It was early morning and Sam wasn't in the best of moods. He'd gotten woken up by his sister at 3AM for a favour that he promised her ages ago and he didn't get a wink of sleep after that. He had tried to rest in the aftermoon but alas, it wasn't working. So, he decided to watch TV until it was time to go do his 2nd day at his new night guard job. It was currently 12AM. Just having made it on time, he'd given his greetings and farewell to Mr Fazbear for the night and was now sat down in his office. He was flicking through the cameras, almost forgetting he even had to do that. His chat with Mari yesterday had completely made him forget to actually do what he was getting paid to do.

"Where is Mari, anyway?" He thought to himself as he slouched in his chair, still flicking through the cameras. Everyone else was in their normal spot. Mangle was in kid's cove, Freddy, Bonnie and Chica were all on stage, TC, TB, TF, BB and Foxy were in the dining room chatting. They all waved and smiled when they saw the camera's looking at them, knowing that Sam was watching. He waved back at the tablet and then remembered how stupid that was.

Before he could laugh at how he just attempted to wave through a tablet, he heard the familar, soft voice that he was starting to love.

"Hello, hun. How's it going?"

He smiled, turning to the left to see Mari stood at the door, who was also smiling at him.

"Hey, Mari. All is good. Well, apart from the fact that I barely got any sleep at all. How about you and the others?"

She suddenly looked concerned and somewhat sad. "No sleep? Why, are you okay? And yeah, the others and me are fine. Thank you for asking. Still not used to people asking how we are anymore."

He chuckled at the last statement and then continued to explain why he didn't sleep. "Hey, don't worry bout me, kay? All is good. Just my sister woke me up at stupid o' clock for some favour that I owed her."

She laughed. "What kind of favour?"

He sighed. "I promised her that I'd bring her here again later in the week because she helped me a game."

Again, another laugh. "A game? You mean a video game?"

He nodded. "Correct. I was stuck on a level and she somehow managed to get past it. Pretty embarrasing that my little sister is better than me at a video game but hey ho."

Mari grinned and walked over to him, sitting on his lap, making him blush. "Don't worry, you're still pretty cool to me."

He looked away, coughing awkwardly. "Erm...thanks, I guess. You're...pretty cool yourself."

She chuckled and looked at him with half lidded eyes. "Oh my, a compliment? My my, haven't you turned into a charmer?~"

He looked at her and chuckled, his blush still present. "Yeah, alright, I get it. Hope teasing me at least brings you some happiness."

She smiled at that and hugged him. "You're too sweet."

He smiled and hugged back. They were about to break away when they heard a giggle.

"Oh ho ho, what do we have here?~"

Mari and Sam both nearly jumped out of the seat and turned to the door. Mangle was currently stood there, grinning.

Mari coughed and stood up from Sam's lap. It was surprisingly cold without her sat there.

"Mangle! Don't you know it's rude not to knock?"

The white fox shrugged. "The door isn't closed. What should I knock on?"

Mari facepalmed. "Alright, alright. Fair point. Just don't sneak up on us like that, okay?"

Mangle grinned. "Oh, why? Afraid that I might catch you two doing something one time?~"

The white fox was suddenly pushed out of the office and into the hallway. Before she could register what had happened, she saw that Mari had pushed her out and closed the door, denying her access. She huffed and walked away.

"Fine, be a party pooper."

Mari sighed heavily and sat back on Sam's lap, making him squirm slightly. "I tell you, that girl sometimes. She's a worse teaser than me."

Sam laughed and tried to adjust himself. "She's alright. Everyone is here. It just so happens that you're my favourite."

She turned to him and smiled warmly. "We're really lucky to have you working here, Sam."

He couldn't control his blushing at this point, something that she noticed fairly quickly. This caused her to grin and give him the good old bedroom eyes.

"Hehe. Seems like I'm having an effect on you already~"

He rolled his eyes and motioned for her to get off of him and sit on the desk. She complied and looked at him. "Awh, what's the matter? Afraid that I might bump into something beneath me?"

She looked at him, him being red as a tomato. She laughed.

"Alright, I'm sorry. I'll stop."

He sighed in relief. "Thank yo..."

She suddenly leaned over and put her finger on his lips, silencing him. "For now~"

The blush was back in full force. She giggled and pulled her finger away. "I wanted to ask, hun, what can you tell me about yourself now that you're all grown up? Have any friends, a girlfriend, anything like that?"

He nodded. "Erm, sure, I can tell you a bit more about myelf. I have a few friends, but we don't talk as often as we used to due to them working and having girlfriends now. Me, I don't have a girlfriend, no. Last time I had one was a year ago and I found out that she was cheating on me with one of my now ex friends."

Mari looked at him with a sad expression. "That sucks. I'm so sorry that you had to go through that. Cheating is awful. Even a robot like me knows that."

That got a chuckle out of him. "Even robots know how bad it is, huh? But yeah, glad to be rid of her, honestly. She was quite controlling as well."

He looked at her and blushed slightly. "Hey...Mari?"

She looked at him and smiled. "Yes, hun?"

He rubbed the back of his neck and turned his head away slightly. "Can I tell you a secret? It's a pretty embarassing one, but I'm okay telling you so long as you don't tell anyone else."

Her smile still on her face, she put her hand on his shoulder. "Sam, of course you can. Anything personal that you share with me and you don't want it sharing, it'll stay between you and me. Promise."

He put his hand on hers and smiled, causing her to blush slightly as well. "Thank you. You're great. But yeah...the secret relates to the subject we were last on. Considering we were talking about relationships, I just wanted to say that...when I was growing up, I still remembered you. I found my old plushie of you when I was 16 and it reminded me of you. At that time, I was reminded that I had a crush on you. And I still did at the time, even though I'd grown up. The plushie had brought all the old feelings back. Obviously, I can't speak a ton for now...I'm 19. Feelings are weird around my age."

Mari was now smiling even wider, giving off a vibrant, warm aura. "Awh, Sam...sweetie, that is the cutest thing that I've ever heard in my...well, short sentient life. You really are a sweetheart. How someone could cheat on someone as nice as you...I'll never know."

She suddenly looked angry after saying those last words. Her eyes glowed white for a second before calming back down, sighing and smiling sadly. "I'm sorry for that little outburst. It just...angers me to know that someone as lovely as you could be hurt like that."

He smiled and hugged her, causing her to hug back. He looked at her, their faces nearly touching. "Hey, don't worry about it. I'm over it. And besides, I've got all you guys to talk to now. And you're all fantastic."

Their faces inched closer. Before anything could happen, however, they heard a slight cough interrupt their heart warming talk.

"Jesus, will you two get a room already?"

They both looked towards the door, that had now been opened somehow, to see Freddy and all the others (except Mangle) looking at them. Foxy and all the toy animatronics were giggling, while Chica and Bonnie were just giving off sweet smiles. Freddy was chuckling.

Mari and Sam both split apart, looking away from each other. Sam was the first to speak up "Erm...nothing happened. You didn't see anything."

Freddy walked in, still grinning and chuckling. "Yeah, sure. Anyway, we just wanted to see how you were doing, Sam. Considering we haven't seen you tonight yet."

Sam smiled, recovering from his blush and awkwardness at the situation. "Yeah, I'm all good, thanks. Glad to see you're all okay. Where's Mangle?"

Foxy walked in and grinned. "Oh, she's still in kid's cove, me lad. We asked her if she wanteed to tag along, but alas, the lass said that she'd already said hello. Said to tell you that if you need anything, go to her."

Sam nodded. "Alright. Thank you, you guys."

They all nodded. With that, they all bid their farewells for the moment. When they all had gone, except Freddy, he peeked back in and grinned. "Try not to have sex in the office. It'll make a mess."

This caused both Mari and Sam to snap their head towards him, blushes and anger on Mari's face.

"Why you..."

With that, Freddy walked off, still chuckling to himself. Mari and Sam looked at each other, blushing and nervously laughing. Sam was the one to finally break the awkward atmosphere. "Them guys really know how to tease us, huh?"

She nodded, sighing. "You can say that again. Anyway, want to come and check out prize corner again? For old times sake?"

He nodded and smiled. "Sure. Lead the way."

As they were walking out, Sam rolled his eyes at the events that had just transpired. "These guys are going to be the death of me."