Warning! This story features weight gain, fat people, immobility, and a bit of mutual weight gain at the end! If you don't like any of that, please turn away!
Penelope had found herself in quite the pickle. Recently she decided to quit her waitressing job in favor for her streaming career. She had started streaming about a year ago, and while it started out very slow she slowly started to grow in popularity, to the point where her donations per stream made her more money than every one of her tips, and the patreon was doing so well it dwarfed her paycheck. This success is what caused her to quit and focus on streaming full time. This had led to her problem. The waitress job was lacking financially, sure, but what made up for it was the exercise she did every day. Streaming was mostly sitting in a chair and gaming, waitressing was walking around for eight hours a day. The lack of this exercise was the softer belly she was prodding at. She was concerned with this newfound weight gain, mostly because she was always on webcam and didn't want people pointing it out. The internet can be very cruel when it comes to weight gain. She needed a solution, and she needed it fast. How could she hide her weight gain while continuing to stream until she had lost the extra pudge? Suddenly, she snapped her fingers as a light bulb went off in her head. She needed to make a call.
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The stream opened like normal, a waiting screen depicting Penelope's mascot character, a cutsey bumblebee with cotton candy colors named Sweetie, dozing off while soft lofi music played in the background. After half an hour, the stream began for real as Penelope's webcam turned on. Clearing her throat, Penelope began to welcome her audience. "Hey guys! Welcome to the stream! I have somethin' pretty exciting to share with you nerds with today!" She said, brushing her hair to the side. She watched as chat whizzed by, thousands of people asking what the surprise was. A devious smile appeared on her face as she clicked a couple buttons on her monitor, before chat was met with Penelope's surprise.
Penelope's webcam had disappeared, being replaced by Sweetie, who was moving, blinking, and an anime girl. She squealed in glee as chat was responding to the reveal of her brand new V-Tuber model. "That's right! I'm V-Tubing now! I thought it would be a fun little experiment to try out!" 'At least until I lose this belly fat and fall into a habit of excercising' She thought to herself, ashamed to say it out loud for her loving fans to hear. Overall, reception to the model was very positive. A donation even asked who made the model. "Oh, my good friend Damian made and rigged it for me! You might recognize him as Sleepy_Mantis on Twitter, the guy who drew my waiting screen for me. Isn't he great, chat?" The chat agreed, deeming the model to be very well made. "Well, now that we've established that, let's get back to Tears of the Kingdom now, yeah?" Penelope said, picking up her Switch controller and pressing start on the game.
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The stream ended after five hours of TotK and relaxed chatting. Removing the headset, Penelope walked out of her bedroom and into the rest of her small apartment, beelining for the kitchen. She stretched, having sat in a chair for five hours really makes your butt sore, and opened her fridge. She grabbed a can of mountain dew and closed the door, chugging the drink as she opened Twitter up. She almost spat out her soda as she noticed she was trending. Man, her fans really did love the model, huh? Fan art galore of Sweetie's new anime design, lots of people discussing it and a lot more followers than she previously had. This experiment, and temporary coverup, had been more than a success. Penelope WAS going to start her new workout, but in light of this newfound victory, she decided she should get herself a little treat.
"Ooogh... that was probably not a good idea." Penelope sat on her couch, rubbing her stomach. The treat she ultimately decided on was a pizza, which seemed perfect considering how hungry she was after five hours. Hungriness did not equal stomach space, however. Her stuffed, taut gut gurgled in annoyance, clearly filled to the brim and more some. It looked like she was overdue with triplets, and was as heavy as a bowling ball. Rubbing the orb of a gut felt better, but only slightly. Penelope knew she took it a bit far, but it felt oddly good. "It's probably just because of the occasion." She thought to herself. There was no way she was going to keep doing this. It's why the V-Tuber model was made in the first place, after all. She just wanted to celebrate the occasion, and it had been celebrated, even if her stomach hurt from its packed contents. As she waddled to bed, clutching her heavy stomach and rubbing it, only one thought was going through her head.
