Ever stretches and realizes that, fuck, they hadn't made it to a proper bed before passing out last night. And there came the leg cramp... Every stupid time.
Maybe they could go to their bedroom and sleep it off? But, nope. Got work today and just enough time to get ready before. Why couldn't they get a job that pays them to sleep? Like, they'd be an amazing mattress quality tester. Or someone who rates the comfort of pillows... There should be someone who does that to make it easier to know the quality of bedding when ordering online since people can't feel it for themselves.
Ever hobbles around the house, trying to work out the muscle kink in their leg as they get ready for the day. They can practically hear the nagging in their head as they grab a meal replacement bar to munch on and a can of some mostly chemicals energy drink. Real food takes effort and they don't want to today. Sure, they don't want to most days, but that doesn't change the facts of right now.
Much sooner than they'd prefer, Ever had to go out into the world. Where all the annoying people are. Because living required money for some stupid reason. And jobs won't give people money unless they go out and work for it. Which was almost as annoying as people in Ever's opinion.
Maybe Ever should just rob a bank... Nah. Knowing their luck, they'd mess up and someone would recognize them. And then they'd be out of a job in addition to getting caught. Which meant being even more broke than they already are.
And Ever might be a failure of an adult, but they weren't no mooch. Their parents made sure of that... Just the thought of taking advantage of another's generosity caused a pit to form in their stomach. If it wasn't for that dread, Ever might have even considered a friend's joking suggestion they look into being a sugar baby. Not that they had anything that qualified them to suggest being anyone's sugar baby other than a lack of desire to work. There were plenty of people who were leaps more attractive and they hated interacting with others.
Which meant a crappy job in a passingly fine town, interacting with stupid people... And, just their luck, it was nice weather today. People tended to be extra chatty when it was pleasant weather.
~ ~ ~ ~
"And then the dude just fucking robbed us. Not only that, he demanded we give him more money... Like, use your two brain cells for some common sense. We get robbed at least once a month and by people with skyscrapers more forethought than you. Even if we had more money, do you think it would be something they give low level drones like us access to? That shit's behind security even the employee's don't know about."
"So~ normal day at work, then?"
Ever sighed over their burger and fries. "Yeah... Why do the dumb people all pick my shift for their get rich quick schemes?"
"Probably because you don't have the self-confidence to knock some sense into any of them... Bet a well placed punch would get potential robbers avoiding your shifts once they saw you working."
"But violence will get me fired. And I've got bills to pay."
"There, there..." Patty reaches across the table to pat the air above their arm without making actual contact. "You know I'm willing to help if that happens, E. You just have to ask."
"...You already pay for lunch every time we meet up and listen to me rant about stupid shit. Even that's more than I deserve."
"Denied. Someday I'm gonna win the lottery and then spoil your self-worth into growing. Then you'll stop spewing such nonsense."
Ever had a quick twitch of an invisible upturn to the corner of their mouth for a second. Getting to vent to Patty made interacting with the world a sliver less worthless and annoying. Just as they have that thought, the notification they set warning them their lunch break was almost over went off.
And it was back to the pointless grind of talking to the stupid general population. At least they didn't have any plans for after work. Which meant freedom to do nothing at all if they wanted. Which, they definitely did.
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