Dead Hours — Points, Page 14
By Suha · Published
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Full-page splash, mirroring the opening establishing shot as a callback: The quiet store at dawn, fluorescent lights on, faint dawn light through the windows. The register counter is still buried in an absurd pile of tiny purchases. Kaito (name tag KAITO) stands alone behind the counter, holding the nurse's full, untouched, steaming stainless-steel travel mug — the one she left behind — and staring at it in hollow deadpan defeat. Rin (name tag RIN) leans beside him, lowering her phone with a tiny satisfied smirk. RIN: Worth it.
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Wide closing shot mirroring page one: the counter still buried in tiny purchases, Kaito alone holding the nurse's untouched steaming travel mug in defeat, Rin beside him lowering her phone with a smirk.
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.