Miracle WIP
I started writing a one-shot (or theoretically just a one shot) to accompany my completed Inuyasha fanfic Miracle. Inspired by a similar moment with my own kiddo, it starts out cotton candy sweet and just as fluffy.
Tiny snippet:
The soft fluff of baby hair against her nose woke her from a deep sleep. Probably the first deep sleep she'd had in weeks, if not months. Ugh. The newborn phase is so rough. Kagome yawned, brushing Ryo's downy curls from her face. His little grey ears twitched in response, but a snort was the only indication he was disturbed by her movement.
"Mama?"
"Hm? What is it, baby?" Kagome whispered. Izayoi, barely four, knelt on the edge of the bed, waiting for her mother to acknowledge her. The look in her eyes made it pretty obvious what she wanted, but Kagome was encouraging her quiet toddler to use her words.
"Can I snuggle too?"
"Of course, baby girl." She rolled onto her back, still cradling her four month old in her right arm, opening her left arm for her daughter to curl into her side. "Is Otou with the big boys?" Izayoi grunted an affirmative just as the popping sound of her thumb entering her mouth made Kagome wince. "Iz… no thumb."
It only gets sappier from there... 😂
And a bit for the big boys:
"This is it?" Toga asked skeptically. "Kinda looks like a dump." Kagome and Inuyasha shared a look of amusement.
"Be respectful, whelp, or he'll get you with that hammer of his I've been telling you about." The elder inuhanyou chided him. Kagome hid a smile as she shifted Ryo in his sling.
Hitoshi stepped up beside her, Izayoi on his back, the pair's bright eyes taking in the cave mouth at the top of the hill. Ryo gave a squeaky cough.
"Mama, I don't think the fumes are good for you or Ryo."
"Boy's right, Koi. Better you and the little ones stay down further." Kagome scowled at being left out of this important milestone for their eldest, but agreed that the volcanic gases in the air would do neither her nor their younger two any good. Oh brother. I can’t even think about all the stuff I was exposed to before all of this, she thought. Poison gas, volcanoes, miasma, smoke… it was a miracle she hadn’t developed some kind of lung disease. At least now, the combination of her husband’s youki through their bond and her own reiki meant that she healed faster and was not as susceptible to common human ailments. The little ones were still developing their youki and would need to be protected like (very sturdy) human children for a while yet.
“Listen to your Otou, understand? Totosai is forgetful and fickle on the best days.”
“Keh. I’ll keep an eye on them, don’t worry,” Inuyasha tried to soothe her with a confident smirk and a wink. Kagome frowned, but allowed him to drop a quick kiss on her head.
“I’m their mother, it’s my job to worry.”
