Warning: I'm not going to warn you about anything
 
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  Aurora sleepily sat up, pulling off the covers, brushing her long red hair out of her eyes, and rolling out of bed. A quick glance at her alarm clock confirmed that she had enough time to take a shower and eat breakfast before going to her job. Quickly assembling an outfit, Aurora headed into the small bathroom to take a shower. Unfortunately for her, the water was like someone throwing the Arctic Ocean on her, and she quickly washed up and got out as fast as she could, dressing hastily as she headed towards the kitchen.
 "SOPHIE?" Aurora yelled as loudly as she dared hoping to not disturb any other tenants of her apartment building, "Did you use up all the hot water again?"
 Sophie, a little brunette not unlike an annoying younger sister, was sitting calmly at the tiny table that was only really big enough for one person, eating a bowl of Aurora's favorite cereal. "Oh, don't overreact so much!" she exclaimed airily, waving her hand as though Aurora were a bothersome fly, "So I used up some of the water. We share, remember? And the early bird gets the worm!"
 "You didn't even need to shower!" Aurora accused, dripping water all over the floor, "Couldn't you just leave me some hot water? I only need enough for me to shower, not like enough for me to boil myself alive in. Is that too much to ask? IS IT?"
 "Hey," Sophie complained, "just because I work a night shift doesn't mean I take a good shower before I leave. No, I like to take a short shower before I go, then take a loonnnggg hot relaxing one when I get back. You should do the same, then we won't have any problems."
 "Yeah, but you don't need to use up *all* the hot water," Aurora said, slowly lowering to a mutinous murmur, "I bet you don't have to take your short shower in subzero water." Still somewhat upset over the horrible start to her day that was threatening to become routine, Aurora slouched over to the puny cabinet where most of the food was kept. Sighing, Aurora looked through the dwindling food supply, irritated when she couldn't find her favorite cereal. "Sophie," said Aurora through clenched teeth, hoping to manage her temper, "do you know where my cereal is?"
 "Just because you bought it doesn't make it yours." Sophie pouted, "When did you become such a capitalist? Surely-"
 "When I ask where my cereal is, I'm not asking for an economic discussion. WHERE IS MY FREAKING CEREAL?" Aurora shouted in Sophie's face, her hopes of keeping her anger in check dashed.
 Sophie shoved another spoonful of cereal into her mouth, quickly chewing and swallowing. "*Your* cereal is empty. You should really get more, you know."
 Aurora glanced at Sophie's bowl. "That's my cereal. You're eating it right now." Aurora breathed deeply, trying to stay calm. It wasn't easy.
 "No, this is *our* cereal." Sophie said, mockingly shoving another spoonful of it down, "Which has actually run out too. That was the last box. Yum."
 Aurora glared at her, then grabbed her stuff and rushed out of the aparment before she exploded in the kind of rage that would bring the other tenants down on her like a big boot, kicking her out of her flat. Seethingly she mutttered aloud her hatred of Sophie as she took the elevator down, causing the other elevator occupant, a young man, to hurry out the next time the elevator opened. Still enraged, Aurora walked to the bus stop.
 "When I get home, she's a dead woman! That Sophie! First, she uses up all the hot water, and I have to pay for half that stupid bill for water I'll never see. Then, she eats all my food. She never buys anything herself. NEVER!" Aurora exclaimed, causing an old lady nearby to stare at her reproachfully. Aurora stormed into the bus in a serious bad mood, still muttering angrily.
 "She wears my best clothes whenever she needs something nice to wear, she takes my money if I leave any lying around, I've had it up to here with her!" Aurora finished dramatically, ignoring the other bus passengers who were staring at her with a mixture of fear and awe. "I don't have to be her roommate! Surely I can find someone else..." Aurora lapsed into a brooding silence for the rest of the bus ride, trying to think of a way to pay for her own apartment, or at least find someone more tolerable to stay with.
 Aurora had mellowed considerably by the time she was walking into the store she worked at, and she found herself thinking there might be a peaceful way to resolve her issues with Sophie. She did her best to focus on Sophie's good qualities ("She usually stays out of my way"), but found it increasingly difficult once she had exhausted the only desirable trait that she could find. She wasn't really paying attention to her work, until she found one customer about her age carrying a huge stack of clothes. Aurora hurried forward to help her, remarking "That's quite a lot of clothing you have there!"
 "Oh yeah, I need loads of clothes." the somewhat weary-looking custom responded affably, "I have a huge roommate problem. My stupid roommate always wears my clothes, and not only that but she destroys them! If I don't do something about her soon, she's wear me out of house and home!"
 Aurora laughed companionably, and eagerly began to talk about her hatred for Sophie. Unconsciously, she walked the customer over to the register, and took a long time ringing her up as they swapped tales. Aurora felt she had topped it all when she described what had happened just a few hours earlier.
 "And then she 'This is *our* cereal.'" Aurora mocked, "After I bought that cereal myself. Nothing unusual, really, she eats all my food."
 "Well," the other girl responded, "if she won't let you eat your own food, you could always eat her instead! Ha ha ha, anyway, you work here right? I'll see you again once my roommate destroys all these!" and with a somewhat forced chuckle, she walked away, struggling to carry the massive pile of fabric.
 Aurora stood there, stunned. Such a simple, practical, logical solution that had seen such widespread usage had never been presented to her before. Nor would it ever be. The solution running through her mind was complex, impractical, illogical, and had never been heard of succeeding before. However, Aurora was finally sold when her stomach let her know exactly what it thought of subsisting on two bags of chips for an entire day.
 "I'll get her tomorrow morning!" Aurora thought gleefully to herself as she rode the bus back, a much different ride than the one in the morning, "She'll be tired after being up all night, so that'll be the best time; after her comfortable shower and when she's stuffed full of my cereal." Almost immediately after deciding it, Aurora started doubting her plan.
 "But if I let her take her shower, I'll have freezing water!" Aurora realized, "But if I don't let her take her shower, she might be more aware. Choices, choices..." The rest of her bus ride was spent eagerly forming plans, many of which were discarded soon after their births. Aurora dashed up the stairs, forsaking the elevator she felt so energized. Bursting into the aparment, she found Sophie had left early, a wise manuever. Aurora left the apartment, and went to buy herself some dinner, and several boxes of cereal although she didn't plan on needing them anytime soon, if her plans worked out. At last, Aurora went back to her room and fell asleep, dreaming of various scenarios in which she devoured Sophie.
 They were wonderful dreams. In the first, Sophie reached for the new box of cereal, not noticing Aurora standing behind her. Sophie picked up the cereal, and Aurora picked up Sophie. GULP! The scene changed... Now Sophie was sneaking into Aurora's closet to take some of her clothes. She didn't notice Aurora hiding behind the outfit. Sophie took the outfit and was admiring it, when suddenly Aurora leaped out and grabbed her. Sophie struggled briefly, then GULP! A brand new scene, Sophie in the shower, turning it on to the hottest setting, then Aurora leaping on top of her and GULP! Aurora enjoying the warm shower with a Sophie-sized belly...
 So enthralled was Aurora with her fantasies that she woke up late. Her intentionally-small dinner from last night was long gone, and her stomach was ready to roll. Aurora got up, decided to skip the shower, and walked into the kitchen. Sophie sat at the table, looking a little bit sick. When she saw Aurora, she shoved the bowl that was in front of her off the table, trying to look nonchalant.
 Aurora felt like the master of the situation as she walked towards Sophie. Without speaking, she glanced over the table at the bowl. The bowl had spilled it's contents everywhere, it had been filled with Aurora's favorite cereal. Still silent, Aurora walked to the cabinet. As she suspected, her cereal was gone. Every last box. Slowly, Aurora turned around to look at Sophie, who stifled a burp. In a slow, dangerous voice, Aurora began to list her grievances against Sophie.
 "First: You use up all the hot water. I don't take a huge volcano spa after I'm done working, and you shouldn't either. That's outrageous, and I'm tired of it."
 Sophie predictably protested the charge, "If you want the hot water, use it! You never take enough initiative, then you complain when other people do." Completely ignoring her, Aurora continued.
 "Second: You wear all my clothes. Wear your own clothes, don't steal mine. This has to change."
 Again, Sophie objected to the statement, "I wear my own clothes! Name one time I've used something of yours without asking!" Aurora merely glanced down at her shirt, the one Sophie was wearing as they spoke. Undaunted, Sophie continued, "I don't know why you have any problem with that anyway! I'll let you wear my clothes. You're not very good at sharing, that's your problem in a nutshell! With you it's all me, me, me, and never think about your poor roommate Sophie who has to live-"
 "Basically what's wrong with you is that YOU DON'T CONTRIBUTE!" Aurora yelled, finally losing it, "It would be okay to share with you if you actually gave something back, but all I see is you SHOWERING WITH THE HOT WATER I PAY FOR HALF OF, WEARING MY CLOTHES WHICH I BUY FOR MYSELF, and EATING MY CEREAL. I NEVER SEE YOU WITH YOUR OWN CLOTHES, OWN FOOD, OR PAYING FOR THE HALF OF THE HOT WATER I NEVER GET!"
 "Why should I pay for my hot water, clothes, and food when I can get you to provide some of them for me?" Sophie asked, trying awkwardly to rub her stomach discreetly, "I don't see why you don't like to help out the less-"
 "Three:" said Aurora, feeling more excited than angry as she thought about what would soon transpire, "You eat my cereal. I bought enough cereal to last me at least a month, and it's already gone."
 Although Sophie was clearly uncomfortable, she tried to pat her belly with satisfaction. "Your cereal is good, and you buy a lot of it. Maybe if I could choose one thing, I'd go easy on the cereal. That last box seems to be giving me a little indigestion." Sophie complained.
 Walking towards Sophie with an attempt at a menacing look completely ruined by her efforts to conceal a grin, Aurora delivered her riposte "You'd better hope you do at least as well as that cereal."
 At first, Sophie didn't get it at all, which was pretty understandable. A look of complete puzzlement was written all across her face, even as Aurora walked towards her. When Aurora firmly seized her shoulders, the puzzlement was overwritten. However, it was only when Aurora's mouth opened wider than Sophie would ever have imagined possible that Sophie figured out what was going on.
 "Aurora! You don't have to do this!" Sophie panicked, trying to make a deal, "I'll eat half as much of your cereal as I do now, and I won't wear your good clothes on the weekends. I'll even-"
 Aurora met her first challenge shoving Sophie's babbling head into her mouth, which expanded unnaturally to accomodate it's bounty. Aurora seized Sophie's flailing arms, and tried to cram them into her mouth as well. Sophie was struggling too much, though, so Aurora had to simply settle on swallowing Sophie's head first.
 Aurora's throat bulged out grotesquely, Sophie's head passing through. At last, Aurora was able to pin Sophie's arms and as she slowly passed Sophie's shoulders, she was close to consuming them. Sophie was wriggling furiously, and Aurora found to her displeasure that Sophie tasted like annoyance, an unpleasant flavor at best. Trying to speed up the process, Aurora lifted up Sophie's lower body into the air until they were pointing straight down her throat. Using gravity to assist her, Aurora let Sophie slip bit by bit down her esophagus. As Aurora squeezed Sophie's belly to fit it into her mouth easier, she heard Sophie give an agonized moan. "Serves her right for eating my cereal!" Aurora thought as she worked her way down.
 Hips, butt, legs, Sophie slid part by part into Aurora's ravenous gut. Sophie wasn't enjoying it, but neither was Aurora, who could barely breathe. Finally, Aurora was slurping up Sophie's toes, which resisted as hard as they could before joining the rest of Sophie in Aurora's stomach.
 "Urp!" Aurora burped awkwardly, sitting down heavily on the kitchen floor, "Excuse me, Sophie!" she added, not above taunting her breakfast.
 "Well, I still ate your cereal, and I took a hot shower this morning, and you're ruining one of your own shirts by eating me!" Sophie shouted back, faint but understandable, "I'll have the last laugh!"
 "More like the last gurgle." Aurora sighed, patting her stomach, "You tasted dreadful, though."
 Sophie suddenly changed her tune. "Please, let me out. I'll be the best roommate you could ever hope for! Come on, that's not such a bad deal, is it?"
 Before Aurora could even consider the deal, she burped again, and almost without realizing what she was doing, Aurora drifted off to sleep. A shocked Sophie kicked, punched, and yelled as loudly as she could, but her struggles were replaced with a powerful churning, and her screams by the sounds of digestion...
 
Epilogue
 Aurora finished her lovely ad, "ROOMMATE WANTED!" it proclaimed proudly, listing below all the offenses that would not be tolerated. "I really hope this time I don't get another Sophie," Aurora chuckled to herself, "Although if I do," Aurora rubbed her swollen belly, "I've still got room."