“How about these?” David suggested, pulling a couple of outfits off the rack and holding them up.
“Huh? Why on earth would you pick those? They’re… Well…” Mitch said, eying up the clothes reluctantly. “Well, they’re completely dorky!”
Indeed, the clothes were hadly fashionable, even considering that they were made for kids. One of them was a pair of extremely short shorts held up by suspenders, paired with a white button-up shirt with a pocket protector and even a bow-tie, and the other was a baggy t-shirt covered in pictures of some sort of anime character (a young boy superhero wearing a suspiciously revealing outfit) along with some jean shorts and shoes covered in even more anime characters.
“Whatever, they’re just clothes, Mitch,” David said, rolling his eyes, then he stuck out his tongue and giggled. “Or did you suddenly become a little fashionista after getting turned into a bratty half-pint?”
“Shut up, I’m not a brat!” Mitch replied with a pout before bursting out into giggles as well. “Fine, I’ll wear them, but I’m taking that one!”
He grabbed the t-shirt and began pulling it on, while David slipped on the shorts and suspenders. In no time at all, David was wearing the new outfit, which fit him like a glove thanks to his scrawny little kid body, but Mitch’s t-shirt and shorts hung off him nearly as much as their old, adult clothes did.
“Come on, David… Couldn’t you have found some that actually fit me!?” Mitch shouted indignantly, only to suddenly hear footsteps approaching them.
“Oh, what have we here? A couple of little shoplifters?” a man’s voice said, and suddenly a voice reached through the nearest clothes rack and pulled them through. Standing before them was an overweight, middle-aged man with big glasses, wearing a threadbare t-shirt with comic book characters on it and a logo that proclaimed “Super-Daddy”.
“N-no, we were gonna pay for it!” Mitch protested, while David nodded shyly next to him, suddenly feeling like he couldn’t bring himself to say a word.
“Really? You two saved up your allowances to buy new clothes?” the man laughed. “That’s strange… You look more like you’ve already spend your allowance on comic books and trading cards!”
“Huh? That’s dumb… Only nerds buy that kind of stuff!” Mitch pouted. But at the man’s words, he began to feel an odd sensation in his body, like he was getting gassy or bloated. Without even noticing it, his belly began to fill out, with layers of soft baby fat beginning to grow around his tummy, legs, and waist. Without even realizing, the t-shirt and shorts he’d grabbed no longer hung off him, but were (if anything) a bit too tight, letting a soft little belly poke out from under his t-shirt.
David, on the other hand, was still squirming and blushing, unable to say a word in his own defense. It was as through his self-esteem and confidence were dwindling away, making him shy and nervous in the presence of this bigger, older man. Besides, this guy had a Super-Daddy shirt on, so he was probably really cool… right?
“You know, I can spot a couple of really ‘cool’ kiddos when I see them,” the man continued, letting out a snorting laugh and adjusting his thick glasses. “Cool kids that like awesome stuff like comic books, anime figurines, and video games, am I right?”
David and Mitch’s ears perked up at the mention of such awesome stuff, even though before they’d come to the Daddy Dimension they’d never dream of doing something as nerdy as obsessing over comics or anime.
“R-r-r-r-really!?” David finally managed to say, albeit with a strong stammer. “That’th soundth like it would be awethome!!”
David frowned and licked his lips, wondering why he’d suddenly begun lisping so much. He felt a sudden soreness in his mouth as metal bands appeared from nowhere and wrapped themselves around his teeth, while his front teeth pushed forward into an adorably nerdy pair of buckteeth. Soon, his shy little boy smile was decorated by a set of dorky braces that glittered in the light, but also made him constantly stammer and lisp.
Mitch thought he’d seen something odd happening to David’s mouth, but just as he tried to focus on it his eyesight suddenly began to blur. As if by reflex, he reached up and felt something cold and plastic in his front pocket, and slipped it onto his face, instantly clearing up the problem.
Directly in front of them was a big mirror, letting them both see themselves in their full, nerdy, boyish glory. Mitch was no longer the ordinary-looking 12-year old kid he’d been transformed into earlier, but was instead a chubby dork of a kid decked out in anime-themed clothes, with a massive pair of thick plastic glasses that made his eyes look massive. David, on the other hand, was even scrawnier than he’d been before, all dressed up like a total nerd with a a bow-tie and suspenders, with curly red hair that stuck out in every direction, pale skin covered in freckles, and big bright braces on his teeth that always seemed to stick out of his mouth.
“W-we… we look like…” Mitch stammered in shock as he saw his reflection.
“Total dorkth!!” David lisped, burying his face in his hands as he burned with humiliation.
The nerdy-looking middle-aged guy who had confronted them just chortled and snorted at their embarassment, finding it absolutely adorable. The idea of having a couple of nerdy kids handing around him, gushing about comics and anime and games, watching cartoons, and maybe even indulging in a little bit of cosplay, was exactly what he’d been looking for, and just like that these two had practically fallen into his lap...