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Benji, surprisingly, had a favorite book. Despite his salty spirit, he rather enjoyed reading when his mind wasn't railing with other things and priorities. This Favorite book was about a young woman named Jackie who had SO many adventures.

Unsurprisingly, Benji had an issue with bullies. This particular bully was teasing another boy between the aisle whom Benji had once been talking to. Obviously, he did not take that in kind.

"You flying ******** a*****e, get the ******** out of here! Like you can even read, you giant dumbass!" he hissed loud enough for the bully to hear after having been punched in the stomach by Benji. The bully fled the scene, and as did the bullied boy who had his book clenched in his hand. Then Benji was left alone.

And he was pissed, as always. He stormed to the chairs near the window and flopped into one, a string of colorful curses coming from his mouth. God did hate bullies!

"You know what else isn't a nice word? Eavesdropping." Benji quickly retorted to the younger girl who had audacity to poke at his language. He wasn't usually such a jerk to kids, but this particular one had already irritated him by existing so close to a confrontation that didn't go nearly as far as he wanted it to.

"Sometimes you need to use mean words to get things done. And it worked, didn't it? That a*****e of a bully isn't going to bother that kid again, not unless he wants to taste my fists against his jaw."

"Says you. Sometimes there needs to be the ultimate bully out there to keep the other bullies in place. I don't make the rules, or how things work, but sometimes s**t's just like that." Surprisingly enough, he wasn't really angry about it. In fact, his voice softened just a little bit.

"Have you ever even been picked on? It's been a thing since I was in preschool, and you know what ultimately got them to leave me alone? I fought back. And when they tried to target someone else, I fought them again. It's like working on leather. You have to beat it a few times to make it soft, because talking to it damn well won't work."

"Hey, kiddo, it's not your fault people are mean. Some are just natural assholes, and sometimes it takes another a*****e, say me, to knock some sense into them and put them back in their place." Seeing that the girl was starting to get off her little high horse and becoming more friendly, Benji decided to do the same. He wasn't trying to be a prickly little jerk, so... No reason to make a stranger hate him when he could fix it.

"I'm Benji... Say, Nadia, have YOU ever been picked on? Lunch money stolen? Pants pulled down, head stuck in toilet? Even just name calling? Cuz if you had, maybe you could see why it helps to fight back and defend those who can't."

"Well, you know what's cool about that question you just asked? We have different opinions, so yeah. To me, it works." Benji was finally reaching the point where he was done with this snobby little brat, so instead of hanging around longer, he got up, heading right out towards the entrance.

"And what's even cooler? I couldn't give a flying ******** about your opinion." He called over his shoulder as he finally disappeared towards check out... Ugh.. ******** kids..