Max is of course Akashi's personal sword sharpener and polisher and of course...Akashi already knew about the news.
Chapter 4: Aura Sense
A few minutes went by and Max waited for Akashi to come over and polish his sword for him and after Saori left the workshop after the lunch break and after finding out that she's pregnant again, the hardest thing for him to do was keeping it on the down low because he always knew that Akashi's aura could dig up the most kept secrets inside of themselves, but he wasn't gonna let that get in the way of the happy news.
Finally, Akashi showed up to the workshop and Max said, "Hey, Akashi. What swords you want me to sharpen or polish today?"
Akashi got out his black katana and places it on the table and he said, "Needs some good sharpening and polishing, Max."
"No probs." Max replied, taking the sword.
Max got down to business as he sat down and began sharpening Akashi's sword and it took a huge amount of concentration as he's sharpening with this metal rolling rock that's shaped like an 'O' that turns around and around to get that sharpening feeling on the sides and on the tip of the sword. Meanwhile, Akashi sat around, twiddling his thumbs as he's waiting around and he knows that it takes a huge amount of concentration on what it takes to sharpen up a sword like that.
Max looked at the black katana and analyzed it to see if it needs more sharpening or if there's little scratches in it to make sure it's in mint condition. After a few analyzing looks, he resumed sharpening to make sure it looks 10 times as better. After only 12 minutes, the sword looks complete and all that's left to do is to polish it.
Akashi sees Max make his way over to the table as he brings the sword over for some polishing, but Akashi has to first see what it looks like and gives it the sharpening test to see if it's sharp enough to cut something and he picks up a piece of ribbon and throws it up in the air and he jumps up and slices it up, resulting in the ribbon sliced off in pieces and it confirms that it's in sharp condition.
Akashi turns to Max for a second and he said, "Pretty good. Now it's sharper than ever."
"Cool. A few polishing and you're good to go." Max replied.
Akashi then gave back the sword to Max and began polishing on it and while Max is polishing, Akashi couldn't help but look at Max for a second and he has this very sly smirk on his face like he already knows something that he's keeping from him. Akashi then asked, "So...how's life?"
"Pretty good. All the kids are growing up a little bit. And Maximus II...he's been nothing but a pure joy and delight to us. Just this morning, he got out of the crib all by himself." Max answered.
"Did he really?" asked Akashi.
"Yep. I think he's ready for a big boy bed now." Max answered.
Akashi nodded his head at that and he said, "That's impressive. Speaking of babies...you're having another one, aren't you?"
Suddenly, Max stopped polishing and looked up at Akashi in shock as he did not know that that part was coming in so quickly and unexpectedly at that rate and Max was still in the middle of being taking the news in and he looked at Akashi in the eye and he could tell from that smirk that he already figured that out immediately.
"Trust me, I could yours and Saori's auras on my way here. You guys have really got to stop making more kids." Akashi stated.
"We adopted one. That doesn't count." Max explained.
"But still...how long are you guys gonna keep mating?" asked Akashi.
Max glared at Akashi for that question almost as if it's just too personal and replied, "How long are you gonna stop spying on girls and end up getting beaten up by Miyo?"
That counter question seemed like an immediate fireball towards Akashi and he couldn't think of an answer to respond to that and just left it at that and Max responded with a counter smirk and continued polishing and Akashi asked, "So...is it gonna be a boy or a girl?"
"We don't know yet, Akashi. You have to ask Saori because she broke the news to me." Max answered.
"I'll do more than ask her." Akashi responded.
"Can you at least let me and Saori explain this to the kids?" asked Max.
Akashi rolled his eyes at that request and he thought it would be best to let the kids know before Akashi opens his mouth about it and he said, "All right. But I'm gonna be there when you announce it."
"Like when you nearly spoiled Yuki's surprise birthday party?" asked Max.
"Seriously, are we still talking about that?" asked Akashi, growling in frustration.
Akashi is a big mouth, bottom line. Now who's next to break the news; the kids. How will they react? Find out next!