Author`s note: ahh, watching iron giant…the nostalgia. This is a short filler chapter, I have a good chapter planned in the future :)
-Your POV-
You listen quietly to the Animatronics in the back room, and how they interacted with one another. "B-b-but Cap`n! te lass deserves that harsh language aft what she done did!" foxy complained, trying to get away with his sailor`s mouth. For a while, you and the marionette listened before getting interrupted by a noise in the vents, you instantly put on the mask and checked the lights, sighing when no one was there. Marionette pointed down the hallway where the Mangle hung from the ceiling in.
You stared at it for a while before she went away, a sigh escape in relief. "That scared me" you whispered to the Marionette. He nodded and stared off for a moment before looking at the cameras with you. The rest of the night went on like this, occasional note were given to you by the marionette, telling you which cameras to keep an eye on the most and just random facts like did you know that toy bonny dos not lik mangle? Your eyebrows raised in curiosity. It's a competiton between the 2.
After a while of quality time with the Marionette was cut short with the dreaded six o`clock. You smiled and said your goodbyes as he waved and left just before the manager turned on the generators and walked to the office to walk you out. You waited for your next shift by dreaming about your forgiven friend, the Marionette.
-the Marionette`s POV-
I give a group of children their prizes for being good and for playing the games to win tickets, watching as they played with the toy animatronics. The occasional teenager that was forced to babysit their younger sibling/cousin/niece/nephew trying to barter to get Toy Freddy with money instead of tickets or being good. I am no banker, and would not be able to give the money to the manager if I were to except their attempts of paying with money.
The days normally went on like this, sometimes the ticket counters would stare at me for no reason, making me feel self-conscious. I know I was a different looking animatronic, but it doesn't mean I don't have an emotion sensor in my memory chip like the others! I crossed my arms at them and they huffed at me before counting more tickets.
How I wanted to see (Y/N)…. Its boring in the daytime, the children don't really talk to me except for the demands. I listen silently as the employees were talking over the counter. "Did you hear what happened the other week?" one of them whispered. "no." the other replied, restocking the prize shelf for me to give the children prizes. "Someone in the staff took the golden suit in the back room" the other whispered before whispering to quietly for me to hear. I knew what suit that was, golden freddy was never really used.
The only time he ever "got around" was when he messed with people`s heads and made them hallucinate. I found that intriguing, he somehow could connect with human`s minds…I envied him in that. So many times I have wanted to say something to them, but I could only connect to the servers and talk to the others by sending signals… I should remind myself to try to talk to him, but he has no endoskeleton making speaking with him impossible just like withered Bonnie or Chika.
The rest of the day was of no interest to me, my excitement was growing to see my favorite person so far as the clock struck twelve I practically fell out of my music box as I tried to unhinge the cables on my hands and back, I could move on my own but I wouldn't be a Marionette without them. I peeked in the office, seeing her sitting there.
-Your POV-
You stared at the screen, chuckling as you see the Marionette trip over his wires trying to run towards you. It was your last day on the job and you were wondering if you could get another week of work here. You wanted to talk to the manager after your shift. You jump as you look up to see the Marionette peeking into the office. "You can come in" you said with a smile. He nodded and walked himself inside of the office. He held a small note in his hands and very carefully handing it to you. Is not it your last nite? It said with some spelling errors. You gave him a sad nod. "Yeah. But I am going to ask to get some overtime by the manager…" you said in a low voice. He patted your head and shook his head saying no.
You blushed for no reason at his gesture. Was it because he was worrying for you or if he was touching you that made your heart skip a small beat. He bent down to get a good look at your face to see what was wrong. You shook your head with a laugh of embarrassment. "N-n I-I-I'm fine." You said, backing away from him a little bit. This was not a new feeling for you, few lovers has been in your past but you knew the feeling and it wasn't normal. The Marionette stared at you for a moment before shrugging his shoulders and checked the cameras for you.
You sighed and sat in the chair, staring at him as he fiddled around with the only thing besides the lights and the mask helping you live. After a while he handed it back to you, staring as you checked to make sure everyone was a safe distance away. It was a slow night, which meant more time with the Marionette. "hey." You said, catching his attention from the camera you were holding. "D-do you like m- I-I-I mean the other animatronics? I-I haven't seen you interact with the others all that much" you stuttered out.
He stared at you for a second before getting the notebook off of the desk and writing something down. Old Freddie and I are friends, foxy is ok, I don't lik the toys, old Bonnie and I have nevr talkd. Old Chika trys to b nice to me, but 2 nice. The note said, improper spelling making it harder to read. "o-oh." You said, wondering how on earth he spoke to the others. For a while you two sat in silence, the only sound being the comforting sound of the cameras.
-The Marionette`s POV-
I didn't know why I was so tense around her, I wondered why her voice was so glitchy and shaky. Humans have voice boxes to be repaired? Does she have some loose wires- wait…humans don't have wires…. Is her throat hurting again? But her voice would sound crackly. Her face was pink earlier. Was she sick again? I hope not. I don't know why I feel so strange around her, I can feel my emotion sensor in my programing going haywire, I felt anxiety, shyness, and lack of confidence…. All of the bad feelings except for anger and sadness mixed through me, but it felt so good and happy... I really needed to talk to golden Freddy about his ability to talk to people, but I didn't want to waste any time I had with (Y/N). I don't want her to be in danger with this job anymore, so when she said she could try to do over time, I had to shake my head no. I plan to see her again but not while she is the night guard. I want to talk to her for once when she isn't in danger.
-Chapter end-
Author`s note: a little bit on the short side on this chapter, I plan to write more for the next chapter if I don't have writers block or have a special chapter planned for the next chapter :)
More chapters to come