3. Kissing Booth

Summary: The Strongman is forced to watch the Kissing Booth with the Doll while Miss Fortune finishes up predicting a few fortunes for some visitors. The Clown and the Ringmaster, both bored, decide to drop by for a quick visit.

Characters: Strongman, Clown, Doll, Miss Fortune, Acrobats (mentioned), Magician (mentioned)

Pairings: a little StrongmanxClown, a little StrongmanxDoll, mentioned StrongmanxMiss Fortune, obvious Miss FortunexDoll, onesided ClownxDoll, mentioned MagicianxDoll

If there was one thing the Strongman hated the most in the carnival, it was the kissing booth.

The kissing booth. The place where you paid five tickets so you could kiss one of the carnies available there. Kai despised the times whenever he had to be the one watching it, and honestly he hated visitors, complete strangers, kissing him for the measly price of five tickets. Seriously.

The Acrobats were usually the ones manning the kissing booth, considering that they were the only females and that the Ringmaster was usually busy with other things, but they had a few acts to perform in their tent, so they couldn't watch it at the time. Miss Fortune was supposed to be here by now (Kai knew from experience that Miss Fortune was indeed a decent kisser and that he wasn't afraid to kiss strangers, since Fortune always loved visitors to keep him some company), but unfortunately he had a few more fortunes to finish predicting for some visitors.

The Knife Thrower had his act to perform, and the Clown was nowhere in sight. This meant that the duty of watching the kissing booth fell to the Doll and the Strongman.

No one had showed up at the booth yet. That was good, the Strongman supposed. At least he wouldn't be kissing anyone yet. He glanced at the Doll, who was silent and looking around quietly. This would be the Doll's first time at the kissing booth... The Strongman wondered if the Doll would freak out at this, or he would somehow get used to it quickly like the Fortuneteller. Who knew?

"Hello there!" The Clown suddenly appeared in front of his face, and the Strongman let out a cry of shock and fell backwards, landing on his rear. The Clown let out a hoot of laughter as the Doll looked at him in slight intrigue. The Strongman, however, was not amused.

"Do you seriously have to do that?" The currently-shirtless teen spoke up, glaring at the Clown. "Really, it's getting on my nerves!"

"Come ooonnn..." The Clown drawled in response, still grinning like a Cheshire Cat. "What's wrong with a litle teasing, hm? I thought I would drop by and see how you two were doing in the kissing booth, but it looks like there aren't any customers. That sucks. I was hoping to see one or both of you smooching some strangers."

The Doll blushed a bit with embarassment, unsure of what to say while the Strongman just glared even more at the Clown. "What do you want?" The Strongman snapped. "Surely you came here besides just a visit, right?"

"Mhmm!" The Clown slapped five tickets down on the counter. "Now, which one of you is going to kiss me?"

"What?!" Both the Doll and the Strongman exclaimed at the same time.

"How-" The Doll started, looking at the tickets, "How did you-carnies don't use-"

"I know, I know, carnies don't usually use tickets to get what they want...but in this case, they have to. I pick-pocketed some tickets from some unsuspecting visitors earlier. It was all in good fun, really, just for the heck of it, and now I can use them for something." The Clown responded, grinning even wider. "Which one of you will kiss me? Maybe you, Doll?" he suggested, and the Doll quivered slightly in fear.

"Hey, you're getting your stupid lips on the Doll, okay?" The Strongman spoke up, gritting his teeth. "You kiss me, and if you dare try to kiss the Doll I swear I'll beat the living daylights out of you."

"Someone's overprotective, hm?" The Clown teased, but he grabbed the Strongman by the wrist, and pulled him forwards. The Doll's eyes widened at a sight that he thought he would never see: The Strongman and the Clown making out with each other.

After a moment, the two broke the kiss and the Clown let out a cackle as the Strongman appeared to blush of embarrassment now. The Doll could only utter one word of amazement.

"Wow."

Before anyone else could speak up, Miss Fortune came running to the kissing booth. The Fortuneteller looked a bit too excited, and the Strongman jumped out of the way before Miss Fortune practically enveloped the Doll in a tight hug.

"Oh, I missed you Doll!" Miss Fortune cooed, giving his beloved plaything a few feathery-light kisses on the face. The Doll seemed to blush and cringe at the same time, and Miss Fortune let out a giggle. "Sorry that I'm late, but the last few fortunes took a while to finish explaining to the visitors. Some of them fainted of fright, but I didn't bother going to get help. They'll wake up eventually, anyway. You're much more important than a bunch of silly customers, Doll." He then kissed the Doll fully on the mouth for a moment, and the Doll seemed to blush even more.

The Clown let out a chuckle. "So, Miss Fortune," He spoke up, "Do you mind letting me kiss your Doll if I pay you five tickets?"

Miss Fortune glared at him. "Never! He's mine and only mine!" He snapped, holding the Doll a bit tighter. "You will never kiss him! Understood? Never!"

"But you let the Magician kiss him-"

"The Magician is allowed to because I trust him fully! I don't trust you!"

The Strongman just let out a sigh before leaving the Clown and Fortuneteller to their quarrel over the Doll. It seemed that everyone wanted to possess the Doll or something...