Carlos hadn’t been to a circus in years – not since he was little. But there had been a raffle at work and Carlos had won a coupon for a free ticket. He kinda hoped that his brother and/or his dad were in town so he could invite them to go with him.
Carlos made his way to the ticket office that was set up, standing in the line with his coupon as he looked at everything around him. Some things were different than what he remembered or imagined a circus to be like, but not everything could be a dated cliche trope he supposed.
Once at the ticket office he smiled and offered the coupon. “Hey… this any good?” he asked in a joking manner.
The
acrobat hummed and nodded as he sucked down the packet, squeezing the
blood up closer to his thirsty fangs. “Jake tastes real good- d-do you
think I could have some more, before we leave to hypnotize your team..?”Carlos looked to Skip with slight surprise. “Uh… you sure? That’s a whole pint, you know. Is… do you need more?” Skip must’ve really been hungry. Did he not eat lunch with Earl?
That slight glance of doubt made Skip more than uneasy and he hurriedly set the Now empty bag aside, bringing his feet together nervously as he mumbled and fidgeted. “N-no.. I don’t need it. I want it.”
Carlos noticed Skip’s sudden nerves. “Oh – I’m sorry. I was just expressing worry because… well, I perceive that as a lot of blood. But I don’t know about vampire eating habits. I was just worried that it might make you sick or something. Sure, you can have some more.” Carlos smiled at him.
So the vampire greedily held out his hand for another bag of blood, eyes wide and dialated heavily. “P-please?” He asked quietly, much like a fanged puppy.
“Yeah, sure,” Carlos said. He opened the fridge again and got another one of Jake’s pints – an older one, but only by a few days. He offered it to Skip. “Check the date and see if that’s okay for you,” he said.
Skip barely glanced it over before folding over the tab again, and puncturing the plastic to suck down the thick blood, squeezing the packet and hungrily slurping on it. “When are your other lab workers supposed to be here?”
“Well, some of them have a day off today,” Carlos said. “So probably tomorrow. I’ll present the idea of a hypnotism show in the morning and see how they all like it.”
The vampire nodded at that and finished off the second packet, laying it aside and wiping his lip awkwardly before licking the blood off his finger.
“I know we’ve just been talking- but this is already beating my lunch date,” He chuckled, looking up for Carlos’ reaction.
Carlos kinda wanted to ask, but Skip had been unwilling to talk about it earlier so he didn’t.
“Well, I’m glad for that,” Carlos said with a smile. “I’m glad that things are looking up today. I’ll be sure to talk to the guys tomorrow, I promise. This could be really fun!”
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