Colleagues (Part 2) - Duplex

You kept massaging Naomi’s feet, she giggled to herself while watching TV, it felt weird, she was too excited for the arrival of her husband.

Your hands started aching, you got tired, you stopped massaging and sat down.

“Hmm?” She leaned forward to check on you.

“S-Sorry, it’s harder than it seems”, you said, apologizing as you knew she enjoyed it.

She giggled, “lol I told you it’s ok, I’m sure it’s hard doing that in your size, I should start preparing Johnny’s dinner anyway”, she said and pulled her feet back, you were so relieved not having them in your face, she got up and walked to the kitchen, leaving you on the sofa.

You walked around and eventually sat down at the corner, then the door got unlocked and Jonathan went inside, carrying a bag.

“Hey babe”, Naomi called from the kitchen.

“Hey, traffic jams sorry”, he said and sighed, placing the bag on the living room’s table, you quickly crawled and hid next to a pillow.

“No worries, hungry? Made you pasta”, she said and placed the dish on the table.

He approached, “tomato sauce? Nice, I thought you don’t like it”, he said happily.

“Haha, but you do, so I thought why not”, she said and walked to the living room, Jonathan sat down and started eating.

She was looking for you, so you walked out of your hiding spot and exposed yourself, she made a “shh” gesture and smiled, then sat down and watched TV.

“That’s perfect babe, thank you”, he said from the table, eagerly eating, you were disgusted by the thought that it has your blood sample in it.

“You’re welcome, you better eat it all up”, she giggled and placed her feet on the table.

“Oh and babe, why did you need that cage? It’s in the bag”, he said while munching.

Your heart started pounding when you heard it, a cage?

“Oh right, thanks babe!” She reached for the bag and opened it, then took a small wooden cage and placed it on the table, she looked at it and smiled, “it’s perfect”, she said and checked out its doors, it’s like it had 2 floors, your face got pale.

“It reminded me of the Mulan movie, the cricket’s cage”, he said, eating.

Naomi started laughing, holding the cage and examining it, “you are right! It does look like that!” She exclaimed, you approached and touched her thigh, looking at her with fear, pointing at the cage as in “what the fuck is that”.

She placed it next to you and opened the lower door, you looked at it and stepped back, she nodded and placed her finger next to you, gently pushing you inside.

“H-Hey! Naomi wait!” You shouted but she kept pushing until you were inside.

“So cute”, she said and giggled, then closed the door and locked it, you quickly held the wooden bars and looked at her with wide opened eyes.

“Hmm? You said something?” Jonathan asked.

“Oh nothing”, she said and held the cage in front of her face, her huge eyes peeking on you, you were terrified, the cage was so small you could barely sit inside.

She placed it on the table and looked back, “how does it taste babe?”

“Perfect”, he said and got up, the dish was empty, he placed it in the sink, “I’ll go shower”.

“Wait, I need to show you something, but promise not to freak out”, she called, stopping him.

“What is it?” He asked, confused.

She held the cage next to her face, “umm, it’s Greg.. from work”, she said casually.

Jonathan jumped and pushed his back to the wall, “N-Naomi you brought a shrinkie inside our home?!” He shouted.

“You promised not to freak out”, she said.

“N-No I haven’t, fuck, he might infect me!” He shouted, quickly covering his mouth and nose.

“Relax, he wasn’t vaccinated”, she lied.

You didn’t understand what’s going on and what Naomi was doing.

“Oh, Phew”, he sighed in relief and approached closer, “sorry Greg”, he said and then looked at her, “listen, I know you are friends but we can’t keep him here”, he said in an apologetic tone.

Naomi sighed, “I knew you’d say that, so inconsiderate of you, he got nowhere else to go”.

“Why is he inside a cage?” He suddenly asked the obvious, you were wondering the same.

She giggled, “where else would I keep him? It’s just until there’s a cure, I’m trying to make it as convenient as possible for us”, she replied.

He sighed and sat down on the couch next to the sofa, he looked at you, then sighed again, “who knows if and when a cure will be available, we can’t just keep your friend inside a small cage like that, it’s inhumane”.

“Why won’t we ask him? Greg, is that ok with you?” She leaned forward and asked.

You looked at them and gulped, “I Umm… I just want to get help”, you replied, not sure what to say.

“See? He’s ok with it”, she said, smiling and looking back at him.

“Th-That’s not what he said, I’m sure Greg would prefer to be inside a bigger c-cage or something more appropriate”, he said nervously.

You nodded, but she wasn’t looking.

“He agrees with me”, he said, pointing at you.

She placed you and the cage on the table.

“Hmm I don’t know”, she said and sighed, “a bigger cage? Where would I put it? And it will be exhausting to clean”, she said and placed her feet on the table, not far from you, you looked at them and gulped.

“Babe I don’t like this”, Jonathan said, “we can keep him, ok? But not like this, and please put your feet back on the floor, that’s… that’s disgusting”, he stuttered.

“Hmm?” She dragged and placed her foot right on the cage, pushing the bars with the ball of her foot, “why?”

You pushed your back to the bars behind you and looked at Jonathan, trying not to look at her sole.

He stepped forward, blushing all red, “Naomi!” He shouted, she started laughing.

He grabbed her foot and they started wrestling, Naomi was being playful but Jonathan was serious, it looked like she’s actually stronger.

“What’s going on?” He said, confused, then stepped back and caressed his face.

“What is it babe?” She asked with a smile.

“I don’t know, I’m not feeling so good”, he replied.

She looked at him, acting like she’s worried, “oh no babe, I think you are shrinking”

“I… I what?” He asked in fear.

“It’s going to be ok babe, oh my god I can’t believe this is happening”, her acting was quite good, you started thinking if she played you all along.

Jonathan started shrinking, and ended up inside his pile of clothes, just like you did this morning.

Naomi couldn’t hold herself back, she made a “yes!” Gesture with her hand and she smiled ear to ear, dancing a little victorious dance, but then quickly coughed her throat a few times, “oh my god this is terrible, what are we going to do”, she said with a smile and bent down, then pulled Jonathan out of his clothes, he was naked and he looked terrified, “wait, I bought Greg some clothes I think you’re the same size”, she placed him on the table and ran to the room, he covered his genitals and looked around in fear, you knew exactly how he feels.

He looked at you, scared, “d-did you do this?!” He asked.

“W-What?? No, of course I haven’t!” You replied.

Naomi came back quickly and placed a set of clothes next to him, you were sure she bought them especially for him, she probably planned it all along, he dressed up.

“Ok this is perfect”, she said.

“P-Perfect?! Honey, what are we going to do now, I’m.. I’m useless!” He shouted in fear.

“Oh honey, why are you saying this?” She said in compassion, “we have the shrinking insurance so they will pay your salary even though you aren’t working, it’s going to be ok”.

He gulped and nodded.

“Oh my god what a funny coincidence”, she said and chuckled, “the cage you brought, it has a place for two!”

Jonathan turned to look at the cage, you couldn’t understand how come he doesn’t see this - how much more obvious she needs to be in order for him to understand? She was right, he’s the most naive person you’ve ever seen.

“W-Wait, I don’t want to be there”, he said but she grabbed him and opened the upper floor of your cage.

“Oh don’t be like that babe, we agreed to keep Greg like that, so why can’t you?” She dropped him inside and closed it behind him.

You looked up and he was looking directly at you through the bars, his face was completely pale.

“I.. I never agreed to keep him like that, b-babe, you can’t keep me like th-“ when he looked back Naomi wasn’t there anymore, she left to the kitchen and started washing the dishes, you could see her huge smile all the way from the cage.

You heard him crying from upstairs, you felt horrible for him.

“I'm so sorry Jonathan, I never thought…” you started and stopped yourself, then sighed and sat down, curled up in the little space that you have.

Naomi is your best friend, and yes she has a weird sense of humor and you loved it about her, but this is wrong… keeping you and her husband in a cage like that, by now you have no idea what the hell is going on and what Naomi is thinking to herself.

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End of part 2