the circus life | ot8 au

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Hyunjin felt like the day before was left on a bad note so he decided to visit The Twins in their comfort space.

The orphanage.

He walked up towards the big building at the end of town and seen kids running around in the front yard. All of them ranging in ages and sizes. Some of the older looking kids were keeping the little ones occupied while some were working on school work.

Hyunjin smiles as some of them stopped to stare at him as he walked towards the steps that lead inside.

As he opened the door, something tugged on his shirt. He looked down to see a little girl with her two missing front teeth.

"Are you a Princess?" She asked making Hyunjin chuckle and bend down to her height.

"No but I am a Queen. Do you want to be my Princess?" Hyunjin questions but the girl frowns.

"But I can't be a Princess. I don't have a Mom." She whispers and Hyunjin sighs as he stands. Making it easier to grab her by the underarms and put her on his hip.

"You want to know a secret?" Hyunjin whispers as he walks inside the open door.

"Yeah!" She cheers with a big smile as they walk down the hall.

"I don't have a Mom either but that didn't stop me from being a Queen." Hyunjin tells her and she gasped.

"Hyunjin! What are you doing?" Felix runs up to them and grabs the girl from his arms.

"I was coming to talk to you guys when this little Princess stopped me." Hyunjin winks at the girl who giggles and runs off.

"I don't need you to be here. The kids don't need hope that one of them is leaving when a stranger shows up. Leave us alone." Felix huffs as he starts pushing Hyunjin towards the door.

"But I just want to talk! I feel bad that you guys left on a bad note yesterday!" Hyunjin argues as he stomps his feet to stop him.

Felix groans as he grabs Hyunjin's arm and yanks him into a dark room.

"Whoa- I know you're mad but killing me seems a little far fetched!" Hyunjin exclaims before the lights flicked on, making him blink rapidly. Able to see it was a big bedroom and was clearly belonging to The Twins by the framed photos and the clothing around the room.

"I told you, leave us alone! We don't need you or any of the other circus people bothering us! We are fine on our own!" Felix was balling his fist to keep from actually choking Hyunjin.

"But you don't need to be alone! You have us now! You can't stay sheltered the rest of your life!" Hyunjin argues and the door opens again for Jisung to slip inside.

"What is he doing here?" Jisung growls as he joins Felix's side, ready to defend him.

"He was just leaving. Right?" Felix grits his teeth and Hyunjin took that as a challenge.

Hyunjin marched right past them and plopped down on their bed, leaning back on his arms.

"I won't be leaving without you guys."

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"Ta-da!" Hyunjin does jazz hands as Felix and Jisung stood by him. Both of them not too happy to be there.

"Glad to see you guys back. I'm sorry about what happened yesterday." Chan apologizes.

"It's whatever. We have two hours. Let's get to work." Jisung rolls his eyes before walking away, Felix in tow.

"Thanks Hyunjin. You did good." Chan smiles at Hyunjin and pats his shoulder.

Hyunjin dramatically bows as he giggles, "I'll be here all week." Then skipping off to join everyone else.