She pet his back and helped him continue looking. It wasn't before long that she started filling out more. Her hips were getting wider, her bust was growing, and she had felt bad, but she had gained a little weight.
"That baby fat.." He moved over and put his hands over hers, "Mama says girls get it when they have babies, but it comes off like any other...I think Caeda is still the most beautiful girl in the world.."
She nuzzled against him. She knew the signs by now, and she hid it. She felt bad, she knew he wanted to be intimate, and that he didn't want to ask. But she couldn't bring herself to do it, not now. So, she held him and pet his mane, and tried to avoid her negative thoughts. Baby weight. That's all it was.
He told her all the time how beautiful she was and she shouldn't have to pin her weight to her worth or beauty. He was going a little crazy not being able to have sex, sometimes having to ease his ache on his own before visiting her. It didn't help much.
Her now being a mom made her so much more beautiful, made him want her even more. He would daydream about them mating, how he would have to muffle her to keep her from waking the cubs. He drooled softly, lost in thought.