“Oh, look who´s up, or should I say, look who´s short?” Cynthia said as she turned and took a glance of him.

Nick disliked those comments very much. It´s obvious that he´s shrinking, why does she need to point that out every time she can? He just blinked with a stern look on his face.

“Hey, don´t be upset, I´m just kidding. I thought a “little” joke will cheer you up…” she said emphasizing the word little. Obviously, Nick noticed.

 “Why don´t you sit, breakfast´s almost ready.” She declared as she turned back to the stove.

As she did, Nick could see the mass of her butt swaying because of the sudden turn she gave. Her ass moving from side to side as it accommodated itself. He swallowed.

“Hold on Nick, you can´t do it… she´s Maddy´s mother, and on top of that, she´s obnoxious.” He thought trying to set his mind somewhere else other than the big butt that was facing him from over the stove. He closed his eyes, turned away and then opened them just to sit on the kitchen´s table.

Things were getting harder, he couldn´t just pull the chair and sit; now, he had to use both hands to pull the heavy chair and climb into it, even give a small hop to get over the chair. It felt ridiculous, but she didn´t seem to notice.

“Ok, here we go, I hope you like scrambled eggs.” She said as she hands him his plate. She already ate, so there was no need for her to have a second breakfast, she just sat on the other side of the table, she started looking at him as he ate.

Cynthia stared at him with a disgusted look as she thought: “Just look at him, I know he struggled to sit on the chair, he´s just puny. Why is my daughter taking care of you Nick? Can´t she see you´ll turn more into a burden than you already are?” even if Nick was “ill”, for Cynthia, he was just becoming less of a man and as he started to be more dependent on everything she just noticed how much time he´ll take away from her daughter.

Even this morning, before Maddy left, she asked her to make him some breakfast, she said she couldn´t sleep very well last night, so she got up a little later than usual, but she left on time for work, barely.

“My poor daughter is just giving away her life for… him?” she wondered as Nick was still eating. What Cynthia ignored was that she wasn´t giving away anything, in fact, Maddy was just getting what she wanted.

The reason why she “didn´t slept very well” was because she stayed up after Nick fell asleep. When she joined Nick in bed, she immediately noticed he was already sleeping. She just turned over him and gave him a good night´s kiss. After that, she just stared at the ceiling, wondering how things will be from now on.

The scene he made on the store was enough for her to realize one thing, he needed her. Of course, he was crying because of that, it usually never takes so much time for him to find her when they´re shopping. She knew he got lost, and the way he acted once he found her only proved her right.

For her, it was more than obvious what was going on, Nick´s shrinking wasn´t an illness, it was a blessing. She knew that the wish she made the other night was just becoming true. He wouldn´t shrink from one day to another, but she´ll be with him during the whole journey. Now, it´s time for her to quit pretending, to stop backing up on what she really wants. As he was still asleep, she turned, pour a kiss in him again and said: “Don´t worry Nick, I know I´ve been a little negligent on my duties, but trust me, starting tomorrow, things will change…” she laid back in bed, resting her head on the soft pillow as she continued.

“Tomorrow, I´ll give you all the love and affection you deserve…” and she remembered her words on the store, she closed her eyes and smiled, her last thought was: “I´ll be your mommy from now on.” Those thoughts were ignored by Nick, he didn´t know what she was thinking, but one thing´s for sure, he´ll find out soon.

Back on breakfast, Nick already ate everything, his plate was empty. But he was thirsty, he didn´t want to stand up and get back on the chair, it will be ridiculous now that Cynthia´s watching, so he said:

“Uhmm, Cynthia, can you… give me a glass of orange juice?” he said. He asked for juice since Maddy didn´t allow him to drink coffee, who knows why, and he was more than sure she had already told her mother, so why would he ask for one; besides, Cynthia won´t make him a coffee, she already made breakfast.

She let out a smile, which hide away the fact that it really bothered her, but she could do something else before, she said: “Sure will, but you need to ask properly before.” Nick was confused.

What does she mean? Properly? He said it, he wanted orange juice, it wasn´t hard to guess what he wanted, did she mean what type of juice? The brand… and then, it hit him. “Of course, she wants that…” he thought watching the arrogant smile that was displayed on her face, he took a deep breath and said:

“Please… can you give me a glass of orange juice, please” he hated it.

“Of course, honey, let me get it for you…” she said in a fake tone and stood up.

 Nick couldn´t believe how tall she was now, it was as if a giant statue had raised in front of him, he could swear she obstructed the light from the spotlight on the ceiling. “Why am I still shrinking?” he wondered as he lowered his head.

Each passing day, things were only getting harder as the people around him seemed to get bigger. For instance, the once short Cynthia was now a titan compared to him, he was sure that now he was way below boob level with her, and to think she used to be the one chest level with him. How ironic.

But now, it was kind of depressing. He couldn´t wake up and live a normal life anymore, even getting off bed just proved him that he was shorter; that the bed was now taller than the morning before and every single thing he has to use on his daily life will remind him of how small he truly is.

“Here you go…” said Cynthia as she placed the glass right in front of him. She stood there, just checking why he was looking at the floor. She was expecting a “Thank you” or something like that. Even if she hated it, she had to ask, or else, if Maddy finds out, she´ll find her mother has no heart.

“Ugh, the things I have to do for this guy… I don´t even like him, god, here we go…” she though as she said with a semi-concerned tone, but still unempathetically.

“Are you ok, Nick?” she asked as she placed one hand on her hip.

Nick couldn´t believe he didn´t notice she was there. And for how long? He opened his eyes wide, and then turned at her saying: “Oh… uhhh, yes! I-I´m fine, you know, I was just, still a little tired hehe.” He lied, she didn´t want to open up to Cynthia, if anything, he´ll tell Maddy, but only when he feels he´s ready.

“That´s it?” She asked.

“Mhmmm” he answered as he extended his arms for the glass of juice.

“Pfff, ok, if you say so…” she said as she walked away, stepping out of the kitchen.

“T-thank you! F-for the juice.” He said to her as she was leaving.

“Sure.” She just said, still thinking: “He didn´t seem to be falling asleep to me, no, he seemed more like depressed… a nice person would insist and ask him what´s wrong…” then, she let out a wide grin “But I´m not that nice, as soon as I find out, oh boy, I´ll just exploit it.” She just wanted to make him miserable, if she had to suffer by being there with him, then he must too. She continued: “I wonder, will he cry?” she had some nasty thoughts.

Nick finished the glass of juice, it was a small glass, but for him, it was like a jumbo glass from a fast-food restaurant, he placed it back on the table and then, he heard Cynthia talking to him from the living room.

“Don´t forget to wash the dishes when you´re done… after that, let me know” she said, apparently, she was watching TV now.

“Crap, the dishes… I guess if she made breakfast, that´s only fair, but why? I mean, can´t it be done later?” he felt annoyed. “And after that, she´ll just give me some other thing to do… how boring.” He thought.

It´s been a while since he has had breakfast and then just lay on the couch watching TV, like Cynthia´s doing right now. He resigned to how things were, he hopped off the chair, making sure she wasn´t looking, and then he went to the kitchen´s sink, needless to say, he needed a booster step now.

Once he was done, he had an idea, he had to do housework, that´s for sure, but what if he sneaked to the bathroom for a while, maybe ten or twenty minutes, if he takes a shower then he can stay in there like half an hour. Just relax during that time.

He liked his idea, now, he was sneaking out of the kitchen and walking into his bedroom, there was a bathroom there, and what´s more important, his phone. He walked quietly, but then, a shadow emerged over him and said:

“So, where do you think you´re going?” said a voice, Cynthia´s voice.

“Crap” he thought. But he said as he turned, “Oh hi, I… I just wanted to go to the bathroom, you know… to uhm…”

“Are you done with the dishes?” she immediately asked.

“Y-yes, they´re clean and dry… but I just, I needed to go to the bathroom cause I… the breakfast you made was delicious but you know how food works and…” she cut him off.

“Hold right there…” she said raising her finger in front of him, “what you do inside the bathroom is none of my business, and I would rather not know… just go, when you´re done meet me on the living room, ok?” she commanded.

“S-sure will, uhmm, excuse me.” He said as he turned and speed up his pace. He didn´t want to find out what will happen if she changes her mind. Of course, he didn´t need to go to the bathroom, but he must play his part.

He entered his room and closed the door, then he grabbed his phone and went into the bathroom. He shut the door locked, then sat on top of the toilet, not to use it as a toiled but more like a seat, and finally unlocked his phone.

“Ok, I shouldn´t need to hide in the bathroom of my own apartment, but I guess it´s better than cleaning” he thought as he unlocked his phone. He was getting tired of cleaning all day whenever Cynthia was around. But why should he listen to her?

He ignored those thoughts for now, what he needs is distraction, forget the fact that he´s shrinking; but that will be really hard give the fact that his feet barely touch the floor as he´s sitting on the toilet. Even his phone seems huge in his hands now, he actually needs two hands to hold it.

“Ok, what do we have here…” he thought as he scrolled thru the notifications on his phone; news, advertisings, and what´s more, messages. He noticed he had three unread messages, two from Maddy and other one from Rachel. “Ok.” He thought as he read Maddy´s message first.

“Hello my love <3”

“Sorry for leaving, but you know how this is, I gotta work LOL. But don´t worry, I´ll make sure to give my little boyfriend all the love he deserves when I get back home. Love U <3”.

Ok, it seemed to him that she just wanted to let him why she left, but he could figure that out on his own, there was no need to clarify things. And why do people constantly need to call him “little”, he was mad about it, but Maddy meant nothing bad so he allowed it. “Ok, only her, she´s the only one that can say that, no one else.” He thought with a stern look.

Then he replied: “No worries, I know you have work to do, not all of us are lucky to be on vacations. I´ll wait for you. Love U 2 <3” he liked the message, a mild joke at the beginning and end it up with love. Easy.

Now, he read Rachel´s message, which said:

“So happy to hear from you! I´m well too, thanks for asking. I bet you´d like me to tell you what I have in store for you, but I´m sorry honey, you´ll need to wait until Monday.”

“In store?” he thought, “Is this surprise like… a gift? Maybe a promotion? Nah, I´m not like the employee of the month or something… but, what is it?” he was confused. It was for sure that she would give him something, but what was it? He couldn´t wait another five days to figure that out, but what other choice did he have?

Confused and all, he replied: “Can´t wait for it! I hope is something big ;D” he wasn’t sure whether it will be funny or maybe the message can be misunderstood. But he had already sent it.

He had just sent the message when his phone buzzed. “What? A reply already?” he said, thinking Rachel had already replied, but it wasn´t, it was Maddy.

“Awww, I love you, but I´m on a meeting. I can´t wait to tell you what´s gonna happen, but that´ll be when I get back home ; )”

He smiled, but wondered why did she reply if she wasn´t going to tell him. “Why does everyone tell me only half of the things they want to tell me… how annoying.” He thought.

“I´ll be waiting, love U” he replied before searching thru his social media.

He stood there for a while, scrolling down, looking at memes and everything that catch his attention. He lost track of time, and suddenly.

*KNOCK* *KNOCK* *KNOCK*

“Are you ready?” asked Cynthia from the other side of the door.

Nick frowned thinking: “What the fuck! Why is she knocking?” He knew he couldn´t ask her that, so he said: “Not yet.”

“Ok, but you could hurry up, we´ve got things to do, you can´t stay on the bathroom the whole day.” She said.

“I wouldn´t mind that” he thought as he rose from his “seat” and flushed the toilet, pretending he had use it. He said: “I´ll shower, give me a moment, ok?” he said, with some annoyance on his tone.

“Sure.” That was the last thing Cynthia said before she left. Nick could swear that now he could listen to her footsteps as she was leaving. It was really odd, she sounded heavier, but at this point, everything was bigger, he also needed to stretch a lot to turn the shower on from outside.

As he was inside the shower, he thought: “Why is Cynthia so annoying? I´m on the bathroom for fucks sake, doesn´t she know the word privacy?” He was pissed, and given the fact that she seemed to be enjoying the fact that he was shrinking, he decided it was time to talk to her. Maybe if he tells her how he feels, she´ll understand.

After a couple minutes, he stepped out of the shower, dried and wrapped the towel around his waist. “I guess I could´ve grabbed some clothes too.” He thought as he opened the door and stepped out.

“Oh my, look how long that towel looks on you, hahaha, how funny.” Said Cynthia from outside the bathroom.

“HEY! What are you doing here?” Nick yelled as he firmly grabbed the towel around his waist.

“Relax, it´s not like I´ve never seen a man naked. But I must admit you´re the smallest one of them all.” She smiled at her annoying joke. She was sitting on top of Nick´s bed, and she seemed not to be moving anywhere.

“Ok, whatever, just leave… I need to get changed.” he was irritated by the fact that she didn´t even apologize. What was she doing there either way?

Cynthia wanted to make fun of him for a while longer, she had a lot of material she could use, but she decided she´ll keep it for now, there´s two more days left for that, so she´s got plenty of time.

“Fine, I´ll leave, but if you need something from the top shelve, do NOT call me.” She harshly said as she stepped out of the room.

“I won´t!” he said stepping closer to the door and shutting it close. This was definitely something he´d tell Maddy. Nick was beyond pissed, he was enraged, who the hell does she think she is? That was it, no more chances, if Cynthia even says the word “little” one more time, he´ll let it all out.

Moments later, Nick stepped out of his room, wearing the clothes Maddy picked up for him on the store. They had a good fit. At least for now. He went straight to the living room, resigned in talking to Cynthia about this whole thing.

Once there, he found her laying on the couch, watching some soap opera. He thought to himself: “Ok, this is embarrassing, but what else can I do… maybe deep down she´s got a heart, besides, Maddy´s such a lovely person, that must come from somewhere, right?” then he stepped next to the couch and said:

“Ehm, Cynthia, c-can I talk to you?” he said feeling weird about the whole thing.

“Mhmm, what´s the matter?” she asked without taking her eyes off the TV.

“Well, you know, it´s obvious that we don´t get along very well. And, you know, with this whole shrinking and everything, and also the fact that you´re here… ehm… keeping me company. I just, I thought we could get along better, so, would you like to maybe, start over?”

She turned at him and said: “That´s it? You wanna start over? I thought you were going to apologize to me.” she had a sour attitude while speaking.

Nick was surprised, “What? Me? Apologize? Why?” he said.

“You know, for being lazy, forcing my poor daughter to be the breadwinner in your relationship. Things like that.” Nick was annoyed by her words, “And also, the fact that you´re shrinking honey, it only shows people the lack of a man you are, you know, when I was young, a man was supposed to be the one earning the money, paying the bills, making sure to provide. But you, oh no, you´re really really dependent on my daughter. Now that you´re just a tiny man, maybe she can dump you already and start looking for a real man.”

Nick was enraged, that was it, that was the last thing he´ll allow her to say, now, it was time for him to let her know what he thinks.

“LISTEN, you old hag. I don´t care what you think, you´re in no position to say that. Besides, if you don´t like me, why the fuck did you come here? Just to torment me with your damn shores? I´m tired of all your bullshit, if you don´t like me, you can carry your fat ass all the way to the door and beat it. You´re not only a rotten person, but also the greatest bitch I´ve ever met.” He did it, he let it all out, but maybe too much.

Before Nick noticed, Cynthia took hold of his wrist with her hand and said: “What did you just call me?” He knew he had messed up, but telling her those words gave him some relieve.

“Well, I was really wrong, you don´t need to be taught what hard work is, what you need is to learn some respect.” And with a sudden move, she shifter her position, she was now sitting on the couch, and before Nick could notice, she pulled his whole body into hers. More precisely, over her lap.

“Hey, what the…” he couldn´t protest much, in a second, he was already face down over Cynthia´s thick lap.

“Listen, I don´t care what you think, and I don´t care if my daughter´s not ok with this, but you mister, you´re getting a spanking.” She said as she lowered his pants and exposed his bare butt.

“No, hey, stop! You can´t!” he tried to squirm but it was useless, she was too strong for him, so he started kicking his way out.

“OOOuch!” Nick said as he felt a strong pinch on his butt.

“Stop it already, be a man and take your punishment as you should. Remember, you got yourself into this.” He stopped, he wasn´t sure why, but he did. He just laid still over her lap. But now, he started trembling.

“I´m glad to see you´re scared Nick, it´s natural, as natural as the pain you´ll now be feeling. Maybe this will teach you how to respect your elders.” She said as she rose a hand in the air, and with a single strong blow, she slammed Nick´s ass.

“AAAAAAaaa!” He yelled in pain as Cynthia seemed to enjoy it.

“What? Yelling already, but we´re barely starting.” This was not going to be easy for him.

Without a single warning, she spanked him again, and again, she kept going until Nick found himself in tears. “No more… p-please” he begged.

“Sorry, but you´re not getting out of this.” Cynthia was enjoying it, never before she had thought of something like this, and yet, here she was. Spanking Nick as she pleased. She liked the fact that she could now overpower such small man. It made her feel more powerful.

She kept spanking him as his screaming seemed to be the increasing, now, it was all she could hear. Nick´s butt turned bright red. His fists were tight, he couldn´t take it.

“WHAT?!” yelled Cynthia, “You want me to stop? Well, bad news for you little runt, you´re not going anywhere until I say so, hahahahaha, *SPANK* *SPANK* *SPANK*, cry all you want, but no one…” and that´s when she heard it.

“STOOOOOP!!!!” said a voice, but it wasn´t Nick´s voice, it was Maddy´s, who, with a loud concerned tone asked: “Mom, what are you doing?”