Author's Note: Merry Christmas to all you awesome people~! :D [Christmas lasts a week and a half here in the Philippines].

Chapter 3

The next night, the four of us were back at the office. But this time, the only things that could be heard in the room were Midorimacchi's tapping on the keyboard and Takaocchi's constant "Shin-chan~". And this time, the two Shutoku players watched the laptop while Sakuraicchi and I watched the doors from the other side of the table.

A few minutes before one, the phone rang.

I got up and answered. "Konbanwa, err, Ohayou. I mean – "

"Yes, yes, I get it, hello." It was Kasamatsu-senpai.

"Hello, senpai. What can I do for you-ssu~?"

Senpai sighed. "It's more like what I can do for you. Since you managed to live through the first night without anything bad happening, I'm hoping you can do that again and survive a few more nights."

"Don't worry, senpai. Midorimacchi's here-ssu~!"

"Even with Midorima there, I have a bad feeling the three of you would somehow overpower him in terms of sanity."

"Aww, senpai!"

"It's true. Now be more careful with the left door than the right. If anything happens, make sure that the left door closes first, alright?"

"More on the left door than the right door and close the left door first. Is there anything else?"

Senpai didn't answer for a few seconds. Then he said, "No, I don't think so. Good luck." Then he hung up.

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"Shin-chan. Shin-chan. Ne, Shin-chan~"

"Takao, if you're going to be annoying, annoy someone else, nanodayo."

Takaocchi reached across the table and poked me with Midorimacchi's lucky item – a rolling pencil. "Kise, what night are you already in? In the game."

"I finished the second night just before I left home-ssu~ Bonnie is by far the scariest since he seems to teleport and can jam the lights and doors after all."

Takaocchi looked at Sakuraicchi. "What about you, Sakurai?"

"Ah… Sumimasen, I don't play the game. I only watched Aomine-kun and Imayoshi-senpai play it. Though I think Bonnie is scary too… And Chica… And Freddy… And Foxy…" Sakuraicchi lowered his head.

I blinked. "You just named all four animatronics. You're scared of all of them equally?"

Sakuraicchi seemed to shrink. "Sumimasen…"

Midorimacchi stood up. "Seems like the manager forgot to turn off the lights in the dining area, nanodayo. I'll go to turn it off."

Takaocchi stood up as well. "I'll go with you. You might get lost, Shin-chan~" he teased.

The other one grumbled. "No, Takao. I think it's better for you to stay. If you're volunteering to turn the lights off, then go ahead. I'll just stay."

"Aw, fine, you turn the lights off."

When Midorimacchi left the room, Takaocchi turned the laptop towards me and said with a wink, "Don't die." Then he left.

I looked at the monitor which was currently on the dining area with its lights still on. I switched the camera back to the show stage and…

Sakuraicchi pointed to the stage with a shaky finger. "K-K-Kise-kun…"

I nodded once. The big lavender bunny plushie was gone again.

I looked at my now trembling seatmate and tried to act normal. "Ne, Sakuraicchi, you take the laptop first-ssu~. I'll just see to the doors."

Sakuraicchi nodded and I walked over to the door of the west hall.

It's only a game, I chided myself. Five Nights at Freddy's is only a game. When I turn on the hall lights, I won't see anything. Then I'll prove to myself that the game just got the better of me and that there's nothing to be scared of.

I switched the hall lights on, convinced that I wouldn't see anything. Instead, what I saw was the face of the bunny plushie. Leaning right in front of the doorway.

As calmly as I could, I closed the door and switched the light back off. Then I sat back down beside Sakuraicchi.

"D-Did you see something, Kise-kun?"

I planned to nod, but my head shook. "T-There was the… big bunny."

"At the window?"

"The doorway. It was leaning in front of the doorway."

"T-The doorway? But Midorima-kun and Takao-kun are still at the dining area!"

I switched the camera again back to the dining area. The lights were already off. Then I switched the camera to the show stage. Just to find that the big yellow chicken plushie was gone too.

With only the both of us in the office and the other two outside, Sakuraicchi started to panic. Not the type of panic he gets into where he suddenly blurts one apology after another. But the type of panic where he just sits there, trembling, speechless, staring at the monitor in complete disbelief and horror.

And I can describe it well since I was feeling the same way.

"A-Ano, Kise-kun, can you text Midorima-kun to pass by the east hall instead?"

I took my phone out and stopped. "But the chicken's gone. And in the game, the chicken passes by the east hall!"

"T-Then where can they pass? Is the bunny s-still in the west hall?"

As much as I hated it, I answered, "I'll go check."

When I switched on the hall lights, the bunny was gone. So I opened the door and was instantly scolded by a glaring Midorimacchi.

"Kise, why are you playing with the light switch and door? Are you trying to use up our power supply? It's only a few minutes after three, nanodayo."

"Midorimacchi!" I cried. "You have to listen to what Sakuraicchi and I have to say!"

Sakuraicchi stood up, still shaking. "H-Hai. Kise-kun saw the lavender bunny there in the west hall corridor, that's why he c-closed the door."

I nodded. "Then we also saw that the yellow chicken was missing from the show stage!"

After a few seconds of silence, Takaocchi laughed. "You got me for a moment there!"

Midorimacchi sighed. "This is what you get for playing that game too much."

"Demo, Midorimacchi, Sakuraicchi doesn't play Five Nights, remember? If you won't listen to me, at least listen to him!"

Sakuraicchi spoke up. "Sumimasen, Midorima-kun, but I really think Kise-kun did see the bunny plushie and I saw it myself that the chicken plushie's gone."

Takaocchi laughed again. "Daijoubu, Sakurai. We just came from the dining area and the chicken was still on the show stage."

"B-But… was the bunny plushie still there?"

Takaocchi's smile faded. "I don't remember – "

"Enough!"

Midorimacchi's voice was so scary, everyone fell silent.

I suddenly stiffened. Behind me, I heard Sakuraicchi stumble back into his seat with a panicked "Sumimasen!" Even Takaocchi took a few steps away from Midorimacchi.

He glared at his partner. "Don't be ridiculous, Takao. Don't even think about believing it for a second." Then he glared at Sakuraicchi and me. "There is no way stuffed toys can move on their own, nanodayo, and this place is not haunted. Now stop with your games if you don't want to make me any angrier, understand?"

Completely stunned, the both of us nodded, Sakuraicchi murmuring another "Sumimasen."

Midorimacchi sighed and regained his composure. "Sakurai, you're in charge of the monitor. Takao, you watch this door with Kise. I'll take care of the other one.

Half an hour later, everyone was still silent except for Sakuraicchi's tapping on the laptop. He was doing his job without any complaints, though I could see it on his face that some things weren't right.

Beside me, Takaocchi was sleeping, his head resting on the wall. So I decided to go check on Sakuraicchi for a while.

I lowered my voice to make sure Midorimacchi didn't understand what we were talking about. "Ne, Sakuraicchi, what's wrong?"

He turned the laptop to me and tapped the camera to Pirate Cove. The fox plushie had its head peeking out of the curtains.

I switched the camera to the backstage and found the bunny plushie staring into the camera. Considering Midorimacchi was still pretty mad, I decided not to tell him. The plushie was far from the office anyway… I just didn't think about the fact that in the game, Bonnie could "teleport".

I tapped the camera to the kitchen where the camera was disabled, for some reason. So what we were seeing was all black. But it did have an audio, and for the moment, we didn't hear anything, so that was good.

I checked the cameras in the east hall where Takaocchi and I were assigned. Nothing.

The game had a set of specific places where the animatronics would appear, I thought to myself, feeling a bit ridiculous that I was basing our situation on Five Nights at Freddy's. The bunny plushie is in the backstage and Bonnie appears in the backstage as well. Chica appears in the kitchen, restrooms, dining area and east hall.

I tapped the camera back to the dining area. Nothing.

She barely appears in the restrooms and she wasn't in the east hall cameras… My thoughts stopped there.

Don't both Bonnie and Chica appear in the blind spots of the hallway cameras? That was why there were hall lights after all.

I turned the laptop back to Sakuraicchi and tried to act as if I hadn't scared myself with my own thoughts. "Arigatou-ssu~"

Then I went back to my post with Takaocchi and glanced at Midorimacchi who was just looking intently at the door he was in charge of.

Switching on the hall lights would get me in trouble immediately, so instead, I just turned my phone on and shined the light out of the window into the hallway… Where I found the big chicken plushie looking back at me.

Holding back a scream, I closed the door.

"Oi, Kise!"

I looked back with a face that was both scared and apologetic. "Midorimacchi, I can explain – "

"Open the door," he ordered.

"But –!"

"Both of you are too loud." Takaocchi yawned beside me. "We already agreed not to make Shin-chan mad. Just do what he says."

Midorimacchi raised an eyebrow. "Am I really hearing that from you, Takao?"

"Aw, Shin-chan! I listen to you during games!" Takaocchi said as he moved to open the door.

Sakuraicchi ran over and grabbed his arm. "M-Matte kudasai, Takao-kun! Something c-could be out there."

Takaocchi just ignored him and opened the door with his other hand.

Sakuraicchi and I hid behind him, waiting for something to attack.

Midorimacchi walked from across the room and looked at both sides of the hallway. "I see nothing, nanodayo." Then he walked over to the laptop and groaned. "We have 30% battery left for the remaining two hours."

"Sumimasen," Sakuraicchi said.

"I'm sorry. I really didn't mean to drain the battery," I followed up.

The taller shooting guard just sighed. "It can't be helped, nanodayo. Let's just not use up any more energy than we have to."

From that time until 6 am, Takaocchi and Midorimacchi were the ones who watched the doors while Sakuraicchi and I were assigned to watch the monitor so that we wouldn't fiddle with the lights and doors anymore.

Nothing happened, even though Sakuraicchi and I kept seeing both the bunny and chicken plushies appearing from room to room and the occasional fox plushie peeking out through the curtains of Pirate Cove.

Author's Note: Fast update? *gasp* PurpleOrchids98, is that you? O_O Well, I try to make my updates fast since it's almost school again.