A/N: Inspired by the Korean Drama Goblin

Karma pov
My whole life I've had one job
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Collect the souls of the dead

It never bothered me once.
Death was a normal thing.

I never felt a thing when someone died.

But when I met him, everything changed

You could say I had a double life.
I was a normal student in high school, and although I didn't act like a good student I still had the best grades in the whole school.

When school was over I would go out and collect the souls of those who passed.

It was a pretty simple job
All I had to do was confirm their identity and lead them to the light.

"Today we have a new student" the teacher spoke and a short boy with clear skin and blue hair walked in
"Hello, I'm Shiota Nagisa, pleased to meet you" he smiled

I had to admit he made a good entrance, all the girls were squealing at how cute he was, even the boys
"You could sit next to Akabane"
"Yes" he responded

He walked up to me and smiled
"Nice to meet you"
"Yeah"
He sat down and began taking notes

I feel bad for him, having to deal with me.
He must be scarred shitless right now

Once school was over I was packing my stuff when I saw Shiota looking at me
"What"
"Ah! I I am sorry I just...I don't really know anyone here"
"...that's too bad" I replied walking to the door
"Wait!" He grabbed my arm
"What do you want? I gotta go somewhere!"
"I want to be friends!"
"!!"
I was taken aback after hearing those words
He wants to be friends with me
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"Akabane?"
"Look if you want a friend look somewhere else"
"But!-"
"There's alot of girls who seem to want to be your friend. Why not ask them" I told him before walking out

Once I got home I changed into some sweatpants and a white t-shirt.

I got out my notebook from my desk and began looking at the list of names of people who were close to dying.
"Seems like I'll be busy this week" I smirked

The next day I went to class and saw Shiota already there
"Akabane! Good Morning!"
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I only ignored him and sat down
Nothing good comes out of making friends

"Karma...I mean it when I say I want to be friends"
"Well I'm not interested"
"...I see"
I looked over at him and saw that he was looking down in disappointment.
'why does he want to be friends with me soo bad?'

It was lunch break and I took a look at my notebook again
It seems like Shiota Hiromi is going to die tonight
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'Wait, is this a relative of Shiota Nagisa?'
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I let the idea go and I was headed back inside when I saw a bunch of kids from our class surrounding Shiota
"Come on, you'll look so cute!"
"I'm so jealous of your hair"
"What a shame you're not a girl"

"..."
I was just going to ignore them, but for some reason I felt like I had to protect him

"What's going on?" I asked
"A-Akabane!"
"N-nothing!" They all yelled and ran off
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"You ok?"
"Yeah, thank you" he smiled sadly
"...Is this why you wanted to be my friend? You wanted someone to protect you" I asked
"No! I just want someone who'll treat me as equal...mom never did" he mumbled the last part
"...why me though?"
"I saw that you had a Sonic Ninja book"
"You like Sonic Ninja?" I asked surprised
"Yeah! It's my favorite!"

After that I hung out with Shiota the whole day.
It was actually really fun and he was really interesting.
For once I felt like a normal kid

It got dark and Shiota looked at his phone
"I had fun today, but I gotta go"
"Go where?" I asked
"The hospital"
"Are you ok?"
"Yeah, I'm just going to visit my mom"
My eyes widened at his statement
His mom!?

"Bye! I'll see you tomorrow"
"Wait!" I grabbed his arm
"What is it?"
"Can I come?"
"Uh, you don't have to"
"I want to"
"O-ok"

We both went to the hospital and we entered the room.
There was his mom...my next target

She looked so thin and small in that big bed.
All her color was gone and her breathing was slow.

"...I Really hate her" Nagisa spoke
"Your mom?"
"Yeah, my whole life I was treated like a girl because of her"
"Then why do you visit her?"
"Because she's my mom"
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It was almost time for his mom to die so I told Shiota to go get me a drink.

I sat down next to her and waited until her heart stopped beating.

I waited a bit until her soul came out.

She looked confused when she saw me
"Who are you?"
"A reaper"
" ...I see"
"Can you confirm that you are Shiota Hiromi, age 48"
"Yes"
"Because of the crime you did to your son you will not be going to heaven"
"That's fine, I did terrible things to him and I deserve to be punished"

After I finished I heard a bottle fall.
I turned around and I saw Shiota looking at me with wide eyes.
"Akabane, You're a reaper...."
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5 years later
"Karma! Karma! wake up!"
"Mmm 5 more minutes" I said pulling Nagisa back in bed
"Karma! Come on we have to go to work"
"Then let's take a break"
"Come on Karma let go! I have a big presentation today!"
I sighed letting Nagisa out of my embrace
"Get ready, I'll make breakfast" he said
I only smiled in response

When Nagisa found out about me he was very accepting.
He said he finally understood why I didn't want to get close to anyone.
That he was glad he found out because he felt closer to me.

After a year the two of us began to date and as of right now we have set our wedding date a month from now.

I went downstairs and saw Nagisa in the kitchen making an omlet.
"Smells good" I said hugging him from behind
He only chuckled in response

He put the plate infront of me and we both ate our breakfast.

After we finished Nagisa kissed me goodbye and drove off.
I still had time before going to work so I just sat on the sofa, looking over the options we had for our wedding invitations.

Just then I had a bad gut feeling so I looked at my notebook.
I noticed that the list of kids who would die in an accident disappeared
"!!!"
Why did their fate change!?

I kept thinking of reasons as to why it would change...but nothing

3rd person pov
Nagisa had finished his presentation and was on his way home when he got a call.
He put his earpiece on and answered
"Hey Karma"
"How'd the presentation go?" He asked
"It went well, I'm on my way home right now"
"Good"
The light turned green and Nagisa began taking the turn.

The one thing that wasn't noticed was that the brakes to a truck that was parked uphill were not on.
It soon began rolling down, the same direction where the bus was to pick up the group of kids.

Nagisa turned his head and saw the truck going downhill at a high speed.
"!!!"
If he dodged the truck it would hit the bus, but if he didn't...

All of a sudden he hit the brake on his car, blocking the bus
"I must be crazy"
"Nagisa? What did you just say? What's going on" Karma asked on the other side of the phone
"Karma I love you!" He yelled before the truck crushed his car and it began flipping in the air.
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"Nagisa! Nagisa! Where are you?! Hello!"

Nagisa was barely uncounsious and used the rest of his strength to turn his head, to make sure the kids were ok.
He lifted the corners of his lips when he saw that they were unharmed.

Karma pov
I tracked Nagisa's phone and saw his car, it was flipped upside down.
Glass was everywhere and a crowd had surrounded the whole area.
"Nagisa...." I whispered and dropped my phone
I now understood why their names disappeared.
It was a momentary instinct and a choice only made by that person, something no one could predict.

I looked around and I saw Nagisa's soul, looking at the scene infront of him. A painful smile on his face.

I walked up to him
"Why?"
"I don't know. It just happened. Before I knew it my foot was on the brake"
"....why are you leaving me?"
"Because unlike me they still have a life to live."
"What about me!?"
"I'm sorry Karma, but you'll be fine without me. You already were before you met me"
"No! No I wasn't! You were the one who gave me a life!"
"...."
I saw that Nagisa's body slowly began to fade away
"Karma, it's time"
Tears were escaping my eyes
"Born July 20, age 23, Shiota Nagisa....can you confirm"
He only smiled and nodded

It's been 7 years since Nagisa passed away and ever since I stopped collecting souls.
I was scarred of feeling that feeling again.

I never want to love again, I never want to feel again.

Those feelings will forever be for Nagisa alone
I'll love him forever