Jonathan took hold of her hand as she boosted him out of bed. He felt how big her hand was and how strong she seemed now. He placed both feet on the ground and stood as tall as he could, with his spine as erect as possible. But he didn´t like what he saw.

Melissa couldn´t believe it, he wasn´t lying, now he certainly wasn´t an inch shorter than her, what´s more, his head didn´t even reach her gaze as she stood straight, she had to lower it to look at him properly. Now, she believed him.

Jonathan´s head stood a little over her shoulder level, they were both speechless for what they were witnessing, she was hoping he meant he was using high heel shoes or something last night, and the “shrinking” will be actually looking at him without heels. Maybe an inch or two of boost, but this? He would´ve needed a booster step to reach where he used to last night.

“Wow” she said, “I mean, look at you… how… how´s this even possible?” she asked.

Jonathan blinked a couple times, wondering how tall he was now; he couldn´t give an immediate answer.

She shifted her weight into one of her legs and placed her hand on the other side of her hip, driving her other hand to her head as she tried to find an explanation. “Ehem, so…” she didn´t knew what to say.

Meanwhile, Jonathan´s mind was turning into some other thing. “Holy SHIT! She´s huge, really fucking huge, what the fuck´s going on here?” he wondered as he looked at her, craning his neck.

Something was really off. How was that even possible? Now he was sure that he used to be 5´9”, but why had he gone all the way down to… this. He wasn´t even sure how tall he was right now, but the fact that a 5´6” woman like Melissa totally dwarfed him meant something bad.

In a normal basis, he would´ve been three inches taller than her, she will be looking at his nose and he´d be able to look at the top of her head. But now he was looking straight at her neck. His normally calmed self was gone, now he was unsettled by a million questions. Mostly, all of his thoughts were driving him into the borders of panic.

Jonathan´s breathing began to sound more forced as his hands began to sweat. Melissa was watching how he didn´t know what was going on. He seemed frightened, insecure. All she could see was a small man who didn´t know what to do, a man who´s life had been changed somehow and for worse.

She didn´t know him, that´s true, she had just met him the night before, but she could tell he was a nice guy. She had the idea that he had a complex with his height, that he lied because he didn´t like being short. But after this, she was sure he wasn´t lying, that he had said the whole truth about being 5´9”, who could´ve guessed?

She felt like she needed to do something or else he´ll have some sort of panic attack. She thought he´ll fall into the floor and start hyperventilating, so she needed to think fast. The lack of knowledge on his person told her she couldn´t say something too personal, given the fact that they barely knew each other, but maybe she could find a general solution for this. After a moment of thinking, she had an idea.

She approached as Jonathan was trying to maintain himself calmed, but struggling to do it. She stood closer to him, towering over him as she extended her arms on his sides, hoping this´ll work. She embraced him in her arms and brought him closer.

He wasn´t sure what was going on, he was staring at one of the corners of the room when she out of a sudden approached and now, his head was resting on her soft bosom. He turned up, trying to look at her, but he could only see the underside of her chin.

She hugged him tight as he turned his head to the side, resting on her left breast. She rested her head on his, trying to cover him full, embracing him gently as she started saying: “Shh, shh, everything´s fine, there´s no need to worry, shh, shh…” Her words were enough to bring him back to reality.

Without knowing it he rose his arms and encircled her torso with them. Now, he was hugging her, and the more he was aware of it, the tighter he embraced her. She felt so warm, so calming, so soothing. He stopped thinking for a moment and let himself melt into her embrace. Right now, it didn´t matter that she totally towered over him, he just settled himself on her for a moment as he returned to a state of tranquility.

She could only come to this idea, soothing him in a warm hug, telling him it´ll be alright. She knew that in the end, that´s what all people wants when they´re scared, or at least that’s what it seems. Whenever someone feels vulnerable, sometimes having someone else tell you there´s nothing to worry or that things will be better soon is the only thing you need to hear.

She hugged him so that he knew she was there, she wasn´t sure if he will hear her if she said something, or come to his senses and pay attention. Approaching to him this way assured her that he will feel her, know she was there, and even if he wasn´t looking at her, subconsciously he will notice her presence.

And it worked, she could feel he was settled. She stood there for a moment, waiting for him to release her, she knew there was no way for her to just set him aside, if he needed some sort of comfort then she should be the one who provides it.

It took only a few more minutes for him to let go of her and come back to normal. He still had a ton of questions on his head, but the biggest one was if there could be someone that could explain him what was going on. But that will need more time, as he stepped back, he could see the tender smile on Melissa´s face, he knew he should smile too.

Even if he wasn´t smiling at the idea that he now stood who knows how short, he should smile at the fact that she was kind enough to take him in her embrace and help him step out of a loop filled with negative ideas. And also appreciate the fact that she didn´t just call him freak and kick him out of her house.

She placed her hand on his shoulder and asked: “Are you feeling better?” in a sweet tone.

“Y-yes, thank you” he said as he placed his hand over hers.

“Would you like some breakfast?” she added.

“Uhmm, sure… I mean, if I´m not bothering” he replied in a startle way.

“Not at all…” she stated as she bent a little and tip his nose with her finger, “I´ll fix us something to eat, while I do so, make yourself at home.” And so, she departed to the kitchen, leaving him alone.

Jonathan knew he should stay calmed, he put his now oversized clothes on and then sat on the mattress as he breathed in and out thinking: “Ok, I don´t know why this happened or if there´s a way to reverse it, but there´s some things to have in mind, first… how tall am I?” he wondered.

After a while, Melissa called for him, breakfast was served. He went all the way to the kitchen and as they were eating, he couldn´t help but notice how different things were now, even the fork on his hand seemed odd, bigger and heavier. The chair he was sitting on seemed taller and the top of the table reached all the way to his chest. He didn´t like what he was living at this moment.

But Melissa knew better, she could see a shadow of sorrow on Jonathan´s face. She was aware that things were really strange, she was as shocked as he was, but she wasn´t the one that woke up shorter. She felt like she needed to make Jonathan feel better, he seemed to be a nice guy, but she had just met him yesterday, all she knew about him was limited to the dating app and their date the night before.

She took her phone out and searched thru his profile on the date app, maybe there´s some useful information on his description. She tried not to be noticed, so she placed her phone on her lap underneath the table. She opened the app, looked for his profile and started searching.

“Ok, let´s find something good enough to drive his mind somewhere else” she thought, but should that be the right answer? He wasn´t sad because his favorite team lost a game or something like that. The reason for his depression was the fact that he had shrunk overnight, neither of them know if it´s a health issue or if it can lead to some other consequences.

For sure, he should see a doctor or some sort of specialist. But she´s pretty sure no one really knows how to deal with it. She resigned on trying to distract him from it and as she found something they could both talk about, she spoke.

“Sooo… you like anime, right?” she asked.

Jonathan rose his head swallowed what he was chewing and replied: “Yes, I sure do” he smiled a little.

“Well, I do too… maybe that´s the reason why the date app matched us, don´t you think?” she asked as she smiled at him. He nodded.

For a moment they both talked about their favorite anime series. Even though Jonathan was more into the violent and more fight type anime side, he didn´t mind if she liked “soap opera” style anime. They both talked about how complex the stories are, how surprising some revelations are. They really enjoyed it, and some of the series they watched were the same, so they talked about them.

Melissa was happy with the fact that she has had success on driving his mind somewhere else. As they finished breakfast, she stood up and began doing the dishes. Jonathan was happy that he had found a new friend, and as she turned and walked away, allowing him to take a glance at her round butt he wondered: “A friend with benefits?”

As she was doing the dishes, he tried not to, but he couldn´t help but notice how small his hands seemed to be now, comparing them with the edge of the wooden table. He tried not to think so much on it, but he needed to know this could be reversed. Like a flu, only that he didn´t felt ill, but there were some visible symptoms.

“Ok, calm down, there must be a solution for this… who knows, maybe there´s a treatment. I should search for it, I mean, in between seven billion people, there must be another case, right?” he was thinking. “Besides, you wouldn´t want to freak out such a nice girl” he thought as he turned and stared at Melissa for a moment, watching her from behind in all her might.

Then it hit him, if she was a 5´6” woman who completely towered over him, how tall will other people be? He couldn´t help but to think about it, she wasn´t considered a “tall” woman, at least in regular society. “She´s not that tall and I can´t even reach her chin, then…” there´s when it hit him.

“Oh my… then…” he swallowed at the idea his mind was conceiving. “H-how tall will… Lillian be?” he started to fret. Imagine this, Melissa was an average height girl who made him look tiny, then, how tall can his Amazonian neighbor be now?

A woman who stood way taller than him when he was his, let´s say, normal height, he was sure the words “shoulder level” were not even close to where his head will reach on the statuesque woman´s physique. He stayed there for a moment, just rubbing his hands as he was sitting on the chair. He didn´t like it.

Melissa turned, she didn´t notice it but Jonathan stood up and walked all the way over where she was standing. She almost stepped on his foot as she turned. He was watching her from below, with a concerned look on his face, then he asked: “Uhmm, c-can I ask you a favor?” he said.

“Oh, uhm, sure… what is it?” she said curiously.

“Can you… measure me?” he asked.

Melissa nodded in response, knowing she had failed on distracting him from his shrinking. But that was inevitable, he will eventually become aware of it, but she was happy with the fact that she could at least set his mind somewhere else for a moment.

She grabbed the pencil and taping measure as he headed to where their marks were. For sure, there was no need to remeasure her, she wasn´t the one with the “height changes”, but he must know how tall he´s standing right now. He stood backwards at the wall, right below his previous mark as she drew a new one over his head.

He stepped away as she pulled the tape measure and said: “Ok, you´re…” she wasn´t sure if she should lie about it or not, but she should be honest to him, “four foot nine…” He blinked a couple times, “Well, a liiiittle over that, by maybe a quarter of inch.” She tried to soften the blow.

Jonathan stood there, on the outside he seemed calmed, but on the inside: “SHIT! A foot? I´ve lost a foot in height, how´s that… why me? What have I done to deserve something like this?” he needed an answer, this couldn´t be a divine punishment. For someone who´s been kicked out of the house and had struggled to get to where he was, he deserved a reward for his efforts, not being shrunk.

He let out a sigh of discomfort. He turned at Melissa as she watched how he seemed disappointed. She couldn´t help but feel bad for him. She noticed the clothes he was wearing seemed to be at least three sizes bigger, so she asked: “W-would you like me to, uhmmm, lend you some clothes?” she felt silly about it, but it was worth asking.

“Uh, I… I´m ok” he said not wanting to bother, or end up wearing a tight spandex purple tee shirt.

“Are you sure, cause I have some clothes that are unisex, I think there´s a small black tee shirt somewhere…” she said pointing at her room.

“OH no, I wouldn´t like to bother you…” and then he noticed something, “Well, can I maybe, check something first?” he asked as she just nodded.

He entered her room and started looking for something on the floor, he leaned and grabbed his shoes. When he put them on, just as he expected, they were enormous; at least for his now reduced feet, it was like wearing clown shoes, ones that will fall with his every step. Melissa entered the room and asked: “Would you like to borrow some shoes?”

“I… yes please” he said.

Normally women have smaller feet than men, so even if she was like 10 inches taller, her shoes should fit better than his. She stepped into her closet and came out with a shoe box.

“Ok, these one´s were a little tight when I bought them, but I forgot to return them, I hope they fit you well.” She said as she pulled out a pair of black canvas shoes.

He didn´t like what was going on, a woman he just met was about to lend him some shoes because the shoes he had were far too big for him. That´s not something that happens every day. She extended her arm holding the shoes and he grabbed them, thanking her.

For his surprise, the shoes fitted perfectly, and they were not really a feminine pair of shoes. A plain pair of black canvas that seemed to be unisex, that´s it. Now he only had to deal with the fact that his pants hung and his shirt was huge.

“Well, I think they fit, are you comfortable with them?” she asked.

“Uhm, yes, actually, they feel great.” He replied.

“I´m glad…” she said smiling, “Now, what can we do about the rest of your clothes?” she started thinking as he stood there watching her for a moment.

“I… well, I mean, don´t worry, as soon as I get home I´ll change into something else… then maybe I can go buy some clothes that fit.” He stated.

“Yeah but… don´t you think you look kind of… funny?” she said.

“Uhmm, well… I…” he wasn´t sure what to say.

“Come here” she said as he unconsciously stepped closer. As soon as he was a foot away from her, she bent down and started adjusting his clothes. He blushed with the fact that Melissa was now tucking him in and then folding the hem of his pants. He felt ridiculous.

“All done” she said as she stood up. The pants were baggy but at least they were now far from the floor, and his shirt was now tucked so that it didn´t seem so long.

“T-thank you.” He replied not knowing what else to say.

“You´re welcome” she replied winking at him.

He wasn´t sure why she was doing this, she had just met her and she seemed to be really nice, but maybe she acts the same way with everyone. He just watched her face, smiling at him with a sweet and friendly smile. She was one of a kind. A most likely scenario could be that by now, she would´ve already kicked him out of her apartment for what had happened, and he could be half way home by now.

But it wasn´t the case, she had lent him her shoes, made breakfast and kept a polite attitude all the while. Worst case scenario, she wants to ask something from him, but he felt that couldn´t be. He stood there divagating for a moment, but then he thought: “What could she possibly want from a guy who´s shrinking?” he came to the conclusion that she was one of those really friendly people.

“So… uhm…” she started, “do you have something to do or… would you like to stay a little longer?” she asked. Normally, when she has sex with a guy, which doesn´t happen that often, they´re long gone before breakfast. Even if she was a really attractive woman, she was not the party type. She asked Jonathan out because he seemed as a nice guy, a calm and friendly man.

That´s what she saw on him, but in reality, she was looking for someone who´ll allow her to be the one “in charge”. She didn´t wanted to dominate over him all the time, she was looking more for someone who´ll follow her, let her decide what to do and how. She wanted to be the spontaneous one, the funny one, the one who comes with the solutions to all the problems they may encounter.

After all, she was looking to move out to Japan on her own. She wanted to have a relationship where she´s the alpha one, even if she has to date a guy who falls on the shy side, an introvert or someone with not such a strong character.

She wasn´t looking to torment him or abuse of him in any way, but she felt like she deserved a soft man, someone who actually wakes up and asks her how she feels and how her day was; and also make him small pranks every now and then. That´s the reason why she sent the message first, she wanted to make the first move, and the fact that he was only three inches taller than her was a bonus. She could wear heels and tower over him if she wanted, but now that she has encountered with well… a shrinking man, she could have some more fun.

She knew that she couldn´t be mean, he didn´t know what was going on so acting in that way could freak him out and set him away. But she felt freaked out in a way too, seeing how someone had shrunk overnight wasn´t common at all. But she was curious about it, she wanted to be with him a little longer, at least see how far he can shrink. She stood there, waiting for his response a little longer.

“Well, I…” he started, “thank you for your hospitality but… I think I should get home now; I need to… you know” he said pointing at himself, he still had to know what was going on.

“Oh sure… if you want… maybe I can help you get a cab” she said.

“Sure, that´ll be awesome, thank you” he replied smiling.