Not surprisingly, Life came before Death when he made the first ant. It almost immideatly died because the endless void that would eventually be the universe, had not become the universe yet. The void crushed the ant because the void, at that point, was only habitable by immortals, who could withstand the high pressure that the void was.
Death came shortly after the ant died, but having no afterlife to take the soul, it was free to roam the void until Afterlife was created.
"Where did you come from?" Death questioned Life.
"I don't know. The first thing I remember is the endless joy that life must be." Life answered.
"Funny. I got the exact opposite