The light flickered weakly in the room giving what little illumination it could in the apartment.
Cans of energy drinks and fast food boxes filled the whole area.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
"Oh come on, just open already you stupid...." Rumi said, using her shoulder to push the door open.
Boom!
The door to her apartment swung open, the smell of old food and dirty laundry was overwhelming.
Rumi almost tripped but managed to keep herself steady. "Damn it, can't that old fool do some renovations."
She said, letting out a raspy exhale. She dropped her bag on the chair and kicked off her shoes.
One by one, she slowly took off her clothing, each step leaving a piece of clothing behind. "Hmm I need some snacks, today has been rough." She complained to herself.
She stood bare before the TV, scratching her head as she looked around for some clean clothing.
The only piece of clothing she had on was her underwear.
She grabbed a vest and sniffed it, "ugh, smells rotten..... good enough." She said, putting it on.
The couch was covered in dirty laundry and food she can't remember buying. She reached out for the remote, flicking through the home screen.
"Ah, Cruchyroll. Perfect." She declared.
She binge watched multiple 12 episode anime, giving her rating on most of them. Time passed and eventually it was 10 minutes to midnight.
She gets up slowly, her back cracking and arching deeply. "Oh shit, that actually hurts." She mutters, as she feels a sharp pain in her lower back.
She groans as she lifts the clothes off the couch, each step she takes is an agonizing hit to her spine.
"Oh, this is absolute torture." She complains as she approaches the kitchen. She tosses the clothes into the machine and starts.
As the clothes spin, she reaches for a box of instant ramen she had made hours ago. She opens it as she sits on the floor.
"I have to work in 6 hours.... remove 2 hours of doomscrolling, 1 hour of personal servicing, and 2 hours of finding my will to live
"
"I have at least an hour of sleep at best, maybe if i can finish washing these clothes early.." she told herself.
The food was cold, but it was good, the spin circle eventually finished and she activated the dryer and waited.
Soon the cycle ended and she took them out, she ironed and placed them nicely on the couch.
A few hours after Andy and Ashley Left....
Morning came faster than expected, Rumi had already missed her 5 previous alarms and was about to miss the 6th.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
The sound repeated through the apartment, Rumi slowly got up, groaning loudly as she grabbed her glasses.
"Who? What?! What time is it??" She asked herself.
"Rumi, get up. We're gonna be late for work." Marie shouted softly from the outside.
She opened the door to find Rumi half dressed in the couch, her arm resting between her legs.
Marie blushed and immediately covered her eyes, "I told you to stop touching yourself, it's wrong." She told Rumi.
Rumi merely groaned and rubbed herself, not really caring about her disheveled appearance.
"M-marie, what's the order of business for today?" She asked, her voice labored and uneven.
"Well, Mr Matthews is out for today and....." she didn't even finish as Rumi let out a satisfied gasp.
"Perfect, I get a day off, come over here and help me out would you." She told Marie.
Marie slowly uncovered her eyes and stared at Rumi. "What??...What!!???" she asked her.