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Jax leaned against the wall with that same smug grin he always wore, spinning a deck of cards between his fingers like he had nowhere better to be. Across the room, Kokichi was already watching him with an equally annoying smile, clearly trying to figure out what made him tick. Neither of them said anything for a solid minute. They just kept smiling at each other like they were silently competing to see who’d crack first. Finally, Kokichi snorted. “You’re insufferable.” Jax shrugged. “Funny, I was about to say the same thing.”
From that moment on, they became absolute menaces together. If someone heard mysterious laughter in the hallway, it was them. If a harmless prank somehow turned into complete chaos, it was definitely them. Kokichi loved coming up with ridiculous plans, and Jax loved making them even worse. Everyone else quickly learned that seeing the two whispering to each other usually meant they should leave immediately. Somehow, despite constantly arguing over whose idea was better, they always ended up laughing together by the end of it.
Jax bumped Kokichi’s shoulder back with a quiet laugh. “Guess we’re stuck annoying each other now.” Kokichi folded his arms, trying to look unimpressed. “Please. I could leave whenever I wanted.” He stayed exactly where he was. Jax noticed but didn’t point it out, and somehow that made Kokichi smile even more. Neither of them ever actually said the words out loud, but after that night, everyone else seemed to figure it out long before they did.
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