And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife

As the world spun around them again and the race track disappeared, Nick realized that Kim had slipped away from him as well. He only had a few seconds to process that before everything came to a stop, and he arrived in his new location.

He took a second to get his bearings and looked around.

Then he looked around again, not sure if he fully understood what he was looking at.

This was definitely not where he expected to be.

Nick was standing in the living room of an apartment. …No, not an apartment- one glance out the wide bay window revealed a gorgeous front lawn on a bright sunny day. So not an apartment, a house- a house in the suburbs.

To call this turn an unexpected one was a major understatement.

“Kim?” He looked around the cozy-looking house, wondering where his elusive date had managed to slip off to. “What’s going on here?”

“Hey Nick! You like what I’ve done with the place?”

Nick turned around and his eyes widened. Standing there was Kim alright, but not dressed in racing garb this time. No, she was dressed down actually, like she wasn’t even trying to look sexy or cute for her date. A pair of sweatpants and a loose hoodie over her slender figure, and hair that, while naturally straight, looked slightly tussled- and she was even barefoot!

She looked like the quintessential girl next door.

“I see I caught you by surprise with this,” Kim said, gesturing at her wardrobe change. “If not this,” she followed, moving to the room next.

“It’s a house,” Nick said bluntly. “It’s a nice house, but I’m not really sure what we’re doing here, if I’m being honest.”

He eyed the hall Kim had come down, and the bedroom door at the end of it. There were several things he could imagine doing in a house on their date, but it was a little early for that, wasn’t it?

“But don’t worry, I’ve got the perfect idea for something nice, easy, and relaxing we can do!”

Kim’s words from right before she’d snapped her fingers and brought them both here bounced through his head.

Intriguing.

She hopped onto the couch, and patted the empty seat beside her. “Come on, sit!”

As Nick was sitting down, Kim reached onto the floor for a soft wool blanket, and draped it over them. Then she sidled up next to him and cuddled into his arm.

“Kim…?”

“I’m always working,” Kim said, stopping him before he could ask what she was doing. “Rushing from one job to the next, or from one crazy activity to another… even today. Exercising, the picnic, and then all that stuff with the race track… you were right, Nick. It was pretty intense, even the relaxing parts. I totally get it.”

She squirmed next to him, and he felt something soft press up against his arm. The bulky hoodie Kim was wearing wasn’t doing a lot to conceal her surprisingly-large chest.

Nick felt his face heat up.

“So you wanted to just… take it easy on the couch for a little while, then?” Nick questioned, trying to think of what was happening now as just a platonic couple activity. He knew what their date was building towards, because he wasn’t a fool. He could see it in her eyes every time she’d looked at him this morning. But until she actually made a move, he was going to be a perfect gentleman.

Even if the inside of his pants were getting a little tighter than he’d anticipated.

“I wanted to watch TV together, actually,” Kim said, and he perked up.

“TV?”

They could have done that back at the Master’s Suite… had Kim really used Dream Alley for something as simple as watching television?

“That’s the scenario,” Kim said with a sharp nod. “You and me, we’re a couple who have been married for a long time. We’ve both had really stressful days at work today, and neither of us want to cook. So we’re just going to sit back and watch some TV, unwind, and maybe order some food in if we get hungry and want some lunch.”

She looked up at him with hopeful eyes. “That work?”

Nick had no idea what to say.

“M-married?” He stammered. This was the first time the topic of marriage had ever been broached with Kim. The scenario she’d described, it would fit just fine if they were dating, right? So why was she going so far and putting marriage on the menu?

Nick didn’t mind, obviously. But he didn’t expect that.

Kim blushed. “Well… I mean… it’s just… it’s always been a fantasy of mine,” she mumbled, looking down. “But if you want us to just be dating, then-”

“No, no, it’s fine!” Nick was fast to pivot as he sensed the ache in Kim’s voice. “If it’s marriage you want, then yeah, we can do that!”

Kim stared at him in alarm. She quickly jumped off the couch and shook her head. “Wait, are you thinking… no! That’s not what this is about at all!” She waved her hands frantically and her face turned bright red. “I’m not talking about marrying you!”

Nick blinked.

“…Okay, then I’m very confused,” he said, shaking his head. “If this isn’t about marrying me, then what… what’s going on?”

“Like I said! It’s a fantasy!” Kim felt herself starting to unravel as she tried to explain the complex tapestry she’d built up in her head. “I-I always… it was just me, my mom, and my little siblings growing up. So stuff like, a family, that… it was always something I wanted. You said before… that I should think about what I want, and… this is it.”

She looked sheepishly around the living room.

“…Modest, right?” She played with a strand of her hair. “Working my butt off every day, just so I could find myself with a nice husband, in a nice house… it wasn’t always this complicated you know? Back in the day, this shit came by a lot easier!”

Nick winced. He could see Kim was starting to get worked-up, and not in a good way. He bit his lip and approached her, trying to keep things as gentle as possible.

“Hey, Kim, it’s okay,” he said, placing his hand on her arm and caressing her shoulder. “If this whole thing is too much for you-”

Kim cut him off with a sharp look.

“It’s not too much for me,” she said bluntly. “I just didn’t want you to get the wrong idea, that’s all. This isn’t me, down on one knee, asking you to marry me, Nick! It’s NOT that! This is just something I really wanted to do, enjoy some nice married bliss, and…”

Her voice trailed off as she saw the look of alarm on his face. She felt a sinking feeling in her gut. “What?” She asked quickly. “What is it?”

Nick frowned. “I… uh…” His face started to redden. “I didn’t actually think, um, that you were trying to propose, that’s… that’s not what I…”

An awkward pause hung between them.

“Well… well, good,” Kim said awkwardly, shaking her head. “Because… because like I said, it was just about me doing something relaxing. With, you know, a fantasy husband, who doesn’t have to be you! In fact, you’re already married, so, it’s not like… I mean…”

She stopped herself before she said that marriage was off the table. Why had her brain even gone down that path?

“Look, it’s pretty clear that this is weird, to say the least,” Nick said. “Let’s just put all that behind us and sit back down on the couch, sound good? We’ll watch a nice movie together, or maybe some TV, order in, and enjoy our day like a nice married couple. I’m totally fine with that, if you are. So what do you think? Are you in?”

Kim blinked, and then smiled a crooked smile. “Yeah,” she nodded in agreement. “I’m in.”

Nick sat back down as Kim walked over to the couch. Then she paused, still a little embarrassed. “…Look, what I said before, about you already being married, um…”

Nick held up his hand. “Forget it. It’s not important. Everything that’s going on here, it’s with Mary’s blessing, you know that.”

Kim giggled awkwardly. “No, yeah, I know, obviously, that’s not what I meant, it’s just, well, I don’t want you thinking that I’m aiming to marry you anytime soon, okay? We’re still just in the dating phase, that’s all. Nothing more serious than that.”

“Okay…” Nick may have bought that at the beginning of the season. And yeah, they’d only been on a handful of dates and hadn’t had sex yet. So maybe Kim wasn’t out there when she said they were taking things slow, and she didn’t mean anything special by the married life fantasy. But they’d also been through a lot together on this show, too. So in his eyes, they were a lot more serious than-

“Aaah!” Kim gasped, and quickly covered her chest. Her face turned red and her eyes widened. She was staring right at Nick, who was staring right back at her.

Her face went pale.

“Kim?” Nick was getting concerned again. Another outburst. “Are you okay? What’s going on? Is this that punishment transformation again?”

“D-did you see?” Kim asked, glancing away. “Tell me you didn’t see…”

“I-I didn’t,” Nick said, shaking his head. “See what?”

“It… I…” She bit her lip, shifting around uncomfortably in front of him. “…I guess I’ve been hiding it long enough…”

She burned with shame. Am I really going to do this? NOW of all times?

…Yes, she was.

It wasn’t like she could hide it forever. And if she did wait, then when she inevitably revealed it to him, it would raise even more questions.

“Since it’s too big to hide… I guess I have to show you, huh?”

Trembling, Kim grabbed the hem of her hoodie, and pulled it over her head to reveal the tight turtleneck she was wearing underneath it.

Nick’s eyes bulged in surprise.

“K-Kim?” He stammered, struggling to look up at her eyes. “You… they’re… that’s…”

“I know,” Kim mumbled, feeling like she was going to die. “Yeah, it’s… they’re… bigger now. A lot bigger.”

And by “they” she was of course talking about her breasts.

Nick couldn’t help but admire them. In spite of his prior attempts at gentlemanliness, he was too frazzled by the sudden reveal to think straight. And if Kim was offering, he couldn’t in conscience turn her down, now could he?

In spite of Kim’s claims, they weren’t a lot bigger than they had been. She still couldn’t compete with Carly or Gina, or a milk-full Mary or Vivian when she’d gotten that temporary transformation. But her breasts had swelled in size considerably since the last time Nick had seen them.

And he had the image of her naked body pretty strikingly etched into his memory.

“You, uh… well, they look great,” Nick said, finally managing to tear his eyes off her newly-inflated rack to meet Kim’s smoldering gaze. “So I’m guessing, this is your punishment transformation then?”

Kim’s expression was a strange mixture of embarrassment, arousal, and irritation. She nodded sullenly. “It’s… they grew bigger,” she said. “They’ve been growing all day, actually. Every time I tell a lie, they grow a little bigger. That’s what the punishment does.”

“Wait, every time you lie?” Nick frowned. “Then what happened before, when you were saying that we’re still just at the dating phase, and you’re not thinking about marriage-”

“Stop right there!” Kim interrupted him, freezing the words on his lips with the harshest glare she could muster. “I know what you’re thinking! And… yes, maybe you’re right, but don’t even say it, Nick! Don’t you dare! Okay?”

Nick swallowed and nodded. He could tell how embarrassing this was for her, and the last thing he wanted to do was make it worse.

Kim, seeing how considerate he was being of her feelings, sighed in relief.

“…Anyway, here are all the details,” she muttered, summoning the transformation screen so he could see it for himself.

• I’m Real! I’m a Real Boob!: Kim has been a very naughty girl, and needs to learn to be more honest with the people around her! For the duration of her transformation, whenever Kim tells a lie, her breasts will receive a modest increase in size and sensitivity. (Punishment)

Nick had to read it twice, even with Kim’s prior explanation, just to get a full picture of what was going on here.

He looked up at Kim, and the redness of her face.

“Wait, so-”

“Yes,” Kim said, nodding.

“Every time you-”

“I already said that! Every time!”

Nick sat back on the couch and pondered that.

“…Kim, you’re really super rich, right? All these jobs of yours they’re just a hobby, aren’t they? You can tell me.”

Kim narrowed her eyes and scowled. “Very funny,” she said, crossing her arms over her chest.

Nick smiled, knowing real anger from faked anger quite well by this point. “Hey, you can’t blame a guy for trying, right?”

“Dakota got me to agree to take my Sick Day because she promised that the punishment transformation wouldn’t be that bad,” Kim said, sitting back down on the couch. “But I think she was really just trying to give you some eye candy.”

“Yeah, that sounds like her,” Nick nodded. He wasn’t thrilled that they were talking about Dakota on their date together, but he let Kim air out her feelings all the same.

The tomboy shook her head. “And I get it… you like big boobs. I mean…” She looked down at her chest and gave her breasts a hefty squeeze.

Nick gulped.

“Yeah, keep dreaming big guy,” Kim teased, quickly looking at his tented pants. “We’ve got a lot of date left before we get to that part.”

Well… he could wait. Like waiting to open your presents on Christmas day.

Kim wasn’t done.

“I thought for a while there that it would be pretty inconvenient actually,” she said, letting go of her boobs, much to Nick’s disappointment. “But the fact that I can choose my own clothes is actually pretty convenient. At the beginning there, it was getting a little uncomfortable with my bra, you know? They were feeling pretty… confined.”

“Well… uh… what about now?” Nick swallowed, unable to stop himself from taking another look at her chest. “You… did you take your bra off, then?”

Kim stared at him. “…No, I’m still wearing a bra!” She said bluntly. “I just used Dream Alley to make one in my size, that’s all!”

Nick glanced at her breasts again. They remained the same size.

Rats.

“Oh my gosh, you just got disappointed that my boobs didn’t grow any bigger!” Kim exclaimed, her eyes widening. “You pervert!”

“W-well, I mean… you put the idea in my head, so… okay, yes, I did, is that so wrong?” Nick asked. “I appreciate the finer features of my date, that’s all.”

“Oh, really?” Kim said, giving him a sarcastic side-eye. “That’s all it is, admiration, huh? Well, a little advice, behaving like this on a date, that’s liable to get you slapped in the face.”

Well… she wasn’t wrong.

“…But I’m a little nicer about it than that,” she said, her lips curling up into a smile. “Anyway, wipe up your drool, Nick, we still have to get to watching some TV.”

“Right, yeah, totally,” Nick nodded.

Kim couldn’t believe what was happening now. “…You’re still staring at them! Jesus!”

Nick’s eyes shot up to hers. He hadn’t even realized it!

“I-I… I have no excuses.”

“My boobs aren’t even that big, and you still can’t help but look!” Kim shook her head in disbelief- then froze as her breasts inflated slightly again.

Nick’s eyes immediately followed.

“Seriously?” She looked up at the ceiling and shouted. “That shouldn’t count, we’re talking about degree here!”

“I guess Dakota thinks that those are pretty big, as far as breast size is concerned,” Nick indicated.

Kim rolled her eyes. “More like she’s looking for any excuse she can find to make me get a little bigger up top.”

Nick nodded. Yes, knowing Dakota, that was very likely.

“…Okay, can I be honest?” Nick asked. As embarrassing as this whole situation was, he thought that it was important to clear the air with Kim, if he wanted to have any chance of salvaging this date.

“Well, I have to, so it’s only fair if you are,” Kim replied, leaning back on the couch.

“It’s not the… size that’s getting to me,” Nick assured her. “I think your breasts look nice, regardless of how big they are.”

Kim blinked. “How… sweet?”

“You know what I mean. I guess it’s just… I don’t know… the sight of them getting bigger, gradually like that… I don’t know, it’s kinda doing something for me. I can’t quite explain it.” He winced. “…That sounds really weird, huh?”

“Well…” Kim shrugged. “I don’t mind it, if I’m being honest.”

Nick looked down at her breasts. Again, they remained the same size.

“Oh, this is going to get really annoying…” It was only now that the frustrating aspect of this transformation started to sink in.

Now that Nick had a verifiable way of checking whether or not Kim was being honest, there was no way he would avoid using it. Kim’s true feelings were going to come out sooner or later, no matter what they did.

“I promise, I won’t look,” Nick said, sensing the awkwardness of the situation.

Kim socked him in the arm. “Liar. Maybe your breasts should be growing right now.”

“…Yeah, you’re right, I don’t think I can make that promise,” Nick admitted. “I’ll try though. I promise, no interrogation or anything.”

He smiled at her. “Besides, I’m pretty sure I know where you stand on most stuff right now, anyway.”

Kim blinked. Then she smiled back. “Oh really, do you now?” She asked, leaning forward coyly.

Nick shrugged. “I think I have an idea,” he replied.

“Okay, let’s test it out then,” Kim smirked. “Where do you think I’m standing right now, when it comes to talking about my breasts getting bigger, and your fascination with that?”

Nick opened his mouth, only to realize there were no right answers to that question.

“…I think you want to watch some television,” he said, reaching over and grabbing the remote off the coffee table.

Kim smirked and slowly shook her head. “Wow, it’s like you’re psychic.”