82 Death 1

Gibson

I sleep at nowhere again and get off from the shell that I am living and walk into the light to see the soul I am taking to the paradise. That's my job. Taking the souls down here to Paradise so that my twin sister Soul can count them and assign them to where they should belong or to choose their fate.

"If I don't see this soul again, I have to make a red alert. Damn, Abyss! If you have something to do with this, I will totally kick your butt." I mutter as I look around the dark forest. I heard rustling sound and then there! A glowing new soul. I walk to her body and she is suffering. She look into my eyes. "Hey there, darling. You will be fine now." I held out my hand. "Take my hand, I will take you to Paradise." She didn't think twice and her soul take my hand as the stairs to the Paradise opens.

"Don't you think that it is too early for her to go up there?" I snapped my eyes to Abyss.

"I am just muttering about you and here you are…" I mock. I look at her. "Olivia, my father is waiting on the door. You will be safe up there." I told her truthfully and she is trusting me.

"You are not safe anywhere, sweet." I glare at Abyss. Olivia now seemed hesitating. "You will still suffer all over again. Come with me and I will take you to your wildest dream."

I look up to see father's face, full of loneliness.

"Do not interfere in someone else's work, Abyss." We turn to see Soul glowing like the light above. I grin at my twin.

"Oh, hey there, Goddess of Soul. So good to see your beauty." Abyss grin cockily. I look at Olivia and her eyes are full of fear. I gently caress her face.

"Worry no more. Fear no more. Up there, you'll see the paradise of love and happiness." She smiled and walk up to meet my father. The light to paradise closes and I and my twin face Abyss.

"I expected it to happen."

"You desire and lust our sister so much that's why you became like this." Soul stated and as usual, she's straightforward. I agree with her and mimic her arms crossed under her chest. "Greed won't lead you to anything, my brother. My door is always open for you to ask forgiveness, like father always opens it for you. But once you do stupid thing again, I won't think twice to do what's right and best."

"Same here." I agree again.

"Don't get me wrong, I love Adhiti."

"Of course, but you desire her and lust her. That kind of love that we never can get. We are the blood of our father. And that desire lead you to obsession that makes you erase her memories to be with her someday because of jealousy you felt toward the man she loved, her guardian." I can see that Abyss is flinching on her every word. "Don't meddle in our work. You have your own and do what you should do."

"Straightforward as ever." He stepped forward to my twin sister and gently stroke her silver hair. "My dear, you do not understand the love I am feeling. It pains me and kills me slowly. I shall take away those pain and my love is the key to it."

"Your love? It will pain you more and make you lonely more than you are now. Her anger, hatred and pain will be your burden. Don't tell me that I didn't warn you and I am warning you again, my brother." I can see that even Soul is lonely. My poor baby sister. "Our father's love is boundless than the love between opposite. Don't you think of it? Adhiti's love is boundless as fathers and you shall give and spread it but you make her lonely and hurt." Abyss immediately pull down his hand like he's been burnt.

"You will never understand." He disappear in darkness. I look at Soul who is crying of loneliness. I spread my arms for her and she shove her face on my chest crying all the loneliness washing it.

"Just cry… yeah, it helps. We can eat a lot when we turn into our bodies. It will make you less depress. Plus, Clarence, that ass-butted-head is waiting for you. I hate to say this but he loves you like opposite sex did. Romantic love…" I sighed thinking of it. I had never been in any Romantic love. Because I never had fallen in love in romantic way.

As we get back to our bodies, I open my eyes and get startled to see Rosy's face.

"Oh, damn! You scare the hell outta me!" I scowl and washed my palms on my face. She grimaced at me.

"I am not scary! I am beautiful." She scowl back. She stood and she's wearing a really short skirt. I look on her long legs and raise my eyebrow.

"What the hell are you wearing? You are here in woods, don't you ever consider that bugs dislike your legs?" she make an annoyed growl on her throat and kick my knee. I grimaced at her.

"I was just passing by and then, again, I saw you here sleeping. I had been here for five minutes and you didn't even notice me."

"I am a heavy sleeper." I stood and remove all the dirt from my pants and shirt. "And what are you doing here?" I ask in curiosity. "You are not stalking me, are you?" her eyes widens.

"Hell no!"

"Then what are you doing here?" she sigh exasperatedly.

"None of your fucking business." She stomp her feet and walk off. I pull my phone because it was dark. I can see clearly in darkness but she might tripped. She scream and when I look at her, I saw a very fast thing crawl away. I run to her to see two bites… venomous snake and this is not just a snake… It started to get purple. Her heart is palpating like her breathing.

I look around me… this is the darkness's doing.

"Do something!" she said hysterically. It is not her time to die yet and I can save her. I kneel down and bent out as I took it to my mouth. I sipped it really long with her blood together with the venom and spit it out. The slithering darkness that almost ate her soul turns into smoke. I spit again and look at her who already fall down the ground.

"Damn you Abyss!" I mutter and check her bite. It is swollen but not dangerous anymore. I look around to see small plant that grows magically on the ground. "Earth," I mutter. She grow it there. "Thank you for the antidote." I said and took few leaves on it. "I wish that Abyss fall down into his butt." I look back at Rosy who look less rosy and look pale.

I carried her into my arms as I walk back to the campus and walk to The God of Death's fountain. I lay her down and pull a handkerchief as I dipped it on the water and murmur my prayer and pull my healing power. I clean her wound. I dipped it again and washed the handkerchief. I crumple the leaves and rubbed it as the juices are coming out.

Putting it gently on her wounds, as I tightly wrapped the handkerchief around it. I look at her and stare at her for a while. Yup! She's a beauty however, she's a bitch that they called, yet I didn't found her that way. She's annoying sometimes and I like teasing her and annoying her back.

"Hey!" I shook her. "You should wake up because you are not dying yet." Her brows furrows and she open her brown eyes. I held my hand out and she took it, I gasped when her soul take it instead and she was separated from her body. She blinks and stare at me. "Go back." I told her.

"What?" she look down and gasped.

"I said lay down back. Go back, it is not your time yet." She panic and the only thing I can do is to hold her cheeks. "Rosy, go back. Trust me." She nod and she lay down back to her body. I release her hand and she was back to her own body.

She gasped and sit up. She almost fall on the water but I hold her and he both fall down the water. I pushed myself back and pull her up. She started coughing and push her hair. A water flash on us and I hated it. Damn, they are all making fun of me. I look up to hear the laughter of my brothers and sisters. This is one of The God of Love's work and the Goddess of Desire's work, plus the playful Aqua.

Don't be so grumpy brother. Enjoy your youthful life down there. I heard Love's voice.

"Shut up." I mutter.

"What?" I glanced at her and she look messily wet and… hate to say this bu-- hot. Her low cut tank is hot and it looks like her skin. I stood.

"Never mind." I get off from the fountain and was about to left but she groans and she is suffering from standing.

"Won't you bother to help me, Grim Reaper?" the name Grim Reaper that most of the people called me was a cool name. But I prefer my name, Death. I can see her underwear showing and I hate it! It makes me desire her! Damn you Desire! I heard her beautiful laughter inside my head.