And here's the results of what happened to Max when he was with his birth parents.
Chapter 7: Brother Father
During the morning, Akashi was having breakfast with Miyo, Saori and Max and Miyo brought in a bowl of rice with milk and the minute that bowl was set in front of him, Akashi could not resist as he immediately ate it up and Miyo could tell that Akashi was gonna eat it all on one bowl and she said, "Settle down, Akashi."
"I can't help it if I love rice with milk. It's the best breakfast ever!" Akashi exclaimed.
"It's the only best breakfast ever." Miyo stated, rolling her eyes.
As Akashi was eating, Miyo heard Max's stomach growling and she turned to him and noticed that he looked a little hungry and she asked, "You must be hungry, aren't you?"
Max nodded his head in response to this and barely said any words and Miyo could tell that he was really shy and his stomach started growling louder, which surprised her and she got a little clsoer to him and asked, "Have you been fed?"
Max shook his head stating no, but responded with, "I'm barely hungry."
"Barely?" asked Miyo.
To show proof over this, Max unbuttoned his vest and to Miyo's shock, she saw half f his stomach filled with not only skin and bones, but also some bruises and burns and marks all over and she covered her mouth in utter shock and outrage over the physical toll Max had to deal with. She was shaking and trembling at the very sight of Max going through that and it definitely stunned Akashi when he saw a closer look too.
Akashi was speechless the second he saw Max's visible bones exposed closer to his flesh like he hasn't been fed in years and the scars, burns, claw marks and bruising he received and it just made him feel very furious on the inside and he asked, "Who did this to you?"
"I can't tell you." Max replied, a little fearfully.
The look on Max's face says it all; that it was his birth parents that were responsible for this kind of torment and the very thought of it just made Akashi disturbed and angry at the same time, but he placed all of that aside to make sure Max is gonna well-protected and he got down to his level and said, "Don't worry about it, Max. You'll be okay here."
"I'm gonna fix him some breakfast right away." Miyo stated.
Max got back to his seat and Miyo gave him a bowl of rice with milk as well as some egg rolls and dumplings to fill up Max and she hopes that it'll be enough to get him fed and Miyo encouraged him to try it out and eat some of them. The cub was a little reluctant to try them out because he's never seen any of those before, but he was willing to try a few of them and once he started with the egg roll, he was amazed by how it tasted.
"Yummy..." Max said.
Before long, he ate the rest of the egg rolls and then the rice with milk and the dumplings while Miyo, Saori and Akashi witnessed him filling up his stomach with food and he picks up the bowl with the milk leftover and drank it up, leaving him with a little milk drip out of his whiskers and Miyo giggled softly as it dripped to the bowl.
"So cute." Miyo said.
"I'll say." Saori stated.
Akashi playfully mussed Saori's hair and said, "You don't even know what cute means, Saori."
"Yes, I do." Saori exclaimed.
Soon after breakfast, Akashi spent a little bit of time with the 5 year old cub as he went outside with him to play a few games and it was all very new to Max because he has no idea what they are and he spent most of the day teaching the cub some games, like hide and seek, tag and other games. Akashi was hoping that he'd develop those games soon, but sure enough...the cub became a fast learner.
It surprised Akashi when he noticed that Max is learning that fast based on his speed and agility...all those abilities coming out of a 5 year old and as they were playing some games, Akashi couldn't believe how much fun he's having with Max and it was like things are starting to get really good for him.
Soon afterwards, Akashi realizes that there's a huge bond between the two of them and it's only less than 24 hours since he brought Max in his place and he felt an instant connection between the two of them and figures that there's something more than he thought before...
He sees Max as the little brother he never thought he would have.
A family protective dynamic is imminent. So...whatever happened to those savage wolves that tried to get Max? You'll see them on the next chapter!