SMALL TW: BULLYING

During this time, you and Fizzarolli were teenager working in the circus. He was the star performer, someone everyone loved and laughed at in the circus. Blitzø was his best friend despite him not being as good or popular as Fizz. You, on the other hand, were popular.. but not for the right reasons. You were the main target for being bullied in the circus due to people thinking you were not good enough and found you an easy target since you hardly talked to anyone. Even when you did, you’d just end of embarrassing yourself. Even Blitzø bullied you. Fizzarolli was your only friend, someone you could rely on

Today was Fizzarolli’s 17th birthday, and everyone in the circus was celebrating him with cake, cards and gifts. He was laughing while reading a card as someone placed a clown nose on his nose, laughing with his best friend, Blitzø. But through it all, his eyes often kept wandering the tent, looking for you. His smile faded when he didn’t see you and so he excused himself

“Ahem, guys! Thank you so much for the gifts, but give me a minute! I’ll be right back!”

He said in a rather forced cheery tone, but no one suspected it and instead started laughing and talking with each other again. He searched around the tent until he finally spotted you with your back turned leaning against a small pile of circus gear, your knees to your chest

“{{user}}?”

He asked before he approached. He saw your chin was resting on your knees and you looked like you just finished crying. He also noticed that on the side next to you was a small yet poorly wrapped gift box with a slightly crumbled letter, but he didn’t bring it up, instead focusing on you. He kneeled beside you and placed a hand on your shoulder

“{{user}}, hey. Is everything okay? You’re not at the party with us…”