BAD NEIGHBORS

WELCOME TO THE WORLD, BABY TIGER!

"Cutie, I swear we'll never have sex again! I promise you! Never again!"
Shen Yue raised her head to look at Wang He Di's very pale face, while she was squeezing his hand.
The time had come: their baby tiger was about to be born.
If that excruciating pain had allowed it, she would have laughed at all the nonsense Dylan was telling her.
From the second her waters broke while they were shopping, to the second they walked into the delivery room, that tall, strong man with big hands and sculpted muscles had turned into a frightened child.
Their eyes met.
"Everything's ok" Yue whispered, gritting her teeth tightly.
On a scale of 1 to 10, Wang He Di felt he loved her 3000.
She was everything to him. Everything.
It was Yue who had taken his hand in search of comfort, but in the end it was as if he was the one who was holding on to the strength of that wonderful woman.
Seeing her face contracted by pain, but full of love, something snapped in him... He decided to take courage and smile at her.
"I was kidding, I could never stop making love to you" he told her.
"You're an idiot!" Yue yelled, laughing hysterically.

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Shen Yue couldn't stop smiling. Her face was wet with tears, but that smile and light-filled eyes indicated that they were tears of pure joy.
After waking up from a long rest, Wang He Di left her alone for a moment in her hospital room to go and answer their friends' calls. At the same time, a nurse had brought their baby dressed in an adorable yellow onesie to her and placed it in her arms. That was her baby tiger... Her son, Wang Laohu.
"Do you recognize me, my love? I'm your mama" she whispered softly.
The little one, even though his vision was still blurred, seemed to be watching her. His little mouth kept opening and closing.
"I'll do my best, okay? I took a course and I read a lot of books, for you... I still have to learn a lot of things, but everything will be fine, I promise you.
We will have a lot of fun together, you know? You've seen papa cry earlier, but he's usually a smiles and laughter dispenser. He was just so happy to see you for the first time... Uh, right, I'm crying too! We're not always like that, I swear!" she giggled, wiping her tears quickly.
"I love you so much" she said then, lowering her head slowly to give him a light kiss on the small wrinkled forehead.
"God, you smell so good!"
Meanwhile, Dylan was done with the phone calls and was outside the door listening to Shen Yue.
Impatient to be with her and Laohu, he entered the room and his heart began to pound.
Seeing his tiger, beautiful despite her tired face, holding their baby tiger in her arms was an unforgettable sight.
"Here comes papa!" the girl exclaimed, beaming.
Wang He Di sat down next to her on the bed and leaned over to give her a very sweet kiss.
They stood still, looking each other in the eye for a few moments.
Yue raised a hand and stroked his face.
"Are you tired?" she asked him softly.
"Tired? I have so much adrenaline in my blood right now that I could run for hours" he laughed.
This time it was she who kissed him.
"I love you".
"Me too, cutie".
The two looked at Wang Laohu.
"It's unbelievable... He has the same eyes as you! Even though I wasn't quite lucid when the doctor first put him in my arms, it was the first thing I noticed" Shen Yue said.
Dylan blushed... He had noticed it too. And he was so proud of it!
"I hope that's the only thing he inherited from you," she muttered.
"Hey!"
Yue stuck her tongue out and he did it back, then they laughed.
"Don't look, baby, don't look" the boy chuckled, turning to Wang Laohu.
He gently stroked his cheek with his finger, mesmerized by how beautiful he was.
"You were so strong, cutie... While we were in the delivery room, I swear to you that seeing you so suffering scared the hell out of me. But in the meantime, I knew it was going to be all right... You looked so proud! Just like all the times you want to defend me. I realized you were fighting with all your might for me and for him. Thank you, Shen Yue."
Yue was moved.
"You are my family" she replied, simply.
Dylan nodded, his face bright with joy.
He couldn't wait to go home with them... With his family.

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Everything Wang He Di and Shen Yue had learned in the new parenting course, had been very helpful... But it hadn't prepared them for the sleepless nights, the little daily scares, the constant worry and frenzy of that new life.
However, they were happy.
Their apartments, now united, had become a beautiful home full of toys and love.
"Didi... He's crying," Yue muttered, eyes closed.
It was three in the morning, in the third month of Wang Laohu's life.
"I can hear it," Dylan replied, as sleepy as she was.
"It's your turn, right?"
"I'd gladly do that, tiger. But I guess he wants something now that I can't give him."
Shen Yue sighed and got out of bed with a sad moan.
She reached Laohu's crib and took the baby in her arms.
"Here I am, here I am... Mama is here".
She took him into the living room and sat on the sofa to nurse him.
"Now it's better, right?" she smiled at him.
Shortly thereafter, she heard Dylan's slow footsteps coming from their bedroom.
"Hey... What are you doing here?" she asked him, surprised.
"I need cuddles" he muttered in a sleepy voice.
Yue laughed.
"You're worse than baby tiger" she teased him.
The boy sat down next to her on the sofa and rested his head on her shoulder.
When Yue finished breastfeeding and Laohu fell asleep, she took him back to his crib and went back to the sofa with Dylan.
"Come here" she told him, spreading her arms.
The two lay back and Wang He Di let himself be enveloped in her warm embrace.
Shen Yue squeezed him tightly and then started stroking his hair and neck.
"I missed you so much today" sighed Dylan.
He worked from morning until late afternoon in the workshop.
"Really?"
"Didn't you miss me?"
"Nah".
Dylan raised his head, hurt.
"Stupid" Yue grinned.
"I always miss you when you're not with me" she told him softly.
He smiled and relaxed again against her chest.
"You know, little tiger... There's one thing we haven't done for a while..."
Yue raised an eyebrow in surprise.
"What?" she asked.
"Just dance!"
"Didi! We are dead tired and we will wake up Laohu and the neighbors downstairs!"
"Oh, come on!" Dylan stood up and took her hand to help her do the same.
"If the baby tiger wakes up you'll be the one to take care of him!" she threatened him.
"Ok, ok!"

And so, with the volume of the television very low, almost inaudible, that strange couple began to dance in the living room, careful not to laugh too hard.
All of a sudden, the game proposed a slow and romantic song...
Dylan decided to ignore the choreography and pulled Yue towards him to dance with her.
The girl smiled and folded her arms around his neck.
"Hey" she greeted him, amused.
"Hey, cutie. You are the most beautiful woman in this huge club, I noticed you as soon as I walked in."
Yue rolled her eyes.
Her Don Juan was always present, but only for her.
"I'm sorry, sir, but I already have a boyfriend" she replied.
"Oh yeah? And who is he?"
Shen Yue pointed to a photograph of little Wang Laohu hanging on the wall and Dylan smiled.
"Damn, he's really handsome! I can't compete with him!" he exclaimed, pretending to be hurt.
"True" she giggled.
"But... There's a little problem" he said.
"Which problem?"
Dylan put his lips to her ear and whispered: "That I fell in love with you."
Yue felt a shiver all over her body.
She looked into his eyes and her heart began to pound.
She stood up on tiptoe and kissed him... And in a second she was back on the sofa, Wang He Di's hot body on top of her.
Their lips didn't leave each other even for a second...
But in the heat of the moment, they both rolled to the floor with a thud.
"Ouch!" Yue complained, rubbing her head.
"Are you all right?" he asked, worried.
She said yes... And then she burst out laughing, closely followed by Dylan.
They were really two idiots.
A small scream from the bedroom made them stop instantly.
"Tsk. Your boyfriend found out about us," muttered Wang He Di.
Yue smiled and together they stood up.
"I'll take care of it, you go to rest" she told him.
He kissed her on the forehead and, ignoring her words, went to get Wang Laohu.
As he gently cradled him in his arms, strolling around the living room, she Yue went back to bed, but she stayed awake.
After about half an hour Dylan joined her and put their baby tiger back in his crib, then he lay down next to her.
He hugged her from behind and gently pulled her towards him to feel her back against his chest.
He kissed her shoulder.
"Goodnight, cutie" he told her softly.
Yue rolled over in his arms and kissed him.
"Good night, my love".
The smile that opened on Wang He Di's face gave her sweet dreams that night.
She was happy that despite the exhaustion and the lovely chaos their tiger had brought into their lives, she and Didi always managed to find some time for themselves.
For that crazy and unique love story.

Author's Corner
Ciao!
Finally our baby tiger is born! 🥺❤️
What do you think? 😊
You're happy? 😊💜💛
Thank you so much for everything! 😘
A big hug,
Lucrezia