And this is what Saori has to deal with when carrying her child...amongst other things.
Chapter 25: Dealing with Pregnancy
Months go by and Saori's stomach gets bigger and she's completely expecting pretty soon and throughout these crucial months, she's been getting some help from Max; whether it's housework, comfort and being there every step of the way through it and giving her some space if she needs to and she definitely appreciates the fact that Max is there for her for every need.
However, Saori had to endure some dealing with Sage and his street friends lazy behavior because from the looks of it, she sees that neither of them would even help her out and what's worse...Sage had to take jabs at Saori's pregnancy and think of it as gaining weight and all she could do is just ignore it.
This particular day was when Saori was walking past them and with an ugly look in their face, Saori scoffed at them and Yow-Ni said, "Hey, I didn't know tigers could actually eat their kid and grow fat."
"If that was my kid, I would've left the dealing with the kid to you. Shouldn't the mothers take care of the kid and the dad mate whoever the (bleep) he should mate with?" Sage asked.
Saori snarled at this reaction and she knew that it was super stupid for him to say because he obviously doesn't know about childbirth and pregnancy, but then again...she knows he isn't a girl. She turned to them and said, "Do you have any brains whatsoever?"
"Stating facts, princess." Banzai said, with a smirk.
"That is just dumb facts. If I wasn't pregnant, I would've clawed you all in the face for your stupidity." Saori growled.
"Max would've hit it and quit it. Having him stay here and deal with your being pregnant definitely makes him less of a man." K.C. retorted.
"I don't have to listen to this." Saori growled, as she walked away.
"Why? The little baby mama tiger gonna cry because she can't face the truth?" asked Sage, in a mocking crying tone.
They all started laughing at Saori and she went over to the other room to get away from these stooges and Saori just placed her back to the wall, feeling completely steamed about the boys' conduct, but also hurt that they had to throw it in and she closed her eyes for a second and started crying softly.
"They just don't understand. They don't understand what it feels like." Saori said, with a choked sob.
A few minutes passed by and as Max came back in the room, he saw her laying there and he thought she was asleep until he heard her crying and when he came close to her, he saw Saori in tears as she rose her head up and Max gently wiped her tears from her eyes and asked in a soft voice, "What's wrong?"
Saori sniffled a few times and she said, "Sage and his street friends...they made fun of my pregnancy."
"Again?" asked Max.
"Yes...they also said to me that you would've just left me to mate another girl." Saori said, tearfully.
That part completely alarmed Max and he was completely disturbed by the fact that Sage took their stupidity to a whole new level and he lets out a snarl in response and he said, "That's just low."
"They took it way too far. They don't even understand what it's like in my position." Saori stated.
Max consoled her and just hugged her tightly while she's crying in his arms and she said, "Please don't leave me for another girl, Max."
"Saori...I would never leave you for someone else. And I definitely won't leave you and our child alone. I wouldn't trade you for any other girl in the world. That's a promise." Max said, in a half-whisper.
"I love you so much, Max." Saori said, crying.
"I love you too." Max whispered.
They looked at each other and kissed each other in the lips passionately for a few seconds and Max rubs Saori's belly and they're both excited for the baby to come out and he said, "We can't wait to see you, son."
They were unaware that Akashi was looking over through the whole thing and he was smiling with the fact that Max will be there for Saori no matter what.
'I knew you'd still be with my sister, Max. I'm proud to be your brother-in law. Now...I've gotta go deal with Sage and his jerky friends.' Akashi thought, before going to find Sage and give him a huge thrashing.
Leave it to Max to comfort her in her time of need. That's a good husband! Stay tuned for more!