Journey of the Heart ~ Clownzy

Clock Strikes Midnight (18)

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~ Clown ~

Carefree: For some reason Clown Pierce awoke without feeling the imminent danger and need to be ready to fight at any moment. That was... unusual.

What was equally unusual was the fact that he awoke to him spooning Branzy and for some reason he liked it. The feeling of the silver haired man in his arms was just comforting. He wished he could have paused time right there and then or even just rewind it a few seconds so that he could live in that instant a bit longer. However, as fate would have it, that moment was over almost as soon as it started.

A messy Bob of raven hair emerged from around the corner. "Cuddling our boyfriend are we?"

Shuffling away from Branzy, Clown immediately felt himself turning beat red and desperately scrambled for his mask in an attempt to hide that fluster. Lefu smirked, "Let me ask you a question Clown Pierce, who is Branzy to you?"

"He- he's just a friend, a very good friend," his voice trailed off into a strained silence.

Lefu scoffed. "I've never known friends to act like you two do." She paused for a moment before continuing. "You know, I think you like him. No... I know you like him even if you don't realise that yourself."

Somehow his face managed to grow even hotter. At that moment, Clown's only wish in life was the ability to switch off the embarrassment he was currently feeling, to find away to just tune it out. A soft shuffling caused him to glance over at the sleeping man next to him. Branzy slowly blinked his eyes open and started mumbling something about it being too early in the morning.

Startled. Branzy suddenly looked shocked to see a furiously blushing Clown and even worse, Lefu inside the room with them. Immediately Clown found himself tumbling to the floor. In a panicked haze, Branzy had pushed him off of the bed in order to try and hide the fact that they had slept together.

"Oh wait, thats my bad," Lefu announced to Clown, "I see you have no feeling for Branzy, after all you are making out with the floor." At this, Branzy turned equally as red as Clown. Lefu laughed at the two of them, "See you both later!" she said cheerfully.

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The three of them had been following the Eye of Ender for a while now. Momentarily, they had paused by a small cave to take a break.

"Well this will just have to do." Clown shuffled backwards to admire his handiwork. He loved the crown of dandelions Branzy had made him so much that he had even attempted to weave one together for the other man. Unfortunately, he tried and failed to make it and instead resorted to just sticking the flowers in Branzy's hair. Miraculously, it worked. He brought a hand up to touch the ring of flowers around one of his ears, "Now, we're matching ...kinda."

Branzy inhaled and softly smiled at him. "It's beautiful." His equally stunning amethyst eyes gazed into Clown's and he could have sworn the edges of his pupils softened. "Almost as beautiful as you," Clown replied.

Branzy's lips parted slightly in surprise as he rubbed the back of his neck. "Careful, I might blush," he quipped, mainting eye contact with the jester.

Clown placed a gloved hand on Branzy's face and gently cupped his cheek. "You already are." Clown's face broke into a grin as he walked away fron Branzy. He didn't know what had just possessed him to say that, but he did know that it defenitely was fun.

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Clown watched once more as one of the iridescent orbs hovered in mid air before shattering into a million pieces. However, this time was different, the Ender Eye flew off in the opposite direction before breaking.