Week 12
With the exams finally done, all of us can start hanging around and relaxing without a care in the world. Isaac made each of us a congratulations cake for completion of the semester, each to our own likings. You cannot imagine the look on his face when he thrust a giant yellow cake at me when I came home.
David has decided to go back to his family for the holidays, and Jack is off partying with friends. I have a few days before I visit my parents again, and Isaac seems to be sticking around. He’s been baking (and eating) constantly. For the most part, he’s given up trying to fit into his shirts, so he goes around with his bare torso completely exposed.
One night, I offer to watch a movie with him, and he was absolutely delighted. We’ve definitely developed a friendship over these few months, and I do enjoy his company.
He pulls out a cookie from a plate from his latest batch and looks over to me. “You ready?” He asks.
I look to him, then down to his gut. In a moment I realize I should ask him. “Isaac, you wouldn’t be mad if I spoke the truth to you, right?”
He chewed, his head tilted slightly. “Of course I wouldn’t be mad.”
“Isaac,” I said, then held my breath for a moment. “Your body has changed a lot this semester.”
“What do you mean…” Isaac started but stopped when he looked down at his gut. He stared at it as if this was the first time he ever saw it. “Oh… oh my,” He breathed, and he turned around to look down at his tail, which had been into a giant furry slug for the past month.
He whimpered, then gently began to rub his big belly with a hand. The tummy yielded to his tubby fingers, and it sloshed gently as Isaac prodded it.
“Okay,” he sighed. “So I may have gained a little weight these past few months.”
“Isaac it looks like you swallowed a bowling ball,” I said.
He put the rest of the cookie in his mouth, then used his second hand to keep feeling the belly. At one point he grabbed the undersides and lifted the giant mass up, then let it drop. The belly gave a deep gurgle as it shifted as one single entity, then settled back into place. We both stared at it.
“I… I’m sorry.” Isaac finally spoke.
“Whatever for?” I asked.
Isaac threw his arms in the air. “For everything, for eating all the food you made for others, for ordering so much, and for making all of those cakes… I don’t know. I just… I get so hungry all the time.”
As if to confirm it, Isaac's belly suddenly produced a loud, deep growl that traveled around the kitchen. Isaac flushed in red as he held his stomach as if he could stop the noise. “Ah, geez.”
“Hey, hey, don’t worry about it. This is supposed to be a relaxing night. C’mon, grab a snack, and sit down with me.”
Isaac sighed nodding slowly. He grabbed two more cookies off from the kitchen counter before joining me in the tv room.
During the movie he slowly ate his two cookies, rubbing his belly as he did so. He still seemed pretty upset.
I tried to think of a way to cheer him up. “Hey, it’s not too bad. Maybe you gained all that weight for a reason.”
“Huh?”
“Maybe your body is doing something that you’re not aware of.”
He thought about it for a minute. “Maybe my body is prepping for hibernation?”
I looked down at the massive stomach. “Yeah, that would do it.”
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Thank you guys so much for all of your support. I hope you enjoyed this first sequence of mine! Hoping to do more in the future.