Author's note:
Hey everyone! This is my first time posting a story. I'm doing it for practice and because I wanna see more of the kind of stories I like. This is the first chapter of a complete story I'm going over and editing as I'll post here. I hope to eventually fully self publish it, after it gets some more work into it.
All you opinions and criticism is welcome! I would love to hear from the community on what you like about it, what you don't and what you'd like to see more on the story.
I hope you all enjoy!
Chapter one: Dishes, delivery and a cute waistlet.
Sophie Barnes rarely took the opportunity to look at herself naked in the mirror as she was doing right now. She went through all the things she hated about her body. She felt like she was too round, too plump. All the fat folds made her uncomfortable to wear anything that doesn't cover her entire body. She had fat under her chin, her nose was too big, her skin was too pale and her ass was too fat and misshapen. She kept her wavy black hair long to cover her face and body as much as possible. The cellulitis and stretch marks painted her body, disrupting what should have been a smooth even skin. And she felt really unlucky that her overweight didn't come with larger boobs, hers was too small. Overall, there was barely anything that she loved about herself.
It got to a point where she needed to do something. Among her research on body positivity, she read on some naturist blogs and from some people's personal experience that social nudity and nudism in general can help with body image. She had tried some of the other suggested options before. Therapy helped a little when she was in a dark place but she stopped progressing at some point. She still went to, and it helped, but some of the more persistent feelings endured. Working out had barely any impact on her self-esteem. Actually, the looks from people that she could swear were judging her actually made her feel even more self-conscious. So, she decided to treat this as just the next option on the list. That made the decision seem more matter of fact.
But she still wanted to take some smaller steps before making the decision. Starting with the simplest one, spending the whole day naked. It wouldn't be that much of a challenge. It was a Saturday, she wasn't going to need to leave her house or see anyone. She needed to get comfortable with her own nudity before taking it to anyone else.
She turned her back to the mirror and went on with the day. She gave a last look at her clothes on the hanger before leaving the bedroom. She had a house to tidy up.
She began with a simple breakfast, cereal, a banana and some orange juice. She then began to wash the dishes. She never felt like washing them at night, so she usually left the dinner dishes for the next morning.
"Oh, fuck off!" She cursed as a well misplaced spoon sent a water stream into her belly. "Damn spoons." She hurried to get a towel to dry her clothing, when she realized she didn't have any that required drying. Actually, the water on her skin made the hot day a little more bearable. The perks of nudity started to show up. She left it to dry by itself.
Next was to sweep the dust. She picked the broom and started with the bedroom, bathroom and office and moved to the living room and the kitchen. Every sweep made waves of movement travel through her and kept Sophie aware of her unrestrained body. At first, she was uncomfortable, being reminded all the time about her nudity, imagining how her body might look with all her fat moving and swaying. But, with time, she got used to it. She even started to enjoy the sensation.
Looking at her clean home always made her feel a sense of pride. Now, she was feeling even more prideful, having taken her first step into her new life choice.
Next, her back garden. She has been neglecting it lately, some of her flowers really needed some love. But it meant she would have to go outside.
"I'll have to do it eventually, anyway." She talked to herself, something she usually did when she had to go through her thoughts. "Better ride the adrenaline and do it already."
Gardening supplies at hand, she opened the kitchen back door and stepped through it, exposing her skin to the hot summer sun it hasn't seen in years. She predicted that, and had already applied sunscreen on herself.
The garden didn't have the tallest walls, just some fence that went a bit taller than her that gave it enough coverage that, unless someone was standing on one of the neighbors' roofs, no one would see what was going on.
She slowly walked to the flower beds, grabbed the mulch bag and some of the new flowers she bought, and went on it. She started by pruning some of the dead leaves and overgrown plants. Her violet bushes have been growing too high instead of wide, as she wanted, so pruning the top part of it has become an almost monthly ordeal.
After that she went into planting the new ones. There was a spot on the bed covered by overgrown grass that she has been wanting to plant something cute for a while. She removed the grass and was on the process of digging some holes for the new plants when she heard a voice from behind her.
"Uhm... sorry."
She froze for a second and then jolted up tight. Why was there someone on her garden? She slowly turned to see who was it when she saw a guy with a FedEx uniform in front of her open side gate.
"Uh..." It was all she could say for a second that felt like an hour. "Hi."
"Hi." He was quickly shifting between looking at her, at the small parcel at his hand, at her body and around at her garden. "It says to deliver on hand. I ringed but no one answered. I heard some noise from the back and..."
"Yeah, sure." Sophie walked towards him. She tried to look nonchalant about all of it, and prayed that it came through. She minded her state now. Not only just nudity, but she was sweating hard under the harsh sun, which made her skin a little sticky as it mixed with the sunscreen, and there were dead leaves and dirt glued to her body all over.
If she was going to go through with her original plan, she would be seen by people eventually. She expected to be a little more prepared for that, but might as well rip that band-aid off.
"Here." He handed her the package and started to leave.
"Do I have to sign anything?" She said, looking at the clipboard on his hand.
"Oh, yeah." He handed her the clipboard. "Sorry, I'm a little out."
"Why?" Stupid question, Sophie! She regrated saying it as it left her mouth.
"I'm not used to having someone..." he struggled a little coming up with the word "... naked answer the door."
Naked. That word traveled through her body, sending chills to every piece of her skin as it reminded her of what she looked like.
"I didn't really answer the door, though."
"Yeah, sorry about that."
"Here." She gave him back the clipboard.
