Every Rose Has It's Thorns

Copper laughed a bit, quickly returning to normal. Not the sniveling, submissive Copper, but the regular, mischievous him.
"I thought you wanted me to treat you as your equal." The rusty Zeta replied in a singsong voice.
"I'm at the absolute bottom. An outsider." Literally nobody was nice to him in the pack. Everybody either ignored him, or was mean to him.

But. Copper kept playing the fool, hiding his sorrow behind patrols and jokes. No one liked his jokes anyway. He was better off starving than being in a pack where everyone either hated him, or made no attempt to talk to him.If this Bitch wanted new recruits in her mates' pack, she had better learn how to take a joke.
"Funny thing." Copper said, one tear streaming down his eye.
"Funny thing I was the only one who wanted in and got ignored! Now look at you! Your pack doesn't have any Fu$*%$# recruits, and I could leave if I really wanted to!"
Copper didn't want to leave. But starving alone was better than starving with this bitch. Copper began to walk away, more grey tears blooming from his eyes.