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A world cold and careless, making the paths of two souls forever intertwined. One belongs to someone who's never experienced healthy relationships everywhere he stepped, isolated from peers due to reasons unknown to himself. To a person uncaring of anything besides his gain as well as to be less alone. It must have been some cruel joke that Fate decided to pull up on the pair. All their anguish toward one another caused by being in the same school, same grade, same class and both ostracised by their peers.
It was another history lecture in the middle of a wet January. It was almost humorous how cold the classes were all over the school if it wasn't for the collection of black mould growing around the edge of the window planes. The time seemed to drag along for Kokichi as his teacher was droning on about the same facts over and over until he finally started to change the topic. "For this section of the curriculum, you'll be required to partner up amongst yourself and create a presentation on the industrial revolution.", with that said everyone seemed to split into their respective twos. With no surprise to anyone who knew anything, Kokichi was left alone that was until the person behind him moved into focus. A rather unkempt, scruffy, tall, slim figure known loosely to the boy having to focus on him. Shuichi Saihara. Known for his brash behaviour and blunt personality it almost felt like some sick joke that he was Kokichi's only option. "Looks like we'll have to pair up." Kokichi dryly stated.
"That it does Ouma!" Saihara almost too excited replied, as if he enjoyed the fact that he was the only choice allowed, it pissed him off how he now couldn't escape being around the other again. This pattern happens almost tri-monthly now, they end up needing to work together, Shuichi becomes overbearing and Kokichi snaps causing the two to seemingly become cold with one another until the project ends, then rinse and repeat roughly 3 months later. Kokichi handed a notebook and pen over to the other so he could be given a time to meet wherever the other so chooses. The information required was given swiftly almost like clockwork at this point. Library at 4!! :3. That was all that was exchanged before the bell rang signalling the start of the next lesson, the class began then passed and then changed in a cycle until the final class.