Gym Bellies By Theo Winters Commissioned by Philistine Felicia had always been an early riser, and that hadn’t changed even in her current condition. This meant that by the time Thea had finally rolled out of bed and pulled a robe over her nightgown, the cheetah was already sitting in the kitchen, sipping on a cup of tea with the coffee already waiting for her love. The lioness waddled her way into the kitchen, trying to fight back a yawn while rubbing the back of her head, making her already messy hair even messier. Her eyes were half squinted behind her glasses as she struggled to act like she was actually awake. Her belly was swaying with each step she took, her pregnancy sitting low this morning, making it just that bit trickier to walk. Her tail was dragging along behind her, trailing out of the kitchen and back down the hallway, the occasional lash running down it like a sine wave. Pulling a char out, the gravid feline carefully settled herself down into it, spreading her legs to give her belly a bit more room before leaning her arms on the table. It gave Felicia a very nice look down her girlfriend’s cleavage, but only for a few moments. She took another sip at her tea, her other hand reaching down to run over the top of her own pregnant belly. Of the two of them, she was carrying a slightly smaller child, which she could feel shifting and kicking against her hand. They were both only a few weeks away from giving birth, just as they had been for the last year and a half, and would be for the foreseeable future. “Morning, hon,” Thea said, half mumbling the words as she picked up her coffee and held it under her nose, allowing the smell to waft up and over her face. “Good morning, Thea,” Felicia replied with a smile, leaning back in her chair just slightly. She was still in her sleepwear, just a pair of boy shorts and an old t-shirt that had once been too big for her. Even so, she still looked a bit more put together than her partner. The coffee seemed to be having an effect on Thea, helping the lioness to finally wake up. “You’re too cheerful for this early,” she said, finally sipping the coffee. “It’s almost nine,” the cheetah replied with a small laugh, reaching one foot out to rest it against Thea’s, letting their toes play against each other. “You were tossing around all night as well,” she added. “The baby couldn’t find a comfortable place to rest that did involve using my kidneys as a pillow,” she grumbled, but there was still a smile on her wide muzzle. It didn’t take much to get her to admit that she actually loved the feeling of being pregnant, and of the pair of them—or any of the many other friends who were now in the same condition—Thea was the one who didn’t need any time to get used to being permanently pregnant. She took to it like it was what she was always meant to be. Felicia smiled over the top of her mug as she swallowed the last of her morning tea. “Hopefully they will calm down tonight. I’m planning to go to the gym today, so maybe that will tire them out,” she said. The lioness looked up from her coffee, eyes now wide open, and a slight look of fear on her face. “Do we have too?” she asked, almost squeaking the words out. Shaking her head, the cheetah levered herself out of her chair and waddled around the table to kiss her girlfriend on the top of the head. “I want to go, and I would love it if you would come with me, but you don’t have to,” she said. Thea seemed to think about it for a few seconds, one ear flicking backwards as her tail—now almost back to its proper length—swept across the floor. “I’ll go with you, let me just finish my coffee and get ready,” she said. “Thank you, hon,” Felicia replied, kissing Thea on the top of the head again while running a paw down to the small of her back, her fingers brushing gently through the sheer fabric of the nightgown. It wasn’t often that Thea would go to the gym with her, she had always been one to avoid it, even before they had both ended up pregnant women. It was a nice surprise that she was going to tag along today, and left Felicia smiling as she went back to the bedroom to get changed. She was just pulling her spandex top over her head when Thea came into the room and started changing. Felicia gave her top a quick tug to make sure it was in place, though between the way it rode up over the top of her belly and how it pushed down the front of her yoga pants, her baby bump was on full display for everyone to see, her navel just peeking out from under the pants, stretched out, but still an innie. Unlike Thea who’s belly button was crowning her belly like a small peak. Helping the lioness into her own clothing, a unitard that was custom made for a woman as top heavy as Thea was, the pair headed out. It wasn’t a very long drive to the gym as it was only a couple of miles away, and it was late enough in the morning that traffic wasn’t too bad. Felicia was the one driving this time, and she had to push the seat back almost as far as it could go in order to get some room between it and her belly. Her lover, on the other hand, had leaned her seat back and was resting with her eyes closed, paws folded on top of her belly. The parking lot wasn’t too full when they got to the gym. She was surprised when Thea got out of the car first, walking around to the driver’s side and opening the door. “May I give you a hand?” she asked, offering out a paw. “Thank you,” Felicia said, taking the proffered paw and gripping it in her own, using it to help pull herself up out of the car seat. She didn’t let go as they waddled together towards the gym. Inside was filled with activity, with most of the machines in use by women of all sorts of species, each and every one of them pregnant. Every now and then there was a guy working out as well, though even a few of them were now sporting a large baby bump. It was just the way the world was now, almost everyone was permanently pregnant, just like the two of them were. For those who had avoided it so far, their time would come to join the ranks of forever-mothers-to-be. Picking up a clean towel and a bottle of water, Felicia headed off towards the yoga class, with Thea followed behind, though a bit reluctantly. She had never really done yoga before, and Felicia was surprised to see her joining in without a single comment. Even so, she made sure to take one of the mats near the back of the room, just in case Thea decided that she wanted to do something else, or that it was too much for her. She reached out and gently took the lionesses hand, giving it a squeeze and a smile as the class milled around them. A red dragoness with a huge belly settled down next to them, outsizing the pair in pretty much every way. Both of the felines couldn’t help but give the dragoness a once over, and then shared a quick smile. To contrast the dragoness, a short fennec fox sat down on the other side of them. She couldn’t have been taller than five feet, which nearly matched her length and width. Her breast and hips tried to keep up with her large belly, resulting in a rather soft looking ball of fur. The biggest surprise was when the instructor walked into the room. This was someone Felicia hadn’t seen before, a tall but thin giraffe woman, wearing a sports bra and a pair of shorts in a zebra strip pattern that contrasted with her natural markings. What was even more surprising was that she wasn’t pregnant… or at least not yet. Felicia finally had to let go of Thea’s hand as the instructor started the class. It started with some simple stretches, the giraffe showing just how flexible she was in the process, though was keeping the range of motion in line with what the class could actually do. It was easy for her to keep up, even with the way her child moved when she did, shifting around and throwing her balance off. Thea wasn’t doing as well. The lioness wasn’t really struggling so much as just being unfamiliar with the poses, having to watch the instructor carefully as she explained each one, then watching everyone around her to see how they were doing it as well. Usually, she got there in the end, though sometimes she put a bit too much effort into it, which resulted in her nearly falling over one time when she was trying to put her ass in the air. Lucky Felicia was there to keep her from taking a tumble onto the padded floor. After ten minutes the lioness was starting to pant, while Felicia was only just starting to feel the stretches in her muscles. Though Thea was tired, she was also showing no signs of quitting, she just slowed down a little bit, maybe not quite pushing herself as much as before. “You’re doing great hon,” Felicia said, giving her girlfriend a big smile while flicking her tail out to drop over her girlfriend's much longer tail. “Thanks,” Thea replied with a smile. One by one they went through each pose, every now and then the instructor calling out to one of the class members to correct something they were doing wrong. Thea was doing a good job with keeping up, though she couldn’t hold the poses for very long, and seemed relieved when it came time for the yoga balls. This was not something Felicia had used before, as the past instructors didn’t make use of them. Still, no one else in the class seemed to be worried about it as they all waddled to the far wall to grab one of the many balls resting there. Though instead of bringing them back to the mats, the giraffe had them use the balls right there, pinning it between the wall and her back, using it to help do squats. Felicia found herself struggling just as much as Thea was, trying to find the right way to balance against the ball without sending it flying. The lioness was actually the one who got the hang of it first, probably because her smaller ass didn’t get in the way of the yoga ball as much as Felicia’s own expansive rump. After a bit more struggle, she finally seemed to get the hang of it, letting the ball roll as she lowered herself down, the pressure providing some nice support, and did make it easier to pull herself back up, though after a dozen squats, she found her body aching in ways she hadn’t felt in a long time. It was actually a rather nice feeling. For the last part of the class, they took the balls back to the mats, using them for support for a few more poses while allowing their belly to move freely. Though it was this point when her child decided to get involved, moving constantly as she tried to balance on the ball. She wasn’t the only one, as a few of the others in the class were struggling with the same thing. Even so, she was glad when the class finally came to an end. Taking a drink of her water, she patted her fur dry as the class started to empty out of the room. “Maybe we should go for a swim?” Thea suggested. “That sounds like a good idea,” she replied, reaching up to adjust the way her sports bra was resting under her breasts, taking a moment to wipe the fur down before snapping it back in place. The lioness smiled and nodded, grabbing Felicia’s hands and pulling her in for a quick kiss, having to lean forward to reach between their bellies. “I’ll meet you there, I have to use the bathroom first, and then I’ll get changed,” she said. “I’ll meet you in the changing room,” she said, returning the kiss. She quickly made her way back to the car as fast as she could with her pregnancy, gabbing the bag with their swimsuits before heading back in and to the changing rooms. She had just finished pulling on her bikini when Thea came in, waddling over. The baby had shifted during the yoga class, and was now sitting rather high on the lioness’s body, pushing up against her breasts in the process. “Oh, I haven’t seen you in that since… well before this,” Thea said, gently patting her belly as she looked her girlfriend up and down, a silly smile on her muzzle, ears rocking forward slightly and her tail swishing against the floor. “It still looks really good on you,” she added. Felicia couldn’t help but blush a little at the complement. While she had gotten used to her current condition, she still worried about how she looked now and then. Thea was never bothered by that sort of thing, but the cheetah had always liked to look good, so hearing that the old bikini still suited her made her day. “Thank you,” she said, reaching out to give Thea’s hand a squeeze. The lioness returned the smile before quickly changing out of her unitard and into a tankini, the long fabric of the top draping across her belly, outlining the shape of it while also highlighting how much pregnancy had affected her chest. Now that both of them were changed and their gym clothing put away, they headed arm and arm towards the large heated swimming pool near the back of the gym. There were actually two pools, the larger one used for classes and doing laps, where the smaller one was free to be used however you wanted, and for most people that meant just relaxing in the warm water. The pair of gravid felines carefully made their way down the steps into the water of the pool. Felecia couldn’t help but start to purr as she felt the warm water wrapping around her, taking some of the weight of her belly off of her hips and relieving some of the constant feeling of being pulled forward with every move she made. She quickly found herself floating in the water, toes brushing just above the bottom of the pool, her tail bobbing behind her, the rippling water making her spots dance under the surface. One hand was wrapped around her belly, gently rubbing along the curve, feeling the baby starting to calm down as well. Thea, for her part, had simply dropped down under the water, her black hair fanning out around her like a halo as she gave her head a shake under the water. A moment later she slowly rose to the surface, the water parting around her face and rolling backwards over her head and hair, pinning it down over the back of her neck, though a few stray strands had been stuck to her forehead and over her face. Reaching out, Felicia pushed the hair out of her girlfriend’s face, then moved up a bit closer to her, taking her hand under the water and giving it a squeeze as they slowly made their way towards the deeper part of the pool. In the process they passed a centaur who somehow seemed to be pregnant in both halves of her body, slowly padding along with her hooves under the water. A few moments later they were passed by the shortest elephant either of them had ever seen, fitting the term short stack perfectly. Not that she was all that short compared to most of the women at the gym, but six feet was quite short for an elephant. Once in the deep end, the pair just floated together, kicking their legs now and then to keep from drifting too far apart. It was there that she decided it was time to start prying a little. “What made you decide to come with me today?” she asked, giving Thea’s a hand another squeeze. Thea blushed a little bit, eyes half closing as her ears sank down into her met hair. “I just wanted to spend more time with you hon. I just feel like I haven’t really been paying enough attention to you so I wanted to try and fix that a bit, and… well, I just like seeing you happy is all.” It was Felicia’s turn to blush as she pulled the lioness closer to her through the water. She wanted to tell her that she didn’t need to do things like that, but at the same time didn’t feel like it was the right thing to say. Instead, she just leaned in and gave her a firm kiss on the lips, which lasted only for a few moments before they broke apart. “Thank you,” the cheetah said. “Any time, love. Though I’m not sure I’m up for trying yoga again. That was a bit more than I was expecting,” Thea said. That brought a tiny giggle from Felicia. “You did fine for your first time, though next time how about we do the beginners class? That should go easier for you.” she suggested. A few different expressions crossed over the lioness’s face, starting with a look of surprise as she hadn’t realized she had started with a more advanced class. Soon the surprise turned into a little bit of puzzlement mixed with thoughtfulness. “I’ll have to think about it,” she reluctantly said, though she said it in a tone which meant that she really was going to think about it, and wasn’t just saying that instead of saying no. Kicking her feet, she moved a bit closer to Thea. “We can also see how long it takes for the new instructor to end up pregnant herself. I’m guessing it won’t be very long,” she said in a teasing voice. Thea blushed again, sputtering a little bit before sinking down under the water, a trail of bubbles rising up from her nose, hands pressing up against her cheeks as she tried and failed to compose herself. It was so cute, and it made Felicia smile to watch her. A few moments later the lioness bobbed up to the surface, her hair half covering her face in the process. “Okay, you talked me into it,” she said, still blushing, then dove back under the water, which made Felicia laugh again while shaking her head. She loved the silly lioness, no matter how flustered or hot and bothered she made herself. The next time Thea came up for hair, Felicia wrapped her in her arms and nuzzled at her neck. It had been a good morning so far, and she was sure the rest of the day was going to be just as fun, for both of them. -=-=-=-=-=- This story was written and copyright 2025 by Theo Winters, reposting and archiving are allowed as long as this copyright notice and the author's name are not removed. This story cannot be published without permission of the author. Violators won’t be allowed to be pregnant.