Mangia il Mondo - Italian Restaurant
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Carter waited for a while outside the restaurant for his date, but she was running late. To keep the reservation at the nice Italian restaurant, he sat down by himself and ordered one of those βa little bit of everythingβ appetizer platters.
Between checking his phone for updates, and grazing on some caprese salad, Carter got out a notebook and continued writing his poetry. He had thought to surprise his date with a poem about her, but he kept rewriting and modifying it.
By the time he had finished all of the mushroom arancini and focaccia, he received the sad text letting him know that his date would have to reschedule. Carter typed out a response to let her know heβd be there if she could get away to still make it.
βSome minestrone for the gentleman,β a server said, elegantly dropping down a bowl of soup. βAnd a sampling of our signature chicken parm variation.β
βOh, I didnβt order -β Carter began.
βYou donβt like it?β the server said. βYes, you eat this now.β
βOh, okay,β Carter replied, βThank you.β
Little did Carter know, he bore a striking resemblance to a famous food critic, Mike Mondo, also known as βL'uomo che mangia il mondo.β
In the kitchen the restaurant manager was shouting commands to the cooks and servers, saying, βMondo is here, a whole hour early, it is time to cook like you have never cooked before!β
Carter was confused why the servers kept on bringing him more and more plates of food he had not ordered, but he was in too deep to stop eating. He didnβt want to offend the servers and the manager who came to check in on him, who looked dejected when Carter said, βI donβt know that my hunger matches the volume of food here.β
βMondo is famous for stuffing himself until his shirt buttons pop open,β the manager told the kitchen staff. βWe cannot relent until that stomach is pushing the table over. We must not allow a single moment of rest for Mondo, keep the dishes coming. Do not let him write a bad review in his notebook!β
Carter was getting a bit concerned now. None of the other customers seemed to be getting the feedee treatment. He picked up his glass of water, and the moment there was a vacancy on the table, a server placed down a bowl of fusilli. Having nowhere to put down his water glass, the server took it away. Carter looked helpless, considering trying to make a break for it⦠but then again⦠pasta is delicious.
He started switching between plates for each bite, to help with the palette fatigue, considering the texture of each of the various pastas and their contents, as well as the varying styles of breads and meats. The three-cheese tortellini baked with chicken and olive oil was his favorite, though the pappardelle was lovely, and the ravioli could never miss. The pizza was a bit scratchy on his throat without the water, but somehow reading his mind, the server returned with a fresh glass of water with lemon the moment he looked thirsty.
βWould the gentlemen have a preference for desserts?β the server asked.
βDesserts?β Carter asked, panting, βAs in plural?β
βOf course,β the server replied.
βWhere do you expect me to put them?β Carter tried to joke, βMy shirt buttons are straining.β
βIt is not enough until the button pops,β the server said softly, before bending over, grabbing a bowl of penne and hand feeding Carter.
βMmmhmmph?β Carter replied, as the server dumped the whole bowl of pasta down his throat. Carter swallowed hard, took a deep breath and continued, saying βYou want me to pop my shirt buttons? I can just undo them if that's what you want.β
βDonβt be ridiculous,β the server replied, βYou come to eat, and eat you shall.β
βI shouldnβt have a stretching shirt,β Carter said to himself, resigning himself to a long night of digestion and tossing back some wine. Carter had a staring contest with a bowl of shrimp scampi for a long while.
βYou are unhappy with the selections?β asked the restaurant manager.
βIβ¦ needβ¦β Carter began.
βSomething different, something extraordinary?β the manager said.
βI was gonna say a moment to digest,β Carter replied.
βI have been thinking,β the manager explained, βI know just the thing. To give you a meal no restaurant could ever have been so bold as to give you before.β
βI think you already did that.β
βOpen wide, my good gentleman,β the manager said, βFor the largest inside-out cannoli in the world.β
βLargest?β Carter asked, gulping down his apprehension.
The servers came together and put a tablecloth in front of the manager for a moment. The cloth dropped to reveal the manager wrapped in a thin doughy paper, with white cannoli cream pooling out of it. The manager himself was at the center of a giant cannoli-like monstrosity.
βIβm hallucinating, arenβt I?β Carter said, watching the servers lift the manager off of the ground and set him at a horizontal angle. βQuando a Roma,β Carter sighed, opening his mouth wide as the managerβs cannoli cream-covered feet got shoved down his throat. Carter swallowed, and felt his back get pushed back against his chair as the servers force-fed an entire human being wrapped in dough to him.
βEven one said to eat the world must have not expected such a delicacy such as this,β the manager said. βTo eat fine Italian food is one thing, but to make a fine Italian to be food is impressive, you must agree.β
βMmmhhhhmmm,β Carter replied, as the managerβs thighs and hips slid past his maw. The dough with cream coming out of it slid down his well-primed throat. The servers marveled at Carterβs shirt, that still had not popped a single button, but was stretching to unimaginable lengths. The managerβs torso slid past Carterβs lips. The manager looked annoyed, not that he was getting eaten of his own free will, but that the manβs shirt was still stretching.
βFetch the sfogliatelle and just keep stuffing them until we run out,β the manager commanded the servers. They nodded in understanding. The managerβs face slipped beyond Carterβs lips and the servers gave one last push on the managerβs head before stepping back to admire their work.
The manager settled in, wriggling around in Carterβs gut, and examining all of the food around him. The manager started kicking against the front of Carterβs stomach, in an attempt to get the shirt buttons to pop. They did not.
βOof, stop that,β Carter said, βFood doesnβt fight back this much, usually.β
βNever be afraid of a little kick,β a server said, βSpice is the spice of life, as they say.β
βThey donβt say that,β replied a new voice. A big man approached from the shadows, giving a slow clap. Carter was surprised to see a man looking like his long lost twin walking out into the light.
βThere are two of them!β A server cried.
βWe have enough for two,β another server said, βMan the stations!β
βMind if I sit?β the big man said. βMy name is Mike Mando.β
Carter opened his mouth to introduce himself, but instead all that came out was a great belch.
βThe commitment to the satisfaction of their customers is admirable,β Mando said, βYet somewhat delusional.β
βNot delusional! Inventive! Trend-setting! Inspirational! Sensational!β the manager exclaimed from inside Carterβs gut.Β
Mando, took one of the sfogliatelle from a server and inhaled its scent before placing the entire pastry in his mouth and crushing it with his hard palette and tongue.
βIt is indeed sensational,β Mando said, βBut not as sensational as that shirt. You must tell me, where did you get such an astoundingly stretchy shirt?β
βItβs a hand-me-down,β Carter burped out.
βImpossible,β Mando said, βI must have one.β
βYou can have mine,β a server said, beginning to strip out of their shirt.
βNo, take mine!β another server shouted.
βWhat is happening?β Carter mused, as servers began to strip and throw their clothes at Mando.
βNo, I must get into a stretchy shirt like this mysterious manβs,β Mando said, gesturing to Carter and throwing one of the serverβs shirts back at him. βIf this man will not give me his shirt to get into, I shall get into this man so that I may wear the shirt by proxy.β
Before Carter could protest, Mando leapt to his feet and rent his own shirt off his chest. Mando wasted no time in pulling Carterβs jaw down. Carter felt like he was going to pop, yet somehow Mando wriggled his way down Carterβs throat. The manager helped, by grabbing Mandoβs arms from the inside and helping to pull him down into the stomach. The servers grabbed the table and began pulling it back to help make room for Carterβs gut to balloon out in front of him as Mandoβs legs passed Carterβs lips.
βImpossible,β said a server.
βThe shirt buttons have not ripped,β said another.
βI must make the sacrifice.β
βI did not feed him sufficiently, so I must become the food.β
βIt may be impossible, his shirt button may never rip.β
βBut if I do not try, then does anything matter?β
βPlease, no one else feed themself to me,β Carter burped out.
βIt must be done,β said the server. The two servers continued fighting over who would feed themself to Carter.
Carter felt his stomach gurgle and groan under the immense weight of two large men and a mountain of pasta below. He felt dazed and dizzy, but he couldnβt let another man try to feed themself to him or he would for sure pop. If not his button, his stomach could definitely rupture at least, or so he thought. But if he could just fulfill their wish, they would stop.
Carter grabbed a simple piece of bread and brought it to his mouth, saying βDonβt fill up on bread.β It was harder to eat than Mando, with Carter being so full it was difficult to will his body to swallow anything else. The servers were getting closer now. Carter shoved the bread into his mouth and swallowed. He tried to flex his abs forward, but failed with them already begging so incredibly stretched out. The bread passed down through his esophagus and dropped past his stomach sphincter.
Then a single button popped open on Carterβs shirt.
Everyone cheered. The still-shirtless servers rushed forward, rubbing Carter's belly through the opening the button had revealed. The cooks and chefs came out of the kitchen and everyone laughed and ate the rest of the food on Carterβs table.
βWeβre still waiting to pay,β a couple said with a sigh. The servers continued to ignore them.
Amid the hustle and bustle of the celebrating kitchen staff, Carterβs date walked through the doors. Carter belched. His date looked wide-eyed at the scene.
βHooray for Carter! The new Mando!β the servers cried out, dancing around him and wrapping spaghetti over his head like a maypole. After a while the kitchen staff began to make their way back to the kitchen and left Carter with his date.
βSorry, I didnβt think I could make it, but rearranged some things,β she said. βI had no idea you were soβ¦β
βHungry?β Carter said.
βAdored,β she replied.
βHe is the most impressive food critic!β the manager shouted from inside Carterβs stomach.
βNo, he ate the most important food critic!β Mando replied.
βDonβt blame me,β Carter said, βYou fed yourself to me.β
βThis is true,β Mando said. βCarter, could you send a review out for me? I may be in here awhile.β
βSure thing,β Carter said. βFive stars. At least Iβm seeing five stars in my vision right now. I think Iβm so full I might faint.β
βFive stars?β said the ignored couple. βWeβve been sitting here forever and no oneβs brought us a check!β