Off the bat I just wanted to say that this chapter is NOT canon to the actual story.
I Was originally going to publish this as a one shot story, but since it kinda takes place in the same universe as Mending a Broken Family, I decided to just publish it as a bonus chapter in this story.
I'm currently working on the next actual chapter and hope to have it out by the end of the year.
But anyways, thanks to everyone who has taken the time out of their day to read chapters when they are published and I hope you've enjoyed the story so far.
Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays and I look forward to whatever happens with this story in 2017!
It was about a week till Christmas and Brent and Freddy were in the middle of doing some last minute Christmas decorating in the pizzeria.
"So...that secret Santa thing-" Brent started before trailing off
"Yes?" Freddy said curiously as he worked on hanging up some lights above the stage
"Who did you get?" Brent asked
"It wouldn't be secret Santa if I told you" Freddy replied
"I-I know, I'm just-" Brent was saying before trailing off again
"You're trying to figure out who got Toy Chica?" Freddy said curiously, Brent sighed
"You caught me" He said
"So I'm assuming you didn't get her?" Freddy asked, Brent shook his head
"No..." He said in disappointment
"That's too bad" Freddy said "Can you hand me another nail?" He asked, Brent nodded and grabbed nail before handing it up "Thanks" he said
"Yeah" Brent replied before getting lost in his thoughts again.
He was worried that Bonnie had gotten Toy Chica, he had given up hope of Foxy and Chica ever separating and had turned all of his attention to Toy Chica instead.
Brent was concerned that if Bonnie had gotten Toy Chica he would get her something that would lead to the two of them getting together and just the thought of that happening made Brent jealous.
"I'm sure everything will work out" He heard Freddy say breaking him out of his thoughts
"Yeah, I hope so" Brent muttered
"And that'll do it!" Freddy exclaimed as he finished hanging the last of the lights, Brent looked up and saw the multi-colored Christmas lights shining above the stage.
"L-looks good you guys" Chica said as she walked up and examined the lights, Freddy climbed down the ladder and looked at her
"I'm glad you think so, took a little while to get them all to stay up there" Freddy said before letting out a little chuckle
"I b-bet" Chica said "There's a p-pizza in the oven that will be done soon if the two of you would l-like some" she said, Brent and Freddy looked at each other before looking back at her
"Sounds good" Freddy said
"I think I'll pass" Brent said "Thanks for the offer but I think I'm just going to head back to the office" he continued before hopping off the stage and starting his walk back to the office.
Freddy and Chica watched him disappear out of the room before looking at each other.
"Is something wrong?" Chica asked
"He's worried about the secret Santa thing" Freddy replied "He wants to find out who got Toy Chica" he continued, Chica smiled
"I knew he had a c-crush on her!" She quietly exclaimed, getting very giddy in the process.
"Did you get her?" Freddy asked, Chica calmed down before shaking her head
"Unfortunately, no" Chica replied "But I would swap Brent in a heart beat if I did" she continued
"Me too" Freddy said
Brent was walking down the dim hallway to the office once again lost in thought.
He didn't know how Toy Chica felt about Bonnie, I mean, for all he knew they could secretly be dating already and all the worrying about the two of them getting together could be pointless.
Even if they weren't he didn't know how Toy Chica felt about Bonnie or himself, heck, there could be a possibility of her not liking either one of them.
All of these negative thoughts rushing through his mind during what was supposed to be the happiest season of the year just made things worse.
When he finally reached the office he saw that there was already someone in there, he walked in and saw Toy Chica sitting behind the desk on the computer.
She hadn't noticed he had even walked in until several seconds later, she finally looked up and saw him standing in the doorway.
"Oh, hi Brent" She said "I hope you don't mind me using the computer for a few minutes, there is something I wanted to check up on" she continued
"I-uh don't mind at all" Brent replied as he rubbed the back of his neck, he slowly walked the rest of the way into the office before leaning up against the wall next to the door.
Toy Chica sat behind the desk still doing whatever she was doing on the computer, the sound of the keyboard being typed on filled the somewhat quite office.
Toy Chica looked up from the computer again and saw Brent standing against the wall by the door and staring at that black and white tiled floor, she thought he looked like he was really thinking about something.
"I didn't mean to intrude, I'll be out of your hair in just a minute" Toy Chica said finally causing Brent to look up
"No no no, you're not intruding" Brent said "I'm just...thinking is all" he continued, his voice lowering as he did "You can take as long as you need" he finished before looking back down, Toy Chica kept her eyes on him for several seconds before saying anything else
"I know it's probably none of my business, but what's on your mind?" She asked "It's better to talk to someone about your problems than to keep them bottled inside" she continued, Brent let out a little chuckle and shook his head, not looking up from the floor as he did.
"It's dumb" He replied
"I bet it's not" Toy Chica said
"Just trying to figure something out is all" Brent said, Toy Chica continued to stare at Brent for several seconds really wishing that he would tell her what was wrong.
She didn't want to pry if he didn't want to talk about it, so she decided to just go back what she had been doing on the computer.
"Well, I hope you get everything figured out" She said, Brent nodded
"Yeah, me too" He muttered as he slowly looked up at the animatronic chicken as she typed away on the computer.
It had been several days since Brent had talked to Freddy, and in all the time that had passed he still couldn't get the question out of his mind of Who got Toy Chica for secret Santa?
He was walking around the very busy mall, people walking around shoulder to shoulder doing very last minute Christmas shopping...it was only two days away.
Brent himself had pretty much finished the small amount of shopping he had to do weeks ago, taking care of Amber, his parents, sister, and his animatronic friend he had gotten in the secret Santa drawing.
But he felt like there was one more thing he needed, it had been sitting in the window display of one of the small stores in the mall and there was something telling him he needed to buy it.
He stood outside the store staring at the object within, people nudging passed him and walking in front of him as he did.
Everyone had agreed on only getting the person they drew something, meaning one gift for everybody, and he didn't want to show up with two gifts even though he knew Foxy was going to get Chica something regardless of rather or not he actually pulled her.
Brent continued to stare at the object on the other side of window with the thought of what could happen if he got.
Maybe Toy Chica would really like it, maybe it would lead to the thing that Brent's had on his mind for the longest time, the thing that he can't help but think about everytime he's in the pizzeria.
He stood there and closed his eyes tight trying to figure out what he should do, he didn't want anyone to be mad at him for not following the rules that they made but really wanted to get Toy Chica a gift.
"*sigh* screw it" Brent finally said before squeezing his way through the crowed and into the store.
After getting what he needed and waiting in line for almost an hour to pay for it he finally made his way back out into the crowded mall.
"I hope she likes it" he said to himself as he stared down at the bag in his hand.
It was now Christmas Eve night, technically Christmas morning seeing as how it was almost three, Brent was sitting alone in the office of the pizzeria with his gift for Cheek hiding next to his legs behind the desk.
He didn't really want to be there on Christmas Eve, god knows why Mr. Fazbear was making him work.
He had already given his parents their presents, they had promised not to open them until the morning even though he tried to talk them into opening them early.
And he and Amber had exchanged gifts early too, he had bought her this really expensive jacket that she had been eyeing but acted like she hadn't...but he knew she was.
She loved it like he knew she would.
She told him that he didn't have too do that but he knew he did.
And she bought him a nice cologne set and a new wallet because she knew he needed a new one.
She said she felt bad considering she knew she spent a lot less on him than he did her, but he reassured her that it was no problem and he loved what she had gotten for him.
So with those taken care of and his secret Santa gift in the pile of gifts out in the dining hall, the only one he had left to worry about was what he had bought Toy Chica.
He knew that if he was going to give it to her it had to be in private if the others weren't going to find out, he was still worried about them getting mad at him if they did.
He closed his eyes and sighed as he leaned back in his chair, once again getting lost in his thoughts.
"Are you ok?" He heard a voice ask, Brent opened his eyes and sat up and saw Toy Chica standing in the large open doorway of the office.
"Yeah, I'm good" Brent replied
"I was just going to see if you were going to stay and open presents with us in the morning or if you were just going to take yours and leave when your shift is over" Toy Chica said "I mean I can understand if you want to leave as soon as you can, it is Christmas after all" she continued
"I'm going to hang around, I don't have anything better to do" Brent replied, Toy Chica was confused about this
"You don't have family or something you want to go see?" She asked, Brent shrugged
"I saw everyone that I have to see today, I'll probably stop by my parents house or something after I leave just to see if they liked those gifts I got them" he replied, Toy Chica nodded.
"I bet they'll like them" She said
"Hope so" Brent said
After, an awkward silence filled the room as the two continued to stand...and sit...there.
Brent was trying to decide if he should give Toy Chica her gift now, or wait until after they open gifts in the morning.
As he thought he saw Chica starting to uncomfortably shift as she continued to stand in the doorway.
"Why don't you sit, I could use the company" He said getting Chica's attention, she gave him a small smile and grabbed the empty chair in the corner before dragging it towards the desk and sitting down.
"So...are you ok?" She asked, Brent nodded
"Yeah, I'm good" he replied "Why do you ask?" He asked
"It's just...you've seem like you've had a lot on your mind lately" Toy Chica replied, Brent just smiled a little before looking down at the bag placed next to his feet.
"Yeah, I have, but I have everything figured out...I think" He said "Oh, and I like your bib" he continued changing the subject, Toy Chica looked down at her new Christmas bib she was wearing.
It was white with a green-tinseled boarder, big red and green letters spelling out "Merry Christmas!" and tiny gingerbread men and candy canes in place of the confetti pieces.
"Thank you, Mr. Fazbear ordered us new stuff so we could, in his words, be more ''festive''" Toy Chica said, Brent nodded
"That's cool" He said
"He got me some new...um...panties too" Toy Chica said as she stood up to show Brent her new red panties, Brent blushed a deep shade of red.
"They're...uh...nice" he said as before looking back down towards the bag between next to his feet.
"Yeah, I think they're cute" Toy Chica said "Freddy has a new christmas top hat and bow-tie, and Bonnie has a new bow-tie" she continued
"That's cool, I'll have to check them out when I see them" Brent said, Chica gave a simple nod in response "So uh...do you guys get each other gifts every year?" He asked, Toy Chica shook her head in response
"This is the first year" She replied
"That's-" Brent was saying before being interrupted
"Hey, we're getting ready to open gifts, if you two would like to join us" Freddy said as he walked into view, he was wearing an old looking Santa hat in place of his top hat that he usually wore.
"We're coming, thanks, Freddy" Brent said, Freddy nodded before heading back off down the hallway
"Why do they want to open gifts at three in the morning?" Brent asked, Chica shrugged "Ok then" he continued before standing up from his chair, Chica did the same before the two took off down the dimly lit hallway towards the dining hall where the tree with the presents was.
Once they reached the dining hall, they saw everyone was already gathered around the tree.
Brent noticed the red hat with the green stripe that Toy Freddy was now wearing and the candy cane colored bow tie that Toy Bonnie was wearing.
As they neared the tree is when they got Freddy's attention...
"Glad you two made it" He said causing almost everyone else to turn and look at them, once he caught Toy Freddy and Toy Bonnie's glances he stayed back behind Toy Chica.
"They agreed not to try and stuff you tonight" Toy Chica whispered when she realized what Brent was thinking
"Having to survive them for so long after telling them a million times that I'm not an endoskeleton without its costume, it's hard to trust what they'll say" Brent said
"It'll be ok, trust me" Toy Chica said, Brent reluctantly took her word for it as they made their way towards the rest of the group
"*Chuckles* Merry Christmas, Mr. Endo!" Toy Freddy happily exclaimed
"Uh...Merry Christmas" Brent replied with an unsure smile
"How's 'bout we start passin' out tis loot" Foxy said as he looked at the small stack of presents around the tree
"Sure thing, Foxy" Freddy said as he went to grab a present "First one is for...Chica" he continued as he handed Chica the small wrapped box, Chica smiled as she took it
"Should we wait to open them until everyone has theirs?" She asked, Freddy thought about it a minute before nodding
"Guess that may be the right thing to do" Freddy said "I'll pass them out as fast as I can" he continued "Next one is for...Toy Freddy" he said as he went to hand Toy Freddy the wrapped gift
"Thank you!" Toy Freddy happily exclaimed as he grabbed the box, Freddy nodded
"Foxy..." Freddy said as he handed Foxy his gift "And Bonnie" he said before handing the one armed Bonnie his gift "Toy Chica..." He finally said before handing her her gift.
With how crudely wrapped it was Brent's fear was a reality, her gift was from Bonnie...
As Freddy handed Toy Chica her gift, Brent caught Bonnie watching Toy Chica take it.
"Brent..." Freddy said as he went to hand Brent his gift, Brent was too distracted looking at Bonnie that he didn't even hear Freddy "Brent..." He repeated still not getting his attention
"Brent?" Toy Chica said as she touched Brent's shoulder, he visibly jumped as his eyes quickly shifted from Bonnie to Toy Chica
"Huh?" He said curiously, Toy Chica pointed towards Freddy who was standing there with a gift in his hands staring at Brent in confusion
"Are you alright?" Freddy asked, Brent nodded as he reached for the gift.
"Yeah, I'm good" he said, Freddy nodded as he handed off the gift.
After, Brent sat there in silence until Freddy handed off the last gift.
"And last but not least is...mine" Freddy said as he picked up the last gift "Well, now that everyone has one, we can get to opening them" he continued, after he said that everyone started pulling the wrapping paper or pulling out of a bag whatever they had gotten.
Brent was opening his, but he would glance towards Toy Chica every so often to find out how good of a gift Bonnie got her.
Once she pulled the wrapping paper off she gasped when she saw what was hiding underneath it...
What she had in her hands was a small framed painting of Toy Chica standing front and center on a large stage with a microphone in her hand, the painting was framed in a glittery pink frame with a small cupcake in the bottom right hand corner.
She sat there staring at the painting in awe, before looking up and seeing Bonnie glancing at her...she knew the gift was from him so she gave him a warm smile.
Brent sat there shoulders sagged before sighing as he finished unwrapping his gift, once he got the paper off he saw it was in a box.
Once he opened the box he froze when he saw what was inside of it...it was a Pikachu Gameboy color...
Brent had one of those when he was a kid but made the mistake of taking it to the park when he was a kid and someone stole it, it was his favorite thing when he was a kid and he was heartbroken when it happened.
He sat there staring at the Gameboy speechless before realizing that there was only one animatronic he had told the story to...it was Toy Chica.
Brent slowly looked up and saw her sitting there waiting for a reaction from him, she smiled at him when he looked up at her.
"I-I" Brent stuttered before looking back down at the Gameboy in his hand, that's when he stood up "I...have to go back to the office for something" he continued before quickly walking off, everyone sat there staring at him as he did.
Toy Chica sat there worried that he didn't like the gift she got him, she stood up next and followed after him.
"Where ye goin', lass?" Foxy asked
"Make sure Brent is ok" Toy Chica replied before disappearing down the dimly lit hallway once again.
Once she disappeared out of sight, Bonnie looked over to where she was sitting and saw she had left the framed painting behind, he looked down towards the floor when he saw it.
Brent quickly walked into the office and sat himself back down in his chair still looking at the Gameboy in his hand, it obviously wasn't his original, but just holding one again brought back so many memories from when he had his original.
All of the long car rides playing Pokémon Gold, Super Mario Bros. Deluxe, and Donkey Kong Country, being so proud of owning it, taking it to school to show his friends, he even remembers the day he got it.
He sat there reflecting on the past when he heard a voice...
"Do you like it?" The voice asked, Brent looked up and saw Toy Chica standing in the doorway
"Chica, I-I love it" he replied "These things are expensive, how did you afford to get this?" He asked
"It doesn't matter" Toy Chica replied as she slowly walked towards the desk "The only thing that matters is that you're happy with it" she continued, Brent smiled at her
"I don't know how I can repay you for this" He said, Toy Chica shook her head
"You don't, it's a gift, you're not supposed to pay someone back for a gift" She said, Brent slowly nodded a couple times before looking down towards his feet and seeing his present for Toy Chica still resting on the floor under the desk.
"I kinda did a little" Brent said before pulling the present out from underneath "I know we were only supposed to get the person we pulled a present, but I couldn't NOT got you one" he continued before sliding the present across the desk towards her.
Toy Chica looked at the nicely wrapped box in front of her before slowly picking it up.
"Brent..." She said softly
"You've done a lot for me, breaking the rules is worth it for you" He said causing Chica to smile "Go ahead, open it" he continued, Chica once again looked back down at the present before she slowly started ripping the paper off of it.
Once she got enough off, she saw the present was in a white box.
She slowly opened the box and smiled at what she saw, she quickly glanced back up to Brent before pulling the item out of the box.
It was a cupcake, it was very similar to the cupcake she holds on stage except it didn't have eyes. Toy Chica looked over the item before looking back at Brent.
"Open it" He said, once he said that she noticed the item indeed opened.
She slowly lifted the top part up and a soothing tune started playing (Promise - Kyoto Music Box Ensemble...look it up...it really is a nice little music box song) the song made her start to tear up.
But what officially brought the water works was when she saw that placed in a small holding on the inside of the top of the box was a picture of her and Brent.
Freddy had taken it during their Halloween party a couple months prior, Brent didn't care too much for the picture but he knew Toy Chica liked it.
She looked up at him as tears rolled down her cheek, she quickly walked around the desk and pulled Brent into a hug.
He stood there motionless for several seconds before wrapping his arms around her, completing the embrace.
The two stood there for several minutes wrapped in each others embrace before finally breaking the hug, Brent wiped some of the tear stains off of Chica's face before she started talking.
"I love it" She sniffled, Brent smiled at her
"I'm glad" he replied
"Thank you so much" Toy Chica said before once again hugging Brent, he didn't mind at all.
"It wasn't a problem" Brent replied, once again hugging her back.
After several more seconds of holding the embrace they once again broke it.
"Lets go let the others know that everything is alright" Brent said, Toy Chica nodded before wiping a few remaining tears off of her face
"That's a good idea" She said before the two started back towards the dining hall.
Once they made it back they immediately caught everyone's attention...
"Are you two alright?" Freddy asked, Brent nodded
"Yeah, we're great" He replied before smiling at Toy Chica who was smiling back
"Looks like someone's underneath the mistletoe!" Toy Bonnie exclaimed before pointing to the mistletoe hanging above where Brent and Toy Chica were currently standing.
They both looked at Toy Bonnie before looking above them to see that the rabbit was correct, they looked back down at each other blushing as their eyes met.
They stood there awkwardly for several seconds before Toy Chica clutched the top of Brent's shirt and pulled him into a kiss, Brent stood there motionless as he and Toy Chica kissed for several seconds.
Everyone else was standing there grinning and whistling except for Bonnie who was shaking his head.
Once the two broke the kiss Toy Chica immediately walked off towards the kitchen with a blush so bad that you would have thought she was a tomato.
Brent on the other hand stood there motionless with bright red-burning cheeks, as everyone else continued to stare at him.
After almost two minutes of just standing there he finally said something...
"M-merry C-Christmas" He managed to say causing everyone else to laugh.
He was glad that everything worked out for him, but continued to wonder where things were going to go from that point on.
But he knew...everything would work out.