Toni's story - Chapter 3

Chapter 3

It was August. Toni had been working at the store for two months now. Also it was Monday and the school would begin that day. During the summer Toni had found out that the people who he thought to be his friends weren’t really his friends as after the first week of him working nobody had tried to contact him. He guessed that they had only been friendly to him because of Aleksi, who was very popular at school. Toni hadn’t been lonely at all, though, thanks to Riku whom he had met every day both at work and after work. The two of them were now very good friends, in fact Toni realized he liked Riku much more than he had ever liked Aleksi. Toni’s economical situation had also got better and he had finally been able to buy a proper bed.

Things at work had stayed pretty much the same as his first day, though now Toni was rather serving the customers than cleaning storages. He thought the job was okay, but the reason why he really enjoyed it was Riku. Besides being an awesome person, Riku also made Toni get excited on a more and more frequent basis. First of all Riku had been gaining weight over the summer, which was the main reason for Toni’s excitement as he now realized. Riku was no longer just chubby as his soft gut hung over his way too small work pants giving a hard time for any of the shirts he was currently wearing. His love handles spilled over his belt as well and his previously angular face was now rounder.  It was as if he was proud to show his gut to everybody as he rarely wore big enough clothes. Toni thought that he must have gained at least 20kg (44 lbs) during the summer, though of course he couldn’t know for sure as weight was pretty much the only thing they didn’t talk about. His gain was not surprising at all, since he had continued pigging on the pizzas and besides Toni had seen him eating huge dinners and late night snacks. He had also found out that Riku was a huge gamer at heart and thus they spent their evenings playing Toni’s Xbox or Riku’s Playstation 3. As far as Toni knew, Riku didn’t do any sports during the summer. He lived practically next doors to Toni, so neither of them had a long walk to visit each other either.

Toni suspected that Riku would not have minded to talk about his weight. Toni, on the other hand, was quite self conscious about his weight. Due to spending lots of time with Riku, Toni had also eaten much more than he did before that summer. He had not only eaten pizza every day, but he had also not been able to decline Riku’s offers for very delicious, greasy and calorific dinners or snacks. He now ate much more even when he was alone. Before the summer Toni had had a health check for the military service and he had weighed 72 kgs (159 lbs). He had checked his weight in the beginning of July and he had been at 85kgs (187 lbs). After that he had been scared of the scales, but he had tried to go to the gym at least three times a week. His heavy eating habits had been proven hard to break, though, and he hadn’t been able to restrict his eating. Hitting the gym actually made him eat even more as he always got very hungry when training. Toni knew that some of his muscle mass had turned into fat as well. He had moved up to L sized shirts and 32/32 jeans.  He was quite worried how his friends, especially Aleksi, would react to his new figure and thus he had chosen the loosest possible clothes for school. Not that it mattered much, as even his loosest clothes were almost skin tight.

As Toni approached his school by foot, he noticed how out of shape he really was. This roughly two-kilometers-long walk was the first cardio activity that he had done since June. Riku had offered him a ride to work every day, as the two of them were always working at same times. He was out of breath before he had even walked half way to school.

When Toni opened the door of his school, he noticed that he was one of the last students to show up at least according to the amount of people who were standing in the lobby. He started looking for his friends quite reluctantly. He spotted Aleksi, who was leaning to the wall near the front door. He was staring at the floor. Toni was surprised that Aleksi was alone, since usually he was always surrounded by people. Toni walked to him and greeted.

“Hey Toni. How was your summer?” Aleksi said silently, not even looking up.  

“It was… Fine. What’s wrong?” Toni asked.

“Well, nothing. I just…” Aleksi started but paused when he looked up to Toni. “Oh wow! You have changed during the summer,” he continued and poked Toni’s gut. Toni felt his finger dig into his soft belly.

“And I’m not the only one!” Toni said louder than he meant to. He had just noticed that Aleksi had gained a bit of weight as well. Toni could see that his belly was now soft and he clearly didn’t have his six pack anymore. His muscles appeared bigger as well, though. Toni poked Aleksi’s gut as well and blushed a bit when he noticed how soft it was.

“Well, I am building mass! You’ve just turned into a fat couch potato when I was away,” Aleksi said angrily and walked away. Apparently he was a bit self-conscious about his belly.

The situation left Toni feeling both embarrassed and excited. He knew that Aleksi was right: he had been lazy and it showed. Then again he weirdly enjoyed the attention that his belly was getting and as the day went on, he stopped sucking it in, which got him even more comments and pokes as that way his shirt was really skin tight. Occasionally his belly even poked out of the shirt.

 Toni also found out that his normal awkwardness was gone and he had nice chats with many people whom he hadn’t really talked to before. Of course he heard whispers behind his back and saw the weird looks that some girls gave to him, but he had never really been interested in girls except a few friends that he had.  Toni saw Aleksi a few times, but when he spotted Toni, he always rushed away. Toni was quite puzzled about his behavior.  Other than that the rest of the school day was not very eventful. Toni did get a message of a new appointment with the school’s doctor, though. It was another health check for the draft so that Toni could receive the certificate that either freed him from military service or forced him to attend one way or another. Toni’s health check would take place in September and he was quite nervous about what his doctor would say. The more he thought about it, the more his mood went down and when he was walking home again in heavy rain, he was in an awful mood.

When Toni got home, he was surprised to see Riku waiting for him with a bag full of food. It cheered his mood a bit. Both of them had a day off from work and Riku was still having holidays as his college would begin in September. The two of them entered Toni’s apartment and Riku insisted on cooking for his friend as he had spotted his sour mood. Toni insisted on helping Riku first, but Riku told him that he needed to rest after the school day so Toni just went to lie down on the sofa. He took his tight shirt off and felt truly comfortable for the first time that day.

Once Riku was ready with cooking about an hour later, he started bringing the food into the table. Toni saw Riku giving him a few glances, most likely because Toni was shirtless. Toni realized that it was the first time since June when Riku saw him shirtless. He had been self-conscious about his rounder form so he had avoided taking his shirt off, but today’s pleasant chats and noticing that most people didn’t mind his weight had made him more confident about himself. What was weird, though, was that he clearly noticed Riku’s glances were rather excited than awkward or full of disgust.

The two of them sat on the table and Toni noticed that Riku had really prepared a feast for him. There were meatballs, pizza slices, French fries, burgers brownies, an apple pie and a huge chocolate cake. All home made. Toni realized that Riku must have had planned this dinner beforehand.

“You shouldn’t have cooked so much. I should be on a diet, you know,” Toni said blushing and patting his belly, which made it and his moobs jiggle, to emphasize his words.

“Don’t be silly, you look very handsome,” Riku said blushing as well.

Toni was unsure how to react. “Well… Thank you,” he said and started grabbing food on his plate.

“You seem worried. What’s wrong?” Riku asked.

“Well, I will have a health check again in September. I just got to know it today,” Toni said.

“So? You’re not sick, are you?”

“No, but it will be embarrassing nevertheless,” Toni said poking his gut again.

Riku seemed surprised. “Oh… I thought… Well, never mind.” He started shoveling food to his mouth.

“What is it?”

Riku seemed to be reluctant to answer at first, but then he made up his mind. “Well, I guess that we have to talk about it at some point anyways. You know, I didn’t gain weight in college. I started gaining on purpose in April and I’ve gained 30kgs (66lbs) since then.”

“Are you trying to gain muscle?” Toni asked, even though he knew that Riku wasn’t trying that. He never went to the gym.

“No. You see, I haven’t done the military service either.  When I was eighteen, I got permission to do it later as I was studying. I have to attend the draft this year again, as they never postpone the service by more than three years,” Riku said and sighed. “During these three years I’ve realized that I don’t even want to go to the army and the civil service seems to be a waste of time. Thus I decided to attempt getting rid of the whole thing all together. Since I don’t have any serious health problems, the only way to do this is getting fat. You need to be obese: the BMI limit is 34. Currently I’m at 110kgs (243lbs) and I need to gain only a few more kilos to reach BMI 34.”

Toni was shocked. He had never heard that it was possible to get freed of military service due to being too fat. The idea was exciting, but then he got doubtful as being at BMI 34 would require him to get fatter than he had ever been. He’d be the fattest kid at school. What would his friends say then?

“Don’t you mind being fat then?” Toni asked immediately regretting his choice of words.

Riku laughed. “Do I look like I mind? No, seriously I did feel very self-conscious about it at first but then I really started to like it. I liked to become bigger and softer. I loved the comments I got and that got me eating more and more. The job was also perfect due to the pizza buffet. To be honest, when I heard your opinions about the military service, I thought you were on this “quest” as well.”

Riku’s feelings were very much the same as what Toni had experienced today at school. Now that he thought about it, he was happier than ever before as well despite of getting fat. Toni had recognized that his reaction of excitement when seeing Riku’s belly was not only because of Riku. He liked bellies – or more specifically chubby guys - in general and since he had thought about it, he had liked them for a long time. When he had watched porn with his friends, he had never really enjoyed it. He got much more excited about seeing young guys getting chubby and he had always been secretly spotting bellies on the beach in summertime. He had never really thought about this trait of his before this summer, though.

He wondered whether Riku thought similarly about chubby guys. “Can I ask you something personal?” he asked and when Riku agreed, he continued: “This might sound weird. Please don’t get mad at me or think that I’m a weirdo or anything. I just thought that I’ve really had very similar experience to what you described this summer. I’ve also liked watching at other chubby guys… I just wondered whether you liked chubby guys as well.”

Riku gave him a wonderful smile. “I have indeed, as long as I can remember. Nothing is hotter than a cute guy getting fat,” he said blushing. Toni blushed as well, and to his delight Riku also removed his shirt revealing his huge, soft belly, which jiggled when he started eating again.

With a great effort, the two of them finished all the food that Riku had prepared. Toni was surprised to notice that he had actually eaten even more than Riku had. He felt more stuffed than ever before. He heard Riku belching and saw that he was stuffed as well. Struggling to move, Toni went to sit on the sofa and Riku followed him. They started playing Xbox. Neither of them could focus very well, though, as the feeling of extreme fullness made them sleepy.

After the boys had played for a while, Toni suddenly felt a warm hand touching his belly. It felt very comfortable and got Toni to smile. As Riku saw Toni smiling, he started rubbing Toni’s swollen belly, which felt extremely pleasant. Toni rubbed Riku’s belly in exchange. They continued doing so, ignoring the game.

After a while Toni had came to a decision. “Riku, I think that I will join your quest. It is just too good to be true, though. I don’t even know how much I weigh. I was only at 85kgs in July, so it might be impossible for me to fat enough to be freed of the service in time.”

It was obvious that Riku was excited about Toni’s words. “Well, we better give it a go. You are sure about this, right?”

“As sure as I ever could be,” Toni said thinking about his friends at school.

“Great! Do you have scales? It’d be nice to know how much you’ve gained since July,” Riku said enthusiastically.

Toni wasn’t quite sure whether he should lie that he didn’t own scales as his weight was still a bit tough spot for him. Nevertheless, he went to the bathroom and took the scales with him to Riku.

“Would you like to be weighed in first?” Toni asked Riku.

Riku agreed and stepped on the scales, which creaking a bit under his weight. “112 kilos (247lbs)! Some of it must be due to the food we ate but then again I am always full. It was only two days ago when I was at 110 kilos.”

Toni patted his friend’s belly and Riku stepped off the scales to give space to Toni. Toni stepped on the scales feeling excited. The scales told him that he was now at 99kgs (218 lbs). Toni was both shocked and happy about the number.  He was shocked because he had tried to get in shape as he had been hitting the gym, but apparently he had still been eating too much. It didn’t matter now that he had decided that he wanted to gain but he was a bit worried whether he would ever be able to stop gaining. He certainly didn’t want to become immobilized by his weight.

“Wow, you’ve been growing fast!” Riku cheered and poked Toni’s belly playfully. The finger stuck into Toni’s soft flesh for about an inch.

Toni smiled and used a BMI calculator on the internet to know how far he was from his goal. His height was 180 centimeters (5”11’) so with the weight of 99kgs his BMI was 30.56. It was still quite far away from his goal as he only had a month to gain the weight.

“I am so far from the goal!” he groaned to Riku.

“I’m sure we can do it,” Riku said smiling.