Authors Note: Weww. Chapter two! I actually really like this one a lot more than the first chapter. I feel a lot more confident about their personalities the more I write them. Not entirely sure where I'm going with this story yet, I might just write whatever comes out while I'm writing until I have a more solid idea XD That's basically what I did with this chapter. I just wrote and this is what I came up with!
On that note, enjoy!
"Mike!" The high pitched voice just about made the male bolt from the diner, the former security guard barely having a chance to react before he found a peculiar blonde hanging from around his neck, a bright smile on her rosy cheeks.
Oh yeah, what I mentioned before? Mike Schmidt also knew about their little secret as well, but I swear that's the only two that know about it.
"Chica." He greeted lamely, his voice still a little guarded as he attempted to pry her arms from around his neck, his dark gaze darting around the diner before back down at her. He didn't come by the diner very often, or at all, after he quit his job, which was right after they turned into humans.
There was already enough dark stuff going on in the building with the animatronics trying to kill him, he didn't want to stick around any longer to even try and figure out how they turned into living, breathing humans.
This was actually his first time back at the diner, and truth be told, he had no clue what compelled him to peel his ass off his couch and drive down here today.
"Mike?" Freddy had followed Chica to see where she had suddenly ran off too, but when he turned the corner he hadn't expected to find their old friend (if you'd call him that), standing there. There was a momentary hesitance in his step before he continued forward, offering a smile to the man. "We weren't expecting to see you back." He said honestly, though Mike shot him a look, they both knew it was the truth.
Mike, once he gave up on trying to pry Chica off him, let out a small sigh as he scratched the back of his head. "Yeah, neither did I." He said truthfully, looking around the diner as he spotted Bonnie in the distance trying to entertain an older group of kids, who seemed more entertained by pulling on his ears.
A small smile formed on his lips, feeling himself relax slightly. He remembered when the diner had an eerie feel to it when he would walk in, feeling as if the animatronics were always staring him down, but it was as if that atmosphere didn't even exist anymore.
"Are you gonna visit?" Chica asked excitedly as she finally let go of Mike, hopping back as she looked up at him with large eyes. "Please stay and visit for awhile. Its been so long since we seen you!" She pleaded him, clasping her hands in front of her.
Mike opened his mouth to politely decline, ready to say that he had just swung by out of impulse, but stopped for a moment. He glanced between Chica and Freddy, who stared at him, waiting for an answer. Even though a lot had changed, it still didn't change the fact that they had tried to kill him before. But as he stood there watching them, he found himself unable to say no.
It seemed like they really didn't remember any of that..
Freddy could see the internal strife in the security guards dark eyes, lifting a hand as he placed it on Chica's head. "Mike's probably busy with his new job Chica. We should be lucky he even stopped in to say hi." He told the girl, smiling softly.
"Actually, I have some free time." Mike interjected before he could see the disappointment flash across Chica's face, feeling a smile tugging at his lips as he shifted his weight a bit. "I actually don't have a job right now, so I can hang around for a bit." He explained, seeing both of their faces light up.
A grin split across Chica's face as she grabbed his hands. "Bonnie, Bonnie!" Chica called as she tugged Mike into the dining room. "Look who came to visit!" She called over the voices of the kids.
Bonnie heard Chica calling him, feeling relieved that he finally had an excuse to pardon himself from the group of kids who were determined to rip his ears from his head, putting the small girl down as he patted her head once. "I'll be right back kay? You kids behave or else Bonnie will be sad." He told them, seeing them nod before he stood up from his chair, stepping around them as he glanced over to where Chica was calling him from.
His ears perked up at the sight of the man being awkwardly dragged behind Chica, feeling a smile split across his face as he maneuvered through the chairs and over to the group. "Mike! You came back!"
Mike almost felt embarrassed as everyone crowded around him, scratching his head slightly as he glanced around. He felt a bit guilty that he hadn't returned earlier, considering how much they seemed to have missed him. Things were different now, right? Right?
Mike chuckled a bit. "Yeah sorry about that. I guess it just took me awhile to recover after my first week here.." He admitted, shifting a bit. Chica and Bonnie exchanged glances with each other, Freddy looked like he was the only one who seemed to understand what Mike meant. He glanced over at the brown bear, who offered a small smile.
Deciding to change the subject, Mike glanced around. "Speaking of which, where's Foxy? I haven't seen him yet. He's here too isn't he?" He asked, seeing Chica perk up at the mention of the fox.
"Oh! He's hiding out in Pirates Cove." Chica said with a small laugh. "He's still super shy about being around people." She explained, pointing over to the purple curtains. "Foxy worries too much about what people think about him." She put her hands on her hips before trotting over to the cove.
Mike was a bit taken aback as Chica strode over to the cove, standing there for a few moments. Foxy was self conscious? He had to shake his head a bit, trying to wrap his mind around all of this still. He felt a hand on his shoulder, glancing over at Freddy.
"Don't worry about it. We're still getting used to all of this too." He admitted to Mike, laughing softly before dropping his hand to his side again.
Mike felt his shoulders relax slightly as he let out a breath of air. "Yeah that's probably true." He said, sticking his hands in his sweater pockets as he shrugged a bit. "This is just so surreal. You hear about these things in stories and movies, but to see it happen." He looked at Bonnie, who nodded once.
"We still can't answer that question ourselves." Bonnie said, exchanging looks with Freddy. "Our memories are still foggy too, my guess it is had to do with the transition from machine to human. Different brain waves, maybe?" He shrugged, crossing his arms over his chest as he laughed. "The one good thing about this all though, is food tastes amazing!" He then threw his hands in the air. "And I have to teach myself to play my guitar again." Bonnie rambled on.
Mike couldn't help but laugh as Bonnie rambled, opening his mouth to reply but then felt something small and thin land on his shoulder, hearing a gruff voice from behind him.
"Mike me lad!" Mike just about had a heart attack as he whirled around, having to quickly remind himself that the four meant him no harm anymore, putting a hand to his chest. "Jesus!" He exclaimed, his dark brown hair falling in front of his face.
Foxy held up both hands as Mike panicked to his presence, his ears flattening slightly. "I'm sorry Mikey, ole Foxy didn't mean ta scare ye." He apologized, guilt washing over him, glancing at his hook to which Mike had responded to.
Mike waved his hand, recalling what Chica had said about Foxy as he offered a small smile. "No no, it's not your fault Foxy." He said, standing up again as he pushed the hair out of his face. "You just startled me is all." He told him with a weak laugh. "It's good to see you Capn'." He offered, hoping it would lift the fox's spirits a bit. To his relief, his fuzzy fox ears perked up as a grin stretched across his face.
"Aye! Its good to see ye lad." Foxy dropped his arms to his side, nodding his head to where Chica stood beside him. "Chica 'ere said ye had shown up." He chuckled, Chica nodding proudly. "It's been awhile aye?"
Mike smiled lightly as he nodded. "Yeah. What's it been now, a month or so?" He asked, looking at the four that stood in front of him. Considering they were pretty much living incarnations of the Fazbear crew, the kids were still more fascinated with the animatronics themselves than the now living ones. In a way, he felt happy for them. However it had happened, they were free from standing on that stage for another twenty years and singing the same songs every day.
"Wait a minute." A thought crossed his mind as he looked between the four, who all gave Mike curious glances. "Where have you been staying then?" He asked. Since they were human now, where did they live?
"We stay here." Chica answered his question, tilting her head to the side before she grinned. "Freddy actually stole your chair in the office. That's where he sleeps!" She pointed out, seeing Freddy cast his gaze sideways.
"Whenever I can sleep." Freddy added in under his breath, crossing his arms over his chest as he cast a sideways glance at the group. "After all I gotta run after you guys to make sure you're doing your job." He pointed out.
Chica puffed out her cheeks. "I do my job!" She exclaimed, crossing his arms over her chest with a huff. "People say I make the best pizza here!" She argued her proud work.
Freddy couldn't help but chuckle as he ruffled her feathers; so to speak. "Your pizza's always been the best Chica." He told her, before nodding his head towards Bonnie. "I was more talking about this one over here." He added in.
Bonnie's ears twitched upwards slightly, narrowing his eyes. "Hey, I have kids trying to rip my ears from my head on a daily basis. I think I deserve to slack off a bit." He said, reaching over and tugging on Freddy's ear. "Mr pebbles for ears."
Freddy's face flushed as he clasped his hands over his little round ears. "They're not pebbles!" He exclaimed.
"At least you can keep your ears out of kids reach." Foxy pipped up, joining the debate. "I've lost count of how many times kids grab me tail every day." He said, his bushy fox tail flicking furiously behind him.
Mike put a hand on his face as the four of them argued in front of him, letting out a sigh. "Okay okay enough!" He cut them off, holding up his hands. "So let me get this straight, you guys live here?" He asked, looking at Freddy for confirmation.
Freddy nodded, returning his attention back to Mike. "Yeah. Chica cooks for us in the kitchen and we manage for sleeping arrangements." He said, placing his hands on his hips.
"Pizza!" Chica exclaimed, smiling brightly.
Mike made a face, unable, or unwilling, to imagine eating nothing but pizza for more than two weeks, let alone over a month. "Have you guys not even been outside?" He asked, bewildered. He understood that they were still adjusting, but not even being outside yet?
The four exchanged looks with each other, silence reigning for a few moments. They hadn't really thought about going outside the walls of their sanctuary at all, having been in there for decades as was, the question of going outside hadn't come up.
"No." Bonnie was the first one to reply, looking over at Mike again. "I guess it really hadn't crossed our minds." He admitted, scratching his head a bit. "Why?"
Mike facepalmed, letting out a soft sigh before dropping his hand to his side. "I'm probably going to regret this, but...you guys can come stay at my place for awhile." He said, the words coming out of his mouth even shocking himself.
Things were different now..
Freddy was surprised at Mike's offer, his blue eyes widening slightly. To say he was surprised, was probably an understatement at this point actually. Mike..who all four of them had tried to kidnap and stuff into a suit on several occasions, was opening his own home up to them.
A small smile formed on Freddy's lips, closing his eyes as he let out a soft sigh. "Thank you Mike." He said, appreciating that he was doing so much for them despite how they had most likely traumatized him.
The other three didn't seem to remember anything from their days, Freddy being the only one who was burdened with the memories. But he preferred it that way. Bonnie, Chica and Foxy didn't need to remember the horrifying memories. If Freddy had to, he'd shoulder it so the rest of his family could be happy.
"Are ye sure Mike? Certainly ye got a lass with ye?" Foxy questioned, not wanting to burden the man too much. Though he admitted that it would be nice to have a proper home, he felt like this was asking too much of one man.
Mike couldn't help but laugh. "Nah nah. I live alone." He said, running a hand through his hair lightly as he pondered. "I only have one guest room though, so we'd probably have to set up other sleeping arrangements then.." He thought to himself, trying to figure out where he could fit the other three.
"Foxy and Chica can take that room." Bonnie offered, looking at Freddy who nodded in agreement, feeling a smile cross his lips as Chica's cheeks flushed at the mention of her and Foxy. "They're sort of a thing." He added in, in a more hushed whisper, but they could totally hear him anyway.
"Bonnie!" Chica groaned in embarrassment, covering her face with her hands as she wiggled in her spot.
Mike blinked at the two, who stood together looking awfully flustered, unable to hold back the small laugh. "Congrats you two." He said, noticing he was becoming increasingly relaxed around the four now that they could have normal conversations. "Well if Chica and Foxy are gonna sleep in the guest room, then we just gotta figure out where you two are gonna sleep." He glanced between Bonnie and Freddy.
"I'm pretty sure anywhere is better than a hard table or chairs." Freddy said, smiling a bit as he and Bonnie exchanged glances. "Really Mike, you don't have to do this for us." He added in, wanting to make sure he was sure about going through with this.
Mike shook his head. "I won't take no for answer. Besides, no offense Chica, but eating pizza every day isn't really healthy." He said with a small laugh. "I have no clue if your bodies are anything like human bodies, but if they are then you gotta take care of yourself and eating pizza daily isn't healthy at all." He told them, taking a deep breath before letting it out.
Mike checked his cell quickly. "There's still a few hours until the diner closes. I'm gonna head home and clean up my place a bit and I'll be back to pick you guys up at closing. That sound alright?"
Bonnie grinned. "Do you even need to ask?" He laughed lightly, receiving a smile from Mike.
"Thank ye Mikey. This means a lot ta us." Foxy said, putting a hand on the mans shoulder. Chica took it a step further, throwing her arms around his waist as she hugged him.
"Thank you so much Mike!" She exclaimed, just happy that they would now know how it felt to have a home to go to.
Mike's expression softened slightly, seeing how grateful they all were as he returned Chica's hug. "It's no problem, really. In fact it'll be nice to have some people around the house. Less lonely." He said, before parting from the hug.
"I'll walk you to the door." Freddy offered, as the two men headed back to the lobby while the other three returned to their duties.
Mike stuffed his hands in his pockets again, heading to the door with Freddy.
"I don't know how we could ever repay you Mike." Freddy said as they stopped at the front doors, looking at the dark haired male, sincerity shimmering in his blue eyes.
Mike looked over at Freddy, a small chuckle passing his lips. "Well, not killing me would be a good starter." He suggested, grinning a bit.
Freddy couldn't help but smile, holding his hand out to him. "Deal." He told him as they shook hands, his eyes glancing downwards. "I do hope you can forgive us someday.." He whispered quietly.
"Huh?" Mike could have sworn he heard Freddy say something else, watching the bear curiously.
Freddy shook his head with a smile. "We'll see you in a few hours then?" Freddy changed the subject quickly.
Mike nodded as he fished his car keys out of his pocket. "You can count on it." He said, offering a small wave to Freddy before heading back out to his car.