A younger one.
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Sometimes he thinks about how different it would've been if Joji never got so sick. He misses their friendly competition.
This was around the same time RJ demanded his own room and stopped letting his little brother come to his hangouts.
Eventually, RJ started to find it stupid -- especially once it was clear that Joji would win this battle.
Mama found it funny that they always seemed to drink more milk in the days following a measurement.
Even though Joji was a year younger than RJ, the two were never too far apart in height.
Every year, Mama would pull out a pencil and tell her boys to take off their shoes and stand by the wall.
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