Never Again
Summary: Never again will Roger have to hear Benny mock his former relationship with Mimi. Never again will Roger have to be cautious of where Mimi is, and who she's with. Never again will Roger have to worry about Benny. Never Again.
Disclaimer: No, I don't hate anyone in RENT, except for the officers who were mean to that homeless lady.
Thank You, Jonathan Larson
Chapter 1: Decision
Benny laughed as he left the almost-abandoned apartment building that he owned. He walked out of the loft that he once lived in, leaving behind Collins, Angel, Mark, Roger, and Mimi.
Roger sat on a small table, recoiling from Benny's verbal punch in the stomach. Mimi approached him carefully.
"Roger, let me explain," she started quietly.
"Explain what?" he bit back fiercely.
He young girl stepped back, surprised. "Roger, nothing's—"
"Going on?" he finished, standing.
"Roger!" she tried to stop him. He merely pushed past her, and left the loft. The others just watched him pass them.
Out on the street, Roger new what he had to do. Who did Benny think he was? Someone can't just come in and begin to date a guy's girlfriend, no matter who he was. So what if he and Mimi had had a 'fling'? It's over now, and it'll stay that was. She was with him now, and he was going to keep it that way. He'd do anything that he had to.
Roger turned down 42nd Street, and bumped into a homeless man.
"Move it," he growled, pushing the man away.
"Hey!" the homeless man shouted, and Roger flipped him off.
Going back to his thoughts, Roger made a plan. He knew that nothing but brunt force was going to stop someone like Benny from stealing away his girl. He had Muffy, anyway, why did he try to take his Helen of Troy?
He saw his destination ahead, and smiled manically to himself. A few more steps and he'd be on his way to having Mimi to himself.
As the door pushed open, a small ball rand, indicating a new customer had entered Will's 42nd Street Gun Emporium.