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Kaito stands behind a counter in a convenience store at night, looking down at a single round bun in a glass warming case, with rain visible through the large front windows.
Kaito Mori, a young man with messy black hair and eyebags, wearing a striped store apron with a name tag that reads KAITO, reaches with tongs towards a glass warming case holding a single round meat bun, his face looking tense with a bead of sweat near his temple.
A tired-looking Kaito, wearing a store apron with his name tag, stands behind a counter where a salaryman in a suit is pointing impatiently at a single bun inside a warming case.
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Kaito stands behind a counter in a convenience store at night, looking down at a single round bun in a glass warming case, with rain visible through the large front windows.
Kaito Mori, a young man with messy black hair and eyebags, wearing a striped store apron with a name tag that reads KAITO, reaches with tongs towards a glass warming case holding a single round meat bun, his face looking tense with a bead of sweat near his temple.
A tired-looking Kaito, wearing a store apron with his name tag, stands behind a counter where a salaryman in a suit is pointing impatiently at a single bun inside a warming case.

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3 A.M. There is exactly one meat bun left in the hot-food case, and Kaito has decided he has earned it. A ladder of impossible customers, a running gag of interrupted reaches, and a power flicker conspire to keep him from ever taking a bite. Rin films the whole ordeal. In the end she saves the bun for him, then takes the first bite herself.

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Kaito: One left. Mine.

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Kaito: KAITO

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Kaito: KAITO Salaryman: The bun. Now.