Dead Hours — Points, Page 8
By Suha · Published
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Panel 1: The nurse checks her wristwatch, shoulders sagging, her travel mug dangling from one finger, visibly running out of patience and time. Panel 2: The nurse leans against the counter with her eyes closed for a second, exhausted, tote bag drooping. Panel 3: Rin films steadily, deadpan with a tiny smirk, thoroughly entertained by the spiral. RIN: Chat's invested. Panel 4: Kaito's hands move fast across the register, a blur of grim micro-transactions, deadpan sweat.
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Four panels: the exhausted nurse checks her watch and leans on the counter with her eyes closed, Rin films with a smirk, and Kaito's hands blur across the register.
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.