I don't know what I did to catch his attention, I was just walking around... and doing pretty much nothing. But I must've done something to tick the guy off, because now I was a target.
A moment ago I had been standing in the open field, now I was surrounded by people. I'm sure they were trying to intimidate me. But as far as I can tell, I can't be intimidated that way.
Only angered.
So the scrawny Alpha walks up to me as his cohorts grin in a way that temporarily deprives me of a few IQ points. A few people gather around just to watch the spectacle.
"Hey Lollipop!" He says.
I almost snort. Where the hell did he come up with that? I mean, I'm sure he's sincerely trying to demean me in the worst way imaginable, but what use is it if it makes me laugh?
The reason I did not laugh, and managed to keep a straight, serious face (hopefully), was because my mind was pondering over a few other things as well.
I wondered if Lollipop was supposed to mean that I was weak, perhaps it was homophobic jibe? Because I mean... he couldn't possibly be calling me 'sweet' right, that just wouldn't fit.
I wondered why I had been chosen- do I look like a guy who gets bullied easily?
My 'bully' was almost a head shorter than me. If the guy thought that he could still intimidate me, I really need to work on my image.
Perhaps a little late, I realized he was saying something. But I can only hope that it was something really nasty.
You see, I was completely zoned out. Intrigued, I was examining his mouth as it motored, for a few seconds, before confirming my suspicion.
This guy DID have the most degraded, discoloured coating of enamel I've ever had the pleasure of getting to observe at such close range. And again I wondered- was this bad enough to make me cringe? Or just slightly beneath cringeworthy level?
The others must've noticed what I was looking at by now.
I took a half step forward, maybe I wanted to start listening to what he was saying or perhaps adjust to an angle from which those teeth were less visible.
Along with this movement came the amusingly ironic effect of looking down at him, literally and metaphorically, simultaneously.
In retrospect, I sure would've felt bad if the guy I was speaking to was looking down at me with a disinterested face, supressing a half smile as I spoke. I sure hope I didn't come off as rude or disrespectful. Or not.
Apparently the guy was finished. Did he get bored? Surely I didn't remind him of his own inadequecies- he had known about them long before he decided to 'pick' on me.
He tossed what may or may not have been another insult at me as he backed off. I couldn't tell, I still wasn't listening (although I was pretending to, I swear. I think.)
This isn't fair man. Technically, I think I'd just been bullied. But I feel like I missed out on something important. To this day I feel a little bad about not paying attention, having missed out on the insight that the bully's words could possibly have provided.
Aw, maan.
Aw maan.
Edit: (Should I correct all the grammatical mistakes in this?)
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Superb man...
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