Clownin Around🤪||OC fanfic||

Scattering

"MILOOOO WAKE. UPPPP" I heard an overly obnoxious voice calling to me as i squinted my eyes open a bit. I saw a chubby dark girl with pretty hair and a lot of energy. That's Daniela. Or Titters. She's the one that started our little clown volunteer thingy. Therefore, she is the most enthusiastic about it. Going so far as to painting her whole body a grayish black to— well actually I have no idea why she did that. Maybe to just make her costume more majestic or something. I honestly don't know, but she pulls it off.

I sat upright and noticed she was sitting on my legs. I then realized I was on the floor of our dressing room. I looked at the wooden floor and boxes scattered everywhere, toys flushing out of them. In short, our dressing room's a mess. I looked back at Daniela, avoiding eye contact with her like I do with most people. "What happened to you?? You like..fainted!! That's the third time this week! I've been trying to get you to wake up for like, 2 minutes!! We have to get to the children's hospital in 5 minutes! If you're tired, you should've worked on your sleeping schedule. You need to stop staying up all night!!" "I'm trying Dani.." I replied sheepishly. she sighed and got off my legs. "Try playing rain noises on your phone, that always helps me. Now come on, we'll be late if you don't get dressed!" She looked me up and down, chuckling softly before walking away.

I looked down and saw that I wasn't even wearing my clothes. I groaned. Oh yeah, our whole volunteer thing is about entertaining children at the hospitals. Sometimes even adults with me and my 4 other friends, Daniela, Kiko, Amani, and Paola. Also known as Titters, Mochi, Pockets, And Passion. I looked around and saw everyone dressed except Kiko, they needed help getting dressed because of their crutches. Poor kid. I got up and looked in the mirror to see that my clown makeup was smeared. I looked at it closer and smiled. It looked better that way anyway. I grabbed my clothes and swiftly got changed. Sometimes I wonder if the kids that we see know that we're just a couple of teens with acne and braces like any other teens and just choose to play along, or if they genuinely believe our acts. It honestly puzzles me sometimes. I could ask Dani, but since I know how much this means to her, it could stress her and make her overthink and think she isn't doing a good enough job, which she is. I honestly just like to keep my thoughts to myself. Sometimes it's best that way, but a lot of people don't understand that.

Anyway, when we got changed and headed out, we walked to the children's hospital which is just down the street. This is my least favorite part. Because of all the bystanders walking past and judging us. Honestly I don't blame them. If I was just some dude walking by and saw a batch of clowns dressed in outfits that even make us question our sanity sometimes, I'd judge too. But I don't like people staring at me. It makes me uncomfortable. Which is why I don't like this "job" very much. They're always staring. All those eyes. Watching. Constantly. All that and I don't even get paid. It sucks. But I'll do it for Daniela. I don't like like her or anything, but I like seeing her happy. And I think the rest of our cluster feels the same. When we finally entered, we went up a flight of stairs and into a room with a little girl. Her head was shaved and she was on a breathing machine. Most of the time I don't like the kids that we visit. I know it's cruel to say that, seeing most of their situations, but it doesn't hurt to be nice. But this girl is different. Something that usually happens is that they are scared of Kiko because they're on crutches. The kind that are on your elbows instead of your underarms. They're physically disabled so they're probably always gonna be on crutches. I couldn't see why they would be scared though, since Kiko is probably the nicest person you'll ever meet. Maybe because the crutches makes their arms kinda invert and it's different to the kids. I honestly can't see how they can talk though. Sorry, I know it's mean, but I've never liked kids. I don't understand why they can't just keep rude thoughts to themselves.

It always makes Kiko sad, which I don't like, but like I said, this girl is different. Her eyes are set on Kiko. She almost doesn't even acknowledge the rest of us. I mean, Kiko is insanely pretty(they LOVE feminine compliments by the way). If I had to look at them for the rest of my life, I wouldn't mind. The little girl gently placed her hand on Kiko's arm "I have a crush on you." She said softly. We all looked at each other. I could tell Kiko didn't know what to say, making me laugh a bit watching them stutter. "I-uhm..I'm a bit old for you, dear." They explained softly, probably barely being heard by the girl.

When we were walking back, Kiko seemed a bit happier than usual. I can see why, and I liked seeing Kiko happy, because it doesn't happen often. Maybe they're just really into their clown persona or something since their clown character, Mochi, is the sad clown, but Kiko always seems to be in a bad mood. So any small thing that happens could tip them over the edge and make them sob hysterically. So you always wanna be careful around them. Do not even jokingly say anything mean to them. I learned that the hard way. I felt terrible.

But this time, It was different. When we were all talking, Kiko was smiling, and laughing. Seeing Kiko happy makes you happy. It doesn't matter what type of person you are, or how much you know Kiko.

Anyway, enough about Kiko. We walked in and plopped on the couch. You don't realize how exhausting and draining being an entertainer is. Especially if you're a type of entertainer that has to be energetic and happy and uppity all. The. Time. My advice is to never be an entertainer unless you wanna be I guess.. I don't know why you would want to though. Maybe I'm just too much of an introvert. We heard a ringing noise. The phone. Daniela enthusiastically rushed over at grabbed the phone. Putting it up to her ear very animated- like. She moves like someone from an animated movie or tv show "Heeeeloo?" She dragged out her greeting. "Oh..O-Ok I'll..uhm.. I'll tell him..Alright..thank you" She said before hanging up the landline back on the wall. She looked at me worriedly "Milo..Boss wants to see you." Shit.