A boring evening

“Meaningless huh!? WHAT DO YOU KNOW OF MEANINGLESS!?!?”

Alone in her room sat Alex, cuddled up in her bed watching anime, trying to stave off boredom. And failing.

There was just nothing to do at the moment. No new games were coming any time soon. All her friends were busy. And she didn’t feel like setting up a stream at the moment.

She sighed, switching off her tv as she stood up to walk around her house in search of anything to distract herself. She paced aimlessly around, at one point opening her fridge only to close it a second later. Eventually she found herself staring out the window. It was a pretty day outside, nice cool weather with minimal wind despite the forecast. Alex thought that maybe she should go for a swim, but decided against it, not wanting to go through the cleanup afterwards. That just left one last idea: a walk.

A simple activity to close out the day, and yet one she quite enjoyed. Alex began considering where she might go as she went to get changed into some more suitable clothes, but when she reached her dresser was struck with an unfortunate dilemma. All her walking clothes were still in need of a wash from the last few times she went.

Alex felt disappointment come over her as she resigned that she was just going to be doing laundry tonight. She slowly began the process of collecting her various articles of clothing, but paused at a particular item. An old overcoat she had once borrowed from one of her male friends but never got around to returning.

As Alex looked upon the overcoat a feeling she’d not had for some time passed through her. Surely she couldn’t just… but who would even know? The coat was long enough, reaching just below her mid thigh. And it was late enough that not too many people would see her anyway.

Alex picked the coat up, letting the pile she had collected fall to the floor in a heap. She held the coat to her arm to feel it against her skin: firm, and not an uncomfortable material. Was she really going to do this?

Shaking her head, Alex tossed the coat down. She knew it was stupid and dangerous, and that nothing good could come of it. Picking up her discarded clothes once again, she made haste to get started on her laundry.