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"Bonding"

Mangle/Tangle

Red/Tangle

Pre-BoC2

Friendship

"Heads up!"

Tangle barely caught a hollow, plastic ball that had been thrown at him. Struggling with it before it finally slipped to his hands and dropped to the floor. He heard Clyde laugh hysterically at him. He growled.

"Just shut up and take it to the ball pit." The rabbit demanded halfheartedly, continuing to laugh at the small bear's anger. Tangle simply snarled, leaving to walk towards the game area.

Clyde and Tangle fought like cats and dogs since the moment they had met. There was no decent relationship between them at all, asides from maybe a few short, normal conversations. Deep down, Tangle hated the bunny with a burning passion. He was sure Clyde felt the same.

Their fighting only really began when Red and Clyde began getting closer after Clyde had apologized for treating him horribly.

Sure, Tangle was pissed at Red for allowing he and Mangle to get torn up. Of course he still continued to yell at him. But, they were still brothers. He honestly missed spending time with him.

All in all, Tangle was jealous.

Very jealous.

Violently chucking the ball into the ball pit, Tangle snorted. A sharp, childish 'ow' sounded out from the middle of the pit, making Tangle snort.

"SHUT UP, BALLOON BRAT."

"S-sorry, Tangle." B.B. muttered from across the room, peeking out from the sea of brightly colored balls. Tangle rolled his eyes.

Before he could yell at the child again, the distant sound of Red's voice from down the hall caught his attention. Looking past the corner of the room, he glanced around frantically to see what he was up to. He growled when he spotted the other bear talking with Clyde. Gripping the frame of the wall, he let out an angered snarl and pushed himself away.

He was sick of Clyde. He honestly was. Red hardly even acknowledged him at all anymore. He only seemed to care about the rabbit.

Having nothing else to do for the night, the yellow bear stomped off. He stalked off to the kitchen to grab some food before he headed back towards Kid's Cove, scratching his arm. He was aching from doing so much work, especially involving the ceiling and the toilets. He needed a good break. Stepping towards the mini stage and pushing past the curtains, he was a bit surprised to find Mangle already there, playing with a few of their props.

"Hey, Foxface." The bear muttered, walking towards one of their many box-like props. Sitting on it, he kicked a box of pizza he brought with him over to the vulpine, not looking at them.

Mangle smiled at Tangle, picking the box up. Xe looked at Tangle worriedly when xe noticed his expression, frowning. "W-what's wrong?"

Mangle's voice was quiet, almost inaudible. Tangle heard it, however.

"Nothing, Foxface." He insisted, opening his own box of pizza. Taking a large, sloppy bite of it, he completely avoided eye contact with his companion. He didn't see the annoyed, angry expression xe wore.

"I've heard that one before." Mangle said under their breath, walking closer to the bear. Xe sat right next to him, nibbling on the pizza Tangle had given xer. Tangle snorted.

"Look, it's just..." Tangle trailed off, taking another large, sloppy bite of pizza. He grunted, smacking his lips and snapping his jaw loudly as he ate. "...T-that damn blue slimeball."

Mangle listened intently, xer ears perked towards him. "Clyde? What about him?"

"Ever since Red snapped that night, the little fugly bastard has been too buddy-buddy with him." He sneered, waving his pizza around as he spoke. "We're-a the ones who got the Faz-idiot where he is today! We taught him mechanics! We were there when the other dumbbots were pieces of crap to him! We-"

"You miss him, don't you?"

Tangle fell silent at that. The pizza he had held in mid air was beginning to sag a bit, the cheese threatening to fall off. He lowered it back down into the box, his gaze falling. "He's my brother, what did you expect?"

Mangle stroked the bear's back, making him whir softly. He leaned into his friend's touch, closing his eyes. They sat like that for a while before he cleared his throat and slid off of the box. Standing up straight, he let out a grunt and stretched a bit.

"U-uh, yeah. So, thanks. Y'know. For listening." The small animatronic muttered, rubbing the back of his neck. The fox nodded, smiling kindly.

"Of course, I always enjoy it."

"Yeah, well..." The bear growled to himself, scratching at his arm. He huffed, shaking his head. "I know you probably get bored of me."

Before Mangle could respond, Tangle shrugged a bit and began to leave the cove, taking a single glance back to Mangle.

"Uh, I'll go get us more pizza, I guess. I don't have anything better to do."

"Well, honeybear. I should be off to do my chores. Later."

Red nodded as he watched Clyde walk away. A pretty audible snarl made him look down the hall, but all he saw was a split second flash of pale yellow. He sighed lowly, grabbing the broom that was leaned against the wall next to him. He wasn't exactly sure what Tangle was up to.

Clyde had mentioned how 'grumpy' Tangle always was, so it wasn't a question that they had fought. He couldn't help but to feel a bit bad, he loved both of them. He only wanted them to be happy, and to all get along. He wasn't sure what to do.

Red pushed his broom across the floor of the hallway. It was clean for the most part, so he didn't spend too much time on it. He went to the game room next, deciding to sweep there. Sighing at all of the dropped tickets and other small items in the game area, he made sure they were all in a pile before brushing them into a pan. He threw them away promptly, looking disgusted.

"Tangle's mad." B.B. said from his normal position in the room, making the bear look up. He scoffed in amusement, shrugging as he went back to sweeping.

"Isn't he always, boy?"

B.B. shrugged, looking at the direction of Kid's Cove. He shifted a bit, wiggling the balloon he was holding. "I dunno, he's madder than normal. He threw a ball at me."

Red stopped his sweeping at that, looking at the humanoid in confusion. He groaned and dropped the broom angrily, shaking his head. Rubbing his face, he let out a low grown. "Ugh, don't tell me he's retorting to physical violence. I'll talk with him."

The child animatronic nodded as Red headed off for Kid's Cove, his ears flat. He was ready to get into a shouting match with the smaller bear. It happened a lot, so he was used to it. Entering the small room, his ears twitched when he heard talking from behind the closed curtains.

"Ever since Red snapped that night, the little fugly bastard has been too buddy-buddy with him."

Red rolled his eyes. A small spark of anger ignited in his stomach, making him snort silently. He knew darn well the little punk was badmouthing Clyde. Standing there, he decided to listen for a bit longer before interrupting him.

"We're-a the ones who got the Faz-idiot where he is today! We taught him mechanics! We were there when the other dumbbots were pieces of crap to him! We-"

"You miss him, don't you?"

The tawny bear furrowed his brows at the pause. He backed away a bit, starting to head back to the game room. He stopped for a moment when Tangle spoke again.

"He's my brother, what did you expect?"

Red's heart sank. He exited Kid's Cove, hanging his head slightly as he walked. Sitting right outside the room, he rested his head in his hand. He glanced over in B.B.'s direction, only to see that he was gone. Red guessed that he had fled, not wanting to hear the fight.

Hearing small footsteps, he perked up when he saw Tangle exit the room. Tangle spotted the large bear right away, and froze mid-step. They both stared at each other before the smaller bear placed his foot on the ground, narrowing his gaze.

"What do you want? Clyde isn't here."

"No." Red immediately defended, flattening his ears more. He sighed when Tangle growled. Relaxing his position, he stared at the small bear, his blue eyes flickering a bit with sadness.

"I heard you speaking with Mangle." He said simply, studying the other animatronic's expression as it went to surprise, embarrassment and then finally back to anger. Red continued speaking before the little one could blow a fuse by screaming.

"I had no idea how strongly you felt, fratello." He muttered, lowering his gaze to his own feet. Tangle's shoulders dropped, and he raised an eyebrow.

"I never meant to make you feel so low, Tito. I hadn't-...If I had just used common sense, I would have been a better brother. I'm sorry."

Tangle blinked. Tilting his head at his older brother's apology, he slowly sat next to him and stared. There was a long pause before the gold bear spoke up again, his voice surprisingly quiet for once.

"Uh, it's fine...I just miss us, 'ya know? You, me and Mangle. Before-"

"I know."

Silence fell over them both once again. Red leaned back against the wall, looking at the smaller bear. He tilted his head a bit, taking his hat off for a moment to scratch the top of his head.

"Hey, if you're not busy-uh, never mind." Tangle closed his mouth after speaking, looking away. Red blinked.

"What?"

Sighing, the yellow bear shrugged and hunched over to lean on his knees. He was quiet for a few more minutes before looking back to him, his eyes softer than they had been in a while. "Look, if you're not busy sometime, you can always hang out with Mangle and I in the cove."

Red smiled at that. He nodded slowly and patted his younger brother on the back, sighing out of his nose. "I'm not busy right now."

Grinning lightly, Tangle stood up. Starting towards the kitchen, he looked back at Red, walking slowly so he could catch up.

"Well, I'm going to get pizza for Mangle and I. Wanna join us for a bit?"

Red chuckled. Standing up as well, he followed the smaller bear. He nodded, walking alongside him.

"I'd love to. Clyde can wait for an hour or so."

Author's Note:

Heya, guys! Happy February! Sorry for the late update. I'm having an odd form of writer's block. I want to write, and I know what to write, but I just can't seem to type!

I'm trying to work on TJoM as well, so don't worry! It'll come out soon.

(Something else was going to come before this chapter, but since this one was mostly done I decided to finish it.)

Huge thanks to Chillaid for beta reading!

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