The Tragedy of Comedy (Arthur/Joker x Main Character)

7: The Show

It's over....

Just like that...

It's been three weeks,three long...miserable... agonizing weeks. The psychiatrist said that's what he did was the right thing.

If this was the right thing then why am I so...

Alone

Maybe Arthur was right,maybe we should have never crossed paths in the first place.

I let out a sigh,it's unhealthy to dwell in the past anyway. I get up from my bed,grab my jacket, and head out into town.

As I walked down the busy street,I happened to come across the record store I always go to.

*•*•*•*•

"Little miss?"

I quickly raise my head to the familiar voice,
"Oh Arthur~" I say calmly,"hi,how are you?"

"Oh good" he answers politely,"jut finished my session so I'm heading home,oh yea I almost forgot to bring this with me today."

He reaches into a plastic bag,and takes out... a record. I read the cover,it's Paul Anka,not only that,it's the same record from that store we visited so many weeks ago.

"Here you go" He says,

~"it's your now"~

*•*•*•*•

I feel myself smile at the memory,then mentally slap myself in the face.

Come on Charlotte get yourself together!!!

I let out a sigh,and catch the billboard on the store window. There was a poster, I scanned through the text, there's going to be a comedy show at a small restaurant.

That sounds like fun...

I smile,"that might cheer me up~" I mumble to myself,I take one of the fliers from the pile under the board,and continue my way down the street.

~TimeSkip~

"Crap crap crap I'm laaaaaaate!" I yell,running down the dark street, she show should be starting any minute!

I raced inside the restaurant,and quickly took my seat near the far right side of the stage.

Just as I sat down,the lights began to dim,and a beam of light beams onto the stage. A man walks up on stage with a microphone,

"Good evening ladies and gentlemen" he introduces,"for today's performance we will be bringing in a very talented comedian who you might recognize from previous shows, this man never fails to bring a smile to everyone's face, so please give a very special welcome to Arthur Fleck".

I feel my stomach drop...

The audience clap excitedly,applauding and cheering with eagerness. Low and behold, the man gives someone hidden in the curtains the microphone.

Someone jogs onto the stage...

I feel myself become sick to my stomach...

It's Arthur

"Good evening ladies and gentlemen!" He beams with enthusiasm,"how are you tonight?"

"GOOD!" The crowd chants excitedly,giving him more praise and applause.

He looks so happy...

"Alright~!" He says,"lets get this show started~!"

He takes off his jacket,and places it on the wooden stool.

"So the other day" he starts,"I was walking down the street,and my only way to get home is passing by a club. I'm not one to be involved so I try to go by as quick as possible. Then all of a sudden out of nowhere,these two girls stumble their way towards me. And what made me genuinely concerned for them was not how much they appeared to have drank, but how they didn't in the slightest seem to care that they both somehow managed to have no shoes".

The crowd lightly chuckles

"So the first girl,who was a brunette, looks at me and said..."

He then proceeded to do the most hilarious impression of a drunk girl I have ever seen.

"ExcUUUuuse me! Have you seen my shoe?~!"

The crowd,including myself,were already laughing just by his impression.

"And I tell her that I haven't seen it..." he continues," and she tells me..."if I lose my shoe then I won't be able to walk home!""

"And I tell her very calmly, "lady,one, you have both your shoes missing,two, you seemed fine walking up to me in the middle of nowhere,and three, why is your friend trying to open her purse with a cigarette?"

Laughter once again floods the crowd

"So I'm just standing there like " what the heck am I supposed to do in this situation". Cause I don't know if you know this, but I'm a pretty old guy, so if someone were looking at the situation I was currently in, they would have probably thought I was some jerk who was picking up his daughter who had a little too much to drink from her night out".

I never laughed so hard in my life

This is great!!!

~Time Skip~

Just as Arthur finished his last joke for the day, he bowed and said,"thank you very much ladies and gentlemen have a wonderful night!"

The audience stands to their feet,clapping and cheering Arthur for his hilarious performance.

He hands the microphone to the man,and exits the stage,"alright ladies and gentlemen we hope you enjoyed the show and have a wonderful night!"

Everyone had started to leave,one-by-one making the restaurant empty. I got up from my seat,and made my way towards the direction Arthur went.

~Would he be mad that I'm here?~