A Most Grotesque Display (jobros x fem!reader circus au)

6- teetering on the edge of doom

(sorry i havent updated in forever, this week has been crazy busy and this is all i could get done)

no ones pov:

"so, you're all from grievestown, too?" yasuho tilted her head to the side, scurrying after avdol and following him through the maze of a stand, [The Mind Electric].

the two left the main section of the tent the moment (y/n) and bucciarati broke into another fight, their shouting and bickering running through each crease and crevice of the striped fabric. at this point, the rest of the performers weren't sure how one of them hasn't ended up killing the other yet-- though, there was that one time that (y/n) pulled out a knife and had to be restrained...

"yeah, each and every one of us." avdol replied, however hesitantly. as much as (y/n) may be fond of yasuho, it was clear he still had some getting used to.

"that's so weird... did you all grow up together?"

"most of us, except for caesar. he wanted nothing to do with us until the last minute."

then, he let out a thunderous laugh that shook the support beams all around him, shoulders racking slightly as he broke his giggling fit into coughs-- a hand fishing something out from the torso portion of his leotard.

"forgive me for the sudden outburst," avdol huffed, pulling a spider out of his one-piece with a faint smile, "but it seems this little guy thought it was funny to try and climb up my clothes and tickle me."

yasuho let out a fearful squeak as the arachnid turned its tiny, red and white striped head toward her, chirping a delightful greeting.  funny enough, the little creature was built the same as a peppermint, and even had a flattened hind in a similar shape. 

"oh goodness, don't tell me you're scared of spiders!" avdol chuckled, allowing the tiny thing to inch onto his shoulder. "that's a complete deal breaker, if so."

"d-deal breaker? what do you mean?"

"this little guy is practically (y/n)s main spider, second to only the tent itself. arent you aware that her whole ability is made up of these little guys?"

hoping to rid her fear of the arachnids, avdol had the peppermint spider crawl off of his arm and bound over to yasuhos, the girl breathing heavily as each little leg assisted another in moving onto her wrist. 

"there," avdol smiled, petting the spiders head with his finger, "see? there's nothing to fear-"

in the same moment the spider turned around to face yasuho, the girl let out a wretched scream-- violently shaking her arm back and forth, begging for it to get off. she had used to much force that, in a split-second, the spider was thrown away from her body and launched a good few feet away.

she swiped at her arm and flailed her hands in disgust, letting out little whimpers as she tried to scrape away the memory of the spiders legs with her nails.

as yasuho was throwing a fit, she heard a sudden 'thud' land directly to her left, in the exact place she tossed away the spider so carelessly.

there avdol was, flat against the ground, letting out a relieved sigh as he cupped the arachnid softly in his hand. had he jumped to catch it before it met the ground?

"ah, mister avdol! im so, so sorry! i didnt-" her stutters came out as a jumble of words that tumbled out of her mouth incoherently, proper sentences not taking the time to form themselves out of guilt.

grunting, he slowly shuffled onto his knees, taking in a deep breath as he inspected the peppermint-themed arthropod in detail, its beady blue eyes looking into him with thanks. "it's fine, just dont do it again."