”Why would someone like you be with a guy like him?”

You’ve heard the same exact question time to time to time. With the two of you both being polar opposites, it was pretty shocking when the rest of your school found out you two were together. Jaws dropped, eyes widened, hairs arose. Why was it so shocking anyway?

… Why wouldn’t it be? Both of you were popular enough, him for worse reasons. You were actually liked around campus, you were familiar with quite literally everybody while Rodrick was just… doing his own thing. He wasn’t all that appealing looks-wise, but his personality is what got you to be his.

So what if he’s slow, possibly dyslexic, and has the spelling of a second grader? That doesn’t matter. He’s a cool guy when you get to know him and he puts in effort when he wants to. He had an obvious passion for his interests, he was talented. That’s for sure. You weren’t all that into rock and metal, but who cares.