Of course, Blake had already realised that he had been absorbed into Goldie's abs. From the moment he regained consciousness at the end of the movie, he had been forced to listen to her stomach gurgling as it digested the popcorn she had eaten and the soda she had drunk.

"It's a bit big at the moment," Goldie remarked as she got her phone out of her purse. "I hope you don't mind." She turned on her phone's camera and set it to selfie mode, and then she held her phone up in front of her belly so Blake could see what it looked like. He would not have called Goldie fat by any means, but he had to admit her belly did look noticeably rounder than before. He also saw a bit of pudge next to her belly button that seemed to move whenever he moved. Now he knew exactly where on her belly he had ended up.

"Come on, Goldie, this isn't funny!" Blake protested as Goldie took a picture of her belly. "You gotta get me out of here!" He heard the giant cheerleader giggle above him and couldn't tell if it was just nerves or if she actually did find it funny.

"Wow, this is ... this is wild," Goldie said as she shook her head in disbelief and put her phone away. "I ate you. Literally ate you and digested you. And now you're in my belly!" She patted her belly a few times, causing her belly fat - and, by extension, Blake - to jolt each time. "What's it like in there?" she asked, her voice more excited and curious than worried.

"I ... I can barely move in here," Blake complained, "and I have to listen to your stomach behind me all the time." At that moment, Goldie's stomach let out a series of cacophonous groans and gurgles as it continued to digest the popcorn the cheerleader had eaten earlier. "Please, just go to my dorm and get my spellbook so I can get out!" But Goldie didn't go to Blake's dorm. Instead, she rubbed her noisy belly, swirling her boyfriend around, and chuckled some more.

"You were on that first bit of popcorn I ate, weren't you?" Goldie's tone was becoming more and more playful. "I wondered why it was so tasty. Turns out, you were the yummy one!" She could feel Blake wriggling beneath her hand as she kept rubbing her belly. "Yummy, yummy, boyfriend in my tummy! Unless you'd rather be called 'tasty' or 'delicious' instead."

"Goldie!" Blake wailed over the sounds of his giant girlfriend's belly, his patience wearing thin as she suppressed his struggles with her hand. "I don't wanna stay in your belly!"

"Mmm, but I want you in my belly. You feel so good in there," Goldie moaned ecstatically as she felt her boyfriend kicking and thrashing around inside her belly. "Plus," she added, sounding somewhat more serious, "I thought I lost you back in the theater until I felt you kicking inside my belly. What if I get you out of there and then lose you for real? You could get stuck somewhere nasty, you could get crushed, you could get eaten by someone else ..."

Blake's struggles subsided as he thought about what Goldie was saying. Despite how uncomfortable it was for him, she had made it clear that she liked having him in her belly and didn't seem interested in getting him out any time soon. But when she spoke about what could happen to him if he did get out, he couldn't deny that she had a point. As bad as it was being in Goldie's belly, the thought of being in anyone else's belly sounded even worse. At least this was a girl who loved him and who he wanted to get close to.

"Let me keep you safe and sound in my belly for now, Blake," Goldie said softly as she stroked her belly more gently than before. "I'll try and make it as nice and comfy as I can." Blake wasn't sure how his girlfriend could do that since he was firmly anchored to this particular spot in her belly, which would just keep making noises constantly no matter what. Still, between the sincerity in her voice and the gentle touch she was using on him now compared to the forceful pushing from earlier, he believed that she really would try to make this experience more pleasant for him.

"I guess I could stay in here for a while," Blake conceded.

"Yay!" Goldie cheered, her jump for joy making Blake and her popcorn-filled belly bounce up and down for a moment. The imprisoned mage heard the mixture of popcorn and stomach acid sloshing behind him.

Suddenly, Blake began to wonder how much of his girlfriend's offer came from a place of genuine care and altruism and how much was part of a ploy to keep him in her belly for as long as possible. Still, he couldn't get out of Goldie's belly without her help and she was in no rush to help him, so he had no choice but to trust her.

"Alright, since you're gonna be in my belly for a while," Goldie said as she got her phone back out, "there's one thing I gotta know." She then brought up her photos on her phone and proceeded to show Blake two of them. One was a selfie she had taken outside the gym not long before she discovered the shrunken mage. The camera angle showed off her toned midriff. The other photo was the one she had taken with Blake in her belly, which was visibly sticking out due to all the popcorn inside it. "What do you like more, flat belly or big belly?"