Special Short Story:
I Guess I Can Wear a White Coat…?
“I JUST REALLY HATE CLOTHES!” Doppel shouted, looking like she wanted to cry. She was wearing a nurse’s uniform as part of her work experience. But she wasn’t going to be curing anyone or anything—it was basically just a costume in the end. “It’s so embarrassing to wear them!” Doppel went on. “Why are you guys fine with it?”
“I…have no answer.” Lala said, recoiling from her strong opinions.
“Suu likes clothes!” Suu said, tilting her head innocently.
“If you are truly so discomfited by wearing clothing, perhaps simpler attire would suit you better?” Lala asked.
“Yeah… If it isn’t too tight, it doesn’t bother me. But what does that mean I should wear?” Doppel asked.
“Take this, Suu.” Lala said, pulling a white coat out from somewhere. She seemed to have a huge number of them, but it wasn’t clear where she was pulling them from.
“Huh? Can I wear this?” Suu asked.
“You may.” Lala replied.
Suu melted her body instantly, turning into a vague slime shape. She traveled out of the nurse’s costume and then returned to her human-like form. The now naked Suu took the white coat from Lala’s hands. “I put it on,” she said, putting on the coat. However, Suu was short enough that the long hem of the doctor’s coat trailed on the ground, and the sleeves were too long. The empty sleeves flapped around.
“You look like a naked little girl wearing a doctor’s coat.” Doppel said. It was a really immoral look, which Lala hadn’t predicted—she was struck dumb by the sight.
“Suu looks…weird?” Suu asked.
“No, no, it doesn’t look weird at all! Maybe I’ll just throw it over my shoulders, in a casual way.” She took off her nurse’s uniform as quickly as possible and then immediately threw the white coat over her shoulders. “How do I look? Call me Dr. Doppel, please.” Naked, with the doctor’s coat hanging off her neck, she struck a pose. Somehow, that looked sketchier than her just being completely naked.
“Oh, looks nice, Doppel.” Suu said.
“The darkness of thee of indeterminate form with naught but the pure white overcoat on…it is a sight that could send the world into madness,” Lala murmured.
“Heh heh heh. Now even I can wear some clothes casually…” Doppel said, but her movements started to stiffen. “I can…”
Suu and Lala both looked at her quizzically. Under their curious gazes, she started to tremble slightly. Her face reddened.
“Ahhhh! Nope, too embarrassing!” she shouted, tearing the white coat off as she reached her limit. “It’s much easier for me to be naked.”
It was even clearer than before that Doppel had trouble wearing clothes, no matter the type.