Shoe Cleaner

You were very prepared for this day, you had a shrinking kit in your pocket, with clothes and emergency food and signal, you even had shrinking insurance to get the cure for free in case you catch the SV, and this Friday while walking home from the subway - it happened.

Feeling bad you got into a public restroom and shrunk down, you pulled out the tiny clothes and dressed up, then pressed the emergency button a few times but no one answered, you pressed over and over again until a young woman’s voice could be heard.

“Hey, like, can you get someone's attention to get you to a shrinking center or something? It’s Friday and we had more than 10 incidents today, you’re in a busy place you’ll be ok, sorryyyy”

“H-Hey, this is outrageous”, you squeaked and pressed again but it didn’t respond anymore, you were shocked, you paid monthly for this service and now they are too lazy to actually do the one thing you were paying for?!

So you crawled out and cautiously walked outside, terrified by the huge people around you, waving and trying to get help.

Suddenly, a pair of heels stopped in front of you, you gulped and looked up, she was beautiful.

“Hmm”, she made a thinking sound, slightly smiling.

“Thank god, please help me!” You squeaked, and kept calling up, but she couldn’t hear any of it.

She raised her sunglasses and looked down at you, her face was so far up in the sky, it was almost like looking at a different planet, then your eyes slowly drifted at her body, and her expensive purse, and then at her heels.

Gigantic terrifying heels, just her feet were maybe 4 or even 5 times your size, she could just place one heel on top of you right now and crush you like a bug, no one would ever know, no one would care, just the thought almost made you cry.

But now that there’s a cure the number of people helping tinies spiked significantly, you looked up again, trying to understand why she’s not picking you up already, she still had a slightly arrogant smile on.

“Hey down there, are you lost?” She asked and giggled.

“I need help!” You shouted.

“Can’t really hear you, hold on a second”, she looked to the sides and then bent down, picking you up with her fingers, her skin was warm, and it was like being lifted by a crane with amazing speed, it got you dizzy looking down, it was like taking an upside down bungee jump.

Suddenly her smiling face was just a few meters away from you, you blushed all red.

“You need my help, don’t you?” She asked.

“Y-Yes! Thank you! I.. I have shrinking insurance!”

“Oh you have shrinking insurance? That’s so interesting”, she replied, you didn’t like her tone.

“I just need to be taken to a shrinking center! There’s one not far from here!” You replied.

“Hmm, so cute, but first you help me, then I’ll think about it”, she replied mischievously and dropped you inside her purse, continuing walking to her destination without a glimpse of hesitation.

You were thrown around inside her purse together with the rest of her belongings, trying to get into a corner and just grab something until she takes you out again.

You couldn’t stop thinking about what she said, what kind of help she could possibly get from you.

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The shaking finally stopped, you heard a door being locked, then a blinding light made you cover your eyes using your hand, she was home, and it was quiet.

Her hand snatched you out, you were moving fast but couldn’t see anything yet, then you were dropped on some surface, you fell on all fours, then quickly rubbed your eyes and tried to adjust to the light.

“I want all of them cleaned, spotless, not a single mark”, you heard her voice booming from above.

You slowly opened her eyes and then realized that you were on a sandal, you looked around you and saw more of them, thrown around, different kinds of shoes, some insoles were heavily used, black dry sweat marks all over, you quickly looked up and saw her arrogant face looking at you.

“As far as I’m concerned you can use your tongue if you have to, but you aren’t leaving before everything is spotless”, you stood idly and looked at her, still shocked by that whole situation.

*clap clap*, “chop chop, to work tiny bug, get to work”, she said nonchalantly and walked away, laughing to herself while she took clothes out of a drawer and entered the bathroom to take a shower.

You looked around you sadly, counting the shoes you needed to clean, then you kneeled down.

At first you tried to rub your hands against it, but it took you less than 5 minutes to realize that’s not going to work, she was right, the only option you have to clean it properly is by using your tongue. So you lowered your face to the stinky surface and with closed eyes started licking a sweat mark.

As you slowly digest what’s happening to you, tears start flowing out of your eyes, cleaning all this is going to take you weeks, if not months.

She walked out of the shower, wearing pajamas, approaching you, “good boy, I see that you started working”

You stopped licking and looked at her, you nodded, just to show her that you’re being fully cooperative, you are clearly at her mercy and she has all the power.

“I’ll bring you some water, but as for food I’m sure my insoles will provide you plenty of it”, she said arrogantly and walked away again.

You turned your face back to the insole, the mark slightly faded away, it relaxed you a little, it means that it’s possible.

She came back and placed a small bowl with water in it, “I’ll fill it once in a while or something”, then she paused for a moment, she pointed at some expensive Prada sandals, “start with those please, I like them more”, she commanded and you nodded, getting off the sandals you were on and climbing the Prada ones.

There was a strong smell of feet, mixed with leather, you looked at her again and she had an anticipating expression, you kneeled down and started licking.

“Perfect”, she said happily, “work hard now, no breaks, if I see you rest I’m going to squish you”, she said and giggled. Scared from what you just heard, you paused and looked at her, she hovered her foot up, you shrieked in fear, her sole was so huge, the size of a truck above your head, a vast surface of skin that can turn you into a pulp in less than a second, she would probably barely even feel it.

You pushed your face back down, your whole body was shaking, you licked much faster and harder than before.

She placed her foot back to the floor and sighed in satisfaction, then walked away.

You worked in panic, peeking in her direction every now and then, she was eating dinner and watching TV, her expression was calm and happy, using her phone occasionally, like nothing special is happening, like a few moments ago she haven’t threatened a human being to squish him to death with her foot like he’s nothing.

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It’s been a long time since then, you worked almost non-stop, sleeping only when she’s sleeping too, and you were making progress, some of her sandals were almost as clean as new, she used them randomly when going out, either for work or on night outs.

She complimented you for working hard sometimes, but you never got anything in return, just more orders and more new sweat marks to clean, always demanding you to work harder.

Your clothes were dirty, ripped off in various places, your skin had a lot of black marks, you saw your face on her heel buckle reflection earlier today, thin, pale, dirty, your only source of nutrition was random dirt and pieces of her skin from her insoles.

You worked so hard while she continued her life casually, ignoring your suffering completely.

You wanted to beg her for mercy, willing to give everything for this nightmare to just stop, but you were so scared of leaving your position, just the chance of her squishing you made your blood freeze in terror.

She was walking around in flip flops, barely wearing anything, it was a hot day, she stood by the shoe pile, “hey”, she called down.

You caressed your face and looked at her, it’s been a while since you looked up, the fluorescent lights dazzling you a bit.

“Happy anniversary bug”, she said and giggled.

You made a confused face, her legs towered above you, her body, she was simply a goddess.

“Yes, just checked the calendar, it’s been a whole year since you first got here, we should celebrate, right?” She laughed.

You couldn’t believe it, how could a year already pass, a whole year! A whole year of your life wasted on cleaning her shoes, you looked around, there’s still so much more work to be done, it’s an infinite task, new shoes are being added and as she uses them - they keep getting dirty, it will never end, only now you start realizing that.

You broke in tears.

“Why don’t you come out? Let’s have a short break, it’s your anniversary, after all”, she said with a smile.

Shaking, you miserably stepped down off the insole and looked up.

“Come closer to my foot buggy, let’s have an anniversary selfie”, she said in a giggly voice.

You stepped next to her foot and sat down, trying to relax your muscles, looking at her toes, pressing the flip flop insole, knowing that you’ll have to clean it too at some point.

*CLICK*

You looked up and saw her checking her phone with a smile, then she used her fingers to pinch the screen a few times, zooming in, “look at you all cute and little down there, aww, that’s just adorable”, she smiled and looked down, “what are you looking at? Break’s over, chop chop”, she snapped her fingers.

You looked at the shoes, then at her foot, you jumped forward, kneeled and kissed her toe, “p-please! No more! I’ll do anything!” You begged, crying, but her toes pushed you away, then she used her flip flop and gently kicked you back to the shoe pile.

“Eww!! Don’t touch me, you’re disgusting! Bah”, she made a puking sound, “now I need to wash it”, she said in an irritated tone, “to work bug! Or should I squish a limb so you get the message?”

*THUD* she stomped the floor and a gust of wind threw you over your back, you miserably turned over and crawled on a random sandal’s insole and started licking it.

“Ugh”, she made a disgusted sound and dipped her big toe inside your water bowl a few times, shaking it and smearing her big toe over the floor, then walking back to the living room.

You continued licking the insole clean, because that’s your entire purpose in life now, and forever will be.

You are just her private shoe cleaner.