One Shots At Random

The Grim Reaper's Death

The Grim Reaper was the first human to die and had taken it upon themself to walk the deceased to the afterlife so that they do not have to feel the loneliness they felt.

Grim Reaper - Souh

Last soul - Izuku

Brother like Souh

Sick Izuku

Dead/Reaper Souh

Dying/Dead Izuku

Time for another, I thought.

How many had I ferried into this forever state? Too many to count.

This time, it was one of the worst types of jobs that I have come across in my line of work.

A child...

I stood in the hospital room, in the corner. I watched as the parents silently cried at their comatose son. The sound of beeping filled the room, the only clue that the boy was still alive.

He was to be my last, that is what I had decided.

I had watched him before. I'd seen the chemo ravage his body and make him weak. I held his hand in an attempt to comfort him as he vomited. Wiped his tears when he'd started losing his emerald hair. And now the cancer was winning, he only had a few minutes left.

I'd found that I could possess a person for a few minutes at a time thousands of years ago. To provide comfort, to ready them for their passing and to prevent the loneliness they would inevitably feel. They would soon leave me though. I never stepped through the light, I never wanted to stop doing this.

But now, after so many wars, so much suffering, after billions of people ferried to the next world I realized that I was, and still am, so tired.

The doctor flipped the switch on his ventilator, and soon that beeping stopped and the cries of the family grew louder. Such grief I'd heard before but will never hear again.

"Momma?" He said, confused, "Mom, I'm right here!" He tried to hug his mothers sleeve but grew scared when his hand passed straight through.

"Hi there little one. My name's Souh. I know this may not be what you want to hear but it will be okay." I say from the corner as I remove my vigil and crouch down to look the child in the eyes, "you've moved on to a place where there will be no pain or suffering. No more medicines that can make you feel worse. You can be around other people again. Will you come with me? You will get to meet so many new people." I say as I hold out my hand to the child.

His bright green eyes grew sad. "I won't be able to see mom again will I?"

I stretched out my other hand to him, "You'll see her again... when it's her time." He took my hand and started to cry as I pulled him into a hug.

When he calmed down we walked out of the room and into the hallway as all the other times I'd seen it.

He looked up at me, "Are you coming?"

"Yeah," I said, "this is my time too."

I thought of every soul I'd met, and knew I'd be welcome. As the two of us walked to meet the light, I said a silent sorry to the souls I'd never meet. That would have to find their own way. But after thousands, probably billions of years it was my time to move on.

Time for my rest.