HypoSoc glares at Fleeing Coward from behind his thin glasses. From his experience, popular kids were the devil incarnate, not some sort of heroic, all-knowing savior. For all he knew, popular kids would snap at the crack of a fingernail, and he didn't want some rich idiot making school any worse.
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Also, why pick on flea. He chose 16 because it's 16, that is not a change is story. There is no reason behind it, so why overanalyze it?
Also, FC may be the Popular Kid or not, but that isn't necessarily a villager role. Think Mean Girls.