"I still don't see why you want to wear clothes again, seems like you were doing just fine before." The slime dragon said rather off handily as he laid on the changing room's bench, watching me as I tried to get a few more inches out of a shirt I was trying on

"Well, a multitude of reasons really. Protection against the weather, keep the gunk of the day away, and so mostly I won't be thrown out of most places that require at least a shirt and pants ya know." I say as I try one last time to pull the shirt down. The clothes were doing their best to hold me in after what seems like years without them and even at the largest size the specialty store had it still left a lot showing. But it was good enough for me to wear around on occasion and maybe even longer when they stretch out to fit me better.

"Like that stopped you before, always that one place that'll take you a few steps away." Kio said. "Plus, it seem so... restrictive in that! It looks like it's barely holding you in there and i'm not even adding on to it. Come on, let this silly thing go and stay bare. No worrying if your clothes match, nothing to have to wash but yourself, and you don't have to worry about your pants becoming confetti as you eat.

He was right about that, I have plenty memories of my clothes shredding themselves at rather inopportune times. I look down at them and I can already tell that they're stretched to their limit and who knows how they'd fare when Kio returns to my belly. I give a sigh and relent a bit "Yeah, yeah, you're right. But at least I can have them for special occasions out and about, right?" The slime dragon gives a nod, though he seems a bit hesitant himself. "Yeah, I guess..."

That's when he gives a little grin. "Just don't get too attached to them, i'll say."

I don't know if these, or any pairs will last long...