Chapter 7 (Sometimes BB Isn't a Jerk)

After listening to Toy Bonnie's song, you decided that you wanted to talk to BB a little. He may be a complete and utter dick, but he still seems like he could have a soft side. You reassure yourself as you walk down the hall and into the Game Area. You saw BB fiddling with his sign, completely oblivious to you. As devious smirk crossed your face as you decided that the best way to announce yourself would be with a surprise.

You crept up behind BB, who remained fixated on his sign. You suddenly grabbed his shoulder, letting out a noise similar to metal grinding on an infant. BB spasmed a bit, his sign flying across the room. He turned his head back to look at you, giving you a look that said "I will eat your hand." BB sighed, walking over to his sign and picking it off the ground. "Very funny (Y/n). You should go to the f*cking oscars."

You giggled and walked over to him, crouching down to his level. "Oh come on ya big baby, it wasn't that bad." If BB had fingers, he would have been flipping you off. "Why don't you ever change to your human body?" you asked. BB let out another sigh. "I look dumb. Now screw off." You laughed a little. "What's so funny?!" You poked him on the nose. "It can't be that dumb. Why don't you show me?" BB turned his back to you. "You'd only laugh. But seriously, screw off before I beat you to death with my sign."

You giggled a little. "Well, you've left me with no other option. Sorry BB." BB was about to ask what you were going to do, right before you grabbed him and started to tickle him. "Oy! S-Stop heheh seriously! Hahaha I hehehe will hehehe murder you!" He tried to break free, but you prided yourself on your tickle grip. "Ok ok! Heheheh I'll do it! Heheheh That means hahaha STOP!" You released him from your vice grip. He dusted himself off, giving you a serious glare.

"Don't look while I change." "Aww why?" "Would you want me to look at you while you changed clothes?" You blushed slightly and turned away. You heard that strange melting sound that meant an animatronic was changing, which stopped just as suddenly as it had begun. "If you laugh I will choke you to death with a balloon."

You turned around to see something you really did not expect. BB was still pretty short, but what you didn't expect was his incredibly muscular frame. He had a tight red and blue striped t-shirt on, which allowed you to see his muscular chest. He also had a pair of shorts on, giving you a look at his toned thighs. He had a pair of brown loafers, along with a red and blue propeller hat.

BB gave you a look. "You're not saying anything. Do I really look that bad?" You stared at him for a little longer, slightly slack-jawed. "BB...you're...freaking ripped!" BB looked down at his body. "Yeah I guess I am, can I change back yet?" You quickly grabbed his arm. "No, not anymore! You have to stay like this for...a while!" You pulled him over to a bench and sat down with him.

"Why are we sitting here?" BB asked, his voice very gruff. "I dunno~ Maybe I just wanted to talk." BB let out a monster of a sigh. "Guh...fine. What is it you want to talk about?" You quickly thought up a reason to look at him longer. "Um...what is it like during the day?" BB stared off into the distance. "It sucks most of the time, I have to give stupid balloons to kids most of the time, and that's not even counting when the band starts to sing." He didn't notice you had wrapped your arm around his broad shoulders.

"God...those songs they sing are the sappiest, most child-friendly things you ever heard. They've been made so that every single lyric is inoffensive and bland. It just makes me want to tear my skeleton out and beat them to death with it." You started to question how that would work, but stopped when you thought that it may ruin the moment. "The kids are all snot-nosed little brats, all spoiled so much that you can barely recognize them as children and not regal figures."

"They have the audacity to complain if I give them the wrong color of balloon, they scream and cry and whine and I just want to smack them upside the head and tell them to stop whining and eat their cardboard pizza." You felt his shoulders tense up. "Why is your arm on my shoulders?" You quickly pulled your arm off him. "Oh uh...you had a stray strand of fabric...and I was...uh...fixing it!" BB gave you a look that said "What are you on about and resumed telling his story.

"Most of the time they're either complaining or stuffing their faces with pizza, both of which involve the annoyance of the staff. I hate how they treat us too, I mean have you seen Mangle? Kids tear her apart everyday for fun! Plus they get their grimy handprints all over our shiny bodies, making us so dirty that the janitors have to spend and hour just to clean us all up. Just…"

BB turned his head to you, his usual unimpressed frown replaced by a look of genuine sadness. "Just f*ck it, you know? F*ck the children, f*ck the pizza, f*ck this restaurant, f*ck my life!" BB punched the bench, tears falling from his eyes. "F*ck the staff, f*ck the games, f*ck balloons, f*ck all of it!" It was then that you realized why BB was such a jerk to everyone.

All the animatronics had the strength to deal with their problems, but BB lacked that same power. He couldn't take his life, so he made a shell of hate to protect himself. He needed to be hateful, just to show that he could deal with his problems. He really couldn't though. It was eating away at him so much that he began to hate himself for it. That's why he didn't want to go human, not because he thought it was dumb.

You pulled the sobbing BB into a hug, where he immediately gripped you tightly, almost crushing you. "I know how it feels, you know? To hate what you've become, what you've turned into." You placed your hands on BB's shoulders. "I can't begin to think of what you've been through, but it won't help to push everyone away. You need to let people in, you need to break out of this shell of hate you've created." BB sniffed. "Maybe...maybe I misjudged you."

BB laid a large hand on your shoulder. "Thank you (Y/n). Thank you for helping him get out." And with that BB smiled a genuine smile of sheer happiness, one that hadn't crossed his lips since he became an animatronic. He pulled out a balloon from his pocket, blowing it up and tying it around your wrist. The balloon had the words "Happy Birthday" on it, but you had a feeling you knew what he really meant.

BB suddenly scooped you off your feet. "I'm gonna show you something." BB carried you to his corner, where a large pile of presents sat in the back. BB shoved them aside, revealing...something. Looking closer you saw that they were the teeth of a child. "BB...are those yours?" BB scooped them off the floor. "Yep. I held onto them after I became what I am now." BB divided the set of teeth in half, giving half to you. "I want you to hold onto those. As a sign of our friendship."

"Oh BB...are you sure?" He flashed you another bright smile. "Sure as I'll ever be." You placed the teeth in a pocket on your dress. "Thank you BB, I don't think I'll ever be able to repay you." BB let loose another blinding smile.

"You already have."