Touched By Death
-Elliot , a high school senior kills everything he touches. He has no idea why he has this power. He kills multiple electronic devices until it's discovered he can block it with gloves. So, he wears gloves at all time. When he reaches age 16, he finds out that his voice causes others to lose consciousness and his breath causes an irreversible coma. So he takes to wearing a mask at all times, and becomes a mute. He lives a lonely existence, living by himself, avoiding others, only able to have a conversation via sign language with the elderly woman who took care of him during his time at the orphanage... until a new kid shows up and touches his skin directly with no consequences. How?
-Asahi , a Reaper spends his endless life searching for something among the lives he's slated to take. Each one is filled with emotions such as happiness, love, sorrow, and anguish. One day, he comes across a woman on the brink of death with her small son in her arms, already dead. She pleads with him to save her son. Moved by her wish, he agrees, giving him a second life. However, having been touched by death, the child now kills anything he touches. Asahi goes about his life, doing his job monotonously until the day he's slated to take the kid's life again. However, seeing how much the kid has been struggling, he can't bring himself to do it. Something pulls at him. He decides to figure out what it is before taking the boy's soul.
The two quickly forge a friendship. Elliot, not having had a friend for over a decade. Asahi, not really feeling the need to connect to anyone other than the Captain of his squad.
Friendship... is this what Asahi was searching for? Is is it something more?