Perfect, now I'm hearing things...

—What did you say?

—Didn't you hear? haa... hahaha... HAHAAHAHAHAHA

The face of the girl in front of me was twisted enough to say she was performing an evil smile.

—Hey, are you okay?

—You shouldn't worry about me, instead, about yourself!

I have lived many strange moments in my life... I would say that this is one of them, one of the strangest by the way.

A moment later, she got up and stood in front of me looking at me from above.

—Poor inferior being, you... your way of life is nothing more than something unimportant for my mere existence, do you understand? You mean nothing!

Before I could say anything… My world went dark.

...

—Where...?

I immediately felt a violent cold breeze, when I got up from the ground I took a look to my surroundings but for some reason everything was blurry.

—Where am I?

I began to walk trying to deduce where I was now, the breeze was much stronger than the one of a normal morning, the floor felt odd and my vision could not see anything clear.

—Rieeeeedeeeeeeel

Screaming her name I tried to contact her… but that wouldn't be necessary.

Suddenly I began to feel tremors, great movements on the floor and when my vision cleared. I saw it.

I’m inside a huge room, a giant, colossal, immeasurably large… it is… it is the same room I was in until a moment ago and in front of me… there is something gigantic that I cannot identify.

—What the hell...?

I looked up. A black pillar that rose to infinity... a skirt, and... Riedel was in front of me, being the only difference that now she had a body of incalculable size.

—Now you understand your place?

I could recognize the shrill sound that traveled from a great height like Monica's sweet voice but at a shocking volume. I took a couple of hasty steps back, stumbling and falling backwards, making it easy for me to see the impossibly large figure of my friend in front of me.

—Do you understand...? You are nothing, right now... I'll finish with you.

—Huh?

The foot wrapped in a dark stocking whose fabrics I could clearly see and differentiate that was in front of me just a moment ago, at a dizzying speed and impossible for some of its scale flew into the air and positioned itself above me, hiding me under its shadow.

—I have waited for this day a long time… it's your end, Danny.

She… what is she doing?

Her foot began to come down very slowly towards me, in a matter of seconds, it would be directly in my place... finishing with me.

For some strange reason, I couldn’t do more than watch everything happen and say nothing, but my throat made the force to try to pronounce what would be my last words, I’m terrified but at the same time I feel calm... What is... this?

—Riedel, please... please... —Without realizing it, a tear had started to run down my face, I closed my eyes expecting the worst.

Her foot got close enough... And then...

... Nothing happened, I waited for it to end with my life but it never came. Instead, while waiting for imminent death I felt a warm sensation envelop my body… a hug.

When I opened my eyes, everything had returned to normal, but the beautiful girl was hugging me, her face buried in my chest.

—Forgive me... I... I was too cruel... I shouldn't have do that... A weak sob escaped her mouth.

I didn’t had the strength to say something in that moment, I only received her hug in silence while I felt two tears run down my face. I don't understand anything about what just happened or what is happening.

...

Three minutes later, I was finally able to speak again.

—I just imagined something very strange... I don't know why...

—You didn't imagined it —she released me.

As she walked away from me, I could see her face soaked in tears.

—I-is something wrong?

—All I wanted was to scare you a little, but... I don't know how to control myself, I was an idiot...

—Scare me? I don’t understand what you mean.

—What you just saw was not something you imagined, it was something as real as you and me, Wakkun.

I knew that my friend's personality could be twisted at times, but this is something different in each dimension, I couldn't even understand a word from what she was saying. First she tries to insult me, then she feels bad about it... and now she tells me that what I just experienced was real.

—Danny.

—Y-yeah…?

The fact that she called me by my first name surprised me a bit.

—I need all of your attention and comprehension here, I understand that what I'm about to tell you now doesn't make any sense, but you have to believe me... once you have believed me I’ll show it to you, but no if you aren’t able to accept what I said, do you understand?

—Sure, well, I think I understand.

Leaving a deep sigh after sitting back on the bed, she looked at me with piercing bright ruby eyes with a feeling that they might see through you and your soul.

—I... I am something similar... no, it could be said that... —Trying to find the correct words she stumbled for a moment, but after being silent she finally clarified —. I hate to use this term... but I’m something like a goddess.

—A… goddess…

—N-not exactly a goddess, it's ... it's a rough term, I'm not exactly the concept of a deity b-but it's something similar, I mean, because of the things I can do and... well... Just don’t take it literally!

My beautiful high school friend is a goddess? Are we playing some kind of game?

—So... why are you a goddess?

—I can do everything with specific limitations, but basically I can do anything I want.

—Can you... um... make a glass of water appear?

In her hand, out of nowhere a glass filled with water materialized instantly, a second ago nothing was there, and to the next one she had a glass in her hand. I froze, the truth is that right now I'm terrified, why am I terrified of my friend? Because I found out that she can do anything?

—No... don't be sca-

—What happened a while ago, did you do it?

With a rather sad expression, she nodded.

—I wanted to play a little joke on you, but when I saw you that size I was too tempted... I couldn't help but want to mess with you, but when I realized what I did... —Again, her eyes filled with tears.

—I'm sorry... but I can't understand this clearly, can you give me a moment?

—Sure, don't worry.

My mind was stopped, there is nothing I can think about clearly now, I… I’m trying to understand not only what she just told me, but what I just saw and experienced.

—Do… Do you hate me? —Her voice broke the silence saying those words.

—Uh… —I couldn't answer that immediately since my mind was working at its maximum potential in finding a way to assimilate this, but after a moment I analyzed her words —. Hate you...? For what happened a moment ago?

She nodded silently.

—No... I don't think I should hate you for that, I mean, even though I literally almost died of fright, I'm just a little upset... but I wouldn't hate you for something like that... damn... my whole body is still shaking...

Almost as if I had told a child that I was going to buy him a candy, her expression changed completely with her eyes lighting up due to the moisture in them and making a big smile.

—You don't hate me!?

—I already told you no!

Even with that smile, her eyes started to overflow with tears and she pouted, how much did that worried her?

—Daannyy! —Jumping towards me, she wrapped me in her arms again but this time putting her head on my shoulder—. Thank you! Sorry! Thank you very much!

—Hey! I said I don't hate you but I'm still a little upset, get up!

As soon as I said it, she rose to her feet and returned to her previous position.

—Sorry...

—Never mind, but seriously, I'm doing my best to understand this; in short, can you do anything? Can you make fiction come true? Can you destroy things? Create things? Everything?

—That... has a limit —she said putting a stop to my imagination—. That’s precisely why I don’t like being called a “goddess” in the literal sense of the word... there’s only one limitation I cannot avoid.

—Oh sorry, I’ll not call you that again if you don't like it, what is that you can't do?

—Don't worry about calling me like that, but… you're taking it very well.

—Just speak, my neurons are working at 1000% right now, I feel almost like in middle of a dream.

—Ok ok, well then, my limit is that… I can't revive someone.

—Do you know the reason? Or is it something that is like that because of yes?

—In fact, the reason why I cannot revive someone is something that I have concluded by myself, I have interpreted it in the following way; I cannot manipulate the human soul, it’s something possible for me to revive someone in the strict sense of the word, but when a person dies his/her soul vanishes and it is something that I cannot recreate, what I can create is a soul supplement which makes that person possess the same body as the deceased one, but their memories, their personality and the person as such is not the same, just a construct made by me...

—Can't you build the deceased one on the basis of how was that person before death? I mean, if you know somebody very well, you could recreate a soul based on that personality and incidentally, the memories are stored in the brain, so if that soul uses the brain...

—Wakkun , it's not the same person... that's all —when she said that, her tone turned cold and somewhat depressing.

—I-I understand…

I chose not to continue delving into the issue of her limitation, after all she is the one who knows her capabilities the most; in fact, it still seems impossible for me to be thinking about what she just told me as if it were a fact, my friend being practically a goddess who can do anything, if it weren't for what I just saw, I wouldn't buy anything she said.

—Is that all?

—“Is that all?” Is that what you think?

—No... well... you're right, it's literally all, there's nothing else you could tell me once you tell me that "you can do everything."

—Exactly... heh...

—I'm sorry if I sound stupid, but my perception of life had just totally changed in these last few minutes, I don't think you can blame me, after all... the totally impossible had just became a fact right in front of me, my process of thinking is a bit VERY hampered right now.

—Yes, you're taking it better than I expected, I'll give you all the time you need to assimilate it.

For her this is taking it well? I'm totally confused, I don't know what to think about.

—Do you want me to get you some tea?

—Please, I need something to drink —I couldn't stop looking at the dark polished wood floor as I thought about all this.

—So I'll leave you for a moment just to think about it all, okay? —Saying that, she got up and putting on her slippers again, she left the room.

So... a goddess.

***

About thirty minutes later, with an empty cup of tea next to me, I was able to almost completely assimilate the situation I was in, at least for the most part, so that I can already think like a normal person.

—Do you mind if I ask you some questions? I don't want you to feel like I'm interrogating you...

—Of course not! Go ahead.

—Well... first of all, does anyone else know about this?

—Nobody, the only ones in the world who know about this are you and me.

—Which brings us to the second point and I think the most important… Why are you telling me this?

—Because I like you.

—Sure, because you lik...

***

About another five minutes later I regained my ability to think normally.

—You like me...

—That's right —Riedel affirmed with total confidence of her words.

—Riedel Monica likes me, Danny Wakahisa.

—Yup Wakkun, I like you —once again, without a hint of doubt.

—Sure, we've been friends for a long time, it's normal that we like each other since we always talk about all kinds of things hahaha…

A second after forcing a laugh, her two arms passed at my right and left landing on the desk behind me with force and making a forceful noise, a kind of kabe-don in which the prey is the boy and he’s sitting, a concept as fresh as the breeze at the beginning of spring.

—I don't like you as friend duuuuummy, I love you.

—Sure ... —I looked down—. I get it…

—Are you sure you understand?

—Yes... sorry for being rude.

— Well, there’s nothing you can do, it's normal when a girl as beautiful as me says it like that fufufufu~! —moving away from me, she laughed using her hand to beat her long hair.

—Basically yes, it’s like that.

—W-w-w... —Almost as if all the confidence of a moment ago had vanished, her face reddened as she looked at me with an impressed expression—. What did you just said?!

—It's the truth, you're the most beautiful girl, one of the smartest and the kindest in our school, I never expected that someone as incredible as you could like me... Hey, does it smell like something is burning?

Her body slumped onto the bed, her face was dangerously red and steam was rising from her head.

—Hey!

—I think I will not be able to survive the attack...

—Stay with me! —I took her by the shoulders dramatically looking into her eyes.

— I can't... I'm sorry...

— Riedel! Rieeeeedeeeeeeel!

...

—Ahem, I'll give you some advice Wakkun, be less aggressive when you compliment someone who just confessed to you...

—I'm sorry... again —I sat on the floor in front of the bed, while she was sitting with her legs crossed right in front of me, I remained looking at the floor.

—So... —Her voice asked in a tone clearly nervous—. What do you think about it?

—What do I think? Well...

—You can lift your head, silly.

When I looked up, I realized she was watching me very closely.

—A girl just confessed to you, you have to take responsibility.

—Y-yes! Of course, it’s common sense...

To tell the truth I have no idea what to answer, I never thought that a girl would confess to me, in fact, all my life I thought that I would be the one to confess, but given the situation it was the opposite way... the girl confessing to me was the most beautiful and popular girl in my school, the last person in the world from whom I could have expected it.

The girl who made my heart race the first day I saw her now was the one with her heart racing because of me.

—This is very sudden... sorry for acting like a complete idiot...

I felt gentle strokes on my scalp, a hand began to caress it tenderly.

—Of course not! In fact, you are being much more understanding than I could have expected from someone to whom they confessed, and incidentally, they said such things as the ones you just found out, hehe.

The sensation of her hand stroking my hair was something from another world, I felt as if through her hand a kind of sweet energy began to reach my body, if I got distracted, even a little, I would fall asleep.

Take a decision.

—Riedel —I placed my hands on the floor and got up in front of her, watching her directly —. I... em... Ahem, Monica! —Calling her by the first name took more of my courage than I thought it would.

—Yes?

—You… you… I mean, I don't know if you… o-of course… um… I just want to tell you that… ah…

—That you have liked me since you saw me for the first time and you still have feelings for me, so you want me to agree to go out with you?

—Exact... HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT!? —So much blood rose to my head in a moment that I could feel for myself the tremendous facial redness that I must be suffering from.

—It was what you wanted to say, as you were stuck there I decided to help you, I can read your mind.

—Tsch —I clicked my tongue—. So you can do that too…

—That said, if one day you think about cheating on me...

—Not even we started dating and you are already accusing me of being unfaithful!?

—I was kidding! Hahahahaha —the scary girl started spinning in her bed exploding in laughter, which was certainly not scary at all.

—D-don't do it ... —I looked away ashamed.

—Haha ... ha ... don't worry, I won't read your mind, I only did it in this case because it was the most visible thing you had in your thoughts, I didn't see anything else, I promise —she wiped a tear from her right eye— . I'm so happy ... even if these tears are from laughter.

—So...

—Yes Danny, I agree to go out with you, thank you for making me the happiest girl in the world —a tender smile more radiant and sincere than I had ever seen before on her was drawn on her face.

I don't think… I'm worthy of seeing something like that.

—I'm… Monica's boyfriend… THE Monica Riedel, the girl that all boys even dream of having a friendship with… Ah… uhm … Is it okay if we call each other by our names so fast?

—Of course it's okay, Danny —she laughed a little pronouncing my name—. I know it's a bit arrogant not to be aware of your own fame when it's so obvious, but sometimes I think that all of you guys exaggerate your admiration for me, you 're so basic… guys, showing you a pretty face makes you lose your mind.

—It's not just your appearance... Monica, have you never noticed the aura you emit?

—Aura? No, not at all. Do I have something like that?

And to think that something that everyone can feel coming from her so clearly doesn’t even exist for its bearer.

—I never imagined that you weren’t aware of that...

—Hm?

—It's difficult to explain, but... it's as if subconsciously you have a kind of self-confidence or... a strong personality? You tend to drag people without them noticing, have you ever noticed that everyone follows you when you do something?

—Like that time in our play?

—Exac… WHAT WAS THAT?!

—I just saw everyone so bored in the audience that I rummaged a bit in their minds and I saw what they wanted, you too… you guy looked bored and weren't fitting in your roles so I decided to help a bit.

—You don’t manipulate people with your power to follow you?

—Mm? Of course not, they do it because they want to.

—And I thought I had found the source of the matter...

—In the first place, I had no idea that you saw that “aura” thing in me, I just discovered I possessed something like that.

—Now I feel stupid...

She sighed with nothing she could say about it.

...

After a few minutes talking, I remembered something the carefree pink haired woman had mentioned earlier.

—Hey, didn’t you said earlier that when I believed you, would you show something to me?

—Ah, you're right, I had forgotten... heh.

I could see some doubt on her face after saying that.

—Is something bothering you? —I questioned.

—Wouldn't you mind... after what happened a while ago? I mean... I wouldn't be surprised if you had some kind of trauma or rejection...

—Ah… yes, I 'm sorry if this might sound a bit hurtful, but in fact I'm still a little scared of you, knowing that you can do anything… well, it makes me a bit worried.

—You don't trust me...?

—N-no! I do, I swear! If I didn't I would be terrified right now and would have run out from here. Actually what I mean is that... when you know that somebody have total control of a situation, you feel some respect or fear for that person, put yourself in my place, if you were a mouse in front of a cat, wouldn't you have some fear even though the cat promised not to eat you?

—So I'm a cat... —She stroked her chin with one hand, thinking of something.

—We are not tuning in to the same frequency after all...

—Kidding! Of course I understand, after all, in the first place I never hoped for you to trust in me so easily, I'll gain your trust gradually, until you see that you have absolutely nothing to fear!

—I would appreciate it, but don't force yourself too much, I trust you already —I smiled.

—Well... got it! I'll give you two demonstrations.

Something tells me this will be too violent to be called an educational experience.

—Are you ready?

—Yes —I nodded.

—And you know, whatever you see, you should know that under NO circumstances I will harm you... —She began to speak severely—. Danny, you have to know that under absolutely no circumstances, not when I play a joke, not when I am happy, sad or upset, I will really hurt you or ANYONE by taking advantage of my power. You need to be sure of that more than that your name is Danny Wakahisa, do you understand me?

—You seem very serious about it.

—Promise me it was totally clear to you.

—Okay okay, I promise, you won't hurt me under any existing circumstances, I understand.

—Well... now, close your eyes.

I did as she demanded. A moment later my whole body began to feel funny, like a tingling sensation that didn’t last more than two seconds, in an instant it was completely gone, I felt again an icy breeze that was repeated at constant intervals of time.

—You can open them.

Her voice echoed in my head.

—Huh?

I had a crushing impression on my entire body as I slowly opened my eyes, what was in front of me was practically impossible to identify until after a few seconds, the immense face of my girlfriend stretched for what seemed miles and miles away, it looks like that the icy breeze is her simple breath and apparently I am in the palm of her hand in front of her face but I don’t know the distance between her face and her hand.

—Oh sorry, I'll fix that —she said without opening her mouth.

Apparently she is speaking to me telepathically.

The next moment, the icy breeze ceased and I saw her open her mouth.

—I can already speak normally, I modified your senses and your body so that you feel this experience as if you were normal size, we don’t want your body to fly away when I breathe and talk this close to you or your eardrums to explode when I speak, since with your current size, any of the two options and many more are perfectly feasible.

I couldn't help but see her open the now gigantic cavity that was her mouth to make me step back a bit, looking like I could so easily get trapped in there, a primal feeling of fear that arose in me even though I knew that Monica would be unable to do something like that.

—Are you scared?

—Not exactly... it's more like... a human principle of running if you see danger approaching, you know? No matter how much I trust you, for now I have to get used to this. But most of all, I'm going to beg you not to play potentially lethal pranks on my heart.

—Don't worry! I don't plan to do anything at the moment… fufufu~ —the beauty of her smile was equivalent to the number of times its size multiplied, warmer as well as malicious—. Do you believe me then? Or do you want to go even smaller...

—I-I'm fine, seriously!

—Well then instead, now you will go in the opposite direction along with me.

—What do you mean?

For some reason those words created some discomfort that manifested itself as a chill down my spine.

—You'll see!

This time I didn’t had the opportunity to voluntarily close my eyes, my sight only turned totally black, I closed my eyes at some point without realizing it, then I perceived that gentle and pleasant contact against my body in the same way a hug felt.

—You can open them!

As I slowly opened my eyes, the only things I could see were... almost literally nothing, black, black as far as my eyes could see, and a female figure tightly clinging to my body, that was the only thing I could see in this rough empty.

—Where are we?

Monica took two steps back, getting far enough from me to show me her hand.

—Look here.

There was a very shiny little ball in her hand, I brought my face closer to the beautiful sphere that looked like an incredibly expensive item of jewelry, without a clue of what it could be, I tilted my head trying to identify something inside.

—It's the universe.

I stood straight and my spine was fully erect, seeing her face for a moment, I slowly lowered my gaze to the small sphere floating on her hand.

—That's...

—To put it simple, I made our bodies grow so much that existence itself is this little ball here, isn't it beautiful?

—Where are we now? —I began to anxiously see from one side to another worried about the mental state that someone my age... no, that anyone should have because of this.

—I have no idea, this is all, although if I continued to grow and this sphere does not become more than a subatomic particle to my level, this black space never ends, I have been growing everything that my mind allows me to assimilate and I have never left, I suppose it is simply the end of existence, you can walk through your whole life and you will not find anything in any direction.

My breathing got heavy and I swear I could smell my brain frying.

—Do you want us to go back home?

—Please...

The next time I blinked after that, we were both in the room of the incarnation of God herself. Although a small difference, the sphere of a moment ago was still in his hand.

—T-that's not...?

—Don’t worry, it’s an inanimate replica, the only thing it retains is beauty, it doesn’t have living beings in it.

A chain appeared right in front of her, which went through the sphere and served as some kind of pendant.

—This necklace —she took the chain and placed around her neck—. It will be the necklace that indicates the day I revealed my biggest secret to you, Danny.

The replica of the universe now hung between her breasts. Putting her arms behind her, the movement made the sphere hop a bit atop those interesting hills, she smiled brightly to me. With this, I think my head had enough for today.

***

—Well, I'll go home.

The sun had already set and it was dark outside so I decided to go back.

—Are you sure you don't want to stay?

—I need some time alone to properly assimilate all this, a good night of sleep will fix it, but now I need at least a little solitude.

—I understand, I can't ask you that much hehe.

—I promise I'll compensate you another day.

—You don't have to compensate me, in fact… I should compensate you for the cruel way I acted before…

—I told you not think about it, your excitement took the best of you for a moment, that’s all. As you said before, you never thought of really hurting me, right? I'm not upset anymore, so don't give it any relevance. Anyway, now that I know your secret I see it difficult for you to scare me that way again

Her insecurity turned to malice terrifyingly fast.

—Do you think it's impossible?

—I'm not going to challenge you...

—Oww...

—Later we’ll talk about this better, for now, I'll go to rest —I turned around with my shoes on and started to go out through the door when...

—Thank you...

Her hands came together in my chest, her chest stuck against my back and I could feel her embrace from a new angle, I think she could make me addicted to these hugs. The feeling of her two voluptuous breasts coming together on my back and squashing like some kind of jelly couldn't be more comforting, attacks like these are something to be feared coming from her.

As a curious fact, I realized that the uniform of our school hides quite a lot the cleavage of the girls, since now that I felt them firsthand, I realized an approximate of their real size.

—Let's start officially tomorrow with our relationship, consider today as a prologue terribly written.

—Hehe, it's alright… since there are still a lot of things about me that I have to tell you, but in due time!

—Will you continue to do the role of the difficult and enigmatic girl? —I couldn't help but laugh a little.

When she released me, I turned around and in one swift movement planted a kiss on her cheek, returning to my previous position in less than two seconds with my back to her, I could imagine her face burning with shame.

—S-see you tomorrow —I started to move away from the house.

A silence reigned behind me until it was broken by the sound of the door closing.

—Uh... Could that have been wrong?

“It was the best of the day…” I heard that delicate and sentimental voice in my head. With no more to worry about, I went on my way home under the moonlight.

This is my life now, I’m dating the most beautiful girl in my school after five years of knowing her. But not only the most beautiful par excellence and voted among boy groups of all years, but also the second most intelligent and the most popular. The girl who can drag any boy and even girl to her side with a simple choice of words and even without more than her presence.

But still that is not all, my girlfriend... I am the couple of the girl who is neither more nor less than the closest thing in this world to God.

I started dating Monica Riedel.