Chapter 1

They were everywhere. Stumbling through the park, laughing at the marketplace, crawling through every picture at the work place, and now there was one slobbering inside her apartment? That was all that Rin Yamasaki needed, a baby to start the fever all over again.

Rin had been with her partner Kagome for 9 years now. They met in high school when they were just 17 and became close friends. It was tough on Rin, knowing that she loved Kagome while Kagome was still not sure of her sexuality. There was a lot of confusion and heartache that came from coming out of the closet; but together they got each other through it and later turned their friendship into a romance.

Now they lived a nice quiet life in California. Kagome worked, as an obstetrician in Los Angeles and Rin was a traveling photographer. Things for them were fine, really they were. They both accepted each other's flaws and learned to work around their differences. Kagome tending to be a homebody where Rin was a free spirit, and as they grew older their personality's more pronounced. But those small quirks hadn't bothered Rin.

Much.

There was just this one major thing they didn't agree on. Babies. They defecated, urinated, slobbered, stained and destroyed everything they touched. They lived as parasites inside the human body for 9 months just to come out and become co-dependent for the next 18 years of their lives. How her parents got threw the torture she will never know.

However her distaste for children did not extend to her partner. In fact Kagome's very occupation screamed of her love for babies. So it was only natural as they settled and grew older that Kagome would start having 'baby fever'. It was subtle at first, just a few 'AH's' and 'OH's' at the pictures she received from former patients. Then it was obsessing over Kimberly she had been the very first of their friends to drop the 'B' bomb.

Though Kagome never voiced it verbally; which could be because she knew of Rin's distain for all things infant. Anyone that knew Kagome knew she wanted a baby more than she wanted to breathe, and now that she was approaching 27 she was starting to hear the ticking of the clock.

"Hey sweetheart look who came to visit!" Kagome held the baby up in the air, her cheeks flush and hair tousled. Rin put down her bag slowly and approached her longtime girlfriend like one would approach a rabid animal. Cautiously.

"Hey babe!" Rin went to kiss her on the cheek all while avoiding the child. Kagome rolled her eyes and bounced her way into the kitchen. "My brother is out of the town with his wife so I agreed to watch the baby!" Rin rubbed her face and exhaled before following. "That's nice of you honey but weren't we supposed to go to Eric's?" Rin asked. "Yes but I phoned him and let him know that something came up." Kagome said while smiling at her nephew. "Anyways we go to Eric's all the time, I never get to spend any time with my little nephew-no I don't!" She cooed at the baby, wiggling her pointer finger over his top lip. Rin winced at the string of drool that followed. Giving up, Rin headed upstairs to take a shower.

Kagome wasn't dumb. As she watched Rin disappear into the room she wondered about her partners aversion to children. She never verbally stated that she wasn't a kid person but she didn't need to. It was clear anytime a child was around that she wasn't entirely fond of them. Kagome on the other hand adored children, the pain in her gut increased with every year and now that she was getting closer and closer to thirty she knew she had to do something.

There was just one thing that stood in her way. Rin. Tonight was the night; she was going to have the 'talk'. She had been looking into artificial insemination for some time now. She had gone through all her options and this is the one she thought fit her best. She wanted to feel her baby growing inside her, go through the labor of birth and see the best parts of herself in someone she created. To Kagome insemination was the only way to go about having a child.

Now all she had to do was get Rin on board. She loved Rin but at times she could be a bit unstable, she always wanted to go out and hang with friends and while Kagome enjoyed this, she didn't not want to still be 'hanging' out at thirty. Rin would be such a good mother she was caring, patient, and kind. Everyone Rin came into contact with adored her; she was the best person Kagome knew.

Kagome put her nephew down in his playpen and wiped her sweaty palms on her apron. She started to set the table, carefully placing a DBP pamphlet just beneath Rin's wine glass. Taking a deep breath she sat down, clenching her fist in her lap.

It wasn't but 10 minutes later that a damp Rin came skipping down the stairs. "Ugh! It smells amazing Kags!" Rin closed her eyes and inhaled deeply savoring the smell of Italian sausage floating through the air. "Thanks babe!" Rin bent down leaving a quick peck on Kagomes lips.

"Thanks I knew you'd like it." Kagome said. Rin could feel the nervous energy floating around Kagome and she knew something was up. "What's wrong?" Rin asked while slowly sitting at the dining room table. "I wanted to talk to you about something." Kagome started. There was a moment of pregnant silence before she abruptly picked up her own pamphlet and crushed it in her hand. "I want to have a baby!"

Kagome was greeted by silence but still felt brave enough to go on. "You know that I want to be a mother, this isn't a secret Rin." Kagome looked up at Rin's pale face and continued. "I've thought long and hard about this and I want to know if this is something you could see us doing."

Rin was taken back; nothing that Kagome was saying was news to Rin. She just hadn't expected this day to come so quick.

"I was looking into DBP and I know they are a little exclusive but they really are the best way to go about it, our kid would be half demon but he would receive the best medical crew money could buy! Please say something!" Kagome nearly shouted.

Rin looked up as if for the first time. She was at a loss for words, nothing she could say right now would get her out of this situation without someone getting hurt. So she stayed silent and watched as Kagome grabbed her nephew and scurried up the steps.

That night, when Rin was sleeping, she swore she could hear Kagome cries.

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