Nico was once again back in a circle of hell. This time it wasn't being stepped on constantly, but it was being suffocated by Maki's wiggling toes and festering toe jam. The slime surrounded her and made her gag multiple times. It was a combination of sweat, sock lint, dirt, dust, and whatever other grime Maki had been stepping in. Nico hurled her previous meals once more, but at this point, there wasn't much else for her to cough up. She had to get out, she couldn't last much longer in this smelly gooey furnace.

Nico looked around and saw her arms and legs were consumed by the foot fungus. It was a fuzzy, slimy substance that felt like it was slowly sucking her in. And the more she screamed and struggled, the more she shrank. If she continued to panic, Nico would surely shrink small enough to get entirely consumed by the toe jam. The tiny school idol thought for a moment and calmed herself down. The only way she was getting out of her was patience. Nico took long, deep breaths, trying to ignore the only air she was breathing in was Maki's foot stink. It was gonna be okay, she was gonna get out of this.

--

Up above, Maki had sat down at her piano bench as her instructor walked in. She was an older woman in her 40s, teaching piano to affluent young girls was her specialty. Maki herself was already a talented pianist, but as the Nishikino family was rather wealthy, she had no issue with teaching pointless lessons for such a hefty paycheck. The piano instructor stood beside Maki and glanced down at her lower half. The smell was Maki's feet and unwashed socks had already seeped up to her nostrils, and the instructor winced.

"Nishikino-san... *ahem* Perhaps you would do better by putting some shoes on?"

Maki looked up at her teacher with a slight look of confusion. She had no idea her rank feet could be smelled by anyone but the poor girl trapped underneath them right now.

"? Oh, no I'm fine, Sensei. I prefer not to wear shoes in the house." The clueless girl gave a sincere smile. The teacher could do nothing but grin and bare the odor, lest she receive a less than generous bonus for her time.

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Meanwhile, Nico had been attempting to calm her mind and body. She thought of the slimy glob of lint surrounding her as quicksand. If she struggled too much, she would sink in more. After a few minutes and the loud ringing of piano notes from up above began, Nico enacted her plan. She had grown back some of her height, nearly being a full inch now. Still pathetic, but it was certainly better than being an unnoticeable speck. She broke her arms and legs free with one decisive pull, but her right wrist was still caught in the ball of toe jam.

Deciding this required a hefty sacrifice in exchange for freedom, Nico bit the metaphorical bullet and literally bit off the sludge trapping her wrist.

With her body freed, she tumbled all the way down Maki's sweaty sole where she settled under the ball of her foot. Panicking at the farther-than-expected drop, Nico swallowed the glob of toe jam mid-air. It was a horrid fuzzy ball of filth that no human should allow in their body, yet Nico had an entire meal's worth sitting in her stomach. It was simply too large and sticky for her to cough up easily, so Nico sat with tears in her eyes and a sickness in her tummy for another few minutes until the glob was partially digested. Realizing that the only thing standing between her and freedom was the thin layer of Maki's worn, sweaty sock, she knew there was one more sacrifice ahead.

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Maki was busy doing drills for her instructor, playing various pieces and receiving feedback and criticism from the older woman. The loud piano notes ringing throughout the mansion covered up any potential squeaks made by the girl trapped in her socks, but she definitely felt that Nico had made it out from between her toes. Maki didn't have much freedom to go picking around the inside of her socks right now, so she simply hoped Nico would stay put.

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Nico however, was definitely not going to do that. She had already began trying to tear away the sock's fibers. The long sweat-soaked black ropes were like the thick brush of a jungle. Nico bit into any sock fiber that couldn't be ripped with a good pull. Her calmness became her ally, and she was nearly free. Nico gave one last bite, allowing the accumulated foot sweat to flood her mouth, and the sock fibers snapped in front of her. They revealed the harsh light of the outside world, and the tiny school idol basked in her freedom. She jumped down to the carpet fibers and got a few steps away before a shockwave sent her flying onto her butt. She looked up and saw Maki stare down at her with disdain, like she was looking at an escaped bug. Maki terrifyingly tapped her foot along with the playing of her music. A clever but cruel trick that made Nico unable to stand up for too long before being knocked on her ass over and over.

The earthquakes continued until the voice of Maki's instructor called out.

"No no no, Nishikino-san. Your playing has become rather erratic all of a sudden, and you keep looking down at the piano's pedals. Is something distracting you down there?"

"Umm n-no not at all, Sensei!" Maki panicked and hovered her foot over Nico before harshly dropping it on top of her, crushing the tiny teen like a wrecking-ball against a dilapidated house. The instructor peered down underneath the piano, and saw nothing but Maki's smelly socked feet.

"Yes, quite. Well continue then. And play it properly this time!"

"Yes, Sensei." Maki continued her lessons for another hour before her instructor decided that was enough and left for the day. It was very late now and Maki had had a long, exhausting day of classes, idol practice, and then piano lessons. She realized that she may have used too much force squashing Nico's escape attempt, as she hadn't felt the girl move for the rest of the lesson. She curiously looked down at the bottom of her sock and saw the remains of her fellow school idol plastered under the ball of her foot.


Maki's face filled with shock and horror at what she had unintentionally done to her friend.
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June 1, 2023