Truth: If I asked you to, would you drop everything and stay by my side for the rest of eternity?
The question had caught him off guard made the silver tongued devil just stand there, mouth opening slightly but… no words came out. Hell, not even any words were forming in his head. Like the question had scared all syllables, all letters out of his head.
Moments passed.. and slowly there came life back into him, he pressed his lips together, averting his eyes, clenching his teeth.
“You..” he started, closing his eyes and breathing deeply in and out. “You are eternity, Death. Mine.. anyone’s…” that was not a real answer, but he hoped to gain a few more moments. Slowly he opened his eyes again, and there was hurt in them, hurt about the other even asking such a question. But it disappeared again, like all such feelings always are fast hidden behind a mask of jesting again.
“Well I would.. but what I would drop would be a bomb, Death. The maybe a few.. going into pension with a big bang.. you know me.. I would do that.. but maybe there wouldn’t be much there anymore after..” all words spoken in his casual joking manner, like everything was just that. A joke. Earth, his feelings, Death’s feelings.. everything was just a big joke.. and maybe if he continued to tell that himself and others he would start believing his greatest lie. And with that make it all stop hurting and truly laughable..