Little morning after and let's see how these two received that spark of romance. Saori also knew that Max is and is always the one.
Chapter 17: A Good Mate
By the next morning, the sun begins to rise and it shone on Max side as he lets out a little groan as he wakes up, lets out a little yawn and then he looks at Saori, still sleeping and he lets out a little smile and he couldn't keep his eyes off of her because his feelings have definitely increased for her and he gets himself up and whispered, "Sleep well, kitten."
He walks out of the room to take himself a little shower while she's sleeping and that he would wake her up afterwards and when he went to the shower, he cleaned his entire muscular body and his little spiky hair and after he was done, he wrapped himself with a towel, but he was totally surprised when Saori walked inside the room and he said, "Morning."
"Hi, Max. I was wondering where you were." Saori replied, looking at him.
"Um...I just got through taking a shower." Max replied.
Saori chuckled softly and she replied, "I was gonna take one too...if that's all right with you."
"Yeah, no problem." Max added.
A few minutes later, Max got on his red and blue vestjacket and black shorts as he waited for Saori to come out and take her back to Akashi's place and he pulls out that wooden figure of Saori and looked at it for a while and each time he does that, he definitely thinks of her.
He sighs and nuzzled it around his cheek ever so lovingly and he whispered, "I wanna be yours forever."
He sets it down and she sees Saori walking out of the shower wearing some of her clothes and she said, "You know what's funny? I didn't even bring any clothes when you took me in and all of a sudden, someone brings me a bag of my clothes here."
"Is that right? Who do you think brought them?" asked Max.
Saori saw a note on the top of her clothes and as she read it, she lets out a light chuckle and replied, "My brother...always one to be so thoughtful...and weird."
Max comes over and sees the note Akashi gave her and got a little surprised at what he wrote in and read, "By the way...Max, you two started mating yet?"
Both jaws dropped to the floor after what he had written and they both looked at each other and Saori rolled her eyes and said, "And a pervie."
"What's with him?" asked Max.
After this, Max and Saori snuck out of the window out of Arizona's house as he set out to the Heavenly Tower to bring Saori back and soon after, he saw Ravi walking by and Max replied, "Hey, Rav."
When Ravi saw Max with Saori, he grew shocked and somewhat amazed at his friend and lets out a little sly chuckle and said, "Maxim...I always knew you'd have a way with the ladies."
"Good morning to you too." Max said, sarcastically.
Then, he looks at Saori and looks back at Max and asked, "Did you do it yet?"
"Do what?" asked Saori, confusedly.
Ravi chuckled as if it was a joke and replied, "Oh, you know...the tiger duty."
Suddenly, Saori figured out what he was talking about and she wanted to slap him in the face for making that assumption that she and Max mated already and she replied, "No, we did not! We slept with each other, but..."
"I knew it! I knew it, I knew it, I knew it, I knew it! You do have a thing for each other! Maxie, you dog!" Ravi added, exclaiming.
"Ravi! We did not mate!" Max replied, getting annoyed.
Ravi lets out a chuckle and said, "Deny it now. But I'm glad you found a girl. So much for the list of all the girls I wanted to bring you as a bachelor."
"Sorry, Rav. Like I said, Saori is the only girl for me." Max replied, kissing Saori's cheek.
Then, Saori looks up at Ravi and said, "Maybe you should get one yourself."
"Yeah, that's if I don't get slapped by many." Ravi answered.
Max chuckled softly and he said, "See you later, Ravi."
After they left, Saori looks up at Max and she asked him, "How do you deal with this guy?"
Max rolled his eyes at this and he responds to her, "Sometimes, he doesn't know when to shut himself up. His hormones are a lot faster that his brain."
"Then, him and my brother could get along well." Saori said, laughing.
Ravi and Akashi could become friends because their hormones are the bragging points. For this fic, I wanted Max to grow up muscular and mature, but still has that kind, gentle-hearted and easy going yet innocent personality and at the age of 22. Master of Stories; Akashi, Saori, Miyo and everyone else...what do you think of how Max looks as an adult? And weigh in on this, please!