Perfect Roomates

Chapter 1

“Oh, god. The pressure.” Seb was lying flat on her bed, holding her stomach. Her face had a look of pain, like she was physically trying to keep herself from ripping apart.

“Just hold it in. Let it finish.” Remi was on the floor of their dorm room, cradling her own stomach.

Seb looked down at her stomach. What had been a flat-toned athlete’s stomach was now a round dome about the size of a basketball, and it was still growing. It looked like in the movies when a demon grows out of a woman. But lucky for them both, it was just air.

The two roommates were experimenting with a new product they saw on a belly inflating forum. It was apparently meant for quickly inflating things like tires and air mattresses from something so small it could be mistaken for a vape pen. But people online realize whatever was in it reacted to people's stomachs and caused them to rapidly inflate with just one inhale. Seb and Remi were currently trying to see what their maximum capacity was.

Seb saw her stomach finally come to a halt. Her skin was stretched so tight she could feel her body trying to stretch to accommodate so much air. She’d gotten herself big in the past, but this was a new level.

Remi rolled over to her side. Her stomach was just as big. “Keep holding it in. Make it last.”

Both of Seb's hands were on her belly now, “It’s so tight. I feel like my skin is going to rip.”

Remi stumbled as she tried to stand up. She felt like a such balloon and almost fell over multiple times. Finally getting up to her feet and pushing her round, bloated stomach out in front of her. “We look pregnant,” Remi said, barely able to breathe anymore. She pounds her stomach with her fist, “It feels like a drum.”

“I c- I can’t hold it anymore.” Seb cried for mercy. Remi could see she was at her limit. “Okay… let's let it out together. Ready? 3… 2… 1…”

Both girls' mouths erupted with a long, loud belch. Seb’s back arched as she let out the air trapped in her stomach. Remi stumbled on her feet as her head jerked forward to let out her burp. Both girls pushed on their stomachs, trying to get out as much air as they could in one solid, long burp. Slowly but surely, their stomachs shrank back closer to their original size.

Remi’s burp was the first to break, Her head cocked back and she groaned, “Oh, god that was so huge.” She kept rubbing her still bloated belly. She hit it a few times with a closed fist to get a few more burps out of it.

Seb’s burp went on just a bit longer. She could feel everything. Just as clearly as she felt her skin stretch, she felt it contract right back down to size. When she finished, she rolled onto her side and groaned just the same, “Oh my god, I thought I was going to explode. UUUURP” She burped again as the pressure of her stomach against the bed forced more air out.

Remi smiled, “We’re still bloated. Think we can do another burp like that?” She bounced her belly again and let out another short burp.

“Maybe you can. Urp.” Seb said in a low, agonized voice. Before burping again.

Remi walked over to her nightstand while she rubbed her still bloated belly and picked up another pen they’d used to bloat themselves. She held it up for Sev to see. “We got one more. Want to do another hit?”

“Urrp. Another hit? It’s not drugs.” Seb said, still letting out small burps as her belly was still going down.

“Oh, course not. We don’t do drugs,” she stepped slowly towards Seb. One hand on her belly, the other looking nervously at their last inflator. She pushed the end of it into her belly button and cutely looked up at her bloated roommate. She was lying on the bed, looking exhausted. She pushed her body to its limits. Seb never had the same tolerance that Remi had. “I got an idea. Roll on your back.”

Seb looked up at Remi like she was skeptical. But really, she knew she’d do whatever Remi asked. Seb rolled over as she was told. Remi didn’t waste any time getting on the bed with her. Slowly, she lowered herself onto Seb so both their bare, bloated stomachs were on top of each other. As Remi lowered the last of her weight onto her, their mouths erupted with a burp simultaneously into each other's faces. Remi laughed, and Seb, who was always trying to hide her emotions, couldn’t help but crack a smile.

“This was your idea,” Seb said as their faces were just inches from each other. Only being separated by the space, their still slightly bloated bellies provided.

Remi smiled right back at her, “Part of it.” Remi took the inflator and pushed it right to Seb’s lips. Seb hesitated. All Remi needed to do was give an eye movement to convince Seb to agree. Remi moved her finger to the release button and pushed it. Seb responded by swallowing the air as it entered her mouth, letting it flow into her stomach and whatever was in it expand even larger. Once Seb felt she couldn’t take any more, she pulled her head away from the inflator. Remi responded by bringing it into her own mouth and taking what was left. She put the device aside, and both women looked down at their bellies to watch them expand.

It didn’t take long for Remi to be lifted up by both their bellies. Remi smiled as her body was lifted up and balanced on Seb’s belly. She put her arms out like wings, “I’m fly- UUUURRPP” Remi burped right into Seb’s face. She put her hand over her mouth, but it didn’t stop another one from escaping.

Seb didn’t flinch and did the same. The weight of Remi on her still-inflating belly was making it impossible to hold them in and stop from burping right in her face. This was Remi’s plan.

Back and forth, they let out short but powerful burps into each other’s faces. Smiles on both their faces as they almost competed for who could hold theirs the longest. Remi, not done teasing Seb, started bouncing up and down on her stomach. Each time she came down, it pushed even more air out of each of them.

They both felt their bellies stop expanding. Remi rolled herself next to Seb on the bed. Her hand rubbed over her belly again. “Fun’s over,” Remi said.

Seb burped again while trying to catch her breath. “Ugh. Never do that again.”

Remi rolled her eyes at her over-dramatic friend. “You can’t pretend I’m not a genius for thinking that up.”

Seb burped again. Her stomach was still not back to normal yet. “You’re a lot of things. A genius isn’t one of them.”

Remi smiled. She knew Seb liked it, but she never admitted to liking anything. “Oh, shut up.” Remi put her hand on Seb’s belly. It was still bloated but going down with each burp. The skin was no longer tight like a drum. Instead, it felt like a loose air pocket Remi could push into to help get the remaining air out. “So what do you think? You ever gonna go back to pumps or soda again?”

Seb let out another laugh. Both of them knew there was no going back to the old ways. Whatever this stuff was, it was their future. Instead of responding though, Seb just laughed.

Remi was surprised. The only time Seb ever laughed was when Remi had to make her. What had she done to force a laugh out of her this time? “What?” she asked.

“Nothing.” Seb looked down at Remi’s hand and let out a burp as she was given another push. “It’s just… I never thought I’d meet another person who liked this.” Seb reached over and put her own hand on Remi’s stomach. “Much less it be my roommate that I can “review” products for it with.”

Remi smiled. She’d never seen Seb show so much emotion. “Lucky us, right?”

“Yeah, lucky us...”