Dead Hours — Next Pass, Page 3
By Inkroost · Published
Transcript
Kaito, wearing a striped apron labeled KAITO, sweeps wet leaves outside the store in the rain. Leaves blow back across his shoes. An elderly woman in a headscarf and dark coat approaches pushing a cart with a broom beside it. Kaito: “You’re sweeping against it.” Kaito: “It keeps coming back.”
Image description
Kaito sweeps windblown leaves from the rain-soaked walkway outside a brightly lit store as an elderly woman approaches with a cleaning cart.
About this chapter
The night after the three of them swept together, Kiku is late and Kaito heads out alone, wearing himself out fighting the wind for the whole block. When Kiku arrives she teaches him to sweep with the wind and settle for a path that is clear enough to walk, Rin brings tea outside, and Kaito gives the footpath its own column in the round-book.