{"id":1406,"date":"2025-05-25T16:21:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T07:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/?p=1406"},"modified":"2025-10-08T10:24:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T01:24:41","slug":"inflating-promiseafter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/en\/archives\/1406","title":{"rendered":"Inflating Promise:After"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>the earlier story\u2193<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-bellyburst-r-18-g wp-block-embed-bellyburst-r-18-g\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"tJBze5pkzi\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/archives\/1364\">\u81a8\u3089\u3080\u7d04\u675f<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;\u81a8\u3089\u3080\u7d04\u675f&#8221; &#8212; BellyBurst(R-18G)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/archives\/1364\/embed#?secret=jK2nsGmokD#?secret=tJBze5pkzi\" data-secret=\"tJBze5pkzi\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>\u3010PROFILE\u3011<br>\u25cb Name: Komari Sanada (Sanada Komari)<br>\u25cb Physical stats: 154cm \/ 42kg \/ B78\u30fbW53\u30fbH80<br>\u25cb Occupation: Unemployed (living as a wanderer after running away from home)<br>\u25cb Personality: Cheerful and affectionate, but afraid of being abandoned<br>\u25cb Hobbies: Collecting second-hand clothes \/ The art of friendly conversation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00015-3627516772.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00015-3627516772.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00015-3627516772-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00015-3627516772-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00015-3627516772-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Another hour later\u2026<br>&#8220;Uu\u2026 ngh\u2026 urp\u2026 no\u2026 glk!&#8221;<br>The girl trembled and gagged again and again, her small body wracked with spasms.<br>Thanks to the device, she couldn\u2019t actually throw up, but her mouth was filling fast.<br>She puffed her cheeks out, doing her best to hold the drool in.<br>I passed her a towel.<br>She dabbed at her mouth, soaking it up like it was the most natural thing.<br>I joked, &#8220;That\u2019ll cost you thirty more minutes of enema time.&#8221;<br>She didn&#8217;t say a word\u2014just sat there shaking.<br>Something was off.<br>Then, in a frail voice:<br>&#8220;M-Mister\u2026 c-could you\u2026 please turn off the pump\u2026?&#8221;<br>The girl seemed to have given up.<br>&#8220;Sniff\u2026 I knew it\u2026 I&#8217;m gonna be alone again today, huh\u2026&#8221;<br>Was she\u2026 crying?<br>Still, making it halfway was honestly impressive.<br>Not that I ever planned on leaving her behind\u2014I was taking her to the destination from the start.<br>I couldn&#8217;t touch my phone while driving, so I unlocked it and handed it to her.<br>&#8220;Huh? Mister\u2026 your phone just froze.&#8221;<br>I told her to try rebooting it and give it another go.<br>&#8220;I-I did\u2026 b-but it\u2026 it won\u2019t move\u2026&#8221;<br>Her voice was trembling with worry.<br>I pulled into the nearest rest stop.<br>&#8220;M-Mister\u2026 the pump\u2026 please, turn it off\u2026 hurry\u2026&#8221;<br>But the screen was completely white.<br>No matter how many times I restarted it, nothing changed.<br>&#8220;H-Hurry\u2026 M-Mister\u2026 i-it\u2026 gah\u2014ahh\u2026&#8221;<br>Sweat began pouring from her body.<br>A sour-sweet scent filled the car, growing stronger by the second.<br>&#8220;Ugh\u2026 t-toilet\u2026&#8221;<br>She stumbled out of the car, trying to make her way toward the restroom.<br>Her steps were unsteady.<br>Dangerous.<br>I had no choice but to follow her into the shared bathroom.<br>Clack.<br>I locked the door behind us.<br>&#8220;Yaaah\u2026 it hurts\u2026 help\u2026 meee\u2026&#8221;<br>She clung to me desperately.<br>I gently peeled her off and laid her down on the built-in baby bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1096\" height=\"1176\" data-id=\"1399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00054-2498523981.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00054-2498523981.png 1096w, https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00054-2498523981-280x300.png 280w, https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00054-2498523981-140x150.png 140w, https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00054-2498523981-768x824.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1096px) 100vw, 1096px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;W-What\u2026 is this\u2026 my belly\u2026?&#8221;<br>Her stomach had swollen to the size of a mound,<br>with a pressure and presence that didn\u2019t feel like it could be just air.<br>Maybe the pump would come out if I pressed it.<br>&#8220;Ugyahhh! Stop! Please, stop!!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1016\" height=\"1064\" data-id=\"1410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00034-1623838401.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00034-1623838401.png 1016w, https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00034-1623838401-286x300.png 286w, https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00034-1623838401-143x150.png 143w, https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00034-1623838401-768x804.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1016px) 100vw, 1016px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When I pressed on her stomach, she screamed.<br>But with the app frozen, I had no other options.<br>I tried restarting it over and over again, but it still wouldn&#8217;t work.<br>\u201cB-bathroom\u2026 M-Mister\u2026 h-hospital\u2026\u201d<br>Embarrassing, sure\u2014but it was probably the only thing left to do.<br>I mean, it\u2019s not that different from a girl going to the ER<br>because a vibrator got stuck inside her.<br>I looked up the nearest hospital.<br>It was about thirty minutes from here.<br>\u201cWh-what\u2026? Th-that long\u2026? I-I\u2019ll try\u2026 to hang in there\u2026\u201d<br>I picked her up, carried her out of the restroom,<br>loaded her into the car, and took off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Another fifteen minutes passed.<br>While stopped at a red light, I glanced over at her.<br>&#8220;\u2026nn\u2026 ngh\u2026&#8221;<br>Something was off.<br>She was curled up, her body trembling at regular intervals.<br>Squelch!<br>&#8220;Ee-gyah!?&#8221;<br>A wet tearing sound\u2026<br>A strange sound came from deep within her.<br>The light turned green. I started driving again.<br>&#8220;\u2026M-Mister\u2026&#8221;<br>Her voice trembled. Something had happened.<br>\u201cTh-the car\u2026 I\u2026 I\u2019m sorry\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1144\" height=\"1216\" data-id=\"1401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00012-2643532628.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00012-2643532628.png 1144w, https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00012-2643532628-282x300.png 282w, https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00012-2643532628-141x150.png 141w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1144px) 100vw, 1144px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She held out a trembling hand.<br>It was soaked in blood.<br>Bleeding!?<br>Did her stomach\u2026 tear open!?<br>The hospital was still some distance away.<br>I told her to stay calm. To relax her body.<br>Crkkk\u2026 crkk-crkkk\u2026!!<br>\u201cGah\u2014! Ebbhh\u2014!\u201d<br>A thick, muffled noise filled the car.<br>A sound too raw, too painful to have come from a body that small.<br>The stench of iron grew stronger.<br>Dark, reddish stains began spreading across the seat.<br>Schplatt!<br>\u201cHyaauuuugh!!\u201d<br>A slick burst\u2014like a membrane snapping under pressure.<br>Blood splattered across the windshield.<br>\u201cI don\u2019t\u2026 I don\u2019t wanna\u2026 it\u2019s coming out\u2026 no\u2026 no no no\u2026!\u201d<br>Drawn by her voice, I looked over without thinking.<br>Something had burst from her stomach.<br>It looked like a thick tube.<br>Inflated like a balloon, it throbbed and pulsed.<br>Could it be\u2026<br>Bshluup\u2026 Gschhluurrkk\u2026<br>\u201cGah\u2026 it hurts\u2014! Aghhh\u2026 can\u2019t\u2014ah\u2014!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"984\" height=\"1216\" data-id=\"1403\" src=\"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00031-3692357875.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00031-3692357875.png 984w, https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00031-3692357875-243x300.png 243w, https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00031-3692357875-121x150.png 121w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 984px) 100vw, 984px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thick tubes spilled one after another from the split in her belly.<br>Pyu-pyu\u2014bursts of lukewarm fluid splattered toward me, sharp and wet<br>Thick tubes spilled, one after another, from the split in her belly, swollen with air like grotesque balloons.<br>Her intestines twisted and tangled into a mess, piling up beside the seat in a slick, glistening heap.<br>\u201c\u2026S-sorry\u2026 the c-car\u2026 it\u2019s\u2026 really im-portant\u2026 to me\u2026\u201d<br>Her eyes were vacant.<br>No focus left.<br>No light in them at all.<br>Her consciousness was slipping, slowly draining away.<br>Her body went limp.<br>No.<br>Don\u2019t go.<br>Don\u2019t you dare go!<br>I slapped her.<br>Smack!<br>\u201cUgh!?\u201d<br>Her eyes flew open, wide with shock.<br>She glared at me\u2014sharp, full of resentment.<br>\u201cD-Don\u2019t\u2026 don\u2019t hit\u2026 me\u2026\u201d<br>But her gaze lost focus almost immediately.<br>Smack!!<br>\u201cUgh\u2014ahh\u2026!\u201d<br>The second blow landed harder than the first.<br>Her pale cheek bloomed red, swelling with pain.<br>Then\u2014I saw it.<br>A hospital sign, up ahead.<br>Just a little farther.<br>Hang in there.<br>Smack! Smack!!<br>\u201c\u2026hh\u2026 hhhuh\u2026\u201d<br>No response.<br>If I hit her any harder, I might seriously damage her face\u2026<br>Then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw them again\u2014<br>a mound of tubes, piled high beside the seat.<br>They were pulsing.<br>Soft pink.<br>Alive.<br>Maybe\u2026 if I touched them\u2014<br>Bshuuup!!<br>\u201cUgh!?\u201d<br>Her whole body jerked just from a light squeeze.<br>Warm. Slick.<br>I could feel the air trapped inside.<br>The surface was stretched thin, delicate\u2014<br>as if it could rupture from the smallest mistake.<br>\u201cHaah\u2026 haah\u2026 n-no\u2026 ha-hh\u2026 hhhuu\u2026\u201d<br>But her consciousness was returning.<br>This time, I squeezed gently\u2014<br>slowly forcing the contents through the tube.<br>Bshup! Glrchhh!!<br>\u201cAh\u2014! Gyaaah\u2014!! Aahhh!!\u201d<br>Undigested food, maybe?<br>Some kind of fluid, sliding along with the air.<br>The hospital was right there.<br>I leapt from the car and ran for the entrance.<br>Moments later, they brought out a stretcher and carried her away.<br>All that was left behind\u2014<br>her backpack,<br>and my brand-new car, now reeking of blood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Clatter\u2014<br>\u201cOh! Mister, you really came!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1048\" height=\"1048\" data-id=\"1404\" src=\"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00124-2274939891.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00124-2274939891.png 1048w, https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00124-2274939891-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00124-2274939891-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00124-2274939891-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1048px) 100vw, 1048px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I stepped into the hospital room, and she was there to greet me.<br>It had been six months since everything happened.<br>Miraculously, her body hadn\u2019t suffered any permanent damage.<br>But\u2026<br>\u201cMister, when you weren\u2019t there\u2026 I thought I\u2019d just die.\u201d<br>Her eyes were blank.<br>This wasn\u2019t a cry for attention.<br>She meant it.<br>According to the doctors, it was a kind of post-traumatic response\u2014<br>the aftermath of extreme stress, brought on by nearly dying.<br>They said that being alone now triggered suicidal impulses.<br>But I don\u2019t think that\u2019s the whole story.<br>She lost her parents early.<br>Spent her youth drifting from place to place, never truly belonging.<br>All that quiet, constant strain\u2026 it finally broke through.<br>\u201cMister\u2026 don\u2019t leave me\u2026\u201d<br>She clung to me and wouldn\u2019t let go.<br>I made a decision then.<br>I would take responsibility.<br>I would stay with her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"margin: 20px 0;\">\n  <!-- \u30b5\u30e0\u30cd\u30a4\u30eb\u753b\u50cf -->\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/40p.booth.pm\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/\u30b7\u30fc\u30f32.png\" alt=\"BellyBurst Shop\" style=\"max-width: 300px; border: 1px solid #ccc; border-radius: 8px;\">\n  <\/a>\n  <!-- \u30b7\u30e7\u30c3\u30d7\u30ea\u30f3\u30af\u8aac\u660e -->\n  <p style=\"font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px;\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/40p.booth.pm\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #007bff; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;\">\n      \u25b6 BellyBurst Shop\n    <\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u3010PROFILE\u3011\u25cb Name: Komari Sanada (Sanada Komari)\u25cb Physical stats: 154cm \/ 42kg \/ B78\u30fbW53\u30fbH80\u25cb Occupation: Unemployed (living as a wanderer after running away from home)\u25cb Personality: Cheerful and affectionate, but afraid of being abandoned\u25cb Hobbies: Collecting second-hand clothes \/ The art of friendly conversation Another hour later\u2026&#8220;Uu\u2026 ngh\u2026 urp\u2026 no\u2026 glk!&#8221;The girl trembled and gagged again [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/?p=1398","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,2,8,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-r-18g","category-novel","category-adultsonly","category-picture","en-US"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1406"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2106,"href":"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406\/revisions\/2106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}