Beyond Cloudy Skies

by toothpastegirl

You move across the country, leaving everything behind but your cat for a job that seemed too good to be true. It was. Your pay is insane, and you're more than qualified for the work you'd be doing, but there's a reason they're so insistent to keep you in that position. Y/N x Daycare Attendants. [AO3 HEAVILY recommended. Extreme formatting issues here.] Polished - 10/4/22

42. Ephemeral Sugar

Back the way you came, you end up in the Atrium under its vibrant neon atmosphere.

You're kinda careful to avoid the STAFF bots littered around the giant open area, some patrolling, some simply waiting idly at concession booths, while others clean party tables. Sun seems to avoid them as well, casually guiding you on a path that will be of least resistance. You don't think they'd cause any trouble, but you have to admit, they do seem sorta eerie. Cute, but eerie.

You walk past the party tables and lock eyes with one of the little bots as Sun holds your hand in front of you, eager to make the impending left turn that'd lead over to FazerBlast. "..Are there usually this many STAFF bots everywhere else? Doesn't seem like they're in the Main Entrance as much as they are everywhere else."

Sun spins his head in a 180 to meet you as you turn and walk up a few stairs. "Ooh, hm, nono.. Not that I am aware of, at least, yes.." He pauses. "Moon thinks there's more than there used to be, mhm!"

You giggle, following Sun and occasionally having to tug on his arm to slow his excited stride. "Guess Moon isn't doing the best job at security, hm?"

He slows down to be at your side, bending down to look you in the eyes with a burning grin. "O-ooh, Moon is going to have sososo much fun with you after laser tag, Sunflower~."

You scoff, and laugh. "Uh-huh, I'm sure he is. I'm not too worried given what's planned next is an arcade."

He turns away, and is silent for a second, his smug little grin still present. "..Do you not like the little bots? Moon.. didn't really care for them, nono.. but I think they're nice, yes! The one in El Chip's accepted my stickers as payment! Oooh, and you'll meet some in FazerBlast too, mhm."

You hum. "Hm, I guess they're a little cute. Just wish they put more effort into them. If they're even a fraction bit sentient like you guys and the rest of the animatronics here, they deserve a little more attention."

Sun nods. You both wrap around the FazerBlast entry statue-thing - a rocket circling a green planet. You adjust your hair with your free hand. "Why doesn't Moon like them?"

He's silent before answering, slowly guiding you up to the entryway guarded by a STAFF bot. "..W-well.. he.. wasn't very nice with them, nono. He doesn't anymore, not since.. you, b-but, he used to.. disassemble ones.. that were in the Daycare hallway, o-or, theater.."

You slow even further, and stop for a second to look over at him, wringing his hands, and staring at the floor. "W-what?" You pause. "I.. mean.. Yeah. That's.. not very good. I'm glad he's not.. hurting them anymore though.."

Sun hesitantly nods, avoiding eye contact while the gate opens, revealing a space-themed lobby area. "..Yesyes, he.. wasn't very nice. Not before you, nono, not to anything but the kids.. usually.. O-oh, we.. w-we don't want to talk about it, i-is that okay?"

You grip his hand a little tighter, and take the lead, finally approaching in front of the FazerBlast STAFF bot. "Of course, we don't have to talk about it now, Sunlight. We're on a date, right? I'd rather not have too much.. angst, for a bit. I think we've had enough of that recently, yeah? Should probably enjoy this while we can.." You giggle a little as he returns from his subtle slouch, and his frown disappears looking into your eyes, seemingly sparkling. He admires your smile for a second - it warmer than anything he could ever manage. It perks him back up.

You're not.. ignoring Moon's history. But, you don't wanna prod at it more than you have to. Not at how he treated you when you first met him, not at how he used to be before that. Not at what he used to do. The present is all that matters, right? You exhale, and look up at Sun.

As soon as you notice him somehow adoring you, of course, you look away, the smile painting your face refusing to leave regardless. You giggle, and tug on his hand, stepping once up to the bot, and pulling out your company-issued security badge out of your backpack, hoping it'd grant you access.

It doesn't. The bot refuses to let you enter.

"Oh.." You slowly return the badge to your backpack, before zipping it up, and unzipping another pocket.

Sun shuffles a little behind you, and as soon as you reach out for the bot to scan the higher level security badge that was stuffed in the Monty plushie, Sun plants a few stickers in your palm for good measure. You smile as the bot scans the chip, and then proceeds to look up at you, staring for a few seconds, before alternating its scan to Sun leaning over above you.

The bot looks back down, and takes the stickers, avoiding the chip before rolling back and granting access to the elevator, it unlocking.

You giggle. "Hah, thanks." And turn to Sun. "Guess the bots have a sweet spot for those stickers. How many of them do you even have left though?"

He circles in front of you, ducking into the elevator and pulling you in. He extends his fingers, and displays a couple dozen stickers, all planted between them. "Mmh, just a few, yesyes."

You place your hands on your hips after returning the chip to your backpack. "I'm finding out how you do that one day, I swear." And turn to the elevator controls, pressing the Freddy-themed button that'll send you to FazerBlast as the doors close.

He shuts his hand, and the stickers disappear. "Mhmm, yes, but you're going to cheat, rulebreaker!" His rays tick to the side as he looks down at you, a mock scowl entertaining your silly little feud.

You nod. "How else am I gonna find out? Your blueprints aren't really a free pass to learning where you keep them, anyway. There's a lot. It'll take some time to rummage through everything, so I think it's fair." You reach for his hand, and inspect it.

"..See, not really gonna find anything here. How else do you expect me to learn, huh?" You gently run circles into his palm with your nails, having taken it more-so to just hold him.

He hums, a smile forming above you. "Mmh, maybe not being an impatient brat, nono. We'd be more than happy to teach you at some point, yes.. If you're good."

You lock eyes with him above you, recovering after a pause. "Good? I haven't been good? Dude."

"Mmhm. We just wanna have fun showing you our magic tricks, yes.. Soso cruel wanting to ruin the spectacle." He adjusts himself to your side before resting his arm on your head, it being the perfect armrest if he bends down a little.

You scoff. "Okay, now you're being the mean one." You reach your arm over, and press your fingers against his tummy before running them down.

He doesn't react. "Ooh, such a cheap move. Mmh, only Moon is ticklish there, silly."

You look up at him, his arm messing up your hair in the movement. "You share different sensory response systems? That's.. weird."

He nods. "Yesyes, he's intended to be a little more sensitive to touch - gentle, especially when dealing with the children and putting the to bed. It's.. sometimes, not a very good feature, nono.. He feels things a little bit more than me."

You wrap yourself around in front of him, and his arm readjusts to the small of your back. "..Oh, yeah.. I'm sorry."

You hum, briefly dipping your head into his tummy, returning after some resolve. "Hm, well, aren't these more sensitive though?" Your arm sneakily reaches up, and your fingers wrap around a ray as you stand on your tippy toes.

He tenses, and his rays suddenly still. You giggle as he melts a little, reflexively arching his head back an inch or two while at the same time slouching into you, lowering himself. "O-ooh, o-okay, yesyes, s-sensitive, mhm.." His face is adorable.

You exhale sharply as your smile widens. You're feeling a little merciful, so your hand releases the ray, and locks with his fingers. The elevator dings, and the doors slide open. "Heh, yeah. See, I can be good."

You lead him as he ducks out after composing himself. He hums. "Nuh-uh, that wasn't very nice, nono. Cruel."

You look back at him, after returning your gaze to study the room. "Oh, so I shouldn't play with your rays? Alright, if that's what makes you more comfy."

He groans. "..Nono, you.. can touch them. J-just not to be mean about it!"

You roll your eyes. "Oookay, Sunshine. I'll be nice."

He hums, and walks up to a counter.

You walk to the right of him, and up to a door that says 'Entry'. "C'mon, silly. I think we can just.. get in."

He whines as the doors open in front of you. "W-well, Moon hasn't really been in here! ..Usually he takes the vents.."

You smile and hum, taking his hand. Navigating through the cramped hallway, you enter a room and briefly watch a bot explain all about the attraction before continuing. "..Gosh I hope I don't get in trouble for this. Just a tour, just a tour."

Sun giggles. "Mmh, you are a magnet for trouble, little flower."

You turn a corner. "Or you two are. North and South. Maybe I complete the weird little magnet somehow."

He hums as doors open in front of you. "Silly."

Taking in the area, you observe the equipment. The vests you can manage, it's the helmets that you kinda cringe at. One is green with two alien antennas poking up, wobbling with any sort of movement. The other is a white, somewhat checkerboard themed helmet, with Freddy's ears and a tiny black hat in-between them.

"Yeah, I'm not wearing the antenna one." You mock giggle.

Sun sulks. "Awh, b-but, it'd look cute!" He watches as you grab a white one, and put it on. He pauses. "O-oh, nevermind.. t-that one is very very cute too, yesyes.."

You look up at him, and quickly away as his big blue eyes bore into you, admiring your face surely to be consumed with a red flush in a few seconds. "You're just.. really easy." You set down your backpack against a wall.

"Only with you."

You roll your eyes, and carefully put over a vest. You're used to the sharp pain that comes with your ribs being bothered by now, but you still subtly wince a little. "..Oookay, put on a vest, if it'll fit you."

After he helps you with your own vest, and a few minutes of helping him out with his, you surprisingly manage to get it on. You both pick up a blaster, and you lead him into the next area, pressing the button to prepare the game.

You're probably not playing fair according to the rules, with Sun zapping bots as soon as they come into view, and him probably being registered to an opposing team, but you don't care. You're having a ton of fun. It's a little admirable how he uses himself to shield you, despite you not getting much of a chance to shoot at any of the bots before he claims them.

All up until you reach the third capture point. "Sun, you're literally stealing all of my points. No fair."

He giggles as he beams a bot approaching from a mile away. "Mmh, not my fault you're such a bad shot, yesyes."

You scoff. "You're programmed with way better precision than me! I'd be able to hit 'em if you didn't annihilate them the second they appear, dork."

He hums, giggling at your frustration before slowing down a little. "Mmhm, well, show me how good of a shot you are, Sunflower. I just don't want you to get hit, nono. It'd be ashame if we had to start all over!"

You miss your first shot on a rapidly approaching bot, and before you can take another after the alien-target-bot shoots about three in your direction, Sun takes it out. You groan. "I just want to have fun with you. I don't care if we have to start over, Sunny."

He giggles a little, turning his head to meet your eyes while shooting another bot without even looking at it. "Hm, well, we can always replay it! Your aim might get better after about ten or so games! A-and, if we win, you get your own blaster, yesyes!"

You raise your blaster, and aim up at him. You pull the trigger. "How's th-"

The flash from the blaster was just high enough for his eyes to process and cause a malfunction. He tenses, and his rays extend and stop in place. He falls into the wall, and slumps down.

You're pummeled with shots, and the game ends as you rush over to attend to him. "S-Sun!? Oh, shit.. sh- w-what happened!?" You frantically attempt to adjust him against the wall to sit up, but he's too heavy for you to even budge him.

His eyes cease vibrating, staring into the ceiling, and his body relaxes. Your hand grip onto the sides of his face, fingers in-between rays, you turn him toward you, and you lock eyes. "Sun? A-are you okay?"

He blinks, and adjusts himself, stopping noticing your legs around his. You let him sit back against the wall, and position yourself between his baggy red and yellow striped pants.

He shakes his head a little, and you release your grip on his faceplate. "O-oh, y-y-yes.. Sunflower, oh.. that was.. strange.."

You exhale sharply. "Gosh, that.. scared me. Are you okay? For real."

He nods. "I.. I think the blaster stunned me is all, yesyes.. I.. wasn't out for long, was I?"

You have a little trouble recalling the past few seconds, but as your heart rate slows and the adrenaline subsides, you can answer. "..N-no, I think it was only a few seconds. Alright, lesson learned though. Don't shoot bots not meant to be shot.."

He smiles a little. "Nuh-uh. Not very nice, nono."

You sigh. "..Alright, we'll win at some point, and I'll get the blaster. Might come in handy, but, please lemme shoot a few, okay? I don't mind losing as long as it's with you."

He thinks for a second, before lowering his head a little. "..Yesyes.. you're right. W-we like spending time with you too, Sunflower. Sorry." He hums.

You back up onto your feet. "It's okay. It was kinda cute, anyway. Still a bit of a meanie, but, I forgive you."

He tilts his head, and grins as he raises to his feet. "Oooh, sososo very kind, Sunflower. See? It's easy to be good, yesyes. Maybe we'll teach you magic after-all, mhm!"

You roll your eyes. "Sure, I'll figure it out one way or another. C'mon, let's play a little more." You take his hand, and return back to the starting area.

You play a few more games with him, and you both get shot a couple of times. You encourage Sun to take cover on his knees after he somehow manages to get shot near the eyes the first time, so falling over won't be as violent. You giggle, playing super tactically and occasionally being lasered as you pause to watch Sun in awe, literally doing flips, cartwheels, and hanging off walls before flipping over them to take out bots on higher levels. It's unreal.

Eventually, he covers you, and you cover him. You find your rhythm, and absolutely wreck havoc on the room. You're both unstoppable.

Your cheeks hurt from smiling.

You beat the game on this last try with ease, and you take a moment to laugh with Sun, and to catch your breath.

Sun helps you up from your knees with a hand gently wrapping around your arm. "Hah, careful of your little doodles. They'll get smeared."

Sun nods. "Oh, how horrible would it be if I had to draw on you some more, Sunflower."

You giggle, and lead him over to the exit elevator leading up to the winner's lounge. You deposit your blasters in a return box, and enter.

You inspect your neck, and lean back into Sun behind you as you wait for the elevator to finish ascending. You sigh. "How long has the ribbon been loose for?"

Sun hums. "Mmh, just since we got the vests on."

You tighten it with the knot at the back and crane your head up. "And were you planning to tell me at some point?"

He grins smugly as you turn around to face him in a more comfortable position, looking him in the eyes. "Oh, o-of course, yesyes. After we got back to the FazerBlast lobby, mhm!" He leans down a little with a smile, his rays progressively spinning a more energetically.

Your eyes hood. "Uh-huh." You reach up and position your fingers in between a few rays as you pull him down a little. "Tell me next time, or you're both losing your biting privileges."

His grin widens and his face warms against your skin as you lock lips. You can't kiss for long, your smiles are making it a little difficult.

He runs a hand through your hair as you pull away, the other cupping your burning-hot face. "Mmh, o-okay, Sunflower. We'll tell you, promise, mhm!"

He wipes your lips a little with his hand as the elevator dings and the doors open. You both turn, and exit into the lounge.

There in the middle is a golden blaster. It's on a pretty pedestal under a cartoon-like rocket hanging from the ceiling. You kinda wonder how they give out multiple, since it doesn't seem like they store any more than one here. Maybe you're both just that good at FazerBlast now. "Cool. Heh, I'll put this in my bag when we get back. Plus, should be a good alternative if necessary for, uh. The control chip."

Sun hums. "Mmh, y-yes."

You look over to an open vent at the left side of the room before leaving. "Ah, looks like Moon forgot to clean up after himself."

Sun pauses for a second. "..Hm, n-nono, that.. wasn't Moon."

"Weird. Not messing around and finding out, though." You begin to walk towards the exit, before jumping at the sudden clinging of cymbals.

You turn around, brandishing the blaster just in case whatever made the noise would be affected by it. You scan the room, not noticing anything, all up until cymbals clink once more, this time, you notice where from.

You step forward, peering around into the vent, and lower your blaster. "..W-wha.. I didn't know they had.. spider.. robots? Sun, do you-"

Sun lights up, a little too excited as he flies around you and onto his knees in front of the vent. "O-oh! Little Music Man! Yesyes, he is veryvery kind!" Sun reaches forward and gently pats the little bot on its head, avoiding the tiny top hat. "Mmh, Moon sometimes meets him in the vents at night, yes.. He is very kind, no need to be afraid!"

The Music Man seems to lean into Sun, occasionally clinking its cymbals in response to his pats. You giggle. "Ah, well.. I guess it is kinda cute. Why's it in the vents though?"

Sun's head tilts to its side as his rays spin in the opposite direction. "W-well, Moon can't be in the vents all the time, yes? Otherwise, he's at the Fazcade, mhm! You'll see why, yesyes."

You smile, approaching Sun and the little Music Man. "..Uh.. huh, I'll see why? Are there more of them?" You bend down onto your knees next to Sun.

Sun reaches and gently holds your hand with his free one. "Now now, no spoilers, little light. You'll see, yes." He guides your hand over to the Music Man, slowly retreating his own that was patting him, and placing yours near its cheek, your thumb resting on the top of its head.

You pat it. "..Hah, not too.. too different from Mimi. Definitely less fluff, but. Cute."

Sun nods. "Fluff.. mhm. S-some of the guests are, not too very fond of the little ones, nono. But they are sososo kind!"

The Music Man begins emitting some kind of upbeat tune, softly, in coordination with his cymbals. You gently continue patting. "Ones. You said ones, hah."

Sun rolls his eyes and sulks a little. "Mmh, okay.. there.. used to be multiple, b-but.. they're not active anymore, nono. And it's not what we meant, anyway! You'll see, patience, silly.."

You retrieve your hand, and the Music Man does a little spin and a mock bow before clinging its cymbals and retreating into the darkness of the vent system. You hum. "Okay, okay. I'm intrigued, alright? You know how to spike curiosity. Not my fault."

Sun jumps up to his feet, and you follow. He meets your eyes, a few inches away from your face. "..Patience, Sunflower.."

You take his hand with your free one, the other holding the blaster. "..Mhm. Let's go."

He quickly guides you out of the room, and back to where you got your vest and helmet. You return the items, and stash the blaster in your backpack before putting it on.

After some light flirting in the elevators, you're on the top floor of the Atrium before you know it.

The same trick works on the bot guarding the Fazcade, and you're in the elevator.

As soon as the doors open, you're met with green tiled flooring leading up to a golden statue of the main cast with their instruments on top of a pedestal with a fountain built right into it. Before you can take it in, Sun grasps your hand, and rushes you off to the right.

You plant your feet, and stop. Luckily Sun doesn't send you flying forward, and stays with you, noticing your hesitance. "..Ooh, yes.. I-I promise he's very kind! It's okay!"

You laugh nervously. "..Ah, o-okay, I see why people might be afraid of them."

Giant [friendly?] spider.

Sun holds your hand with both of his. "It's just DJ Music Man! He's big, but.. veryvery gentle, and sososo kind! I promise!"

You sigh, and begin to walk up across the glossy patterned floor that eventually is covered in fog. You slowly walk passed brick walls that transition into a spectacle of neon, silhouetting the main cast in.. you think astronaut suits, like you've seen a few times elsewhere.

Slowly, one step at a time, you take in the stage room. The roof is really high up, and in the walls are a few tunnels that you hope are just decoration, given they look conveniently about the size for a giant spider to fit in.

DJ Music Man is snoozing with the occasional idle animation of him.. breathing? You watch cautiously as fog wraps around your ankles.

Sun is ecstatic. "DJMM! H-hey, hi! It's Sundrop!" He suddenly lets go of your hand, and skips up to the giant robot adorned with headphones and piano key-like teeth. He jumps up on the stage after planting his hands on the side and flipping over, his feet meeting the flooring in front of him. He taps DJMM, and he slowly lifts his head, giant black eyes not changing a bit.

Sun follows his eyes as DJMM raises his head. "Hey! Good morning, MM! Would you mind.. doing us a favor..?" He hops up to where you presume MM's 'ears' are, and whispers something unintelligible to you.

DJMM doesn't respond as Sun backs up onto the floor, he just nods his head. He looks over and down at you, gesturing a wave with his giant, thin arms before the hand covers a side of his headphones, and he stills.

You barely notice Sun leap over to the control panels on the right as you're still studying the biggest non-fictional robot you've ever seen, and when you do, he's already waving. "..Mmh, see ya in a bit, Sunflower. Have fun~!"

The main lights go dark, and your vision adjusts to dim neon reflecting off the fog at your feet.

The stage is still lit, but that doesn't make the giant animatronic any less intimidating. You step back a little. "..M-Moon, where'd you go?" You can't see over to the control panel.

You back into something, and suddenly jump, a stupid little noise escaping you. You quickly turn and look up at Moon, chuckling in his signature laugh you'd always recognize. He slouches down. "..Mmh, you squeaked."

You exhale. "You scared me, alright? D-don't do that."

He places his hand on top of your head, leveling his eyes with yours as he bends to meet your height with a sinister smile. His hand is already cooling down from Sun's idle temperature. "..Mmh, It is very funny. So easy to scare, don't know why I haven't played with you sooner." He hums.

The white pricks of light emanating from his eyes seemingly adjust in intensity so you two can lock with each other comfortably. "Well, we've been kinda busy, haven't we?"

He chuckles. "..Mmh, not busy enough to kiss before a date.."

You sigh, and cover your face a little. "Oh..Y-yeah, and.. not only kissing."

He uses the hand not holding at the side of your head to remove your hands from your face. "Mhm, don't worry, Limelight, I very much so didn't forget. Just didn't wanna fluster you, no.. but you seem to manage that just fine all by yourself, hm?"

You scoff. "Oh my god be quiet." And you giggle. "Y-you guys are really charming, alright?"

He leans up. "Whatever you say, little star."

Moon removes your backpack for you, and walks over to the stage to rest it against it. He returns eventually, guiding you to face him and taking his place in front as you, just as before.

He locks eyes with DJMM over your head, and without a word, he nods.

The room fills with slow, silly sappy music. Nothing you've ever heard before, but it is admittedly really good.. cute.

You smile up at him. "Oh, is this what you meant by sugar? Silly name for it. What, are you gonna slow dance with me?"

There's silence for a little, and you savor just a bit the way he slouches and plays with his nightcap, dangling in front of you from where his head is turned..

He mumbles. "..Mmh, m.. maybe." And looks off to the side at the ground, avoiding your eyes and smile that teases him so.

Your grin drops a little as blush replaces the playful emotion expressed on your face. "Oh. Oh.. hey, it's cute. I.. I wouldn't mind. I definitely wouldn't mind, Moonie." You slowly reach for his hand.

Your fingers lock, and when his eyes meet yours, you swear they're somehow wide in a flustered little expression you've yet to see from him. His hand is warm. "..So.. this is what flusters you..?"

You briefly giggle as you lean into him, hand locked with his. He's begun whirring with the warmth building inside of him, and you can't say you're not overheating as well. He stiffens just the slightest. "..Maybe.."

The music catches you two like the Autumn breeze on the rooftop lulling you to sleep. You begin to sway, ever so slightly. "..Me too.."

You pull back an inch or two to look up at him, and your face burns. You barely notice the white half of his faceplate flushing a dark blue. The colorful spotlights and vibrant neon dancing around you and reflecting off your bodies would make it hard to read each other if the aura wasn't so obviously awkward anyway.

You take his other hand in yours, and both of them are locked. You hide your smile against his tummy, and you both sway together, side to side, slowly and gently. You eventually match the rhythm of the music, and trip over his feet only about two times, the third being just now. You fall, and once again, he catches you. The only difference this time, you're a little closer to the ground, and you both represent that one corny little pose as he supports his hand against your back and leans in, a hand still holding yours. Your hair flows backward, and you stare into his eyes. You wrap your free arm around his neck, and he pulls you back up to your feet.

"..Clumsy." He adjusts one hand to your side, and the other locks fingers with yours.

You try your best to match his silly little jester shoes as they dance with yours. "It's a team effort, n-not all my fault.." Your hand rests at his the side of his shoulder, his neck being a little too high for comfort. Maybe the height difference is why this is so awkward.. avoiding the fact it's just, purely due to the fluster.

"Then let's work together, Starlight." His legs carefully animate in correspondence with yours, and you notice him trying really hard this time to not trip you up.

You giggle. "O-okay, we got this."

After a few slip ups, you both find each other's rhythm, and you float. You're both unstoppable. It's somewhat silly, it's slow, and cute. You pull away, and he brings you back like a magnet snapping into his tummy. You twirl and softly sway with him, while taking all the time in the world to simply hold each other to the music. You're having fun with him, and regardless of security cameras and whoever might be watching, you don't care. He seems to appreciate your company, and that's all you want right now - to be happy in each other's presence. It's unreal, surreal, and it seems as if it'll always be this way.

You fall about two more times, and you both giggle at the clumsiness surely shared by both of you, since he definitely contributed to one of the falls, yet always caught you. You return to your dance, and eventually slow down to just sway with each other.

He's cooled down, and it's akin to the cold side of the pillow, never fading. Your heart feels so very warm regardless.

You wanna enjoy this, and you're glad this memory is one you'll never, ever forget. It happened. No matter what might be taken, no matter what might happen in the future, there will always be that one inch of you that remains. Small and fragile, moments like these, with Sun and Moon, can never be stolen from you. No matter what.

It's the only thing in this world worth having.

And you'll do absolutely everything in your power to continue having them.

You wrap your arms around his waist. "..We're not very good at dancing, are we?"

He hums, and relaxes his arms over your shoulders, hands resting at your back. "It doesn't matter, I think. Are you having fun?"

You pull back a little, and lock eyes with him. It's hard not to smile a little wider than you intend.. "Tons." You look off into the rest of the Fazcade. "..Is there any way to dim the rest of the lights?"

He looks with you. "Maybe. Do you want to play games? We are not very good."

You relax into his arms, and lean up to look at him. "..Have you guys never played any before? There's tons of arcade machines around the Plex."

He shakes his head. "..Some of the kids would bring in little game systems, but we'd always return them when they had to leave with their parents. Never.. thought about it."

You giggle, and stand on your tippy toes to get a little closer to him. "Oooh, good. It'll be fun!"

He hums, and smiles back down at you as music continues to play, and you both continue to weakly sway. "I promise not to be as competitive as Sun was. Maybe."

He holds you to lean back a little bit, and you adjust your hands to his sides. "Mhm, suure. You've never played before, I'm sure you won't get the chance, Moonie."

He hums, and leans forward. "Mmh, better watch out, we're fast learners little sta-"

Your hands trace around to his tummy, and you press in and run your fingers along the soft silicone. He jumps back, and you catch yourself.

You giggle. "I got a few tricks up my sleeve too-"

He growls, evolving the hum into a low hiss, and he steps toward you. "..You're a little brat."

You roll your eyes, and place your hands on your hips, not budging an inch as he slowly approaches you. "Mmmh, I think you're just easy to mess with."

He's still hissing, albeit quietly. You take a step forward, and slowly outstretch an arm to his shoulders, the other to his faceplate. You rub. "And cute, when you're flustered."

He's trying to be intimidating, but you're wired wrong. The noise from his voice box devolves into a low hum. "So are you."

You giggle, but it's quickly collapsed into a brief yelp as he pushes you back, and you're within the fog that was once at your ankles. You brace yourself against the ground with your arm, you're not letting your head nor back completely come in contact with the floor, given how dirty it might be. "A-ah, wha, hah, Moonie.."

He positions his leg in between yours, scooting up to place both of his arms on either side of you. His white eyes pierce your skin inches away from your face. "Don't think you're safe just because DJMM is here. This is the most entertainment he's had in forever."

His hand sneaks up to your shoulder, and you forgot how easy you are to react to touch. His fingers glide along your shirt, up until it disconnects and is met with skin. His sharp nails sneak under the red ribbon, and against your fragile flesh. "H-hey, don't mess it up!"

He grins down at you. You get a little too distracted by his sharp teeth, and don't protest further soon enough.

It rips. "M-Moon! You owe me ano-"

His hand alternates to your jaw line, fingers splayed across your cheek as his thumb covers your mouth.

"You don't deserve another."

He lowers closer to your pretty little eyes that reflect his light despite the multicolored flickering neon fog circulating around you both.

"Despite how much you need it."

His eyes dart down to your neck, and you brace.

He's.. surprisingly gentle. It's probably worse, because it tickles. Doesn't help as his encapsulating sharp teeth trace along your shoulder, until he guides the collar of your shirt to the side of your arm, and kisses. He bites, and his jaw encompasses your whole shoulder. He adores how the skin pulls and resists the grip of his teeth.

You hope the music covers whatever noises you might be making right now. You're not sure it's any better that DJMM changed it to something somehow even more sappy.

Your arm is getting really tired, so you wrap it around his neck, and pull yourself to sit in front of him.

"M-Moon, we.." Your tummy jumps with butterflies fluttering.

His cool hands sneak to the bottom of your shirt, and under it. He pulls back, and his icy aura freezes the saliva left where his teeth once held.

He's just toying with you, he's not embarrassed. His fans aren't in overdrive as of now.

His hands are freezing against your skin, and you shiver and pulse with goosebumps as his fingers wrap around your side. You're definitely embarrassed.

His hand still at your jaw arches your head up to his.

You lean in, and reposition your free hand that's not around his neck to press against his chest as he explores your tummy.

You're not sure how to approach given his sinister little grin, enjoying that he has complete control again. He cements the fact as his thumb uncovers your mouth and he pulls you in while squeezing a hand around your stomach. His fingers reach your spine at your back while his thumb presses into the side of your belly button. So cold.

But his mouth is.. warm.

Your eyes hood, and close.

..Robot tongue. Fuck.

After probably around half a minute of that, you wipe off the saliva dripping down your chin, and unhood your eyes to watch him grin down at you.

He hums. "..I think it's time to annihilate you at video games, Limelight."

You breathe, your mouth a little parted still, stuck in the haze of making out with one of your two favorite robots. "..U-uh, ye-yeah." You shake your head. "Are you.. really not gonna get me another ribbon?"

He chuckles, pulling back and feeling around your neck and shoulder. "No."

You sigh. "Mean."

He helps you up, and retrieves your backpack. He returns and reaches down to where you once were to retrieve the broken ribbon, wrapping it around his wrist with a brand new knot. He easily could've put it back on you, but obviously, he doesn't wanna.

Moon eventually talks to DJMM, and locates the light controls after leaving you for about a minute. You know DJMM isn't a threat, but he's still a little scary. Cool, nice guy, that just watched you make out with your robot BF, but.. yeah. You comfort yourself by holding Moon's arm when he returns, and you walk into the rest of the arcade under dim spotlight.

You tease him a little, and he comes back twice as strong. He wasn't lying either, he's a really fast learner. You beat him maybe once at one at a fighting game with the Plex's main cast as characters, neither of you playing Monty, but he memorizes the inputs quickly and absolutely kicks your ass.

Moon has to reassure you DJMM who's just casually hanging on the fucking ceiling is just chilling, enjoying the company. How does an animatronic like that even have the power and capabilities to move around through those tunnels and on the ceiling.. and walls? Oh boy is Moon a little jelly as you watch DJMM in awe each time he moves from place to place. You can't help your poor little gremlin engineer brain. You gotta get a hold of those blueprints at some point.

You practically beg Moon to go easy on your on multiple occasions, and he's not easy to convince either. You're very amusing. He lets up just a bit, only to kick your ass once again at the next game just to hear your frustration and watch it painting your cute little face that he just can't get enough of.

He ruffles your hair and reminds you he's allowing you to win if you're too bashful.

Of course not all the games are competitive, and the co-op ones, you have the most fun at. Most are on the second floor, and gosh you have to admire how pretty the Plex is as you walk up the stairs and take in the atmosphere.

Playing as a team with Moon is really fun. Him kicking your ass is nothing compared to what you're doing to AI starships and aliens together.

You're pretty sure he broke the wack-a-mole machine after you were a little too slow for a few of the goofy little aliens. Oh well, not your problem unless they call you to fix it.

You adore the art scattered around the arcade and on the machines you've noticed here and there. It's really well done, and definitely deserves better placement.

Moon takes you back downstairs to a little bar area, and you get some sweet tea from the STAFF bot you had to manually power on. You wish you brought your wallet with you, mistakenly leaving it at home for the millionth time. You don't let them pay with stickers though this time, luckily there is a tab system in place for employees. You think it'll just come out of your paycheck.

You're sitting with Moon, talking about some surprises you have planned for tomorrow, teasing him when he gets curious. Your giggle suddenly shifts to a yelp as you almost fall out of your stool from something passing through between your ankles.

Little Music Man. Of course. Moon chuckles, obviously savoring how you startle so easily, definitely planning to abuse that in the future. The Little Music Man climbs onto the table and you pat him while he plays some songs for you. It's cute.

It's nice being here. Your heart is warm.

You giggle as the Little Music Man groups up with DJMM, climbing on him and.. communicating you think? They seem to understand each other.

Your attention returns to Moon, and you roll your eyes as Moon teases how Roxy and Chica definitely knew what was under that ribbon in their bakery. You comment on Roxy hopefully being satisfied you helped Monty, and maybe them overlooking your.. friendliness with your favorite robots.

No, you're absolutely not fooling anyone. Gosh.

Moon pauses for a second, and mentions Sun meeting Freddy and Domingo in the Atrium when he went to get you food. Sun didn't tell you about Freddy's issue, and Dom mentioning likely needing your help with his battery, since, they kinda pushed it down in priority to spend time with you.

You sigh, it'll probably wait until tomorrow, but you'll get there. For now, you're on a date.

You finish your tea, and take a few pictures at the bar with Moon, and some of DJMM and the little Music Man chilling where the wall and ceiling meets. You hope you can't get in trouble for these pictures.. actually, you really don't care.

You wave goodbye to DJMM and the little ones, and stop at the big fountain-statue outside the elevator.

Moon sits next to you on the bench built into the statue circling it. "..Mmh, DJMM will fix the lights. Are you ready for the theater, Starlight?"

You stretch a little, and look over to smile up at him. "Mhm, well.. it's okay if I spend some time with you there too, right? April and Wendy brought us a bunch of movies, so, you and Sun can take turns being out."

He smiles, and looks away for a second. "..Mmh, yes.. that'd be nice." He watches as DJMM enters a tube, and listens as he reappears at his stage.

He looks back to you, and into your eyes. His hand plays with your hair at the side of your face, and he lowers himself a little. "Lights on. See you later, Limelight."

You lean in, and meet his lips. Your hand cups around his shoulder, and the other finds his free one in his lap, and you squeeze.

The lights flick on and bleed through your eyelids. You pull back, but your hands keep their place.

Sun's rays poke out one by one, and black and white shifts to shades of yellow and orange. His hand you're holding warms with yellow from blue, and his pants and collar flick in an instant to Sun's respective pattern.

You watch as his eyes flip over. "Welcome back, Sunshine. Wanna watch a movie?"

He recovers quickly, and hops up, taking your hand. "Oooh, yesyes, of course! C'mon, c'mon, we can explore the slumber party box more too!"

You giggle, and follow him into the elevator.

On the way back, you talk a little about tomorrow. How you're gonna have to have that meeting, what you're gonna do to progress understanding and fixing his virus. Definitely limiting stress factors and putting up metaphorical safety nets just in case until you can figure this out. You will figure this out.

You lightly scold Sun for not telling you about Freddy, and follow up with teasing him about the surprises you have planned tomorrow. Gosh, you're so excited. You can't wait, it's gonna be amazing.

You'll let that anticipation fester in their minds for the time being. For now, you've got a few movies to watch.

The Daycare lobby gate opens, and you head inside after Sun. He excitedly skips down the stairs, having been inpatient all the while here - literally bouncing from wall to wall in the elevator.

You enter through the big wooden Daycare doors, and Sun's already digging through the slumber party box. He pauses, and springs up, displaying the compact DVD bundle in his hands with an animated proud pose. You giggle. "Alright, where's this theater?"

He bounces over and takes your hand. "Second floor! Past the party rooms, and right over.. there!" He faces the Daycare doors, and animates a finger displaying the route you'll take to get to the theater, all the way up until he stops and points to the Daycare's giant painted wall right of him, presumably where the theater might be. "Ready!?"

You nod, and with the DVDs in his free hand, you lock fingers and almost jog a little to keep up with him.

There are definitely a lot of party rooms. You glanced at a few when using the stairs every now and then, and barely noticed before heading down the slide on your first day. Security bots seem to simply scan you, and mind their own business, but you try to avoid them regardless.

You turn the corner, and eventually pass a prop buoy between palm trees, with red and white lifesavers hanging on it. The walls on either side of you are a pretty blue with glowing yellow neon stars scattered in no particular pattern. With the balloons and other miscellaneous party decorations adorning the party rooms, it's cute, and pretty charming.

You turn another corner, and there's the entrance. Ticket booths on the left wall bordered with rainbows seem closed, but that never really stopped you before.

Above the pretty gate painted with shades of blue, with yellow stars near the top, is a sign. "Fazbear Theater" is written on a scroll beneath two sets of clouds, and a sun in the middle. Of course you can't ignore the silly little faces resembling Moon on each side. You giggle.

Sun smiles down at you. "Mhmm, Moon doesn't like it, nono. Thinks it's silly."

You turn to look up at him. "It is."

He mocks offense, placing his hands on his hips. "Oh!? I think it's cute!"

You roll your eyes, and step toward the gate. "You think a lot of things are cute."

The gate whirs open without hesitation, probably motion activated. Sun ducks under in front of you. "W-well.. maybe. But, you're the cutest we've seen yet, Sunflower."

You look away as you enter, a feeble attempt to hide your smile. "Uh-huh. Sappy."

He nods and hands you the DVDs. He turns and skips over to the counters where food and drinks are usually sold. You walk past the cartoon-ish Bonnie and Chica art on the right wall, and join him. "I don't really need anything, maybe just a drink. Plus, I don't have my wallet. Don't wor-"

He hops over the divider, and opens the fridge behind the desk.

Your mouth opens for a second in shock. "Oh!? And I'm the rulebreaker? I could've put it on my tab.. probably."

His head turns in a 180 to meet you while rummaging and finding energy bars and hot dogs packaged in the fridge. "..Mmh, w-well, you'll do that later, yes?"

You lean against the counter. "If I don't forget, yeah. Hah, rulebreaker."

He warms up the hot dogs with a microwave under the counter, not visible to anyone on the opposite side. He operates the microwave just fine, since they have one in the break room they sometimes use for the children. Coincidentally, it doesn't make any noise when he turns it on. "..I-It's not bad-bad! You haven't eaten much today!"

You watch as he grabs some bottled sweet tea, and ponders starting up the popcorn machine. "Mhm. Whatever you say to make yourself feel better."

He jumps at the machine powering on, before turning to you and wringing his hands. "I-I, we just want you to not be hungry!"

You sigh, you hate seeing even the slightest bit of worry on his face. "Oookay, okay, I won't tell anyone. Thank you, Sunshine. I probably won't eat everything, but, thank you."

His smile warms, and he reaches down to retrieve the hot dogs and put them in buns. You tell him what condiment you like best, and he gathers up all the snacks in a Glamrock-themed bag after applying the toppings and putting them in a respective paper container.

Popcorn, hot dogs, energy bars, and tea. Yeah, the perfect meal. You appreciate it. It's probably some of the best this place has to offer.

You walk with him and giggle when he almost runs into a security bot, avoiding it narrowly with an acrobatic twirl before collecting himself and making sure the food is okay. You continue down the ramp, and enter the theater.

Lights are on, and you're met with an announcer over speakers.

"Welcome to Freddy Fazbear's Fazbear Theater! Now enjoy the comedy stylings of: Staffbot!"

Absolutely not. While Sun prepares your seats and leaves to retrieve blankets and silly plushies for comfort, you power down the bot after finally finding its control panel. You had to listen to it for just a few minutes, but gosh did it feel like forever.

You roll it off-stage, and rest it near a supply closet. You hope these bots don't have feelings. You did try your best to be nice in your handling of it anyway.

Stepping around the Daycare soft-blocks in various shapes, and the stacked tower of colorful cardboard boxes like the Daycare has, Sun returns, his arms full of blankies and stuffies.

He skips over to the theater chair with a table in front of it, and sets the collection of items down in a third seat for now. He rushes over to you, adjusting the boxes and soft blocks to be out of the way yet neatly stacked. "S-Sunflower, C'mon, your food is getting cold!"

You run your hand up his arm as you walk past him. "Lemme find how to get into the projector room and hope we don't have to watch the movies on my laptop."

You drop off your backpack at the seats, and everything goes to plan. The projector room at the back of the theater has a DVD player, and you remove the Fazbear cartoon disks and call out to Sunny. "..Sooo, what movie do you wanna watch first? You.. haven't seen any, have you?"

He sits up over the chair, and looks back at you. "O-oh, nono, mmh, t-the blocky one, looked interesting!"
The Lego Movie first. Yeah, probably not best to start off with the many emotional ones. Besides one or two Marvel movies, there's notably UP, The Lion King, and Bambi.

With Moon, you think you'll play some of the horror ones. You hope he can handle it, but given all the shit they've been through, and everything you don't know, you're confident. You wonder if he'll like the whole Marvel series. The earlier ones are pretty nostalgic to you, and he might enjoy the action. You'll let him pick, regardless.

Shuffling through the couple dozen disks, thankfully not in bulky packaging, you stop at one. Wall-E. Definitely watching that after the Lego one with Sun if you have the time, and maybe a horror movie or whatever Moon picks. You don't see any of the other cute robot movies, so you'll probably just find a way to hook up your laptop to the projector and play it from there. Iron Giant for Sun, Pacific Rim for Moon would be cool (the first one), and maybe I-Robot.

Okay, you definitely don't have time for all those, but.. hopefully you'll get more chances like this.

You pop in the disk, and make sure everything is set before rushing to your seat, already covered with a blankie. A spare blanket to cover up with, and some plushies (including the Sun and Moon ones!) lay in the opposite seat to the left of you if you so please.

You begin taking a bite or two of your hot dog as Sun watches the screen light up with lego-themed opening credits. You adore how despite the light in the room, his eyes sparkle vibrantly with awe. Probably just reflection, but, it's cute.

He looks to you briefly, then back at the screen. "..N-never have we seen any other movies than.. the Fazbear cartoons.. nono"

You take a break between bites to respond. "Oh, yeah. The movie player around the security desk is just VHS, right? That's.. silly. Especially since the Fazbear cartoons would have to be specifically transferred to a VHS tape."

He nods, not taking his eyes off the movie, it jumping right into the action barely 45 seconds in. You smile. "Well.. all that changes."

You eventually finish the three hot dogs, and an energy bar. You place the tea in the cup holder to your left, and hold Sun's hand on your right while you watch together, leaning into him. He's encapsulated in awe, but still plays with your hand while adjusting himself every so often. His rays slowly gyrate back and forth. They extend and retract in response to the movie's intensity, and you find yourself observing him more than the movie. Not like the movie will cause you to smile for as long as he does.

The movie ends, and you spend at least half an hour talking over it, him excitedly expressing how good it was and causing you to bend over laughing when he freaks out at you mentioning a sequel.

You recover. "O-okay, do.. you think you're ready for Moon to come out?"

He nods rapidly. "Yesyes! We can both watch it, Moon was watching a little too!"

You giggle. "Oh yeah, right. Okay, lemme go get the lights."

You find them near the projector room, under the balcony above you, and you switch them off.

You listen as mechanical parts click and Sun's rays retract before you hear voices from above you.

"O-oh, hey Sun..? Moon? Is your bestest friend here?" Wendy calls out and giggles from the second floor seating area.

You rush back to where Moon is now at, his snow white eyes peering up into the overhead seating that connects with the main hallway. You wave up at Wendy, April soon joining her. "Y-yeah, hey I'm here. What's going on?"

Wendy begins walking off to the side. "Hold on, nothin' much, We'll come down though."

You wait near the front of the chairs as Moon joins you.

Wendy turns the corner. "Hey! We actually just came to talk about the meeting tomorrow, and Freddy.. and Monty. But, are we interrupting a movie date or something?"

You roll your eyes, and they adjust to the darkness, luckily enough to see everyone somewhat clearly. Luckily not enough to see the bruises on your neck. "..Not really, don't worry, plenty of time.. it's only like." You check your watch. "Five? Oh."

Wendy giggles. "Don't worry, we'll make this quick..ish. Meeting is at 2pm to discuss the glitch in Sun's system. Shouldn't be too big of a deal, but.. we are meeting with one of the managers from Parts and Service last night, and a Director, so.. I think they just wanna make sure the Daycare will be up this week. Last week did not make them happy.."

You sigh. "Oookay, yeah. Uh, I'm not too worried. I can.. get this figured out. Do you know exactly what they want?" You're a little worried.

Wendy shakes her head. "Not really, but, if they had to call a meeting then.. I don't expect it to be the best."

Moon approaches a little closer behind you. "Can Sun go?"

You look back at him. "..To, the meeting?"

He nods.

You look to Wendy and April. "..I guess it could be good representation. Showing he's functional and all - that I have everything under control. Could you get confirmation it'll be okay?"

April nods. "Yeah, I'll actually message Walker now." She removes her watch and pulls out the small keyboard as the screen glows, presumably to contact the one manager they mentioned.

You lean a little into Moon. "Okay, and.. what about Freddy and Monty?"

Wendy adjusts her dark, black hair out of her face and pushes up her round glasses. "Oh, right. Yeah, another tech is having trouble with Freddy's battery. Was just wondering, maybe tomorrow, could you look at it? Aaand, for Monty, after the incident with him, he was reprogrammed. He.. shouldn't bother you anymore, but.. Yeah. Just wanted to let you know."

You nod. "Ooh, do you mean Domingo? Yeah, I can help. And.. Monty should be fine, I think. We ran into him after talking with Vince in Rockstar Row, he's all good now."

Wendy smiles warmly, however concerned with the 'reprogramming' you undid, that you'll probably reassure her about eventually. "Okie dokie, good. Looks like you got everything handled. Haven't really seen anyone this invested to the animatronics as you at this.. place."

You tilt your head a little. "Surely you get new hires all the time, right? I mean.. not everyone can be.. bad. Vince, you guys, you're empathetic, to all of them." You take Moon's hand. "It's not hard to just, be kind."

She sighs and crosses her arms. "Yeah, well. Those that try usually don't last long here. It does have high qualification requirements to work here. Everything entry-level is already handled by STAFF bots. The only reason me and April haven't been too involved and.. likely have been spared, is 'cause we mainly just stick to paperwork and managing the engineers."

She pauses. "I'm glad you seem to be doing okay, though. It's rough here. I only have access to so much, so, I wouldn't be surprised if there have been multiple Monty incidents and.. admittedly, Sun and Moon ones." She pauses. "Guess that's somewhat to be expected when you create sentient life and make them entertain people."

Moon squeezes your hand a little tighter. You squeeze back. "Yeah, but.. things seem to be looking up.." You sigh. "Anyway, yeah, I'll be there. I can help with Freddy too. Just.. day felt so long, but it's already five in the afternoon." You turn to Moon. "Might have to go soon.." You rub the top of his hand with your thumb.

He hums, and the neutral line he expresses drops a little into a frown.

April giggles. "..Got those slumber party supplies for a reason. Y'all are charming, I definitely wouldn't mind going with Wendy to see Mimi. She still has your keys y'know."

Wendy smiles and nods. "Mhm, might as well get a spare at some point. But, yeah. Just be subtle about staying. It won't be a big deal if you're not careless."

You sigh, and Moon smiles above you. You only know due to Wendy and April's grins widening as their eyes look up at him behind you. "Oh.. ah, thanks. I really do appreciate it. Is parking an issue? I can always move the car."

Wendy shakes her head. "Nope, relax. You deserve it after this past week. Feels like forever, huh?"

You giggle. "Yeah.. Forever."

She gives a double thumbs up. "Okie, we'll be going. Got to let Dom know you'll help out, enjoy your movie!"

April gestures showing you her watch. "And we'll text if it's okay for Sun to come along too. See ya." She waves as they turn.

You smile. "See ya, thanks.. an absolute ton."

April nods before disappearing and they both walk up the ramp. You hear Wendy talking to April about Zoomba and how excited she is for her to see it before their voices fade.

Moon leans over your head, and meets your face, upside-down. "So, movies, Limelight."

You giggle. "Of course. What do you wanna watch?"

He guides you up to the projector room, and he enters with you. You both eventually pick out Pacific Rim after you explain the general concept and he grows pretty intrigued.

As soon as the movie is in, and it starts, Moon gently sweeps you off your feet and carries you to your chair. You mention him being bold given your ribs, and he makes sure you're okay, of course.

You eat some popcorn, and jump a little at how loud the movie gets. Moon had a hard time not choosing horror, just to comfort you, but regardless, it seems he's more than content with your head leaning into him and his arm cozy, being wrapped by both of yours.

You're about halfway through the movie.

You yawn.

You yawn again.

He hums. "Sleepy?"

You sigh, and nod. "Y-yeah. If you want, you can play some more movies if I fall asleep.."

He runs his fingers along the top of your arm. "Do you want to go to our room?"

You close your eyes. "Comfy, here."

He smiles, paying attention to your vitals through touch, he notices as you drift away. The movie does wake you back up a couple times, but eventually, it ends, and he doesn't put on another.

He reaches over for a blankie, and covers you up, placing the Sun and Moon plushies on your lap.

He rubs your hand, gently, and relaxes.

How excited you are for tomorrow. You hope you're up early enough to run some errands.