As Beck prepared for their pre-bedtime shower, they thought about Ellie. They'd never heard of someone enjoying being fat before. All Beck had ever heard all her life about being overweight was how awful it was. The TV was always flooded with ads for diets and weight loss pills, their mother was always bemoaning putting on a few pounds, and the popular girls at school were always very happy to tell the chubby kids how ugly they looked.
And yet Ellie had been proud of her size. She'd loved every roll of fat on her bulging belly. She'd shed tears when it all went away. Beck thought back to all the times they'd seen Ellie pre-transformation. The chubby Ellie had actually been pretty cute, now that Beck thought about it. Especially that big, pillow-like belly. The more Beck recalled, the more they preferred the softer Ellie.
Beck Hamilton had never been fat, even before their transformation into a werehyena, and now they were built like a professional weightlifter. Beck looked over her naked human reflection with its tiny tits, washboard abs, and bulging biceps. Beck noticed it seemed to be getting hairier lately. They quit shaving when they came out as non-binary, but their armpit hair had never been quite so thick, and was that a treasure trail growing in? Beck supposed being a werehyena had altered their testosterone a bit.
Beck ran a hand over their flat, toned stomach, trying to imagine a generous layer of fat on it. It was an oddly appealing thought. It would be so soft, so cushiony. And it would be such fun to jiggle! The gentle curves were actually be sort of beautiful... Did Beck want to be chubby? Why not, they decided. Maybe they'd even go to the kappa's sumo school in Kyoto themself someday, assuming Ellie came back with good things to say about it. Beck turned around and stepped into the shower, still contemplating a flabbier future.