during a visit so they'd have something to carry to baby out in), Inuyasha sent a message for an Uber to come pick them up since they didn't have their car here.

"Are we going to get your car from the country club or just go home?" the inuyoukai asked.

"Kinda wanna go get Proud Mary from the country club. Just do it all in one trip so I ain't gotta leave the house again for a while, ya know?"

Sesshomaru rolled his eyes. Inuyasha would name his own car but honestly, he shouldn't be surprised cause the half breed treated his car almost as well as he treated Sesshomaru himself. "That makes sense"

Inuyasha bent to stroke his son's face & grinned when the boy grabbed his finger. "We're going on a trip in our favorite rocket ship, zooming through the sk-"

"Inuyasha, how much Little Einsteins have you been watching to know that song?"

"Uh…I mean, I had to get prepared for being a father! Kids like shows like that…right?"

"His eyes haven't even opened; he won't be watching anything for a while"

Inuyasha started to shrug as if the topic was of no concern before he gave his fiancée a critical eye. "How'd you know that song was from Little Einsteins...unless you've been watching it yourself….?"

Sesshomaru paused in putting a hat over Hiten's head; shit he'd been caught! However, he played it cool & straightened his back, looking as haughty as ever. "Obviously, the name of the show is in the theme song, Inuyasha. How stupid do you think I am?"

Inuyasha raised a finger; that still didn't answer his question about how Sesshomaru knew it was from a kid's television show unless he watched it himself but he put the finger down. There was really no point in pushing the issue. His phone lit up & their Uber driver said he arrived. "Alright, let's get outta here, guys"

The inuyoukai checked the room one last time to be sure nothing was left then reached for the car seat. The half breed intercepted, flashing him a dazzling smile & a wink.

"I'll take it from here, mama. Don't want you straining yourself"

"I can carry a baby, Inuyasha…"

"Yeah, yeah…" Inuyasha mumbled, walking out the door & happily swinging the carrier in his hand, "We're going on a trip in our favorite rocket ship, zooming through the skiiiies, Little Einsteins…"

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Once home, the two inus were able to relax. Immediately, the smell of home caused them to breathe a sigh of relief & relished the silence & not having to tolerate the general smell of a hospital.

Inuyasha took Hiten out of his carrier & kissed his fat cheek. Slowly, the boy started to rouse. "This is your home, Boo. You're gonna love it, lemme show you the nursery. That's where you'll sleep"

Sesshomaru smirked & followed at a leisurely pace. He could stand to look at the nursery without crying now; they'd redecorated it so it didn't remind him of the baby they lost. Now it was decorated with Mickey Mouse playing various sports with Donald, Goofy & Pluto. Very cliché & stereotypical for a little boy but he was determined to have everything Disney. He leaned against the doorframe as Inuyasha walked around slowly with Hiten, murmuring to him & pointing out various things.

"When you open your eyes, you'll be able to see all this stuff & you're gonna love it" he whispered.

Hiten let out a big, big yawn & stretched before making a soft grunting noise. When he turned his head to attach himself to the hanyou's chest, Inuyasha panicked & quickly handed the boy to his Otosan.

"Here, I ain't got what he's looking for!"

Sesshomaru chuckled & took his darling in his arms, letting him feed as he gently bounced him. "You must be patient with your daddy. He panics quickly when it comes to you"

"But your daddy knows how to put it-"

The demon shot him a glare to shut that sentence down & he succeeded.

Hiten flexed his little hand against Sesshomaru's pectoral muscle, making little noises of satisfaction. By the smell emitting from his diaper he was due for a change but his Otosan figured it could wait until after his snack. "Do not stray far"

Inuyasha halted his trek up the stairs to give his mate a pleading look. "Why? What's wrong?"

"Hiten will need to be changed soon"

"Ok, yeah, but can't you do it, baby? I need some sleep"

Sesshomaru frowned at him, his pretty mouth tilted downwards. "Out of everyone here, besides Hiten, you have slept the most, Inuyasha"

"B-but, baby, I'm tired!"

"Have you fed him from your breast every two hours? Have you changed him even once? Have you bathed him at all? Were you even awake when Dr. Robbins was giving me all this information about all the shots he's going to need? No. Sit your ass down"

Inuyasha groaned & walked into the living room to flop down on the couch. While Sessh, did make some good points, he didn't have to chastise him like that. Hiten would never respect him like that. "Some ol' bullshit…"

Sesshomaru ambled towards him, now patting Hiten on his back to burp him. "You are a father now. You are no longer allowed to put yourself first"

"Yeah, yeah…"

"Keep it up, Inuyasha…"

"I ain't even say nothing!"

Sesshomaru closed his eyes & took a slow deep breath. God forbid Hiten ever acts like this when he's a teenager; he'd be completely bald.