Dead Hours — Points, Page 13
By Suha · Published
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Panel 1: Kaito finally, reverently pours the fresh hot coffee into the nurse's travel mug, deadpan relief, steam rising. Panel 2: The nurse's phone lights up with an alarm — a shift-start alert — and her eyes snap open. Panel 3: The nurse spins toward the door, apologetic, hurrying out empty-handed and leaving the mug behind. NURSE: That's my shift. Sorry! Panel 4: Kaito stands frozen, holding the full steaming mug she left on the counter, deadpan devastation dawning.
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Four panels: Kaito finally pours the coffee, the nurse's alarm goes off, she apologizes and rushes out empty-handed, and Kaito is left holding the full mug in shock.
About this chapter
A night-shift nurse just wants a coffee, but her loyalty card is one point short of a free one. Kaito — physically unable to let a near-miss stand — spirals into engineering absurd micro-purchases to farm that single missing point, each one costing more than the coffee itself, while Rin films the math getting worse. He finally hits 1,000 points in triumph... and the coffee machine is empty. He hand-brews a fresh pot; the nurse's shift alarm goes off and she bolts, leaving the hard-won coffee untouched on the counter. Rin's stream wins. Kaito gets nothing.