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You agreed to go to visit the circus today since Pierrot had asked not too long ago. Harlequin has been asking you to attend his in the meantime as well. In the morning, you felt slightly sick and not in the usual way. Just nauseous and with a slight stomach ache. Your back feels odd too but it didn't seem to be anything out of the norm.
Pierrot visits you in the cafe today and comments on how you seem to smell just a little different than usual despite not having done anything different. It's an odd thing, knowing he's not human but having to treat him as such if you still want him around. They don't seem to know you know they aren't human but you don't want them to run away from you since they're one of the few people that treat you like a human.
Harlequin came in, seemingly to order something, but the moment he got to the counter he commented on how I seem slightly more sluggish. Despite having more of a joking type of personality, he still cares.
You go home and try to relax a little before you go and you decide to snack on an orange. On your way to the circus, getting more nauseous as you keep walking. When you get to the entrance, Ticket taker looks a bit concerned. "Ah, red ticket guest. You look a little pale at the moment."
You smile and wave your hand dismissively. "Hi. I'm ok, just probably going to head home early."
Ticket Taker nods "Perhaps, visit our doctor some time."
You nod, waving bye to him and going into Pierrot's tent for his show. He ends up doing some acrobatics for a while, which looks amazing. After the show, you notice that Harlequin's show is about to start. You almost throw up in your mouth while looking at his tent, feeling slightly guilty at having reacted like that the moment you saw him despite not actually being disgusted with him or anything of his.
You notice that your still nauseous after that and your back pain and stomach ache have only gotten worse. Pierrot comes up behind you and you hear his bells jingle to alert you of his presence, something that he had learned puts you at ease since he can't verbally announce himself in public. You turn to him and get very dizzy from turning, something is definitely wrong with you and now you know it. "H-hey Pierrot.."
He tilts his head and leans close to you, whispering "My lady, your voice sounds weak. Are you feeling alright?"
You agree with him but telling him how bad you feel would only make him worry at the moment so you just nod "Y-yeah. I'm jus-st a bit tired at the momen.." You notice that your voice is audibly weak and breathy as you talk. At the end of your sentence you cant hold onto your voice and it cuts off the last word.
"My lady?" his voice sounds slightly distant and you notice your stomach ache is only getting worse.
"Pierrot..." You wobble, almost falling over. "Do you have a restroom on the grounds?" He holds you steady and starts leading you to his personal tent. You hear him say something but it's hard to comprehend what it is that he said. He shows me to the restroom and I walk in. I sit on the seat for what feels like a while, pondering why everything hurts and why I'm so dizzy all of the sudden. When I stand up I notice blood in the toilet, the water having taken on a slightly pink tint. "Shit.. fuck..." You sigh as you sit back down, understanding why everything hurts so much and is only getting worse.
"My lady?? I smell blood, are you ok?? Do you need the doctor??" Pierrot sounds desperate and panicked as he knocks on the door to the restroom.
"uhhm.." You start cramping up your torso and its hitting your diaphragm making it hard to breathe. "m-maybe.. i-if you could ask him to come over and bring some pain meds..." You groan and curl up a bit, feeling more pain. "P-Pierrot..!"
"Yes, my lady?" He sounds anxious.
"i-if you could go to my house and.. get something for me.." You sound hesitant and out of breath.
"Anything."
"There's a s-small purple bag on a shelf.. bring it, but don't open it. or touch what's inside."
"As you wish, my lady. Please, be safe." With that, he hurries off, eager to find doctor and this mysterious bag.
A few minutes later, there is a soft knock at the restroom door and your cramps have only gotten so so much worse. "Excuse me, Patient?" You just groan at him from the other side of the door. "Would you mind answering a few questions for me?" You groan again and he chuckles. "If you could make a sound if you agree with what I'm saying, Patient."
"I-I.." You try to talk but can't manage it.
"There is no need to talk if you can't manage it, dear Patient. Thank you for the effort, though." He seems to step to the side and then announces to you. "Ah. It seems our Pierrot has brought you something."
You try to stand immediately "O-Open the door..!" Every single type of period pain that exists seems to hit you all at once and Pierrot opens the door to you on the floor gagging and a blood smell in the air. There's blood in the toilet bowl and your dress, rather short for the chilly weather, is covering the source of the blood.
They look very concerned at you, seeing that you're visibly disoriented and not in the way that they normally see from their drugs. Pierrot helps you up and sits you down on the sink, gently handing you the bag. "My lady, you seem worse now than before. And there's so much blood. Are you ok?"
Doctor stares for a moment, probably analyzing the scene. He hands me the pills He has on hand and turns to leave. "See me in my tent, after you get situated, if you would, dear Patient."
Pierrot just stares at you for a moment and waits for Doctor to leave before asking "Do you need help?"
You Shake your head and gesture for him to leave the restroom. He does so and you rush to put in your cup and take a second to breathe and clean yourself up before you get out of the restroom. You get dizzy as soon as you leave the restroom, holding the now empty purple bag and the bottle of pills. As you're falling over, Pierrot scoops you up and you're too tired to try to stop him or express your discomfort with being held like this so you just let him. He holds you close to him, like you're the most important thing in the world and makes his way to the doctor's tent.
It seems the circus closed maybe 10 minutes ago and Harlequin is just now checking to see what Pierrot is up to since you didn't make it to his show. "Pierrot. Good evening. What-" he spots you, looking half conscious and smelling of blood, in his arms and his smile drops "Oh." He looks concerned and follows Pierrot to Doctor's tent.