Hello my lovely clown friends! :)
This is part two of "Arthur getting new medication"
I hope you guys like this story.
It's Arthur's point of view.
The clown comes out to play
Disclaimer: mentall illness
I was half asleep and dreamed at the same time.
It was early in the afternoon.
After the passionate kiss of my beloved (Y/N) ended, we both became tired and layed down on our couch in the living room.
We cuddled up together and wanted to rest a little. It was peaceful to lay on the couch with the one you love. And to think about nothing like the world around you stand still.
I could hear her breath against my face and her heartbeat, because my hand was on her chest. Everything was perfect and nothing or nobody could disturb us. The only problem was my shadow, because he begged for coming out and I couldn't hide him anymore. It was too early to show (Y/N) my other self, but I couldn't wait anymore. Joker wouldn't wait longer, because he wasn't patient. I made (Y/N) curious and the result is to risk it and give her a look at my protector, the clown in red suit. Red has always been my favourite colour. My suit explains it and (Y/N) knew that. I could tell her anything, but I am always getting nervous when she looks at me with this curious face expression as if I hide something from her. I want to be honest with her and I have promised her that.
Suddenly I opened my eyes and looked at (Y/N). She looked so sweet and innocent during her slumber, but then I heard her whispering my name. This made me happy and I kissed her cheek.
"I love you, (Y/N)." I whispered into her ears and stroked her hair.
She smiled and opened her eyes. I hope I didn't wake her and smiled back at her.
"I love you too, Arthur." She kissed my lips and placed her hands on my cheeks. I loved it when she did that and began to play with my curls. (Y/N) loved it to play with my messy hair and I always giggled and enjoyed it. I could have continued like that, but then the final question came.
(Y/N) looked me in the eyes and asked me.
"Can you introduce me Joker?"
I heard him inside of me. He wished to come out and say hello to (Y/N). And I thought about the consequences, because he would take the over hand in the end. He was my shadow and created by childhood trauma. I couldn't ignore him. It was impossible. My eyes were fixed at her and I slowly answered.
"I can do that. He is already begging for freedom and I can't hold him back anymore. He is part of me, (Y/N)." I felt nervous again and this time it was worse. It was a sign to finally show her my dark side. After taking a deep breath I kissed her lips deeply and spoke those hard words.
"I am going to show you Joker now."
I couldn't believe what I've just said, but it had to be done. (Y/N) was glad and smiled at me in a sweet way. She stroked my cheeks again and said something that turned me on. Or better said it turned Joker on. "Then don't let him wait longer. Let him come out, Arthur. I am curious."
I smirked and could feel the presence of my shadow. The only missing parts were the suit, the make up and the hair dye.
"Give him about twenty minutes. Joker needs time to prepare himself for you, (Y/N)."
I could see the excited look in her eyes as I left and went into the bathroom. I locked up the door and got undressed until I only wore my underwear anymore. Then the transformation could begin. First I took the green hair dye and put it around my hair until my hair was covered green. I gave my hair and my head a soft massage to let the hair dye soak in. Of course I listened to music while I turned into Joker and it was nothing more than my favourite song That's Life from Frank Sinatra. I hummed the lines and danced around in the small bathroom.
"That's life.. That's what all the people say."
Once the hair dye soaked in, I washed it out and combed my hair back. I used hair gel to fix my stubborn curls and made my hair look shiny. The next step was the white face paint. I brushed it all over my face and a few parts of my neck too. Arthur slowly disappeared and the most important part came now. I painted blue triangles above and below my eyes and the left one longer than the right. I loved that part so much and continued with the wide red fake smile. This damn smirk. Every clown needed a red smile and a red nose, because this was the next step. I painted my nose red and two red eye brows above my blue triangles. My Joker make up was finished.
I grabbed my suit and put on my red pants, my green shirt, the yellow vest and the red jacket. I wore white socks to my brown shoes and felt not like Arthur anymore. He disappeared and Joker appeared. The clown was ready to introduce himself to (Y/N).
I turned the radio off and unlocked the door.
My body language fully changed as I entered the living room where (Y/N) read the latest newspaper.
I smirked widely and felt very confident and sexy.
Before I could say anything, (Y/N) fixed her eyes at me and looked kinda shocked and surprised at the same time. Did I scare her with my clown make up? She should be used to it, because of my Carnival make up.
Well, Carnival and Joker are two different clowns. Two different personalities, but always the same person behind the mask.
I kept my eyes at her and she stood up and covered her mouth with her hands.
"Oh my god! Is that really you, Arthur?"
She must have been shocked, because I have changed a lot with the make up, the hair dye and the red suit. My favourite part of this clown look.
I stepped closer and took out a red rose from behind my back. It was offered to my beautiful girlfriend and I smiled at her.
"It's Joker.. Please call me Joker!"
She looked at me from head to feet and noticed the red rose which I offered her and took it thankfully. She must have been speechless and didn't know what to say.
I decided to ask her.. "Is everything alright, (Y/N)?"
She smelled at the rose and looked into my green eyes. "Yes, Joker.. You are so handsome and sexy in your red suit. Thank you for the rose!"
I smirked and offered her my hand.
"May I take you outside for a walk, sweetheart?" I love to call her that, because she means everything to me. I might be Joker now, but I'm also Arthur. He hides behind the make up while Joker had his time and fun.
(Y/N) blushed and took my hand before she answered. "I would love to go out with you for a walk."
I could see the shyness in her eyes, but also the excitement. I wish I would feel confident with Arthur too, not only with Joker now. Sometimes you need to do the wrong thing to get things right.
"I am glad to hear that. Let's go then!" I leaded her towards the door and opened it for her. (Y/N) smiled and took my hand while we walked to the elevator.
I wasn't sure how she felt, but I was excited to go out with her in my full Joker mode. This was a sign for me that this could only mean the best or the worst, because people haven't seen Joker with a girl yet. They respected me as Joker, but not all. A few were against me and hated clowns. I touched my pockets and felt my gun and a knife. My weapons against my enemies. (Y/N) wouldn't be happy if she finds out that I'm carrying two dangerous weapons with me.
We left the building and Joker's adventures could begin..
"Are you ready to walk these streets of Gotham with Joker?" I asked (Y/N) and she smiled at me in a lovely way.
"Of course my handsome Joker. Show me this city!" She sounded excited as I thought and we both began to walk away from Anderson Ave. I felt so good and people noticed me. They saw me! Joker was visible.
Good that I chosed red. It was always a good colour and my favourite one.
"I will show you everything I know my sweet (Y/N)." I would show her everything. And it would take the whole afternoon if not even more, but this was my time to let the clown play his games. (Y/N) looked at me and crossed her arm with mine which made me smirk again. My smirk was already big enough, because of the red face paint. I could feel a real smirk under the make up and this was truly beautiful.
"Was that a smirk under your make up?"
I heard her asking and agreed.
"Yes, it was a real smirk. I can't tell if it was Arthur's or Joker's smirk." I was joking, because I knew the real answer and (Y/N) knew it too. She laughed and patted my shoulder gently.
"This must have been a joke, right?"
She kept laughing and I joined her.
"Hahaha.. not at all, because I have a better one to tell. Would you like to hear it?"
(Y/N) shook her head and listened to me while we kept on walking. We have passed already the William Street and I saw people looking at me in a weird way. Didn't they know me? I have brought chaos to Gotham and those people looked at me as if I was the bad guy. I mean I became bad, because of society's fault. They want chaos and they got it.
I was lost in the past for a moment, but (Y/N) took me back to the presence with a soft hand shake. She even asked me if I'm okay and looked at me.
I suddenly blinked my eyes and answered her. "Yes?"
Her voice helped me to come back and I realized that I was hallucinating again, but from the past. The past of Joker's beginning.
This happened if I didn't take my meds.
"Is everything alright with you?"
(Y/N) looked worried at me and I had to find a good answer to make her believe me.
"I am fine, (Y/N). I was just thinking about a good joke, but I don't know a good one."
Too bad for Joker, because he usually know good jokes and began to laugh. It felt funny and I laughed very hard. People stared at me and I laughed.
"Hahahahahahahaha.. Hahahahahahahaha."
(Y/N) looked at me worried and took my hands. She squeezed them gently and waited until my laugh calmed down.
Once it was over, I breathed gently and smirked again. "Forgive me, but people stare in a weird way as if they have seen a walking dead zombie. A zombie, hahaha. A little invasion could do better for Gotham."
It was because they saw me. They saw Joker and I enjoyed it. At least I thought so until I heard a laugh. It came from the side and it was a young man. Did he laugh at me?
(Y/N) took my hand and told me to ignore them, because they were stupid if they laughed at me. I couldn't ignore that and anger grew inside of me.
"Why do you laugh at me?" I asked and fixed my eyes at him. He took a look at me and came closer. His friends were waiting and watching from a short distance.
"What's your problem, clown? I can laugh at whoever I want."
This guy didn't respect me as he should. I wasn't a fucking circus clown if he thought that. This angered me even more and I had to control myself.
"I have a problem with you, yes. You know who I am, right?" I made it worse with questioning this guy.
I felt sorry, because of (Y/N). She had to watch and listen how I argued with this respectless guy. He didn't look rich or poor and didn't wear a suit like some kind of business men. He simply looked like a man of middle class and about 30 years. Younger than me, but it didn't matter. I just wanted to know the reason why he laughed at me and then we would continued our own way, but he provoked me and this was his biggest mistake.
Finally he managed to answer my question.
"No, why should I know a freak in red suit? Did you escape from a circus, clown?" The guy laughed again and his friends joined him.
My patience was over and I wanted to scream into the air, so everybody could hear it. I didn't care if people watched me, because this was enough to wake Joker's dark side.
I grabbed my knife, because it was decent and didn't make loud noises like a gun. I carried both with me, but this time I chosed the knife. I hid it under my jacket and looked into the guy's eyes. He should know who I am before I hurt him.
"Ohh. You should know me. I am no circus clown. I am a freak with a knife, because you have just insulted Joker. Time to play a little, huh?" I smirked evily at him and held my knife against his neck.
(Y/N) noticed the knife and screamed.
"Joker! Don't do this. Please, I beg you."
She meant it good with me, but Joker took over hand and he was someone who should be respected or feared in the end. And I didn't listen to (Y/N). I listened to the music in my head and laughed very crazy.
I pushed the knife into the guy's chest and he sank to the ground in front of my eyes. His friends couldn't believe what I have done and one called the police. The others were bothering my girl and I became mad. They even touched her and tried to hurt her, because I have punished this respectless guy. My eyes were fixed at them and I forgot to grab my knife again. It was covered with blood and I wanted to punish them too for bother (Y/N). Nobody was allowed to bother Joker's girl.
"Alright, I guess you both are next.. Get your dirty hands off from my girlfriend."
I threatened them with the bloody knife and wanted to protect my beloved one. She should see that Joker can protect her. And I could protect her, no matter what it costs.
But the fun ended as I heard a serious voice behind me..
I heard them talking seriously.
"Hands up and let your weapons fall."
The voice wasn't familiar to me. It wasn't Detective Garrity or Detective Burke.
It didn't matter. They got me and I couldn't run off like in past. What if they carried loaded guns? I couldn't risk that and looked at the two guys.
"You both will regret it sooner or later. Nobody should mess with Joker or his girlfriend."
They stared at me like (Y/N) and the cops grabbed my arms and hand cuffed me.
I have been arrested and could have escaped if I wanted. Joker has been arrested and his girlfriend had to watch how the cops took him away.
The cops looked at me and didn't say any word at first. Maybe they wanted me to talk first, but I only laughed. The thought of using my knife against a clown hater was a funny thought and the cops finally spoke.
"Stop laughing you freak!"
He leaded me into the police car and got into the driver side. The other one seemed to enjoy it and only laughed at his partner.
"He wants to laugh. Let's see how long he will laugh once he sits in a dark room."
How sweet. They thought it would bother me to be locked up in a dark room. I prefered the white room more, but I didn't care. My thoughts remained on (Y/N). What if she hated me now for doing such a stupid crime?
This was my biggest fear now and I kept my mouth closed the whole way to Arkham.
We arrived at the place where I felt safe.
Safer than at Appartment 8J.
If I told that (Y/N).. She would be sad to hear that and it hurt me.
The cops grabbed my arms and took me into the building.
"Be a good clown or we have to teach you some manners." The voice belonged to one of the social workers here and I only smirked at the woman.
"My name is Joker.." I said and looked into her face with a wide smirk.
The woman rolled her eyes and pointed at the jail straight ahead.
"Bring him into the dark room and check his pockets. We can't trust this.. Joker!" She called me Joker.
I liked this woman already, but I couldn't forget (Y/N).
The cops leaded me to my room and took my gun from my pocket. It was my only weapon anymore, but who cared.
They locked me up and I was alone again.
I took a seat on the cold ground and thought about a funny joke.
My laugh set in again and it turned out to be a hysterical one. I laughed so hard that other prisoners knocked against the wall.
"Hahahahahaha.. Hahahahahaha.. Hahahahahaha.. Hahahahahaha.."
I put my hand on my throat and coughed to get some air to breath in.
"Shut up, freak!" They had no idea that they talked to the saviour of Gotham.
That wasn't the problem. I would escape from Arkham. They maybe thought that I'm a stupid clown, but I was clever.
I had my own ways to escape from an Asylum.
And then it was silent. Maybe I could have some peace. I layed down and tried to sleep, but it was hard for me. The time felt endless and I tried it with closing my eyes and force myself to fall asleep.
Finally I gave it up and stared at the locked door in front of my eyes.
What if someone comes and opens it in front of my eyes? It was my chance to escape and steal a gun from a cop. And then shoot him in his face. The perfect crime!
Suddenly someone unlocked the door.
I couldn't believe my eyes!
"Hello Joker. I'm here to bring you out. We talk about everything later. Hurry up!"
She was sweet. Did she really come here to help me breaking out of Arkham?
"I knew you would come and help your Joker to escape from Arkham. I love you so much, (Y/N)." I wanted to kiss her, but she was faster and smirked.
"You were naughty, but I forgive you. Let's get you out of here. I gave them all a sleeping pill and they won't wake up the next hour."
I stared at her surprised and followed her out of the dark room and we both hurried to the exit.
We walked hand in hand out of Arkham as if nothing happened and ran through the city. Of course we took the way back to Anderson Ave and once we arrived, we continued to walk again.
I smirked at (Y/N) while she caught her breath.
"You are so fast. I had to do to follow you, Joker."
"That's something we both have in common. Arthur and I, but I have to thank you for saving me."
She looked at me in a way as if she wanted something else. I couldn't wait and pulled her into a deep passionate kiss.
I was glad that she accepted my kiss and put her fingers into my green curly hair.
This day was special, because (Y/N) helped me to escape from Arkham.
And I couldn't wait for the day where Joker saves his girlfriend...
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