"Ugh I have to go get groceries," Colton muttered to himself as he looked in the fridge, realizing he was just about out of everything.
He walked into his dirty living room and glanced at the television which was playing an anime he's seen at least 20 times. His apartment was nothing grand, just a place for him to sleep and watch his anime and play his games when he wasn't at work.
He grabbed his phone, wallet, and slipped his shoes on as he stepped out the door.
It was one of his only days off from his job at Mc Ronald's and he'd rather sit at home than go out, but he was hungry and he was too lazy to cook so a trip to the store was in order.
Once he walked inside the store he knew exactly where he was going so he didn't bother responding to any of the workers. He grabbed a bag of Cinnamon Toasters and one gallon of milk before heading to the register.
After standing in line for what seemed like forever it was finally his turn to checkout. "How have you been?" the worker asked to create small talk while scanning his items.
"D'uh uh I'm alright. Fine I guess. You?"
"Oh you know same old same old, would definitely rather be at home right now. You're total is $11.46."
Colton pulled out his wallet and opened it up to see that he only had a 10 dollar bill. He pulled it out and handed it to the cashier with an awkward smile.
"Alright... Just don't worry about it I guess." The cashier replied and finished out the transaction. Colton could feel the heat radiating off his face from the embarrassment of his actions. He grabbed his bag and broke out into a speed walk to try and leave as fast as possible.
The whole walk home he was just thinking about how agonizing that whole transaction was. "It's alright. I can just never go back there again." He said to himself as he shut the door of his apartment behind him, finally feeling just a bit of peace.
Colton walked into the kitchen and grabbed a bowl and spoon from the pile of dirty dishes. He washed them before pouring himself a bowl of cereal. He put the milk in the fridge and pushed it shut with his thigh.
Heading to the living room, he noticed his anime was still playing on the television. The episode ended and went to play the next which left him staring at himself in the reflection of the black screen. He was an unattractive fellow. Dark brown hair with clear signs of balding even though he was only 23. A patchy beard that he didn't bother to shave. He was also a bit pudgy which didn't help his case.
"Why couldn't I be one of the lucky attractive people? I was born into the wrong world." He complained to himself as he went to take another bite of cereal. As the next episode began it startled him, as he forgot it was playing causing him to inhale the food he was eating and he started to choke.
Trying to get the blockade out of his throat he attempted the heimlich maneuver on himself to no avail.
'Is this how I die?' He thought to himself as he continued to choke. 'I've done nothing for myself but work trashy jobs and live in trashy apartments. I wanted to do so much.' Just as the last thought crossed his mind he lost all strength causing him to slump down and hit his head on the coffee table.
Before he knew it he was looking down on himself from high above. 'Is this how they're gonna come find me? In some dirty apartment with some anime playing on the T.V.? That's kinda embarrassing.'
That's the last thing he saw before his vision faded to black.