Literature
Forever
They were colleagues. Yes, that was it. Colleagues - friends, yes.
He called Alan by just his name, and Alan called him just Eric, and that seemed to be just fine.
He started thinking of Alan more and more - after all, the more petite shinigami didn't have much time. Each attack of the Thorns of Death left him weaker, which made him more susceptible to future attacks, which meant he was running out of time.
Eric hadn't known shinigami could die.
But Alan had come to him, once they had passed their final exams - after the incident - and had shut the door, had sat down on the bed and cried.
He told Eric the news, just as he himself had bee