Antheb woke up in darkness, surrounded by a warm-coloured flesh prison. It was hot and humid where he was, and if it hadn’t been for the district lack of acid or mucus, he would have been worried he was in some random alien’s stomach.

Then he remembered the night before.

Ksti! He thought as he tried to stand up, only for the warm, fleshy ceiling to prevent him from getting off his knees. The warmth emanating from the body enveloped him as he felt Ksti breathe softly in her sleep. He started to crawl towards the only light he could see before hearing a loud 

YAWN

Before Antheb knew what was happening, he felt his orange walls close in around him, their fleshy warmth taking over his entire viewpoint as he heard a reverberating giggle come from all around him.

“Good morning my little Ant…” The sweet voice of Ksti rang through, albeit a bit muffled by the flesh of her breasts, which she was still rubbing together, causing Antheb’s body to be tossed around a little bit. After a few minutes the fleshy, orange orbs were let go, leaving them to rest comfortably on Ksti’s chest. Antheb rolled down her body all the way to her lower stomach before stopping.

“Hello to you too Ksti.” He said in a tired monotone.

“Oh, c’mon Ant! Don’t tell me you didn’t have fun!”

Antheb blushed a bit at the thought of what had happened last night. Maybe he did enjoy it a bit, just a tiny bit, but he knew it couldn’t last. It never had before. Still, Ksti could read his face.

“Exactly!!” She said, scooping him up and pressing him firmly into her lips, kissing his body and letting out a soft moan. “We should do this more often, I think it could really be something nice.”

Ksti put Antheb on her nightstand as she stood up, his naked bodice making a silhouette in the bright light coming from the sun outside her window, floating in space among the other planets in the system, casting equally beautiful shadows and halos off of them. Antheb’s eyes drifted over to the outline of Ksti’s breasts, her lightly toned hourglass body giving a halo so bright he had to raise his hand to shield his eyes from the light.

Antheb blushed upon realizing he was staring, looking down at the suit he was still in. “Hey, can I have access to this suit?” He asked his gigantic friend.

“Oh, shit!! Yeah, I forgot, sorry.” Ksti took out a small device and pressed a few buttons. “There, that should do it. You should be able to access a panel on your left arm now.”

Antheb lifted up his left arm. At first, nothing happened, though after a few seconds the faint blue glow HoloSlate. It showed a variety of options including ones for the protection level, the aesthetics, feelings, functions, and much more. He was almost a bit overwhelmed by the sheer number of options on the screen. He clicked aesthetics, not wanting to turn off the protection just yet, and scrolled through their options before finding one that spoke to him.

It was a casual outfit, just baggier, dark green pants paired with a beige shirt and a dark overcoat, all tied together with an indigo fabric belt. Of course, none of it was real. Just an illusion made from the protective suit he had been gifted. Antheb took the overcoat away, seeing as he wouldn’t really need the warmth.

He looked up just in time to catch Ksti putting on her bra, the two cups gradually extending their fabric to match her exact must, before connecting around her back in order to best support her. She glanced at him and smiled, her shining white teeth contrasting on her plum-coloured limps.

“Like what you see?” The orange giantess teased him.

“Maybe a little bit,” Antheb back.

This got a reaction out of Ksti, her soft orange skin wrinkling at the sides of her big eyes as she smiled. “Well then, maybe you wouldn’t mind riding between them?” She said as she extended her colossal hand towards his tiny body.

Her fingers quickly wrapped around him, grasping his small figure in a firm but gentle grasp. Ksti brought the smuggler up to her face smiling at him mischievously, before bringing him closer to her lips for another kiss, holding Antheb’s body to her full lips and letting her tongue peek out from beneath them and give him a small lick.

Antheb felt Ksti’s giggle as her tongue retracted from the fun it was having against the front of his body and back into the giantess’ cavernous mouth.

“Alright, down you go!” Ksti laughed as she placed Antheb between her breasts, adjusting them within her already tightening bra to make sure he wouldn’t fall out.

“Where to go from here,” she said as she put on a more formal garb that hid her tiny passenger, before walking out the door.

As Ksti walked through the halls, she was practically glowing with the happiness of knowing her best friend was so close to her. She wanted Antheb to stay this close forever, but just needed a way of convincing him.

“Anth?” She whispered, letting his suit pick up the quietness of her voice.

“Yes?” Antheb’s voice rang through the tiny attachments in her ears.

“Oh good, it’s working!” She gleefully responded, letting her hand rest just over the spot on her garb where she knew the smuggler was tucked snuggly between her boobs.

“Your suit is linked up to my earpieces, you can disable that later if you want, but right now all that matters is that I can hear you.”

“Alright…”

“So, how do you plan on paying for the repairs?”

“What!?” Came the brash voice of her best friend.

“Oh c’mon, I was just teasing you a little bit,” the giantess giggled. “Though, it would be nice for you to stay here for a while.”

“Ksti, I have a job-“

“An illegal job,” she chided.

“An illegal job, that I need to do.” Antheb finished.

“But you could just live here,” Ksti said, her pout turning into a grin. “I could take care of you, we could sell you off for private services, you could have a safe place and home here…”

The tiny alien in between her tits laughed at the idea.

“I’m serious Ant! I really missed you!”

Antheb sighed. “Alright, I’ll make sure to stop by more often.” He said, adjusting himself within the soft orange flesh of Ksti’s bosom.

From the little Antheb could see through the cracks and thin fabrics of Ksti’s casual yet colourful and commanding clothes, she was walking towards the casino section of the gigantic space station. The casino, Antheb knew, could be very dangerous, especially if you were his size.

“Where are we going Ksti?” He asked her, adjusting himself some more as he felt the suit around cool down according to his body temperature.

“Well, since you’re going soon, I figured we could make the most out of it while you’re here!! I mean, I could just fuck the shit out of you like last night,” she said in a sultry tone, “but I’d rather make some money with the sector famed smuggler Antheb Tantî.”

The miniature smuggler couldn’t help but laugh at this. “50/50 split?” He asked, matching her semi-sarcastic energy.

Ksti, in turn, snickered at him, her breasts bucking up and down as she did, jostling Antheb within their fleshy confines.

“Oh sorry,” Ksti said, trying her best to readjust her bra without anyone noticing or sending Antheb further down into her cleavage. The smuggler felt smushed between the two coral orbs, feeling the soft, pillowy flesh smush into his entire body, threatening to cut off his air supply as the giantess’ heart gently thumped behind the wall of her clavicle. Finally, Ksti stopped fidgeting with her breasts, allowing them to fall back into place while Antheb slowly made his way back up to the surface of his flesh-filled quicksand-like surroundings.

He tried peeking out of her linens again, managing to see the vibrant patterns of the hallway. As they got closer and closer to the Casino, more and more Antheb could hear the sounds of people losing money. The sounds of screaming kids, groaning parents, crying adults, and so many clings and dings he couldn’t keep up with them all. The smuggler was having a bit of a sensory overload by the time they got to the brass double doors, each polished to a level of precision he couldn’t perceive anyone but at least 100 people his size or smaller doing.

“You ready?” Ksti asked in an almost giddy tone, hiding her excitement behind a cool and professional visage.

“Yeah why not,” Antheb responded, “Let’s make some money!”

Ksti walked up to a panel on the side of the two polished brass doors and rested her orange hand on top of it. There didn’t appear to be a scan or anything but in no time the heavy double doors began to slowly swing open, revealing the colourful and lively casino inside.

The casino at Shohepiton was renowned for its size, activities, and danger all across the galaxy, rivalling the casinos even in places like Veles or Bacil systems. Right out of the entrance there was a kid’s play area that Antheb made a mental note to avoid. He’d heard the stories of what happens to some of the smaller kids in there. Other than the horrors of mixed-size play, it was a cute little joint where kids could have fun and hopefully remain unharmed due to the watchful eye of the supervisors the Heb'Oeyoz had hired to sit there.

Just passed that was a bowling alley and two bars, one for a wide range of sizes, and one for the same range of sizes, but this time bigger. He found it a bit funny that this was the way the Heb'Oeyoz had chosen to organize it, allowing for almost everyone but the exact right sizes to feel either slightly too big or way too small. The bowling alley, lit up by glowing golden lights hanging from each lane, was much more organized with around 4-5 lanes for pretty rough sizes, which meant you probably were only going to feel a little out of place at a time.

Past that was where the real fun began. Casino games lining a gigantic amount of space, wall to wall. They had games for every size, some smaller ones were cleverly hidden inside the bigger versions of themselves, though most were made for a size that made Ksti feel a bit taller than the rest of the patrons at the moment. This was the most dangerous place to be. With so much going on, people of smaller stature could be snatched up at any point, carried off to who knows where. They could be knocked onto tables or the floor and crushed to a paste, or be knocked into food or drink and be gone without a second thought–sometimes without even a first. The whole thing made Antheb very glad he had the suit on, just in case he needed it.

“Alright, where do we want to go first?” The characteristic giddy and excited voice of his colossal companion sounded from above his coral-coloured pillowy prison.

“Why don’t we go cheat on a card game?” Antheb suggested. He looked up at Ksti, who glared down at him with menacing the same excitement he had heard in her voice, visible in her eyes.

“Give me a second, I have an idea,” Ksti said before quickly walking towards a door coloured like the rest of the wall. Once again peeking out of her garments, he could see people of all shapes and sizes zoom past without a second thought as they got closer and closer to the door marked “Employees Only.” He felt Ksti’s massive hand rest gently on her breast as if to make sure he hadn’t fallen out from all the jostling around. Finally, once they had made it inside the room, the door still swinging back and forth from when Ksti had walked through, the giantess gently lowered her hand into her cleavage to fish around for her friend. Her orange fingers, each the size of small tree trunks, grasped around the smuggler in a firm but delicate grip. She brought him up to her face.

“Alright, you have to trust me on this,” Ksti said. “I promise you nothing will go wrong.”

With that, his friend brought him down to her lower stomach and walked out the doors, her stance looking just like a polite girl walking through the casino to anyone without a keen eye. They stopped at one of the card tables and he heard Ksti’s voice come in through his earpiece.

“Remember, these work,” she said before practically launching him up in the air with the flick of a wrist.

For the briefest moment, Antheb could see everything in the Casino. Stretching on for what seemed like miles, if not more, he could swear the ends of the place curved a little bit as they grew closer to the wall. Then, his small moment of peace was over as he came crashing down through the air. He hit a shaking metallic surface with a small PANG, before getting up. The suit had protected him and he only felt slightly dizzy, though he suspected that was from the journey rather than the crash. He looked around at his environment before realizing where he was.

“An air vent!?” He said in the quiet, forgetting his earpiece could pick up what he was saying until Ksti’s voice pierced his silence.

“That way you can look down and see everyone’s cards. We got this in the bag,” she said with a confidence that reassured the smuggler. “Just, don’t like fall. It would ruin everything.”

“Yeah yeah,” he responded, peering over the slightly vibrating metallic surface, gripping tightly to its edge as he surveyed what was below. The dealer, a bit on the smaller side compared to the rest, was around 25 feet tall, his blue exoskeleton and antenna sticking out from his head giving him away as hailing from the Halter system. He was dressed in the typical employee attire.

Next up with a furrier alien. Antheb had seen a lot, though nothing like this one. The alien’s burgundy tinted bushy fur, covered any other distinguishable features besides its almost 40-foot statue, which fit perfectly with the table. They were dressed in minimal yet lavish green and beige linens that clung tightly around their waist, shoulders, and legs.

Standing next to that one was the tallest of the bunch. At around 45 feet, the teal-tinted alien looked more humanoid than the rest, except for the scales that lined her skin. She stood tall but sat comfortably at the table, her chest sitting neatly on the green table cloth. The aqua-marine alien was scantily dressed in various colours, though most being the same shades of red, yellow, and a pale pink. The way she held herself in the room made it clear she was there to have a fun time.

Soon, the dealer started distributing the cards, and Antheb watched intensely, running from edge to edge at times to get better looks. He’d communicate with Ksti on the best times to hold, fold, or keep playing. The other players kept eying her suspiciously but there was nothing they could prove. The game went on for around another 20 minutes. The furry one had left, and the teal woman was on her fourth drink.

“I think it’s time to wrap this up Ksti,” Antheb spoke into his earpiece, getting a bit bored.

“Alright, last round,” Ksti complied under her breath. “Just let me know what she has and we’re set.”

Antheb contemplated just saying no. They’d already made enough money to split it 50/50 and he wouldn’t have to do another job for at least a standard cycle and a bit. Instead, he got up and lightly jogged to the edge where the teal woman sat. She had her cards tucked at an angle he couldn’t quite see. He leaned forward on the edge. Still nothing. Antheb looked around, spotting another air vent not too far from where he was. He made a running start and leaped over the space between the two vents, stumbling a bit on the other side, but otherwise fine. He leaned over the edge again, reading her cards out loud to Ksti. Then he got up and got ready to make the jump.

Antheb saw the air vent at eye level with him when he realized he had missed the jump. He looked down and saw only the floor. He knew he would be fine in the suit but couldn’t help but be a little terrified. He braced for impact but heard two consecutive PLOPs before feeling himself being submerged in some fizzy red liquid.

He surfaced, looking around. He was in a drink. The server didn’t seem to notice him plop in. There was a small vibration tablet in the drink with him. Fuck, he thought. This is bad…

He continued to swim to the edge, but the glass was sloped at an angle he couldn’t quite get a grip on with his wet body.

“Ksti, you gotta help me, I fell into someone’s fucking drink.” He radioed in.

“Let me finish this, you’ll be fine. They’ll feel you in their mouth and we can explain that-“

“There’s a vibrator tablet in here Ksti.”

Ksti went silent for a moment.

“Alright, I’ll notify some of the servers and finish this game as quickly as possible. I promise you I’ll find you, just don’t freak out,” she said.

“Why would I freak-“ Antheb started but was cut off by the static hissing in his ear as he realized Ksti must have cut the connection. 

He turned the earpiece down and tried to calm himself. He looked up and saw the exchange of glasses from a server to a woman, her smooth yellow skin taking up his entire field of view. He tried to get her attention but to no avail. Instead, he watched her mouth open wide as she prepared to down her drink. Antheb tried to hold onto something, but couldn’t find anything to grip onto in the smooth glass. He felt himself fall into the cavernous pit of the woman’s mouth and saw the light disappear as the woman shut her mouth. Antheb shut his eyes tight, knowing this was the end.

The next thing Antheb saw was the blinding light flooding into the woman’s mouth and a pair of oversized hands reaching into the wet cavern to pull him out. Once he was out, he was pleasantly surprised to find Mèy’s face staring down at him, her sharp teeth, large black eyes, and green skin a welcomed sight.

“M- Mèy?” He stuttered out, still lying on the ground.

The pine skinned Kègb Gbo’s pointed teeth grew into a wide and frightening smile, her saucer-like black eyes remaining expressionless on her large face.

“I saw you in the drink and tried to stop it Antheb,” she said almost apologetically. “But, I couldn’t get to you in time. I’m sorry you had to go through that.” The forest-coloured alien bent down and gave him an oversized hug, her small chest appearing more modest as they were pressed against his face.

“Thank you Mèy,” the smuggler spoke, his voice muffled against her skin and uniform.

Mèy released him then, and after making sure he was ok, she practically picked him up and carried him away from the woman who had almost swallowed him. Mèy meant well, but he felt a bit humiliated from the experience.

“You’re lucky that Miss Ksti put out that call or I would have never thought to look for you in a drink.” The alien said as they walked towards the door marked “Employees Only”. She opened the wall which camouflaged with the wall before entering a smaller door on the bottom Antheb hadn’t even noticed.

Of course, they’d have a door for tinies, stupid, he thought as they strutted into the backroom.

As they entered, Antheb took in features of the room he hadn’t noticed before. The drab yellow colours that lined the walls mixed in with metallic whites and dark blues. There were a few coffee tables for different sizes around the place as well as what he could only guess were ATMs for the employees to use. The Kègb Gbo lifted him out from under her arms and sat down before placing the smuggler in her lap. Compared to her, Antheb looked like a small child, only 3 and a half feet proportionally. He felt humiliated.

“This is nice,” Mèy said, pushing his head into her small chest. “It reminds me of the time we were trapped in that pod, do you remember Antheb? It was hard to keep track of the days but it was nice that I had you with me.”

Antheb resisted her grasp but she effortlessly overpowered him. “No, Mèy. This is nothing like that.” He grumbled.

“Yes, it is.” The younger alien argued. “It was just like this, you were in my lap like this and we comforted each other and-“ She stopped to look down at him sulking a little bit.

“Your old age made you more grumpy,” Mèy stated matter of factly.

“I’m not that old Mèy, I’m like- What would it be..?” He tried to calculate it in his head.

“19,” Mèy stated. “You’re 171 standard galactic years, which makes you 19 relative to how fast Witzmos like you age.”

“Alright, and how old are you?”

The alien chuckled. “Kègb Gbo age slower than Witzmos, you know that. I might be- Oh what it is now… Almost 500 standard galactic years, but relative to how fast Kègb Gbo age, I’m only about 17.”

Antheb stayed silent now.

“You know how lonely it is to age this slow?” The Kègb Gbo asked him. “I was 11 when Ksti was born, and you as well. I’ll outlast all my friends, and they all know that so nobody even bothers. When Ksti is on her death bed, you’ll be there with her, but me? I’ll be less than half of your age.”

Antheb sat in the forest-coloured alien’s lap for a moment before gently straining his body to stretch and kiss her cheek. He sat back down in her lap, leaning into her. He felt the Kègb Gbo hug him back and tightly before he found his entire body turned around and her two hands around his head, pulling him into a kiss. He couldn’t help but kiss back. Then Mèy pulled him away and took a good look at him before pulling him in for another hug, having his head rest gently on her chest.