"N-nothing..." Theo grunted. He tugged the zipper of his jumpsuit, trying to get the fastener up another couple of inches over his belly. It struggled to transverse the globe that was Theo's stomach, and the husky gave up.
"Nothing? But you can't even g-"
"Ignore...it..." Theo grunted again.
Evan gave up. He just got this job and didn't want to rock the boat. Upsetting Theo might get him kicked from his job, and his savings were already starting to thin out.
The lion shrugged and went back to working on him compressor. They said nothing for the rest of the work day, though Theo gave off the occasional groan and moan.
***
For weeks, Evan kept an eye on Theo. Almost once a day, the husky would send the lion off to do some obscure task at the other end of the shop. He obeyed, and this left Theo alone for ten or fifteen minutes. Every time that Evan returned, the pup looked ready to explode. His soft stomach was blown out, looking more and more like a beach ball. Theo stopped trying to get the zipper of his jumpsuit to contain the new girth. Day after day, the zipper reached over less of Theo's expanded tummy until it was barely making it halfway up his stomach post-expansion. And Evan played dumb when Theo was finishing the rest of his workday with a jumpsuit barely covering his stomach. And Evan played dumb when Theo causally gave his swollen stomach rubs. And Evan played dumb when the husky would accidentally pass gas as they worked and Theo would quietly curse to himself under his breath.
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