Birthday Bash Small Bargain - Definitive Edition chapter 3 by SuperKirby

(Note: this chapter’s edited version was written by Slappy and posted with their permission.)

Today was no ordinary day for Blake Heart. In fact, it was such a special day that he had spent last week planning and preparing for it, especially the main event. That one required some help from some fellow nerdy guys he called his friends: Alex, Chris, and Lee.

Like Blake, they were all fairly slim and not particularly tall. They also wore plain T-shirts, pants, and sneakers, much like their magical friend. However, Alex's hair was blonde and shoulder-length and his clothes were usually bright red and orange, while Chris dyed his short hair green and tended to wear green tops with brown pants and shoes. Lee's hair was short and black like Blake's, but he had a more fair skin tone compared to everyone else's pale, and he wore attire of various shades of blue.

Last year, Blake met the three of them at the university's video games club. Although the games each of them enjoyed were quite different, they still loved listening to each other's gaming anecdotes, and it didn't take long for them to become friends. They took part in all manner of activities together and had conversations about all kinds of things. They shared secrets with each other, including Blake being able to do magic (although he made them swear on all their games' save data that they wouldn't tell a living soul about it). Over time, the bond they formed became strong.

So when Blake needed to sort out an extra special birthday present, he knew exactly whose help he needed to get.

The mage told his friends the tale of when he shrunk himself, found himself in the company of a giantess, and got very close to her both physically and emotionally. Alex perked up when Blake described being trapped underneath her ass when she sat on him, while Chris was particularly interested in the part where Blake got stuck in her cleavage and she played with her boobs. These reactions didn't surprise the mage at all; whenever the group talked about girls, those two made it very clear what they liked. What did surprise him was how engrossed Lee was by the part where the giantess put on a shoe with Blake in it, trapping him with her foot.

"I'm telling you guys this," Blake concluded, "because her birthday's coming up and, for her present, I want to give her some tiny people that she can do whatever she wants with. I thought I'd give you guys first dibs."

Each of Blake's friends immediately began to mentally insert themselves into the story he had told them. From the smiles he saw on their faces, the mage guessed that they liked the idea. Sure enough, once they were done fantasising, they all told him that they were on board with his plan.

And so, with all other preparations complete, Blake and his friends now stood only about an inch tall inside a cardboard box that was much more colourful on the outside than on the inside. It also had air holes that were big enough for the shrunken people to see outside, as well as a rather crude flap that Blake had made beforehand so that the four of them could get inside the closed box after shrinking down.

"Alright, there's no backing out now," Blake said. "And keep in mind, I can't make any promises about exactly what the giant birthday girl will do. She might just decide to eat us all." Indeed, she did eventually eat him the last time she saw him at this size.

"Hey, don't sweat it," Alex reassured his magical friend. "Whatever happens, I'm sure it'll be awesome!"

"It's not like we're gonna die or anything," Chris added. "Your magic spell made us basically unkillable, right? So let's have some fun!"

"Shut up, she's coming!" Lee said hastily. He had been looking through one of the air holes and spotted someone coming their way. This was confirmed by the rhythmic thuds that grew progressively louder.

As Blake and the other tiny guys got into position, the giantess silently read the label on the box that had been left on the table. Then she slowly lifted the top off of the box and saw four miniature young men looking straight up at her.

"SURPRISE!" Blake and his friends all shouted at once. But who exactly did they just surprise?