Odd Couple - Chapter 11 (Patreon)

Chapter 11

Steph was upset, no, not just upset, she was enraged!

The way Noah´s OWN mother talks to him? It´s as if she was disappointed of him, of the fact that he even exists! This is not good.

She knows not everyone´s got a mother as sweet as hers, but Sharon… if she can still be called a “mother”, she doesn´t deserve that title.

Noah´s terrified of her, and why? Steph can´t tell. Why can´t Noah stand for himself? Just tell her he doesn´t care, and if she can´t take it, well, then she can shove it wherever she finds fit.

But he won´t… Steph knows how he is, he´s most likely to turn away and try to pretend nothing happened rather than making front to anyone.

“Huff… I can´t believe he´s so… weak.” Sharon´s right, he´s weak. And maybe that´s why she´s that way with him. He´s not prepared to be an independent man.

He has a job, yes, he has a degree, that too. He has his own apartment, mhmmm. But, there´s one thing. He lacks character. And that is not good.

The good thing is, Steph´s got more than enough character for both, the problem is, she won´t always be there with him.

She didn´t made a fuss to avoid making him even worse. But she still needs someone to talk about this. And for that, she´s got a friend. Karina.

*ding* *dong*

She was right at the door. Steph invited her over when Noah wasn´t at home. So that she could talk with her friend and, well, avoid making Noah feel worse.

“Hey!” Said Steph, with arms wide open as she greeted Karina.

“Hey, girl! What up?” Said Karina right before they hugged.

Both were amazons, Karina was 6´6”, but compared with Steph´s 7´3”, she seemed a bit… regular.

Karina was her BFF, therefore, she can talk with her about anything. But there´s some things that are better to be discussed in person rather than through the phone.

Steph invited her friend in, meanwhile, Karina scrutinized Steph a little. For someone her size, meeting someone even taller, and by NINE whole inches, that´s not so common.

Karina had kept her thin figure, with wide hips and a firm butt she toned at the gym three days a week. She doesn´t need more time than that. She´s quite active. Unlike a certain someone…

She won´t make a harsh comment about Steph´s figure, but…

“Wow! Girl, you are caking up!” and with that, she gave Steph an audibly slap on her butt.

Her grown, soft glutes bouncing as Karina´s hand send some waves through it. Steph didn´t like that. Karina can be a little… off the boundaries.

“Hey! Don´t!” Said Steph as she turned to face her giggling friend.

“Sorry, Steph. It´s just that… your big bootie was begging me for a spank! I mean, just look at it, it´s as soft as it looks. Haha.” She wasn´t trying to be mean, but she just… couldn´t resist it.

Steph has gained weight, and it shows. Mostly on the butt region. Everything looks tight on her now round, massive ass.

And someone as “playful” as Karina wouldn´t waste a chance to tease Steph a little. But she shouldn´t be mad, she´s just playing. She already knows how she is.

“So, you haven´t been working out… is that why you called me? Do you need help with your…” and so, she poked Steph on the stomach. Where once was a firm, toned, and flat torso, now, she could sink her finger on a soft belly. Not one too big, but that wasn´t there before…

“What? No! that´s not the deal!” Steph turned a bit red, and while smiling and raising her hands in surrender, Karina backed up.

“Ok, don´t get mad. I was just sayin´…”

“Well, sometimes you say WAY too much.” Steph grunted.

After this unexpected, and unpleasant, mistake, Steph explained the real reason.

“Wow, that´s really the way she talks to him? That sounds awful. I´m not even gonna make a comment on how a woman that big can be Noah´s mom…” Well, she just made it. “Let me guess,” Karina looked at her knowing very well that look in her face, “she got to you too?”

Karina has known Steph and Noah since college, she knows the type of couple they are, and how overprotective Steph sometimes is around him.

“Yes.” Steph said, a bit coldly, but then she rose her tone and in a sharper way, she added: “She´s a bitch! No wonder why he´s so shy. That woman basically… bullied him until there was nothing but fear on him.”

Instead of being supportive, Sharon was just mean. But Steph may need to realize she may have her reasons… or not. She can´t know.

“Come on, Steph. Maybe… maybe she just wants him to… man up?”

“Oh, so now you´re on her side?!” Steph frowned at Karina.

“Hey, no, I´m not saying that, it´s just… what if she was just trying to, in her way, which I´m not saying it´s cool, make him a bit tougher?” Karina had a point.

“Sure, cause the best way to make someone more confident is by sticking a finger in all his insecurities. She even complaint about me! Can you believe it?”

Karina can. And she won´t see a problem with it. Steph´s character´s as big as her. Not all people like her at first. Some not even with time. But that doesn´t make her a bad person. She cares about her friends, and Noah´s the one she cares about the most.

This chat was a way for Steph to share this with someone else. To find a solution for it. To understand her reasons. And, as always, complaint about that one person who´s making her mad. Sharon in this case.

After a while, their chat continued, and it took quite some turns…

“Hold on! You found his diary? Wow, I had the feeling he´d be the kind of man who´d have one…” Karina said, taking a zip of her frappe. That´s right, they ordered frappes.

“He has one. And… does reading it make me a bad person? I mean, I´m doing it for his own good, you know, to understand him better. He´s so… reserved. He never shared a thing about his life. About his mother, or his sister.”

“He´s got a sister? And… is she…?” Karina made a gesture with her hand, as if she was seizing this sister of his. Lowering her hand, and then driving it up.

“She´s tall, a bit shorter than you… 6´4” I believe…” Steph replied.

“Whoaaa, so Noah´s the shorty? Hahaha. I saw it coming, but having such a tall sis and a tall mom. That must´ve been like… a kick on the… pride? For His mother.”

“Hey, shut it. His size doesn´t matter. It´s not his fault.” As far as she knows, Sharon may have had him starving, or not feeding him at all. She seems to fit that description.

“And,” continued Steph, “You wanna know something weird? Both of them are scared of her.”

“They are?” Karina was paying close attention.

“Yes. It´s like… as if she´s this sort of… matriarch who´s got them in some sort of… submission.”

Sharon was… terrible. Or maybe too hard with them? Steph can´t tell.

In the end, after talking about how no one in Noah´s family seemed to care about him. They came to one resolution. Karina had only one answer.

“Maybe he… he´s looking for shelter on… you?”

“What?” Steph can see why, but she´d like Karina to elaborate more on that.

“I mean. He´s always lived amongst these… giants. And then, he meets you, being way taller than them. Maybe, oh, maybe he´s using you as some sort of protection!” Karina exclaimed.

“What?! No!”

“Yes! I mean, it makes sense. No one´s treated him well, and then he meets you, and you´re kind to him. Maybe he´d like you to be like… his girlfriend-bodyguard. I bet his mother and sister were scared when they met you. And he was like: “bug me now you two.” Hahaha, can you imagine?”

“No. Nah ah. That´s not why he´s with me. And you know that.” Steph complaint.

“I know, I know. But what if… if he´s got like… a type? You know, maybe he thinks tall women are like… the normal?”

“Well… he was nervous when he met me so… and he was also a bit shy when he met my mom…” Started Steph.

“WAIT! He already met YOUR mom! Hahaha, tell me, did she leave kiss marks on his face? Did she pinch his cheeks?” Karina knows Steph´s mom, and the way she is…

“Yes… but that´s not the point. But,” she still has her doubts, does he like tall women because they are like… the regular? And, does kind women make him feel… safe?

After all he´s been through, that makes sense. It´s as if he was looking for the love he´s never had. The respect he never seemed to earn. Attention, care, all the sweet things he´s never had?

“Well, remember college, when…” Karina was saying as the front door started opening.

Noah was home. Time to change the subject. Hide the fact that they´ve been chatting for the last three hours about him.

He won´t suspect a thing. Plus, he won´t have a chance once Karina greets him, on her own, particular way.

“Noah!” Said Karina as she rapidly stood from the couch and, with her arms wide open, she approached to him.

Karina likes to tease him, she kind of likes to tease everyone. And now that she knows Noah´s kind of… in a need for love. And the possibility that he´s got a fixation towards taller women. She just had to…

“Come here! Give your old friend Karina a BIG hug.” At fourteen inches taller, Karina easily pinned Noah´s head on her tits while she hugged him.

Her big, soft boobs uncomfortably against him. And the fact that he´s too shy to even complaint. Karina knows this may be a bit too mean, more since they chatted all evening about the way things have been for him. But she just can´t waste the chance.

She likes to have fun. Who can blame her?

“I´ve missed you, you know? By the way, thank you so much for taking such good care of Steph,” she bent and whispered to his ear, “I can see you´ve been keeping her well… fed.” She giggled.

“Karina…” Steph started, walking heavily towards her, “Get. Your. Hands. Off. Him!” All they´ve said and she can´t act normal! Does she really have to ask her to be nice?

“Ouch, ouch ouch, Steph, it hurts…” Karina complaint as Steph pulled her by the hair, away from Noah.

“Maybe this will teach you a few manners.” She wasn´t letting go. “Now, tell me, Noah. How was work?” she smiled at him.

He decided to ignore the… boob-rub, and just acknowledge what Steph had said.

“Fine. Uhm… everything was pretty regular, I guess. But, today, we had lasagna for lunch so… it was pretty nice, I think.”

Karina finally set herself free from Steph´s hand. Pulling her by the hair was not cool. At all!

“Ouch! But wait, why are you at home? Doesn´t Steph like… pick you up every day?” Even Karina knows that.

“Don´t worry, a friend of his offered to drive him home today.” Said Steph, who wanted to meet this friend. Noah can´t be trusted to just anyone.

“Oh, a friend. That´s cool. So… who is this guy? Is he single?” Karina was single, and she never wasted a chance to meet a new guy. And maybe get laid. But a stable relationship´s on the list.

“Oh… uhm… I… single?” Noah was not feeling so sure about what to say.

Steph knew that look in his eyes. Karina had said something he felt uncomfortable with. And he was too bad at lying to say something. What had happened?

“Noah. Someone gave you a ride home, right?” Is he lying to her?

“I… yes.” He replied.

“Yes? So… why are you so nervous?” Steph came closer to him, looming from above, kind of interrogating him.

“Yeah. Don´t be nervous, just tell us if your friend is single. Oh, and don´t forget to elaborate if he´s handsome.” Karina interrupted.

“Well… she…” Started Noah.

Steph´s eyes shut open. She? Did he just say she?!?!

Steph´s a lovely woman when it comes to him. Or at least she tries to be. More now that she knows that not even his family´s kind to him.

Back then, she took a decision, to protect him. He´s shy, quiet, and he can´t really stand for himself. He needs someone to do it. To take care of, in a way, take action against whoever wants to take any type of advantage of him. And who better than the stern 7´3” amazon of his girlfriend?

But don´t think that´s why they are a couple. There´s so much behind that. Still, there are a few things that are, let´s say, regular about them. Well, not quite “them”, more like… her.

Steph, in all her mighty, and now curvier, glory is, beneath that husky and intimidating being, a woman. And one with feelings. Now, some are stronger, or have more presence than others. For starters, jealousy.

She knows Noah was too shy to talk to a woman, he struggled a lot to talk to her. He even mumbled a little while they were first dating. But she gets it, she has that effect on people. And the two-feet difference in height, well, that can be quite intimidating as well. But, he´s got a friend at the office who´s a woman?

A she? Noah´s got a friend who´s from the opposite sex? And that´s not her or Karina? Steph knows Karina is kind of teasing, but she can handle that. Plus, she only does it to have her share of fun. Even it Steph had already stated she should, under no circumstance, exceed the limits.

But, there´s another woman at work who he talks with? She knows he´s not that awkward or shy to have no friends, but a woman? That makes Steph a little jealous. And curious, who is she?

Could it be an older lady? Noah´s the type of guy who elders can rely on. Or maybe not so elder. What about a woman on her mid-50s? Late-40s?

She has to know. She thought a guy drove him, but if she´s a woman… has he told her he´s not single? Maybe even show her pics of Steph? So that she knows he´s WAY off limits. So that she can see the type, and mostly the size, of the woman he´s dating? Of the one and only to him?

“Oh, that´s… nice…” Said Steph, with a shiver on her spine. Who was she!

“Nice? Why would it be nice? If it was a tall, tanned, muscular man, that would be nice. You know, the kind of bachelor you introduce to your ol´ friend Karina…” Karina was a bit disappointed.

Meanwhile, Noah was nervous. He knew he had to say it before. At least give her a name. Steph looks so upset. Not mad, just… concerned. At this point, Noah can also tell whenever something, which is actually a long list of things, bothers Steph. He´s actually more perceptive than her, but he tries not to point things out because he´s afraid she´ll burst.

“What´s her name?” Said Steph, with a rigid, fake smile on her face. She´s the jealous type, for sure.

Karina noticed she was mad, but she knew better not to poke the bear. So she just took a step back and covered her laughter. Giggling silently out of the picture.

“M-Molly.” Said Noah.

“Molly…?” Steph needed a last name; she wants to see who she is. And looking for her on social media is quite a way to find her.

“Uhm…” She wants details! This is worst than he thought! He knew Steph wouldn´t react in a nice way at first. That´s why he left some details aside. Plus, Molly just drove him home. There´s no need to let Steph know who, or how she is. But he was wrong…

Now, Steph feels he´s keeping secrets. Lucky for her, there´s a diary with EVERYTHING she needs to know. Even things he wouldn´t tell. OR things he´ll try to hide.

“I don´t know…” He doesn’t? For real… Steph knows he does. He´s the kind of guy who learns more than just a name from people. He´s easy to talk to, plus, they have badges at work. And, ugh, she must carry her on the big boobs Steph´s sure she must have.

“You DON´T know!?” Ok, Steph was losing it a little.

“You know what, guys…” Said Karina as she slowly left the room, knowing it would be better to leave now that things are “cool”. “I… I need to take care of some laundry. Steph, it was nice to see you. And you too, Noah. Uhm… take care, bye.” And she left their house.

None of them even noticed she left. Steph´s eyes were all over Noah, her breathing intensified and her eyebrows came down to a frown.

Noah was about to squeak. He didn´t want to be there. These last few days have been AWFUL! First, his sister comes to tease him; then his mother comes to remind him he´s a disappointment; now, Steph´s mad at him! This isn´t fair!

And even Steph knows it. He looks scared. Afraid. She promised she will be nice, not mean. He deserves someone nice in his life. Maybe even a female friend…

*sigh* “It´s ok, Noah. It´s ok.” Steph could get a hold of the diary and check on this new woman by herself. He must have it written down, somewhere.

“A… are you sure? Because… you seem…” her face was red. His amazon of a girlfriend still looked kind of menacing. But she was working on that.

“I DAID IT´S FINE! Sorry. I mean, yes, I´m sure.” She needs to work on her temper.

Besides, Noah wouldn´t cheat on her, right? He´s too much of a good guy. And a little naive when it comes to social interaction. He´s probably on the friend-zone already. Steph shouldn´t be worried.

However…

Once he was back at work, and she had the house for herself. She sneaked, she picked his diary and went for the most recent pages.

“Molly… Molly…” she skimmed through the pages and… there she was!

Molly, Molly Sanders. A woman he met, as the date says, a month ago. So… he´s been hiding her from Steph for that long? The page said:

“I met a new friend! Her name´s Molly Sanders. She´s new at work. And she´s been asking me a lot of things lately. I´m helping her out because I know how it is to be the new guy. But she thinks I´m fun! She laughs at the little jokes I made about the office.”

Steph´s fingers clenched a bit over the diary. “She thinks he´s fun!” Women only laugh at what a man says when they like them, not just because.

She had a name, now… how about a face?

She picked her phone and searched. To be sure, she looked for pics of a woman who lived nearby, or who had pics of town, or even the office. And to her surprise, she found her.

On a picture, precisely outside the building where Noah works. By the fountain that´s on the side.

There, she could see her. Molly. A young woman. That upset her. With long, dark brown, hair color. Big bright eyes and a pale, freckled skin. And she was so pretty! A perfect smile, a soft-looking face. Her hair´s got this… natural glow.

Steph hates it! She looks so cute! Clearly the type of woman who´ll get most men behind her. And to make things worse, she´s got big boobs. Well, at least proportionally. She must be like a DD-cup. With a slim waist and curvy hips. She´s slim, but curvy at the same time.

“First day at work! It´s amazing!” Said the description under her picture.

“Sure, you little bitch…” Steph was mad. So, Noah´s been keeping secrets. He´s been hanging out with a pretty lady from work.

Looking at her pics, Steph realized she was single. There were no signs of a boyfriend, and no pics with any other guys. Other than the ones on her family reunion pics. None, except for this one guy… Noah.

Steph´s face turned red as she saw him next to her. With her arm wrapped around him, like a hug! Molly´s taller than him, but not by too much like, apparently, everyone else. She´s just a few inches taller.

Molly´s 25-years-old. Pretty, thin, and single. She stands at 5´7”. Tall enough to be taller than him, and pretty enough to be a “home breaker”.

“Found this cute guy at the office. He´s been of great help. Thank you so much!!!” and she tagged him.

On the comments, she found Noah´s, “No problem!” Plus, like, three happy faces.

“He´s never given me that many happy faces…” Steph was mad, suspicious, and she had tons of free time.

She´s just one step from heading to his office and find this woman. Plus, she called him “cute”!!! She better not try anything, because, when Steph finds out, bye bye, Molly…