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"Yeah! It doesn't look as high anymore once you've been up here a long time, you know?", Leila smiled and looked at her partner who joinded them soon after. She looked back at Arthur when he seemd a bit more open to the idea that this might be fun after all. "A lot of fun! You fly for a moment and then you land softly. There is nothing more to it." All of them looked down when Josiah was yelling something and Connie was saluting to both men, Louis included. Leila turned her attention back to Art…

"It's not silly!", Leila quickly exclaimed and giggled once more. "And you don't have to sleep up here. I'm just saying, I did, so I get used to being up here an now I'm not scared anymore." She could have demonstrated that, but she promised Louis to stay with Arthur, until he came back up, so she just sat here with her feet dangling down the platform. "I didn't want to jump into the net either, but once Louis got me to try it, it was actually kind of fun. You fly for a while and then softly lan…

"You are safe. And I won't fall either.", Louis strongly replied to swat away every worry Arthur might have. He was sure this boy profited from someone pampering him, like he was pampered in his previous rich life. He was sure that he wanted someone telling him, that he could take all the time in the world and that there was no pressure, but there was. Pempering him meant he wouldn't be able to pull his weight around here and that meant he couldn't stay. He needed to face his fears and Louis bro…

Arthur knew that he was hardly someone the kids trusted, much less with their lives. Josiah was too lenient but at least Arthur would believe him if he told him that he wouldn't be hurt. For all Arthur knew Louis could try to get rid of him, having him have an accident, but Louis would never do anything like that. "Even if you fall, you won't hurt yourself.", Louis reassured him, then shook his head. "I hurt myself before, but not badly and not by falling from here. It happens, but people also h…

Arthur hadn't been this scared when climbing up, but it probably was due to the fact, that he didn't look down until Louis called out to him from way down there. It probably looked higher from up here than from down there. Louis actually couldn't remember his first time up here and he couldn't remember if he was scared. He knew Josiah wasn't fond of heights, not this high up at least, so he probably took pride in the fact that he was also good at something back when they were children. Louis had…

Louis was actually impressed that that little boy climbe up there without any fuss. He was scared, but he neither cried, nor did he complain, he didn't even freeze. Louis made sure to give him enough rope so he could continue climbing, but he wasn't a monster, he held the rope tight, so Arthur felt some pull all the time, even if he had slipped, he'd only fallen a few centimeters. He was harsh yes, but Arthur already signed the contract, there was no need of scaring him and Louis also didn't fin…

Arthur was smart, Louis could see that in his curious eyes that looked at everything here, not because it sparkled, but because he was interested in the workings of all the lights, banners and other contraptions that, would come evening, enthrall everyone that sat foot into the big circus tent. Louis wondered if he'd even seen a show before, but he could hardly remember every face he saw. Right now the tent looked rather unspectacular. There were flaps opened to let some daylight in, it wasn't d…

Josiah didn't tell Louis everything either, but he knew better than to ask him again now. His friend wanted to sleep and be slightly upset it seemed. He also wasn't as serious about Louis' question as he hoped he'd be, but whatever the case, he let it be. He didn't come here to fight and he wss sure Josiah didn't want to either. Once they both lay back to back in the tine bed, Louis closed his eyes, but he wasn't able to sleep, he knew that. He could have the most exhausting of days and still, e…

Everything Louis did he did for Josiah and the childrens sake, even if his friend couldn't see that. Josiah rarely was upset, but now he was and Louis deemed it better to just shut up. He could keep promising him that he'd tell him if he could, that he wanted to, but his friend would never understand that it wasn't a choice Louis made, not at all. How could he? None of this made sense and that was also why Louis thought staying away from him was the better choice. Still, even though he was angry…

Josiah was angry and annoyed with Louis, wasn't he? It was understandable, but there was nothing much he could do to change that. He wasn't arguing with him because it was so much fun and he didn't tell him everything because it was none of his business, all that wasn't the case. "It's not like I don't want to tell you... I mean sometimes I think it's better if you don't know, but I don't want to be alone with it either... but I can't tell you." This answer was cryptic at best and not what his f…

Josiah was angry at Louis and while he sometimes tried to make exactly that happen, it didn't help. He'd still care for his friend and wouldn't just leave him alone and he also wouldn't just leave this place without him. Upset at he was Josiah tossed himself into bed and shoved a pillow Louis' way. They never fought like that when they were younger. They bickered, ate away their sweets sometimes to intentionally cause some trouble and then resolved it with a pillow fight, that was all. Being gro…

All of the things Josiah claimed didn't fit to Louis situation, he thought sounded true. He felt locked up, like a prisoner, or even dog. Half of the people here weren't free, they just didn't know it. Again Louis couldn't say anything to that matter, he left the topic be and Josiah his opinion. There was many things Louis couldn't even explain to himself, but he had a general idea of the reasons why he couldn't tell Josiah certain things and why his personality shifted at times. He didn't know …

Louis couldn't blame Josiah, he wasn't better than him after all. He'd always care about him and all he did, he did for his friend, even if he didn't see it. Louis didn't do it for fame, or thanks, or because he wanted Josiah to rely on him like he always did. He didn't want anything in return, nor did he want favors, he simply wanted his best friend to be save, alive and possibly out of this place. If he wanted to, he could earn money on his own, just doing his act and selling tickets to a one …

"Stop worrying about me!", Louis complained. If he got into trouble, it didn't matter much, it was better it was him than Josiah. If they would have grown up in a different environment, they probably would have fought over who's going to be allowed to be kicked in the face for stealing some bread. Josiahs next suggestion, albeit not serious, was exactly what Louis wanted him to do, but he couldn't say it, nor could he tell his body to nod. On the other hand, he wasn't sure if it was such a good …

Louis wished he was able to explain Josiah everything. He wished he could talk freely with him sometimes, but he couldn't. Besides, on other occasions he didn't want to burden him with all of the things he learned himself over the years. He didn't want him to be scared, or angry, or hurt, not by others or his own actions. He didn't know better and Louis didn't either when he was younger, nobody could fault them for that. Now Louis was unable to tell Josiah the truth and Josiah wasn't quite getti…

When Josiah got up from where he sat and came Louis' direction, he made a bit of room for him on the bed. This was one of the bigger wagons, much like Louis', simply because they'd been here for such a long time. The children also shared a big one, but there was a bunch of them inside, sharing what room they could. Still, a wagon was a wagon and not a house. There wasn't that much room, after all it had to be able to be moved from one venue to the next. The bed was cramped to the back wall and o…

Josiah wasn't going to bite, he didn't care about parents that possibly abandoned him and Louis could understand it, because he felt the same. He didn't know them and he'd never be able to care, after all the were complete strangers, if the were alive somewhere in the first place. He wouldn't ask the ringmaster, in fact Louis only talked to him when he had to, when he was called upon to discuss the children, contracts or the circus and how it was fairing. Josiah saw him as somewhat of his father…

Josiah always had been the optimistic one and he remained to this day. Whether he truly believed what he said, or he simply wanted to cheer Louis up, he didn't know, but it also didn't matter much. Louis never even thought about potential parents when he was younger, but at this point he was incredibly unsure about himself. He wanted to make sure, that he was what he thought to be, but he had no chance in doing so. Josiah however could venture out and find where he came from, but it didn't seem …

"Probably just left us here because they didn't want us...", Louis speculated and e couldn't say that he was sad about it. He didn't know his parents, so there was no one to miss. Maybe he even hated them for dropping him off here of all places, but he rarely thought about it. This place was his home, even though often times he wished it wasn't. Still, it was all he knew and he didn't know what would have happened in his life if he never came here. "Ever thinking of searching for your parents?",…

"Well... yeah. I can't remember anything other than living here.", Louis agreed. There was no memory of a family or the lack of which. He's been here as long as he could think yet questioned if the ringmaster would ever take in a toddler who could do absolutely nothing. That led him to believe that maybe he was born here and as long as his mother worked, he'd be allowed to stay, but then there should be someone that knew her and there wasn't. A potential mother was nowhere to be found either. Be…