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Dead Hours
Restock · Ch.7
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Kaito stands inside a convenience store at 3 AM on a rainy night, facing an open glass-door beverage cooler and cracking his knuckles with a determined expression.
Kaito stands to the left of a glass-door cooler, pointing at its shelves of plastic bottles, while Rin stands to his right, filming him with her phone and wearing one earbud.
Kaito kneels in a convenience store aisle, placing a bottle onto a shelf inside an open cooler door, with a name tag on his apron that reads "KAITO" and a text bubble above him that says "There.".
A close-up shows two hands holding a plain bottle with a cap, turning it to face forward on a shelf inside a refrigerated cooler, with more bottles on either side and the reflections of people and lights visible in the glass door of the cooler.
A tired-looking Kaito, wearing a striped apron with a "KAITO" name tag, stands frozen next to an open refrigerated case filled with bottles, while an older man in a rumpled suit reaches past him to grab one of the bottles, leaving an obvious gap.
Kaito, a tired-looking young man with dark hair, wears a striped apron with a name tag that reads "KAITO." He is restocking a refrigerator, placing a plain bottle into a shelf, with a speech bubble next to him that says, "Fine. That is fine."
Kaito and Rin are standing in front of an open refrigerator case filled with bottles, both wearing striped aprons with their names on them; Rin holds up her phone to film while Kaito looks at her with a surprised expression.
Kaito, a man with short messy black hair and a name tag that reads KAITO, stands in a store, looking exhausted and sweating as he places a bottle onto a shelf in a partially stocked glass-fronted cooler.
Kaito, a man with messy black hair and a striped apron, stands with his hands on his hips, looking at a glass-fronted cooler partially filled with drinks, as he says, "Getting there."
Kaito opens a tall glass refrigerator door, revealing many identical plain bottles inside, one of which has fallen horizontally, and he looks on with a single sweat drop on his temple.
Kaito kneels in front of an open glass-doored cooler filled with bottles, wearing a striped apron with a name tag that reads "KAITO", and he looks down at his hands as he holds one of the bottles.
Kaito, wearing a store apron with a "KAITO" name tag, stands facing right with his left hand raised in a stop gesture, while a man in a suit with glasses reaches out towards a cooler, looking mildly annoyed, with a speech bubble that says "No.".
A man in a suit backs away with his hands up, looking shocked, while Rin, a young woman in an apron, looks at her phone with wide, excited eyes, pointing at the screen.
Kaito stands inside a convenience store looking dismayed, first staring out into the rainy night, then reaching into a cooler for a bottle, and finally staring down at the bottles in the cooler with wide eyes.
Kaito stands perfectly still, with his arms at his sides and his head slightly downcast, looking at the cooler of bottled drinks, inside a brightly lit convenience store.
Kaito walks away from a partially empty refrigerated display case, his shoulders slumped as he faces slightly away from the viewer, looking toward the dark windows of the store.
Kaito sits behind a counter in a convenience store, looking exhausted while holding a canned drink, as Rin stands behind him looking at her phone.
Rin, a young woman with a short bob and an apron, stands in a convenience store, awkwardly placing a bottle on a shelf inside a glass-doored cooler.
A man named Kaito, wearing a striped apron, stands behind a counter in a convenience store at night, drinking from a can with half-closed eyes and a tired expression.
A man in a suit wearing thick black-framed glasses and a woman wearing a striped apron with a name tag that reads "RIN" are standing in front of a refrigerated display case filled with bottles; the man holds two bottles, one in each hand, while the woman extends her hand with a third bottle towards him, and rain is visible through a window behind them.
Rin stands behind the counter with both arms stretched high and her mouth open, while Kaito turns toward her with a tired, uneasy look in the convenience store.
A short-haired man wearing a headband and wired earphones holds a bottle by an open drink cooler while Rin, in a striped apron, points toward the shelf and says, “Label out. Yeah.”
Rin, a bespectacled man in a suit, and a crouching young man place bottles on different shelves of a store cooler.
Rin, wearing a hoodie and striped apron, frowns as she reaches into an open cooler and turns a bottle forward while holding another bottle.
Kaito stretches with both arms raised in the foreground while Rin, a suited man, and a headband-wearing man stand wide-eyed behind him in the store, with a large sweat drop symbol above them.
Rin tosses a small packet toward Kaito, who looks down while holding another packet beside an open drinks cooler.
A bespectacled man in a rumpled suit reaches into an open refrigerator, holding a bottle among rows of neatly arranged bottles.
Rin, wearing a hoodie and striped apron, rests a hand on the shoulder of wide-eyed Kaito, who stands beside shelves of bottles in a store.
Kaito stands beside the stocked drink cooler with one hand behind his neck and a startled expression while Rin leans against the counter, looking at her phone and saying, “It finished itself.”
Kaito stands before a stocked glass-door cooler holding a can while Rin looks at her phone in the background; a crate rests on the floor between them.
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Kaito stands inside a convenience store at 3 AM on a rainy night, facing an open glass-door beverage cooler and cracking his knuckles with a determined expression.
Kaito stands to the left of a glass-door cooler, pointing at its shelves of plastic bottles, while Rin stands to his right, filming him with her phone and wearing one earbud.
Kaito kneels in a convenience store aisle, placing a bottle onto a shelf inside an open cooler door, with a name tag on his apron that reads "KAITO" and a text bubble above him that says "There.".
A close-up shows two hands holding a plain bottle with a cap, turning it to face forward on a shelf inside a refrigerated cooler, with more bottles on either side and the reflections of people and lights visible in the glass door of the cooler.
A tired-looking Kaito, wearing a striped apron with a "KAITO" name tag, stands frozen next to an open refrigerated case filled with bottles, while an older man in a rumpled suit reaches past him to grab one of the bottles, leaving an obvious gap.
Kaito, a tired-looking young man with dark hair, wears a striped apron with a name tag that reads "KAITO." He is restocking a refrigerator, placing a plain bottle into a shelf, with a speech bubble next to him that says, "Fine. That is fine."
Kaito and Rin are standing in front of an open refrigerator case filled with bottles, both wearing striped aprons with their names on them; Rin holds up her phone to film while Kaito looks at her with a surprised expression.
Kaito, a man with short messy black hair and a name tag that reads KAITO, stands in a store, looking exhausted and sweating as he places a bottle onto a shelf in a partially stocked glass-fronted cooler.
Kaito, a man with messy black hair and a striped apron, stands with his hands on his hips, looking at a glass-fronted cooler partially filled with drinks, as he says, "Getting there."
Kaito opens a tall glass refrigerator door, revealing many identical plain bottles inside, one of which has fallen horizontally, and he looks on with a single sweat drop on his temple.
Kaito kneels in front of an open glass-doored cooler filled with bottles, wearing a striped apron with a name tag that reads "KAITO", and he looks down at his hands as he holds one of the bottles.
Kaito, wearing a store apron with a "KAITO" name tag, stands facing right with his left hand raised in a stop gesture, while a man in a suit with glasses reaches out towards a cooler, looking mildly annoyed, with a speech bubble that says "No.".
A man in a suit backs away with his hands up, looking shocked, while Rin, a young woman in an apron, looks at her phone with wide, excited eyes, pointing at the screen.
Kaito stands inside a convenience store looking dismayed, first staring out into the rainy night, then reaching into a cooler for a bottle, and finally staring down at the bottles in the cooler with wide eyes.
Kaito stands perfectly still, with his arms at his sides and his head slightly downcast, looking at the cooler of bottled drinks, inside a brightly lit convenience store.
Kaito walks away from a partially empty refrigerated display case, his shoulders slumped as he faces slightly away from the viewer, looking toward the dark windows of the store.
Kaito sits behind a counter in a convenience store, looking exhausted while holding a canned drink, as Rin stands behind him looking at her phone.
Rin, a young woman with a short bob and an apron, stands in a convenience store, awkwardly placing a bottle on a shelf inside a glass-doored cooler.
A man named Kaito, wearing a striped apron, stands behind a counter in a convenience store at night, drinking from a can with half-closed eyes and a tired expression.
A man in a suit wearing thick black-framed glasses and a woman wearing a striped apron with a name tag that reads "RIN" are standing in front of a refrigerated display case filled with bottles; the man holds two bottles, one in each hand, while the woman extends her hand with a third bottle towards him, and rain is visible through a window behind them.
Rin stands behind the counter with both arms stretched high and her mouth open, while Kaito turns toward her with a tired, uneasy look in the convenience store.
A short-haired man wearing a headband and wired earphones holds a bottle by an open drink cooler while Rin, in a striped apron, points toward the shelf and says, “Label out. Yeah.”
Rin, a bespectacled man in a suit, and a crouching young man place bottles on different shelves of a store cooler.
Rin, wearing a hoodie and striped apron, frowns as she reaches into an open cooler and turns a bottle forward while holding another bottle.
Kaito stretches with both arms raised in the foreground while Rin, a suited man, and a headband-wearing man stand wide-eyed behind him in the store, with a large sweat drop symbol above them.
Rin tosses a small packet toward Kaito, who looks down while holding another packet beside an open drinks cooler.
A bespectacled man in a rumpled suit reaches into an open refrigerator, holding a bottle among rows of neatly arranged bottles.
Rin, wearing a hoodie and striped apron, rests a hand on the shoulder of wide-eyed Kaito, who stands beside shelves of bottles in a store.
Kaito stands beside the stocked drink cooler with one hand behind his neck and a startled expression while Rin leans against the counter, looking at her phone and saying, “It finished itself.”
Kaito stands before a stocked glass-door cooler holding a can while Rin looks at her phone in the background; a crate rests on the floor between them.

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Kaito resolves to finally get the drink cooler perfectly stocked, every label facing out. The shelf refuses to stay done: customers and Rin keep undoing his work, a toppled row resets him, and he goes feral trying to finish. At the midpoint he gives up and walks away, hollow. Rin quietly stops filming and, with the recurring salaryman and a jogger she secretly recruits, restocks the whole cooler behind his back. Kaito turns to find it flawless and full, which he didn't do. Rin, already back on her phone, deadpans that it finished itself and won't take credit. Ends on the morning-delivery crate callback, but this time Kaito almost-smiles.

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3 A.M. The dead hours. Kaito: Tonight it gets done.

Page 2

Kaito: It is THE shelf. Rin: It is a shelf.

Page 3

Kaito: There.

Page 4

A plain bottle is held between two hands in front of a refrigerated display lined with bottles; figures are visible in the background. There is no dialogue or other readable text.

Page 5

Older man: Thanks.

Page 6

Kaito: Fine. That is fine.

Page 7

Rin: Restocking is content now.

Page 8

Kaito: Okay.

Page 9

Kaito: Getting there.

Page 10

No dialogue.

Page 11

Kaito: Stand up. Kaito: Stand UP.

Page 12

Kaito: No.

Page 13

Rin: He is feral now.

Page 14

Kaito: You have to be kidding.

Page 15

The moment he stops trying. Kaito: It does not matter.

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Kaito: KAITO

Page 17

Kaito: KAITO Rin: RIN

Page 18

Rin: Ugh.

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Kaito: KAITO

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Rin: Face it out.

Page 21

Rin and Kaito stand at the counter, with refrigerated drink shelves behind them. Rin raises both arms in a stretch, and Kaito turns toward her. Rin: “Big night, huh.”

Page 22

In a convenience store, a short-haired man wearing a headband and wired earphones holds a bottle near the open cooler. Rin, wearing a hoodie and striped apron, points toward the shelf. Her name tag reads “RIN.” Rin: “Label out. Yeah.”

Page 23

Rin stands beside the open cooler holding a bottle above her head and a phone in her other hand; her name tag reads “RIN.” A bespectacled man in a suit places a bottle on a middle shelf, while a crouching young man with a headband and wired earphones reaches toward a lower shelf with another bottle. No dialogue.

Page 24

Rin is in front of an open cooler stocked with bottles, holding one bottle and reaching toward another. Her name tag reads “RIN.” Rin: “No, like this.”

Page 25

Kaito stretches in the foreground; behind him, Rin, a suited man with glasses, and a man in a zip-up jacket and headband look wide-eyed. The visible name tags read “KAITO” and “RIN.” There is no dialogue.

Page 26

In a convenience store, Rin stands with one hand raised as a small packet flies toward Kaito, who is beside an open drinks cooler and looks down at a packet in his hands; several shadowy figures are in the background. Rin: “Catch.”

Page 27

A man in a suit stands at the open refrigerator and handles a bottle on the shelf. No dialogue or sound effects are visible.

Page 28

A caption reads, “He never touched it.” Kaito, standing by shelves of bottles with his mouth open, wears a name tag reading “KAITO.” Rin rests a hand on his shoulder; her name tag reads “RIN.” Rin says, “Hey. Senpai.”

Page 29

In a convenience store, Kaito stands beside a stocked drink cooler, looking startled with one hand behind his neck. Rin leans against the counter and looks at her phone. Rin: “It finished itself.”

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Rin, in the background holding her phone: “Same time tomorrow.”