Competitive Eating

“Ugh, my teeth hurt.”

It sounded like a good idea at the time. Who in their right mind would turn down a friend’s offer of endless rock candy samplers? Pinkie Pie’s offer of sweets was no understatement. Rainbow Dash felt like her eyes were going to pop out of her head when she saw actual barrel-fulls of rock candy, each with bright, luminescent coloring. The whole room smelled like sugar and fresh, tangy flavoring. Pinkie was sure to let everypony know that the rock candy was a family tradition that they could share with her sister, Maud Pie. After how this weekend had gone so far, Ranbow Dash was mainly there to eat some candy!

But maybe not that much. Rainbow laid on her back, groaning between breaths, and cradling her stomach. Her noticeably rounder stomach. It was no secret that Dash prided herself on her athleticism, but in many ways, it came at the expense of other goals a pony could have: some professional, some personal, and some just flat-out bizarre.

Rainbow Dash craned her neck to look down at her bloated tummy. It arced upwards in a luminous blue convex shape. Dash marveled at how smooth and soft it felt as she ran her hooves up and down its exterior, trying to calm the feeling of full sickness that kept her pinned to the floor. She made a circle with her hoof, up to her belly button, smirking slightly at the comically swollen frame, doing its best to hide away the svelte, chiseled muscles underneath.

“Ugh, I’ don’t think I’ve ever eaten so many sweets in all my life.”

“You said it, Rainbow,” came the reply from the orange pony sitting across the room, clearly experiencing a similar predicament, stomach cradled in her hooves with a wince on her face.

Rainbow Dash eyed her friend’s stomach, surprised by her own curiosity and fixation on its lovely shape. She couldn’t quite process the impression tickling her brain. Her friend’s belly somehow looked, good? Nice? Cute? Pretty? Dash shook her head quickly, as if to dispel the thoughts crossing her mind and to distract from how long she had spent staring. It didn’t help. The image of AJ’s bloated stomach, stretched into a small orb, just beginning to brush the top of her hindlegs, stuck like wet candy in a tuft of hair.

Rainbow Dash redirected her attention back to her own belly, marveling at the fact something she apparently found so tantalizing on somepony else truly did exist on her own body. She wondered what it would look and feel like if it was even bigger. Enough to fill the space between her forelegs and hindlegs. Enough to make her the biggest pony in town. Enough to make her the biggest pony in Equestria!

She huffed, her cheeks flush. It was a fleeting thought, surely hyperbolic, but she kept her tiny belly cradled in her hooves all the same. For once, it felt like her stomachache had subsided, replaced by a warm, content glow in her center. Rainbow Dash finally felt comfortable enough to sit up, bracing her back against the shop wall, eyes still stuck on the cyan treasure in her hooves. As she sat her torso up, it almost seemed like her belly protruded even further, drawn forward by gravity. She smiled at how the crest of her stuffed belly reached out over her thighs, turning her torso into a puffy teardrop. With a shifting glance to make sure nopony was watching her, she flexed her abs to push her belly out just a little further, curious to see just how big she could be. It did look nice.

She dared press her luck. It wouldn’t be weird. It wouldn’t be weird if she just laughed it off, right? With a chuckle, she offered, “yeah, well, I think I ate more than you AJ, just look how stuffed I am!”

AJ shot a quizzical glance, before briefly inspecting Dash’s stomach, and then returning her gaze with a grin that finally put her nervous thoughts at ease. Just joking between friends. Nothing more.

“Ha! ‘Fat’ chance! I’ve got years of Apple Family dinners under my belt,” she gave her stuffed tummy a light smack, “uh…figuratively speaking, of course.”

Dash wondered what a belt would look like on that orange tummy. She finally declared, “Agree to disagree!” before giving herself a few healthy smacks to mirror AJ’s. Rainbow Dash was relieved she could follow somepony else’s example, even though it was something she very much wanted to do. It helped bury the torrent of confusion and excitement tearing her head apart.

At last, as if to break the spell, Pinkie Pie interjected, “well girls! Looks like you REALLY enjoyed the candy, but which one is the rockiest of rock? The candiest of candy? Your favoritest flavorite?”

“I say red”

“I say blue.”

AJ and Dash shared a look before laughing happily together.