Love Found a in Bubble - Commission - WIP - 6/5/22 (Patreon)

Li, a young man in his early 20s, was driving down to a secluded beach nearly 50 miles from his hometown. Heart pounding in his chest, he struggled to keep his attention on the road, growing more nervous the closer he got to his destination. There was so much tension in his hands, that he almost felt like he could rip the steering wheel off of the dashboard. Li tried to distract himself, thinking about work, video games, and even his car's extended warranty, but he couldn’t quell his heavy chest-pounding feelings of anxiety. By all means, Li felt like he should be excited, eager to reach his destination. If the rumors were true, he would soon be having the time of his life.

It all started not too long after the new year, when he saw a video floating around Twitter of a woman stuck inside of a big pink heart-shaped inflatable floating on an empty beach. Wrapped up in a blue one-piece swimsuit with a confused look on her face, she could be seen pushing and stretching the inflatable’s surface from the inside, unable to break free as it bobbed and wobbled in the air. The one supposedly shooting the footage, would turn with their phone camera around just in time to see another bubble approaching them, letting out a shocked gasp before the video abruptly cut. The two involved in the video had become famous on the site since that day, however, the videos themselves had been taken down, and neither of them had mentioned anything further about the incident since that day.

Over the past several months, Li had been pursuing and following online forms with circulating rumors surrounding the mysterious heart-shaped inflatable’s in the video, some speculating that it was a made with CGI, while others had come forward sharing supposed encounters with these strange objects, describing them as large bubbles rather than inflatable‘s. Some would claim how they would either emerge from a distance or from out of nowhere, slowly approaching them as they would appear relatively harmless, so I’m even claiming to have been chased before being snatched up in an unsuspectingly soft hug. But the most bizarre detail he read from the claims, was how these bubbles would supposedly inflate their interiors to squeeze the occupant, essentially becoming vacuum-packed inside.

Though little to no evidence of these encounters has been documented, he read that two of these supposed incidents had been mentioned taking place on a coastline near his city. so on his day off, he wasted no time planning a trip out of town to confirm whether or not the rumors were true firsthand.

Ever since he caught wind of the video, he felt a weird feeling in his chest, his heart pounding heavily upon seeing the woman trapped inside of the crimson bubbly inflatable. It wasn’t a feeling he was familiar with, it wasn’t horror, or fear like many on the thread expressed. In fact, he felt rather attracted to the concept. The young man had no idea why, but deep down, all he knew was that he wanted to be trapped inside one, to be cradled in a soft floating inflatable, confined from the outside world. Li couldn’t describe why he felt this way, or why he even fantasized about it, all he knew is that he wanted to find these bubbles to experience it first hand.

It wouldn’t be long before he finally arrived at the beach, parking his car close to the sand, and even going as far as to strip down to his swim trunks as he began wandering the beach. The waves were calm, lapping against the shore with gentle splashes, the sand soft pleasantly squishing beneath his toes, and the sun was just warm enough to keep him from getting cold in the light breeze. However, no matter how far he walked, no matter how much he looked, he couldn’t find a single one of those strange heart bubbles he had hoped to find.

After about an hour or so of walking up and down the empty beach, the young man let out a heavy sigh as he made his way back to his car. Before starting the car, Li simply slumped him in his front seat, resting his hands on the wheel as he took a minute to cope with his disappointment. Though no longer rattled with anxiety, he felt cripplingly drained, his motivation for driving all this way dashed as he was left emotionally exhausted. Li almost didn’t even feel like reaching for the keys, feeling silly as to believe a bunch of online rumors about large heart-shaped bubbles that trap people. So desperate to fulfill his fantasy, he believed in an online conspiracy of all things.

After a few minutes of mopping, he managed to start the engine as he drove back onto the road. Although deep down, part of him wished he could explore the beach just a little bit longer, he had to accept that it would be a pointless venture. But… Little did he know, only a short distance away, a big glossy silhouette would slowly poke out from one of the nearby trees, alerted by the sound of the car’s revving engine. Watching the vehicle drive away, the glossy silhouette fixated its attention on the young man in the driver's seat, taking notice of the gloomy look on his face. Once the car was out of sight, the silhouette slowly emerge from the trees, revealing itself as a large red 6-foot heart-shaped bubble.

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6/5/22

With its target now locked, the bubble began its pursuit, floating amongst the trees just out of sight from the highway. Even with the young man now far out of view, the bubble knew exactly where he was and how to track him, not from his sent or by sight, but simply with love.

Hours later, Li soaked his disappointment away in the shower, reflecting on his desperate pursuit of the heart bubble myth. Only his feet needed washing from the wet sand, as he merely sought to distract himself from the crippling disappointment he was forced to accept. Little did he know, emerging from the trees in his backyard and approaching his back door, was the looming heart bubble that had followed him all the way home. Having pursued him for hours, the bubble felt nothing less than bursting infatuation for its new target, bumping up against the back door and wedging up against the frame. Then, ever so slowly, the bubble began to slip into the gap underneath the door, wedging itself inside as the hinges squeaked from the pressure.

With incredible flexibility, the bubble had no trouble migrating into the house, seamlessly warping its malleable form to slip under the door like jelly. In only seconds, the bubble made its way past the frame completely, wobbling back to its original heart shape with a gentle wubble. Slowly and quietly, the bubble floated past the kitchen and living room, occasionally brushing against the narrow hallway as it approaches the bathroom. Being as bummed out as he was, Li hadn’t even bothered to close the bathroom door completely, allowing the bubble to push its way in and enter the spacious washroom where it patiently waited for its target to emerge.

Meanwhile, the young man had already finished showering and was completely clean. However, he rested his head against the porcelain wall, lost in his thoughts as water dripped down his face. “Stupid rumors…” he sighed, coming to the conclusion that the video he had must’ve been really well-rendered CGI. All the forms, stories, and speculations about the bubbles were probably just creative contributions to creepypasta like urban legend made for entertainment, and he just mistook it for reality. Still, the idea continued lingering in his head like an annoying tune, imagining what would have transpired had he actually discovered one of the rumored love bubbles. With a deep sigh, the man pushed the idea out of his head, turning off the faucet as he wiped the water from his eyes.

Sliding the stain-glass door open, he stepped one foot out of the shower only to freeze as he lifted his head back up. Li’s heart skipped an entire beat, and his expression became blank with disbelief, as he saw what appeared to be a large crimson red semi-transparent heart-shaped bubble. Despite floating only inches from his face, it took him a few moments to process what he was seeing, just standing completely still has his naked body dripped with the warm shower water. Then, the bubble slowly moved up on him, gently pressing itself against his body as he took a deep sharp breath. The bubble was cool and gentle, the membrane squishing against its body with a flexible and almost rubbery texture. The bubble squeaked softly against his skin, the sound calming him as he pressed his face against the surface.

Taking another deep breath, he noticed just how nice the bubble smelled, almost like a sweet fruit or fresh shampoo. With a happy whimper, the young man lifted his arms to his sides and pressed them onto the bubble as well, letting them sink into its surface. Then, the giant bubble suddenly became a lot more flexible, squishing its membrane around his body, molding around him as the surface began to rub down the contours of his body. Surprised, he let out a shivering whimper as he felt the soft jiggly surface squeeze and glide along his skin, blushing bashfully as it felt like the bubble was nuzzling him.

Despite its rubbery texture, the flexibility of its membrane felt like that of soft jelly, allowing it to squish and stretch around him, to knead nearly every angle and curve of his body. Eventually, he would relax against the bubble, but it wasn’t long after that that the bubble released his body, ending Li’s massage as it floated back to give him some space. The man impulsively reached out towards the bubble, curious as to why it ended his massage so abruptly before he realized that he was now completely dry. The bubble had soaked up the water covering his body, leaving him clean and dried off,  even his hair was no longer wet. Li had never felt so refreshed after a long shower, if just because the bubble was there to wipe him down.

Admiring just how well the bubble had dried him, he reached out and pressed his palm into the soft squishy surface of his new unexpected guest, feeling its pleasantly soft surface bulge and squish under his hand. Just touching it was enough to send pleasant shivers up his arm, as if squeezing a soft cool water balloon. Despite it being hollow, he could feel a surprising amount of heft and flexibility on its surface, making it incredibly fun to touch. It was like nothing he could have imagined, get everything he could have wanted in a big soft bubble. The inflatable didn’t seem to mind his curiosity, allowing him to feel up its surface as his hands glided against its slick gelatinous membrane.

Just as the man started to lose himself with its pleasantly squishy texture, the bubble began to move upon him once more.