Chapter 9

Around the World in 80 Restaurants, Kat had jokingly called it. Al sampled sushi in Japan, beef bbq in Argentina, pasta in Italy. He ate his way through the southern United States with gusto, enjoying all the fattening homestyle meals. He chowed down on elaborate meals in Korea and steak and eggs in Australia. He tried horse stir fry in Mongolia and bird's nest soup in China. He became a gourmand as well as a glutton. In Paris, he filled up on rich dishes in cream sauces, in Brussels, on sweet cream-filled pastries.

They travelled as much as possible by land, as Al was by now too fat to fly comfortably. When they did take to the air, he had to buy two seats.

His belly hung down to cover his genitals, even when standing, now. In Venice he discovered, in a panic, that he was too big to masturbate. His arms couldn't reach around his enormous mid-section.

"Well, well, isn't this interesting," purred Kat.

All the eating with him that she did had added some bulk to her frame, too. Her breasts hung like melons over a soft swell of belly. He loved her curves.

She teased him, kissing and caressing his belly, but ignoring his cock. He grew more and more aroused until at last he was begging her, frantic, for release. She heard the raw need in his voice and relented, lifting his huge mound of flab to stroke his cock. She drove him frantic again, before finally allowing him to spill his seed.

It was time to go home, Kat decreed. Al agreed. He found it hard to walk very far, which meant seeing the sights was not as much fun as it had been.

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Sean was excited to hear his old friend Al was coming home at last. It had been nearly two years since he'd left, and that was more than enough traipsing around the world as far as Sean was concerned. He accepted an invitation to visit Al and his partner Kat at their new house with alacrity.

When Al opened the door, Sean was shocked. He was big guy himself - cresting 325 pounds now- but Al was five inches shorter and easily a hundred pounds heavier. He had a belly apron that hung down to his thighs. He would have filled the whole doorway from side to side, if it hadn't been a specially installed double-wide door.

Sean followed his friend as he waddled slowly down the hallway, through a big living room, and out into a gorgeous backyard. With a pool. There was a plump woman at the BBQ, grilling steaks. He recognized her as Kat, the woman who had wrought such changes in Al.

As they ate and talked, Al telling Sean about all the things he had seen and done. Sean marvelled at how his meek and mild friend had changed, not just physically, but mentally and emotionally. The Al he'd known would never have dared to have adventures. They also talked about their future plans. Kat wanted to try for kids, and also start a charitable foundation with her vast wealth. Al was going to help her run it.

"I'm so happy," he confided to Sean when Kat ducked inside. "You never know how life will change you, do you?"

He rubbed one vast roll of his gut as he said it, and winked.