Astro hadn't planned for this...

It had now been two months since he'd introduced Damocles to the ice cream parlor. As the visits increased, so too did the amount of ice cream the bull consumed each time. Evidently, he was not convinced that he was sampling the different varieties of ice cream the place had to offer at a frequent enough pace. Three visits a day turned to four, two scoops of ice cream turned to three, and the protruding belly on the once-muscular minotaur had expanded into a massive gut that hung low enough that it touched his toes while in his mortal disguise.

That's not to say that Damocles was the only one putting on weight. The frequent visits to the parlor meant that Astro was also starting to increase the frequency at which the place's ice cream graced his belly. While not originally a lithe person, the otter had at least started out with an almost reasonable amount of fat on his frame, at least enough that it didn't slow him down too much. Now, he was starting to feel the weight that was packing onto him.

And then it happened. Damocles had insisted on dragging Astro along to try the parlor's newest flavor, super Chinese peanut butter. After finishing their cones (a double scoop of chocolate for Astro, two triple scoops of the decadent new flavor for Damocles), they had gotten up to leave the parlor when they ran into a small problem...well, a large problem. As they tried to exit, Damocles's belly got stuck in the doorway.

"Ugn...Why must mortals make their doors so small?" the lardy genie complained as his friend tried desperately to pull him through the exit. "I was certain it was of ample size when we first arrived here, and the last two months we've been coming!"

"I'm starting to think..." the tiny, but still chubby mustelid wheezed, "...that it might be best if I handle buying the ice cream by myself.

"Nonsense!" Damocles retorted. "I will not allow such a thing as a miniscule entrance to deter me from feasting upon the delicacy of ice cream!"

"Can't you use your magic to make the doorway bigger?" Astro half-whispered, half-yelled up to his much lardger...sorry, larger friend.

"Such a minor inconvenience would be a waste of my power to correct."

Astro rolled his eyes at this response, but continued his struggle to free his trapped friend. He spent the next few hours pulling Damocles out of the doorway. Once he was finally freed, the minotaur decided that conquering such a challenge was best rewarded with yet another helping of ice cream.

((Astro and Damocles belong to me. The artwork was done by  rockytheprocy and his submission can be found via the link below:

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/22213777/ ))