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Weird, But Sweet (Complete Story, 1/18/23, Bonus Material added 1/25/23)


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Chapter 26

            Ten days later, everything was pleasant.  Mason was as huge as ever without eating uncomfortable amounts of food or going to the gym, the bakery continued to thrive, and we were both in seemingly perpetual good moods.  There were no ill effects from the Epicurean Charm, not even a headache or a sore ass, but we decided to save it for special occasions to not get desensitized to it.  Besides, our sex life was top-notch without a drop of honey. 

            Most delightfully, the magic I was using at the gym was continuing to compound.  I was getting fucking huge.  Not Tank-huge or Mason-huge, but huge enough that everyone was noticing.  I was taking up more space, and my clothes were getting tighter and tighter on me.  One day at the bakery, I tempted fate by wearing one of my smallest shirts, and I ripped clean through the armpit while reaching up to a high shelf.  I was now 213 pounds—over 20 pounds since I started augmenting my workouts with magic.

            This particular day, as per our new habit, when it hit 12:30, despite the bustling business, Mason and I were just about to grab a quick lunch in our apartment.  However, as we were just finishing up our morning, Zack bust through the door.  His feet remained outside the bakery, but he leaned his head and shoulders inside, using the door handle for balance.

            “What’s up, studs?” he said casually.  “You got time to pop out with me?”

            “I guess,” Mason replied, looking at the clock, “as long as we’re back in an hour.”

            “Depends on what for,” I added.  I looked down at my too-small white work t-shirt and my tight, flour-streaked, black drawstring pants.  “And if there’s a dress code.”

            Mason gestured down to his pink Powerpuff Girls t-shirt and white corduroy pants.  He’d had them since pre-muscle growth, but thanks to the boon, they were containing his massive, muscular bulk.  “If there is, I’m not changing.”

            “No dress code.  I found the perfect property for your second location,” he taunted.

            “We’re saving up for our honeymoon,” I reminded him.

            “And we want to make sure our upturn in business will continue.”

            Zack gestured at the packed bakery and pointed at the small klatch of people on the sidewalk waiting for room inside.  “It’s going to continue. Roy’s a genius with flour, sugar, and yeast.  Sammy won’t even consider having people over for dinner anymore unless we get dessert from here—he wishes we knew about this place months ago.”

            “Still, a second location will be expensive,” I insisted.

            “The property owner is uniquely motivated,” Zack pressed, his voice ringing with glee.  “He wants this place leased.  And I talked to your friend Julie at the bank—I even flirted with her a little bit—and she can get you a sweetheart loan if you need one to do any renovation or get new equipment.”

            “You flirted with Julie?” Mason said, shocked.  “I hope her husband Phil doesn’t find out.  He will kill you.”

            “Thanks for this, Zack,” I added.  “But we’re already scrambling to plan our wedding, and setting up a whole second shop is going to be a lot of responsibility.”

            “Look at the place before you say no,” Zack pleaded.  “I don’t want to show it to other clients until you’ve seen it.  It’s perfect for you.”

            “Fine,” Mason agreed.  “As long as we’re back in an hour,” he repeated.

            “Kayla, we’re heading out,” I shouted.

            “Go already,” Kayla cried.  “He’s blocking the exit.”

            When we got to Zack’s car, he said, “Roy, you’re up front with me.  Mason, you’re in the back.  I don’t think the two of you will fit in my back seat together anymore.”  He tapped my arm affectionately, only to realize just how much bigger it had gotten.  “It must take you twenty seconds to knead bread with arms like this.”

            “Have you seen how much bread I make every day?  I use a machine,” I said, getting in the front with him.

            “You are a machine,” Zack responded.

            “What makes this place so special?” Mason asked, redirecting the conversation as he buckled his seatbelt.  His chest was so broad, he couldn’t get it across the expanse, so he poked his torso through the gap and just used the lap belt, the chest strap behind his wide back.

            Zack started driving.  He talked the whole drive there.  “It was most recently used as a restaurant, so it’s already zoned for food and stuff like that.  I expect you’ll still need to get the baking stuff, such as whatever machine it is that kneads bread, but it already has a bread oven.  Plus, it’s in good shape, so there won’t be a lot of reno to do—maybe none.  Also, it’s got great foot traffic and gets a lot of sunlight.  It’s far enough away from your current place that they won’t compete with each other, but not so much of a schlep that you can’t run back and forth between them if you need to.  And, since you’re a he-witch, I should also guarantee you that the place has the right vibe and energy.  I walked in and it felt exactly like Roy’s Bakery.  And if all that weren’t enough, the owner is a fan of yours.  When he showed me the place, I casually mentioned the site was perfect for my friend Roy Whitaker.  And he raved about your chocolate croissants.”

            “Maybe we could knock down the rent if we offer him free pastries,” Mason joked.

            “I doubt Mr. Brooks would go for it, but I like how you think,” Zack said.

            “Mr. Brooks?” I asked.  “Mr. Benjamin Brooks?”

            “Yeah,” Zack said, a little impressed.  “You know him?”

            “That name sounds familiar,” Mason said.

            “Is the restaurant you’re showing us a sandwich shop that closed mysteriously about a month ago?” I asked.

            “Uncanny,” Zack said.  “Is this a witch thing?”

            “Benjamin Brooks is Dalton’s father,” I said to Mason.  “He’s showing us Dalton’s restaurant.”

            “You gotta be kidding me,” Mason said, nearly laughing.

            “Dalton?” Zack asked worriedly.  “The beefy muscular guy Mason stole you from?  The man who cursed Mason out of pure spite?”

            “That’s him,” I said with a heavy sigh, not bothering to correct his witch-grammar.

            “I swear I didn’t know it was his restaurant.  I’ve only dealt with his father, and I didn’t know Dalton’s last name.”  Zack’s posture tensed.  “I’m sorry.  If I’d known, I never would’ve suggested this place.”  He parked the car.  “We’re here,” he said, deflated.

            “We can’t rent this place,” I said, not moving a millimeter.

            “You sure you don’t want to look around?” Zack asked.  “Just for the hell of it?”

            “We’d be getting into a feud between a justifiably pissed off father and his son. A son who, I’ll remind you, has anger control issues and enough reasons to hate us already.”

            Mason undid his seat belt and opened the door.  “Show me around,” he announced to Zack, struggling a little to fit through the car door.

            “What?” I said, scrambling to get out of the car.

            Zack got out of the car giddily.  “You’re going to love this place.”  He unlocked one of the two double doors and escorted Mason (who had to turn a little bit to get through).  I reluctantly followed them in, but stayed by the front door.

            As Mason looked around, Zack explained perks of the building, its various features and assets, and even one or two trouble spots in need of mild repair.  Mason looked around raptly.  I remained by the front door, leaning on the wall near the exit.

            “Why aren’t you looking around?” Zack asked.

            “Because I’ve been here before.  I helped Dalton get it off the ground.  I know where every table, cabinet, and shelf is.  I know about the cracked ceiling panels in the kitchen.  I know about the phone jack that doesn’t work.  I even know there’s graffiti carved into the back of the bathroom door that says ‘DB + RW.’  I’m the RW, and I dated the DB who carved it.”

            Zack was undaunted.  “They’ve replaced the cracked panels, the phone jack has been repaired, and we can sand the bathroom door down.”  He’d reflexively gone into salesman mode.

            “This place is perfect,” Mason marveled.  Even though he was in the kitchen, the space reverberated in its emptiness.  “There’s room for all your baking equipment.  And the bread oven is lovely.  Nicer than ours.  Why wasn’t he baking his own bread?”

            “He was supposed to,” I said.  “But he wanted me to join him here and open a joint sandwich shop/bakery hybrid.  I was never going to, though.  And I told him as much a thousand times.  Deep down, I knew Dalton and I weren’t going to last, so I had one foot out the door even before I met Mason.”

            “Wow,” Zack said.  “That’s a shit boyfriend move.”

            “I was always up front with him about not joining his business.  Besides, he screamed at me constantly and lost his temper over every little thing.  Neither of us was a particularly good boyfriend, but the sex was electric.”

            Mason popped out of the kitchen, a look of consternation on his face.

            “Sorry, Mason.  Shouldn’t have said that.  Don’t worry.  You’re better than him.”

            Mason nodded in approval and went back into the kitchen.

            “I know you’re not going to rent it,” Zack said dialing down the sales pitch, “but thanks for letting me show it to you.”

            “We’ll take it,” Mason called from the kitchen.

            “What?” I said, finally leaving my leaning spot by the door.

            Mason calmly walked out of the kitchen.  “This place is perfect.  You helped set it up, so half the set-up is exactly where we’d want it anyway.  It already has a Roy-approved bread oven.  And between Mr. Brooks and Julie, we’re going to get this place at a rock bottom price.”

            “If we rent this place,” I said, getting close to Mason and holding his wrists, “it’s going to piss of Dalton something royal.”

            “Let it.”  Mason said, slipping his hands out of my grip and looking at the windows to see how much light we’d get.

            “What about Mason being the injured party?” I asked.

            “He raked me over the coals for two years.  He’d gotten his revenge before he cursed me.  He drove this place into the ground, and then abandoned it.  We had nothing to do with that.  I see no reason to let this opportunity pass.”  He turned around.  “We should bring Kayla out here, get her insight.   I assume she’ll be running this bakery while you stay at home base.”

            “Kayla would have no problem running this place,” I agreed, happy to drop the topic of Dalton.  “But can you run the books for two bakeries?”

            “I’m a certified accountant,” Mason reminded me.  “I used to run the books for dozens of different businesses at once.”

            “Do you really think we can get a new bakery off the ground and plan a wedding at the same time?”

            “Of course not,” he said.  “But that’s why wedding planners exist.  I know you’re opposed to the very idea, but I was doing most of the wedding stuff, anyways.  I’ll just decide that for the both of us.”

            “I’m still making our wedding cake, right?”

            “Like I’d trust anyone else,” he said, kissing me on the cheek.  He turned to Zack.  “Call Mr. Brooks.  Draw up the paperwork so I can read and approve the lease agreement.”

            Zack had his phone out lightning fast.  “Mr. Brooks?  Zack Mercer here.  I’ve got a potential renter for you, but he’s going to want to go over the lease closely before he signs it.”  He said nothing, listening while Mr. Brooks spoke.  “That’s right.  And his fiancé, Mason Lombard.”  He listened again.  “I’ll let them know.” 

            Zack hung up, wincing slightly.  He tapped his phone against the back of his head with his eyes scrunched closed a pained look on his face.  Then, he dropped the intense body language, turned to us, and frankly announced, “He’s going to give his son one last chance to reclaim this place.  Apparently, he only put it on the market hoping Dalton would come to his senses.  He never told me that, of course.  I may have extremely wasted your time.  I’m sorry.”  Mason looked crestfallen, so Zack quickly followed with, “If Dalton turns it down, as far as Mr. Brooks is concerned, this place is yours to rent.  So, here’s hoping.”

            “When will we hear back?” I asked.

            “He’s calling his son right now, so I expect his answer within the hour.”

            “That’s fast,” I said.

            Zack explained.  “This prime real estate has been sitting here empty, generating no money for a month.  It was generating no profit for a year before that.  I did say the owner was uniquely motivated.”

            “We don’t need to wait here while…” I started, but Mason interrupted me.

            He teetered around a little, pressed the butt of his palm to his forehead above his right eye, and said, “Roy, honey.  I feel wrong.”

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I consistently enjoy your writing. Your growth scenes are composed in such a way that by each one's end I think "This must be it, there's no way he can get any buffer" and yet the next one always manages to outclass its predecessor, opening my eyes to new, hitherto unexplored vistas of muscle growth. At the same time, I like that you don't neglect to develop your characters' personalities as well as their bodies. These are people who exist for more than muscle and sex, and it helps make the fantasy a little more believable.

Now, I am not a he-witch or any sort of diviner, but I do have a prediction on the direction towards which this story might go:

 

"So what you're saying is, Gramps cursed Dalton so that every time he feels resentment towards me, I grow bigger?"

"That's pretty much it, yeah."

"If that's the case, we simply have to make sure Dalton attends our wedding."

"What? Are you nuts?"

"Think about it. What would rile up Dalton more than seeing you up there on the altar with me? I bet I'd grow right then and there, maybe just after we kiss as newlyweds. Wouldn't you love to see me ascend to 675 pounds? I'd be about three times your size."

"Mason, what you're suggesting is so...weird."

"But sweet."

"I guess so. Speaking of, this new bakery of ours needs a name..."

 

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That reveal was amazing! It's one of those that makes so much sense in hindsight that I'm almost mad haha. I'm definitely going to reread this when it's complete to catch the little clues you left.

I gotta say, writing erotica is a special skill that most don't have, as is writing a good story with proper plot twists and interesting characters and dialogue. The fact that you can do all of these things is exceedingly rare, and I appreciate that you share your gift with us through your stories.

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2 hours ago, gkgrowth said:

I gotta say, writing erotica is a special skill that most don't have, as is writing a good story with proper plot twists and interesting characters and dialogue. The fact that you can do all of these things is exceedingly rare, and I appreciate that you share your gift with us through your stories.

This was unbelievably flattering.  Thank you.

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Everything is so perfect you know just what makes the story that much more satisfying to read.

Mentioning sizes again just when you came back from a waiting time between chapters and we're wondering "where did we leave off?"

 

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