Dead Hours — Points, Page 6
By Suha · Published
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Panel 1: Rin films in the foreground, half-lidded and unbothered, quietly doing the math, one eyebrow slightly up. Panel 2: Close on Rin, deadpan over her phone, flatly narrating to her stream. RIN: Coffee's a buck fifty. Panel 3: Rin pans her phone toward the growing pile of tiny purchases on the counter. RIN: He's spent four bucks. Panel 4: In the background Kaito, oblivious to the math, intensely scans another small item, tunnel-visioned.
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Four panels: Rin films and does the math, narrating that the coffee costs little but Kaito has spent far more chasing one point, while he obliviously scans another item.
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.