Rylee's POV
I slept through the whole night without any nightmares. I absolutely love how gentle Maria is especially because she let me lay on her tummy. Her skin was so soft and felt like I was on a cloud. I stood up slowly so I won't lose my balance. I walked down Maria's tummy and noticed her bellybutton coming into view. As I got closer, it made me realize how big Maria was. Without any hesitation, I crawled in Maria's bellybutton hoping she wouldn't mind. It was very warm so I snuggled deeply into it. I then felt Maria's body rumble which meant she was waking up. "What the hell is in my bellybutton?" I crawled out shaking afraid of what she was going to do.

Maria's POV
I woke up to something in my bellybutton which made me feel very ticklish. I took a look and surely enough, it was Rylee. She crawled out shaking. "Rylee, it's ok. I'm not mad." Rylee looked at me. "You can crawl back in. I don't mind." I watched her crawl back in. Despite me being ticklish, Rylee looked so cute in my bellybutton. "You're so cute. You fit so perfectly in my bellybutton." Rylee giggled. "You even have the cutest giggles." I said. "You're the sweetest giantess ever. I've always hated the stories people write about giants being evil and a bully told me giantesses were the most dangerous." I had a feeling someone told Rylee the stories and those stories give us giants a bad name so I gently picked up Rylee and held her in front of me. "No wonder you're scared. I've always hated those stories because there are more gentle giants than evil giants." Rylee looked down in embarrassment. "But I don't blame you for being scared. The first encounter with a giant or giantess is always the scariest because you don't know if they're gentle or evil. That's why I'm happy you're here." I gave her a gentle kiss. "I'll always protect you."

Rylee's POV
I still can't get over how soft Maria's lips were. I could've easily fallen into her mouth but she's so gentle. "You hungry?" Asked Maria. "Yes." Maria cradled me against her tummy as she took me to the kitchen and decided to make banana muffins. "You like banana muffins, Rylee?" Asked Maria. "I do." I said sitting at the table. "You're going to love this recipe. It's one of my favorite things to make." Said Maria mixing the batter and placed it in the oven. "I hope you like the muffins. It's my grandma's recipe. She was also surprisingly vegan." Said Maria taking a seat. "Really?" I asked. "Yeah. You would think older generations would most likely be meat eater especially since my grandma's from Tennessee. But she always liked vegetables over meat and that's not only because of her love of animals but she hated the texture of some meats." I nodded as I listened to Maria's story about her grandma. "She sounds like a nice woman." I said. "She was. My grandma also never liked harming humans. My family always believed no one should be harm just because they're small. That's why I came from a family of gentle giants." Our conversation was interrupted by the oven going off and Maria got the muffins out, let them all cool, shrunk my muffin and handed it to me. "Thank you so much." I said. "You're welcome. After breakfast we can hang out by my pool." Said Maria. "I'd love that." I said