Candy.

Raven.

Gold Kitten.

Three puppets. Three names, or their stage names.

Candy is a majestic women of the three. Cotton Candy half pink and half blue hair, slight gap between her teeth but with a smile so beautiful that reaches her freckled pink cheeks, laughing ever so often in an unfamiliar and not so elegant manner. Somehow it felt almost liberated, at least for Taehyung, perhaps even refreshing. Her dress resembles a school girl but baby pink and gold, ruffles that whirls at the ends of her skirt that reaches mid of her slim thighs. Expression of a fairly believable child, but more carefree just as her beautiful smile.

Meanwhile Raven is a more kidish male, always falling or dropping on the ground with lips sealed in silence. Perhaps his name refered as is due to the raven silk of black hair pushed away from his face, giving everyone the access to see the beauty of his facial features with the golden make up outlining the perfection of every contour and edges like a sculpture. Wearing a pair of brown schoolboy shorts and a white button up shirt, golden bowtie snuggled up his porcelain neck, a complete boy he resembles despite the height and evident muscles signifying otherwise.

Lastly Gold Kitten; the blond haired male, short compared to the puppet boy but with skin much more toned and glistening like polish wood. Unlike the other two, his attire revolves more of a performer attire, a mixture between the female and male. Body is snuggled by a white blouse with a golden button up corset, followed by ivory colored short pants with golden ruffles to the sides and the edge, ending just mid by his muscular thighs, probably even higher than that. The man's features would confuse, and probably is, anyone between being a birthed female or male by the soft complexion of his facial features but bold red lips and eye make up of a fierce animal. A soft smile and twinkling eyes of feminine beauty yet strength of a muscular man despite his thin arms whenever he would pick up Candy.

The two were more so the spokesperson of the three, meanwhile the Raven would only make hand gestures and exaggerating movements to pursuit his point to the audience and the other two.

Taehyung couldn't find himself keeping his eyes off him.

Perhaps it was the aching way his smile never faltered through the falls, his sharp and direct movements that were controlled by the strings on his wrists and ankles. Or most likely by the unusual beauty yet curiosity the other boy beholds and grasps from the crowd. His character is an innocent boy who needs help from the other two puppets most of the time, silent, but childish; defenseless.

Very strange to see considering a man is meant to show their strength, pride, and masculinity.

There's a point to where the boy twirls by the puppet master control in a perfect pirouette, falling to his knees with arms out to be praised. Cheers and hollers he received as his gaze roams the crowd, smiling brightly.

Just then his eyes met with Taehyung's intent gaze.

The man was the only one not cheering besides Taemin - who would clap quietly from time to time. The intensity behind his gaze is far more louder than the noises circulating the tent, and he knew Raven could hear it through his silent body. The puppet boy remains with his wide smile, eyes almost as glossy and empty as an actual doll before he bends backwards, hands on the ground as he rolls painfully to his feet, yet for him it seemed almost as effortless as breathing.

"Now my children," The Puppeteer announces, all eyes moving up to him besides the puppets. The man pulls a large pair of scissors from his coat and one by one he cuts the string, letting if fall like rain drops to the dirt while the puppets remain completely still.

"Perform."

The lights switches to a deep neon purple, and the puppets split up.

Many people in the crowd shrieks, not knowing where to follow their eyes in all three directions. At the center remained Gold Kitten, arms extended up with eyes closed as he waits with the bright smile of ruby red. All the while the puppet boy and girl split to the poles on either side of the tent, effortlessly moving to the purposed destination.

Taehyung watches the puppet boy run to the pole beside him, their eyes locking when Raven latches onto it. The moment alone when their eyes connected again was like a foot that kicked Taehyung's chest, suffocating him of air to the glossy eyes of the puppet. The Raven didn't even fidget a reaction, only keeps smiling and suddenly crawls up the poles eagerly and quickly.

Forcing Taehyung to breathe once again, watching in awe.

Raven and Candy are standing on the diagonal pole now, where the puppeteer is as they walk with one foot over the other with no fear or hesitation. A feet away from their master they stopped. The audience are holding onto their breathes, considering that with one mistake, they could be witnessing a death scene rather than the greatest act yet.

And their horror thoughts came to life when the puppets fall off simultaneously.

Taehyung shoots up to his feet, eyes widen with a heart pounding to his throat, ready to throw himself in the ring to catch them. Actually most likely everyone here eyes bulged out of it's sockets as the two dolls falls through the air with giggles now.

That's when Gold Kitten made his appearance.

No one noticed the large hoop he's hanged upside down on until he swings from side to side at the center, spreading the golden cloth in his arms that are tied up to the ceiling in which fluttered down just when the two dolls fell. Raven and Candy both gripped onto them immediately, whirling around the rope that holds the ring in a circular rotation, where Gold Kitten now lays with an elegant hand outstretched out diagonally, expression of a smiling toy on his feminine features.

Raven and Candy suddenly abruptly stops spinning, and Gold Kitten falls forward elegantly, attaching himself to Candy's silk and tying his body against it in an elegant movements of his legs and arms before flying through the crowd with a delicate and carefree grin. Candy took his position on the ring now while Raven created these effortless poses with the silk as well, moving the opposite direction as Gold Kitten as they untied it from the rope of the ring.

Many awed and squealed to the beauty of this sudden spectacular performance while the two business men just stared in wonder. Taehyung was awestruck to the flawless beauty of Raven while Taemin was captivated by Gold Kitten.

No words can describe how breathless the shorter male of the two friends feels got whenever Gold Kitten flies with ribbon tied up his waist by their side, that delicate smile on his face and unspeakable beauty with the exotic purple light glistening the sparkles of his face. It's the perfect illusion seeing poses the man would pull with his flexible body, and Taemin couldn't seem to stop the praises forcing through his mind as he stares at him.

The two performers never spared a glance, only remains with their eyes to the whole crowd but Taemin would shiver when his gaze would meet with Gold Kitten's, even if it was just for a second.

Beautiful.

They don't even appear to be real as this happens.

Candy suddenly swings on the ring with one hand before Raven grabs her other hand. A whirl or two of spinning the last swirl of the silk from the rope while Candy waves at the crowd, Raven suddenly raises his arm and she swings her legs, flying backwards to Gold Kitten's ribbon, that is across theirs. In a perfect stroke and arch back of a professional swimmer diving backwards, she soars through the air.

Everyone raised to their feet, lips gapped or covered with the questions if she would make it or not. Taemin grabs tightly to Taehyung's arm, anxiety pulsing through his blood with a hand covering his eyes but peaking the scene between his fingers. By now Taehyung couldn't even breathe, sparkling eyes staring at the performance with a heart to his throat, stuck there as Candy moves perfectly through the distance.

Just as though it was predicted and calculated, Candy reaches and grabs Gold Kitten's ribbon while being upside down before posing for the awestruck crowd, that boomed into hollers soon afterwards.

This is so surreal....

The way they move, everything so well predicted as though they've practiced this act for years. Not a mistake in sight, just the utter preciseness of their every swing and pose, with the perfect smiles on their faces towards the audience of beautiful puppets.

The perfect puppets.

For a perfect show.

Slowly they began to make their way to the ground with twirls on the ribbons and more poses on the hoop, landing to the ground perfectly on their feet. Bows were exchanged and a few waves. Taehyung's prideful body couldn't even hold himself back from applauding as well, slowly but that performance deserved it.

A shiver ran down his body when Raven met his eyes once again when he was waving through his area. It almost as though the noises drowned down in the background, filled with nothing but this moment of their chocolate brown eyes meeting and holding onto the gaze. Taehyung is a man of many words. For this he could not find the proper vocabulary to describe the odd sensation that slithers inside his body, stopping himself from applauding when Raven's smile twitched wider before he turns around to join the other two performers.

But then their bodies just dropped to the ground.

Just like rag dolls after being let go with the bright smiles still displayed on their faces and eyes still wide open, slowly closing shut just as the music ends.

Taehyung's eyes are still on Raven, the last thing seeing is his smile disappearing just as the circus swallows into darkness when the lights dim off.

Ending the most perfect act Taehyung has ever seen before.

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A/N:
I'm pretty excited for this story, not going to lie.

By the way, this is a mix of suspense and thriller, so no horror...... Kinda.

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