[ WP ] Death spared your life and made you immortal . Over hundreds of years , you have become friends . He 's been very busy with work and you miss seeing your buddy . You spend centuries attempting to create world peace , stop war and cure diseases so you can spend some quality time with your only friend .

It was a pick up line that did it, surely among the worst to have ever been uttered. I'd just died, I had little enough doubt of that given the way the three bullets had torn through my chest and left me slumping against the wall. She was beautiful, Death, for all she also seemed sad when she came to guide me to the next world. 
 
 
 `` Impressed by the things I'll do for a date?'' I asked flashing my best smile. 
 A blank look for a moment and she finally deadpanned back, `` Well at least you did n't say I've been tying to meet you.'' 
 
 
 `` Too soon'' I said. It was stupid, honest, and it got a smile I would come to learn was a very rare thing indeed. `` Listen...'' I said, `` I know we've probably got places to go, but can we hang out a little first?'' 
 
 
 We did. An afternoon turned into an evening and I fell in love. I do n't think she did. I am not sure Death can love, not really, or at least she can not love any part of reality more than the next. Death comes for all things in their most needy moment, guiding them with compassion to the next world. But when the morning came she did not take me with her, I was left in the world. 
 
 
 When you live long enough she becomes a familiar sight, slipping in and out of the rooms of old friends. Always there at the scenes of the greatest tragedy, doing her part and helping as she may. Always on time, always sad. 
 
 
 Through the centuries I have tried to help as I can, to bring a smile back to those lips. I helped to cure the Leghos virus. I rescued twenty three people trapped in a transit shuttle outside the Berside habitat. After that I found her her light touch on my shoulder, `` I'll still come for them you know.'' I answered, `` And for me, eventually, I know, but not today. Today your burden is a little lighter.'' 
 
 A feather light touch on my cheek, a kiss I might almost have imagined. Some speak proudly of their willingness to die for those they love, but I strive to bring life for the love of Death.
