chapter 5 - grow to like

A month went by with Ryan working in the bakery, sporting and enjoying Luke's meals. With Luke increasingly enjoying watching Ryan eat. And because they ate after Ryan's training, he ate with passion. Luke also enjoyed the sight of his imagination in which Ryan would grow a bit fatter.
In the bakery he also got more attention of both Lilly and Granny. They both grew to like him more by the day. And they especially liked the delight in Ryan's 'tasting'. Every recipe they were testing had to be criticized by the tall guy. The customers seemed to like Ryan as well, he was so gentle and kind, he often let them taste their new pastries causing them to buy more.
Luke saw Ryan's shirts getting a bit tighter here and there, but decided not to comment on it. Since it was summer they got out on the roof terrace more, and Luke liked the days when Ryan would go shirtless. He had grown so much, and since he was so tall and muscular, he didn't seem to be aware of the fact that he was getting chubbier by the day. Luke almost salivated at the sight of Ryan's love handles creeping over the waistband, while he stood near the hand rail of the terrace. Luke was laying on a sunbed on the other end of the terrace and could just cover his raising member with a magazine in time before Ryan turned around to face him. He now saw that Ryan's belly was also getting softer and his navel seemed to be getting deeper. He could definitely use a tan though.

The bakery was a great hit in town and more people found their way to the bakery. Sometimes even asking for Baker Ryan. He was glad to help and enjoyed his work. Granny had asked him if maybe he could work for 5 days a week. And without any hesitation he had said yes!
During the extra days he often worked with Lilly in the shop, while Marge would constantly be in the kitchen to bake even more than she already had done. Since Lilly and Ryan liked each other a lot, they had much fun working and were laughing all the time. Lilly also liked Ryan's sweet tooth and at times there was no customer in the shop she liked to surprise him with funny little decorated pastries, which she decorated just for him. Out of curiosity he often tried to peek while she made her tiny works of art. She liked to keep him as happy as possible this way. He was so thankful for this job that he tried to be as kind and cooperative as he could.
During dinner Ryan often talked about his great work days, and mostly the subject of Lilly was involved. Luke thought Ryan would have a crush on her, but he wondered what kept them from going further. While sunbathing on their roof terrace Luke started the conversation:
L: Don't you think Lilly likes you?
R: Yep, I'm quite sure about that.
L: And you, don't you like Lilly?
R: Yeah, well, I kinda think I know what you're aiming for, but I don't know about Lilly that way. She's very kind, that's for sure. And we do like each other a lot. However she's indirectly my boss and even if we were just colleagues I don't think I would push it any further than being friends.
L: Why not? Going a bit further than you did wouldn't hurt would it?
R: Well, I don't know, I don't seem to be attracted to her enough to act in that direction or something. I'm not sure about my feelings over her and I definitely don't want to hurt her.
L: oh, ok, Ill cut it off. Sorry for being so offensive.
R: no worries man.
Ryan thought about it after that and wondered how he could be so non responsive to Lilly's little flirt attempts. Even though he liked it greatly there seemed to be a lack of sexual tension somehow.
At the gym Ryan discovered that it was getting harder to keep to his schedule. He was still one of the strongest guys out there, but his cardio condition had lowered and he couldn't keep up the motivation to completely exhaust himself every time, especially during these hot months in summer. At hot summer days Ryan preferred to lay on his sunbed on their roof terrace reading, listening to music laying around and off course snacking.
There were always enough snacks around the house, which was one of the things Luke had still taken care of very accurately. Without knowing Marge had even helped in this process since a few days ago. When Luke had come home like always he walked through the storage room towards their staircase, greeting Marge on his way. He saw that she was about to throw a few apple pies into the garbage.
L: aww that's a pity Marge, why do you throw away those wonderful pastries? was there something wrong with those pies?
M: Can't keep em fresh for long my boy. It's not that I like throwing them away, but we want to sell high quality and we can't guarantee that it will be ok for another few days if anyone buys them.
L: I don't want to sound cheeky, but could I maybe have one? I mean if you're throwing them away anyway..
M: oh sure! Don't have to apologize for asking. Better if someone eats it instead of letting it go to waste. You could have them all in fact.
L: thanks, that's very kind of you! I really appreciate your baking! Knowing the quality and passion it's a shame that any of these are going out as garbage anyway.
Thank you, Marge said visibly flattered.
M: in that case I'll put some of the 'waste bakings' up here from now on, when you get home you can choose whatever you like.
L: ok, thank you, you're too kind. Let me at least help you by throwing away whatever we don't use.
M: perfect. Now enjoy your pastries young man.
L: good evening
Luke stored the pastries and started cooking. During dinner Ryan ate a monstrous amount, so when Luke offered him a piece of pie afterwards he was barely too full to accept. They lay on the terrace while enjoying their pie, when Luke explained what Marge had offered. Ryan was very glad to hear that the best pastries in the world would be in reach distance for 24 hours a day by now.
During their nice chat, Luke silently loved to see that Ryan still hadn't stopped growing thicker. He looked at his housemates body in admiration whenever he could without being caught. Ryan who now had gotten a nice tan, wasn't shy or self-conscious towards Luke anyway. Luke estimated that Ryan had sure passed 300 lbs by now.
A few days later Ryan himself was also noticing changes. His work outfit was getting unpleasantly snug by now. It had been for a while, but now it was starting to irritate him. He didn't want to talk to Marge about it though, so he planned to lose some weight and keep it still. Just about a few days after that, Lilly told Ryan that they had bought new bakery outfits and that his was in the storage room so he could take it and put it on next day.

TO BE CONTINUED?