A month after the video with Connor went up Joey sat alone on the roof platform, and had finally taken courage enough to look at the comments. He read the top ones.
"OMG they are so hot! I bet not even the cold water cooled them down ;)"
"I wish they were fully naked"
Joey where very relieved to see that those where the top ones and not some comment about him gaining wait. Had he filmed that video today the top comments would not have been that kind, he was certain of that. Without a shirt on, Joey now had a clearly round bump. Though with a loose shirt on no one was able to see anything. Joey then scrolled down a bit more and came across one comment, which caught his eye.
"Didn't Joey use to be more fit? I think I see a little belly is starting to form".
Even though the comment only had two likes and three answers to it, which all said something similar about how good Joey's body was, he closed the video, slammed the screen and climbed down the platform.
In the kitchen Daniel was doing the dishes, and turned around when he heard Joey came tramping through.
"What do you think about going out to eat lunch today? I really don't feel like cooking", Daniel asked.
"Can't we just order something?" Joey asked.
"We did that yesterday, and the day before that. I need to get out. We need to get out", Daniel insisted.
"You're right. Maybe we could find an Indian place? I could really use something spicy. I just need to change to something less revealing", Joey said and stroke his stomach with his hand while he was standing only in a black pair of boxers.
Joey went upstairs to change but realized after some time that he had to go outside in a pair of gray, worn out loose shorts and a t-shirt, because none of his jeans or other shorts were stretchy enough anymore. He went down stairs again, where Daniel was ready to go.
"The uber is just outside let's…" Daniel stopped and looked at Joey. "What the hell are you wearing?"
"These are the only one that fits", Joey said as he grabbed a cap and a pair of sunglasses.
"Eating is not the only thing we'll be doing today then", Daniel said as they went through the front door.
The car stopped at the corner of a street, Daniel paid the driver and him and Joey stepped out of the car. It was a hot day, and because the air conditioning had been running in the car, so the heat felt very intense. It did not take long before Joey began to complain.
"OMG it is so hot! Why did we not stay at home in the pool?" Joey asked.
"We already discussed this. You needed to get out of the house, besides I have never heard you complain about heat, and it is not even that hot out today", Daniel replied.
Joey thought about what Daniel said. He always loved the heat, so why not now? It must be because of the baby. He normally didn't whined over anything, and told himself to pull it together, which was easier said than done.
"I'm properly overreacting, I'm sorry. Please let me know if it happens again", Joey said calmly.
Daniel looked at Joey and knew that if he had to tell him every time, he would be very annoyed, so he was definitely not going to do that. But not agreeing with him would be bad too. Therefore Daniel wrapped his arm around Joey's waist and agreed to let him know if it happened again.
They walked toward an Indian restaurant, which was only a couple of streets from where they were dropped. Joey then also started vlogging, which he not had been doing much lately, since he just had stayed inside the house.
"Good day everybody! Right now Daniel and I are on a hunt for some lunch. We are going to this amazing Indian place, which makes the best curry I have ever tasted", Joey said.
"And after that we are going shopping", Daniel commented from a little behind.
"Why? My outfit is on point today", Joey said ironically.
Daniel snatched the camera from Joey's hand, walked a few meters in front of him and pointed the camera at his full figure.
"Those shorts should be illegal to wear", Daniel said. "But he says nothing else fits him".
Joey immediately caught up to Daniel and took the camera out of his hands.
"You know you can't say stuff like that in my vlogs", Joey said.
"I know, I know. Sometimes I just can't help it, I'm so excited", Daniel said vigorously.
Joey liked seeing Daniel excited about the baby, it really made him feel like they were doing this together.
"Safe some of that energy for later, we have a long shopping spree ahead of us", Joey grinned and held Daniels hand.
Even though it was a Thursday only a couple of minutes later a group of girls approached Joey and asked for a picture. Joey had some mixed feeling about the situation. On one hand he was always happy to meet his fans, but on the other hand he was nervous anyone of them would notice his growing mid-section. Daniel got the camera and took a few steps back. All the girls and each put one of their hands in a spot on Joey's body. A couple of girls sat down on their knees and touched Joey's legs, and the rest placed a hand in varies places on his upper body. One girl even had her hand right on Joey's stomach, and for a second she gave Joey a strange look before posing with the rest. Joey panicked on the inside, but kept a straight face on the outside for the picture. After many hugs the girls took off. Joey then turned to Daniel.
"One literally had her hand on my stomach, what if the figured out and tell someone or write it on the internet?!" Joey said in a panicked voice.
"The worst she can write is that you have gained some weight and so what? A lot of people do that. You are the first pregnant man, even as far as the doctors know. That you are pregnant is the last conclusion she would come to", Daniel said calmly. He then took Joey's hand and whispered in his ear: "This is our little secret. Our little miracle."
They then went to the Indian place, where Joey ate two large portions of curry with rice and chicken. He now thought less of the fact that he was eating meat, because he knew it was a good source of protein, and he would go back to being vegan as soon as he could. Daniel was happy to see Joey eating well, but could only eat one portion of his vegetables with red curry and rice himself.
It was then time for some shopping, where the main target was pants. In every shop Joey let Daniel choose, what he was trying on. At first it was harder than they thought to find anything, because the only thing, which had grown on Joey, was his stomach. The pants needed to be stylish and slim on the legs but then have a very loose waist. Joey had spent a lot of the day planning meetings and events he could go to before he got too big, and he certainly could not appear in jogging pants or shorts. A lot of stores was visited and a lot of pants were tried, but either they had a flexible waist but were too baggy or they were a slim fit over the legs, but could not reach around the waist. Joey was getting frustrated.
"All I've tried is just not fitting!" Joey said.
"Well not many stores have a paternity section", Daniel said. "But I got an idea".
Daniel stopped outside of the store, which sold clothes for XL+ men.
"Oh now you think I'm fat, is that what you are trying to say?" Joey asked.
"We both know you are not fat, but you a going to get bigger and it would be a waste of money if we buy a lot of pants you can only fit for a month, you need some you can grow in", Daniel answered.
"You're right", Joey surrendered. "But we then need a cover story to why I need to buy pants, which is three sizes bigger than the ones I need now", Joey said.
"Let me handle that", Daniel said.
Joey and Daniel walked into the store and were greeted by a quite obese salesman.
"Hello what can I do for you today?" the man asked.
"Hey, we are looking for some pants for my boyfriend here", Daniel said and placed his hand on Joey's shoulder. "Oh and we need the pants to be slim around the legs, but still have a flexible waist.
"No problem at all, we have a lot of those in different styles and colors", the man said and smiled.
The man took Joey's measurements and then Daniel found a pair for him to try on. With Joey in the fitting room Daniel had a talk with the salesman.
"We actually don't need to buy any pants in his current size. We need them about three numbers bigger", Daniel said.
The salesman looked confused on Daniel: "Why, would you want that?"
"He has actually already gone two numbers up within this month and I can't get him to stop eating. We both know how it's going to end up, and if they are big in advance he won't get that upset". Daniel said.
Joey then stepped out of the fitting in a pair of pants.
"Daniel these fit perfectly!" Joey said and placed his hands on each side of his belly.
"Yeah those look so good on you sweety", Daniel said and turned to the salesman. "We'll take six pair of those. Two in light denim, two in dark denim and two in black. And all of them three sizes bigger. Oh and two belts of cause."