Obsessed with xB shop-and-soul-based fuckery ever since horse head farms in S8, so what if xBeef working together on xB's Half Foods shop leads to them sharing other things? What if Doublelife-esque soul-bound players, but instead of sharing hearts they literally share the food they eat? And in turn, the weight they gain? "The quickest way to a man's heart is through... your own stomach." Or something. lol
Readmore bc this got long and I'm paranoid about this post appearing in sfw hermit ship searches aaagh
Listen I just think there's something to be done with xB owning the shop, and it being styled after a convenience store with all your classic snack foods, and quick cheap golden carrots (obtained through countless hours grinding with villagers) being the first thing xB stocks the shop with, etc. And on the other side you have Vintage "Organic Farm-Fresh Produce" Beef coming in and supplying most of the other foodstuffs. And decorating the shop xB built with greenery and wall art and full shopping carts in the aisles. AND bumping up the prices on the golden carrots without telling xB because he could be making So much more... and Beef wants this shop to do well for xB, he really does! And xB's been grinding to stock the shop so much he barely has time to take care of himself, much less eat properly...
So Beef takes to sharing healthy filling snacks when they're both at the shop, brings over his latest salmon-based recipes to taste-test, invites xB over for dinner with increasing regularity... And yeah, MAYBE the portions he keeps serving him keep getting bigger, but he can't help it! xB just looks so cute when he eats, and his sharp guardian earfins look so striking in contrast to his rounding face, and of course Beef is super happy his friend enjoys his cooking so much— so happy that he doesn't notice that the effect he's having on his friend's waistline is being mirrored onto his own. 😊🤤✨
xB catches on way before Beef does, because some quirk of the shared food Thing makes it so they can faintly taste what the other person is eating. Beef doesn't notice bc he has a very varied diet (& later they're usually eating the same food anyway), but when they're hanging out one day and xB's mouth is suddenly flooded with the unfamiliar warmth of beetroot soup right as Beef takes a swig from his thermos xB is like "hold up there's something happening here", and over the next few [time unit idk] he starts putting things together. And then experimenting. xB's growing gut is perfectly comfortable in his loose shirt and hoodie, but how much can he eat before Beef registers the slight discomfort of his own mysteriously-stuffed belly straining his overalls? :3
...And then it's kink discoveries all over the place for both of them and basically they're both fat and happy and business partners who fuck and uhhhh food as a love language hell yeah. That's all :D
