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pumpkachubby · 2 years

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Buried feelings

It’s been a while since last time I posted a new episode but here we are back at it! This time we have a chapter focused in Crescente and Guester, where what was supposed to be a lesson in magic quickly turned to the unexpected.

(from now on all new chapters will be acompanied by a map showing who will be featured and where, since many people will be traveling all around Galar)

Make sure to check the Story Archive for past chapters!

I can’t say that my relationship with Guester is bad, but until now we never really had a chance to connect, we are more like acquaintances than actual friends, if it wasn’t for Koh and Petrov we probably would have never meet each other and yet, here we are, alone in a meeting room of the Obsidian Guild.

And I’m pissed off at him.

Koh asked me to help him with his current interest in magic, according to my mother he has great potential in plant-based magic (although almost every plant-type hybrid like us has it, it’s hard to master, even harder than training to use the pokemon moves of our individual species) and since I really need a distraction from my own problems I said yes without giving it much thought… and oh boy I am regretting it.

“Can you please stop that?” - I shouted, making him drop the thread he was trying to pass through his absurdly large needle, but he immediately went back to it.

“What’s wrong? I told you I lost my witch hat to that damn corviknight, so I’m trying to make a new one!”

“Where should I start…” - I said, taking off my glasses and rubbing my eyelids in frustration- “Do you see me wearing a witch hat? Don’t you think there must be a reason behind it?”

“...Fashion sense? No offense but until now you have always been wearing that boring barista outfit, if it wasn’t for your scarf you wouldn’t stand out at all…” - He replied without looking at me. It's been like this since Koh brought him earlier today. I tried to give him some basic guide on the magic he claims to be interested but all he has cared for is that stupid hat that he really, REALLY shouldn’t wear.

I took a deep breath to control my urges to strangle him with my scarf, murder is illegal after all, even if he just dragged my fashion sense in the floor. I stepped closer and tried to make…. a more direct approach.

“You know the difference between pokemon powers and magic, right?” - I asked, touching the fabric he was trying to sew ,in an act that would make Koh crawl in pain, without even properly cutting it in the proper shape of a hat.

“Aren't they basically the same?” - He replied, trying to get it away from me, but it was too late, I was already holding it tight. -“I mean, both are powers that come from within us, right?”

“Correct, but they are very different. Pokemon powers and abilities are very limited to our types, and human cannot learn to use them, but magic isn’t, you see…” - I said as I set on fire the fabric on my hand, although you would say it looked more like it was disintegrating in sparks, quickly reaching his hands, making him step back in shock - “... there are no limits on what you can learn to do with magic.”

Guester stood there in awe, now that I think about it it was probably the first time he had seen me use magic. Sure everyone had come to the coffee shop while lost ghosts gather at night but he in particular never saw me do anything practical like this. After a few seconds he finally spoke again.

“That was… SO COOL!!!” - He said jumping in excitement - “I wanna do that too!”

“You will if you are willing to listen and learn…” - I replied, walking back to my original seat. - “Honestly why aren’t you paying more attention? You show genuine interest and yet all you have done is ignore my lesson…”

“Well… because you are boring.” - He said with no hesitation, looking straight into my eyes.

“E- Excuse me???”

“Yeah, and I already know all of that plant stuff, mom taught me. Do you realize you are trying to teach about plants to a person who, quite literally, was born in a greenhouse? I learned all that before I even knew how to read…”

“I didn’t know that! Also, what do you mean I’m boring?? I’m trying my best to make it interesting!”

“Well… I wasn’t talking about the lesson when I said that…”

My scarf quickly grabbed him by the legs, holding him tight upside down mid-air. Did he not realize that I can literally destroy him in as many ways I want if I felt like it? I can’t understand him at all! But I needed to calm down, he is a precious friend of my boyfriends, and way too many people know we are both here after all.

“What the hell do you mean by that, uh?” - I said, looking at his sad upside-down face, probably just noticing how he just insulted me.

“I’m sorry I can’t help it! I always thought you were boring! You are always stuck at home, even after your mother came back and did the renovations, with the excuse of having to take care of the shop, yet you don’t really have to do much there besides a couple of very specific nights per month. You have all this power and yet you don’t want to use it! And you know what I will say it: I don’t get what Koh and Petrov see in you! They should have just been a couple and I would have been able to mo-” - He said, suddenly covering his own mouth with his hands, quickly getting flustered and it wasn’t because of his current position.

I had to sit down.

I should be angry, but deep down I agreed.

“... what?” - I asked - “Listen, I’m- I am aware I’m not the most interesting person around, but I just like the way things are, I don’t… do well with changes… and I’m the first person to notice that if I wasn’t around they probably would have ended up together sooner, I’m very aware of that and believe me I don’t know why they are with me either… I…”

“Sorry…” - He apologized, trying to rub my head but only managing to mess with my hair - “It’s just… how to say this… Petrov was my…” - His face was red as a tomato so I pulled him down, he quickly grabbed another chair and sat in front of me. - “Is there… is there any magic you have to conceal this room?”

“Done” - I said as I lifted a finger, creating the most powerful barrier I knew. There was a conversation we needed to have right here and right now. - “What’s up with Petrov?”

“I hate myself for this, I really do” - He said, clenching his fists - “But when you three got together I… was so jealous…”

“Why? Aren’t you happy with Harold?”

“I am! I trully am! I want to live my life along his side!... But, how to say this…”

“Calm down, just be direct.”

“Ok… - He replied after a few seconds in doubt, taking a deep breath - “Petrov was my first crush, I realized I liked boys because of him, you could say it was love at first sight. Back then when he was a small and slim insecure pumpkaboo, I fell hard for him, but he never corresponded with my feelings, and I’m quite sure he never even realized it…” - He declared abruptly, at the border of tears, I quickly jumped to hug him because I knew that feeling too well. - “I don’t know why! I tried really hard but he never realized it! Hell, even Rompt noticed it and he is probably the most useless when it comes to relationships and emotions, but Petrov, he just… never looked back at me in any other way than a friend, so at a certain point I decided to move on, I even had something with Rompt for a year, and while the sex was fantastic we decided it was best if we would remain as friends when Petrov came back to town and-”

“Wait wait a moment, you just dropped a lot of information I wasn't aware of… You and Rompt?”

“Yeah, he wasn’t my first boyfriend but we dated for almost a year after he and Koh broke up.”

“WAIT WHAT!??”

“Ups” - He said, stopping halfway getting up from his chair to leave the room, probably remembering he asked me to put on a barrier.

“Have everyone in this friend group had secret feelings for each other this whole time and I didn’t know anything at all?”

“Oh me and Rompt had more than feelings, Horacio should be grateful because he was so messy when we started, but I had way more experience in bed so I taught him well.” - He said so proudly you wouldn’t believe he was about to cry minutes ago - “You really need to work on your perception, don’t you know any spells to boost it or something?”

“Ok, I think you have dragged me enough already, let's keep the focus on you. So, you were jealous because Koh and I got into a relationship with him yet he was never able to see you as a potential boyfriend?”

“Exactly! And I know how messed up that is! And yet why do I feel this way?”

“Well I think it's normal, seeing someone achieve something you wanted for years and give up will always hurt a little. All you can do now is focus on your present and future. It's not like you have romantic feelings for him left, right?”

“Oh yeah, haha. Sorry for dropping such a bomb out of nowhere, it’s been a weird couple of days, I’d be lying if I said I’m not a bit resentful to Harold, I love him but he can be a bit too stubborn, including his stupid bird that steals hats… Why did it do that? It’s not even shiny!”

“That’s normal, it is a corviknight after all. Historically they have always been in good relationships with magic users so they don’t take such offenses lightly.”

“Offense?”

“Yeah! The reason why I don’t wear a witch hat is because it’s an important sign of status in our society, if you receive one it means that you are a fully matured sorcerer, it’s not just a costume, it’s quite literally a manifestation of our power and wisdom in us hybrids.”

“Like an evolution?”

“Yes, normally we don’t mind when children wear them as a costume, but when an apprentice does… you should be glad you are not part of a formal academy, you would have been expelled at best.”

“That sounds… dangerous… Sorry, I’m really sorry I really didn’t know, I mean the only witch I know is your mother and she wears it quite often.”

“Don’t worry, she is a mismagius and they have a natural gift for magic. It’s fine, if I have learned something about you today is that you get carried away way too easily and hard at the same time, you really need some self-control, I don’t know what would have happened if you had told Harold about this…”

“Oh he is fine, he knows. Do you remember the day we forced you to talk about your feelings for each other? I told him all about it that same night…”

“Then why are you trying to be so secretive about it?”

“Because it would be a problem if someone overheard it in this place, don’t you think? Better be safe…” - I had to agree with him on that, while I’m sure most of the staff are trustworthy, we are still new to this environment. - “Oh, but I won’t apologize for calling you boring by the way. I may need some self-control but you need to learn how to let loose more, you can’t live without change! Life isn’t that simple, right? There are many things we can’t control, like your current weight situation.”

“Wow you really went for my throat, didn't you?”

“I can do it better. You are a spoiled brat, you have everything and yet you decide to stay in mediocrity, even when your mother quite literally pushed you out of your house to have more experiences in the outside world you haven’t gone out of the guild building for anything else than trying to find food to get back on shape, don’t you? Do yourself a favor and get out of your comfort zone for once!”

“But-”

“No buts! We are going to make you get that witch hat!”

“Wait, what?”

“You said that only mature witches get one, right? Then I think having an apprentice will help you with that!” - He declared proudly - “And who knows, maybe you will find a way to get your body back in shape.”

“That’s what I like to hear!” - Said Petrov from outside the room, opening both doors and having to kneel down a little to get inside the room.

“Woah Petrov you really have become huge!” - Reacted Guester by seeing his old friend for the first time in a couple of days- “Wait, didn’t you had a barrier?” - He asked, looking at me.

“Yeah… and it was strong enough to resist a hyper beam… did I become rusty?”

“Oh babe don’t worry about it, it wouldn’t be the first thing I break without realizing in the last couple of days after all…” - Said Petrov scratching his head - “And well, your mother did say you need to work more on your magic… Now that I think about it, weren't you supposed to study plant magic? what are you doing inside a dark room?”

“He is right! We need to be in contact with nature!” - Replied Guester, quickly grabbing me by the hips and hanging my slim body to his left shoulder - “I will have to borrow one of your boyfriends for a couple of days Petrov, I promise I will take good care of him!”

“I know you will, and if you get into trouble don’t hesitate to call me, ok?”

“Of course!” - Replied my captor, happily running away from the building and into the wild area, he didn’t let go of me until it was very late and he realized we forgot to bring any camping equipment, thankfully I knew how to improvise with magic.

I wonder how far this adventure will take me, but at least now that I’m closer to Guester I can be more positive about it, and who knows? Maybe he is right and I will find a way to cure me.

#guester the gourgeist #Crescente the gourgeist #oc story #petrov the pumpkaboo

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pumpkachubby · 2 years

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Special interlude: Tale of an encounter at Christmas

Who was the mysterious Santa!Petrov? Seems like Koh and Crescente had an encounter with him years ago, but what happened and what exactly he left behind? Check it in this new chapter~!

Make sure to check the Story Archive for past chapters!

It surely was a rough day, wasn’t it? I went from one place to another and all I found was emotional turmoil whenever I went… people scheming and lying, fighting for their lives. I couldn’t sleep so I got up to get to work on the designs for Horacio’s new outfit and as I took my sketchbook from my backpack, a particular envelop feel too, immediately taking me back to that Christmas eve, back when we were still getting used to Sven and Knoll in our lives.

It was a cold night at Crescente’s cafe, snow was everywhere but I had no plans on leaving, after all I was used to spend the holydays with him if his parents couldn’t make it back.

“Another Christmas with only both of us it seems” – I said, sipping a bit of hot coffee, looking at the window.

“Well, I’m kinda glad it’s quieter, things have been too busy lately.” – He replied sitting in the sofa next to me.

“Oh yeah, too many surprises that Halloween haha” – I said as I got closer to him and sat down at his side.- “Seems like you and Petrov have been getting along too.”

“Yes, we had our differences at first but everything is cool I guess. I’m surprised you didn’t invite him today”

“He is going to spend the holidays with his parents in Galar, he wanted to spend Christmas with us but he couldn’t say no, apparently there was something important they wanted to talk with him, but he said he would try his best to make it back for New Year’s.”

“I see, well, with him here we will probably have a big party with everyone …”

“Feeling lonely since Sven went with Knoll? You know if you want we still got time to improvise something…”

“Nah it’s fine, you are here after all” – He said with a warm smile, looking back at this particular moment really makes me think about how oblivious I was to his real feelings, I was just too focused in myself and how I couldn’t really get over how Petrov declined me years before, but I’m glad we managed to find an answer were everyone is happy. We really couldn’t thank Knoll enough for pushing us into it.

We realized we were almost out of coffee so Crescente got up to make more, but he was interrupted by a loud sound outside the house, almost like something really heavy fell. We heard a loud groan and a loud couple of footsteps getting closer, making the entire house tremble, then, silence. We didn’t know what to do, should we go check what was happening? Maybe a wild Pokémon was rampaging around? But there shouldn’t be anything in the area that could make such a fuss, and specially not here since the house is protected by a barrier… after a while we suddenly heard a loud knock in the door.

I looked at Crescente and he looked more confused than me, but we decided to see for ourselves whatever was outside, since they knocked the door at least they were a person so we lowered our defenses a little, but maybe we shouldn’t have done so, because as soon as Crescente opened the door a large hand came inside and picked me up, I was suddenly carried into the cold trapped by fingers bigger than my whole body, and when I finally could opened my eyes they were met by a familiar face: a giant bearded Petrov in a Santa costume.

“Merry Christmas~!” – He happily shouted, his breath was warm but strong. Suddenly one large finger came to rub my head – “Look at you, so cute and tiny, don’t know if giving you a present or keep you like one.”

“WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING PETROV!?” – Screamed Crescente down bellow, desperately trying to go through the doorframe but being too big and fat as he always did– “I don’t know why you got so big but you better let Koh go right now or I swear I will kill you!!”

“Hoho, strong words from someone who can’t leave his house” – The giant Petrov laughed, poking Crescente with his free hand and making him roll inside the house, then he slowly put me down and once my feet touched the snow the giant Santa Petrov suddenly shrunk down to his regular size… no, he was still quite bigger than usual. – “Just wanted to give you two a surprise~ lets go inside, I don’t want you two to catch a cold.”

As he said that he walked inside with me. There was something really off with him for some reason, to begin with he just squished himself inside through the doorfreem without problem, even when he was clearly bigger and fatter than Crescente, which only made him even more angry.

“Halloween is over, it’s no time to make such bad taste jokes, also how the hell are you able to do such a thing? Weren’t you supposed to be with your parents?”

“Too many question for which you should be able to find the answer by yourself” – the now normal-sized-yet-still-bigger Santa Petrov said as he dropped himself into the sofa – “I’m craving something sweet, don’t you have some of those chocolate chip cookies?~” – He groaned rubbing his large, hairy belly.

“You know I don’t have it” – Said Crescente, taking a look at me, he was getting progressively more annoyed. – “What’s going on with you?” – He asked, but was only received with a cheeky smile.

“I baked some cookies early if you want” – I interrupted – “They are not very good but it’s something.” – I said looking inside my backpack for the bag of almost burn, poorly shaped cookies I tried to bake for tonight, I was hesitant to show them to Crescente since they don’t taste very good but since Petrov was craving something sweet I didn’t mind anymore, I was ready to hand them over when Crescente stopped me.

“You shouldn’t give your home-made cookies to such a suspicious stranger” – Crescente said, making Santa Petrov(?) show a large grin on his face and sit down properly.

“Wha- what do you mean?” – I asked.

“He is not our friend, I thought he was because his aura is very similar, but he is not our Petrov, at least not the one from our world, he is not even a pumpkaboo! Who are you?”

“Took you longer than I expected, but well done!” – Said the strange Santa, rubbing his long white beard – “You are correct, I’m not your Petrov, but I am “a” Petrov”.

“Just answer my question, who are you? What are you doing here?” – Asked Crescente, stepping in front of me, making the extremes of his scarf levitate and look like claws, I noticed his knees were shaking a little and it was to be expected: an intruder just got into his house and he could tear it apart at any second, we already saw him bigger than the building a few minutes ago.

“Hm… First of all, you can call me Shirou, and you can calm down I’m not here to cause any harm” – He said, getting up from the sofa with his hands in the air – “I was sent here to deliver something for you two, and since the occasion I decided to come dressed up as Santa, I thought it would be easier for you two to let me in and it seems it worked haha” – He laughed.

“Then why didn’t you shrink down before knocking the door?” – I asked, stepping at the right side of Crescente.

“Well, that’s easy to explain: that’s my normal size, I just forgot to adapt to this world haha”

“WHAT are you!?” – Shouted Crescente, making more things in the room levitate. Later that night he would confess that at that moment he was genuinely more scared because he couldn’t figure out the true nature of Shirou and it was making him feel anxious, and it was normal after all we couldn’t see the next revelation coming.

“Well, I’m clearly not a Santa, I just wanted to try the costume” – the stranger said, jumping back and surrounding himself in a white mist, only to reveal himself a second later with a very different appearance: He had longer and curlier white hair with red ends, a couple of pointy animal ears and wearing a white and pink kimono which barely crossed around his large belly, tied with a large white and red rope, one of his arms were exposed, as well as his right leg while the other was covered by a long white stocking – “Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Shirou and I am a Zorua from the old land of Hisui, I traveled through time and space to bring you two a little present which will be useful in the future.” – He said, as he took out a decorated envelop form the sleeve of his kimono.

We looked at him astonished, and it wasn’t any exaggeration, he had just dropped a large amount of exposition while practically naked. Crescente put everything down and had to lay down in the sofa for a minute, Shirou remained in the same position with his envelop in his hands for the whole time.

“You are saying that you were sent here? By who?” – I asked, a bit afraid of the mysterious envelop, sure he said it was supposedly to help us but I couldn’t help but to act cautious. – “Also, what is Hisui?”

“It’s how they used to call the Sinnoh region ages ago, right?” – Replied Crescente, taking out his glasses.

“From your world’s perspective, yes” –Replied Shirou – “I didn’t came from the past, I come from a parallel world. I was asked by a friend to come by and give you two this.” – He said, once again trying to make one of us take the object in his hand – “Don’t worry, I swear it’s not dangerous! it’s just a talisman.” – He said getting closer to me. I couldn’t help but to notice how much bigger he was in comparison to our Petrov, if he was going to get as big as Shirou I would have a lot of work to do, I would need extra help only to take his measures. I looked at Crescente for some confirmation and he gave me a positive sign. Inside the envelop there was a purple rope knotted into a flower shape, with a golden bell hanging from it, I noticed how it didn’t make any sound although it properly had something inside.

“Don’t worry, it will sound when you need it.” – Said Shirou, patting my head with his large hand.

“Let me guess” – Said Crescente, getting up – “You can’t tell who sent you or when are we going to need this talisman, right?”

“That is not entirely correct. I can’t tell you the name of the friend of mine who asked me to come here because that would literally summon them, and I’m guessing you don’t want your whole planet to be destroyed, right?” – He said with a large smile, leaving us with only the idea of how bigger his friend could possibly be – “And about the talisman, here is the exact words they told me to tell you two: This talisman will help you ease your worries when tragedy strikes, fear not because yours bonds with your loved one can’t be easily broken. This will not solve your dilemma, but it will give you the strength and certainly you will need.”

My hands were shaking but even so the bell didn’t make any sound. Shirou had just said that something bad will happen to one of us in the future but how was I supposed to take it? Like he just read my mind he kneeled down and hold me by the shoulders in comfort, his hands were big and kind.

“I wish I could tell you two what’s going to happen, but if I did I would be interfering with the flow of time and space of your world, and in order to fix it, this world would… erase my existence” – He said, as I could feel his grip tighten – “While the future is not set into stone there are some events that cannot be changed, especially if they have to do with more than worlds, and this will be one of these… so, in order to help you and your friends overcome this ordeal I was asked to deliver that talisman, please take care of it.” – He said, closing my hand around it with his bigger hand.

I looked at Crescente who was kneeling down by my side, listening to everything.

“You can’t even tell you when it will happen?” – He asked to Shiro, who stood up straight once again.

“Sadly no, but I think if I give you a hint there shouldn’t be a problem…” – He replied

“Don’t even risk it, if you die it would affect Petrov too, right?” – Said a worried Crescente.

“Wh- what do you mean!?” – I sad, grabbing his scarf scared at that revelation.

“When two versions of the same person are in the same world their fate is connected: If one dies the other will do so, but in this case is a bit different, since it’s the world itself…” – He explained, but stopped middle way, and staring in silence at the ceiling for a minute, we were worried but he suddenly came back at his senses – “Ok, they said I could give you this hint: the time will be near when you see me again, but it wouldn’t be me whom you are looking for.”

We were going to comment about it but he quickly put a finger on our lips like saying “you don’t need to think about it”, and with that ominous sign he suddenly turned around and looked at my backpack.

“You said you had some cookies, right?” – He said. Shirou could be a different Petrov, but I can recognize the look in his face when he is exhausted and hungry, so I looked at Crescente who got the sign to lighten up the mood a little and just walked to make some coffee. I went to pick up the bag of cookies and handed it to Shirou, who was salivating at the sight, they didn’t taste very good but it seems they were more than enough for our unexpected visitor. After chatting a little more about how different our world is from his he said goodbye and disappeared into a white mist in the middle of the cold winter night.

The talisman stayed at Crescente’s place all this time until now, I wish I could say it was for more practicality since his house has a barrier, but the truth was that I was scared of it: just looking at it makes me shiver, but I couldn’t avoid my eyes any longer, after all… when I see Petrov now all I can think is how closer he looks to Shirou, he even started to tie his beard…

We are getting closer, closer to the moment we can’t run away, because it has to happen…

…I just pray this talisman is strong enough to help us, no… I hope we can be strong enough, for now, all I can do is make sure my loved ones are safe and protected, and if I have to spend days sewing to do so you can count that I will!

#Koh the pumpkaboo #Crescente the gourgeist #petrov the pumpkaboo #oc things #oc story

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pumpkachubby · 2 years

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Interlude - Something different

After all that happened back at Horacio’s place, Koh has a lot of things to think about, but he surely isn’t the only one with a lot of stuff in their minds back in the Obsidian Guild

Make sure to check the Story Archive for past chapters!

I came back to the guild as soon as possible, I had a lot of work to do after all, but I wasn’t really thinking about it. I barely talked with Harold in the cab, I don’t remember what I told to those who received me once I entered the building, I can’t recall if I even said a word at all.

I entered the bedroom and started to undress in front of the mirror, since Petrov’s father is going on a vacation he let us stay in his personal chambers, his bed was large enough after all. I stood there naked checking my body… I didn’t know how to feel, after all today was the first time a (almost) complete stranger declared physical attraction to me, and until today I never really thought about it, but… all my relationships until now have been emotional first and after that it became something physical; they never approached me for my body. I dated Rompt for months before I even hold his hand, I knew Crescente from childhood and Petrov for years, I have truly enjoyed our time together but today I realized how different my life experience has been in comparison to my previous and current partners.

Rompt have always been attractive to a large variety of people from all genders, he likes to be in the spotlight after all so it’s inevitable that people will see and feel things for him. While Crescente has always been a completely opposite to Rompt in that aspect he was very used to be asked out back in high school, he always had a very attractive figure after all but he always declined any advances, and we all know how confident and proud Petrov is of his physique to a level to make a living out of it.

But what experience I have on that? Nothing, and yet today that guy just asked me to sit on his face. I drew a blank back then, it completely took me by surprise, after all that I went through with both Horacio and Rompt today Mauricio went and said that, such a dumb request, and I get it: I have been that person too with my boyfriends, but I never expected to be in the receiving end of that question.

I had many reasons to say yes, but as I sat there I realized that I didn’t even considered my own feelings, because I never put myself in that situation, not even in my dreams, but it was already too late to go back.

And then it made me realize… have I been a massive hypocrite all this time? My work has always been inspired by how much I like to encourage big guys to enjoy their bodies, to feel fashionable, feel sexy but… I never even stopped to think about that for myself. All this time it just felt like physical attraction was something natural that would eventually happen to me once I’m in a relationship, that’s how it has been, after all…

…none of all the boyfriends I had expressed that kind of interest in my body before we were in a relationship, the closest thing I had was that new years eve I spend with Petrov and Crescente but we were very, very drunk, so…

How should I feel about this? Should I cry? But how could I, after all I am in a very happy relationship with two wonderful people… whom I didn’t even consider to think about how they would feel about me sitting on the face of a stranger.

I leaned against the cold surface of the mirror and slowly kneeled drown until I was sitting on the wooden floor.

I felt guilty, but not for the right reasons: I realized that deep down, I enjoyed it, after all it was something that deep down I always wanted but never took the time to address it.

All my life I have been putting others before me, but in the end it was all an excuse: I was using them to avoid thinking about it, to address that I do have a need for validation, to feel like I’m an attractive guy, to be recognized by the world, hell, I have become even hotter the last 2 years!

Something was changing inside of me, there was an emptiness that needed to be filled.

Suddenly the doors of the bedroom opened and a worried Petrov and Crescente showed up.

“Are you alright?” – Petrov said, throwing himself to the floor– “When I came back everyone said that you looked really off…”

“Yeah, they all looked really worried” – Said Crescente, kneeling down – “What happened?”

“It’s fine…” – I said as I picked up my kimono in silence and stared into the mirror once again – “I sat on a guy’s face today” – I sad, with a smirk in my face, for a moment mistaking my own reflection with Knoll’s.

Dinnertime was awkward, I told them everything except for the details about Noah and his intentions (after all Horacio begged me to keep it a secret, we both knew that if Petrov knew something like that was happening he wouldn’t doubt to use all the power of the Obsidian Guild against him, and we couldn’t take any risk), I told them about how I felt and all the new feelings that came from the experience, at first they seem to totally get it but they had a lot to think about it, after all not everyday your boyfriend tells you that you never expressed physical interest before their relationship, and I don’t really talk much about my previous relationship with Rompt (I’m not even sure if Petrov knew about it, he looked genuinely surprised which was normal considering how we met again thanks to him) so just setting it as another example must have felt like a double hit.

We ate in silence with the noise of the TV in the background, Petrov ate like normal and he was clearly thinking about it in a positive way, he almost looked happy about what happened back at Horacio’s, but Crescente barely took a bite which was very concerning considering he have been trying his best to gain back his weight, so I couldn’t help myself to break the silence.

“Are you ok, Crescente?” –I asked, reaching for his hand. – “I know that what I said must have been a lot, but you need to eat something…”

“It’s not what you think…” – He said, scratching his head – “I’m tired of eating twice my weight per day and yet remain slim!”

“Oh, so it was that what was in your mind?” – Said Petrov after taking along sip of his soda – “I thought you were thinking about how our dear Koh found out he likes to be praised more than he knew.”

“I’m thinking about that too! It’s not easy!” – He replied a bit annoyed – “I can’t help but to think about it… about how maybe if I expressed my feelings for Koh more directly we could have been in a long relationship by now.”

“Hey! That’s not fair! What would be about me then?” – Replied Petrov, standing up – “Don’t leave me alone! I’m too big to be left out! You can’t!” – He said as he grabbed both of us by the collar and pulled us against his large body. – “We will be together forever, right?”

“Of course we will” – Smiled Crescente as he grabbed a fork and shoved some meat into Petrov’s mouth – “It was just a dumb thought, don’t overanalyze it”

“He is right, today is the only thing that matter” – I replied.

“Correct, so… you told us you sat on that weird guy’s face, and that you liked it, now what?”

“Wha- What do you mean?” – I replied, pushing myself away from the group hug and noticing in the reflection of an empty vase that I was red as the tomato salad, which only made me turn around even faster and walk to the sofa. – “Everything is fine! Just like always!”

“No, it doesn’t!” – Said Crescente who suddenly showed up in front of me, being so slim really must have made him faster – “You can’t just drop all of that on us and pretend nothing happened! You are right, we need to express our affection more often to make up for all those years, specially me!” – He said, grabbing my butt – “I can’t believe you let someone else’s face enjoy your big soft butt before us! You also need to atone for your sins!” – He joked as he lifted me up.

“Hey, what did I say? Don’t leave me alone!” – Said Petrov as he rushed toward us, tripping with a chair and both of us felt almost in slow-motion how his large shadow casted over our smaller bodies, only to crash down one second later – “Whoops!” – He said as Crescente and I tried our best to find a way out from bellow his large, heavy belly.

“Whoops you say, but why aren’t you standing up?” – Complained Crescente whose face was very close to Petrov’s.

“We haven’t been able to be like this for a while, let me enjoy myself feeling you two squirm under me for a while, after all I AM currently the biggest and largest pumpkaboo around!”

“Surely you are” – I said as I managed to get my head free right under his armpit – “Wait a moment, Petrov, stand up.”

“I don’t wanna~ You two will stay down there until I want”- He laughed as he wiggled is body.

“No, I said get up! This is important!”

“Ok, fine, fine” – He agreed , and so he started to get up, and as soon as he put a knee up and started to stand up we heard it: the most painful sound for a tailor like me: the loud sound of seams coming apart.

“I knew it! You got bigger!” – I said, quickly standing up and rushing for my measuring tape, as I came back from the room with it I noticed how the seam on his pants were completely torn apart. Crescente was sitting in the sofa, looking annoyed.

“Come on dear you know it’s not my fault!” – Said Petrov getting closer to him, with each step I could hear how more seams came apart, but it was to be expected, after all I made the uniform Petrov is wearing a couple of years ago, my work was destined to give up one day after all – “Me getting bigger and you being unable to can’t possibly be related in any way!”

“I know! It’s all Sven’s fault and his stupid potions, I should have asked Horacio instead, at least that way I would have a certainly I would be back to my normal self eventually, hell even being shrunk sounds like a great idea.”

“Uh? Wait a moment, when I saw you early today your hips were considerably fatter, how are you slim again?” – I asked as I helped Petrov undress.

“Wish I knew!”

“Didn’t you ask your mother for some help?” – Asked Petrov as I measured the thickness of his thigh. – “She was checking Sven’s potions yesterday, right? I thought you were going to have some news by today, did you call her?”

“YES, I DID! And you know what she said!? She said that she wouldn’t give me an answer until I make some “wonderful memories” ” – He complained scratching his head with both hands.

“Well, she did say that you needed to travel around the region…” – I replied as I got on a chair to measure Petrov’s height.

“I have been doing that!” – He replied in frustration.

“Yes, but only in Harold’s cab… checking restaurants” - I said getting down from the chair after an unsuccessful attempt, I needed some ladder, thankfully Crescente noticed my problem and stood up to help and sat me on his shoulders.

“I guess that’s not enough, isn’t it… but what can I do? You two are very busy with the guild…”

“You can ask Guester” – I suggested – “Wasn’t he trying to learn some plant-oriented magic? You could give him a hand.”

“Yeah, but… how to say this, besides having him as a costumer at my place I don’t think I have ever interacted much with him, sure he is a nice guy but I don’t think we ever had something in common.”

“Well, you have now! You both can go on a magical adventure~!” – Said Petrov as I write down his shoulder’s width

“But how should I approach him? I m not the kind of guy to show up and say “Hey, do you need a magical guide?”, that would be weird”

“Don’t worry about it, leave it to me!” – Replied Petrov, turning around to see us in top of each other, my face was at his same height, which surprised even himself – “is it just me or… I have become even taller?”

“Yes, you are. 235cm tall to be precise” – I said, rolling up my tape.

“That’s 20 centimeters taller… are you sure you are not stealing my gains?” – Joked Crescente, poking his belly – “You really have become the biggest pumpkaboo, probably in the world, even I have never been that tall!”

“That doesn’t make any sense! You took my measures before the travel like a week ago, right Koh? I stopped growing a long time ago! Fatter, sure, but not taller” – asked a concerned Petrov.

“I’m sorry dear, I have no idea, and it can’t be that you are evolving, we know you can’t do it…” – I wondered – “If things were different we could ask Horacio but he is already really busy…”

“Maybe it’s because we are in Galar, don’t you think?” – Pondered Crescente – “The Guild Master needs to be there every time guild members help control a dynamaxed Pokémon, right? You have gone to a lot of in the past couple of days, farmers always seem to need help with those…”

“I don’t want to become a giant…” – He said, but then a grin came into his face– “… or maybe I do? Maybe it’s my time to be the giant fat pumpkaboo of the relationship!” – His face, now with a full, excited smile.

“I hope it doesn’t go too much out of control like it happened with me…” – I said, then noticing how Crescente was again lost in thoughts – “You can put me down, you know?” – All this time I was sitting on his shoulders but he didn’t seem to mind, he has always been quite strong but it was a long period already.

“I wonder how we didn’t realized until now…” – wondered Crescente, avoiding my request – “Maybe we are just so used to be around you that we didn’t noticed, you have always been one of the biggest ones, and I’m not totally used to be, at a human size, under 2 meters tall so proportions are not my strength right now…”

“Crescente, put me down” – I asked again, but he ignored me once again.

“Now that I see, your butt is even larger than I ever had, let me check, turn around” – He demanded and Petrov gladly did it – “Yeah, I was right, you can take the whole sofa for yourself and there wouldn’t be enough room for us, wait, maybe even so it wouldn’t be enough… wait a moment, where exactly where you sitting on at dinner?”

“Oh, on a large bench the guys pulled from the main hall. Now that I think a bit more about it, becoming too big might be a problem, I need to be able to enter into others buildings, the Guild has large doors and high ceilings, but I know that won’t be a case in every house…”

“Maybe I could come up with some kind of charm, Mom taught me how to control the size of my home recently, using the same base I think I could come up with something that would do that, it wouldn’t be as wild as literally changing your size but it could help you at least to enter any place as long as there is an entrance… I would need some help to gather the materials and make some testing, but things would be better with some assistance… ok, don’t worry about it Petrov, I will ask Guester myself.”

“Excellent! Everything is coming together!”

“CRESCENTE!!” – I shouted, pulling his hair – “Put me down, NOW!”

“No? I don’t want to; I like the feeling of your thighs around my head” – He replied like it was the most obvious fact in the world as he squeezed both of my thighs. I had nothing to look at my reflection but Petrov made sure to let me know how I looked.

“There it is, tomato Koh~” – Replied Petrov, kissing me in the cheek – “You said you wanted to hear more compliments about your body, right? Well get ready because we have a lot to catch up~” –He smiled.

#Koh the pumpkaboo #petrov the pumpkaboo #Crescente the gourgeist #oc things #oc story #next will be the christmas special and it will happen right after this episode so make sure to read this for more context

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Patron’s Request: Crescente the gourgeist

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*Quick Crescente update*

It seems like the effects of the potion he took are not going to wear off soon, so of course he would take matters into his own hands! Where is the next coffee shop? He needs to eat and grow back to be his regular self!

#Crescente the gourgeist #butt expansion #oc things #I didn't find where I should put this in the next story chapters so enjoy this quick update #he will be even bigger the next time you will see him

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October 31th and November 1st are Crescente and Sven’s birthday!

#Crescente the gourgeist #Sven the litwick #OC things #oc birthday

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This is a commission I made for a friend who wanted to see Koh receiving some payback by his boyfriends from what he did last year when he was Mega Koh, AND for not telling them he evolved.

#petrov the pumpkaboo #Koh the pumpkaboo #Crescente the gourgeist

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And here is the second part of the Crescente Weight gain drive I did on my Twitter~! Thanks to everyone who participed! Next is going to be Crescente’s new outfit and Gigantamax form reveal!

His boyfriends seem to be quite happy with the results too~

>>First Part Here<<

#Crescente the gourgeist #Koh the pumpkaboo #petrov the pumpkaboo #oc things #weight gain #male weight gain #male expansion #weight gain drive

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And it’s finally here the final result of the Crescente’s Weight Gain Drive is him in his Gigantamax form! Can you believe Crescente can be even more big??

#Crescente the gourgeist #oc things #gigantamax crescente

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Here is Crescente’s new look! Thanks to his Weight Gain Drive this is going to be his size from now on, not many changes besides his apron that is too small for his bigger hips so he only wear it now over his left leg. The gems on his scarf used to belong to Petrov that he gave Crescente because he really liked them when they lived together.

#Crescente the gourgeist #OC things #gourgeist gijinka #Gourgeist #pokemon #pokemon gijinka

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Here are the first 3 pictures of the Crescente’s Weight Gain Drive I’ve been doing on my Twitter! Today it entered in it’s final stage, will he be able to become even bigger than before?? If the limit is reached even his gigantamax form will be revealed early! You can participate >>>HERE<<<

#Crescente the gourgeist #oc things #weight gain #male weight gain #weight gain drive

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The Guild’s Master

Petrov, Crescente and Koh are on their way to meet Tsvetko, Petrov’s father, at the Obsidian Guild but how are they gonna react to the reality of the situation? Check it in this new chapter~

Check past chapters! Pumpkaboo Hunting: >Part 1< - >Part 2< - >Interlude< - >Part 3< - >Part 4< Before the trip : Sven’s reflections - Little Argument - Taking care of Knoll - Aerial Preparations - Trip to Galar - : First encounter - The Guild’s Master

The Obsidian Guild is in one of the northern towers of the old city, we only arrived the day before and Petrov, Koh and I were already in our way to meet his father. I was still slim and shorter than usual but I kinda enjoyed seeing Petrov bigger than me so that vision of my boyfriend kept me happy. He was wearing the guild’s uniform and asked us to wear a couple of matching hats, apparently this way everyone would recognize our status or something. Knoll was sleeping inside of a pocket of my shirt, but apparently he was quite interested in meeting Tsvetko.

When we arrived to the guild everyone in there went silent, I have never seen Petrov this serious, he really was playing the role of the son of the guild’s master. Around the hall the walls had all kinds of petition papers, as Koh explained to me in our way here, each one had different level of urgency and difficulty, and adventures who belonged to the guild could take them based on their own rank which was noticeable by their outfit: The lowest tier did not had anything more than a credential, since most of them just joined, but when they are promoted they are given the guild’s jacket, it can be personalized but they all have the guild’s symbol in the back, Tsuki belongs to this rank. From the next rank onward they receive a badge that they must use all the time, they can go take difficult missions but can only go alongside others of the same rank to them. The next one are given a golden cord to go along with the badge, those in this rank can take higher difficulty missions and take members of lower ranks with them. The fourth tier are given a personalized cape, it is embodied with protective magic and are a very valuable object, only given to those of high trust, they can do administrative work too like Gregory, who belongs to this one. The fifth tier is given a second cord with healing proprieties, given only to those who can potentially inherit the ownership of the guild or being the head of their own branch, they have a voice in any important guild decision and must attend to aid in any life-treating situation. Petrov belongs to this tier because he is the son of the founders of the guild but apparently he is quite strong. Rompt told me once that he would never have a physical fight against Petrov because he couldn’t point how strong he really was… I tried to ask about this last night at dinner but he avoided the question. Apparently the final Tier has a third cord, showing their status as the master of the guild, only Petrov’s dad, mom and her new wife has this rank.

We kept walking on the hall as everyone looked at us, it was quite embarrassing specially for Koh who just held my arm and Petrov’s cape. The matching hats we were wearing indicated we were Petrov’s romantic partners, so in theory we had the same rank and authority as him but still… it was a little overwhelming. Down the hall there was a large counter where Tsuki and Gregory were waiting for us, I never saw any of them before but I could tell by how Koh described them. You could expect them to be a little less tense than the others but it was clearly not the case: Tsuki was sweating and doing his best to avoid Petrov’s eyes and Gregory was rhythmically moving one of his legs, making him shake a little but noticeable anyway. I know we come for something important but it looked more that these two were hiding something and were about to be found out instead of expecting us to come.

“Seems like you had a good flight, what do you think of Galar?” – Said Gregory, trying to break the ice.

“We arrived yesterday so I haven’t seen much, but I am not here doing tourism anyway.” – Petrov laid his hands in the counter as he got closer to Gregory – “You know I came here to see my father.”

“Hi yes sir please follow me!” – Shouted Tsuki at his left, I couldn’t help but to feel sorry at the poor guy, Koh looked at him worried, then at me trying to ask me my opinion on this odd scenario but I was just as lost as him.

We followed him through a large door at the corner of the room, after a little corridor we went upstairs until we saw another old door, it said “Guild’s Master room” on a little sign, apparently he wasn’t the only one who lived there, a large room with beds for the members of the guild was available at all times, but the Master had his own room.

“Be- Before you enter, there is something we need to tell you, Petrov…” – Said Tsuki very nervous, making Gregory uncomfortable

“You have been lying to me, right?”- He responded very calm with his hand in the doorknob – “I knew something was odd from the very beginning: My dad can be quite assertive but he is not a predator, you probably don’t know this since it’s an old family story, but apparently my dad never had the confidence to date anyone before my mom, he is a total inept when it comes to flirt and give compliments so I knew you two were lying. I decided to come here to see with my own eyes the reason you two decided to go all the way to Kalos only to lie at my face”

The two stayed in silence looking at the floor, apparently they did not expected Petrov to find out so quickly and be so calmed about it, but even so their plan worked and here we were, in front of his dad’s room.

Upon opening the door we could see the mess it was inside: clothes, candy wrappers, soda and beer cans lying around a large sofa at the other side of the room, with a regular tv in front of it showing what it looked like a superhero show. Suddenly a large figure that was resting on the sofa sat up.

“I told you… you can take care of things!! If you want me to sign anything just leave it on the entrance…” – Said the person with a deep voice that clearly was quite sleepy. Both Koh and I looked at Petrov who just indicated us to not move, as he walked in.

“What is the meaning of this mess, father?” – He asked, making the figure quickly get up and turn around in shock. I have only seen Mr. Tsvetko in photos, he looked like a strong and muscular old man on his forties, proud of his physique and his work as an adventurer wearing his uniform with honor, but the man in front of Petrov’s looked nothing like I was expecting: his hair was a total mess and his belly was a good match to his son’s, wearing a tank top and a couple of boxers with a dark sleeping coat, that clearly had candies on it’s pockets. He was so shocked he tripped and fell on his back. Petrov didn’t seem to care and stayed there, looking down at his father.

After a few uncomfortable seconds Petrov spoke again:

“What’s the meaning of this!?” – He said looking at the other side of the doorframe at Tsuki and Gregory who ran away in panic. – “I can’t believe this mess… ” – He sighed as he took off his cape and hat and sat down on the sofa, inviting his dad to join him at his side. The old man stood up and sat down to his side, they seemed to have a little trouble fitting together.

“Mom’s new life really affected you, right?” – He asked to his father. – “Why did you not talked to me about it? You always said you were fine and sounded like always so I had no way of knowing…”

“But… parent’s shouldn’t involve their children in their own problems, right? –asked the father, his voice was low and you could notice he was holding back tears - That’s what you said when you left to go live by yourself… I am fine with her new partner, she is an awesome woman that can make her happy, I’m truly happy for your mom but… when we finished the opening of the Hoenn branch and I came back to this empty room I got really scared, I… I realized that I was alone, it was the first time I had to face the reality that her happiness meant my solitude, sure I have everyone in the guild by my side but… it’s not the same… I… I don’t want to be alone Petrov…”

“I am here now dad.” – He said, making his dad break into tears.

Koh and I decided to wait downstairs, it was a very intimate moment and we had no place there for now.

After around half an hour Petrov came back and asked us to come with him to properly introduce us to his father. When we entered the room once again Mr. Tsvetko was wearing more proper clothes, a, very thigh, pair of jeans and a big pink sweater.

“Dad, these are Crescente and Koh, they are…”

“You boyfriends! I know! Pleased to meet you two, I am Tsvetko but you can call me dad, please take care of my son!... Sorry about this mess… I didn’t want to meet you in such a poor shape…” – He said as he grabbed his large belly.

“With a lot of respect sir, I think you look fantastic”- Said Knoll coming out of my pocket, surprising him.

“Wha- who…?” – He looked confused at his son at the sight of the tiny guy hanging around my chest.

“This little guy is Knoll” –He said as he grabbed Knoll with one hand and got him closer to his dad – “It’s a long story but he is an older version of Koh from another world.”

“Oh, I remember you mentioned him before, I just wasn’t expecting people from other world’s to be this small, pleased to meet you little buddy!”

“I’m older than you, you know? And normally I am around the same height as Koh but I got shrunk for… medical reasons.”

“What an interesting situation! Would you mind telling me all about it?”

“Sure!” – Shouted Knoll as he jumped off Petrov’s hand to Tsvetko’s beard, but was grabbed once again by Petrov before he could land.

“Not so fast you, there are a lot of things to do first” -Said the son as he threw the tiny guy at us.

“What… do you mean?” –Asked the father.

“What do you mean you don’t know, your room is a mess, there is a pile of request no one has approved lying at the entrance, and you have gotten so big I can bet you don’t have much clothes to wear, right? Don’t worry dad, we are here to help you come out of this. You are not alone”

“Petrov…” – Said his father, barely containing his tears.

“No time for that again now, maybe later. Ok? I’ll be taking temporal command of the guild, I’ll ask Gregory and Tsuki to help Crescente cleaning your room, it will be ok in no time. Koh will make you some nice fitting new clothes. Everyone is gonna help, right guys?” – He commanded with such a conviction it was hard to argue, it’s true that I like to clean and I’m fast at it, after all I have an extra pair of hands in my scarf, Koh only sighed in agreement and he took out a measuring tape of his pockets, apparently he was ready for something like this to happen. Knoll was enjoying the moment, laughting at how busy everyone was gonna be until Petrov grabbed him once again and stared at him cold in the eye.

“You are too tiny to be of help in any of this, so…” – He said as he dropped the tiny man on his father’s hand. – “Now you can have Knoll, dad. He can be a tiny little pervert but he is also very nice to have around. Have fun with him.”

“Petrov! You shouldn’t treat him like that, isn’t he a person too! There is no reason to be this cold.” – Replied his dad feeling sorry for the tiny guy sitting on his hand.

“I want to help you with everything I can dad, that means I’ll have to do your work in the guild because you need a proper vacation, but that also mean I’ll not be able to be around all of the time to take care of him too… so I want you to that for me instead, I’m trusting my friend to you dad, do you think you can do it?”

Mr Tsvetko looked down at Knoll and then replied to his son with a loud and happy “yes” lifting his fist on the hair, completely forgetting about Knoll on his fist. He got really worried he hurt him but we immediately explained how he was quite durable.

After sending his dad to the bathroom we started with the cleaning, Petrov was organizing the unread request when I approached him with a question.

“I get that you don’t want your dad to be alone, but do you really think it’s a good idea to leave Knoll at his care?”

“I think it’s the best for both of them” – Interrupted Koh who was collecting old clothes, seeing what he could repair or use – “Didn’t knoll just went through a similar experience? It would be best for both to see each other experience.”

“Exactly, we still need to check on them from time to time so they don’t get depressed together, but I have high hopes from them.”

“Wait a moment, please tell me you are not planning to make Knoll date your dad…” – I asked really worried, it really gave me a bad feeling about all of this.

“Of course not! That would be really weird, after all he HAS Koh’s face! I don’t want a new dad that looks like my own boyfriend!”

“You guys realize that I am here, right? –Interrupted Koh with a cold stare –“Besides I thought it was already clear enough that we may be different versions of each other but we are not the same person… Knoll have feelings for Sven but at the same time they are both lonely old men, if anything happens just let them be, ok? We don’t even know if they will be able to get along and you two are already considering them dating, calm down a little!”

Upon this statement we decided to stop theorizing and get back to work, there are more to do than we expected after all. I wonder what everyone else is doing… after all we are not the only ones who come to Galar with things to do.

#petrov the pumpkaboo #Crescente the gourgeist #Koh the pumpkaboo #tsuki the cinderace #Gregory the Gogoat #tsvetko the pumpkaboo

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