The Joys of Parenthood by SunsetMiko

No!

This was written for Stella's Word Prompt Game, prompt: Antipathetic Words: 300

"Come on, you love hot dogs!" Kagome said with a frustrated sigh.

"No!" Yamazaru stated firmly. The little guy was finally starting to talk, but not in a helpful way. He'd refused every food she'd tried to give the boy, but he couldn't tell her what he did want.

"Chicken nuggets?" she asked.

"No!" the child said louder.

"Macaroni and cheese?" she offered with a wince, remembering what happened the last time they'd had it. They hadn't eaten it, they'd painted with it, and Sesshoumaru had spent a great deal of time on his youki cloud cleaning clumps of it off of the ceiling. Having demon strength made their messes so much worse!

"No!"

"I don't know what you want!" Kagome exclaimed loudly. "You have to eat! Yogurt?"

"No!"

"Applesauce?"

"No!"

"Peanut butter and jelly?"

"No!"

At the sound of the front door opening, Kagome sighed in relief. Backup was home! When Sesshoumaru came into sight, she gave him a weak smile and he fought down a sigh. Why could his sons not behave for their mother?

"What is wrong?" he asked, pulling her in for a comforting hug and a kiss.

"Yamazaru won't eat anything! He just keeps telling me no." Her exhaustion was obvious and he kissed her forehead gently.

"He wants a bagel!" Toraburu exclaimed proudly.

"How do you know that?" Kagome asked her older son who communicated much more clearly than his sibling, who apparently would only speak one very annoying word.

"He told me," the child explained.

"You can understand him?" she inquired in surprise. All Yamazaru said, besides 'no', sounded like squeals and mumbles to her. Toraburu nodded.

"A bagel?" Kagome asked. "Do you want a bagel?"

Yamazaru nodded and grinned widely at his mother.

"Why couldn't you just say that?" Kagome sighed heavily.