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I haven't seen Maitri in the longest time. I know he's a Grim Reaper and a police officer and therefore he must be very busy afterall. Even though I don't know about Mat's job because he said its classified, I was thinking of asking Mat to help me find him.

But then again maybe it was better that he was keeping his distance. Maybe I shouldn't be trying to look for him. Maybe this was for the best.

I sighed as I glanced at Mat who was sleeping so soundly on the bed. He looked so serene, as if he didn't have a care in the world. I smiled, actually tonight was our first night sharing a room together for an entire night.

He mostly visited but never had a sleepover. I kissed his forehead and watched him frown slightly in his sleep. Flashes of him and Shanti suddenly began to plague my mind and I began to wonder what had been going on between the two of them earlier.

Maybe it was just my imagination. Why would I doubt Mat?.

I took a deep breath and pulled the covers back, settling in behind him and spooning him before I drifted off to sleep.

The first time I woke up was around 1 in the morning and I woke up with Mat not in bed. Assuming he had woken up to take a bathroom break, I drifted back to sleep.

But when I woke up again an hour later, he was still not in bed.

Worry filled each and every part of my being as I slowly walked to the bathroom to check but he wasn't there.

I decided to wait but ended up falling asleep once again.

Morning came and I woke up at 10, a little too late than I would have liked. Mat was still no where to be found and so I quickly freshened up and headed towards the police precinct. I was ready to file a missing person's report when I saw him walking to a desk with a card in his hand?

Mat is a police officer?

But why had he kept it a secret all this time?.

And also wasn't grim reapers supposed to be Police officers?. Did that make Mat a police officer?.

I must be jumping to conclusions, maybe he's only here to help out. Perhaps he was only trying to accumulate points so he can go together with me on the next Afterlife Holiday.

I smiled as I looked at him, how did I get myself such a sweet boyfriend?. Turning back, I headed back to my apartment with a huge grin on my face.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the world...

Samsara stood at his window, glancing down at the flowers blooming in his backyard. He felt so miserable and frustrated with his life. A never ending life of disease, poverty and humiliation. Nothing was going well for him since he was denied entrance to the afterlife.

He glanced down his leg and groaned when he hit it against a chair behind him. Even his vision was getting blurry, and he wasn't even an old man yet.

Sam's stomach grumbled and he tediously made his way to the rickety fridge in the corner of the room. Everything was different, his life before and his life now. Mere hours in the afterlife into an entire year here when he arrived.

He exhaled and for the millionth of times, wished he was dead. But even death was not welcoming him inspite of the countless illnesses and hunger. Sam pulled out a botyle of half consumed banana milk and immediately began to gulp it down. it was the only thing left in the fridge that was consumable. The rest were stacks of papers and clothes.

Even ater emptying the contents of the bottle, he still felt the pang of hunger. The same old feeling of never getting full filldd him and he shouted in annoyance causing a few birds perched on his window to frighteningly fly away.

Sam had had enough. He wanted to end it all. He just couldn't stand the miserable life he ess living anymore. Therefore he pulled out a small black bottle from underneath the fridge.

He pulled back the top lid, shutting his eyes and immediately gulping down the white milky substance it.

Sam fell limply onto the floor, body spasming uncontrollably as his breathing became errant and heavy.

This wasn't the first time, neither will it be the last.

Minutes later, his body had gone cold, all evidence of life already gone. He stood, watching his lifeless body and smiled, finally free of the burden of a miserable existence.

Then suddenly, he felt his head spin. He immediately shut his eyes against his blurry vision and when he opened his eyes once again, he was face to face with his lifeless body. His face contorted in an unreadable expression and he shouted in annoyance as he felt another dizzy spell hit him. it was the usual indication of his return to life.

Why couldn't he just stay dead for once?, he wondered.

After everything he'd done to shorten his predicament, he still had a long way to go, many more deaths to wait for.

A sinister smile appeared on his lips, a mischievious glint evident in his eyes as he spoke to himself,

"it doesn't matter if I have to die by my own hands a thousand times, I'll make sure I end up in the afterlife", and then he smiled.

Minutes later, his head began to spin uncontrollably, his eyes involuntarily shut themselves and he felt himself become lightweight. When he opened his eyes once again, he was in his body. A disgusted frown appeared on his face as he checked his body for any bruise or deformities and sure enough there was one.

An ugly scar running from the inside of his arm down to the back of his wrist. It also happened whenever he ended up killing himself, a bew scar appeared as if reminding him of the sanctity of human life and the sacrilege of ending that life.

Too late, he had already killed himself 5 times already and he was definitely getting used to seeing these scars.

A satisfied smile spread onto his thin lips and his eyes glinted mischieviously.

95 deaths more to go...

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AUTHOR'S NOTE

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