Wallpaper: Some Growing To Do

"No dear, I have not sewn it be tighter in your absence."

Aerith fidgeted with the hem of her red dress, tugging and pulling on it in some vain hope that it would go over her hips and cover her rounded bottom properly, but to little avail. Her butt and thighs were not so accommodating, and she looked up at her mother with a huff, the fabric straining against her flesh.

"I-I'm pretty sure this fit not long ago, I don't understand."

Ifalna gave her a look, eyebrows creased as delicate fingers reached up to poke at her own lower lip, thoughtfully.

"Have you... been using protection?"

Aerith froze in place, and silence reigned for a solid ten seconds before the older woman sighed, shaking her head.

"Oh Aerith... they always said they'd knock my daughter up, and now I'll never hear the end of it."

"Mom, I-"

"I can't blame you either. Like mother, like daughter. Do you at least know who the father is?"

Another moment of silence reigned, with another sigh eventually breaking it.

"Just... discard that dress, Aerith. You're not going to get any smaller from hereon out."

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Aerith takes home the wallpaper (with a cameo from Ifalna because that butt cannot be stopped) owing to her, once again, second place in the Less Popular Ladies poll. She's a strong contender wherever she gets a nomination slot though, so for those despairing, I reckon she'll win one very soon indeed.

Thank you, everyone, as always for your continued support and for all of your kind words. Operating on subpar sleep today and it's the wife's birthday so I gotta get my work shift sorted before perhaps catching a nap and doing my civic and marital duties, so back to work with me. Hope you're doing well out there, and please take care of yourselves as well as each other!
/DH