Takes place- After Kenny's twitch appearance/Interview
Even at 7 and a half months pregnant and feeling like a beached whale , there was one thing a pregnant Imogen Smith couldn't resist however hard she tried to and that was her husband's ocean blue pleading eyes he would give her whenever he wanted her to do something with him and the boyish smirk he would always give her as she ultimately gave in and he got his own way.. the man knew her like the back of his hand and they both knew it ..much to the distain of the heavily pregnant woman at that moment. Looking out of the window as her husband drove to their destination, Imogen smirked & joked " I hate the fact that even now that you can get round me so easily" " I can't help it if I am Irrestable "Tyson grinned as he took her hand in his as he drove " Irrestiable my foot. You know and played on my weaknesses, why do you think I'm carrying... " . As Imogen stopped mid sentence as their son decided to v-trigger her ribs, she shifted in her seat uncomfortably, watching his wife place a hand on her bump out the comer of his eye, The Best Bout Machine asked, already knowing the answer " is he practising his papa's v-trigger again?" "not as bad as he normally does around this time of the morning.. but he is going at them ". Knowing how much the last trimester of her pregnancy was getting too Imogen, all her husband wanted to do was make sure that his wife was happy, comfortable and content, everything else, including how he was currently feeling was something he could handle alone. Looking at the road once again. Tyson stated " I meant to tell you, I phoned Alex before we left and I have made sure that he has put the AC on for you and he told me that he has stocked up on everything from Water to those sour candy fish things AND he has fresh fruit... Yours and this ones favourite... you can even have my credit card and shop if you want something to do if you don't wanna come on stream... I know that you aren't feeling as confident as you usually do". Looking at her husband, Imogen did everything she could to stop her hormones getting the best of her for at least the fifth or Sixth time that day. Anyone who was lucky enough to know her husband outside of their business knew him as a man whose heart was as big as, if not bigger than his muscles, but only a select few people had seen him as protective as he was over Imogen, the woman who had made him feel complete.. the most complete he had in a very long time " Okay... okay, but Im using my money" " Nope.. you are gonna do as your told for once "Tyson grinned, his authorative yoice clear "why did I buy you that book on parenting... I knew it was gonna bite me on the ass'" Imy smiled.
Pulling up to their friend and unborn son's godfather's house, Tyson turned of the ignition and gave his wife his full attention, her pain obvious, the man did the only thing he could do that sometimes helped his wife, placing his hand on top of his wife's which was currently resting on her stomach/rib area, he interlocked them and exclaimed while stroking her hand and stomach with a look of glee, an expression Imogen hadn't seen or heard come from him fully in a while" I still can't believe that he is going to be here in a few weeks .... I love you so much, I didn't think I could love you anymore than I did, but every day you prove me wrong, my beautiful, glowing sealion". Knowing her husband as well as she did, the pregnant woman knew he was teasing her and knowing that he was wanting a reaction, his wife grinned and replied "you are lucky I am.... OW! Damn it". Watching his wife flinch in pain and discomfort, something that as she got bigger had become more and more common and painful for him to watch, Tyson sighed and replied "Ribs again?" "yeah, he's got daddy's V-trigger down for sure"Imogen sighed, resting her head on the head rest. Noticing through Imogen's dress the outline of his son's foot, Tyson did the only thing he could think of to help his wife and putting his hand on his foot, he stated , directing his conversation to his unborn son "hey Hoshinoōjisama (Little prince), why don't you do daddy a favor..give mommy a break for me and stop with the v-triggers. We both know mommy like to make out she's tough but I think we both know no one can survive as many V-triggers as you are giving out" all the while, tickling his foot, making the unborn baby move away from his favourite place, instantly giving Imogen relief. Looking at her husband, Imogen replied "thank you, hopefully that works... he loves hearing you speak" " he has defintley found the right spot for attention getting.. I will give him that! I just hate to see you in this much pain moose... I wish I could do more" "you are already doing more than enough Ty... plus it gets you ready for seeing me in labour and the hell that comes with it " Imogen replied with a smirk, kissing the man. As Tyson walked around the car to help get his wife not only out their car, but to also stand up right (again something that had quickly become a daily, multiple times a day occurrence) Imogen quietly stated as she stood upright, leaning on her husband just enough as to not aggravate any of his healing injuries..especially his hernia, "Ty... are you sure you want me hanging around? I...."" HEY! calm it.... okay, I want you here... I wouldn't of asked you to come if I didn't, secondly, can't a husband show off his heavily pregnant sea-lion of a wife occasionally?" he asked, his eyes playing the same game they did to get her to go with him "you are lucky I can't super kick you right now. Ok .. OK, stop, I get it, I don't need puss in boots making another appearance today, I know I am just being a hormonal hot mess again" "you are... but you're the most beautiful hot mess I have ever seen" Tyson grinned, kissing her lightly "God help me if this baby gets your eyes. I won't be able to say no to either of you... life will be hell" .
Knocking at the door, they both smiled as Jebailey opened the door... his smile bigger as he noticed Imogen next to his friend "you made it okay then " he smiled as he hugged Tyson before looking at Imogen with a grin "You're huge! Are you sure there is just one in there?" " you're looking for a black eye Jebailey. .. just so you know "the woman snapped back with a grin before hugging the man " everything is all ready and sorted for you and nugget, so hopefully you will be stress free while we stream. How is my godchild anyway?" "breaking my ribs and V-triggering me everyday, so basically they're Tyson's kid" Imogen laughed as her husband kissed her head" pretty sure you dish out hard kicks too... " "hey! never piss off a pregnant woman Jebailey, I can't hold her back from attacking" Tyson joked. Watching their friend walk away to finish getting the stream ready, the best bout machine pulled his wife into his arms and asked her once again "now, are you sure you're gonna be okay?" "Im being waited on hand and foot.... I have shopping I can do AND have mine and my amazing husbands credit cards... I think I will be okay" , moving a piece of hair from her face, he smiled and replied "you're lucky you're cute Mrs Smith"winking at her " I love you to the moon and back Mr Smith" the pregnant woman smiled" only the moon?" "away with you". As the stream commenced, Imogen couldn't help herself watch whilst she shopped & relaxed but as she did, she felt her heart break at the look in her husbands eyes not many knew about but Imogen had become a pro at spotting, since full Gear. Watching her husband lose that piece of himself as he not only passed the title on, but stepped away to fix himself, she had watched him go more and more into himself and it felt like everything she ever did to try and help him didn't work, not even when she took a few weeks off to look after him after his first surgery. As she thought more about everything that had been going on, Imogen thought about his face and response when he found out he was going to be a father. After she told him, however hard he tried to hide how he was feeling, she could see in his eyes he wasn't himself and even though not even her news helped to cheer him up, she couldn't be angry at him, , he missed being in the ring & watching this stream brought the point home more.
Giving up trying to shop, she put down her ipad and took a sip of water and while rubbing her bump, she loudly whispered "I wish your daddy wasn't so hard headed little man... I wish he'd tell me how I could help" "His stubbornness is probably one of the many reason you fell for him", turning around, the chestnut haired woman replied with a smile "Are you trying to cause early labour?" "please... that kid is half you, if anything, he is gonna be late as he can be" "ha-de-ha douchebag.. and don't you start tempting fate" Imogen laughed. Looking at the woman,Jebailey could see something was bothering his friend, & he was determined to get to the bottom of it' hey Imy, are you sure you are okay? you seem a little.... I'm not too sure' he asked, concern in his voice " If I am honest... I don't know if I am or not.... it's probably just my hormones on overdrive... I'll be okay" Imogen replied, confusion and pain evident in her voice, a mixture of emotions that the man instantly picked up on. Walking to the chair she was sitting on, he replied as he sat down "I tell you what.. Why don't you tell me what's up and then I can tell you if you are being an over emotional pregnant woman or not" he replied wit a genuine smile "What about the stream?" "they'll call me if they need me. Come on Imy... let me see if I can help". Looking at her friend, Imogen sigh ed, she knew she couldn't keep this to herself anymore, for her & for their unborn son, sighing she began" ever since Ty took his Sabatical after Full Gear, he's been different... acting different, he hasn't just been acting different..he has been emotionally different" "what d'ya mean different? "the man asked confused" just not himself... even when we found out about this one, he wasn't the Tyson I fell for all those years ago... the man who has always wanted a son to follow in his footsteps. I just... I don't know what I can do to help him Alex and it is killing me that I can't help him and that he won't let me." Watching Imogen's eyes begin to water, Jebailey grabbed her a bottle of water and tried everything he could think of to calm her down "have you tried actually sitting down and talking to him... Maybe making your hormones work to your advantages?" " I have tried, I have even tried his favourite foods to try and coax him into.. OW!" rubbing her stomach where the second generation star was currently growing, Jebailey looked at the pain and anguish on her face and replied back "d'ya want me to try and see if I can get through to him.. I can't promise it'll be much help mind but it might help you"" you can try if you think you can get through to him, don't hold your breath though " Imogen shrugged as Jebailey left her to get back to her strawberries, Pickles and shopping.
When the stream ended, Alex Jebailey looked at The Best Bout Machine, and as he did, he instantly noticed what his friends wife had been talking about, behind his well established mask, Tyson was a shadow of his former self and there was a massive part of Alex who was kicking himself for not seeing it sooner . Pulling him to the side, Alex sternly told the confused man " we need to talk... now!" looking at his friend, Tyson asked with a look of both not wanting to talk about it and not letting the woman 500 yards away hear anything "can we some other time?... I need to get her highness home. I bet she is soundo" "she is, I just checked, that's why we are talking! What is up with you?" "I don't know what you mean? "the best bout machine lied "You're a terrible liar Tyson. You and I both know that however much you want to try and hide it.... you haven't been yourself lately .. and everyone can see it ... including your heavly pregnant wife who it took me at least 10 minutes to calm down & stop crying when we were talking... " "Gen was... Why didn't you tell me!" Tyson replied angrily" because she asked me not too! but she is struggling Tyson,just as much as you are because she is concerned she is losing you & that you aren't in love with her anymore. I'm telling you, you need to talk to someone about what is going on in your head , if not your wife, talk to me." Looking at the man in front of him,Tyson simply sighed and walked to where he had left Imogen a few hours prior and as he made eye contact with her and as he did, he couldn't help but smile as he watched her craddling their unborn son as she slept, looking like more of an angel than he ever thought possible..especially after their wedding & how beautiful she looked "I am one lucky man" he loudly whispered "who is going to lose the best thing to ever happen to him if he doesn't start open ing up" Alex replied firmly. Walking over to his wife, Tyson leant down and gently kissed her lips and loudly whispered whilst moving some of her hair "I hate to wake you but it's time to go sleeping beauty", watching her stir & screw her eyes tighter shut, all the best bout Machine could do was laugh, a sound which made his wife inwardly smile "I know you're awake Genie..." " No I'm not.. It's a figment of your concussed riddled imagination" she mumbled. Opening her eyes. Tyson Smiled & exclaimed "there she is, you ready to go puddin? you'll be comfier back at home.. plus I need to talk to you about something" "Whatever you were told. It was a necessity"she mumbled sleepily as Alex laughed "I didnt mean I needed to talk to you about your shopping, but now I am checking the credit cards and the joint account" Tyson laughed. "crap" Imogen muttered.
Getting back to their home, Tyson looked over at his wife who was staring out of the window and sighed, kicking himself that even through his own dark cloud, all his wife had been concerned about was him and it had changed her and he hadn't noticed . When he found out that she was expecting their first child, they should of been a support for each other as they prepared for what was going to be their next chapter, the most happiest time of their lives, instead they were lying about their feelings (him more so than her) to make life easier all around. Knowing just by looking at his wife that he needed to right the wrongs he had been making as of late, Tyson rushed around to the passenger side door and said, blocking Imogen from getting out and up until he got the answer he wanted" what are you doing Ty? I need to pee"" we need to talk Imms..nothing bad I promise, but do me a favour? Go and sit in the nook for me and get comfy after you have peed" "where are you going?" " I'm gonna grab some water and I will meet you in there... no arguments" "Ok" Imogen fakely smiled before adding "bring those pickles too.. that's just hope I don't get stuck peeing again" before walking in" I'll come hoist you up if needed" . Listening more so to the tone of her voice, Tyson thought to himself as he watched her waddle in "what have I done" before following her in and grabbing bottles of water for the conversation they were about to have. Walking into the reading nook Imogen had designed & made from scratch shortly after they had got married so she had somewhere to go when he played video games,Tyson couldn't help but smile at how beautiful she looked, but at the same time, he sadly sighed at the sadness he saw in her eyes "hey pumpkin, you comfy? "he asked walking in "as comfy as I'll ever be with a pumpkin attached to my bladder " his wife joked Solomonly " good... cause we need to talk. I spoke to Alex after the stream and .. he told me what you said to him.. about how concerned you are about me. about me not loving you anymore". Looking at her husband in shock, Imogen looked away embarrassed, yes they'd agreed that the man could try talking to Tyson, but she didn't realise that 'talking' meant telling the man she loved and was worried about everything "Jebailey is a dead man" the woman muttered "ok hormones .. whatever you say. What I want to know though Imogen, is why didn't you tell me what I was doing... or tell me how I was making you feel? It kills me you thought you had to keep everything bottled up from me". Watching her husbands eyes fill with tears, Imogen instantly sat forward as much as she could & replied back" I didn't say anything because I got it.. I still do , even with my surge of hormones. Ty,you have given up so much of your life in order to be Kenny Omega, I knew what I was signing up for when we got together. I also knew that when you took time off that it was going to be hard for you, I just don't think I realised how hard. You aren't yourself & I have watched you go more & more into yourself since you took yourhealing sabbatical ..hell even when we found out we were having this one, the joy you faked wasn't in your eyes... not fully, however hard you tried ... I Miss you Ty.... I miss the man who makes me feel like a million bucks... I miss the man that I have been waiting all my life for.''
Looking at his wife's now crying eyes, the Best Bout Machine felt horrible, he knew that he had been going into himself since taking his sabbatical to handle his injuries... but he had never wanted to make the woman feel the way that he clearly had, maybe he was more depressed than even he knew, holding his wife's hand wanting to hug her but at the same time trying to keep her comfortable, Ty replied "Baby... please look at me. Why didn't you tell me this was how you were feeling or thinking?" ''because I thought that I was just being ridiculous.. or that.. you would tell me you didn't love me anymore". Unable to hear any more or watch tears fall from his wife's beautiful Green eyes, he did the only thing he could think of, standing up, he sat by her and laid back before gently pulling Imogen into him as much as he could so they were both comfortable and stated, whilst trying to calm her down "Imogen... firstly breathe!! Secondly, don't ever think, even a second that I would ever fall out of love with you, I love you more than anything, I love you more than wrestling ... get it into this beautiful head of yours.. I love you to the Moon and back a hundred trillon times plus some, you could tell me anything and I would stay by your side. When we got married, I promised you that I would take care of you no matter what so...." "Go on.. please" Imogen replied, her nails scratching her husband's bicep" it's nice hearing you open up". Looking at his wife he sighed before stating, hoping what he was about to say made some sense "when I had to leave to get this old broken body fixed, I suppose I thought in a way, I had let you down" "let me down how.. you couldn't" "let me finish... please. As soon as we went through the first surgery it got worse... my anxiety, my depression of being away but I didn't want to worry you so I bottled it all up, the problem was, the longer I bottled it up, the more ashamed I got... but never EVER think it is because of anything you two did. From the bottom of my heart, I truly believe that without you and this little boy..however depressed I have been, I would be in a worst place without you, you have made life so much more managable... I am just so so sorry that I have let you down & made you feel so unloved". Watching her husband show emotion for the first time in a long time, Imogen replied as she tried to comfort him the best she could with the grapefruit in between them preventing closeness" Hey... don't do this to yourself.. . you have always, no matter how bad you are feeling protected and showed us love... don't ever doubt that... Why didn't you say how bad it was? I could've helped" "because I am your husband Genie.. I'm meant to be strong for you... especially at..." "that's BS Tyson Smith as we both know. Everything you have had to go through over the last what... 200 days plus, I m pretty sure a weaker man would've given up 10 times over by now. I know it's easier said than to believe when your thoughts get cloudy and your mood dips to a point that you unable to see the positives, but do you wanna know something Tyson,you make me proud everyday, please tell me you know that ?". Looking at his wife, Tyson smiled teary eyed and replied "you are amazing.. you know that right?" "It's been said... now our son is draining me of all of my energy ...I think I need a nap, and you are laying with me... no excuses and no more negativity" "yes ma'am"her blue eyed love smiled. Standing up, Imogen smiled as her husband turned to her and held out his hands "Come on. we both know you aren't getting up on your own my beautiful glowing hippo " "don't make me sit on you".
Walking into their bedroom about 5 minutes later after grabbing everything Imogen had requested, Tyson couldnt help but smile as he watched the woman in his clothes, trying to manipulate her body pillow enough so that she could be somewhat comfortable enough to not only not cramp up but to get close to her husband enough that they could comfort each other. After watching her give up, Tyson pulled her up to her feet and gave her a hug, just like he did everytime her body and it's changes had caused her some kind of distress. feeling her try and get as close as she physically could, Tyson began to play with her hair and as he did, he heard her sigh and sniff and expressed "I know you are struggling right now Genie... it just a few more months and you can start working out properly again.. and I will be with you, cheering you on, every step of the way" "I know pregnancy is a beautiful experience.. but Im about over it " "You can hold on a little while longer, I know you can... plus we both know however we are both feeling. When this little boy comes along, everything will be worth it." Looking up at her husband, Imogen smiled "I love you and I especially love your hugs!".