“So how long do you think it’ll be before Joe learns that the “patch of sunlight” you always refer to isn’t a patch of sunlight?” said Merlin, taking a drag from the joint he was holding. His tail coiled around the small rolled up piece of paper, and he held his breath for a few seconds, before slowly exhaling out a cloud of smoke. He coughed a bit, then leaned back in his chair. Kat shrugged and continued staring at an apparently really interesting dot on the ceiling.

“Fuck, I don’t know, and I don’t care,” she said, looking around the room. Next to her sat a small ziplock bag of catnip and a few loose papers.

The two were in a guest room that Joe had converted into a hang out/bedroom space for the two of them. They had the window open and were using it to keep the smoke out of the room. Kat lay on a dresser next to the windowsill, and Merlin was coiled up in a chair next to it. He has his tail out the window where he held his joint. Kat looked at Merlin for a second, then narrowed her eyes.

“Wait, you’re a snake. How are you getting high off my catnip?” Merlin took another drag before answering.

“For the last time, this isn’t your catnip. You’ve asked me that four times now. This is weed.”

“Oh yeah, hehe… Hey wait, where does a snake get weed?”

“Where does anyone get weed? I have a dealer. Terry is the shit, doesn’t even care I’m a talking snake.” Merlin laughed.

“Come to think of it, every time I see him the dudes out straight. Wouldn’t surprise me if he thought I was a hallucination or something.”

“Have you ever wondered how our paws are just, like, tiny extensions of our arms?” Kat said, staring up at her paws and wiggling her toes.

“Kat I’m a snake. I don’t have-,” he started, then saw two pairs of paws in front of his face.

“Holy shit Terry, what did you give me?” Merlin saw the paws move, and just stared in awe. Kat giggled, then looked at Merlin.

“Hey, you’re a snake. How do you get high off my-“ Kat was suddenly cut off by an ear splitting scream that came from the basement. Kat screeched and jumped into the air, and Merlin dropped his joint. Unfortunately for him, his tail had been stuck outside the window at that time, and it fell to the ground outside.

“Nooo, not my Purple Jesus! Dammit, what the hell was that?” He said, turning towards the door.

“Kinda sounded like Kate… do you think she found Joe?” They were answered by another scream.

“Weeeee should probably go check on them,” said Merlin, and Kat nodded. As the two headed out the door, Kat looked at Merlin again.

“Hey, how do you get high in the first place? You’re a snake.”

“I don’t know, it’s probably to add a b-plot to the story to keep things more interesting for the readers.”

“...Wait, what?”

“What?” Said Merlin, looking at Kat.

“You just… and we… forget it,” Kat said, and kept moving. Merlin paused for a second.

“This weed is some powerful shit,” he said to no one in particular, then caught up to Kat.

Kate had just finished opening the black trash bag and was about to line the barrel with it, when she felt the oddest sensation. It felt as if something was sliding down her chest. She glanced down to see something small and wriggling slide right into her cleavage.

Kate screamed.

“AAAAAAAAHHH!” She dropped the bag and started tearing at her shirt. She felt the small object wriggling around between her boobs, making her scream a second time. She finally managed to get her shirt off, revealing a lacy white bra underneath. She fished around between her breasts, squirming at the thought of a gross bug crawling around on her and finding its way under her shirt. Finally, she felt a tiny lIving form between her fingers and plucked it out. She held it in her fingers for a second before throwing it away from her body.

“Eewww! That is the grossest-“ she stopped as she noticed the tiny figure had grabbed onto her hand and was now coiled around her index finger. It took her mind a second to realize that the tiny figure around her finger, which she’d assumed was a bug, was in fact a tiny person.

Joe felt two massive walls of flesh close around him as he slid under Kate’s shirt and straight into her cleavage. Seconds after finding himself stuck, Kate let out an ear splitting scream that was not only heard by Joe, but felt as well. It was only due to the giant breasts that engulfed him that he wasn’t rendered deaf by her scream. There was a sudden lurch, and he felt his whole world shake as Kate tried to get her shirt off. The movement from Kate caused him to slide into her cleavage even further, making it more difficult for him to breathe.

“So, this is it. This is how I’m going to die,” Joe said to himself. He continued to struggle for breath as the Kate’s breasts squeezed him over and over again. If she wasn’t moving around so much, Joe thought he might have been able to enjoy his current predicament. But the lack of oxygen he was receiving reminded him that he was probably going to be crushed to death.

“Guess there could have been worse ways to go…”

Finally, just as he was about to pass out, something grabbed him, and he suddenly found himself ripped from the confines of Kate’s cleavage. On pure instinct, he grabbed onto one of the fingers holding him for dear life, as Kate’s hand jerked, attempting to throw him like someone would throw a bug that had been crawling on them. Joe squeezed his eyes shut and continued his hold, his knuckles turning white in the process. His whole body ached, and he felt a spike of adrenaline flow through his body. If he fell now, he would surely die on impact with the floor.Just when he thought he would lose his grip, he felt everything stop moving, then heard a soft voice.

“Joe? Joe is that you?” He opened his eyes to see Kate’s massive eye staring directly at him. He felt his heart skip a beat as Kate’s eye, and the rest of her face for that matter, took up his entirety of his view. It was not unlike looking at a massive Kate themed billboard. He gave her a nervous smile.

“Hey,” he said, adding a small wave, and immediately regretted it. He felt himself start slipping. Trying to grab back on to her finger proved too difficult. His body, Already exhausted from his treacherous climb and being battered by Kate’s breasts, failed to react in time. He only fell a short distance, however, as Kate’s other hand came up from below to catch him. Her palm cushioned his landing, which to him was about a ten foot drip. Her palm was soft, and it felt more like he’d landed on a large bed. Only it was made of flesh and smelled slightly of lavender. He sat there, staring up at his now giantess of a lab assistance, as she continued to stare down at him. Suddenly, a realization dawned on her, and she burst into a smile.

“Oh my god… Oh my GOD! You did it! You actually did it! You shrank something!” Her smile soon faded and turned into a mix of concern and anger.

“Why on earth did you shrink yourself? And why did you climb into m-,” she started, then gasped. She looked down at her exposed chest and her face grew bright red. With her free arm she quickly covered them.

“Kate, please, don’t be mad! I can explain everything… or most everything,” Joe said. Kate looked down at her now pocket sized boss. Then her face grew even redder as she noticed he wasn’t wearing any clothes at all. Her eyes darted up towards the ceiling.

“I’m sure you have a perfectly good explanation for all of this, but can we please get our clothes back on first?!” Kate continued to look up as she addressed him. Joe, remembering himself, threw his hands over his exposed private’s.

“Agreed!”

Kate sat at Joe’s kitchen table, staring down at the diminutive man as he recounted his story to her. Or at least the parts he could recall. The previous nights events were still little more than shapes and blurs to him. He himself stood on the table wearing a makeshift towel to cover up his more private areas. He had used a small rubber band and piece of napkin to get the job done. On the other side of the room, sitting on the counter, were Merlin and Kat. Both nervously staring at their master, hoping he couldn’t tell they were baked. From a third parties perspective, the whole scene was rather amusing.

As Joe recounted his story, Kate sat and listened intently, still bewildered by all this. While her initial shock had worn off, she was still coming to terms with the fact that her boss was now no larger than one of her fingers. As he paced back and forth, she couldn’t help but compare him to a small action figure that had come to life.

“And that’s when I slipped, fell into your… shirt, and, well, here we are,” finished Joe, gesturing with his arms to where they now were. Kate nodded, her hands folded neatly under her chin.

“So you really don’t remember anything from last night” She asked. Joe sighed and shook his head, sitting down on the table indian style.

“Unfortunately no. And as you saw, my notes were… less than legible.” Kate nodded. She remembered seeing some papers with crazy writings and drawings on it. At least she knew what they were supposed to be now.

“So what’s it like being so small?” She asked. Joe shrugged.

“Weird mostly. Everything seems so big at five inches tall.” He said. Joe looked up at Kate, who frowned at him.

“What?” he said, frowning in response.

“Well nothing, except...” Kate paused for a second before continuing. “You’re… well you’re not five inches tall. If anything, you’re shorter than that.”

“What really? How tall am I then?”

“My guess is somewhere around 2 inches,” she said.

“Oh,” said Joe, looking down at his body. He really was small.

“So what should we do now?” asked Kate. Joe looked back up at her.

“Well for starters, I need to get my job back. If I want any chance at getting back to my original size, I need to continue my research. And I obviously can’t do that without an extension on my original grant.”