Codependency.

This story starts in a cozy house that Sam’s parents rented for him for the period of his studies at college.

Sam is an average 22 years old guy. He has a blond hair, blue eyes an athletic body and medium height. He is living with his girlfriend – Vanessa.

Vanessa also is a 22 years old college student. She and Sam are groupmates, they have been dating since 1^st course and are planning to have a wedding after graduation. Sam’s parents knew about it and generously gave them an opportunity to live together under the same roof.

Vanessa has a shoulder-length chestnut hair, slightly upturned nose, medium height, B-cup breasts, fair skin and brown eyes. Her appearance has some small nuances; her hips is a bit wider than the ones that considered “normal” and she’s got a cute dimples on her cheeks. She also feels a little unconfident about the size of her thighs, that fact made her hit the gym.

Once in the evening during the late spring, when days were slowly getting hotter and sunnier and the exams were getting closer and closer, the couple spent their time together.

Vanessa just returned from her part-time job. She worked as an intern in a small company. It was a little harder for her than she thought, due to the relationship with her colleagues, especially ones that were older than her by a couple of decades, some of them were downright nasty to her. She considered it as normal during her first month as an intern, but damn, hitherto their attitude hasn’t changed, even though a couple of months passed! Of course, it wasn’t completely awful, there were people like Cassandra – the other intern, who usually helps her with some advices and understands her easily, they are in the same boat, after all, or Samantha – HR in her 40’ties, a kind woman, who often acts in the way mentor should, towards Vanessa.  But there was person that almost sent shivers down Vanessa’s spine by the fact of her existence itself! This person was Audrey – woman in her mid-thirties who always looked down on other employees, a non-official right hand of the boss and, as the gossips said, also his lover.

Vanessa ad hard time coping with toxic working environment due to her mostly soft demeanor. She used to be a “crybaby” in elementary school and a “shy girl” in middle- and highshool.

Every time she returned home with a great pleasure, because that meant she is going to see her boyfriend. Sam was a dependable and responsible young man and Vanessa knew that she can always seek help and support from him.

At the moment she was on the couch with Sam. He was hugging Vanessa. She was looking forward to it during the whole day. Vanessa had a notebook in her hands.

-          What are you planning to watch today? – asked Sam.

-          I think we’re going to watch “Bill & Ted” today.

-          You’ve seen it billion times before, but once more won’t hurt, isn’t it?

-          Yes! You know I like it so much! I always was passionate about time traveling stories and I really enjoy seeing Keanu Reeves the way he is presented here. He is young and his image is quite funny here, since it’s a role in comedy. It’s pretty interesting how everything changed, I mean, it contrasts so much with his roles he played later and his real image now, when he looks depressed a bit and middle aged. He is quite good-lookin’ still though.

-          Okay. I understand.

-          By the way, the summer is closer and I’m starting to think about making my hair shorter. What do you think?

-          I’ll love you despite the way your hair is.

Sam likes the way everything turned out. At first, he was afraid a little about living with Vanessa together. His father told him that it can be hard step in relationship. He judged from his own experience. Sam knew that his parents used to have arguments all the time when they moved together before his birth.

So Sam feared it may lead to break up with Vanessa if they couldn’t stand each other while living together.

“A boat of love crashed into everyday life.” – the words of poet about such situations.

But his life with Vanessa is pretty harmonic and peaceful. They understand each other easy and respect each other personal borders, but still spend a lot of time together. Sam understands that Vanessa needs some help to recover emotional after work and study and Vanessa understands when Sam needs to not be bothered due to his studies.

-          Almost forgot, I’ll have to fix the air conditioner tomorrow. It’s getting hotter and soon we’ll die without it. Talked with landlord and he gave me a permission to fix it by myself. – said Sam.

-          It’s so cool to have a boyfriend like you! *Giggle* Pun intended! You know, you don’t need to hurry to fix it, because I can walk around the house in my undies, or even naked! – answered Vanessa.

They watched the film to the end and both went to bed.

The next morning, when Sam woke up, he felt that something was wrong.

His arm has become thinner than the last evening, when he went to bed. Sam’s hand was placed on Vanessa’s breast, because they slept close to each other and somehow he placed his hand right on her boob, she hasn’t noticed, though and hadn’t woke up. He discovered that her boob felt … fuller? Sam thought that it might be the illusion and he must be wrong about it, because he just woke up.

He stood on his legs near the bed and found that something seems weird. Sam couldn’t point at what exactly is off, but after some contemplation he understood, that the room appeared to him as if he became slightly shorter.

Sam looked at his body. It now was less muscular.

Pretty much puzzled, Sam walked to the bathroom. He looked in the mirror. Reflection showed Sam’s body, it really was skinnier, as if he never hit the gym for the last couple of years, his face was smooth, it also was strange, because he hasn’t shaved for 2 days and planned to do it this morning, also there was a couple of pimples here and there on his cheeks, his face looked like this when he was in high school.

Sam understood, that his appearance wasn’t just strange, he looked exactly like he did about 5 years ago, when he was 17 years old.

Slightly shocked, Sam returned to bedroom and gently shook Vanessa to tell her about his discovery, maybe he is just turning mad and others see him as normal.

-          Mom, it’s Sunday… - mumbled Vanessa as she opened her eyes.

-          Vanessa, please wake up, I want you to look at something… - started Sam.

He stopped talking, because he looked at Vanessa, who was taking the sitting position on her bed. She also didn’t look like yesterday. Her face looked slightly older and more angular as if it lost the remains of a slight childishness overnight and her breasts really appeared fuller.

Vanessa looked at surprised Sam and didn’t fully understand what happened.

Then she noticed, that Sam is less athletic and looks more like a teenager, who is still in school. He had a couple of acne on his cheeks and was a little shorter with slightly longer hair.

She felt, that something was off about her too. First of all – her nightwear, a light, see-through nightshirt, that she likes so much, was more snug than usual.

-          S-Sam! You look d-different!.. As if you became younger! – shouted Vanessa.

-          Vanessa, please, calm down, that’s what I wanted to say. You also look different; I want you to look in the mirror in the bathroom. – answered Sam as calmly as he could.

Vanessa rushed to the bathroom. She looked at reflection.

Her face and body looked more mature. Hair appeared be turned into a slightly darker shade of chestnut color. Vanessa’s face became more angular, gone were her cute cheeks. It seems her transition from teenage to adulthood in matters of appearance took a little more time than most people, so she still had some of slightly childish attributes in her early 20’s, that should have vanished later, when she’ll age a bit. Vanessa also had a few new wrinkles.

The other change, that happened to her body overnight was noticed by Vanessa immediately, when she moved her gaze lower from the head and face. Her breasts were bigger! They transitioned from B to small C-cups. In addition, her stomach was slightly fuller, especially in the lower part, but it wasn’t very noticeable, so instead of giving her the heavy or unattractive appearance, this chubbiness added some feminine aura to the way she looked, also, her hips became wider and thighs bigger, that fact meant her figure drafted closer to pear-shape.

-          Oh my God! – exclaimed Vanessa.

-          I know, I’m just as shocked as you, let’s seat down and think a bit. – said Sam.

When Vanessa calmed down, they sat on the couch and started to hold it forth.

-          Sam, I think, not just my appearance changed, but I look like if I am older than my real age. – said Vanessa.

-          I see. How much older, by your estimation? – asked Sam.

-          I think, about 10 years, that makes me 32 physically. Hey, Sam, what about you? You look younger and we haven’t discussed it yet!

-          The main thing: I don’t look younger, I look exactly like I did in my teenage years. I think I’m about 17.

-          That means you’re 5 years younger and I’m 10 years older…

-          Yes, like we’re going different ways, Vanessa…

-          What should we do… Maybe, we shall try to find what may cause it. Almost forgot, I recommend you to call your boss and say that you can’t be at work this evening.

-          And what should I say? “I think I had a “flash forward” and skipped 10 years of my life”?

-          Just say you’re sick or something like this I don’t know…  I like that you haven’t lost your sense of humor, though.

-          Okay, Sam. I think we can discover the reason, I’ll call a doctor too, maybe he could help.

-          I love you, baby… - said Sam and they kissed each other.

Vanessa’s kiss felt different, even after thousands of kisses they had before.

Vanessa dressed herself as she prepared for the day and discussed their trouble with Sam, who was sitting in the nearby room.

-          Do you think, that it may be an allergy, maybe we ate something. – said Vanessa, while she put on her bra.

“It’s too small! I’ll have to buy a new one” – she thought.

-          Or maybe the hormones in food? – she added.

-          I don’t think anything like that can make a person older and especially younger, remember, that I’ve got a different effect and we haven’t ate anything suspicious.

“I’ll put on those jeans. I’d prefer my leggings and I think they’ll fit me, but it will only accentuate my fuller forms.”

-          Okay, Sam. I’ll try to search the net for any information.

“ I’m going to need new panties too, since mine are too snug, due to the new size of my butt” – thought Vanessa before putting on her T-shirt.

An hour later, Sam and Vanessa sat with their laptops.

-          Urgh! I can’t find anything somehow related to our case! – exclaimed Vanessa.

-          I’m too. Since it seems to be futile, I heard, that you said something about going to the mall.

-          Yes, I want to buy some new things, because some of mine are a bit small for me now.

-          Okay, but I’m not going to buy anything, since I’m OK with my clothes even if they’re baggy on me. Yeah, I want to add, it would be better if you’ll drive my car. – said Sam.

-          Why?! You know I’m afraid a little when it comes to roads with heavy traffic!

-          Because cops could stop us and there’s a chance they won’t believe that my driving license is really mine, since I look younger than I am on the photo.

-          Okay.

When they arrived at the mall, Sam made a comment about Vanessa’s driving skills:

-          It wasn’t so bad as both of us were expecting, wasn’t it?

-          Thank you, Sam. Where should we start?

-          I don’t know. Since I’m not going to buy anything, I’ll leave the choice to you.

-          Okay.

In the first clothing shop Vanessa started to think about her possibilities in clothing variety.  She decided to find herself a dress, that would be long enough to cover her legs, since the bigger size of her thighs was unusual and unpleasant for her and that fact didn’t make her confident in the looks of that part of her body. Anything that would accentuate them, like some tight trousers or shorts are completely unacceptable for Vanessa.

She finally found a pair of interesting dresses and walked inside the clothing stall, while Sam was waiting for her outside of the shop.

In the stall Vanessa started to undress, she got discarded of her T-shirt and looked in the mirror. Her bra’s don’t suit her anymore, so today was the first time when she went outside without bra since her breasts started to protrude and became big enough to fill a small A-cup. That fact made her quite insecure. What if someone will accidentally open the curtain, that hides her uncovered breasts from being seen?

Vanessa has chosen a dress with long skirt, that accentuated her fuller booty and breasts and had an open shoulders. That feature will help to diminish the asymmetric image of her body, she thought.

Vanessa found herself a better fitting bra and panties, payed for them and returned to Sam.

-          Good news, I made a call to the doctor. We’re going to have an appointment tomorrow evening. – said Sam.

-          Okay, understood. Do you have any plans about what we’re going to do today?

-          We planned to go to the restaurant, haven’t we?

-          Right, let’s head home so you could get dressed.

After a short trip home, Vanessa and Sam went to the restaurant. Vanessa didn’t regret her choice of outfit. She thought how strange she looked together with Sam. His clothes didn’t look suitable for the current situation, they were baggy on his skinnier body, while she was dressed almost like a socialite. She spent a half of her wage to buy it, after all.

They found themselves a place to sit and waited until the waitress came to them.

Sam said to Vanessa, after the waitress wrote their order and vanished as fast as she appeared:

-          Why have you ordered yourself a wine? I thought you don’t like it.

-          That’s because I just wanted it, I don’t know why. After all, that’s basically the reason why we came here by the public transport. By the way, why haven’t you ordered it? – Vanessa answered.

-          Let’s be objective, I don’t look old enough to… - Sam started to say, but was interrupted by sudden giggles from Vanessa.

-          What’s so funny? – he asked.

Vanessa covered her mouth with her palm. She stopped giggling and said:

-          Have you noticed how waitress looked at us? It’s kinda uncomfortable to say but… You know, I look older than you… but, not old enough to be your mom… and we act like a couple… So-ooo, it’s like we’re lovers with quite a major age difference! Wow! I can’t believe I really said it! You know, since you are really the one who’s mature in our relationships.

They spent such a nice time in the restaurant. Sam and Vanessa have almost forgotten that anything ever happened today. Vanessa took small sips of wine in a sophisticated way. Surprisingly, her sudden change in preferences towards the choice of drinks didn’t let her down. She really enjoyed this wine.

When Sam and Vanessa walked out of the restaurant, Vanessa made a comment:

-          You should have seen her face, when you said that you’ll be the one to pay for all of this. You know, I mean she expected it from me. She was so surprised!

At home, they cuddled on the couch together.

Vanessa was sitting near Sam and watching some Netflix show, when she felt that Sam was gently caressing her lap and thigh.

-  You know, our bodies changed… - started Sam, - those new circumstances just sent me an idea. Why haven’t we tried anything “spicy” yet? I mean like “roleplaying”.

- Roleplay? I don’t know… Yeah, we’ve got, like, new preconditions… You know, really in our circumstances we could easily try some things like “student and teacher”. Our bodies suit it pretty well now, after all. – answered Vanessa.

- I prefer “doctor and patient”. – said Sam and squeezed Vanessa’s thigh, - “I think you’ve got such a case of “thickthightis” or even “thunderthigtis” – he said teasingly as he changed his voice by making it a deeper and sexier tone. It sounded quite grotesque, considering how teenage and more high-pitch, than usual Sam’s voice became.

- “Sorry, but can I see your license? Aren’t you too young to be a doctor? I don’t think kids nowadays can graduate from medical school so early!” – pretended Vanessa.