Toni's story - Chapter 7

Chapter 7

The following months were the best time in Toni’s entire life. He was seeing Riku daily again both at work and at home and they were feasting every day as well. Toni had noticed changes in his body only a couple of weeks after he had made peace with Riku again. He had first noticed the changes when he had to go up in his clothing sizes as his old clothes could no longer cover his belly. Now that it was July, Toni noticed big changes in his figure compared to April. His face was a little rounder and he, again, had a prominent double chin. He was glad that his face didn’t seem to change a lot, though. His moobs were now visible through any shirt he wore. They were massive, and he had also noticed that his nipples had gotten a lot bigger. His arms weren’t very flabby, as he had still continued weight lifting, but they still looked quite meaty. He had also noticed that his fingers had gotten a bit thicker as he was no longer able to wear his old ring that he had gotten in junior high school. Toni’s belly was now huge; he seemed to pack most of his weight there after all. It hanged over his belts by many inches and covered his belt both when he was sitting and standing. He had also started to form rolls between his moobs and his belly, and he was thrilled to notice that he could hold pencils and other such items underneath the rolls. When Toni walked, he could feel every part of his body jiggling slightly; it felt great. Overall, Toni was happier than in a long time.

Toni had noticed changes in Riku as well. Riku didn’t gain as much fat in his belly as Toni as the fat he gained seemed to spread into his body more evenly. Toni had been pleased to notice that Riku’s butt had gotten massive and that Riku had very hard time buttoning any of his clothes, even though he bought new ones frequently.  Riku’s face also seemed to be a lot fluffier than Toni’s as his cheeks got rounder and rounder day by day. Toni’s favorite part in Riku’s body was his belly, though.  Riku’s belly was very soft to touch even when it was full and Toni loved rubbing it. Sometimes he felt a bit guilty for enjoying the belly rub sessions as much as he did, but those feelings had started to fade as the time passed. 

Toni’s graduation ceremony was already over as well. Since Toni lived alone and his step-father didn’t care about him, he had no money to throw a big party. Due to this he invited nobody but Riku and they had spent the day stuffing themselves to the maximum by different kinds of foods visiting three different buffets during the day. Riku’s graduation preset to Toni had been a suggestion for them to move together to Riku’s apartment. Toni had been astonished at first, but as Riku had hastily reasoned to him that by moving together Toni wouldn’t have to pay rent and that there’d be plenty of room in Riku’s apartment. Toni had learned that Riku’s father was quite rich and thus he had bought the apartment for his son and continued to gift him money on a monthly basis. Riku had been a bit embarrassed to tell about it as he had thought that Toni would think less of him if he knew about it, but Toni didn’t mind it at all. It wasn’t his business what Riku’s father wanted to do with his money.

Today was a day which Toni had feared, though.  Today he would have to leave the pleasures of Riku’s apartment and head for the military base where he would be doing his service. Toni was in a hurry already. The train would leave in thirty minutes and he hadn’t even packed the little amount of things that he was allowed to take with him. Riku had suggested that he’d take Toni to the train station by his car and after Toni had packed, so he did. Much sooner than Toni had hoped, he found himself waving at Riku from the window of his railroad car.

The trip to the military base took four hours, during which Toni felt more and more anxious. He tried to spot other rookies from the train, but since they were clothed normally, he couldn’t tell who was in the same boat with him and who wasn’t. He could see that the train was full of pretty athletic men about his age, though, which worried him. Would he be the only fat rookie in his battalion and, more importantly, would he be fat enough to be freed from the army? He had measured his weight and waist with Riku the day before and he knew that he was now at 135kgs (298lbs) and his waist was 55 inches long. The rapid gains had surprised him, but at least now he should be fat enough to be sent home straight away at the BMI of 41.6.

After the train arrived to the station, which was located inside the military base, Toni was so anxious that he wished that he hadn’t eaten a big breakfast. He noticed that most of the people whom he had seen in the train had indeed been rookies. He couldn’t spot anybody who would have been even nearly as fat as him, which was both embarrassing and exciting at the same time. They were ordered to go to have a health check, in which they’d also receive their green army uniforms.  When Toni was standing in the queue, he found out that he was hungry again. He had no idea when he’d be getting his next meal, though.

Two hours later Toni could finally hear his name being called. Toni walked to the doctor’s room nervously. The first thing that he noticed was that there was no doctor in there but there were a nurse and three soldiers. Toni noticed that the soldiers had quite high ranks. One of them was a major, another a lieutenant and the third a sergeant. Surprisingly the sergeant seemed to be in charge in the room. He had short hair which looked like it was made of steel. His face was rough and expressed disgust when he was looking at Toni.

“Welcome to our military base, recruit…” the major started but he stopped as the sergeant looked at him angrily.

“Welcome indeed,” the sergeant said. “I can see that we have the new fatty of our battalion here, gentlemen. Give him his uniform!”

The nurse looked at Toni with an expression full of empathy and asked in a friendly tone: “What sizes do you need?”

“Erm… Aren’t you going to take my measurements?” Toni asked.

“HA! The fatty is trying to avoid his responsibilities. No, we won’t measure your weight. Get your uniform and head for the barracks!”

“Well, I use triple XL shirts and size 44 jeans,” Toni uttered silently.

“Erm… We don’t have that big…” the nurse started.

“Just give him the biggest uniform that we have and be done with it,” the sergeant said in a cold tone.

The nurse did as she was ordered and Toni was given an XL pine colored shirt, which had long sleeves and a high collar, an XL camouflage jacket, size 38 camouflage trousers, a brown belt and a pair of military boots. The nurse pointed him a door to the room where he could change his clothes. Toni headed there pleased that he wouldn’t have to change his clothes in front of the sergeant. 

It didn’t take long for Toni to notice that the clothes were awfully small. Not that he had expected anything else either. Why would the army have clothes for somebody who is 15kgs heavier than the fattest person that would be allowed in the army? The trousers were far too small for him and thus he could barely get them past his huge, flabby butt. He couldn’t even nearly button them and his legs looked like stuffed sausages. The belt helped him to hide the fact that he couldn’t button the trousers but Toni was sure that somebody would notice it anyways. He could feel his belly spilling over the belt, hiding it, and he realized that his belly would help him to hide the undone zipper and button as well. When he tried his shirt on, he noticed immediately that it couldn’t cover his belly. A flabby roll of fat peeked out from the shirt and while the sight made Toni excited, he couldn’t help but think what the others would say. His jacket didn’t help to hide the belly either, since he could only button three of its buttons. The two buttons in the middle, where he had the most belly fat, couldn’t be done no matter how hard he tried. Besides, the roll of fat that was not covered by his shirt could still be seen when he had the jacket on as the jacket wasn’t long enough to hide it either. The only piece of clothing that fitted Toni was the boots that he had gotten.  “They can’t keep me here when I’m looking like this,” Toni thought.

As he walked out of the changing room, he noticed that everybody was staring at him. He gave a cold gaze to the sergeant, whom smiled an evil smile back to him.

“Ah, I can notice that your uniform fits well,” the sergeant said. “Now, off you go!”

Toni left the room with his head up. If he was to spend a year in the army, he would not submit to this evil old man. He knew that he would be in for a trouble if he resisted the orders he was given, but he would do his best to show how reluctant he was.

When Toni entered the barracks, he noticed that he would be staying in the same room with nine other rookies. He got some astonished gazes as he waddled to his room and while he was a bit self-conscious about it at first, he soon reasoned that it would be useless to apologize his looks to anybody. After all he, and even more importantly Riku, liked the way he looked. The rest of the day was uneventful since they were given some free-time for most of the officers were reserved to the health checks that took place around the military base.

As days went by, Toni noticed that his time in the army would be very difficult. The rookies all had to do the cooper test (twelve minutes of running) and Toni found out that he couldn’t even walk for twelve minutes in a row without stopping. In the end he only managed to waddle for 900 meters (2950 feet) and his result was by far the worst amongst the rookies. They also had some other fitness tests, in which Toni performed just as badly, but the sergeant still didn’t want to let Toni go to a proper health check where he would be weighed.

Toni had gotten a few friends in the barracks, but most people seemed to avoid him. He had found out that the military base was full of sportsmen and health nuts, who loathed his appearance, but he was glad that there were some people who didn’t mind. The food at the military base was mostly awful, but Toni still ate big amounts as he was always hungry since he ate much less than back at home with Riku. He didn’t notice any changes in his weight, though. He figured that he still ate enough to at least maintain his weight.

After a couple of weeks Riku was called to meet the same group as he had met in the health check: the major, lieutenant and sergeant. Only the nurse was missing. Toni wondered what was the reason for this meeting, but as he had no choice but to go and meet the officials.

As Toni entered the major’s office, he greeted the major and lieutenant but ignored the sergeant whom he hated. This didn’t go unnoticed by the sergeant whose forced smile turned into an unpleasant grin.

“So, the fatty has arrived,” the sergeant said. As Toni didn’t answer, he continued: “As you may or may not know, the next week is a camping week. Most of the rookies will be heading to the forest to practice living in there under the circumstances in which they will be living if a war is declared. You, however, are in far too bad condition to do this – at least according to the nurse. Due to this, another task has to be assigned for you.”

Toni had indeed heard of the camp and he knew how rough it would be. He was relieved that he didn’t have to go to the camp but he was a bit afraid what he would have to do in return.

The next one to speak was the major. “We have decided that your new task will be to repair the military equipment with the group of mechanics that works here. You have told that you’re good with repairing things and thus this will be a perfect solution. You will no longer be under the command of sergeant Niemi. The team of mechanics is directly under my command, at least in theory.”

Toni could see that the sergeant was not pleased with the situation, but Toni was more than happy to accept the offer. He thanked for the opportunity and asked for permission to leave. When he was given one, he could hear the sergeant uttering: “At least you’ll find fitting coverall suit there and you will no longer have to reveal your fatness to the whole world.” Toni ignored what he had heard and left the office.

Toni started working with the mechanics the next day. He immediately noticed that things were much better there. He still had to eat the same food as others but on top of that the mechanics were given as many donuts as they wanted to eat during coffee breaks. Toni ended up eating a dozen doughnuts a day and his co-workers joked to him about it in a friendly manner. The other mechanics were in the same boat with him, though, as they weren’t exactly the fittest men that he had ever seen. He found out that they weren’t soldiers either. They were simply mechanics that the army had hired, so they didn’t have to do any of the physical exercise or care about their fitness more than an average person would have cared.

After a month had passed, it was time for Toni’s first weekend trip back to home. He was excited to see Riku again.  He hadn’t been able to contact Riku during the time when he was at army, since sergeant Niemi hadn’t allowed cell phones and had collected all of them in the health check. Toni was eager to share his experience with Riku as Riku knew nothing about his time in the army. When the train arrived to Toni’s station he started spotting Riku in the crowd. It didn’t take long for him to find his friend.

“Hey! Oh, well that was unexpected,” Riku said and poked at Toni’s gut grinning.

“Excuse me?” Toni asked, puzzled.

“Well, I can see that you’ve gained weight. One doesn’t gain weight in the army. Not that I’m complaining, it looks great on you!” Riku said blushing a little. “Great uniform, by the way.”

Toni was wearing his military uniform, which revealed his gut in all its glory, since the rookies always had to wear their uniforms when they left the military base. Toni hadn’t expected it either, but now that Riku mentioned it, the uniform really did feel a little bit snugger than it had felt when he had tried it on the first time. He saw other people giving him amused glances as his soft gut and love handles poked out from his jacket.

“Ah, they didn’t have the right size for me. I was too fat, but let me tell you the story on our way home.”

Riku agreed and they left for his car. On their way home, Toni told Riku everything that had happened in the military base during his time there. Riku was astonished by the behavior of the sergeant and by the fact that Toni wasn’t freed of his responsibility. He laughed at the doughnuts, though. When they got home, Riku insisted Toni to weigh himself to see if he had gained any weight.

“137kgs (302lbs)! You really got greedy with the doughnuts, didn’t you?” Riku said and laughed.

Toni laughed as well. After changing clothes, Toni and Riku went to eat the huge supper that Riku had prepared for them and fell asleep on the sofa after some pleasant belly rubbing afterwards.

As the days turned into weeks and weeks into months, things didn’t change much for Toni. He was still working with the mechanics in the army and got to visit home occasionally. His weight continued to grow, most likely due to the doughnuts, and his army uniform got to a point where he couldn’t do any of his jacket’s buttons. Even the coverall suit, in which he worked, had gotten very tight for him. On one day in January Toni received an invitation to a health check, which was weird as nobody else got any invitations. Toni was slightly afraid of what was to come, but the invitation also got his hopes up a bit. The note that he received said that he should go to the nurse’s office as fast as possible.

As Toni entered the same room in which he had been humiliated on day one, he noticed that the nurse was alone this time. There was a scales placed in the middle of the room.

“Oh hey, Toni. Please sit down,” the nurse greeted him.

After Toni had seated, the nurse continued. “So, how have you been?”

“I’ve been all right, thank you. Why’d you invite me?”

“Well, we never got to perform you a proper health check,” she said pointing at the scales, “and now it’s about the time to do so.” As Toni looked puzzled, she added: “The ex-sergeant Niemi no longer works for us.”

Toni was very pleased to hear this. The nurse asked him to step on the scales. Toni could hear creaking sounds from the scales and for a moment he thought whether the scales could even measure his weight or whether he was too heavy for that. After the nurse balanced the scales, she sounded astonished at first, even though she did her best to hide it.

“147kgs (324lbs)!” she said, and walked to her desk to check the BMI charts. “Your BMI is 45.4. There is no reason why I wouldn’t free you from the military service immediately. Do you have any comments on this?”

“Only one: yes please!” Toni said smiling. The nurse smiled at him, understanding.

As Toni received the piece of paper that freed him of the military service, he was free to leave immediately. He grabbed his belongings, said goodbye to his roommates, put on his normal clothes and headed for the train station. Luckily he didn’t have to wait long for the train to arrive.

The train was much emptier than before.  There was hardly anybody in it, but then again it was Tuesday and most of the soldiers got to visit home on Fridays or Thursdays. During the train trip, Toni noticed that the seat in the train had gotten a bit too small for him. He could feel his love handles spilling over the arms of the seat, but he didn’t care. He was very happy that he could finally end his annoying responsibility in the military forces. As Toni wondered what he would do next, he suddenly realized the obvious truth that he had not dared to think about before. The realization made him certain of what he should do.

Riku was waiting for him on the almost empty station since Toni had called him from the train. When he spotted Toni, he smiled and the two of them hugged.

“So, they finally freed you, huh?”

“That they did,” Toni said smiling.

“So, what are you going to do now?” Riku asked.

Toni recognized the situation. This time he would not fail, though.

“I want to get very fat with you,” Toni answered.

Instead of answering, Riku kissed Toni on his lips. Toni kissed him back.

The End

Toni's story - Chapter 6

Chapter 6

The rest of the fall passes quickly for Toni, even though he was feeling quite down. Riku had no longer contacted him and they were never working at the same time anymore. Toni guessed that Riku had asked Helena to move them to different sifts. Initially Toni was very sad about losing his best friend and due to that he had eaten heaps of food in hope of feeling better. No matter how much food he ate could help him to get over the situation, though.

Due to his even bigger food consumption, Toni gained even more weight during the fall. When he finally, reluctantly visited the scales in mid-October, he was shocked to see that he now weighed 128kgs (282 lbs). He had never met anybody who would have weighed that much, at least according to his own, subjective estimations. He had known that he had gained weight even before stepping on the scales, though. He had noticed changes in the mirror and his clothes. He now needed size 42/32 jeans, which were incredibly hard to find in shops, and XXXL shirts. He had noticed his face getting even chubbier and he now had a very prominent double chin.  His massive belly covered his belts when he was standing and sat on his lap when he was sitting. His love handles were too big to hide under any shirts. On one hand he was pleased with his gains but on the other hand he loathed himself for losing control on his eating. Gaining weight and eating wasn’t all that fun alone. It was a lesson that had cost him one friend to learn.

As Toni had to start to prepare himself for the Finals that he’d have in March, he slowly accepted the facts. Riku no longer wanted to be around him and he would be going to the army, no matter how painful it would be. It also helped him that Aleksi opened up to him. Aleksi had been very apologetic about his behavior and Toni learned that he had been using steroids to help him with muscle growth. Aleksi had told him that he had hated his new angry personality and that testing the illegal pills was the worst decision he had ever made. Toni soon found out that Aleksi was again the same person as he used to be, and due to that they started to hang out together again. It annoyed Toni a bit, though, that Aleksi seemed to think that the reason for Toni’s weight gain was the fact that Aleksi was not friendly to him. But that’s how Aleksi had always been: self-centered. He could notice that Aleksi tried to help him lose weight, and soon he found out that he was being more active physically than he had been ever since he had met Riku at the clothing store. He also noticed that hanging out with Aleksi gave him less time to eat, since Aleksi seemed avoid meeting in any places that offered food, and thus he ate less than before. As Riku still lived in the same apartment building with him, he saw Riku occasionally, and noticed that he hadn’t either gained or lost weight.

Due to his increased activity and more healthy eating habits, Toni noticed that he started to lose weight. He wasn’t very happy about the change, though, since it seemed to drive him even further from the good times that he had had with Riku. During the winter he saw the number on the scales go down to 120kgs (265 lbs), then to 110kgs and finally in February down to 100kgs (220 lbs). At that point he started to be way too busy with studies to hang out with Aleksi, so his weight plateaued at 100kgs and even went up by a few kilograms. He was a bit self-conscious about it, since it didn’t happen to anybody else that he saw during the month of holidays that were meant for studying. Secretly he was happy about it, though. He still liked playing with his belly and he had now found out that watching at other people’s bellies on the internet was one of his favorite activities these days. He noticed that it didn’t quite give him the same pleasure as rubbing bellies with Riku did, which alarmed him a bit. He wasn’t sure what to think about his interest in bellies, but as he couldn’t help himself, he kept lurking at the pictures enthusiastically.

After Toni was done with the finals, he found out that he was back at 110kgs (243lbs). The weight stuck to him so that even though he started the physical activities with Aleksi again, he wouldn’t lose any weight. He could see it puzzling Aleksi a bit, but at that point he didn’t care. Toni noticed that he started getting less and less comfortable when he was hanging out with Aleksi. The two of them simply were so different that they no longer had much to talk about now that the finals were over. As they started seeing each other less, Toni started to realize the things that were important to him. He realized that he wanted to spend time with Riku and that it wouldn’t happen unless he made certain confessions to him. The problem was, though, that he didn’t know what Riku was thinking about it. Toni knew that he couldn’t find that out unless he talked with Riku and he wanted to do that before changing to the army’s green uniform in July.

Catching Riku wasn’t all that easy, though. Riku didn’t answer to his calls and he never saw Riku in the corridor either. Toni made up a plan that he’d wait on Riku’s front door as long as it would take until he’d finally get to talk to Riku. He executed his plan in April on a Saturday. He had asked Helena when Riku would be working, so he knew when he would come home. Still, Toni had to wait for an hour when he finally saw Riku.  Riku had not changed at all. He was still just as fat as he had been when he had ended his friendship with Toni. Toni noticed this because Riku was, by chance, wearing the same clothes as when he had rushed away from Toni’s apartment in September. Riku tried to ignore Toni. When Riku started to grab his keys from his pocket, Toni finally spoke to him.

“Oh, come on. We need to talk!”

“Weren’t you spending time with me only to avoid army?” Riku asked angrily, trying to find the right key.

“You know that it’s not true,” Toni said.

“What do you want then?”

“Perhaps we should go to a bit more… private place?” Toni suggested.

“Oh, whatever,” Riku said and opened the door of his apartment.

Toni had actually never been in Riku’s apartment. Riku had always brought stuff, such as food or his PlayStation to Toni’s apartment. Toni noticed a few things at once: Riku’s apartment was much bigger than his and he had stylish furniture. Riku had a bedroom, living room and an office. The apartment was furnished like it would have been designed by professionals. Toni couldn’t help but wonder how Riku could afford all this with a student’s budget.

“Do you live here alone?” he asked.

“Yes. But what was it that you wanted to say?”

Toni went quiet for a moment. Riku’s mean behavior was new and very discouraging for him. “Well, I have been missing the great times we had last summer a lot and I am sad that we haven’t contacted each other in a long time. I wish that we could be friends again,” he said. As Riku remained silent, Toni added: “I have figured out things that are important to me in life. For one reason or another, you are one of them. You can’t even imagine how depressed I was when you stopped contacting me! You know that I will be going to the army in a matter of months and I’d like to get things right between us before that.”

As Riku still remained silent, staring at Toni with a blank expression, Toni figured that his speech hadn’t worked. He turned to leave and uttered a goodbye.

“Wait,” Riku said silently. Toni stopped. “It is not like I haven’t missed your company. I would have loved to continue meeting you every day like we did last summer. It is just that I felt that you used me. When you said that you were exercising, I thought that you hadn’t enjoyed eating with me and the growth that happened to both of us,” Riku continued putting a hand on his belly.

“Oh, no! I enjoyed it more than you could imagine,” Toni said and stopped to think. Why had he really tried to lose the weight he had gained? After all he had enjoyed gaining weight and the feelings that he got from outgrowing clothes and seeing the bigger and bigger figures on scales. It had made him feel naughty in a good way. The best thing of gaining weight was the belly rub sessions with Riku, though, without a doubt.

“I think I can imagine. Would you like to eat dinner with me?” Riku asked and smiled. Toni agreed and smiled back.

The dinner that Riku prepared  was by no means small. It consisted of two pizzas, a huge bowl of spaghetti Bolognese, six burgers, a cheesecake and a huge pile of brownies. When Toni saw the food, he thought that they could never finish it all. He found that his old appetite was back, so he got through his pizza and his share of the spaghetti in about fifteen minutes. After that he was so full that he thought to stop eating.  Riku had eaten even more than Toni had, as he was now munching through his last burger.

“Has your appetite gotten that small? Back in August you could have eaten all this in no time. Come on, you’re going to have to eat half of the food now that I prepared it.”

Toni knew that Riku was wrong. He had never eaten that much in his life. Still, since he thought that it would be rude to decline, he started eating his burgers. He managed to eat two but then he hit the wall again. His belt and jeans were painfully tight so he undid both of them.  After that he found out that he could eat more, so he got through his last burger only to notice that Riku was done with the cheesecake and brownies as well. He saw that Riku had undone the buttons of his shirt and that his belly was very bloated; seeming almost twice as big as before they started eating. Riku rose from his chair, which seemed to require quite an effort, and waddled to Toni. He started to rub Toni’s gut gently after lifting up Toni’s shirt. Toni soon found out that he could eat more and so he could eat the half of the cheesecake and his share of brownies.

Toni was full. Fuller than ever.  Riku started rubbing his belly again and after some minutes Toni tried to get up to the sofa - with little success. Eventually he was able to waddle to Riku’s sofa, which required tremendous effort from him as he felt that his belly was trying to pull him to the floor like he had swallowed a big stone. Once he got to the sofa, Riku followed him and sat next to him taking off his shirt and pressing his full belly on Toni’s belly. The two of them sat there for a while enjoying of the closeness.

“I’ve missed this so much,” Toni said silently.

“Me too,” Riku said.

“Do you realize that I can’t go on like this until I’m done with the army, though? It will be hell for me if I get any bigger.”

“Don’t worry about that. Surely they send you back home when they see how fat you’ve become,” Riku answered with a silly smirk on his face.

The thought got Toni excited. He had totally ignored the possibility that he might be freed of the military service due to being too fat even after he’d get there. He at least hoped that it was possible. Now that he was friends with Riku again, he would surely just let himself go. After all nothing gave him the same pleasure as stuffing himself to the maximum and then rubbing Riku’s belly and having Riku rub his after that.

Toni's story - Chapter 5

Chapter 5

September had arrived and it was the day when Toni would have is health check. Things had continued very similarly throughout August. Toni had been eating as much as possible on every meal and he had even started eating huge snacks between meals. He had counted that he was eating about 8000 calories per day, and it surely showed as he had had to move to size 36/32 jeans and XL shirts. The meals at work had really helped him, as the pizza buffet got him to eat about half of his huge calorie intake. Toni no longer used too small clothes, due to which Mr. Ståhlberg no longer teased him during the PE lessons, even though Toni could see that he was disgusted by Toni’s new shape. Toni neither received as much attention from people at school – his weight gain was pretty much yesterday’s news.

Toni had also continued seeing Riku on a daily basis. Riku had been cooking for him, though Toni had insisted on cooking for them himself as well. Riku seemed to be keen on accompanying Toni on every meal, which seemed a bit odd to Toni since he had surely gained his couple of kilograms that he needed for getting freed of the military service. In fact Riku had had his health check already, and as he had weighed 116kgs (256 lbs) which put him at BMI 36.6 since he was as tall as Toni.  So, Riku had continued gaining even though he had already been freed of the military service and he was now pushing the 120kg (265lbs) limit.

After eating a huge breakfast, Toni felt that the XL shirt and jeans that he wore were getting quite tight. He would soon have to go up a size again if he kept going. His belly was now very visible even if he sucked it in. His soft belly hung over his belt, which Riku seemed to enjoy very much as Toni had noticed that he liked to touch it. Toni’s love handles were also getting a lot bigger and he now had a very noticeable muffin top. His moobs were also sagging a bit and his butt had gotten wider and softer. Toni had also noticed that a double chin had started to form under his chin, and he disliked it a bit even though Riku always said that he was more handsome than ever. The boys had continued having their belly rub sessions after big meals, and it had felt too good to be true to Toni.

Toni’s old friend Aleksi had continued being quite distant. He never spoke much with anybody and seemed angry all the time. Toni had noticed that Aleksi’s muscles had been growing and his belly had been shrinking and now he appeared more buffed than ever. Mr. Ståhlberg literally adored him during the lessons, which disgusted Toni. Aleksi didn’t seem too happy about it either, but then again he didn’t seem  happy about anything these days.

Once Toni got to school, he headed for his first class. Toni couldn’t really focus on the lesson as he would have his health check just after it. He was very excited, almost afraid, whether his effort to gain weight had paid off and he’d get the much desired certificate, which would free him from military service.  As the class was over, Toni rushed to the school’s doctor’s office and started waiting for his turn to be in. He noticed that his belly peeked out from his shirt a bit but he didn’t bother hiding it as he was alone. He started playing with it instead to calm his nerves.

It didn’t take long for the doctor to show up. When he was opening the door, Toni quickly hid his belly under his shirt. The doctor looked at him, puzzled, and then smiled and asked him to come in. The doctor sat on his chair behind his desk and pointed a chair for Toni.

“Hey Toni, so it’s been four months since your last health check,” the doctor said stating the obvious.

“Hey, yes indeed…” Toni answered.

“How are you today? Have you been sick or feeling unwell?” the doctor asked staring at Toni’s belly, which was again peeking under his shirt.

“I am fine thank you and no, I haven’t been sick.”

“Well, that is… good. Let’s take your measurements. Would you stand right there so we can measure your height?”

Toni did as he was told and the doctor came to see his height. “Still 180 centimeters (5”11’). This will most likely be your height for the rest of your adult life since you haven’t grown since we met last time. Now, would you take off your shirt, shoes and jeans so that we can measure your weight?” the doctor asked and frowned as if he was excepting Toni to refuse. Toni took his clothes off without any complaints, even though he was a bit nervous to reveal his body for the doctor’s scrutinizing eyes. Fully aware of his sagging belly , moobs and his muffin top due to his too small underwear, Toni stepped on the scales and the doctor started adjusting it. Toni knew that he’d need to weigh at least 114kgs (252 lbs) to be too fat for the army.

“Your weight is 112 kilograms (247 lbs). You weighed 72 kilograms (159lbs) when I measured your weight in April. That is an increase of 40 kilograms. What has happened?”

Toni was disappointed and couldn’t hide it on his face. The doctor looked at him with an understanding expression on his face. Toni knew that the doctor couldn’t really guess his true thoughts, though. He wasn’t fat enough. He would have to go to the army. He had gotten fat in vain. Due to his disbelief, he couldn’t say more than utter: “I… Just…”

“I understand that this is upsetting. We can make you an appointment to a nutritionist and make you a training program so that you can lose most of that weight before you enter the army.  I do think that you can do it though, and thus I am giving you the green light so that you can enter. You must be happy for that,” the doctor said smiling politely. “We have to measure your waistline, though. It is a common procedure for anybody who has gained weight so quickly,” the doctor continued even though Toni was sure that he was the first patient who had gained weight so fast.

“125 centimeters (49 inches)!” The doctor said not being able to hide his surprised tone after getting the measuring tape around Toni’s massive gut. “You know that a man’s waist should be less than 100 centimeters. I strongly recommend you to lose the weight. Let me get you the number of the nutritionist. I will make you training plans and send them to you once they’re ready.”

Toni uttered something, which could have been a yes and dressed up. After saying goodbye to the doctor, he left his office holding the phone number of the nutritionist in his hand. He went to his next class, the subject of which would be maths, feeling depressed. During the class only half of him was focusing on the actual subject and the other half was wondering what he should do.

After the maths lesson Toni headed for home, skipping his English and Finnish lessons by saying that he had headache. Luckily he had a day off from work that day, as did Riku. He didn’t think that he could be a very good salesperson that day, due to his mood.  He thought that a pint of ice cream would help him to feel better but then he thought that should he lose weight now that he was going to the army anyways. He was in such a bad shape that he would have very rough time if he didn’t do anything about it. Toni’s gym card had expired, though, and he didn’t have the money to buy another one so he would have to exercise at home.

Once Toni got to home, he tried to exercise by making sit-ups and push-ups with little success.  Just like before, he couldn’t do sit-ups properly due to his massive gut and despite of having gained more muscle strength on his arms at the gym, he wasn’t able to lift his flabby body from the ground more than a few times. He tried to do some pull-ups on a bar that had been in his apartment when he had moved there, but he could only do one with great effort. He had to stop due to the creaking sounds that he heard from the bar.  Toni gave up the efforts to exercise and went to the freezer to get a pint of ice cream instead. He ended up eating three pints, and even though the ice cream was delicious and made him feel better in a way, he felt very guilty for eating it.

Sometime later Riku called him and told him he’d be visiting him soon. Meeting his friend got Toni’s mood up. Riku was the only person to whom he could talk about his problem and the reasons for feeling down. It didn’t take long until the doorbell rang and Riku came in with a smile on his face. He noticed Toni’s mood immediately, though.

“Oh, what’s wrong? You sounded depressed in the phone as well,” Riku asked after they greeted each other.

Toni told him about the health check and his failure. Riku seemed to understand his mood and to Toni’s surprise he seemed worried.

“I am very sorry to hear that. We did everything we could though. I guess your body just couldn’t store enough fat into it, but that’s not your fault,” Riku said trying to cheer him up. “So, what are you going to do now?”

“Well, I tried to exercise after I got home from school but it didn’t really work. This was on the way,” Toni said lifting his shirt and slapping his belly. As he watched his belly wobble, his mood got a bit better.

For a moment Toni thought Riku was angry, but the moment was so short that he thought he imagined it. “Oh…” Riku uttered and after a while he continued: “I thought that you… enjoyed eating and… spending time with me after that. I guess that I was wrong then. I’d better get going so that you can exercise. See you.”

Toni tried to stop him, but Riku didn’t listen and he left Toni’s apartment. Toni was left alone, feeling even worse than before. He went to the fridge and grabbed chocolate, yesterday’s pizza and a couple of burgers to comfort himself.