With the confetti flying around me I first couldn't see the three women, even so I was way too shocked at their sudden appearance to do other things, other than just froze on spot.
Slowly the confetti rain cleared and I could finally see the women clearer. But when I saw them it was as if my world suddenly stopped moving. Time slowed down and I could hear my thumping hurd like a drum.
The first woman on the right was stunningly beautiful, so beautiful it almost hurt to look at her. There was no way to describe her, other than saying she was perfect. Long slender legs, a thin waist, well endowed breasts, who were almost hypnotizing. And her face was simply divine, carefully crafted with big blue eyes and long blonde hair. She was the epitome of beauty.
Looking at the middle, there stood a woman with a beauty, who definitely didn't loose to the first one. Impossible long legs with smooth white skin. An hourglas figure, with big perky breasts and a face, that looked like it was crafted out of every men's dream, or women's. Slightly slanted, yet round pink eyes and long wavy pink hair.
When I looked at the third woman, I expected almost the same divine beauty, and I wasn't disappointed. From her legs that seemed to be made for turning every men's and some women's head, to a narrow waist and perfect breasts. She had the smallest size out of the three, but that didn't mean they were small, it was more like the opposite. Her face seemed to be made for making the opposite party drool. Her eyes were big, round and red. Her hair reached to her waist and shone in a deep dark.
Or simply said the three women were sex on two legs.
Well, that was how I would describe the three later on. Currently, my brain overloaded. Not only did they got me by surprise, there beauty was simply divine, that I couldn't form a coherent thought.
"Oh dear, looks like we got her really good.", giggled the pink haired woman. Her voice was so enchanting, I was instantly dazed and started to drool. But can you blame me? If a woman of such beauty talked to you everybody would drool. Now I could finally understand, why the people reacted always so over the top, when they saw me. If my beauty contained even one percent of the thre lady's, it would definitely understandable.
But I digress. Feeling the drool on my chin I finally snapped back and did what every sane person in my situation would do.
"Would you like a slice of my cake?", I asked the three. I halted, something was wrong.
"NO. What I mean is: What the hell are you doing in my apartment?!?" With each word my voice got louder until I almost yelled.
Seeing my outburst the black haired woman started to speak.
"Well, how should we start?"
The blonde woman chimed in: "How about we introduce ourselves? My name is Freya, I'm the Norse Goddess of Love, Beauty and War, these are my main divinities."
A Goddess? Are you kidding me? Before I could speak my disbelief, the pink haired woman continued.
"I'm Aphrodite the Greek Goddess of Love, Beauty and Lust. Like Freya, I also have minor divinities, but these are my main divinities."
Another one?
"My name is Lilith and I'm like Aphrodite the Goddess of Love, Beauty and Lust."
Hearing the answer of the three my jaw dropped to the ground, but it seemed like they weren't finished.
Together the three continued: "And we are lovebound to you, darling/sweetie/Celeste!"
I blinked. And blinked again.
"Y... You are lovebound? To me?", I asked with a shaky voice.
Lilith stepped in front of me. "Yes, you..." before she could end I broke down.
"No, no, no. This isn't real. This isn't real!" I repeated. "I just wanted a simple romance with a beautiful girlfriend and you are telling me I'm married to the three most promiscuous women on earth?"
Crouching down and rolling myself together in a ball, I kept being in denial. But who could blame me, not only were the three goddesses, while I was a mortal. One was said to have slept with her whole pantheon, the other one was the literal queen of Succubi and the last one gifted her husband the biggest green hat in existence.
Seeing me shaking and rumbling on the floor the goddesses were at a loss of what to do.
Freya started: "What should we do? We didn't expect her to have a breakdown."
Aphrodite answered wryly: "Well, what did we expect. First our reputation isn't exactly good, plus she's a mortal. Such developments take time to process. As for the rumours, I can confidently say at least mine are false. Why would I do all that, when I knew my soulmate is somewhere out there?" "Same." Answered Freya.
Looking at Celeste the two saw Lilith craddling her in her arms and speaking calmly to her, while her hand patted her back.
Lying shakily in Liliths arms I took a deep breath to calm myself down. "Is it true?", I asked. "Mhm." Lilith answered,nodding her head.
"And all that on my birthday." I murmured.
Some may think I believe these three way too easily, but if you come across god's or goddesses, who don't hide themselves, you will immediately realize it. Especially if their divinity is Love and Beauty. Simply said, everything about them screamed Goddess. Their beauty, their aura, their pressure and the feeling of oppression coming from them.
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Ten minutes later I calmed down enough to sit on the couch and look at the three. In these ten minutes, I also got used to their overwhelming beauty, and even I knew that such short recovery rate was definetely not normal.
Looking at the three I decided to start.
"Tell me about this so called lovebound-thing."
"Then I will explain it." Aphrodite started.
"A long, very long time ago, to be exact at the birth of our universe, the guardian of eternity..."
"Who's that?" I interrupted. Lilith answered, "The guardian of eternity watches over the nothingness, before and after a universe was birthed and ceased to exist. Once a universe is formed from nothingness, he falls into a long sleep and wakes up, when the universe ceased to exist."
"Back to the story", Aphrodite continued.
"The guardian spoke of a prophecy. Three Goddesses, the Goddesses of beauty and love, are fated to be lovebound to the most beautiful mortal woman to ever exist. On her 23rd birthday they will unite and the world order, who existed until then, will be shattered."
"When you were born, the three of us felt a ripple and we knew you were born. So we waited for your 23rd birthday and then went here. Until now nobody knew of your existence, but when you turned 23, just an hour ago, everybody knew you arrived." Freya continued.
"Oh, I should add, that nobody knows you will shatter the world order. They all only know, that you are our soulmate and the reason, why we are still chaste." Aphrodite ended their story.
The moment she ended, I turned pale. And why shouldn't I? I knew the consequences of her remark.
With a low voice I asked: "You mean, they all think it will be my fault?"
Inwardly I prayed I was wrong.
Aphrodite answered simply: "Yes."
The moment she confirmed it, my knees gave up and I stared blankly in the air. I knew, that soon every single male, aside from the homosexual ones, as well as some women, would turn to me and hunt me. In their eyes, I was the reason, why the three Goddesses didn't choose a partner and as their soulmate, who they were loyal to, I was the problem, who 'hindered' them.
"How will I survive this?" I asked myself.
Unsurprisingly the three heard me and Freya kneeled in front of me and took me inside her arm. "We will protect you and make sure you can defend yourself. I'm not without a reason the Goddess of war."
With a silent gesture she waved at Aphrodite and Lilith to come and hug me too.
Being pressed in their soft and wonderful valleys - Aphrodite to my right, Lilith to my left and Freya in front - I felt some invisible bond to them, that gave me a sense of belonging, which I searched for my whole life. Their presence grounded me and I felt as if I could turn against the whole world, with them by my side.
After our bonding moment was over, I finally went to bed. Apparently their hugs were so comfortable, I nearly fell asleep. The fact that it was well last one o'clock am also played a role.
Despite my bed not being big enough the three Goddesses still decided to accompany my sleep. In the end we slept on a sleeping pad, with Aphrodite on top of me and Lilith and Freya at both my sides.
"Good Night", I murmured and closed my eyes. The three answered, but I already didn't hear them anymore.