So then they could know each other! Ben wouldn't have gotten so close as to know the crown but just by merit of being there, why not? ~Handwavey~ And that's good! Ben can sleep through your class and then help keep the lecture hall/your office/the break room clean in payment or... something. So long as Mel doesn't mention the Random Act of Kindness, because that *ruins* it :P
The ones that take work are the best kinds! And Ben kinda does have ulterior motives, at least in the "I just wanna see what you're going to do" sense, so that might be fair. But he's not MEAN about it, he just genuinely doesn't care. Unless it's fish-inna-barrel stuff, like it would be with Abby. XD