Persona 4 Golden: Yu and Yukiko's Full and Happy Life 11

Fuyuhiko and Yukina couldn't believe what they were seeing, the usual breakfast spectacle of their daughter cooing and Yu whispering sweet nothings into her ear was nowhere to be seen. Instead they ate their breakfast in silence, Yu had made her breakfast and she had thanked him cordially but nothing beyond that. "You know..." Fuyuhiko hedged cautiously, "I make a fantastic neutral third party so if Yu upset you in any way, princess I'd be happy to act as an arbiter while you work things out."

"No daddy, we're not fighting. We're competing." At once, Yukina opened her mouth in realization. "Right, exams are coming up. Well in that case, may the best student win!" Yu and Yukiko both nodded firmly at her while Fuyuhiko gained a sinister smirk. If he gave Yu the night shift under the pretense of "better preparing him for life as an Inn owner", then his angel would have a massive advantage!

"Daddy, don't even think of giving Yu the night shift, I want to beat him at his best!"

"I wouldn't do something like that!" He shouted unconvincingly, but Yu just shrugged. "It might make it more challenging, go ahead if you think it will help." Yukiko wrapped her arms around his shoulders and cooed. "Oh hubby, you're so confident...so resolute and determined," quickly catching herself she brought her arms back to her belly, "e-exactly what I'm looking for in an opponent! But don't take me lightly or I'll finish you in one strike!"

Yukiko did have a few errands to run though, on Monday morning the student body whispered and gasped as the usually well-kempt and impeccably dressed Yukiko waddled to school in the Yasogami gym uniform. If there was one way to describe the uniform it would be that it "technically fit." Her gut prevented her from tucking in the white shirt and it couldn't quite meet the waistband of her pants along with her green track jacket leaving an enticing bubble of fat blubbing visibly out in the open.

She couldn't quite zip it up all the way either, her heaving bosom needed the room to expand out, gently sloshing up and down from the milk yesterday's indulgence had given her. While her fat muffintop was covered it was still clearly outlined leaving no doubt that what would be a pair of comfy roomy sweatpants for most people was a tight pair of mom jeans for the poor plumper. Her pantyline was visible and the slight silhouette of her bra through the tight white shirt was too from the mild sweat she was building up. Luckily the jacket hid the slight pinching the undersized shirt was giving to her arms.

"I'm here to pick up my uniform," she announced to the faculty office. "Ah Mrs. Amagi I have it right...woah." The woman who Yukiko recognized as the Home Ec teacher seemed to realize that the order was actually serious and not just a prank request for some kind of practical joke. Yukiko blushed a bit, but it was hard to believe it was entirely sincere considering the egg and breakfast sausage sandwich she was currently munching on. "One extra large sized uniform?" Her eyes wandered down to the exposed pudge. "Would you like to size up on gym uniforms too while you're here?" Yukiko paused in thought, on one hand she certainly wouldn't be using it for its intended purpose but on the other hand it might be nice as a pair of emergency big girl clothes if she ever got really fat. "Well I guess it couldn't hurt, I guess I'm a bit too big for this one now anyway," Yukiko giggled but the teacher didn't seem to see the humor. Silently she pulled out Yukiko's new school uniform.

Looking for the best way to put this without outright calling the girl fat she pursed her lips in thought. "We've never had a student go past this size so instead of having to provide an XXL, we instead decided to just make the XL elastic. You'll have to find the material for anything but the uniform and skirt however."

"Just *uh* I'll step out for a moment," she said leaving Yukiko alone in the room. She gratefully tugged the tight pants off leaving the smooth red line where they had cut into her tender flab massaging it gently with her fingers, the creamy whiteness of her skin making them stand out all the more. The moment she fastened her skirt, she sighed in relief...there was actually room! In fact, it was even loose fitting similarly to how her old skirt did back when she was thin. If that wasn't a sign she was a plus size mama she didn't know what was. She could actually twist and bend without worry about popped stitches or showing the outline of her panties to all the boys behind her and it didn't bite or pinch in the slightest. Even thought the milky pale wobbling flab of her thighs was on full display without her pantyhose, they actually seemed somewhat smaller since her skirt didn't cling to them like a pencil skirt and they had more room to spread out.

The shirt was a bit snugger but for once she could actually tuck it in! Her belly made a prominent bulge but it didn't strain against the fabric in the front begging for release. It sat comfortably and without issue making Yukiko rub her middle in contentment. "Look at you! You look as snug as a bug like this! Mama's sorry it took so long to get you all nice and comfy like this. Although with the way you make mommy eat, maybe you like when it's tight!" She giggled happily, every pat sending a pleasant visible jiggle throughout her tummy. It was like she was smuggling a big sack of pudding under her shirt. "Just wait until I get my new sweater, then you can have as much room to stretch as you want without popping mama's buttons."

"Ms. Amagi? Are you done in there?"

"Oh right, sorry! Thanks for the uniform, it's very comfortable!" She happily waddled out of the room and before she was even out of site, pulled a small beef bowl out of her book bag, making the faculty member pray for the future of her uniform.

Getting the new uniform from her mother proved to be even easier, all she had to do was enter her office after changing into her work uniform and turn around. Displaying her prominent panty line and just how much the uniform snapped against her bottom.

"Goodness, Yukiko! That's...obscene! How long have you been walking around like that?"

"A couple of weeks now I would guess, although I didn't notice until recently. Honestly mother I'm surprised you didn't notice." Her mother gained a teasing smirk and pinched more than an inch on her daughter's bottom. "Mother!" She squeaked out.

"It's probably because you spend so much more time seated on your bottom than before. I can only hope none of the guests noticed but I suppose next to your fecundity it's relatively minor in comparison. At least I didn't find out from you ripping it down the middle." Yukiko blushed at the thought that if she bent over right now, it would probably do so but mother didn't need to know that. "*Hrrm* It would be pointless to go through the trouble of fitting you for a new uniform I think, especially since you're so far along...we've never had an Amagi who outgrew their work kimono during pregnancy..."

"What about...?"

"I knew you were going to correct me as soon as I said it but I'd like to point out I said 'during' pregnancy so I'm still technically correct." Yukiko nodded in understanding, technically correct was the best kind of correct as her mother liked to say. After a moment's consideration, Yukina made her decision. "You need a robe for every day use and the only things that will fit you are ceremonial ones, I'll place an order with Tatsumi Textiles for some maternity kimonos for...plus size women. In the meantime just...try and stay out of sight of the guests." Yukiko was just happy that she'd no longer feel the sensation of her kimono riding up her crack or the strange feeling of having a pillow tightly duck taped to her bottom.

Yukiko probably studied harder in the two day period before exams began on Wednesday than she had ever studied before. The baby's constant fetal movements were a new experience but not an unwelcome one, in fact it helped her get into a rhythm. Gently rubbing her belly until the baby started fussing, then taking a bite of her study snack until the baby calmed, then rinse and repeat. Whenever the baby started getting too rowdy to calm down it meant it was the perfect time for a study break to feed. Then when she'd waddle back to her room, collapsing on to her bed from fullness, she'd gently explain the material she had learned to her baby to prove to herself she understood it...but more importantly for some bonding time. Meals were no longer about satisfying a craving, ever since yesterday it seemed that her son wouldn't be satisfied until his mama's gut pinned her to her chair and she had to stifle belch after belch no matter how much she snacked throughout the day. But every time she completely stuffed herself, the pins and needles feeling on the skin of her belly would be a little bit less intense and end just a little bit shorter, replacing it instead with a pleasant, tingly, warm buzzing that considerably brightened her mood. It was as if her body had decided to no longer punish her for stuffing herself to the brim, instead choosing to spur her on. The only problem in Yukiko's mind was that it was starting to make her crave sex quite a bit but that would only be a problem for this week. And besides, the neediness between her legs encouraged her to study more to take her mind off of it.

Working while studying for major exams was difficult as always but her mother's order to stay out of sight from the guests did help quite a bit. She felt bad taking an unfair advantage over Yu, but she reasoned that if she had an advantage and he still beat her, it would be really really dashing. The thought made her blush, she couldn't wait for midterms to be over!

Of course, nearly a week of indulging on rich fatty foods with no release from her husband or a lucky flare of her maternal instincts left her with an intense build up of another kind. And on the final day of testing, the girl could take no more.

"This is ridiculous!" She groused to herself, "I just bought this two weeks ago!" Her special nursing bra was already getting tight, creating a doughnut of fat underneath the elastic band despite its stretching properties and it was quite difficult to hook it in the back, only a timely intervention by hubby had prevented it from snapping open in her fingers and making her start all over. She thanked him curtly as was befitting of a rival but made a mental note to pay him back for real later. Yu so badly wanted to help her with her problem but he wasn't willing to give up a potential advantage to do so...she could always buy a breast pump after all if it ever got too distracting.

The lack of the jiggle her usually bouncy bosom possessed gave away pretty quickly what she was suffering from. While her rapidly plumpening belly had become the defining feature of her portly body, eclipsing her breasts months ago, in only a week her breasts had caught up handily. Swelling from sizable but supple Cs that one could easily hold in their hands, they had swollen up past Kashiwagi size to the Christmas hams they were now. Well maybe they weren't quiet that big but lugging them around all day it certainly felt like it. Although her nursing bra didn't have a cleavage window, the view her husband received was just as obscene. Unwilling to completely spurt out her milky payload, instead her breasts leaked out tiny little droplets throughout the day, just enough to prevent her from reaching maximum capacity. The droplets of the milk and the film of sweat that came from being a fat mama forced to lug heaving udders around created a mixture that made the bra practically see through leaving nothing to the imagination.

Her cute twitching nipples were fully visible just begging for a tweaking but he held himself back; "holding himself back" in this case required leaving the room as fast as possible. Some women's teats became brown when they were with child, but for whatever reason, Yukiko's had remained as pink as ever, in fact if he didn't know any better they seemed to have gotten the tiniest bit pinker. The constant dribbling of milk required her to step into the bathroom after nearly every examination in order to wipe off her chest and belly with a wet rag but fortunately her breasts didn't start to get overly full until Friday. Unfortunately wiping them off gave rise to a new problem, they were sensitive. More sensitive than usual. Even just brushing her fingers against the skin sent a pleasant tingling sensation throughout her whole body that made her shudder and even touching her paps sent a lighting bolt down her spine that made her moan in a mixture of discomfort and pleasure. Whenever it would happen, it took her baby fluttering to break his mama out of fondling herself like a fool.

Her whole body had softened and fattened further of course but it was her milk inflated baby feeders that were giving her the most trouble, especially now that she was snug in her new upsized clothes. "Y-you certainly k-keep your mama on her toes," she whispered to her son while hefting her mammaries with her hands. It made her weak at the knees and she could actually feel a small strain on her arms, they were quite heavy like they were filled with a thick viscous pudding, matching the consistency and heft of her plump rump. While the majority of the stares had stopped now that she was "claimed" and "chubby" a lot of them seemed to be returning much to her discomfort.

"I don't mind some junk in the trunk if I get to play with those," she heard a boy jape to his friends.

"Yeah," one responded back. "I-imagine what it would be like to suck on them. Just as a joke haha."

"Those can't be just to feed one baby...no way in hell."

"Do you think if I gave her a snack, she'd let me have a peak?"

"Nah she'd just slap you...but that would make them bounce around...yeah you should definitely do that.

"Narukami you lucky son of a bitch...damn you!"

"Hey, I know it's hard but look at everything below the tits. Narukami has to deal with all that to. Not worth it." But his friend didn't seem to agree. "Are you kidding? That fat ass is out of this world! I could watch it shake around forever." The two then got into a heated debate over the merits of each one. Yukiko thought they were both a bit off though, how could you possibly say breasts or butt were the best when she had a big jiggly baby belly to rub and bounce around? She'd known all her life that the boys didn't like big bellies but honestly now that she had one herself she couldn't really understand why. It was warm, it was soft, you could play with it just for the fun of it without things turning lewd, and best of all it was where one could feel the baby! Her attempts at asking a group of boys why was only met with stuttering and stammering so that turned up moot. At least hubby had his priorities straight.

For the first time, Chie and Yosuke were taking their studies quite seriously especially Chie. In fact, Yukiko was worried she might be going a bit overboard. She made sure to text her to let her know she shouldn't push herself too hard but she wasn't sure if her friend even got it. It did free up some more time for study but there was only so much one could study in a day before burning themselves out, so Yukiko ended up taking the opportunity to make up for her time off with Yu seemingly having the same idea. Although once her chest started getting especially tender and sensitive, even that was limited for Yukiko. It was downright debilitating, even just cleaning a room left her tingling and sore.

She tried to fondle them herself but that only relieved a little bit of the building pressures, only a small stream of milk would come out before the tap would close and she'd be left with only a way to relieve her sexual needs.The poor engorged mama even tried to trigger it through baby noises and thinking really hard about her life as a mother and while the experiences were enjoyable for their own sake, all it did was make her faucets tingle a bit. It seemed cheating the system was out of the question, although she didn't understand why. Why was her body so reluctant to release milk when it had been so willing before?

After being able to do nothing on Friday but rearrange the flowers, Saturday was when her parents finally noticed her breast situation. Fuyuhiko held up his hands and stayed silent clearly not even wanting to touch the issue but her mother pulled her aside. At first, Yukiko thought she was in trouble but while her mother couldn't stop staring at just how large her daughter's chest had grown, she gave her a kind smile.

"I think one of the waitresses can lend you a breast pump, I'll ask around so you don't have to. Why don't you take today off to get back into things? Go out with one of your friends to celebrate finishing exams?" It wasn't like her mother to coddle her like this so it made Yukiko curious enough to ask why. "Well...you've been working hard all week even with the exams and your...situation. Plus we're not all that busy judging by the guest book, just take a day to get acclimated to your changing body. I certainly took plenty when I was pregnant."

"Thank you mother, I promise I'll work hard on Sunday to make up for this." Her mother pat her flank and smiled. "That almost makes me want to give you more days off. Was that your plan all along?" Yukiko giggled but winced when the jostling sent a painful yet pleasurable spike throughout her mammaries. "Oh sorry dear are you alright? I-I'll start asking immediately!"

On the way to school though, the idea of a breast pump began to run through her head. Was she really being expected to pump her breasts herself? It sent a tremor of distress throughout her body that brought her hands to her belly for a soothing rub. "It wouldn't be right," she mumbled to herself. "Cows shouldn't milk themselves, it's just not how things are done," she wasn't really even paying attention to what she was saying, all she knew was that the idea of draining her breasts on her own was deeply upsetting to her on a basic level. "If only I had someone to milk me right now," she lamented to herself, calming herself down in the process. "I wish I could give it to you somehow sweetie, help you get big and strong but instead it's all just going to waste all over mommy's bra." Being reminded of her baby did cheer her up immensely though, at least she knew she'd be able to provide for him, that was the one solace in all of this.

"But it seems like my motherly instincts are worsening. Babies crying doesn't do anything anymore when it used to cause a waterfall...milkfall," she chuckled a bit but her mood was too dour to fall into a laughing fit. "Not even thinking about holding you in my arms does it anymore," she honestly felt like she could cry but she held herself together for the time being. The solution was probably something simple like talking to her son more, she had to remain positive and work with the hand she was dealt, best not to jump to conclusions especially when the doctor said she was doing everything correctly.

"I'll talk to Yu about it," she eventually decided. "Even your Aunt Naoto says Yu has a unique perspective on things that always helps her out. Dada will help me understand what you're trying to tell me, pumpkin," she felt her tummy growl in hunger which made her smile. "It isn't to eat less, that's for sure! Maybe cut back on dairy?" Visions of melted cheese ran through her head and she smacked her lips.

"Nope..."

At last though, exams came to an end, to the joy of some but the dread of others once they realized they weren't quite as prepared as they thought they had been. But one thing everyone agreed on was they could worry about the results later, because now it was time to celebrate.

"Yeah my dad got me two tickets for the grand summer sumo championship. Pretty sweet right, teach?" Hanako snorted gleefully to herself, and shoved a handful of sour cream and onion flavored chips into her maw as if to congratulate herself even more. "Only two tickets though so you can't come, maybe next time right?" Kashiwagi feigned sadness but the truth was she was quite glad she didn't have to go to such a thing. The teacher was glad her favorite student was so passionate about something but she just couldn't muster up the interest to watch a bunch of fat tubs of lard mash against each other for hours on end. The two were having their lunch together as they often did, Kashiwagi's lunch looking like a heel of bread and water in comparison to her young friend's smorgasboard. Sometimes she worried that spending so much time around Hanako would give her a few pounds on her own waistline but watching the girl tear through her food like a beast was great at keeping her appetite at a reasonable level. Honestly, if you were to ask either of them how their little friendship had started, neither one would be able to provide the answer. Hanako had just decided to start eating in the teacher's lounge one day and somehow the subject of the lack of decent men at the school had come up and they'd been fast friends ever since. Sure Hanako could be a bit too piggish for Kashiwagi's tastes sometimes and teach didn't seem to appreciate the benefits of a fuller figure but that was small potatoes in the long run.

"It's probably for the best, the week after tests is always my busiest. I wouldn't really be able to enjoy it with everything I have to do hanging over my head."

"*Snort* preach it sister."

Kashiwagi smirked a bit when a certain name popped up in her stack of papers. "Oh ho ho ho. Kanji Tatsumi, hm? I hear from the people downstairs he's a real troublemaker, a real bad boy. Let's see how he does."

That made Hanako snort again, this time in derision. "I wish he was a bad boy, but he's just a big softie, all bark and no bite. You know he knits in his spare time? I saw him making dolls in the home ec room once during his free period. He hid them when he saw me and dove under the table, I mean if you're going to be a big sissy at least go all the way. Don't be half assed about it am I right? I mean you remember what happened at the camping trip, snuck all the way into my tent and chickened out at the last second."

"I don't know, I think some girls love the 'bad boy with an ooey gooey center' trope. Certainly shows up a lot on TV. But no self confidence is a major turn off." The scribbling of a red pen mixed with the noshing of a fat girl, as the two fell into a comfortable silence. "Hm, he actually passed," the teacher murmured to herself. "Barely, but he passed. Good for him. Hope that helps his little self esteem problem ohohoho." But this was all set dressing to the real meat of their meeting, "so Hanako, what's the word on the street? Anything new?" The piglet sneered and rubbed her hands together gleefully. "Alright get this, apparently Mr. Kondo tried to petition the principal to have the school skirt's length shortened again. I mean how desperate can you get?"

"*Ugh* I know, that man has always been a complete horndog, no boundaries at all! Well nice to see that something hasn't changed. Next!"

"That couple that's always fighting in the Practice Building? They split up again. Said they 'needed a break'.

"That'll be the third time this year. I thought they taught you kids a square peg didn't go into a round hole back in daycare?" The two collapsed on Kashiwagi's desk in uproarious laughter, slapping at it

"What else? What else?"

"This one's good. All the boys are tripping over themselves 'cause Amagi's got some rocking tits now. I saw these two losers *snort* ram into each eyeing her up! Buh buh buh huh huh." But Kashiwagi didn't seem to find it that funny. "Good for her," she hissed out, gripping her pen hard enough to snap it in half. Undeterred, the boisterous girl continued, "they might even be bigger than yours now, course they're no match for my girls though but second place isn't so bad if you don't have my genetics."

"Is...that...so." Kashiwagi said beginning to grind her teeth. "Oh yeah, Narukami's probably in heaven right now. Kind of weird he'd want to wait so long when he could have had it all at once, but *eh* what can you do?" The big girl raised her eyebrow when her former teacher slammed the desk with her fist, not from laughter but pure seething anger. "What does he see in that fat cow?! I. don't. get. it. Does he like girls who bray like a hyena!? Does it just tickle him pink when his wife weighs more than him!? Is...is his life just not complete without a needy overly dependent sow, 'oh hubby hubby hubby, are you sure I'm not eating too much? Hubby I just have to kiss you all the time in front of everyone because if I don't make sure absolutely every person in the school sees us, I'll melt, oh look at me hubby I'm so prim and proper but I have an approachable goofy side' I mean give me a break, like we can't see right through that little act. Do you know what that little bitch said to me Hanako? She said 'I'm sure you'd understand why I turned myself into a bloated pig if you had children' like she's an expert just because she read a few articles and got knocked up. She doesn't diet, she doesn't exercise, she shacks up with the first guy who looks at her and blimps out, just shows how immature she is. Bet she threw a fit until Yu took her last name too, like the Amagi's are soooo important."

Usually the best course of action was to let Kashiwagi rant until she ran out of steam, unloading on to her fatter more confident friend being quite therapeutic, but this time Hanako felt compelled to say something. "I don't think she looks that bad honestly, could tone up a bit I guess," for emphasis, Hanako flexed her bicep showing off the somewhat visible muscle underneath, the effect was undermined by how much it jiggled but it was more tone than Yukiko's tubes of pudding had certainly.

"O-oh I didn't mean to imply you looked bad, Hanako dear, the weight looks good on you! It just doesn't suit her is all."

"*Snort* duh! Course it looks good on me, but it doesn't look too bad on her either." Kashiwagi honestly couldn't believe what she was hearing. "H-how could you say that!? She's...she's a complete and total heifer!"

"You say that like it's a bad thing! I've said it before and I'll say it again, meat on your bones does a girl good. I mean look at that big belly, she could knock you down with that if you ran into it and those hips of hers could knock a shrimp like Junes boy over *snap* like that. If she sat on him she'd be charged with 'ass'ault buh huh huh huh. Big, bulging, and beautiful teach; she eats what she wants and takes up all the space she can and doesn't care who sees, you could learn a thing or two from her just like she did from me!"

"I'll...I'll pass," Kashiwagi said nervously, Hanako shrugged as if to say "suit yourself," not everyone could own it like she could after all. "But...Hanako, didn't you used to have a crush on Yu? Aren't you I dunno...jealous? At least a little bit?" But Hanako loudly guffawed at such a concept, Hanako Ohtani didn't get jealous. "Yeah, Yu's pretty hot and if he came up to me right now for a roll in the hay I wouldn't say no!" Kashiwagi tried to burn that mental image from her brain but she still was interested in what her friend had to say. How could she not be jealous some skank took her man?

"You could just tell he knew how to treat a lady, unlike the rest of these losers and cuz everyone else here is way out of my league, I got nervous and I wimped out and missed my chance *munch* bwut I cwould *gulp* tell by the way he looked at me he was just waiting for me to ask. So Amagi must have seen that too and hit him up. I'm not jealous, I'm impressed! I always thought she was the shy wallflower 'i-i-i-is m-m-m-my boyfriend g-going to k-k-kiss me at the festival' types buh huh huh *snort*. But nah she's got a fire in her belly! She caught her man and when he told her a stud like him needed a real woman to satisfy him she stepped right up! He's always been a fixer upper kind of guy so it makes sense he'd want to start from scratch."

The instructor couldn't tell if Hanako was being more or less mature than her right now, on some level everything she was saying made sense but at the same time...well it was something only Hanako could come up with. "You're really okay with her snatching him right out from under you?"

"*Uh* yeah? I mean if someone leaves their lunch lying out you take it right? You snooze you lose, only the strongest get to keep what's theirs. Buh huh huh we have the same uniform size now you know, although I fill out mine better, but it's a uniform size meant for girls who know how to take what they want! When I move to the city, I'll bag a man of my own *oink*."

Hanako saw her friend poking at a corner of a test paper on her desk and in a rare moment of kindness, clasped the older woman on the shoulder. "What's got you down girl? Don't tell me you're still hung up on Yu? That's old news sister."

"*Sigh* no, it's just...why doesn't a guy sweep me off my feet? I mean, I'm sexy, I'm brainy, I've got a fun personality!"

"Hear, hear."

"So what's the deal!? If he wanted a girl to balloon for him, I mean I would have...probably done it." Hanako shook her head, "You've gotta be more confident girl! Or men will never look your way."

Hanako brought a sausage finger to her round face in thought. "The men around here do blow chunks though, hey why don't you go to the Inn to take your mind off of it?"

"I'm...I'm not sure I want to..."

"Aw come on teach! You love staying at the Amagi Inn, you haven't been since March!" The dots slowly began to connect in the girl's brain and she chortled. "Don't tell me you're avoiding a nice soak in the hot spring just cuz you're jealous! That's pretty lame."

"W-well maybe I just don't want to be reminded that some teenager has everything I don't!" She had honestly thought Yu was one of the few boys who wasn't scared off by her mature beauty, he had done errands for her, not once but twice! He even kept the sexy costumes she'd given him as a hint. Her little outburst had actually startled her friend for once. "I'm sorry Hana-chan, I guess I'm just tired today. I guess I'll just go home...alone...again." The normally selfish hog of a girl felt a twinge of pity for her friend, they both cheered each other up when they were depressed about the lack of male companionship in their lives but usually it was Hanako doing the cheering up. Hanako usually bounced right back up after disappointment but every time a boy Kashiwagi was interested in rejected her or expressed interest in another girl it was like she got more and more down like it was slowly beating down on her bit by bit. Amagi had been a frequent target of her rants to the point that even Hanako was sick of hearing about it.

"Guys like girls who know how to love themselves you know, if you can't even treat yourself to a spa day cause you know you deserve it, how's a guy gonna know you're worth it?" her teacher slowly nodded. "Yeah I know, but I guess they just see right through me. When it comes down to it all the makeup and pushup bras in the world don't hide anything. Am I really that pathetic?"

"Naw, you just got to learn how to go for the grab. Enough with the flirting and hints, you gotta come to them! You're not getting any younger after all." Kashiwagi could feel a vein twitching in her forehead at that remark.

"I'm not that old, Hanako," but the girl just shrugged. "Hey that's something that only seems to bother you. Weight is the only number that matters. And height if you're a guy obviously." Kashiwagi didn't know if she really cared about that, but Hanako seemed to insist it was important. Speaking of things she insisted were important, "I gotta be honest though teach, if a big girl flaunting what she's got bothers you so much, I think you got a lot to learn about confidence. There's plenty of room for three big beautiful women even in this tiny town. Hey, it's true that the people here have terrible taste but you gotta stop getting upset when girls get to the buffet line first you know? If you want something, take it!"

"Fine! If you're sooooo sure guys love women of action, I'm going to march down to that inn, demand to know why Yu didn't want a piece of this!" She stood up and shook her hips for emphasis, bringing a grin to Hanako's face. "because I'm sick and tired of being passed over and I'm going to let him know just what he's missing out on!"

"That's the spirit teach! Go get 'em!" The gravitas of her speech was lessened by the fact she still had to finish grading for the day and sat right back down. But she was going to get to the bottom of why a voluptuous and sexy vixen was passed over for a bloated waddling sow.

Luckily for Yukiko, being a third year meant no longer having to deal with such cruel jabs at her weight, at least from a teacher. Sure the students gossiped but they were easy to ignore especially with hubby by her side, although that didn't stop them from doing it anyway. Currently a group of senior girls were lounging around in the third floor hallway, having also finished with their exams, deciding to enjoy a pleasant lunch together. Of course for them a pleasant lunch was taking the opportunity to vent.

"*Ugh* what gives Atsunori the right to give such a hard test! Like I'm really going to use Chemistry in every day life, like gimme a break!"

"I knoooow! Like he has to make his tests hard so people think his job is important. What a loser! It's not that hard, I could learn it if I really tried." A chorus of giggling went up throughout the group of girls except Ai was strangely silent. "How do you girls think you did?"

"Who cares? I just have to get in the middle, honestly I don't get why people stress out about it, it's not like you need a top ten score."

"That bad huh?"

"Shut up! How did YOU do then?" The other girl just shrugged, "I know I passed at least. I better have considering all the cramming I had to do! *Yawn* I was up till 2 A.M. last night, that's just ridiculous right?" Another chorus of agreement went up but all Ai could think was if she hadn't put everything off until the last minute, she wouldn't have to work so hard. Of course, bringing that up would only lead the other girl to start complaining it was unfair she had to give up her social life just to pass a stupid test. Honestly it was all quite tiresome. "So have any of you started studying for college entrance exams?" she cautiously inquired.

"Come on Ebihara do we really have to talk about that now? When did you get so boring?" Another laugh went up but this one was less good-natured more like "stop reminding us of crap we don't want to worry about you idiot"

The triplet of girls instead decided to talk about movies, the latest crazes in fashion, and of course the available male specimens of the school. Only on the most surface level though, never wanting to delve any deeper at the risk of possibly offending those around them. They were acquaintances but not friends, and that's how they had always been. Ai didn't think herself a genius or anything like that but even a year ago she found these conversations to be somewhat banal. It was always just chattering about what other people were doing and whenever conversation turned to themselves it was usually about things they had bought or how how much the guy they were seeing spoiled them rotten before the relationship inevitably petered out and died, all the girls agreeing that the man they'd all been praising before was a "dirty rotten no good scumbag who never had a serious chance with one of them."

Right now one of them was complaining about how their father was making her look for a part time job. "He's such a dick! Gawd! If we're that short on money he's the one who should get a second job!"

"Right? What's the point when you can just find a sugar daddy in the city?"

"That's what I told him but nooooo! He just got more pissed."

"So unfair."

"I can't believe him! If my dad did that, I'd throw a fit."

"Well whatever, my older sis says she got a part time job at Junes and didn't have to do anything until Hanamura through a temper tantrum. I'll just do that, because no offense to sis but I'm way better looking," the girl giggled smugly to herself, "I'll have him eating out of the palm of my hand in no time."

"How about you just look for a job you actually like?" Ai spoke up. "You might learn something," The girl scowled at the heiress and put on a sugary sweet smile. "Thanks for suggestion Ai sweetie but I'm really not interested, okay?" But inwardly she thought about what a nag Ai was being lately almost as bad as her dad.

Of course they weren't going to badmouth their sugar mama to her face. Ai had made it clear very early on in her high school career that suck ups got treated very well by the upper crust girl. Although lately she'd been rather stingy with her gifts and it's not like they hung out with her for her glowing personality. In fact she seemed to think her unwarranted advice was somehow a substitute for a new handbag or a spa day in Okina; fat chance of that. Instead they focused their attention on a person they could put down.

"I don't know, he's probably still moping about Saki."

"I think he's probably into boys, he's always hanging out with that foreigner. And he probably clings to Narukami more than his wife does!"

"Well that explains why he liked Saki." Another round of laughter soon followed and Ai could only roll her eyes. Honestly there were boundaries, personally it bothered her a little that people still called Morooka 'King Moron' even after he had been brutally murdered but this was on a whole other level. And sure Hanamura could be a spaz but he didn't deserve to be talked about like that, it truly made her wonder why she was still hanging around these girls. She knew they only reason they were so kind to her was because of her possessions, what once tickled her pink, now left her only feeling hollow. At it was kind of a drag too, it was always so negative, this girl's too tall, this girl's too smart, that guy doesn't take a hint, always just constant negativity and complaining. Constantly putting down others to feel better about themselves, what kind of person did that?

"A person would have to be really pathetic to do something like that," she mused to herself. And that's why she was still here, because taking a high horse over these girls felt good. It hit her like a ton of bricks in that moment and she ruefully chuckled. Sure she wasn't nearly as nasty as she used to be but aside from reaching out to Yukiko occasionally, had she progressed?

Every time she and Yukiko met up the growing mother was always talking about how her life was moving forward. She took up knitting again to prepare for the baby's arrival, her cooking had improved tremendously, her performance at the inn was better than ever, and she was still at the top of the class, not to mention her loving relationship with her husband.

Compared to that Ai...had slightly improved her grades? And started showing up to class. That thought was almost enough to break out into bitter laughter, "oh wow you started sitting in your seat on time, what an accomplishment." It wasn't like Yukiko was trying to make her feel guilty, but the fact she wasn't and was simply sharing the goings on in her life made it even worse somehow. When she was chattering away with these girls, she didn't have to worry about stuff like that, no matter how much she was starting to detest them. "At least I'm not as bad as they are," she could tell herself. She knew all this and yet still she sat there. It wasn't entirely her fault, even though she had resolved to become a better person, Ai still wasn't quite sure what to do after that, she'd already damaged her chances a bit so something like a full ride to Tokyo U was out.

She could work at her father's company but something about that seemed like she was just giving up without even trying, she knew she was spinning her wheels right now but putting things off until "tomorrow" was much easier when it came to serious lifestyle decisions than spending an hour at the gym. Although sometimes all someone needed to jump start themselves was a little push

At the name Narukami one of the girls brought a hand to her chin. Honestly, bullying was an underappreciated art, requiring a delicate touch that not just anyone could bring. Leaving a girl as a sobbing wreck in the bathroom without even throwing a single slap took a great talent and the result of knowing you did that made it all the effort.

It was their own fault though for doing stupid things like getting pregnant when you were a teenager, if they didn't want to be mocked for it, they shouldn't have done it in the first place. But usually when that happened the girl was self conscious and alone, they knew they screwed up and were willing to take the punishment and ridicule they deserved. But not Yukiko. She was more confident than she had ever been when she was thin, almost like the cow took pride in getting herself knocked up before she was even out of high school. Any whispered insults or nasty rumors seemed to just bounce off of her increasingly widening frame, and to top it all off she had Yu on her side. The baby daddy had actually stepped forward to take responsibility and not only that, he made sure everyone knew it too. He wasn't ashamed of his wife in the slightest so that was another weak spot that couldn't be exploited. Even when they did insult her, half the time she seemed to take it as a compliment! Seriously, how could anyone smile and say thank you after being told "congratulations on the triplets!" It was maddening!

But that didn't mean she still couldn't take some pleasure in smack talking that stuck up slut who obviously thought she was so much better than everyone else. "Speaking of Narukami, him and Amagi have been doing something really weird. When they come to school, he hands her a lunch box and then they just bow and walk away! Isn't that weird?"

"Yeah it is weird. I didn't know she was still able to bow!"

"Hahahahaha." A smirk crossed the face of one of the girl's. "Oh I forgot, Ai likes her now so we can't make fun of her." Ai just shrugged. "You can cluck about her all you want, I'm not her babysitter." The girl eyed her suspiciously but the grin was soon back on her face. "Well whatever. Maybe Narukami finally realized what he'd gotten himself into. Like he rolled over one day and remembered 'oh yeah my wife's a big fat cow!'"

"Hahaha yeah, I get it now! He gives fatty her trough and then goes looking for some side action."

"She seems like the kind of girl who would eat during sex, probably stops him for an ice cream break."

"If he dipped his stick in chocolate..." The girl who said that received a slap on the arm before she finished but they all giggled cattily at the though of her fulfilling her wifely duty only because of the promise of chocolate. "Like a nice eclair, he better be careful though..."

"Stop, stop! You're killing me!"

"You know now that you mention dairy, have you seen those udders of hers?"

"Total tit job, probably got them when she realized she couldn't stop eating. Her family should have bought her a personal trainer instead."

"She's spoiled rotten no way they'd ever do that. Amagi gets everything she wants don't you know? That's just how it is around her. Glad it's finally starting to backfire though. She's an extra large size now you know. Can't even fit into people clothes anymore, now she and Hanako can be happy as pigs in mud together."

"Is she really XL? I think you're missing a few x's!"

"Hahahahahaha!"

"You think piggy has her own mud bath?

"Oh yeah for sure. After a hard day of stuffing her face what better way to relax?"

"I bet she got pregnant just so she could let herself go. probably got jealous of Satonaka going whole hog at Aiya's all the time."

"Wouldn't surprise me, have you seen the way her nose twitches when she smells food. It doesn't sniff it snuffles just like this," the girl proceeded to do a perfect imitation of a sow snuffling in the air adding in plenty of oinks and snorts for good measure. Laughter filled the hall once more, "god she's such a fucking pig, I can't even believe it!"

Suddenly a loud slamming sound silenced them all, they turned to find the source was none other than Ai looking like she was holding herself back from knocking someone's teeth in. "I believe...I'll be taking my lunch elsewhere for awhile."

And just like that she was gone. The girl's could only watch her stomp off in a huff right up the stairs to the roof leaving them all behind.

"What the hell's her problem? Bitch."

"Well her ass has been looking huge lately so that's probably it. I think she has some pimples coming in too."

"Oh my god! Can we talk about that!?" And so the girls went on chattering about another absent party as if nothing had even happened.

Ai slammed her feet down against the stairs so hard, that any harder and she would have snapped the heels on her shoes. "They're no different from the ones from back then, I can't believe I ever wanted their approval. *Ugh* I'm such an idiot, well I'm done with that! Enough is enough!" And she kicked the door to the roof open.

"Ohmygod!" Yosuke nearly shrieked, jumping two feet in the air. Chie, who had been taking a nice relaxing nap in the sun briefly woke up but when she saw who it was, she gently murmured "oh it's just you," before falling back to sleep. Yukiko was back in her normal spot, the arms of her husband; he'd instinctively wrapped her tightly to him and while Yosuke looked startled, she seemed as calm as could be. Yu was as unflappable as ever which made Ai even more embarrassed than she already was. "S-sorry, I didn't think anybody would be up here," After a few moments, Yukiko spoke up. "Is something the matter Ai? You seem upset?" Yosuke was tempted to cut in with a "duh" but after a day of testing he wasn't exactly in the mood to get his head chewed off.

"It's nothing important, I just needed a break from my usual lunch group is all. What are you doing up here?"

"Oh well, hubby and I thought it would be nice to get outside after being cooped up all week. It's a beautiful day."

"You're welcome to come and join us if you'd like," Yu added. Ai hesitated for a moment but they were both looking at her with such kind eyes and even Hanamura was smiling a bit, and...she just really needed a friend right now.

Silently, she sat down with them, taking great care to find the cleanest possible spot. "Would it kill them to-" she caught herself before she finished. She didn't want to bring negativity all the way up here after she made a big show about leaving it behind. Instead she looked over at Yosuke who didn't seem to mind getting his butt a little dirty, if a wiener like him could do it, then she could to. The metal radiator was taken up by Yu, his wife and the lounging Chie. "What's with her?" Ai eventually asked.

Yukiko gained a beautiful smile and delicately brushed a lock of hair out of her friends face. "She stayed up late last night studying and now she's all tuckered out. Chie always looks so peaceful when she's sleeping, don't you think." Her loud snoring made Ai disagree with that quite vehemently but Yukiko couldn't help but coo when her friend started to mumble, "*Mmmm* Muku if you don't....shtap licking me I'm gonna *mmmgh*" With the dexterity of a master seamstress, Yukiko quickly slid her book bag under her friend's head without waking her up. "There you go," she crooned gently. "Rest up now, you've definitely earned it."

"Yeah things get pretty odd with us sometimes, but you get used to it" Ai had to stifle a giggle at that, something about the way Hanamura said it, with exasperation but not really complaining about it, really tickled her funny bone. Looking over to him, she saw him looking at her with a cheeky friendliness, usually guys she turned down were a lot more bitter. The tale of Yosuke Hanamura was a tragic one, Ai had been his strike one he had been hoping to find a like minded individual in her but she hadn't even stuck around to let him finish his request for a date. Yukiko had been his strike two, and he bungled that so badly she didn't even realize it had ever happened. And finally Saki had been strike three, after that he stopped trying. But after being rejected twice herself, he didn't seem so pitiful.

"Would you like my spot on the ventilator Ai?" Yu offered kindly. Yukiko looked a bit guilty and piped up, "if it was just us here I'd gladly offer you my seat but it's bad for the baby if I sit on the ground for too long, sorry Ai." The girl smirked to herself, she could probably ask Yu to move if she really wanted to but Yukiko was snuggled up so closely into his shoulder it wouldn't feel right, she had her head perched on her hubby's firm shoulder but strangely she wasn't clinging to his arm like she normally did. "I might be doing you a favor, word around the school is you two are in a big fight," she said instead. The two looked at Ai in complete and utter shock before looking at each other and laughing to themselves. "You hear that Yuki? We're fighting, that's certainly news to me."

"The students at this school act like they've never seen a healthy competition before," the raven haired girl let out a sigh and began to softly stroke Yu's chest. "But it's all over now, we're a team again" she let out a little squeak when Yu pinched her hip. "I've certainly missed all of this," he said laughing when she slapped his pecs in annoyance. "Not nice..." the mother pouted. Her pouting face was picked up by his fingers into a deep kiss. "Better?" He asked.

"Uh-huh," she nodded dumbly. He picked up a bite of her lunch and carefully brought it to her waiting lips, reminding her why she could never truly stay mad at him. "I have to make up for lost time you know," he whispered to her half jokingly. "Let me do something special for you tonight, whatever you want."

"Milk me," she almost wanted to shout out right then and there but she held herself back just barely. "I-I'm sure I'll think of something."

"Are they always like this?" Ai asked with a roll of her eyes.

"Oh yeah, you should have seen them when they first got up here. 'Hubby!' 'Yuki!' I mean come on it's only been five days."

The two lovebirds were far too engrossed in each other to pay any attention to the teasing going on right in front of them. "Guy who's less cool than Yosuke says 'oh Yuki'" Hanamura speedily mumbled.

"Oh Yuki," Yu murmured while kissing her in between bites. "*Mmph* mmm you're so good to me hubby..." Ai had to try her best to keep from laughing. "You shouldn't make fun of your friends you know," she jokingly chided. But there was something about the way he was doing it, like when Yu gave his wife a little pinch, it was more like an endearing bonding activity more than any genuine attempt to hurt.

"Hey when you're around these two as much as I am, you gotta find some way to pass the time because," he held up a finger and put on a ridiculous falsetto. "Oh hubby, I just want to stay like this for as long as I can,"

"Oh hubby, I want to stay like this for as long as possible." Yosuke pursed his lips in annoyance while Ai giggled. "Okay so I was a little off there, but still! Ah well, at least their happy," and his teasing gaze was replaced with a warm expression that Ai eventually mimicked. They were currently slurping up a strand of noodle together eagerly waiting for the moment their lips would touch. "Dorks," Ai muttered to herself with a smile on her face. They really had everything all figured out didn't they? All they needed was each other...

"So *uh* how did you do on the exams," Yosuke ventured. Ai shrugged, "Okay I guess. I mean I actually studied this time so probably better than usual. You?" For a second, Yosuke was tempted to play it off all cool to try and impress her but then he remembered how well that had ended up the last time, besides she'd already made it abundantly clear she wasn't interested so no reason to try so hard. "Yeah me too, I decided this year was going to be the year a final took my studies seriously, this guy helped with that," he said jerking his thumb at you who gave a thumbs up while kissing Yukiko.

His answer to his great surprise actually made Ai smile at him. "Same here, guess he just has that effect on people." The young couple finally came up for air. "Yosuke made top ten," Yu said as soon as he caught his breath.

"Aw geez man you're making me blush... but thanks." He looked away bashfully and shook his head a bit. At that moment Ai made her decision, her temporary break in lunch arrangement would be a permanent one. Already she was feeling better than she'd had in months. Even their straight man was a relatively cheery person, Chie might take some work but they could at least tolerate each other. She could even deal with the lovey dovey display, it's not like her other group didn't bring their boyfriends to lunch after all. Still though the fact that even Hanamura seemed to have his life put together better than her really didn't help her feeling of dread. "'Even Hanamura' just listen to yourself Ai! He should be kicking you off the roof for trampling all over his heart back then!"

Suddenly she caught Yukiko and Yu both starring at her, they realized she was troubled by something but they couldn't quite figure out what. And in that moment, she knew if she shared with them her problems they'd try their best to help, not just a simple dismissal of "that sucks" or "sorry to hear that," but they would genuinely listen. All three of them and Satonaka would probably even try to add something. Still though, it wasn't fair to them to barge in and demand they play therapist for her. "You know what?" Ai mused to herself, "I already made those reservations for the spa, it would be a shame to let them go to waste."

"Hey, Yukiko? You free today? I was wanting to go to the spa but my usual tag along isn't going to come. Sound like something you'd like?" The dark haired girl brought a finger to her chin in thought. "Well mother did give me today off...I was going to do something with Chie but she's sleepy. Sure, Ai that sounds like fun!"

"Hubby did you want to come? If anyone deserves a spa it's you." Ai smacked herself for not explaining it was an exclusive female only affair but Yu seemed to have other plans. "Sorry Yuki, I promised myself I'd finally get started on learning the plumbing of the inn. I've been putting it off long enough." Yukiko looked slightly disappointed but she perked up and stroked her face. "I understand...Mr. Handyman. And then when you're done being industrious and rugged," she said beginning to walk her fingers along his chest, and leaned in close to whisper "I'll be there warming your bed like a good wife." Yu's eyes went wide in shock, she was practically begging him to have his way with her tonight, she must have really been pent up. She hoisted herself to her feet and let out a puff of air with her hand on her belly like she usually did but this time her wideness helped her get away with a little secret. She reached behind herself with her other hand gripped her rump and gave it a shake, reminding her husband not to forget what was waiting for him when he came to bed.

"Great, we'll meet outside the school!" Ai clapped her hands together, oblivious to the sultry squeeze that had just taken place. "You're going to love this place! It's the perfect way to end the weekend!"

"Oh I don't know, I can probably think of one better," Yukiko said with that faux innocent tone of voice, finally satisfied when she saw her hubby have to cross his legs. The usually more experienced Ai still didn't catch on though like the idea of pure as snow Yukiko actually doing something like that was foreign to her that her mind didn't even entertain the possibility. At that moment multiple watches beeped at once announcing the end of a lunch break. "Ah well, back to class I guess. This was...kind of fun. Would it be alright if I..."

"No way," Yosuke said, "you haven't even been through auditions yet!" His smirk telling Ai he was quite unserious.

"Ha ha very funny," and Yosuke received a punch on the shoulder. But it wasn't an arm tingling act of retribution like when Chie did it or an indication to shut his mouth like when it was from Kanji. It was a light bap, telling him she quite liked his brand of humor. "I'm here all week," he told her in response receiving an exaggerated roll of her eyes as a result.

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Ai quickly learned like Yu did that anything faster than a leisurely waddle was agony for the poor mother. "Ai could you *puff* p-please *huff* slow down?"

"Can't. We'll miss our train, you'll just have to suck it up." Yukiko let out a pitiful moan but obediently nodded her head, she didn't want Ai's reservations to go to waste because of her. So she grit her teeth and moved in an awkward wobbling waddle jog. She couldn't tell what was burning more, her underused muscles or her swollen milkers that slightly jostled with every step. "This spa better be worth it," she joked to herself. A week of being cooped up inside studying and snacking certainly hadn't done her already out of shape body any favors but as the sweat matted her locks of black hair to her forehead and her slightly tight panties began to ride up her crack, all she could think about was that if she told hubby about having to run all the way to the train station from the school, he'd help her forget all about it, rubbing out any sign of discomfort or strain, even now she could hear inner hubby whispering to her how terrible it was she had to exert herself so and that she deserved a nice foot rub and chocolate milkshake to help her relax. She even felt his lips on her flushed hot cheek right at that moment.

"I-if *hah* *hah* you insist *puff*"

"Who are you talking to?" Ai asked making Yukiko blush from embarrassment although that could have just been from "exertion." Honestly it was kind of interesting to watch how quickly her decorum and elegance fell apart when she actually had to exercise, when she walked her waddle still maintained a semblance of grace, every stride purposeful and matching the delicacy with which she handled everything. Now though, lumbering as fast as she could and panting like a dog, sweating and puffing for air she looked more like a cute clumsy overfed hippo than anything. Well she wasn't that big, maybe a baby hippo.

It was interesting how much difference a couple dozen extra pounds could make though, Even back in March when Yukiko had a mild potbelly straining against her sweater, visible but not protruding, she had still garnered quite a bit of positive male attention when they went out as much if not even more than Ai herself did. She had wider hips, a bigger bust and a pregnancy tummy could even be cute. But now the apple of every boy's eye had fattened herself into a cantaloupe at least, a small patch of fat that could easily have been overlooked had billowed out into a flabby gut, said gut swaying slightly with each cumbersome heaving step she took showing off just how much of that baby belly was fat. Supple yet modest breasts had fattened into true milk tankers that could only just barely match her belly's expansive growth, only the most extreme breast men would be interested in such excess.

Even while waddling with a wide stance, her thighs couldn't help but rub together and Ai could only marvel at how strange she looked. It was like some weird attempt at a power walk while carrying cement in her pockets. It garnered several whispers from a passing group of teens about how there "must be a special at Aiya's," the girl was trying her best to be speedy but also to prevent herself from falling over. Her skirt and leggings hid the worst of the jiggling but it was clear there was nothing but soft marshmallow fluff underneath, no firmness whatsoever. And of course there was the fact her hands constantly found there way to her belly when she murmured to her child, and how even with all her increasing pudge it still bulged forward with a slight sag instead of hanging down, a constant reminder that she was heavy with another man's child. It was because of this that Ai found the majority of the stares coming her way now, they looked at her long sleek legs, her modest yet enticing bust and the way she sashayed her hips while she walked, Yukiko was just the fat friend.

It was like Yukiko had become Ai's own Chie. But despite all of that, there was only one of them who would be waking up in the arms of a loving and supportive spouse come morning. It was enough to make Ai run her fingers through her luxurious strawberry blonde locks to clear out her head a little bit. Maybe instead of standing idly by and watching as a hated rival fattened herself into obesity like she would have in the past, she could help out. But after they got in the spa, fatties were most willing to listen when their bellies were full and they were comfortably lounging after all.

Making it on to the train just in time, Ai helped the mama over the step, Yukiko puffing out a thank you and discreetly reaching behind herself to yank the panties out of her butt when she thought no one was looking, if the boys at school saw that, any remaining popularity Yukiko still had probably would have vanished. When the got to their seats, Yukiko didn't daintily place her tush on the bench, she practically flung her overworked body on to it, moaning in discomfort at the bounce it caused in her tits. But it was nothing compared to the relief she felt at being off of her feet and on her bottom.

For a while she couldn't do anything but hold her belly in her hands with her head flung back over her shoulders, panting for breath. After a minute, she retrieved her fan from her book bag and began to rapidly cool down her heated meat. Kicking off her shoes and letting her toes flex a bit, she let out a truly content sigh. Then it occurred to her that she wasn't alone. Remembering her friend she let out a squeak and tried to pull her shoes towards her with her feet but it was quite difficult when she couldn't see them over her breasts and belly. "I-I I'm so terribly sorry, Ai! I truly didn't mean to be so utterly lacking in manners, oh what you must think of me right now!" The girl realized with dread that she'd kicked her shoes over to Ai's side in her relief.

With a smile, Ai easily picked up her shoes and put them by the girl's side. She wasn't going to put the shoes on her feet like Yu no doubt would but there was nothing wrong with reducing the number of times your pregnant friend had to bend over. "Hey, it's not any worse than plucking your underwear out of your ass," Yukiko's face went red in mortification and astonishment. "D-did I really do that? Oh no, I bet someone saw..." whenever she was forced to exercise the only thing that was on her mind was getting comfortable as fast as possible, the thought of her doing something so crass made her look at the floor in shame.

"Nah, I was just teasing. Still though you look pretty disheveled, it was only a fifteen minute walk you know."

"Yeah but *whew* we ran so it felt longer."

"You ran, I was walking the whole time," Ai said with a laugh making Yukiko give a pout. "Well you woke the baby up, so I hope you're happy..." looking to her belly and feeling the baby stir seemed to pacify her instantly. "I'm sorry Ai, I shouldn't be complaining. You did invite me out here after all...thank you." Ai opened her eyes in bewilderment, it was like a complete 180 from how an interaction with her planned guest would have gone. If they had to rush to the station Ai's ear would have been nagged off the entire trip there. "I'm not quite as spry as I used to be I suppose, ahahaha."

"Yukiko, when was the last time you exercised?" The other girl asked in genuine concern, it was fun to laugh and joke around but the fact of the matter was her friend was wiped from such a short walk. Even now, she was sticky with sweat and her udders were gently heaving in and out as her breathing calmed.

"*Um* Thursday. Mother helped me with my maternity stretches." When Yukiko saw her friend lean her head back in surprise, she smiled. "So don't worry, I'm staying in shape." Ai just shrugged and decided to drop it for now, she wasn't a doctor after all.

Not to mention her own breathing wasn't coming in the lightest after her little power walk. After her initial diet and exercise craze she'd put herself on the trendy fashionista program where you weren't actually supposed to let people know you had to try really hard to stay slim. That of course meant watching calories so she didn't have to exercise more than she absolutely had to in order to stay nice and trim, pig out with the girls and then eat like a rabbit at home. She'd never had an ounce of fat on her! But maybe it was time to get back into it, if she was going to be throwing stones at her friend.

Yukiko pulled out a cloth and began to dab around a bit, noticeably avoiding the area around her chest even when it was no doubt covered with sweat. Looking down to avoid asking about it, her eyes fell to Yukiko's tummy and she realized something. "Hey your buttons are all gone!"

"Oh yes, I had a bit of an incident over Golden Week so I thought it best to shelve the buttons for the time being, even if it is good sewing practice." It was true, Yukiko had ordered an updated version of her usual outfit, just as red, just as comfy but possessing a more traditional sweater appearance, all the buttons on the front having been taken off entirely. Instead of parting at the bottom in a v-shape, the rim now made a complete circle. With her plump baby belly nestled in it, hands gently gliding across the surface leading up to soft arms contained in long sleeves, it made her look especially gentle and sweet; the kind of girl who looked like her idea of a fun time was a nice book by the fire with her husband with hot tea and sweets to nibble on.

"He looks so cozy doesn't he?" She asked when she caught her friend staring. "I thought so too as soon as I saw this in a catalog, It makes me feel like he's even safer, all nice and bundled up, yet it doesn't hide him so mama and everyone else can see how big he's getting. It's my favorite jacket."

"Aren't you hot though?"

"Nope! It's made of cotton so my skin has lots of room to breathe. Although I'll probably still need to change in the summer." She giggled to herself and sucked in air as her tits wobbled. Ai could simply take no more.

"Okay, Yukiko I'm sorry but I have to know, what the hell is going on with your breasts!? They're huge! Did you drink like a gallon of milk a day over the break?" When she saw her friend getting a bit self conscious about it, she reeled it back. "Sorry that was mean, but seriously though you have to admit it's pretty shocking." The heifer calmed down a bit nodding in agreement. "How do you think I feel?" She said smiling ruefully and Ai knew that she was comfortable again. "Well if you want to know, I'll tell you. It's *um* my milk, my body's making lots of milk."

"No kidding..." When she caught the pout Yukiko was shooting her she held her hands up defensively. "Hey, I'm just being honest. They look like they could feed every stray cat in Inaba for weeks." The poor mama in desperate need of a pumping nodded in understanding. That's right, they were friends now! Which means they could be frank with each other because that's what friends did for one another. "They feel like it too! Usually they would have emptied by now but no matter what I do they just fill up and fill up and fill up a little more on top of that. Part of me was hoping the spa could help me...relax, but I don't want to get my milk all over their nice floor." Ai was a bit taken a back but she couldn't help but enjoy the fact Yukiko was willing to share all of this with her. Considering half the school thought it was a boob job and the other half were too busy drooling to even ask, she certainly didn't share this with just anybody. "Is it painful?"

"W-w-well sort of...they're very...sensitive in general."

"Ah." A silence fell over the girls with Yukiko drawing circles on her belly pudge and Ai tapping her fingers on her skirt.

Suddenly Ai began to chuckle and when Yukiko asked why she snickered out her answer. "I *pft* scuse me, I just think it would be ironic if you spent all this time talking about how much you love your new sweater only to get milk all over it. Like you spend all week trying to get them unblocked only for it to finally happen when you're wearing your favorite sweater!" She laughed some more and Yukiko began to laugh along with her, "that would be funny! Honestly I'd be happy to soak through a sweater if it means just a little bit of relief, I can't even work at the inn it's gotten so bad! I mean, I wouldn't mind if my sweet baby got something out of it but he doesn't even get to drink it. Ah!" The girl shuddered and for a moment they both thought they were going to have a lot of cleaning up to do but it was simply some small streams. "I don't know whether to be relieved or disappointed!" Yukiko joked, biting her lip to prevent her hands from wandering to her needy milkers. Ai had no idea what had just happened so Yukiko filled her in to take her mind off of the feeling in her chest.

"They've been filled up since yesterday so whenever my body makes more, it needs to...make room."

"Well hey at least it's not showing up on your clothes! Did you finally get a nursing bra?" Yukiko happily nodded. "Oh yes, it's so nice not having to worry about soaking through my top, it's also just fun to practice unhooking and rehooking the strap, it feels like a training drill!"

Ai could just imagine the mother to be doing rep after rep of opening up the buttons on her blouse and snapping open her bra. The serious look Yukiko probably had on her face the whole time made her crack up herself. The two shared a long laugh, Ai taking joy in the fact that although it had been a while they were talking like they'd never stopped hanging out. She kind of liked her earnest simple happy cow friend who was currently pushing a candy bar past her lips.

Her enthusiasm was certainly infectious and Ai couldn't wait to show a country girl what the city could offer.

For a second, Yukiko swore they were checking into a luxury hotel if not for the relative lack of height of the building. If one word could be used to describe it, it would undoubtedly be bright, everything looked shining and new, even the wood surrounding the crystal clear glass had a glimmer to it, making the place look both comfortable and exclusive. "Ah Ebihara-san, so wonderful to see you again. I take it you'll be wanting the usual treatment?" The well-kempt sharply dressed man at the check in desk asked.

"Actually I think I'd like the full package today. I brought a new guest." For the first time the man seemed to truly take stock of the portly girl standing behind the young heiress. She had a pleasant smile on her plump face and cheerfully waved, "*Um* is this where I pay?" she nervously ventured. But Ai would have none of it, "I told you already you're my guest, you being here is doing me a favor since otherwise it would have just gone to waste. So don't worry about it."

"Well...okay, if you're sure."

"Of course I'm sure, now put your purse away sweetie." The man at the desk couldn't help but smile a little, this girl was certainly different than the usual guests Ms. Ebihara brought in, which made what he had to ask next all the more awkward for him. "Excuse me miss..."

"Amagi."

The man's eyebrows seemed to arch in recognition but he quickly changed them to a more neutral position. "Ms. Amagi, you wouldn't happen to be pregnant would you?" His tone was without judgment but behind his mask he couldn't help but ponder the circumstances behind that belly bulge.

"Yes! I'm so happy you noticed! It's a boy although we're not too certain on the name, he's more than six months along now and growing bigger everyday! He was supposed to take his first breath this week can you believe-"

"Yukiko it was a yes or no question"

"S-sorry."

Unperturbed, the man continued. "I'm obligated to inform you that since you are pregnant, you will not be permitted to use our sauna. You may help yourself to any of our other services, however." It was actually Ai who pouted first placing her hands on her hips and scoffing. "Seriously? *Ugh* that's so lame, since when was that a rule?"

"I'm afraid it's a national policy miss Ebihara. Didn't you see our sign outside the room?" Ai could feel the tips of her ears growing a bit hot, the sign outside the sauna probably did say something about that but, not being pregnant herself she probably just never noticed it. "That's completely ridiculous!" Yukiko shouted out with an intensity that surprised even Ai. She'd definitely thrown a fit in her day but Yukiko's volume was enough to turn a few heads. The man nervously pulled at his collar, "I-I'm afraid that's just how it is ma'am but w-we have plenty of other options-"

"I can't believe that unsubstantiated pseudo-scientific...nonsense is still getting pushed! Unbelievable." Ai and the concierge both looked at her with shock, that was certainly an odd choice in rant. "N-nonsense ma'am?"

"Yes nonsense! There isn't nor has there ever been any evidence supporting hot springs being bad for pregnancy. Do you know how many customers that stupid lie has cost us? *Ugh* I could just...*oooh*" The girl brought a hand to her belly, drumming her fingers on its surface and tapping her foot to calm herself down. "My mother bathed in the hot springs all the time and her mother and her mother before her, heck even I do it." The man's face was beet red but Yukiko continued on regardless. "It's not fair to mother's everywhere...making them think they have to deny themselves and their babies a nice relaxing bath. I'm lucky since I have the inn but how many poor women have had no way to reduce stress?" She shuddered just thinking about it. "I was hoping that stupid law would have been repealed by now..."

"Well I shouldn't yell at you, I'm sure if you had a choice in the matter you'd let me in right?" She was smiling but her eyes held a dangerous glint that made the man want to cower behind the desk, "o-of course ma'am b-but...it's a policy. N-nothing I can do." The gentle pleasant smile returned and Yukiko closed her eyes in joy. "I'm glad to hear it, *oh* such a sweet young man, I'm sure you make your mother very proud." But before the man could point out that he was probably twice her age, she waddled off with a matronly sway to her hips, Ai giving him a shrug before following along.

"Bit of a hot button issue for you?" she asked with a smirk. Yukiko just pouted, "it's frightening to think our elected officials are willing to believe something without checking it for themselves, just blind acceptance without any thought!"

"Yeah, our lack of sauna research will probably bite us hard," she had meant it as a sarcastic quip but Yukiko actually nodded her head in agreement. Her hands found her way to her tummy and she began to soothingly whisper. "Always remember that mama will never get upset with you for being curious, okay sweetie pie? Grow up to be bright and inquisitive for your mama...so many doors will open up for you if you do." Any sense of frustration at being refused access to a third of the building seemed to have disappeared entirely. Actually thinking about it one of Rise's new songs on that album was all about grasping out to the truth no matter how hard it got sometimes, she should put that in a CD player and put headphones on her tummy for the baby!

"Then again they don't make elastic headphones," she happily joked to herself. "What was that?" Ai asked catching Yukiko by surprised. She'd gotten so caught up talking to her baby that the young mother had forgotten her friend was there. "Oh I was just thinking about putting headphones over my belly but since it's gotten so big I was worried they might snap if I did that."

Ai had always considered herself to be a frank individual, but Yukiko was on a whole other level. She was definitely one of the oddest ducks she'd met in Inaba but it was kind of fun in a way, you could never truly know what she was going to say next. And she certainly found herself having to hold back a lot more giggles than she usually did. "That's...anyway, wait till you see the pool in this place. Olympic sized, no exaggeration, and the massages are to die for! And the food-"

*Groooaarr*

Yukiko let out a series of comforting "shushes" to her baby belly as it began to growl, turning her eyes up to Ai with a hint of desperation the other girl could only marvel at the almost Pavlovian response. "*Um* could we do that first? I really need to be fed." Ai was staring at her strangely but Yukiko just couldn't understand why? Was it something she said?

Her belly gave off a needy whine again and the pampered fattening baby maker couldn't help but be slightly cross. The instant her tummy gave the slightest indication of being empty he would have instantly gotten to work feeding his baby mama; Ai's response time unfortunately left a little to be desired. "Ai, could we please get some food, please?" She tried her best to keep her request polite but a needy still bled into it, Ai just stood staring slack jawed at her new friend. Her attitude right now was digging up some unpleasant memories, that belly was probably pining so desperately for something to fill it up that it was no wonder Yukiko was losing her patience. Ai clicked her tongue in sympathy, and Yukiko had to deal with the hunger of the pregnancy on top of the fat girl hunger...poor thing.

"Yeah, yeah come on. Let's...get you fed." Ai said using her friend's odd word choice which seemed to calm her. Yukiko could feel a twinge of annoyance when she realized she'd have to follow Ai and the food wouldn't be brought right to her waiting stomach. Hubby wouldn't have made her do that...

But all was forgotten when they stepped into the pool area; Ai truly had not been exaggerating, it stretched out almost to the point where one end wasn't visible while standing at the other. There were multiple hot tubs filled with giggling chatting women and white lounge chairs lining the entirety of the pool. Most of them occupied with very rich very well off looking women and while her presence did draw some stares it was nothing like back home, there were a few other plump women scattered here and there after all. "I'm definitely the biggest though," she thought smugly, "hubby takes such good care of me," her child stirring in her belly brought a bit of a smirk to her face, "and he gave me an extra little edge,"

She followed Ai to a pair of unoccupied seats and watched as her friend stripped down to a pink and white polka dotted bathing suit that left nothing to the imagination, every inch of her trim yet soft tummy exposed to any lustful or jealous onlookers. Although one thing Yukiko did notice was when she pulled down her skirt, her thumbnails briefly hooked into the fabric around her bum and gave it a snap to better adjust the fit. Looks like she too carried a bit extra down below than up top. Ai noticed Yukiko's staring and couldn't resist striking a little pose, placing a hand on her hip and another behind her head. "Figured this would be a good test run for bikini season. So...you think I'm ready?"

"Oh absolutely! You have a healthy tan and you look like you've been swimming a lot over winter! You're definitely ready to hit the beach." Ai could only stare blankly for a moment, "I meant to pick up guys you space case!"

"Oh! Well obviously but I thought that went without saying, you're very very pretty. *Um* I'm not the best person to ask about that kind of thing though for future reference, I only know how to pick up one boy." Ai could only shake her head in a mixture of fondness and exasperation.

Here she was, baby in her belly and tits filled with milk yet still insisting she didn't know much about bringing the boys to her yard, she'd think it was false modesty if she hadn't spent the last hour or so with the girl. But that just made Yukiko calling her pretty all the more meaningful, not trying to curry favors or assure a compliment in return.

The train of thought was interrupted by a waitress appearing with remarkable speed for such a massive room. "Would you two like anything to drink perhaps a royal milk tea?"

"I'll just have a tonic water I think, what about you Yukiko?"

"Oh! Well you said you had milk right?" The waitress looked up from her clipboard and saw the plump girl for the first time, she looked like the spoiled daughter of some rich landlord which wasn't too unusual for clientele around here, what did grab her attention though was that she was clearly pregnant. "Hello? Miss?"

"Oh *uh* please excuse me. What would you like?"

"A vanilla milkshake." It was like she had intentionally picked the polar opposite of what her friend did, it certainly wouldn't be doing her waistline any favors but it wasn't her place to judge. "Alri-"

"Oh wait, I'm not done. Would it be possible to get some caramel on it? And whipped cream and some cookie dough?"

"Al-"

"Oh and a burger too of course. *Um* please don't go light on any of the trimmings, they're much better when they're juicy." The waitress stared at Yukiko for a second making absolutely sure she wasn't going to say anything else but the girl had a happy smile on her face, ready to wait for her food.

"A-"

"A burger, really Yukiko? All of the things you can order here and you order a burger! This place has the BEST caviar-"

"Oooh caviar! Does that mean seafood is served here?"

"Yes," the girl got out as fast as possible not keen on being interrupted again.

"Then I'll have a lobster frittata as well please. With extra cheese, extra egg and extra lobster. Thank you very much."

The waitress shook her head and walked off, Ai not being the only one who couldn't quite wrap her head around the Amagi heiress. Yukiko felt a poke in her gut and tittered. "Ai, don't do that I'm ticklish heehee."

"If you eat all of that, you're going to be too slow and heavy to swim! You can't be that hungry can you?" Yukiko laughed again and gave her belly a meaningful pat, "I ask myself that every day! Besides, it's the baby who's hungry and he doesn't take no for an answer when it comes to meal time!"

"Sounds like you have a brat on your hands." Ai heard her friend gasp out loud and noticed a glare on her usually happy face. "That is not true! He's a growing boy, don't listen to her darling you're not doing anything wrong, okay?" Looking up she hissed at Ai, "Apologize!" The girl rolled her eyes and placed a hand on Yukiko's fat belly. "Why am I doing this?" she asked herself, "I'm sorry *uh* baby, you're a good kid, don't cry" was what she actually said aloud however.

"I know you didn't mean it," Yukiko said with a gentle smile as she looked down at her stomach, but children are so impressionable that you can never be too careful. That's why you shouldn't call them things like a pain in the...butt even as a joke." There. That was the reason why Ai had done it, she realized. There was something great about her passion for the baby. "Don't worry I got it, wouldn't want to undo all your hard work."

"Aw thank you!"

"Still though, didn't you want to swim?" Yukiko placed her hands slightly over her breasts and brought them up in a curve to emphasize their heft. "I wouldn't want to get milk in the pool, it would be rude," which made Ai scoff, not it "would be embarrassing," but "it would be rude"

"Oh but don't let me stop you, please go ahead. And if you want to go into the sauna on your own, feel free." She cooed as a chilled milkshake was placed in her hand and began spooning ice cream into her waiting belly. "*mmph mmm mmm* mama needs to eat now"

Ai just laughed, "I came here to hang out with you stupid," but Yukiko didn't seem to hear her far too engrossed in the delicious shake. The slender young girl did decide to take a short little dip especially considering what she had in store next for them, there was no better time to do it. With a spring in her step and a luxurious sway of her hips she moved with a cat like grace to the pool and dove right in, all in one fluid movement. When Yukiko's burger was placed by her side, she asked for it to be placed on her belly not wanting to have to awkwardly turn to her side every time she wanted a bite.

Ai cut through the water like a knife, experienced and practiced it was clear she had done this many many times before. The same thing could be said about Yukiko as she easily tore through her burger big enough to fill both of her hands. At some point, Ai let herself lazily float through the water just to take in the sun's rays and rest a bit before taking another lap. Yukiko suppressed a belch and lay back in her chair, pleasantly full but not enough for her stomach to stretch out the layer of soft pulpy fat that covered her abdomen, the gentle warmth of the spring time sun through the glass ceiling was almost enough to make her doze off but she let out a yawn and pushed on for the baby. Ai emerged from the pool covered in a mixture of chlorine and sweat, muscles aching from a good work out while Yukiko shifted her bottom around to get comfortable. Her belly was pleasantly tingling from her filling it up sending constant signals of satisfaction and pleasure that were almost enough to drown out the tightness of her breasts being constantly filled with milk. Ai dried herself off with a towel and Yukiko did the same, patting and dabbing at the area underneath her chest where some milk had leaked out from her body trying to make more room for her constant indulgence.

And both girls had the same thought running through their heads when they finished. "That felt great."

Ai sauntered back over to where Yukiko was and couldn't believe what she saw, she knew her friend was tubby but she had expected to find a couple of bites out of the fattening food with some leftovers as well. What she found instead was two plates with nothing but crumbs and a completely slurped clean shake. If that wasn't bad enough, she had actually fallen asleep! Yukiko's hands rested on her big belly contained comfortably within her sweater, rising and falling with every gentle breath. Ai could actually hear the gut working to digest her feast no doubt pumping her full of even more calories, even more fat, even more milk; after an especially loud gurgle she saw Yukiko happily murmur something in her sleep. It actually miffed Ai a little bit, she'd hadn't brought her all the way here just for her to doze off after all. "Wake up!"

She had expected Yukiko to jump in her seat but instead the girl slowly fluttered her eyes open and let out a big lazy yawn, smacking her lips a little as she did so. She turned to Ai with a pleased smile on her face and half lidded eyes looking the picture of contentment. "Heyyy Ai, I guess I must have fallen asleep." Yukiko gave another yawn followed by the girl stretching her arms out, "*mmm* the sun is so nice and warm and the food here is great. Not to mention these chairs! Oh they're like a fluffy slice of heaven..." to emphasize her point she shifted her bottom into it as deep as it could go. She let out a little gasp when she realized she hadn't felt a hint of fetal movement in a while, "I think even the baby fell asleep. This is such a nice place, thanks for inviting me today, Ai." And Ai could fell any sense of annoyance deflating like a balloon. "You're welcome...

"But you haven't seen anything yet! Now come on I've got a little treat for you!"

After helping her to her feet, Yukiko trailed behind Ai, eyes alight in wonder and excitement. Usually the Ebihara scion would do this part after a relaxing session in the sauna but she had a feeling she'd still get a lot out of it regardless. It was time to be utterly pampered. Leading Yukiko down one of the longer hallways of the building, it seemed to age as they went along. Not that it was looking run down, far from it, but the modern white was replaced with a cozy golden brown color scheme that seemed very familiar to Yukiko. "Oh are we going to get a massage? Or aromatherapy? Oh or maybe-"

"If you wait five seconds you'll find out," Ai quipped which made Yukiko reign in her curiosity for the time being. The girl was more surprised than annoyed though, she had honestly forgotten the Amagi Inn was a high class place as well and she'd probably received a good portion of these treatments before. Ai certainly had never tried "aromatherapy" herself but it sounded fun. But she had her sights set on a more traditional treatment today.

"Couples massage. Deep tissue for me and pregnancy for my friend here," Ai ordered when a staff member came to check up on them. Moments later she began to strip down with Yukiko following her example after a moment's hesitation. The hesitation didn't come from being naked with another girl, Yukiko being far too used to that for it to matter, but instead her reluctance to lift up her bra. She hissed in discomfort as her breasts flopped out, fat and full and now that they were out to the pleasant air it was an even greater struggle to avoid fondling them. "Woah," was all Ai could say, her own modest b-cups seeming rather quaint although from the way Yukiko was biting her lip and with how wet her nursing bra was the blonde couldn't help but send a silent prayer. The far stranger thing though was the flawlessness of her skin.

Even Ai still had some barely visible white stretch marks from before but Yukiko's skin was positively glowing. And that wasn't all. While her lower arms and the area around her face and neck still had hints of being kissed by the sun, the rest of her was getting rather pale, but not in that splotchy cottage cheese like way some shut ins got. Instead it was almost like she had a sheen to her, the light reflecting off of her like a layer of snow in the morning sun. Her belly in particular looked like a finely polished pearl, it made all the excess seem almost healthy, like it was part of a beautiful sculpture. It was clear someone was taking very good care of her.

The paleness only made the pinkness of her lips and breasts stand out all the more like her body was intentionally trying to draw your eyes towards them with her belly carrying a slight red tinge around the navel. Whether it was from fullness or pregnancy, Ai could not say. Of course the statue motif was ruined by her soft belly gently hanging ever so slightly so that her tummy button was pointing diagonally towards the ground, so maybe a soft white pillow would be a more apt comparison. "Do you like it? It's all thanks to hubby and the baby. Without them I never could have looked this beautiful."

Ai nearly stepped back in shock, she hadn't been expecting something quite that self confident to come out of her friends lips but she recovered and laughed it off all the same. "Yeah, you look great! Actually...damn could I get the name of your lotions?" But Yukiko just smiled, with the way she tenderly rubbed her tummy and looked down with such love and kindness she looked about four or five years older than she actually was. "Happiness and a loving husband," she let out a soft giggle that made Ai roll her eyes good-naturedly. "If I could buy those at a store, don't you think I would have done that by now? Now cough it up Amagi." Her words were crass but her tone was jovial.

Yukiko laughed joyfully and gladly told Ai her secrets, half of Yukiko's products were things she used herself while others were local mixtures made in Inaba, and unless they were putting fairy dust in those, Ai truly had to believe that her lustrous shine was due to the the pregnancy. Just then, two other women arrived in the room carrying various ointments and equipment, one younger and one older. The older one took one look at Yukiko and knew which one would be her charge. "Whenever you're ready to begin ma'am."

"Oh! That was certainly fast! *Um* if I could make a request, would it be possible for me to do it while lying on my side?" The woman laughed at this making Yukiko cock her head in confusion. "All prenatal massages are on the side dear." The girl let out a "o" of realization, Yu had been giving her prenatal massages this whole time without her even knowing.

As the massages got under way, Yukiko couldn't help but feel something was missing. With the warm towels draped over her chest and lower body not even her sensitive areas were protesting but it just didn't feel as good when someone was paying for it and not doing it out of love. It still felt quite good though. "Ai...this is *mmmm* fantastic." A pop of her shoulder made her groan in relief, "do you-"

"Not now Yukiko, now it's quiet time *hmmm*" and Yukiko quickly shut her mouth. One of the few complaints she had received when she gave massages at the inn was that recently she'd been too chatty. "She was quite beautiful and her hands were like velvet but I just couldn't lose myself in the feeling because she kept asking me about my day job," her mother had read aloud one day. "Yukiko I'm glad you're becoming more sociable, truly I am, but people receive massages to forget their troubles not be reminded of them." At least Rise and Chie agreed that was weird, how could you truly relax without knowing you were in good loving hands?

Every even slightly sore muscle was massaged and tended to with expert precision, Ai deciding on a hot stone massage. "Oooh this feels so nice, if only you could rest on your front huh Yukiko?" she teased. But Yukiko just shrugged in the middle of her own shoulder massage. "It's worth the trade off," she shot right back making Ai grin wolfishly. The dark haired girl quite enjoyed her facial massage, instantly feeling any tension or worry evaporating away, even the neediness in her chest seemed like a distant memory. "I'll have to tell hubby about this one...and I could do it for him too," the thought made her relax even more. Leaning her head back, having her feet rubbed, it was difficult not to think of herself and Ai as two princesses. The feeling was amplified when the massage stopped and Ai suddenly became talkative again. "So...Yukiko, tell me what it's like hanging out with the Risette." They spent the next half hour chattering and laughing about their various experiences and friends. The conversation shifted to makeup and clothing, now that Rise was gone it was nice to have someone to chat with about this kind of stuff, Naoto and Chie were great but they just didn't see the appeal in making things look as pretty as possible. The two spent a long time on the art of flower decorating, Ai mentioning she'd never really done such a thing with Yukiko extolling just how deeply you could get lost and how beautiful your creations could be. "You need to have a lot of patience but if you really try to get into it, it's very rewarding."

"My mother is into that, maybe I should recommend your place to her," one of the maids joked while doing the nails on Yukiko's hands. Ai preferred her servants quite and her acquaintances would usually give them a look of pure annoyance whenever they spoke up and answer curtly but Yukiko actually responded back. "Maybe I can convince her to let you work for us instead!" And a giggle went up throughout the room.

Facial masks were applied and feet were delicately dipped in rose water as the nails on those were done as well. Part way through a bowl of chocolate was brought in and an attendant alternated popping chocolates in each of the girl's mouths, hair was rinsed and soaked but tragedy struck when Yukiko was prevented from getting a seaweed wrap. "Shouldn't have gotten pregnant," Ai teased a bit and Yukiko just grumbled about discrimination in the government against pregnant woman but soon the smile returned to her face and she allowed herself to relax. "Well that's okay, my chest is still a bit too tender for that. Is there something else that I'm able to do?" One of the attendants smirked and opened a nearby door revealing an entire tub. "Warm baths are allowed for expecting women, so feel free to climb in." Seeing Yukiko's hesitation she piped up, "oh don't worry it's perfectly safe for the baby."

"That's great but my pregnancy is a bit special, you see I've *um* started lactating a bit early so..."

"Idiot, it'll drain with the bath water, so go nuts." The attendant nodded to confirm Ai's words and Yukiko happily dropped her bath robe to take a soak but not before grabbing her bowl of chocolates.

"Aaaaaah," she sighed out, perfectly warm. Her fattened tush spread out against the bottom and she allowed her arms to hang over her back flattening against the tub and letting her breasts bulge out without restraint and in her leaned back position her tummy easily broke the surface of the water, the only issue was that her newly fattened tits were in the way. Yukiko pouted when she realized she couldn't pat it on the top but that didn't mean she couldn't give it a nice soothing rub! Her whole body felt lighter and it was oh so relaxing. "You're getting so big!" she cooed. "So so big *hmmm*" She just felt...happy. Happy to be pampered, happy to have made a new friend and happy that her darling was probably feeling just as good as she was.

The only thing that was missing was Yu but he was probably working hard getting to know every aspect of the inn's pipes it would be a shame to interrupt him. At first, she delicately picked out a single chocolate piece but then when she thought of Yu and noticed that she had the bath to herself, she suddenly gained a smirk and took an entire handful of chocolate, shoving it right into her face and letting out a loud groan. Seeing the chocolate stains around her face and the residue on her fingers in the nearby mirror, she felt oh so naughty and gained a wicked grin. If she had brought her phone, she probably would have sent a picture to Yu right then. One by one, she began to delicately stick each chocolate covered finger into her mouth and let it out with a loud gluttonous *pop*.

"Oooh Yu *pop*, I just can't help myself any more! You've spoiled me far too much!" She took another handful and gleefully shoved it into her mouth. "at this rate I won't be able to stop myself from generously sampling everything I cook. Oh what would you think of me? A fat *pop* little wife who can't even keep her fingers from the mixing bowl?"

"*Mmf* *pop* your daddy gave this up you know, when he has his sights set on something he does it no matter what. And making you a happy baby boy is on the top of his list *pop* ahahaha. You're on the top of my list too." With a small layer of steam curling gently up from the tub creating a cozy warm feeling, the relaxed sensations all over her body, and being alone with her baby, only one thought could possibly come into her mind.

"We love you." A tingling sensation went up her spine and for a second she cried out in relief hoping it would at last be the moment she had been waiting for but it was just more maintenance a small amount puddling around her protruding nubs. "What am I doing wrong?" she wondered in distress but in that moment she felt a soft fluttering from her womb and all was right in her world.

Just then, Ai came bounding in. "Move over," she shouted. "My skin just got exfoliated and I need to soak too." Water sloshed about as Yukiko shifted around to make room for her friend to stretch her legs. "Heehee Ai your foot is still tickling my butt!"

"Well maybe my foot isn't the problem..."

"Hey!" Yukiko shouted in mock offense but she dutifully shifted over a little more regardless. Ai let out the same relaxed sigh Yukiko had just a few minutes before but stopped when she noticed the white pool around her friend's breasts. "Ah, Yukiko that better not be what I think it is..." the raven haired beauty gasped in offense. "I-I would never do something so vulgar! It's just my milk! Honestly, Ai." Ai was tempted to point out that it being her milk was bad enough but once she really started to settle into the water she gave off a grunt of acceptance. "Meh whatever. This bath is far too good for me to care."

The two leaned their heads back simultaneously, both breathing deeply through their noses and letting out sighs. Ai sat there in silence but Yukiko lazily rubbed her belly while popping chocolate after chocolate in her mouth. With no distractions between her and her portly friend, Ai had no choice but to let her thoughts wander. "It's just milk, huh?"

"Hmm? Did you say something Ai?" The other girl sighed deeply, this time from a release of pent up emotions. "How do you do it Yukiko?"

"Do what?"

"Stay...so cheerful all the time. I mean...the things some people at school say about you..." she cut herself off right there letting the statement hang in the air for a little while. Yukiko was looking at her in shock but not for the reasons Ai thought she was. "She thinks I'm...cheery? I know I've been making progress but still...oh my. I'm...cheerful." Her eyes became half lidded as her cheeks pushed them up in a blush, that gloomy perpetual downer of a girl from a year ago faded just a little bit further into her memory.

She was turning into a bright ray of sunshine just in time for her child to be born and that thought made her heart skip a beat. Realizing she was leaving Ai hanging and realizing her friend looked almost desperate for an answer she gladly complied. "I mean, why wouldn't I be? Yu and I are having a child together and not only that but he wants to raise him together...with me. And he's happier than I've ever seen him too a-and I can feel the baby kick and move and the doctors say I have a perfect bill of health and my parents and Yu get along great now and-" Ai had a feeling that would probably go on forever if she didn't speak up. "Yeah but...you know doesn't it bother you what people say? Like they say you're a...slut and you got pregnant just for the attention."

Yukiko looked like Ai had just struck her across the face. "Do you think that?" And Ai felt like absolute garbage quickly making to rectify her mistake. "No, no of course not! I mean you never shut up about the baby!" Instantly Yukiko resumed her cheery countenance. "Oh, okay then it doesn't bother me at all, nope. You had me worried there for a moment."

"So you really don't care at all?"

"No, I mean I've always heard people say that you were a cruel bully but that's not true at all!" Ai winced at the girl's oblivious honesty not really having the heart to correct her, still though she couldn't help but be a little touched. "I'm not all that nice, you just caught me in a good mood today is all." But even her sarcasm couldn't hide the blush on her face.

"Besides, I think their tunes will change when they have babies of their own. Then they'll be far too fulfilled to worry about others."

"Is that how the baby makes you feel? Fulfilled?"

"Oh goodness yes. Fulfilled and joyful and eager for every brand new day, it's the best thing that's ever happened to me. And the fact that it's Yu's adds to all of that. It's OUR son inside of me and I'm the one he wanted to have him with...*mmmm*"

Yukiko fell into what seemed like a peaceful trance, cradling her bump and lying back it almost looked like she was going to fall asleep again.

"How did...how did you know...like when did you realize being pregnant was fulfilling to you," Ai asked lacking her usual bravado, it was in that moment Yukiko began to suspect her friend might be less sure of herself than she let on so she gave her answer accordingly. "I didn't at first, there was a lot of panic and doubt...but then when Yu said he wanted to raise it with me and I realized just how lovely our little inn really is, I knew our son was a blessing that would only bring everyone closer together and not further apart. Does that answer your question?" Ai appeared shocked that her somewhat ditsy friend had seen right through her, looking at her with that same concerned yet kind expression her husband often did. "Ai...we're friends right?"

"Of course we're friends what kind of stupid question is that?" Yukiko's smile became even kinder, "friends tell each other when something is bothering them, so please...what's on your mind?" Ai had to give the mother credit for that, now there was no way to brush her off without seeming rude. "Besides I was just bitching about how I could never do this with my other friends, how pathetic would I be if after all that whining I chickened out." So Ai sighed and shifted around a little, water sloshing about as she got comfortable. "It's just...I want something like that, you know? Something that makes me happy to be me, shopping and accessorizing is like...fun and all but you can't really get passionate about spending someone else's money." She laughed almost bitterly at her own joke. "I feel lost Yukiko," she summarized. Water began sloshing about far more intensely as her tubby friend began to sit up in the bath, to Ai's surprise, she reached a hand over and stroked the delicate pink knuckles on her hand. "Thanks for opening up to me, I'm glad you feel you can."

Ai swatted her hands away in faux annoyance and sniffed. "Yeah yeah don't make it all sappy," but her eyes were bright and thanking Yukiko for listening. But Yukiko's answer was not what she was expecting at all.

"I'm glad you trust me enough to share your burden but truthfully I don't know you well enough to answer the question." Ai seemed disappointed but then she shrugged her shoulders. "Yeah, it would be pretty lame of me to get mad at you for not being a miracle worker."

"Right, not all of us can be Yu," Yukiko giggled while Ai rolled her eyes, it was like she found ways to be annoyingly lovey dovey even when they were separate. "But what about your parents? I mean...they know you better than anyone! Have you talked to them?" Ai actually looked a bit bashful as she turned away from her friend's gaze. "No...dad's so busy that I don't want to bother him with my whining. I've already relied on him waaay too much for things lately, I have to figure this out myself."

"No you don't!" Yukiko's shouting actually managed to startle Ai enough to spill water over the rim of the tub, the raven haired girl was staring at her intently and if Ai looked under the water she would see the girl's hands balled up into fists. "Oh Ai, your parents love you and they just want to help you in any way they can. Asking your parents to give you guidance isn't being a burden and they'd love to talk about your feelings with you. We don't think it's whining at all!" Immediately Yukiko caught what she said and began to stutter, "I-I mean your father most likely wouldn't..." but Ai began to first chuckle and then laugh heartily. "Ahahaha already considering yourself a parent huh? Well if I had to lug that thing around all day I probably would too," and for the first time she began to rub Yukiko's tummy. Puffy and fat but with clear signs of a new life growing inside.

"It's funny to think this little guy can change a person so much huh?

And to Yukiko the loving attention her baby was receiving was almost as relaxing as the luxury treatment she had just received. "Aunty Ai," she mused to herself and cooed when the baby gave a kick of agreement. "Woah I felt that one! Glad I didn't put my face up to it. Damn."

"No cursing," Yukiko murmured, leaning her head all the way back, enjoying the tummy rub and the stirrings of her baby. A quick spurt of milk and a moan from Yukiko's lips quickly sent Ai back to the other end of the tub and when the happy breeding cow noticed what happened she let out a giggle. "It's just milk Ai. Don't they give milk baths here?"

"Well I mean yeah but that's different, *ugh* I can't believe you almost just milked on me! Warn me when you're going to do that!" Yukiko bit her lip and brought her plump teardrop breasts out of the water with a moan. "If I could do that...I wouldn't be having this issue," with Ai laughing in response giving a sympathetic smile afterwards. "But it's all worth it right?"

"Yeah, yeah it is."

A pregnant silence soon followed with the girls musing over the previous conversation. "I used to think I'd just be burdening others too," Yukiko eventually said. "That my feelings weren't really worth anyone's time and the best thing I could do for everyone was just to hold it all inside me. And because I tried to hold everything inside and refused to talk things out...I made all these perceptions inside of my head that weren't true at all. Like thinking my parents would hate me if I said I didn't want to inherit the inn after everything they've done for me." Ai looked to her in astonishment and Yukiko fixed her in a gentle gaze. "I didn't think it was fair that you were the only one who shared something personal."

"So wait, you're telling me that you, perfect Princess Amagi, didn't want to inherit the inn!?"

"I thought I didn't but that was an overreaction. I just didn't like how nothing seemed to be my choice."

"So I thought being strong meant taking on everything myself. Guess who brought me back to my senses?"

"Yu?"
"Yu!" Both girls said at once. Ai was looking at her with a quiet fondness that Yukiko hadn't been expecting. "I get it, you're trying to get me to not make your same mistake...I guess in my own way I have Yu too and his wife." The way Yukiko hummed after she said that which actually made Ai grin ear to ear, it felt good to make this girl smile. Honestly people at school always compared her to a cow or a pig but she was getting more of a mother hen the way she cooed and chirped the way she sat there looking so pleased and of course the round shape of her belly. "You also have Yosuke," Yukiko pointed out.

"Huh, Hanamura? Why?"

"Yu told me he's also not certain what he wants to do so he's going to college to broaden his horizons. I think maybe...you two could help each other out." Ai brought a finger to her chin in thought, before nodding. "Yeah I guess I could, he seems alright I guess. Thanks for the tip."

"Sometimes he says things without thinking but he means well," Ai raised an eyebrow at that tempted to point out Yukiko suffered from the same problem before remembering she herself had it as well. Speaking of shared problems it was then she noticed the smudge of chocolate on her friend's face. "*Uh* Yukiko is there any chocolate left?" The tubby mama checked the nearby bowl, "no. I'm sorry I must have eaten it while you were getting your treatment." Ai watched as Yukiko smudged it off with a finger seemingly deciding whether or not to suck on her finger but deciding against it at the last moment. "Yukiko...that was a bowl meant for two people."

The girl meaningful rubbed the space near her navel and gave off a cheerful "exactly!" in response seemingly oblivious to just how podgy that belly of hers was getting not to mention the spread of her hips heck even her once angular face and dainty arms seemed softened and fatter.

Well if Yukiko was going to help Ai avoid her past pitfalls then Ai would do the same for her friend!

When the girls left the comfort of the bath in order to dress themselves, Ai made her move...after starring at Yukiko's rump for quite a bit. Those were certainly some juicy drumsticks she had and it was just beginning to do the thing that truly fat asses did where they ballooned out into a wide wobbly shelf although right now you wouldn't even be able to rest a cup unless it was a shot glass. Every single part of the chubby mother wobbled and bounced as she toweled herself off belying the fact that not one single part of her held a semblance of slenderness or tone. Yukiko wasn't just getting fat, she was fat and was only going to get fatter if someone didn't say something. "Yukiko do you normally eat like you did today?"

"Lately I have been. Why?"

"Don't you ever get tired of being controlled by your stomach? Like wouldn't it be awesome if you weren't constantly hungry?" Yukiko toddled around slowly to face Ai with a grin on her face. "I'm not controlled by my stomach silly! The baby tells me what to eat," she gained a somewhat naughty smirk and looked down not quite able to meet Ai's face. "And hubby's food is so delicious that I'm glad I get to eat it as often as I can." Ai was glad her friend was keeping her positive attitude but surely there was a limit? She decided to stop beating around the bush and just come out and say it. "Yukiko you're fat. You look like you're in your final month of pregnancy and with the way you eat you're only going to get fatter." When she saw the shocked look on Yukiko's face she put her hands on her hips defiantly. "Yeah I said it! Because that's what friends do! Being fat is awful and the fatter you get the harder it is to break out of. What happens after you give birth? Then you'll really be a slave to your belly because you didn't say no to that appetite of yours now and let it plant you on the couch all day!"

"You know what, there's this gym here and you can be my plus one, in fact we could go right now."

"Ai-"

"Actually that's fair you're right not everyone has my kind of free time. But that's no excuse tubbs! Tell you what, I'll make you a home exercise routine you can do, one that'll make you look nice and toned for your man. Geez you could have at least borrowed Satonaka's exercise regimen when you were taking after her eating habits!"

"Ai-"

"It's fine if you want to start off light at first but you have to start now! I mean you can't even run to the train station without being wiped. And you're starting to get lunch lady arms." After she said that she kept ranting but Yukiko her arm comment made Yukiko examine the dangling fat on her formerly lithe limbs wobbling it around and squishing it while Ai talked. She was completely enraptured.

"Hey, Yukiko! Are you even listening to me?" The girl gave her arm flab one final bap with two of her fingers and with a giggle turned back to her friend. "Oh actually I enjoy being plush and soft. But thanks for the offer," and she continued to dress herself as if what she had just said wasn't the oddest thing Ai had ever heard. "Wha...how!?" The former fat girl took a deep breath to calm herself, there was obviously a much more logical explanation than someone actually liking that they were fat. "Look...I know losing weight is hard and sometimes it's easier to pretend it's not so bad but..."

"Not so bad? It's great! Watch this!" Yukiko pulled the fabric of her stockings up and over her tummy with her thumbs before letting it go with a *snap.* It thwaped against her belly fat causing a noticeable ripple on the surface of her stomach which made Yukiko laugh joyously. "Isn't that fun? Now where did I leave my skirt...?" When she turned around Ai couldn't help but cringe at how much her leggings resembled tight yoga pants. She already looked like a pale flabby doughy house mom who let herself go after two kids.

On her way to some low intensity jogging before picking up some pastries and a sugary drink. Except she hadn't even had her first yet. Although it did make Ai realize something she had overlooked, Yukiko wasn't straining to get a size small over her burgeoning curves, she in fact was quite aware of her size. "So wait...you know you're fat and you're okay with it? Really?" Yukiko was looking at Ai strangely and grasped her plump belly with her hands. "Yes, I was skeptical at first too but it's really quite a fun time. I jiggle and bounce everywhere and there's so much fluff to play around with. Not to mention how soft I'm getting." She sunk a finger into her cheek for emphasis and when Ai was silent she began to tap and poke at her belly, holding back a laughing fit as the fat popped right back whenever she touched it.

Ai pinched the bridge of her nose. Yukiko was...odd, she knew that far too well so yeah, maybe she did find her tons of fun to be tons of fun. "Okay but don't you miss being able to do things without doubling over? And don't you hate feeling tired and lazy all the time?"

"Oh I always feel energetic. My sweet baby gives his mama some of his extra energy, don't tell Yu but I think it gave me a bit of an edge on this last exam session." Ai certainly couldn't dispute that, Yukiko was too chipper lately to be considered lazy. "I meant more like...lethargic I guess? Like do you even feel like getting up for run anymore or do you just sink deeper into the couch?"

"I never felt like going for a run! Honestly Ai, I've never been particularly active person and now that I'm getting ready for motherhood, it's time for me to start slowing down. Truthfully, I don't think rushing around everywhere is the way for me to be anymore, you know? I really just want to cozy up with my husband and my baby. I mean the only reason we had to rush to the train station today was because we were disorganized right? And mother's shouldn't be disorganized or panicked.

"I quite enjoy my slower paced life," Yukiko said with a finality that surprised even Ai. The girl opened her mouth to speak and then closed it, titling her head towards her finger. Honestly at this point it was getting into "agree to disagree" territory. What was she going to do? Slam Yukiko against the wall and insist she secretly hated being fat and was just lying to herself? If the girl wanted to be a slow ponderous cow that was her choice but Ai did have one more thing to bring up. "What about your husband? I know he's like the least shallow guy on the planet but I don't think it's very fair to him to balloon up as soon as he puts a ring on your finger." Yukiko gave off a little "pfft" of laughter which produced a glare from Ai. "Something funny about what I said?" But the girl's earlier good humor had been replaced with a quiet musing.

"Should I tell her? I mean it is Yu's little big secret. But then again...maybe it would be better if it wasn't." Plus she kind of wanted to see what Ai's reaction would be. "Actually," she said, "hubby likes me plump." Ai stared wide eyed like Yukiko had just grown a second head making the giggly girl snicker mirthfully. "That's how I felt too at first but now...oh Ai I've never felt more beautiful the way he gets around me now!" Yukiko's face became as beat red as Ai's as she realized what she had just said. "*Um* but yes Yu does quite enjoy my cuddle fluff."

"No way," the haughty girl said with a shake of her head. "Guys don't like girls who are fat! They just don't!" She stomped her foot hard enough to make her body shake a bit. Yukiko's eyes widened at her friend's outburst and she stepped back a bit, it wasn't that unbelievably was it? It made her get a little bit indignant in the face of such doubt.

"Well this one does, he rubs my belly and calls me his cream puff! He even hand feeds me and squeezes my flab when no one's looking. He can't keep his hands off me nowadays, so there!"

Yukiko's tongue had been just the slightest bit faster than her brain once again and after the words registered, she couldn't even meet Ai's eyes and looked to a very interesting spot of ground instead, her face taking on a healthy red hue. But while Yukiko heated up, Ai found herself cooling down, taking a deep breath and shaking her head. "No boy would ever want a fat girl, lose some weight tubby, geez I sound just like them don't I? What a piece of work huh?" With a teasing smirk she slapped Yukiko right on her fleshy flank and snickered. "Well they don't call them love handles for nothing I guess."

"A-Ai! Stop it!" But any real annoyance was gone from her voice and the slightest hints of a smile were visible on the mother's face. "You know it's not that weird really," Ai said, "this one guy I was with, get this, loved the sound that high heels make when you walk across a tile floor. Like how does that make any sense, right?" Yukiko's laugh was interrupted when she had to suck in air to put her bra back on, and then again when it came time for the uniform and once more when it came to the sweater. "Geez I almost feel bad about keeping you here, you need to get those things pumped stat!"

"Y-yeah it's g-getting pretty r-ridiculous." She was almost tempted to ask Ai to leave the room so she could have a quick fondling session, that's how truly sensitive and tender they were getting. Her body was just far too used to having an intimate experience after a good meal and a warm bath, and they hadn't been together all week. All this talk about how much Yu loved her fat certainly didn't help matters nor did Ai's continued teasing. Part of her still couldn't quite believe so she couldn't help but ask a few probing questions.

"So like for foreplay do you just eat a bunch of doughnuts or something?"

"Ai!"

"Just asking, don't bite my head off. Get it?"

"Oooh I'm starting to regret telling you now. If you're just going to tease me than you can just be quiet!"

With a brief wave goodbye and a promise to return sometime, the girls checked out and were on their way home. But for whatever reason Ai took a bit of a detour right when they were about to return to the station. "Where are we going, Ai?" Yukiko asked calmly, a stark contrast to her being reduced to spluttering out half sentences on the way to Okina. "You'll see," was all that she said in response. Eventually the two girls ended up in front of a pretty pink store that looked like Ai had painted it herself, the delicious smells coming from within soon had Yukiko salivating and right on cue her stomach grumbled. "Strawberry banana crepe please," her friend ordered. Just as Yukiko began to dig in her purse to pay, she caught sight of the crepe being thrust in front of her. "Ai...is this for me?"

"No I just like to hold my arm out for no reason. Yes it's for you!" She shook her head in mock exasperation. "What are you waiting for? Eat it already!" Yukiko certainly didn't need to be told twice, mewing in delight as the sticky jam rushed over her taste buds and the fluffy pastry crumbled in her mouth. "Man if eating good food makes her this happy no wonder Yu likes to feed her."

Yukiko gave her belly a satisfied two handed pat right around her navel, "absolutely scrumptious. I'll be craving those for weeks."

"Well maybe not after this," before Yukiko could ask what she meant, Ai swayed over to the counter. "I'll take three of the chocolate and vanilla icing ones, could you put them in a box? Thanks." Yukiko was speechless as they walked out of the store together Ai cradling a box of those delicious pastries in her arms. "Can I...?" she cautiously ventured.

Ai just snorted. "They're all for you, you ditz. Help yourself. But so much sugar and carbs will pack on the pounds in no time, got it?" Yukiko widened her eyes before settling into a gentle smile. "Yeah, I understand what you mean. Thanks Ai."

Ai tried to think of something witty to say but seeing the pure joy on her friends face made all the sarcastic remarks die in her throat. "...you're welcome. And hey, if you ever feel like losing some of that jelly belly, you know who to call."

"With the way I've been eating today...certainly not you!" And to emphasize her point she began to munch on another one of her sweet treats. "Bwuh *gulp* but this was so much fun. We should definitely do this again sometime. Hey...next time you should come to our inn! I think you'll enjoy it as much as I enjoyed today, consider it my treat." Ai pondered for a moment before grinning, "yeah okay that sounds fun. Then I can finally see if you guys are all talk or not." Yukiko got a strange gleam in her eye like some kind of gauntlet had just been thrown down . "You're on!" but her bravado faded when she took another bite of the crepe. It was hard to look dough mewling over a pastry after all.

The two sat on the train in silence for a while with the only sound being the clacking of the tracks and Yukiko's munching. Eventually Ai pulled out her cell phone and shot a text message to someone, a short while later a notification sounded and she let out a sigh when she saw who it was. "Well I just asked my dad if we could talk today, so there's no chickening out for me now. Wish me luck."

"Oh you don't need luck, you'll do perfectly fine."

"*Pft* you really are Yu's wife you know that? But thanks...again. I feel like I should have gotten you another box." Yukiko let out a gentle puff of air and leaned back in her seat, four pastries devoured in so short a time period filled with ice cream and chocolate could even fill up her stomach. "Oh I couldn't eat another bite until dinner!"

"Spoken like a true fat girl, here let me get that box for you," but Yukiko waved her off before she could, an idea forming in her head. "Actually...can I keep the box? I'd like to use it for...something."

Ai was honestly at a loss as to what her friend would want an empty pastry box for but seeing the light blush dusting her cheeks and the embarrassed smile she was wearing, Ai could take a bit of a guess as to the nature of the plan. "Ooh kinky," she said with a teasing nudge that made Yukiko light up like a tomato. "N-n-no i-it's you just...you simply have the wrong idea!" And Ai laughed all the way until they pulled into the station.

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It turned out that plumbing was indeed quite a difficult job. Yukiko's parents even looked at each other when he asked for permission to work with the maintenance crew. "Man I hated that part of the job when I started working and here you are chomping at the bit! Well you won't be for long heeheehee!"

"Let's see how cool Yu looks covered in grime!" he thought to himself trying to get himself pumped up at his old nemesis, but honestly he wasn't really feeling it anymore. "Actually learning about the hot springs was pretty nifty so you might like that part of it."

"I'm glad you think the pride of our family is 'pretty nifty' darling." It was hard to tell if she was being sarcastic or not but the two men got a chuckle out of it nevertheless.

The old maintenance worker actually turned out to be Yukiko's great uncle and he'd been doing this job for many many years. "You can just call me Oji-san, everyone else does at this point," he had said. These facts which came up as they made pleasant conversation to distract themselves from the grueling work. It turns out that contorting yourself into odd positions inside of a roof of a building on a warm spring day isn't exactly the most comfortable thing. "Just wait until the summer starts," the man muttered. "'Course I'm glad I have the help, part timers can only do so much and these bones of mine are starting to get a little too old." Despite his words and the sweat dripping down his brow, he was still far better off than Yu who felt like he could throw up by the end.

"H-how...how are you...?"

"It's called old man strength sonny. You get it from a lifetime of working with your hands." It was certainly not hard to see what he meant, he had a very sturdy build not quite as aesthetically pleasing to look at as Akihiko but it brought forth images of an old mule in Yu's mind. The man started off rather quiet and professional but as the day went on without Yu uttering a single complaint, asking questions about things they hadn't even gotten to yet, his enthusiasm for his crafts began to shine through as well. It was kind of nice to have someone take a genuine interest in his work and not just put it out of their mind, thankful it didn't fall to them to do it. Not just treating the art of keeping the inn chugging along like one more box on a checklist for the hand of woman. Nothing like that prissy-

"Oi Yu, guess what? A guest requested you personally as a room attendant. A regular too. That's a pretty big honor kiddo, even my darling was impressed," Fuyuhiko continued to gush. When he caught one look at the two he shuddered, "man am I glad I don't have to do that anymore, I don't know how you can stand being buried in filth every day Oji-san but it's a sacrifice I'm glad you're willing to make," he gave the old man a pleasant smile which the worker returned although his didn't reach his eyes

"You my friend are in dire need of a shower!" And before Yu could even protest he found himself being pulled by the arm. Fuyuhiko had to admit though, with his sleeves rolled up and his hair slightly disheveled, he did look rather dashing. "You know," he ventured, "you don't have to actually do the maintenance work if you don't want to, after all you could always hire someone." Yu just shrugged. "Still though it's important to have some level of familiarity. Besides, I love working with my hands."

"Well you are a trooper. Have you given any thought to what your big project's going to be?"

"My what?"

Fuyuhiko gave a moment's consideration but decided time was more important, shoving Yu along. "Never mind never mind all that for now. Now...you must tend to our guests with twice the passion and care you put into our pipes. Room 204" Yu certainly wasn't going to argue with that, guests always came first. He did take a moment to look at himself in the mirror, admiring the layer of grime and sweat that had settled over him. "Yukiko's probably getting a hot bath right now too, after a day of nothing but eating and being pampered of course." The thought made him smirk to himself, and he couldn't help but take a bit of pride that he worked hard enough for her parents to be able to give her a day off when she needed one.

The hot water felt nice on his body and perhaps it was just his vanity but his muscles definitely felt a bit bigger than before. "It's because you've been using them all day, they're pushed out," he told himself. Alone in his shower thoughts, he realized he'd never actually been given the name of the person he was supposed to be attending to.

Halfway to his destination, the possible identities hit him hard and he found himself wishing for alternate possibilities. "Maybe Sayaka has returned from Africa? Or maybe Eri wanted to take a break? Or my mother decided to drop in? Or Izanami came back from the dead?" But all hopes were dashed when he saw the identity of the culprit. "My my Narukami, you really know how to keep a woman waiting. That's quite alright though,, it just makes the anticipation build~"

"Sensei," Yu replied cordially which brought a pout to the woman's face. "Now now, is that anyway to greet your poor overworked teacher her came all the way here just to see you?" Yu kept himself calm but he had to admit she was kind of freaking him out a bit, she'd never been quite this forward before. He'd always assumed she was the type to wait for men to come to her.

"I'm married, sensei." He held out the hand holding his wedding ring almost like a cross but it did nothing to deter her. "Not officially, there's still plenty of time to change your mind if you want to," a twinge of irritation and uncertainty crept into her voice. Usually when she'd get flirty the boys would turn into hot faced messes or run away, even Yu usually looked away with a mild blush but right now he seemed absolutely firm. She let a little more of her cleavage show in her robe and swayed her hips over to him, realizing it was a bit hard to be domineering and sexy when the object of your seduction was taller than you. But that just made him all the more irresistible.

"Why would I change my mind, sensei?" She smirked recognizing his tone of voice, the tone of someone who was just waiting for the other person to say something specific. The teacher was in! That's why he was so at ease! Because he obviously had become a man now, no longer the red cheeked school boy of the past. "Because you know you can do better, handsome," she said giving her tits a bounce. "You don't have to settle for an overfed pork bellied sow just because you put a baby in her. You can have any woman you want, and I think you know that." She took the tea tray from Yu's hands, walking over to the table and bending down low to show off her healthy rump, slowly and with purpose to make him spring to attention like a good student. Standing upright, her fingers found her way to her sash, "just say the word and I'm all yours, handsome." He wasn't running away or averting his gaze, looks like Hanako had been right! Kashiwagi would have to treat her to a buffet trip...no two buffet trips if this worked out. But something was wrong, he wasn't looking at her with barely contained arousal, instead he was starring at her with a mix of mild bemusement and annoyance. "I choose Yukiko. You have your tea so if that will be all..." and with that he began to leave.

Kashiwagi couldn't believe it, after everything he was completely prepared to just walk out right then and there. This wasn't like other times where boys had ran away or stuttered out an excuse where she could at least pretend they were nervous and come around in time. He was flat out rejecting her, and with the way that heifer waddled around school it was clear the boy wasn't shy about sex. Something snapped within her then making Kashiwagi stamp her foot as hard as she could, which actually made Yu pause in his departure.

"Why!? You have a nubile, luscious, sexy, mature woman literally throwing herself at your feet and you still want to plow that cow's fat ass!? What the hell is wrong with you!? What the hell is wrong with all the boy's at this school!? If it's not some bloated pig they're lusting over it's a stick with no curves or a girl who can pass for a boy!" Yu wasn't sure if she was referring to Chie or Naoto with that last remark but decided it didn't matter, it was time to go. "Goodbye...Ms. Kashiwagi,"

The sliding door opened but before he stepped out, she tried one last plea. Her scathing mocking yet still sensual tone from before was gone and in its place was a more pleading whisper. "If it's about marriage...I assure you I could take her place there too. And I wouldn't force you to work in an inn, you could do whatever you wanted, and I'd take care of the house. Life has so many pitfalls and traps to fall into and you younger men could really use an older woman to help guide you through them. Doesn't that sound nice? Not having to bear everything on your own, not having to take charge all the time? Having a stable sexy anchor while you go out and have some fun like a young man should be having?"

Yu didn't say anything, but he did turn around. In his eyes for the first time since she'd been his teacher she saw in his eyes a modicum of interest in what she was saying.

"I'll stay," but before her smile got too wide he held up a hand. "For tea...I'm staying for tea and a chat and the instant you say anything nasty about any other woman I'll leave. Is that understood?" Kashiwagi bit her lip, this was going to be the hardest challenge of her life, but as she saw the dashing young man take a seat, she knew it was her best shot at getting into his pants.

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"I guess I didn't really start getting bothered by it until the year before you arrived. That's when I turned twenty seven and realized...oh god I'm almost thirty. That and my little sister had gotten married the year before," a raised eyebrow from Yu made her chuckle. "You thought I was older didn't you? Let me guess, thirty five?" He actually thought she was around forty but he didn't say so, nodding in agreement at the lower number. "Ten years ago, I thought looking mature for your age was a blessing, it made people listen and all the boys hop to attention but now it seems to be a turn off. I wish you men weren't so fickle haah~" The sun in the sky had begun to set the shadows had started to stretch throughout their conversation. Banned from the topic of badmouthing other women, all Kashiwagi could do at first was answer the questions Yu asked about her. Her life, her hobbies, and now finally why she was so dead set on hooking up with a younger guy. The boy was like a master tailor and she was a sweater, he knew just where to pull to get her to unravel completely and as the conversation went on it became less and less an attempt to seduce and more a session to get everything off her chest. Kashiwagi had even taken to lying on the provided bedding while she shared with Yu. Coming from a hard working family, she was the oldest of three siblings and often had to care for them while her parents were away. She had stayed single for much of her early life to focus on her siblings and career until she had finally found her true calling, teaching.

"You didn't think I chose this job just to pick up a man did you?" she had said. Yu had to admit, if she wasn't passionate about the job she could have easily packed up and taught at some school in the city. For all of their shortcomings, he had indeed learned quite a bit in both Kashiwagi and Mooroka's classes.

"Older men are so set in their ways you know? They're often quite dull and most of the good ones are already married. Even in college the boys became men...no office workers and moved like they were just shuffling to the grave. I want someone who spark still hasn't been snuffed out yet, Narukami. Someone who can still find things to be passionate about, who's hobbies aren't limited to pachinko and occasionally going drinking with his friends. I love the youthful energy you kids have, it's so refreshing. I...I want to take that enthusiasm for life and temper it, so to speak. Strengthen it and encourage it so it doesn't get beaten down...plus boys your age are in the prime of their youth...far too handsome to resist." Yu had to chuckle at that, she had almost been profound there. "Do you ever worry you come on too strongly?"

"At first, but then I realized that's not who I am or what I want. What I want is a passionate loving steamy relationship...one where we can scarcely keep our hands off each other. Kind of like you two, except I'd stay slender of course hmmhmmhmm." Yu decided to let that one slide, after all calling his wife fat was almost a compliment at this point really. "I mean your libidos are supposed to be sky high at this point in your lives, it's why I'm so baffled why none of you jump at the chance I'm offering here." Yu saw her pout then, like a petulant schoolgirl who didn't get her way before crossing her hands under her chest to look much more mature, and he knew right then just what to say to really help her. After twenty plus times, he had it down to a science.

"That right there is why, sensei."

"Oh? Whatever do you mean? Are you saying my wonderful breasts are just a little bit too big-"

"No." Her face fell at being cut off instantly like that and she felt a bit of annoyance bubbling up within her. "Then what pray tell, is so 'wrong' with me? And don't say it's because I don't hold back my thoughts, because plenty of those hussi-" she cut herself off this time remembering her promise seeing Yu prepared to walk out the instant she finished the sentence. "I mean I see plenty of you students in far more damaging relationships than one with me would be. Why, that Ebihara girl has a tongue like a whip and she used to have a crowd of boys following her around like love sick puppies. Not to mention the girl you fell in love with."

"So your defense is that girls ten years younger than you do it too?" The woman bolted up straight and opened and closed her mouth several times in shock. Sure colleagues had come out and said it was immature of her to gossip and criticize but no one had ever flat out said she was acting like a high schooler. "W-well! You certainly don't mince your words either! A-and it's not like women stop when they're in high school, haven't you ever heard of gossip?" Even she knew that defense was kind of weak and Kashiwagi found herself lowering her head when Yu shook his. "You mean the women who get called clucking hens? The thing that all men make fun of women for, especially teenage boys?" She felt her head sink further and further into her neck almost like a turtle with every word. He wasn't yelling so much as he was...stating. Less like a rant and more like a prodding lecture where she was meant to draw her own conclusions from his words. "Well what else am I supposed to do? All of you young men have been brainwa-" wait that was an insult so she couldn't say that! She quickly searched her thoughts for a better way to express herself while Yu watched, and she swore she could see him smirking with his eyes.

Eventually what she came up with was a long sigh, all the other answers sounded terrible even inside of her head, much less out loud and with the way he was looking at her he probably knew that too. "Well if I can't gossip and I can't be too forward, then what can I do?"

"Ahahaha I never said you couldn't be too forward sensei! It limits your pool a bit but like you said there's nothing wrong with that." His comment actually made her smile a bit for the first time in several minutes, then it grew wider as she realized something. "Wait a minute...are you trying to help me right now? My my you really are an admirable one aren't you?"

"I'm just a sounding board sensei," she let out a low husky chuckle at that, he was always so modest. "Well I must say it's very appreciated but I don't know how much you can really help me...although I'm willing to take anything at this point." Her laugh masked deeper insecurities that made Yu's heart go out to the poor woman a bit. It was absolutely no excuse for the way she treated his friends, but perhaps he could solve two problems at once right here and now. "You just have to play to your strengths, sensei."

"My...strengths? Whatever could you mean by that?" Her fingers gently traced along the curves of her breasts and surprisingly Yu didn't seem disgusted or annoyed at all. "Like that for example. You're very...sexually confident let's say. Some guys are quite into that and some guys are the same." Her eyes narrowed at him, trying to decide if he was calling her a whore or not. "You give off a...certain vibe like you'd be taking the lead in the bedroom, you know what you want is what I mean."

"Oooh you're quite the sweet talker Narukami. How about I show-"

"Focus."

"Yes sir!" She squeaked out, shutting her mouth and dutifully putting her hands in her lap. "Maybe an analogy will help you better understand what I'm getting at," Yu pondered aloud.

"Let's say for the sake of example, there's a man. He's everything most women dream of, tall suave handsome and oozing maturity. But whenever a high school age boy crosses his path, he turns into a bratty middle schooler and starts complaining and stamping his feet until the other boy leaves. Would you date him?"

"Well of course not but I don't see how that relates...to me. Hey! You have some nerve insulting your sensei like that!" Yu didn't care how much she yelled at him, he was just glad everything clicked and his deadpan reaction to her outburst helped to drive the point home. "It's not an insult unless you act that way," he pointed out. She quickly stopped her ranting and mumbled something to the side. "Just remember, you're advertising yourself as a mature woman not a middle schooler. People are looking for someone who's more mature than they are." He said it with finality, the summation of the whole talk which made her snicker. "You know, I said earlier you could have any woman you wanted but...I think that applies to life in general for you, Narukami. You have a very objective way of looking at things, I quite like that." She stood up from her seat and opened the door to the balcony letting a pleasant breeze carry into the room, and for a minute just looked out towards the town. "As handsome and as dashing as you are, there would be no point in nurturing you. I don't think there's any growth left for you."

"You're never truly done growing I think."

"Maybe...but some have less to do than others." She thought for a moment before turning around, "what if...I mean everyone already knows me as an incorrigible gossip so isn't it too late..." but Yu's chuckle cut her off. "That's the beauty of working in a high school right? There's always new minds to mold." That actually got a smile out of her, she didn't know how much of what he was saying was true, but he was definitely an old soul. He knew more than Hanako did at least! No offense of course.

After a moment of deliberation, she nodded her head and then again more firmly. "Alright, let's try things your way and see how my love life improves. I certainly hope you know what you're talking about." Yu knew this was still very early in their bond, only stopping her badmouthing to pick up men, but he had a hope that if things continued he'd have helped one more person become much happier. "Think you could set me up with one of your friends?" she asked half jokingly. "They all seem like fine moldable young men...and you boys did sneak into my room after all hmmhmmhmm." To her surprise, Yu actually blushed at the memory but before she could tease him further he held up a hand. "If you promise to never bring that up again...I'll set something up." Now an offer like that was far too tempting to resist. "My my my well then I'll cross my heart and hope to die! Don't tell me though, I do love a good suspense. I'll be sure to put on my best for your little friend then. You just make sure he's my type."

"It's a deal," he extended his hand which she took with a smug grin. He decided to throw one more item in to help her along. "Oh and if I hear you saying anything untoward about my wife or any of my friends again, you're banned from our inn." Her groan of despair could be heard even in the outside hallway but unwilling to lose her prime pampering spot, she accepted.

A short while later, the impromptu therapist made his exit from the room with an assurance he'd keep in touch if anything came up. It certainly wasn't how he had expected to spend his Saturday but overall he was glad it had happened. But now the question was what would he do next? It was a bit too late to swing by the hardware store and his time spent on Kashiwagi meant that the rest of the guests would have already been divided up among the remaining attendants. Just then it occurred to him, Yukiko would probably be getting back soon and even though Ai no doubt kept her well fed, the train ride and the walk back was at least an hour and a half, maybe more considering the milk she'd taken on alone. His wife would probably be starving, but checking his watch left his eyes bugging out. It was even later than he thought! In his rush to the kitchen, he let his guard down which allowed a certain woman to catch him by surprise.

"Hello son-in-law!" Yukina popped out from behind the corner of the kitchen nearly giving Yu a heart attack. He jumped back at least a foot and tensed up from head to toe, letting a stifled cry of shock. The usually mature woman pouted a bit at that and turned back into the kitchen, she had been trying to surprise him for weeks now and when she finally managed to do it, she couldn't help but be disappointed. "Why did I even bother if you're not going to do that funny little shriek that Fuyuhiko does? You could at least scream a little, just to be polite." She resumed her seat at the table, a small meal sitting atop it. "Too many guests to have time to eat today," she explained. Instantly Yu felt a pang of guilt for perhaps spending more time with Kashiwagi than he needed to but when Yukina saw the look on his face, she merely chuckled. "I know what you're thinking and actually I meant to commend you for your performance today. It's not just anyone who can keep a guest entertained for hours on end you know. You have a real gift Yu."

"Thank you," Yu bowed his head politely. When he began to whip a storm to get dinner ready, his mother-in-law snickered eerily to herself. "Yukiko's already home and she already ate, you stayed in that room for quite a while. I know that must be crushing for you, not getting to see my daughter eat."

"There'll be plenty of chances," Yu replied diplomatically while he put everything back where it belonged, although Yukina caught the slightest hint of a smirk on his lips as he said it. The woman suddenly grew more serious and moved the rice around in her bowl trying to choose the right words. "So...the only breast pump I could find on short notice has been in the back of a maid's closet for the past several years so it'll be awhile. Yukiko seemed a little distressed when she came in so could you...help take my daughter's mind off of it. Make her feel pretty? She's probably comparing herself to some sort of dairy cow by now and would probably really appreciate your company. You don't have to sugarcoat things of course but..."

"I understand Mrs. Amagi, I'll see what I can do." She gave him a smile that only a mother could give, knowing her daughter was in good hands. "That's all that I ask."

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Despite her apparent distress, Yu found his wife happily humming a tune in the hallway leading to their room. Yukiko was fiddling with one of the flower decorations in the hallway, gently nudging it this way and that trying to get the arrangement exactly how she wanted it. Her delicate hands flitted about moving from her belly to the flowers and sometimes near her shoulders where she'd curl them up and rest them for a moment to pause in consideration. It was honestly almost too adorable for words. When she paused her decorating for a moment to look at her belly lovingly, Yu's heart simply couldn't take anymore. "Yuki," he called out.

Instantly her face lit up and she turned around. "Oh hubby! I was just doing a little decorating with the baby."

"This woman at the spa reminded me that I missed the one near our room. I'm teaching our son to always see a job through to completion!"

"Did you have a nice time?" Yukiko nodded her head firmly with a confirmatory *mm-hmm.* "Yu oh! It was wonderful, when it was all over I felt almost like a new person. All the tension just washed away with the rest of the dirt, I could've stayed there forever." their hands began to find their ways to their natural positions, Yukiko's flung over his shoulders and Yu's resting on her hips moving to the small of her back. "Ai certainly knows a thing or two about personal care, it's going to be quite hard to get back to work tomorrow. Oh dear I hope that doesn't make me sound too spoiled!" She genuinely sounded a bit worried making Yu squeeze her tight and kiss her deep. "Looks like I'll need to step up my pampering," he said when they finally broke apart. "To help you get more used to it of course."

"Oh Yu! You already do more than enough." But after a moment's consideration she gained a sheepish smile. "W-well actually there were a few things I'd like for you to try..."

"Done," she couldn't hold back the blush that crept across her cheeks. "You didn't even hear what they were yet, what if I wanted you to draw me a hot bath every morning?" She asked already knowing the answer.

"I would have it ready before your beautiful eyes even fluttered open,"

"Well what if I asked you to keep my hands velvety soft and smooth?"

"I don't think you need any help with that, my motherly marshmallow, but I'd treat your hands as I already treat your fecundity" that was even better than she had been expecting and she bit her lip in anticipation for one more. But she decided that could wait, for now it was time to do what she promised. "I brought a little souvenir back for you hubby, a crepe." Yu's eyes wandered to the pink box she was indicating. He didn't particularly care for sweets but he certainly appreciated the gesture.

His wife was nearly hopping up and down with anticipation, not that she could really do that anymore but her enthusiasm was palpable. It made him wonder if she had in fact made the crepe herself but when he opened up the box all he was met with, was nothing. Well that wasn't entirely true, there were a few crumbs on the bottom but strangely enough there were also sticks that he recognized as being from Souzai Daigaku's steak skewers scattered about the bottom, the meat absolutely picked clean. "Yukiko, there's nothing in here."

"What? Oh goodness that can't be right...there were four large scrumptious crepes just waiting to be eaten. Where could they have gone..." and all at once Yu realized what was happening. She'd taken on that faux innocent tone of hers and was beginning to rub her flabby belly in slow lazy circles. "Could someone have eaten them all? I mean four crepes...that's such a large amount," she gave her belly a firm pat sending a jiggle throughout its surface. "So full of creme and jam, it would be enough for a whole meal! Unless you were really hungry of course hmm," she tapped her chin in thought drawing Yu's attention to the fact that thin layer of crumbs was coating her cheeks. Yukiko made her way over to where Yu was standing, exaggerating her waddle to make her hips swing about as wide as possible making sure to give him a little bump. She winced as her engorged tits also felt the impact but she persevered for the sake of her man. "O-oh dear you're right hubby. Every single last one of them is gone. And it looks like the culprit didn't stop there, are those...*gasp* they are! Those are steak skewers," she carefully plucked one of the sticks out from the box with the tiniest bit of meat on it, leaning back and pushing out her belly as much as possible she slowly lowered it into her mouth giving him the visual image of his lovely wife eating fat juicy hunks of meat like a bushel of grapes.

With a smack of her lips, she brought the stick back out, now picked clean, and dropped it right back in the box. "That's probably how they ate them if I had to guess...all six of them! Gobbled down like nothing more than a snack!" She could see Yu beginning to sweat and if she peered carefully, the newly emboldened girl could see him standing at attention so to speak. It spurred her on even more. Deciding to avoid the upper area of her body to prevent any sharp shocks to her system, she instead brought her hands lower grabbing the puffy bulge of fat near the bottom of her belly nestled snugly inside of her skirt. That drove Yu even crazier, the fact that she had to avoid an entire section of her body due to getting too fat milky and tender and yet she still had so much surface area to tease and play around with? All he could say was that she better finish up soon or else he just might.

"Of course, such a fat greedy glutton of a thief probably didn't stop with just those. I'll bet...they made a final stop."

"Oh god please no," Yu begged silently to himself. He swallowed deeply which he knew was a mistake, he saw that almost predatory smirk appear on his wife's face. This was the consequence of pumping up her confidence along with her body, this was what happened when you told your Yukiko she was beautiful and she drove you wild every single day for months. You got a sultry bold seductress who knew how to push every one of your buttons. It was just like she had said earlier today, now it was mama's turn to take care of him.

"*Hmm* you know what I think happened..." despite all her teasing her own breathing was beginning to come in hot and heavy and a healthy red flush was spreading throughout her body. It was a good thing they were so close to their room at least. "I think they may have walked oops I mean...waddled into Aiya's," she said pantomiming the act making sure to puff out her cheeks nice and big to really sell the show.

"They were probably salivating at the thought of eating their weight in meat, everything before was just to whet their appetite. This...was the main course." She shivered as a stream of milk poured from her chest, just more maintenance her dairy filled mommy body had to do now but she was certainly glad the next part of her act required her to show Yu her caboose. "Oh but Yuuu, walking around when you're big and fat and pregnant is so tiring, they wante-" she turned to look over her shoulder at Yu digging his nails into his palms, "NEEDED to sit down after walking alll the way over there." The grunt she heard from him made her have to stifle a giggle. Her hands clapped to her fat bottom, "she plopped right down on to a stool like she used to when she was thin but oh no there was a bit of a problem," slowly her hands began to move towards the center of her pork filled rump. When they finally did, she pressed them in deep causing the rest of her pudding bottom to ooze around the pressure like the beanbag chair it was quickly becoming. They just barely covered a third of the entire thing. "She'd gotten a bit too FAT, everyone could see my butt just oozing off the seat it was a little embarrassing!" Realizing her mistake she coughed and hoped Yu hadn't noticed but watching his wife massage and knead her bread dough bottom, it was hard to notice anything else.

"But what did she order I wonder? Small is for slender school girls who can easily fit on stools so it can't be that," each could hear the others heart hammering in her chest as she got to the big reveal. "M-medium perhaps? I mean I doubt she's too f-fat and fertile for the chairs." She began to make her way back over to her hubby who was still holding the box, slack jawed and barely holding it together as it was it was easy even for his delicate breeder to pry it from his hands. Taking the box, she rested it briefly on the shelf of her tits, bearing the slight discomfort; since it would all be worth it

Taking it off after a moment, Yukiko brought it down to her belly. "Or maybe she was looking to the future...and knew that she'd only be g-getting f-fatter sssofter and bigger and ordered a big, weighty, large sized beef bowl. Even l-larger than her head."

"S-she's going to be filling up a booth someday if she eats like that," Yu said almost pleadingly. The statement shocked her a bit, he would truly be okay with that hefty of a wife? But seeing the way he was looking at her, she found herself swept up in it as well. "T-then how fat would she get if she ate t-two large beef bowls." Yu looked at her with hungry eyes, the mega beef bowl was the equivalent of four large beef bowls...if his Yuki was capable of scarfing down two even after all that other stuff then..."Jack Frost, King Frost, Black Frost, Loki, Beelzebub, Belphegor, Abaddon," he repeated like a mantra in his head trying desperately to do anything to distract from what was going on in front of him.

"You're doubting my account hubby? T-then why don't you check...the bottom of the box?" At first, the statement puzzled him but sure enough underneath the cardboard at the bottom, a little slip of paper was nestled. He could feel his heart hammering in his chest as his eyes scrolled down the sheet; it was exactly as she said, a bill from Aiya's made out to one Yukiko Amagi for the price of two large sized beef bowls. His lovely plumper of a wife really had waddled in probably huffing and puffing and scooched her nearly chair filling rear up onto that tiny bar stool..."Jack Frost, King Frost," he began again.

"I wanted to...I mean the thief wanted to put the bowls in there as proof, but they wouldn't let me. I hope this will do..."

"You know...she probably had a partner in crime," her hands began to rub her belly again which coaxed out a soft squeak of a burp from the moderately stuffed mama. "He keeps her appetite high and her metabolism low, so every calorie sticks around one way or another."

"Making her fatter, hungrier, lazier, and more capable of bearing her husband's *hah* children by the day. It's like our baby wants his mama to have a body unsuited for anything but p-pleasing her man and giving birth," all pretenses were out the window at this point, and without realizing they'd both begun to wrap each other up in their arms, box discarded to the floor. "Bedroom?" Yu suggested with a slight urgency. Yukiko nodded her head eagerly and led the way, taking the lead to keep Yu's blood up by holding her skirt as close to her butt as possible, pressing against its fullness. The man simply couldn't resist any longer watching her cheeks jiggle like jelly, he did something he'd been wanting to do for quite a long time now. He gave that fat tush of hers the proper slap it deserved, not a soft smack but a truly hard thwack that sent its surface rippling.

"Eep!" Yukiko cried out, the slap causing her to jump a bit. The hop sent her breasts jostling almost as much as her bottom and she let out a long loud cry of pleasure and pain, from the sensation of her chest of course but also from what he had just done to her bottom. Her husband had actually given her fat swaying rump a hearty strike! And he didn't stop there. After it had found its mark it had lingered to give the entire cheek a tender squeeze that sent jolts across her body. True her bottom had been slapped before but never quite in this manner, her husband staking his claim on her big fat ass. Yu had pumped a baby into her belly and put a ring on her finger, in every way he had made her "his." She was his fat and pampered baby mama and he knew that. Yukiko could barely stand she was so turned on and thus the milk bloating up her chest began to flow out a little.

At first Yu thought the slight dripping was coming from elsewhere on her body but it was quite easy to see the dark wet patches trailing from the circles near her nipples all the way down to her skirt.

"Mnnnnaaaaa," she mewled out in a cocktail of pleasure, pain, embarrassment, and relief. And that was only after the first pump of four, each pump was followed by another cry and a little more milk soaking through her clothing. Yu could only watch enraptured as the two streams began to merge and soon the entire front of her outfit was soaked in a milky napkin dripping ever so gently onto the floor. "*Mmmmm* *ooooohhh* that feels soooo much better *mmmmmm*" Her big tub of a gut had proudly reclaimed its prize by a slight margin although in Yu's opinion her tits still looked quite a bit out of proportion than they usually did. Yukiko seemed to realize it too and after celebrating the relief on her back and bringing her hands to her chest, she winced again. "S-still so d-delicate *ahhh*," touching them didn't send electricity up her spine anymore but a slight shock was still present and there was still quite a bit of milk in them.

The constant flowing had slowed to small trickle and the poor tender teated mother still had about half a tank still full. But that could wait, at least she knew that the key did in fact lie somewhere with Yu and she had just learned quite a shocking new fact about herself in the process. She turned to Yu with a slightly nervous expression but she found him looking just as hungry and aroused for her as he had been when the flow had started. "Glad I could relieve some of your pressure, now let's work on the rest shall we?" His fingers were teasing all over her body except where she wanted them to tease the most and she knew the only way things would continue was if they took a few more steps into the bedroom.

It certainly didn't take long for them to get started, the second the sliding door shut, Yu felt herself pulled into a passionate lip lock while her sweater was pulled about her head. In her excitement, she accidentally snapped one of the buttons off of Yu's shirt which was only met with a chuckle and a squeeze to her hip

"This didn't do you much good," he nearly growled out when he undid her nursing bra. It was true, even with the extra absorption, she had still milked on half her sweater. His fertility idol of a wife was just getting too pregnant for normal clothes to handle. He sat on the bed and dragged his wife into his lap removing the clothing on her bottom half in one fell swoop. "I miss when they'd get jammed on your hips...but you'll grow into it," and she could only stifle a moan in response. Yu surprised her by lying back on the bed and giving her the top position, as she grew heavier with child and more out of shape by the day, this became an increasingly uncommon position. Seeing her confusion, Yu chuckled a bit. "Thought I'd mix up your workout routine a bit. Can't have you getting too lazy after all." A small especially lazy and spoiled part of her was a little miffed and tempted to beg Yu to let her lie back while he did all the work, but she was able to stifle it. It wouldn't feel right if she was the only one truly enjoying things. Besides, his girth was certainly enticing.

Slowly, she slide herself onto it letting out a deep fulfilled sigh not unlike the ones she'd given off at the spa. When she saw him grip the sheets, Yukiko purred in satisfaction. How could she ever care what any other woman had to say about her body? Not a single one of them could get these reactions out of her beloved husband. "W-we need to build your endurance too," she teased. "Yoooou've a-almost finished early a f-few times already!"

"N-noted," he grunted out. It was honestly one of the most difficult things he had ever done, even the Reaper paled in comparison to resisting every urge in your loins with your wife's fattened doughy baby belly resting on top of your own abdominal muscles, tits jostling up and down with every thrust, just a few short months ago they'd only barely been able to scrape her chin while lying down, now they would bounce up to slap her in the face.

Unless of course she held on to them, but as she reached to hold them steady, Yu grasped them firmly instead which almost proved to be his undoing as she tightened around him in her own ecstasy. "J-just let me han...handle things up here," nodding in agreement while biting her lip, Yukiko got back to work. She was getting nice and heavy, every thrust was like someone dropping an especially soft medicine ball on his lap...and he wouldn't have it any other way. Her belly didn't just slap against him, it's blubber oozed over him like a wave pushing in and out with the tide of their lovemaking. Her ass was doing the same thing to his legs except it didn't even have the slightest hint of tone, all blubber and softness, her thighs shaking like the weak flabby pudding cases that they were. And while she worked as hard as she could down there, he was working his magic on her breasts.

Pulling, pinching, kneading and tugging with expert precision, he made his wife mew and coo and moan but most of all he made her milk. His gentle yet passionate coaxing brought a gentle flow down the hill of her belly on to his torso, with Yukiko being far too swept up in pleasure to become self conscious about it. Instead she lost herself in just how much everything about her was overflowing with bounty. The slender chalice that had once been her body simply couldn't contain the mother she was meant to be and she was quite literally pouring out everywhere. It felt so wonderful to have a husband who loved every curve!

But she had to admit she was starting to get tired. Her tongue lolled out from her mouth and the lethargic baby maker had begun to pant, her poor underused muscles were aching from having to lift herself up and down up and down and she couldn't help but let out the occasional groan with her cries of pleasure. "Y-you're almost d-done *ahh* Yuki! J-just stick with it a little b-*buh*-bit longer!" He gave her tit an especially hard to tweak to spur her on.

Her face was a mixture of exertion and pure unbridled arousal, her body was red and sweating and all she had done was bounce on top of him for a couple of minutes. But the second he had coaxed the last of her milk from her breasts, she did something Yu hadn't been expecting. Getting one last second wind, she picked up her speed, thrusting herself atop his manhood again and again as quickly as possible to bring them both to climax. "Oooh Y-Yu I c-can barely *huff* k-keep up like th-*huff* *huff* t- *puff*" she couldn't even coax him along with her words the only think she was focused on was helping him release before she collapsed in exhaustion, "but not Yu, He could go all day if he had to, so strong and virile...ooooh he's exactly what a doughy out of shape mama needs! I'm probably crushing him but he doesn't care! I'm spilling milk all over him but he just bears it for me! Even as I get fatter and fatter he can still handle everything about me! Oh Yu! Yu! YU!"

The next thing she knew, she had collapsed on top of his chest, with her gently stroking the hair along her back. "Hey beautiful, glad you came too. You were out of it for a while, it was like all you could do was pant and gasp." Yukiko blinked slowly as her senses began to return to her, looks like her body need to rest a bit after a performance like that. "You were satisfied right?" She asked with a hint of concern in her voice. Yu just laughed. "Yuki, you've never left me unsatisfied, and tonight...let's just say the second I stopped fighting against it, it was over." Suddenly Yukiko felt a sticky wet sensation on Yu's chest and rolled over, his pectorals and abs were absolutely drenched in her milk! "Oh no Yu! I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to get the bed all sticky!"

"That's fine, I have a feeling we're not quite done with it yet," Yukiko tried to protest before realizing he was right, alright her body was starting to recover from the previous romp, she could definitely go again soon.

The two stayed silent for a bit, just enjoying the company of the other after a long week apart. Yukiko's hands instinctively went to her breasts and while they were a little sore from being manhandled so thoroughly, it wasn't a constant dull ache and just touching them wasn't debilitating. "I don't understand though, I've been trying to coax my milk out all week and yet nothing worked...it even feels better when you touch them." They had returned to their usual white color no longer the nearly pink Yu they had taken on when the milk tanks were full to bursting. "N-not that I'm complaining of course! I'm very grateful, I just...I'd like to know what's happening to my body."

"We'll figure it out partner, just like we always do," and she nuzzled herself into his chest not even minding the fact that it got her even stickier. "I have my theories but....I'd like to give things another week or two before making a conclusion. But...I don't think it's a bad thing, I think whatever is happening to your body is something wonderful," his belly rubbing coaxed a gentle sigh out of her mouth and she allowed herself to forget all about her worries for a minute. "But tonight...Yukiko if this is how you take care of me...our son is in good hands."

"Thanks," she giggled. "It was a silly thing I thought up, I'm just glad you liked it. I almost talked myself out of doing it actually ahahaha." After a few minutes the rubbing turned more sensual, Yu running his palm across her maternity enhanced curves smoothly and slowly making her feel like a gold idol of some kind. "You're so beautiful, Yukiko."

"I know," she said automatically, when they both realized what she had said they shared a good laugh. Yukiko cupped his face and sighed as she looked at him, he had been so encouraging and attentive every step of the way that now that confidence wasn't just borrowed from him, it had become her own. It gave her the courage to be a little more daring and to try new things.

"*Um* Yu...when you spanked me, I really liked it. Would you mind doing that every once in a while? Just to spice things up from time to time? Oh b-but not in public again okay! I don't think I could stand the teasing if someone saw that!" Yu gave her a gentle *pap* on her soft hip to show his consent and she cooed. "I'll leave a big red mark that only we can see, how does that sound gorgeous?" She could feel her cheeks getting hot and a familiar moistness coming in between her legs, emboldened by her libido she decided to ask something else that had been on her mind. "*Um* hubby...could I make another request?"

"Anything, sweet roll." Her hands began to trace along his muscles, rubbing his abs the same way he rubbed her fleshy sides. "You look amazing a-and I would love you no matter what of course but would it be alright if maybe you got a little bit bigger?" That was certainly a surprise for Yu, he sat up in bed to give her a better look at his body and her hands started their gentle shoulder rubbing. "Of course but...how much bigger?"

"Akihiko sized," she looked away shamefully.

"Really? I never thought he was your type..."

"He's not!" Yukiko shouted quickly, "I wasn't looking at him really at all but at the party I couldn't stop thinking about how good you would look with that build. And I think you'd wear it much better. He *um* struts around with it like a...like a peacock but you're not like that. It would be a powerful hidden strength, gentle, a protector. I'm sorry I know it's selfish of me to make such a request for you to work so hard while I lie around and get fatter but *ahh*" Yu gripped a plump belly roll in between his fingers and chuckled. "I don't think it's unfair in the slightest. After all, I get to enjoy all the benefits. But yeah I could get a little bit bigger, it was probably going to end up happening anyway just to keep up with you!" A jolt went through both of their bodies then and their lips began to lock.

"*Mmmph* well I'll be sure to make myself *mmmph* extra soft for my strong tower of a man,"

"I'll *mmph* make sure I can *mmmph* always lift you up *mmmph* no matter how heavy you get." Something occurred to Yukiko then and she held a hand up, she was wearing that coy smile of hers that told Yu his wild ride wasn't quite done. "Hubby, come into the bathroom. I have a bit of a surprise for you I think." Confused but curious, Yu obeyed. As soon as they got in, he realized what his wife was doing and felt himself stiffen. She was standing next to the bathroom scale gesturing her arms towards it and beckoning him to stand on. "And then...we'll do me. Let's see just where we stand." Yu stepped on almost in a trance but was surprised by the readout. 180 pounds. He'd been 175 for quite a while now and he certainly hadn't put on fat which could only mean...

"*Mmm* 180 pounds and probably less body fat than in my thigh. Isn't that a funny thought?" Now it was her turn but her hand traced his chest agonizingly slowly while she walked over. When she stepped on, she wobbled about sexily and let out a little pout. "Oh no, I can't quite see the numbers! Maybe if I bend..." and so she bent forward drawing out every possible second, pushing out her full rump and shaking it from side to side while she did so. It was all Yu could do not to take her from behind right then and there. Slowly ever so slowly, she craned her neck over her tummy, "leeet's seee I can bareeeely seee it. It says...179." The disappointment in her voice was a bit palpable. "I was kind of hoping I'd outweigh you by now," but Yu just smirked. "I'd wager the milk we just drained was at least two pounds. And I have a feeling that's going to be part of you for quite a while." Her jaw dropped in realization and she couldn't hide the smirk on her face. "H-how does it feel hubby? To have a wife who outweighs you? I-is it everything you wanted?"

Yu did the only thing he could think of in that moment to show how happy he was. He took all that muscle she was so smitten with and gave a sharp smack right to her quivering buttocks leaving the deep red hand print that he promised. "Everything I wanted and more, so much more," she pounced on him then and brought them both to the floor not even giving him a chance to speak as her tongue filled his mouth and her lips enveloped his manhood. Hard unyielding muscle pressed up against soft pliable flab.