Jerk! (TADC | Jax x Ragatha)

3 - Showtime (Chapter 2)

"Heya Raggs."

"Oh, hey Jax!"

"Why did the chicken cross the road?"

"Oh, uhm.. why?"

"To get go the idiot's house. Knock knock."

"Uhh.. who's there?"

"The chicken."

Ragatha stood in silence for a moment until the realization of the joke struck her.

"Jax!"

"Clever, right?"

"That's not the point!"

"HELLO, my superstars!"

Caine said, surprising the two. Everyone looked his way.

"Today, there will be no adventure. Instead, we're putting on a performance!"

"Oo, we haven't done one of those in a while!"

"Right you are, Ragatha! This time, however, you'll be put into groups of 2 and share an act! Now off you go!"

With a snap of his fingers, they're all separated into 3 groups of 2. Gangle and Kinger made up group 1, Pomni and Zooble in group 2, and in group 3, Ragatha and Jax. Caine then gave each group a card. On the card were the acts they'd be performing. Group 1 would do a dunk tank, group 2 would put on a magic trick, and group 3 would juggle 4 red balls provided to each of them by Caine.

They were placed on the main stage. Groups 2 and 3 were teleported just behind the curtains, while group 1 was teleported onto the stage.

"Uhm.. what are we doing..?"

Asked Gangle.

"I'm glad you asked Gangle! Your act is.."

Snapping his fingers, a dunk tank appears in the middle of the stage with Kinger inside.

"..a dunk tank! Here I have ready for you a bucket of tennis balls. Simply hit that target over there, and dunk Kinger into the water!"

"Oh, uhm, okay.."

Gangle grabs a ball from the bucket and throws it at the target, but misses. She grabs another one and throws it. And another. And another. By the time she gets to 18 balls left, she's exhausted. Kinger ends up slipping off the seat into the water, sparing Gangle of any more throwing.

"That was great! Time for the next act!"

Caine snaps his fingers, bringing Zooble and Pomni onto the stage.
In front of them stood a table with various magic equipment, such as a hat, wand, cards, and so on.

"Soo.. uh.. Zooble, what do we-"

Zooble walked away.

"Hey, Zooble! Wait!"

Pomni gave chase, leaving the stage as well.

"Uh.. onto the next act, then!"

The final group is brought on. Jax and Ragatha. They're both given 4 red balls.

"Now juggle, my dears!"

The two began to juggle the balls. It had been a while since the last performance, but they remembered exactly what to do. They juggled flawlessly for minutes. Until Jax dropped a ball. On purpose.

"Oops~"

The ball rolled to Ragatha's foot as she adjusted her position, causing her to step on it and fall over.

"Gahh!"

The balls went everywhere. Jax dropped his and began laughing.

"Jax! This isn't funny!"

"Cmon, you gotta admit it's the least bit funny, dolly."

He said, walking up to her and staring down at her.

"Help me up, dummy!"

"Calling someone a dummy is rude, Ragatha. Now I don't wanna help you up."

"Jax!"

"Heheh, just messin' with you, Raggs."

Ragatha stuck her arms out so Jax could help her up. He took her by the hands and yanked her up. Turns out he yanked too hard, as the next moment she was right up against him. Ragatha looked up at Jax, her cheeks turning red at out close they were. Jax grinned, trying to tease her, yet he was blushing too. The too stared at each other for a few seconds, until out of nowhere, Zooble spoke up.

"Are you guys in a staring contest or something?"

The two immediately separated, looking away.

"N-No, he was just helping m-me up.."

Jax said nothing, still blushing. Zooble looked at both of them skeptically, but dropped it.

-Some time later-

Jax laid on top of Ragatha once more. She'd been overwhelmed.

"Yknow, this hasn't happened in so long that I almost forgot what to do."

"..."

"Dolly?"

"..."

Jax looked up at Ragatha, who was asleep.

"Ah. That's why."

He rested his head on her chest, closing his eyes as well, but not falling asleep. Jax looked his hand, which was now being held by Ragatha's.

"..Well, that's new."

Said Jax, surprised at the sudden gesture. Then, out of the blue, she kissed his ear. Of course, in her dream, it was on the lips. Jax immediately went red, looking up at Ragatha who was still sleeping. He shook her slightly, causing her to wake up.

"Hm..? Jax? What is it?"

"R-Raggs.."

She looked at his red face, confused. She then saw the lipstick on his ear, and their hands interlocked. Her face went from confused to flustered in a matter of seconds. She immediately let go of his hand and averted her gaze.

"I-I'm, uh.. s-sorry, Jax.."

"It's f-fine, I guess.."

They both laid there in silence, too embarrassed to talk to one another. Eventually, Jax spoke up.

"If it's alright asking, uhm.. why did you do it?"

"The hand or the kiss?"

"Both."

"..I was having a dream.."

Jax lit up, sensing an opportunity to tease Ragatha.

"Oh, a dream, you say? Who was it about, me?"

"What?! N-No, I-"

"Cmoon, admit it dolly. There's no shame~"

"I-It wasn't about you, J-Jax!"

"Then why are you so defensive about it, Raggy? Too shy to tell me?"

"N-No!!!"

Jax laughed at how embarrassed Ragatha was.

"I'm just playing around, dolly. But your reaction was priceless."

"S-Shut up!"

The next morning, Ragatha lay there in her bed, staring at the ceiling. She kept thinking about what Jax had asked her. She knew he was just teasing her. But she still knew the answer. Yes. The dream was about him.

She wondered, though, if it would ever finally become reality.

(Authors note: Sorry I took so long to get this part out 😅😅

I'm using a different method of writing where I'll plan the story before writing it, which takes a little longer, so bear with me here.

A big thanks to SOFIXXXXXD for helping me figure out the main idea for this part!

Other than that, recommendations are open, so go crazy with them. See you in Part 4!)