***All characters are over 18 and are fictional. Any resemblance to any real-life persons is purely coincidental.
Ray woke up later than usual, but he still had plenty of time to get to work. That was because like many people across the country he was forced to work from home thanks to the covid-19 pandemic It has been two months since his office was forced to shut down and he had to take his work computer home with him. He got dressed, washed up fast, had a small breakfast, then watched some TV until it was time to officially clock in and get to work.
He lived in a small one-bedroom apartment and he had his office set up in a corner of his living room where he could easily watch TV. He hated the idea of having to work from home in the beginning but after a while he had grown accustomed to it. He enjoyed waking up later, sneaking in some TV time between work, even taking naps that in the middle of the day on the company's dime. He also liked dressing casually all day instead of business attire that he was forced to wear in the office. For a while he wore was wearing pajamas all day but he felt that was being too lazy and stopped doing that.
One of the best things he has grown to enjoy was finding the time to watch porn and jerk off while he was technically at work. He didn't do it in the beginning of having to work from home, but over time when he was getting his work done faster and there was nothing to watch on TV, he just started watching porn in between times while he was working and started jerking off. He didn't do it every day because he didn't want it to become too much of a habit, but he enjoyed getting the chance to do it while he was working. It gave him a thrill knowing he could jerk off at work on the company's dime. As far as he knew, people all over the country who are now working from home were also doing it.
It would've been better if he had a girlfriend to fool around with, but she had broken up with him a few week sbefore the lockdown started, so unlike some of his friends who has someone at home to be with he was forced to jerk off. He thought about going on dating apps for hookups but it made him nervous to hook up with some random who may not know they have covid-19 and he would contract it himself. He was never that kind of guy to be scared of such things, but with everything that was going on he didn't want to take that chance.
About three and a half hours into work, he had finished several items that required his immediate attention and set aside a few others for later. He went to his main computer that he had next to his work computer and where he kept his porn, pulled up a video of a three-way lesbian scene he always enjoyed and jerked off the entire 15-minute length of the video. He was on the verge of finishing when he began hearing loud noises from the next-door neighbors arguing and it ruined the mood for him. It was hard to concentrate at that point so he had to stop and put his pants back on.
His neighbors have been fighting a lot since the lockdown took place, and at the worst times. It wasn't just when he was jerking off, but also while he was working, watching TV, or having video chats with his friends or family. Although, the people he had the video chats with thought it was funny and everyone made some good jokes about it. Then there were the times, those same neighbors would have wild sex next door that he could hear. Like the arguing, he couldn't hear that completely through the wall, but just enough to know what's going on.
Ray went to the kitchen and made himself a sandwich to get in a quick lunch before he had to get back to work. The arguing next door went on for several minutes; he had no idea what they were arguing about because the wall muffled what they were saying. But he definitely recognized the sound of a door slamming shut, he assumed the boyfriend must have stormed out of the apartment. Ray finished making a sandwich, got a beverage and took them out to his balcony on a tray. The balcony was small but enough room for a small table and a couple of chairs. It was a nice day to have good lunch and watch the view.
"Hey neighbor," a woman's voice called out.
Ray looked to his left and saw his neighbor, Emily, sitting on a lounge chair with a drink in her hand. Her balcony was just a few feet away from his, but where she was sitting, she was more than the six-feet social distancing that's required. He assumed that she must've came outside to get some fresh air after she had her argument with her boyfriend.
"Hey, Emily, I didn't see you there," he replied. "You're not working today?"
"I'm taking a break just like you."
He sat down at the table and began to eat his sandwich.
"Sorry, you had to hear that," she said, referring to the arguing that had just occurred.
"It's ok," he replied. "If it makes you feel better, I couldn't understand what you two were arguing about. The wall muffled the noise."
"That's good to hear," she said.
They chatted for a while he ate his lunch. Emily was a couple of years younger than Ray, dirty blonde hair, slim figure, good size c-cups breasts that weren't too big but just right. The previous summer he had seen her in a bikini when she was sunbathing on her balcony so he got a good idea of what her body was like. They lived next door to each other for almost three years, mostly seeing each other on the balcony, other times at another neighbor's party. He always wanted to ask her out but he never had his moment; as soon as she breaks up with someone, she gets involved with someone fairly quickly. And he never knows when the break ups would occur so he never knows when to have his shot with her.
When he was finished his lunch, he excused himself because he had to get back to work. Without any further distractions, he finished up everything he had to do for work just in time to clock out at 5pm. And because he thought he deserved it, he re-watched to same porno he was watching earlier and finished jerking off.
Later that night, while he was in bed and watching a late-night program, he heard some more noises coming from him neighbors. But this time it seemed different then their standard arguing because this time they were having sex. Out of curiosity, he got out of bed and put his ear to the wall, it was very muffled, but he could definitely hear how crazy they were getting. He chuckled at the situation, just earlier in the day they were arguing and now they were having what he could tell was great make-up sex. This of course got him aroused, but he wasn't going to just stand there jerking off to his neighbors fooling around, instead he went back to his computer to get pull up a porno to jerk off to. He thought about pulling up some photos of Emily that she had on Facebook, they started following each other there soon after she moved in next door and started to get to know each other. He knew of some nice bikini pictures she posted in the past, but felt that was a little too creepy and just stuck watching one of his porn videos he had.
The next morning was a Saturday, so he just slept in longer than usual as always does on the weekends. That sleep didn't last long, when once again his neighbors began to argue and woke him up. After a few minutes of hearing them, he forced himself out of the bed and went to make himself some coffee and breakfast. Just when he was getting his eggs done, he heard the noises shift in its tone and could tell that they were having sex again. This time he just ignored it and went to watch tv while he ate his breakfast; he turned up the TV's volume so he wouldn't have to hear the neighbors having sex.
After he was done eating, he went out of the house to run some errands for a few hours and even got coffee with a friend of his in an outdoor location. When he was ready, he went back to his place and as he passed his neighbors door it burst open and out came Emily's boyfriend, Keith, who stormed out of the apartment, slamming the door behind him. He brushed passed Ray, nearly knocking him down and stormed down the hallway without apologizing.
In his apartment he made himself some lunch and took out it out to the balcony, where he saw Emily sitting on her balcony again, this time smoking a cigarette.
"Hey," she greeted.
"Hey," he replied as he sat down at the balcony's table. "I didn't know you smoked."
"Only when I'm stressed," she replied.
He began eating his lunch and they made some small talk together, the best they could with all things considering. Ray wanted to ask what was going on with her and Keith, but wasn't sure if it was any of his business. So, he just did his best to make some light conversation, and he even got to make her laugh a few times with some jokes of his.
"Can I ask for a favor?" she asked.
"Sure," he replied.
"Can you put together a shelf case for me?"
"Why can't Keith do it?"
