It was a night like any other. You went to bed and fell asleep, expecting nothing more than another normal tomorrow.
The next morning, you woke up in agony. Your knees and back were killing you, your entire body ached, and you noticed a strange, musty scent—an old person smell. When you opened your eyes, you were shocked to find yourself in an unfamiliar room. You were even more horrified when you looked down and saw a hairy, flabby chest and a fat, round stomach. You were inside the body of an obese elderly man. Turning around, you noticed a heavy, elderly lady sleeping right beside you. You screamed and scrambled out of bed, your back cracking loudly as the noise woke her up.
"William honey what's wrong?"
You frantically asked who she was and where you were. She sat up and sighed heavily.
"Oh darling, don't tell me you already became senile, its me, Betty, your wife dummy, and you are my handsome husband William"
She stood up to give you a kiss on the lips, but you stepped back in pure terror. Before you could respond, you caught your reflection in the mirror—the wrinkled face of a bald elderly man stared back at you. You screamed again, shouting that you weren't William. Betty looked at you with a deep frown.
"Uhm...my love, you are actually worrying me now"
You desperately blurted out your real name, your true age, and where you actually lived. Betty stared at you, utterly bewildered, until a breaking news bulletin flashed across the old television. It was an official government report. A comet passing near Earth every 200 years had triggered a global phenomenon named "The Great Shift," causing people to randomly swap bodies. It seemed you were one of the unlucky ones. Betty gasped in surprise.
"Oh god then it's true, oh poor you, then that must mean my William woke up inside your body, oh my poor William, he must be so confused"
She immediately asked for your phone number so she could call William. You helped her set up a video call, and you were shocked to see your own face fill the screen. Betty frantically asked if he was okay and if he had heard the news. He simply nodded. Betty suggested they all reunite to figure out a solution, but William just let out an arrogant smirk.
"Uhh...what's so funny honey?"
She asked, completely confused. William coldly replied that he had no intention of ever seeing her again. He confessed that this swap was everything he had ever wanted; he was entirely tired of Betty and hated their life as an old, fat couple. He admitted he had never truly loved her and had been unfaithful with the cleaning lady and other women for years. Now, gifted with your young body, he was going to find younger, attractive women. He said goodbye forever and hung up the call. Shocked and deeply hurt, Betty collapsed onto the bed and began to weep.
"50 years of marriage...when you think you know someone..."
She looked down and squeezed her stomach, her voice cracking.
"I know i am not as skinny as i used to, i know i am an obese old woman...but he always said i looked as beautiful as the day we met....it seems he was just a liar...this meant nothing to him"
She stared at the wedding ring on her finger. You looked down, noticing the matching ring on your own wrinkled hand. After sobbing for a moment longer, Betty wiped her tears and looked up at you.
"Oh and poor you!...that jerk stole your body....now you are trapped in his ugly and obese body...stucked with a fat blob like me...what a day...you lost your body...and i lost my husband....uhhm...what was your name again?"