The Boy With Open Eyes.

Chapter 47

Music is not mine. Video isn't mine, just used for reference later in the chapter.

Cooper hated his 'therapy' to say the least. The shock collar was getting a bit out of hand as his neck was slowly turning red as it mainly shocks Cooper in the neck if he gets too excited or upset. He understands that it might be needed as it has been keeping him from hurting anyone and he sure knew what he was capable of it he were to be freed from the shock collar. This didn't seem to reassure people to much as they still seemed cautious of Cooper when he walked by, mainly his family for the most part. Cooper knew that he could just be talking happily with his friends and the dang collar while give him a 'controlled shock' for getting too excited when talking to his friends.

Cooper wanted to get his mind off the horrible pain his neck was giving off from the shocks, he asked Greed a question that Cole had been bugging Greed the answer for.

"So... What made you fall for Wrath? The glue that keeps our team together with his silly little actions?"

Greed turned beet red.

"I-i have no idea what you're talking about!!"

Greed crossed his arms and tried to be 'chill' about it.

Cole laughed at the little attempt as Cooper stared with a raised brow, he didn't believe a single a word that Greed had used as he lied through his teeth.

"Horton hears a bitch-ass liar, something must have happened before you two met again thanks to you getting the jobs. You seemed to know Wrath before that, we can help hook you two up, you know?"

Greed went into deep thought as if thinking of the pros and cons of possibly telling Cooper and Cole about why he had 'fallen' for Wrath.

"Well, I used to get bullied for my white hair and yellow eyes, okay?! It's embarrassing for me to remember and just as I was getting bullied again like usual, he came and beat up the bullies before holding out his hand for me to get up from the ground..."

Greed was covering his face with his hands as he said all that to Cooper and Cole who were leaning in as they finally got the information that they had been asking for from Greed for weeks. None of them said anything which made Greed continue on with his story after hearing nothing in response.

"He would wait outside my house and take me to school, the bullies backed off as he had beaten up their 'leader'. Eventually, I could fend for myself after he gave me some moves to use, he stopped taking me to school and I hadn't seen him since."

Greed whispered a small part at the end that Cooper only caught.

"It was nice to see him again after all these years, more lively. He never looked that happy when we hung out as he just answered with head nods, it's nice to see him so happy these days."

Cooper wouldn't press for more information as he was sure that was Greed's business.

Before either Cole or Cooper could ask any more questions, Wrath opened the door to Cooper's room suddenly with his 'pet' snake on his shoulders with his headphones around his neck connected to his phone in his pocket as he sat down on Cooper's bed as the three other boys stayed silent. Wrath looked around the room and away from his snake as he looked at the nervous three who were being a little too quiet for his liking.

"Did I do something?" Wrath asked.

All three were looking at one another nervously for one of them to speak up and clear Wrath's suspicions, Wrath was waiting for an answer as he tilted his head to the side with raised brows as he used his index finger to pet his snake. Wrath eventually grew tired of waiting and just put his headphones on and took out his phone to play some music then he adjusted his headphones in as then he typed away at his phone bobbing his head to the tune playing(reference to the video at the top). When Wrath does that it means that he mostly isn't listening anymore and is in his own world that you can't really snap him out of once he's in it. They knew the volume was loud enough for Wrath not to hear them as they could hear the childish tune playing slightly loud from his headphones as Wrath typed something in his phone bobbing his to the tune or sometimes humming some parts of it. Wrath was using his other hand to let his snake move around from his shoulder to his palm as it wrapped itself around his arms, they eventually came to the conclusion that he was playing a game or texting someone counting how fast he was taping on his screen.