Hey, Blu. There's something I've been wanting to ask you."
Blu removed his lips from a straw and placed his carton of carrot juice on the desk. "What?" he asked, folding his arms over his chest and leaning beside the doorway. It'd only been a while since the incident, and Blu was acting as though it never happened. His shoulder was almost healed completely. It still ached every now and then; nothing he couldn't handle, though. Jeremy darted his eyes down briefly and bit his bottom lip nervously.
"You said that you "liked me" once, right?"
Blu tapped his chin in thought for a bit before nodding. "What about it?"
"Why?" Jeremy replied quietly.
Blu's right ear twitched and he raised a brow at the young man. "'Why' what? I can't hear you speak, dear."
Jeremy looked up at him, but when he did Blu noticed that he was blushing a bit as he struggled to maintain a serious face. "Why do you like me? What makes me stand out from all the other humans you've encountered? And don't give that 'I don't know' crap."
Blu sagged his shoulders slightly and lowered his gaze to the checkered floor. He was silent for an entire minute until he looked back at him with a blank stare. A smile twitched on his lips and he approached the young man before placing his paw on his shoulder. Jeremy tensed slightly from the touch, but relaxed a bit as he stared into his green eyes.
"Call it a hunch."
Jeremy's jaw dropped in dismay before throwing his head back and letting out a loud groan. Blu burst out laughing at his reaction and, for a moment, thought he was going to die from it. "You ass!" Jeremy hissed as he gave his arm a punch. Blu just continued laughing for a bit before teasingly pinching his cheek like a grandmother or aunt would with a child.
"You're so cute when you're angry~" he cooed. Jeremy said nothing and only stared at him with a frown. Giggling was heard down the hall, followed by the sound of rushing footsteps.
"Help!" Mike laughed as he ran down the hall. "Bonnie wants my booty!" He made a sharp turn and, without warning, ran into the Office and collided with Jeremy from behind. The man yelped and bumped into Blu, knocking the both of them to the floor. Jeremy fell flat on top of the rabbit's heaving chest and groaned softly in pain. "Oops." Mike murmured before suddenly being grabbed from behind and letting out a surprised yelp.
"Gotcha!~" Bonnie purred in his ear, causing Mike to blush and giggle while he wrapped his arms around his waist.
"You're a silly bunny, Bonnie." Mike cooed as he pressed his back against his chest. The manager was in for a big surprise when Freddy and the others introduced Mike to him. While it bugged him that he couldn't tell whether or not he was a wolf or wolf-dog hybrid of sorts, he had no idea what to do with him. That was when Foxy requested that he'd have Mike as his "First Mate" for his shows. It didn't take long for the manager to accept his request, and Mike soon found himself standing under the spotlight next to the fox. The first three days went a little slow since he was getting used to memorizing his lines and had to improvise more than once. But all in all, he immediately became a big hit with the kids and parents for his kindness and generosity.
Jeremy groaned softly as he raised his head before meeting Blu's face. His face surprisingly flushed red and his eyes were wide from what happened. "H-hi." Jeremy said, his cheeks starting to blush a bit.
"Hi yourself." Blu replied. There was a long awkward silence between the two of them until Blu nervously cleared his throat and spoke again. "Would you kindly get off? You're sitting on me..." he murmured.
"W-what?" Jeremy looked down and his face heated with embarrassment when he found himself hovering over the rabbit. He looked over his shoulder and found Mike stifling a laugh while Bonnie gave him an amused expression. He looked back down at Blu and was surprised to find the rabbit now beet red.
"Ahem."
Everyone looked over to the east door and froze when they saw Goldie's golden figure standing in the doorway with his arms folded and an unamused expression on his face. "G-Goldie!" Blu's eyes widened and he immediately knew that he was staring at Jeremy, who was still hovering over him. While he knew Goldie wouldn't do anything to hurt him since he saved his "Baby doll", that didn't mean his opinion on humans has changed. Jeremy and Blu quickly scrambled to their feet and dusted themselves off. Goldie's expression relaxed and he focused his attention on the four in the Office.
"Chica made some pizza and asked if I could inform you guys since my brother's busy with that fox." He stated gruffly before leaving. Mike looked up at Bonnie with an excited grin that clearly said what was on his mind. Bonnie smiled and nodded. Mike did a little hop of glee and, in the blink of an eye, dashed out the doorway and down the East Hall with Bonnie and Blu casually following behind. Blu then stopped in his tracks and turned around to find Jeremy peeking out from the doorway.
"Aren't you coming?" he asked, placing a paw on his hip.
"Nah." Jeremy shook his head casually. "I'm just gonna stay here and watch the place. I almost lost my job because of last time, you know."
Blu chuckled and shook his head. It's safe to say that the manager wasn't too happy when he found out about the break in and the events that had transpired. Jeremy, however, surprisingly lied and said that the burglars got away with nothing. He was blamed for being reckless and not keeping a close eye on things like he should've, but was let off with a warning since he saved one of the animatronic furries.
"Oh! And by the way," Jeremy walked out of the Office and stood in front of him. He looked a bit uneasy and...sad? "I was almost finished fixing up your doll yesterday, but my idiot roommate decided to clean up the flat for once and saw the thing on the table we had in the balcony and..." Jeremy hesitated and his breath hitched. "He threw it away..."
Blu's world came to a sudden standstill. His eyes widened and his mouth now agape in shock. "I didn't know until I came home from work! But by then the garbage guy had already come and took it along with some other junk..." Jeremy lowered his head sadly. "I'm sorry Blu. I don't know how important that doll was to you, but I wish I was more careful with it." He looked back up at the rabbit before sighing heavily. "I'm sorry, Blu. I really am."
"..." Jeremy tensed. Blu's face was difficult to read with the blank stare he was currently giving him. He expected him to suddenly lash out or yell at him for losing his treasured doll. Blu took a step forward, outstretched his arms, and pulled him into a gentle embrace.
Wait. What?
Jeremy's cheek pressed against the furry white chest, causing his face to flush a bit from being so close to him. But he was confused. Why is Blu hugging him all of a sudden? Why isn't he mad at him for losing his doll?
"It's fine." Blu murmured in his ear. "It's just a doll. That's all it ever was."
"B-but." Jeremy pulled away and was surprised to find that Blu's face was calm rather than angry or sad. "But he was a gift to you from your...daddy bear or whatever."
"Yes, I know." Blu said before smiling softly at the young man. "Having a near death experience can change a lot of things about you and your perspectives. Goldie's starting to come out more and I finally got everything I wanted to say off my chest. While I did love that doll to bits, it's something that'll only remind me of my past." He then sighed heavily. "There are just some things I have to let go."
Jeremy stared at him dumbfoundedly. "... That's some deep shit, dude." he said.
Blu rolled his eyes and ruffled his hair teasingly. "Get back to work, Jerry."
"Hey!" Jeremy snapped as he watched him turn around and walk away. "Don't fucking call me that! I'm not some stupid mouse from an old kid's show, you know!"
Blu only smiled.
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You guys...have no idea how grateful I am for your support. Seriously. This has got to be one of my most successful fanfics out there. Second being A Somber Year and the third An Unlikely Bond. Now I'm going to explain some plot holes I didn't fill up in the story:
1. Goldie didn't break Bonnie's guitar. After finding out that there wasn't any footage of what happened on camera, everyone decided to let it slide since this wasn't the first weird incident that's happened.
2. The guard Freddy brought up in the last chapter is Phone Guy. He mentioned a guard that used to leave messages, and that guard was Phone Guy.
3. The three dudes who decided to cause a ruckus had the endoskeletons STUFFED into them. Because the call on the third night had Phone Guy suggesting that you "play dead" if the power goes out. But then he scratches it when he thinks that the animatronics will stuff an endoskeleton into you if they think you're an empty suit. The endoskeletons didn't come alive, though. Something stuffed those endoskeletons into those men. You'll know who I'm talking about if you paid attention to the chapter where Blu was talking to Jeremy in the bathroom. They were originally going to be animatronics, but were scrapped after Freddy and Goldie were "born". But that was for Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria.
Now I know there's a few writing errors here and there, but I'll try and go back to fix them when I'm not feeling lazy. I will also say that I might or might not do a spin-off sequel to this. I still have to write the sequel to Joy of Creation and update A Somber Year. But after the Christmas special I'm going to take a loooooooong break from writing.
I would also like to thank Meleemaster123 for doing some fanart of this fic. And I rarely get fanart for anything! (I have some fanart for a Somber Year, though.) If you have any fanart of this fic that you'd like to share, don't be shy to PM me and I'll get back to you as soon as I can :) So check out Hadedress (Meleemaster123) on Deviantart for it :) (I'd put a link but links don't usually work in this site for some reason).
This one's for the readers of A Somber Year: I'M STILL INTO FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S. I don't feel like writing anything mlp related! But I'll at least try to get one chapter done, but I can't promise anything on that, though. The story is not abandoned! It's just on hiatus until this FNAF addiction goes away.
As a final note: Thank you. Thank you everyone who's followed me on this surprisingly good adventure. Your support means a lot. And I mean a lot. If I do make a spin-off sequel of this, I'll try to make it just as good :). I'm also thinking of doing a spin-off prequel focused on Freddy and Foxy ('cause I love Frexy and Frexy is officially my favorite FNAF shipping 'cause there's too much Mike/Foxy and out there and not enough Frexy that isn't humanized)
Oh yeah, sorry about the slow updates on Game Time with Freddy and Foxy. I've been busy focusing on this fic XD
So... Yeah. I got nothing else to say, really. Hope you enjoyed this fic :)
Until next time, I'm Offline ;D