 Rufus is also bullied by the students at Clark Elementary for his "country" clothes and accent, making Kenny reluctant to befriend him at first, but they are soon inseparable.Kenny is alternatively bullied and protected by his 13 year old brother Byron and his friend, Buphead, whom he calls "an official teenage juvenile delinquent".Byron has been retained twice because he often skips school and is still in 6th grade.