#cirquekey

Victoria fell back on her bed, ready to take a short nap instead of linger with the other members of the cirque on the beach. Even though there were not as many people out there now from what she could tell, there were still far too many for her liking, which actually meant she really would only be satisfied with a completely empty beach left just for her. So she figured she would get some more sleeping in, since this was supposed to be their vacation anyway and she had spent most of it reading rather than getting sleep.

She idly stared up at the ceiling before her eye lids slowly started to close, but not before something crossed her vision. Opening her eyes fully, she glanced along the ceiling, wondering what dark thing had caught her attention a moment ago. But right as she was about to dismiss it as a shadow, she spotted it.Crouching on the corner of the ceiling was a huge black bug, at least three inches big, which might as well be three feet big to her. Its legs were long and fat, and they slowly twitched as the thing started crawling down the wall. Horror twisted Victoria's expression as she quickly sat up, shaking her head and muttering "nope" to herself repeatedly, her voice increasing in volume and pitch. If there was one thing on this planet that truly scared the blonde, it was bugs, and that one was a perfect specimen of everything she hated about them rolled into one filthy, huge, down right scary creature.

She didn't stick around to see what type it of insect it was. Instead, she stood up from the bed slowly, her wide eyes focused on the creepy little devil that was gradually making its way down her wall. Fully awake now, she calmly ran out of her house, not exactly thinking about where she was going as long as it was away from the intruder that was currently getting free reign of her room. Fear and horror was still pretty evident on her face as she kept repeating "nope" to herself, pretty much deciding that she would 'accidentally' just fall asleep on the beach or something rather than return to her house.

Even though being on a ship hadn't been something completely new to Himchan - not at all -, being on a rusty old freighter which was on the verge of breaking in half definitely had been another new experience in his life since he got to join the circus. And he honestly was glad that this trip was finally over; cause it surely was worse than the whole moving in trucks thing. At least that was his opinion.

Now they had arrived on the home island just a few days ago, and things already seemed to be calming down slowly. Not only for Himchan; everything around him as well.

The blonde - who seriously needed a new hair dye; the dark hairline revealing his actual hair color more than just a little by now - pushed his hands inside his pants pockets then, walking along the shore with slow steps while his gaze was focused on the ground in front of him.

Recently, doubts had been popping up in his mind again and every time that happened, he simply just wanted to slap himself. Even though after three months he still didn't have many friends here and even though not everything went 100 % perfect all the time, he had noticed a change in himself - and he was sure that he had found a place that was worth calling a "home". Whether he was able to consider it a "new family" or not yet - it was more of a family already than his parents had ever been able to be.

He kicked a stone out of the way and let out an audible sigh, as he then suddenly stopped in his tracks when he spotted a familiar person sitting in front of the water, not even that far away from him. Was this who he thought it was? Was this who had seemed to avoid him at all cost for the past month?

A second look told him yes, he was, and Himchan swallowed hard while a hand nervously ran through his hair, inwardly fighting with himself whether he should approach the other or not. He hadn't even finished his thought yet when his feet already took him in his direction though.

He couldn't just walk away now, he knew that. Not only because the other might have noticed him already by now anyway; also because he really wanted to talk this out.

His mouth got dryer the closer he got and he took a deep breath before he took his last bits of courage to actually sit down next to the younger male, shooting a quick glance.

"Hey."

Himchan's voice sounded hoarse and he cleared his throat, embarrassed that his voice had almost cracked even though it was just this one word he had managed to force out.

"Hey" he tried again; successfully this time. He looked over at the other from the corner of his eye and pursed his lips slightly, at a loss for words. Sometimes he really wished that life was just as easy as a movie. "I'm really sorry about last time." Okay, yeah, what exactly was he thinking when he walked up here in the first place? He honestly had enough time thinking about what to say, and this was all that he could come up with now.