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I don't have much to say about this chapter, except that there's more interaction among the animatronics themselves in this one, along with more screen time for Foxy.
With that, enjoy the story!
4th Night: 4:00 A.M.
Whistling to herself, Chica shifted around the kitchen as she opened a can of tomato sauce to make pizza sauce. Suddenly hearing a jingle and footsteps entering, the blonde teenager turned around and smiled, knowing who it was.
"Hey, Freddy~! How's it going~?"
"Everything's fine, except for the fact that Mike Schmidt seems too tough for even me to handle..." the male in the top hat complained.
Chica laughed, "Don't look so glum and serious all the time, Fazbear! Come on, let's make some pizza~!"
Freddy shrugged with a smile on his face. "Alright, I don't see why not."
The male got some cheese and other ingredients from the fridge while whistling his song, the Toreador March.
Chica decided to speak up. "So, how's it going with Goldie?"
He sighed. "He hasn't spoken to me this week. I really don't know what to do..."
"Come on, Freddy! You need to loosen up a little so lil' Goldie doesn't get scared~!" the girl in the bib laughed.
"But… sigh. I don't feel so good about it…"
Meanwhile, soft footsteps entered the kitchen, causing the two friends to turn towards the door.
"Ooh! Hey Lala~! How's it going~?"
Lala shrugged her shoulders. "Normal, I guess. You guys are making pizza again?"
Chica giggled and tapped her temple with her knuckles as a cute gesture. "Yep, you got me! Do you want to join us~?"
"I don't see why not," the ballerina replied as she grabbed a cheese block and a grater.
Freddy stared at her for a moment before he asked, "Lala, do you know what happened to Bonnie? He looked really menacing for the first time in years..."
"I probably angered him somehow. I don't know. I was being stubborn with him, after all."
"Huh? What happened between the two of you?" Chica asked curiously, with her round violet eyes widened as she paused from spreading the tomato sauce over the dough.
She sighed as she mechanically grated the cheese before she replied, "Well, Bonnie thought I was upset, and he ended up making me upset instead, so I yelled at him."
The bear remarked, "Shouldn't he be disheartened instead, if that's the case?"
"Why disheartened? He has every rights to be mad at me since I yelled at him," she told him with a bored look on her face.
"What are you talking about, Lala? If he made the person he likes sad, of course he would be heartbroken!" Chica said before bursting into a fit of giggles.
Lala paused from grating the cheese and turned to her blonde friend with a clueless expression. "Um... What?"
Chica groaned dramatically and shook her head. "Are you that oblivious, Miss Ballerina? Your little Bonbon has fallen for you a long time ago! Geez..."
Lala face-palmed before she deadpanned, "You can't be serious right now, Chica. Out of everything, that bunny boy likes this crazy pink ballerina who is sarcastic about everything, is a huge stubborn mule and acts as if she's a sassy princess all the time?"
"You aren't that bad, Lala," Freddy reminded her as he snickered from Lala's description of herself.
"But that's exactly what he likes- no, loves about you! You always help him to get back onto his own two feet with your 'mean-ass' attitude which attracts him to you whenever he has to find comfort!" the blonde tried to convince her friend as she giggled madly like a six-years-old who was shipping her friends together. Then she slapped a hand onto Lala's shoulder before she whispered in a teasing tone, "Admit it, you've sang him sweet lullabies so that he could easily fall asleep for quite a while already, haven't you?"
"Yeah? What about it?"
"Aw, come on, man! You're even more oblivious than a fly heading towards a spider's web! Can't you tell that Bonnie has deep feelings for you?" Chica screamed in frustration.
"We're just friends, Chica. You're thinking too much into this," Lala sighed as she rubbed her temples with the tip of her fingers to calm herself down.
Chica looked at Lala with a pouty look on her face and sighed. "Fine, fine, whatever you say, clueless girl..."
"Come on, Chica. Maybe Lala's right and that they're just friends..." Freddy told her with a mature tone as he patted her back.
"But Freddy~!"
"Shush, girl."
Chica pouted even harder and folded her arms, turning the other way round. "Fine..."
The three friends continued to shuffle around quietly, preparing the pizza for some supper.
Freddy decided to break the silence. "Goldie never spoken to you?"
"Probably because Mari is usually around. Goldie's kinda scared of Mari, after all," Lala replied.
"Then... How is he right now?"
Lala let out a small sigh as she hesitantly replied, "He's still not quite ready to forgive you guys yet so..."
Chica stopped placing the ingredients onto the pizza and the place became quiet as all three friends just stood around, not daring to say another word. Freddy just looked down in guilt, knowing that he probably deserved it.
Suddenly, a choked sob was heard as the purple-eyed teenager hunched over the counter and clenched both her fists. Silently, the pink-haired ballerina placed an arm around Chica's shoulders, who wailed sadly in remembrance of the sorrowful memory.
Chica wiped her eyes and continued sniffing as she struggled to speak. "I'm... I'm sorry... I just get so choked up whenever I think about what happened to him and how we were the true culprits of the incident..."
"It's okay. No one likes to remember a horrible memory," Lala nodded in acknowledgment to their feelings as she patted her friend's back, who threw her arms around her neck and started to sob madly.
"I don't think we'll be forgiven at this rate, Lala..." Freddy sighed. "The amount of damage was too big for him to even ever forgive us."
"If you guys can't even forgive yourselves, why should I?"
Suddenly hearing another voice, all three friends turned towards the source to see the androgynous boy materialising at the doorway.
Freddy was the first one to call out his name in surprise. "Goldie!"
Said guy had a solemn look on his face as he said quietly, "If you guys are still feeling sorry about that incident and can't forgive yourselves, I don't think I should forgive you guys too."
Lala's blue eyes widened as she tried to protest. "Goldie, what do you mean-"
"Save it, Lala. Goldie's right," Freddy replied sadly. "If we can't even forgive ourselves... then we don't deserve to be forgiven..."
Lala pressed her lips together as her eyebrows ceased into a frown.
"But..." Goldie said before he paused, taking a deep breath and smiling softly. "If you guys can forgive yourselves, then I may forgive you."
Freddy's and Chica's eyes widened as Goldie stepped out of the kitchen and slowly vanished.
"W-wait! Goldie-!" Freddy began but then his friend had disappeared.
The whole place was quiet for a while. Then Chica quickly wiped her puffy eyes and cheeks dry with her bib and stood up from kneeling on the ground.
"Come on, guys, the pizza's gonna rot at this rate," she said, forcing a smile as she tried to joke while placing the cheese onto the pizza dough which already had sauce on it.
"Let's continue then," Lala replied as she went to the counter and helped Chica with the placement of the ingredients.
Freddy remained silent as he stood up and helped to place the pizza into the oven after they were done. Chica leaned against the wall, as if pondering about something on her mind.
Meanwhile, Lala analysed both of her friends through azure blue eyes. It was obvious that they could never forgive themselves for causing such a terrible fate to their friend. Chica was the most emotional one of the bunch, while Freddy was the responsible person. With such traits, it will be difficult to convince the two to ever forgive themselves...
... Especially since she wasn't even involved with the incident.
Feeling her head throb painfully, she got up and decided to head back towards her stage to rest for the night.
"Anyways," Lala said as she stood up, "I think I'll be heading off soon. I'm feeling pretty tired already."
"Go on, Lala. Go back and sleep first," Chica replied with a soft smile and patted her friend's back.
Lala started to walk off, but then she paused in front of Freddy. "Hm? What is it?" Freddy queried in slight curiosity.
She snickered a little to herself before she tiptoed and ruffled some of his brown curly hair, causing him to look back at her in confusion.
"Just tell him about that already, you lovesick teddy bear; he feels the same too."
Then she laughed as she strutted out of the kitchen. Freddy just stared at her with a dumbfounded expression.
That was until the oven chimed with a loud 'DING!', and the realisation hit him like a huge ton of bricks. For once in Chica's life, she saw Freddy's face go hot-red.
She could not miss the chance to tease the always-serious Freddy Fazbear.
"Ooh, look who's in love~!"
"Chica. No."
4th Night: 5.00 A.M.
After venting his frustration by eating half of the entire pizza, Freddy lingered around the Party Room and watched Foxy sprint out of Pirate Cove to get Mike, and failing to do so.
"Hey, Fazbear. How're ya doing?"
The brunette turned to face a human Bonnie, who was walking towards him.
"Fine, I guess."
"Whoa, what happened to ya? Your face is literally crimson! Did Gold kiss ya?"
"... Bonnie."
Bonnie sniggered and slapped his friend's back. "Calm your ass down, Freddy."
Freddy raised an eyebrow and grimaced at Bonnie's language. "Bonnie, that's vulgar of you to say that. Plus, you've already simmered down from that incident?"
The grin on Bonnie's face faltered before it vanished altogether. He grunted and plonked down onto the seat beside his older friend. "Obviously. It's not like there's a lot I could do about it anymore."
"What made you so angry earlier? Was it because Lala yelled at you?"
"No, there's nothing to do with that. It's something else. That Mike Schmidt actually dared to kick-I mean, piss me off when he knew that I can just punch his entire head off in a second..."
"It's just that security guard? Then don't make too much of a fuss, because you'll get your revenge sooner or later," Freddy smiled a little as he patted Bonnie's back.
"Heh, thanks, Fred," Bonnie smiled before he asked with a doubtful look on his face, "But now that I think about it, are you sure we'll ever be able to?"
"... What do you mean by that?"
"Well, think about it... I'm just a lover-boy trying to solve issues with my feelings, Chica's always spending most of her time at night making pizza, while you're taking time off night shift to spend time with us..." Bonnie mused before he spat in disgust, "Heck, if you think about it, it's Foxy of all people who's dead serious about getting that security guard, and he's not that efficient in the first few nights either!"
Freddy chuckled, a hint of menace lathered in his laugh. "Well, it's because little Mikey should get a breather for the first few nights before we finally get serious and give him the biggest shock of his life..."
"But it's Night 4."
"He will come back next week. Mike's too desperate to quit his job after the first night, if you know what I mean," Freddy replied before the top half of his face darkened as he looked down with a dark look. "Plus... Mike's not truly our target anymore."
Bonnie looked at him with wide maroon eyes. "What do you-?!"
"Well, I heard that he will be coming for the night shift on Saturday and... you know what that means..." Freddy chuckled his deep, throaty laugh.
Hearing this, Bonnie's lips curved and widened into a huge, sadistic grin.
"Oh, by the way, Bonnie?"
"Yeah? What's up?"
Freddy turned to Bonnie with a small smirk on his face and said, "Chica snitched on you, if you know what I mean."
Bonnie stared at Freddy with a look of puzzlement. Freddy cleared his throat and explained bluntly, "I mean, in simpler terms, she told Lala about your feelings towards her."
"Oh, I see... Wait, WHAT?!"
With a huge smirk on his face, Freddy leaned back and headed towards the East Hall, turning into his animatronic form and giving a deep, throaty and hearty laughter along the way.
Bonnie's face became so red, it looked as if it was about to burst in not just embarrassment, but also in...
"CHICAAAAAAAA!"
... Anger.
"FREDDY F*CKBEAR! HOW CAN YOU BETRAY ME LIKE THIS~!" Chica, who had just stepped in, cackled madly as Bonnie started chasing her around the party room.
"YOU! GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW!"
"Damn it, 'Bonbon'! I helped you and this is what I get back in return?" Chica shrieked back as she continued laughing like a maniac and dashed down the aisles between the chairs and tables.
"'Bonbon'?! What the hell, Chica!"
"Oh, you don't like it? Lala sometimes calls you that when you aren't around and she mentions you!"
At that moment, Bonnie paused. "Wh... Did you just say...?"
"Yeah, Lala's the one who made it up!" Chica grinned as she slowed down to a stop.
The purple bunny pondered for a while before he continued running after her, yelling at the top of his lungs, "Then she's the only one who can use it, you brat!"
"COME ON, BONZI-BONNIE! DON'T BE SUCH A WET BLANKIE!"
"The heck?" Lala questioned in confusion as she stepped out of the room only to find her friends running around and chasing each other.
As Chica laughed madly with Bonnie hot on her heels and Lala simply watching, no one noticed the Marionette standing at the side, shaking his head in exasperation and sighing.
"Kids..."
Suddenly, Chica slammed into someone and felt strong arms wrap tight around her. In shock, she glanced up to see Foxy, who didn't look too happy with what was going on.
Foxy growled at the other male. "The hell are ye doin' with my girl, Bunny-Bitch?"
Bonnie raised an eyebrow and sneered with a smirk, "Ooh, is that a threat I smell, you jealous piece of trash?"
"Heh, I thought bunnies got some great sense o' hearin', but it looks like ye have to use your sense of smell t' tell what I'm sayin'?"
"That's because any single words you're saying isn't worth listening to."
"YOU!" Foxy snapped before he turned back into his animatronic form and pounced, about to attack Bonnie. Bonnie gasped and quickly changed into his original form, which helped him to quickly dodge the agitated fox, causing the remaining spectators to stare.
"C-Calm down, Foxy! I was the one who agitated Bonnie! He just wanted to get back at me, that's all!" Chica explained, but it was all in vain.
"What the heck's going on...?" Lala squinted at the brawl that mainly consisted of Foxy attacking and Bonnie on the defensive side.
The Marionette rested a hand on Lala's shoulder and whispered, "Get Freddy. I'll intervene if this gets too serious."
She nodded and quickly headed towards the right hallway.
"I'll have you eat back your words, bastard!" the red fox snarled in fury as he continued to try and scratch Bonnie's skin off.
"Why should I?! You're the one who threatened me in the first place!" Bonnie retorted, his urge to slam Foxy into the ground starting to rise.
"FOXY! BONNIE! PLEASE STOP FIGHTING!" Chica screamed and tried to split the two apart. However, her smaller stature didn't help her in any way. She immediately turned to Mari who was watching and cried, "Mari! Please, help me separate them...!"
Mari brought a finger to his mask's mouth and pointed to the right hallway's entrance, where a slightly worried and irritated Lala came in with Freddy whose face was a black as a thunder cloud. Chica gulped and got ready by covering her ears...
"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!"
The two fighting teenage boys froze in place and fearfully turned to face the wrath of their leader.
Freddy strode into the room, his eyes flashing red in anger. He took a few deep breaths before he began to speak.
"So... Lala told me that you two were fighting?"
The voice which echoed throughout the room spooked the rest of his friends, making them flinch. Freddy then began to slowly turn his head towards the two with a glint of fury and madness flashing in his eyes.
"What have I said about fighting in this pizzeria... Bonnie, Foxy?" he muttered darkly, his eyes locked on Bonnie and Foxy as if they were his prey.
Bonnie looked down towards the ground in guilt and fear while Foxy just huffed in irritation and folded his arms.
"Ye're not my leader. I don't have t' deal with t'is."
Foxy stalked off towards his Pirate Cove and slammed the curtains shut. Chica sighed sadly and sat down on one of the chairs.
Freddy looked at Bonnie, motioning for him to speak.
"Well... Foxy was angry because he thought that I was about to do something to Chica, and he immediately just tried to bash me up..." Bonnie whispered softly. "I didn't know how to stop him, so..."
The bear pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed, "Bonnie, I won't tolerate this type of nonsense again, even if Foxy was the one who started this, okay? Plus, we need to save up energy for the sixth night, for that..."
"Yes, Freddy. I'm sorry..."
Freddy nodded, his stoic expression still on his face, and he headed back towards the East Hall. Chica just sat quietly, feeling regretful of what her actions had led to.
Lala shuffled towards Bonnie and placed a hand on his shoulder, causing him to tense up.
"Bonnie, listen," she said in a soft and sweet voice which surprised Bonnie since she usually used a harsher and colder tone, "When I told you that Foxy can only learn if you beat him at his game, I didn't mean it like this. Fighting, yes, but not screaming insults while allowing Foxy to attack you all the time. Quickly just finish the entire fight so that Foxy would stop. I'm sorry for causing such a misunderstanding."
"It's not your fault, Lala," Bonnie quickly replied back in shock before his face fell once again. "It's just... I can't bear to thrash him and step on his pride..."
"It's exactly because prides are crushed, that's why people learn. If people get too contented or too confident, they will never be able to learn. Do you get it?"
"But... I don't know if I can do it..."
At that moment, Lala placed both hands on both his shoulders and stared into his maroon eyes with determination, causing Bonnie to gasp in surprise.
"Bonnie, look at me," Lala told him in a more confident voice. "Tell me honestly, do you trust me?"
"Wh... what?! Of course I do! What do you mea-"
Hearing that was enough for the ballerina. "Good, then I trust you too."
Bonnie stared down at her in shock as his breathing hitched. Was Lala... truly smiling for the first time in years...?
Suddenly, he felt a strange glow of warmth swell in his heart, and he couldn't help but start to smile.
"Thanks..."
"Heh, no prob. It's what friends do, isn't it?" Lala shrugged, folded her arms and started to smirk in the usual way she did.
Somehow, he already missed that smile of hers. But, wait a minute...
Did she just say 'friends'...?
In a comical way, Bonnie could feel his entire world crashing down as he started to kneel on the ground and slam his fist onto the surface, a huge stream of tears gushing down from his eyes like a waterfall. "WHYYYY?!"
He got friend-zoned.
Startled, Lala asked him with a raised eyebrow, "Whoa, what's wrong?"
"It's... it's nothing..." he muttered as he continued to draw circles on the ground.
Lala squinted at him for a moment before it suddenly hit her. "Oh... it's got to do with what Chica told me, isn't it?"
Chica's ears perked up as she raised her head, her attention now on the pair. Mari just stood at a corner in the darkness, no one noticing him as he watched from his hiding spot.
Bonnie turned away from her, suddenly realising that he was unable to face her. However, he could hear every single word that she was saying.
"I'll be honest with you... I don't truly have an answer now."
Bonnie's head whirled around to look at Lala as a shocked expression grew on his face. "Wait, what?"
"Do you not know that because of what happened in the past, I'm already broken? I can't feel much emotions, but I still feel something whenever I'm with you guys. However, the feeling I have with the rest compared to with you is... something a little different, but it's still a nice, warm feeling," Lala explained with a cool smile on her face. "But, I still don't know what this feeling is yet, and I'll prefer to understand them by myself. You know what I mean?"
Bonnie slowly nodded. Lala sighed in relief before she waved and headed back towards the stage, saying, "Then, I'll have a quick nap for now."
Turning into her animatronic form, Lala closed her eyes and shut herself down.
The purple bunny animatronic simply looked at her magnificent figure before he smiled and checked the time.
"Huh, it's 5.45 already? Well, guess I'd better try my luck tonight..."
