Witnessing the daring rescue of Kick-Ass by an eleven-year-old girl with bright purple hair, Todd Haynes made a vow - a vow that he would save himself for this costumed child when she came of age. Marty, being the dick that he is, mocked Todd for this vow, snidely remarking that it should be real hard for him. Dave's girlfriend's best friend Erika just kind of nodded in agreement, probably because she was still too shaken by what they had just seen to add her two-cents. Well, they could doubt him all they wanted to, because he was adamant about his decision...
"You guys want another round?" The barista - a dark-skinned girl that looked to be in her early twenties - came over to their table, holding a notepad in her hands to take down orders.
A lot of people had ordered already, since their drinks had gone cold from being ignored while all eyes were glued to the various screens flashing throughout the store. As messy and traumatic as it had been, the owner saw that it was great for business. Personally, the waitress disagreed with cashing in on something as violent as a public massacre, but she wasn't about to lose her job over a slight difference of opinion.
Poking at the Styrofoam cup, Todd could feel that the beverage inside had cooled, but he had already spent his budget for the week, so he couldn't do anything about it. Marty, on the other hand, was considerate enough to buy two more - one for himself, and one for Erika. Fucking dick.
Taking pity on Todd, the barista came back with three cups and a small grin as she passed the drinks out, "Here's yours, and yours. This one's on the house."
"Wha...?" Todd had come in to Atomic Comics many times before, and he had never seen anyone get anything 'on the house', not even Chris D'Amico.
She shook her head and looked over her shoulder at her boss (who was watching her like a hawk, listening close to everything she said), "Well, on me. Don't tell anyone, 'kay?"
Winking at Todd, she turned around and went back to work, handing out other people's orders. Nobody thought much of it, since there was a lot going on at that point. People were still wrapped up in the adrenaline of Hit Girl's bravery, several openly debating about everything from the possibility of a hoax to the identity of the those staging the almost-execution, and even one guy was re-enacting the entire thing with his silverware and a napkin. It was pretty impressive, and even some of the employees had paused to watch the show.
Texting Dave with his new phone, Todd simply told him that he he missed the best thing ever (Dave would later reply with a smart-ass "What, did your balls finally drop?"). "Man, Dave really missed out!"
Erika looked over at him, arching her brows. "Yeah, what guy would want to spend time with his girlfriend when he could watch a bunch of guys getting killed instead?"
And here Todd thought that she was a fucking snobby bitch! Erika wasn't so bad after all... At least he didn't think so, until Marty snorted at his expense. Dick.
Why does no one love Todd? Todd was awesome in those five seconds you actually get to see him! Well, I appreciate him.
Kick-Ass is the property of Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.