Future's Fine

"I am a hard guy to surprise," Vincent laughed out. "But you, Liam, have amazed me. I had no clue one person could eat so much pizza at one time."

Liam smiled and replied cheerfully, "I'm just a growing boy. Plus pizza is great. It has everything you need. It has dairy, fruit, veggies, if you like them, protein, and carbohydrates. All I need in life."

The man laughed at the boy's reasoning and took another slice for himself. "I like the way you think." His silver eyes then stared straight into Liam's blue ones. "What do you think of kids?"

His face scrunched as his thoughts spun. He didn't hate kids, but to say he loved them might be exaggerating. He had never been around younger kids. Liam was an only child and making friends was not his strong suit. Playing with them might not be so bad though if he got the chance. "I don't know. Never have had much to do with them. They are a little loud, I guess."

"I've always enjoyed them," the purple clad man commented with a smile. "All the energy they have. The way they run. You are also right; they are loud."

"Tag was never my thing," Liam added on. "Running was so tiring. I preferred, and still prefer, sleeping."

Vincent's silver eyes rolled at the boy's antics. "I don't see how you get anything done. You are pretty lazy."

"Determination and passion," he answered as if the man had said it as a question. "If I want to do something, I will get it done, and it will be done perfectly and efficiently. Now everything else is a different story."

"So the only thing you have ever felt passionately about are the animatronics?"

A smile crept onto the black haired boy's face when he realized the words were pretty much true. Nothing else had seemed too important to him recently. It had consumed majority of his thoughts and time. "And I bet your passion is kids?"

Vincent's smile deepened sickly, which Liam didn't notice. The man didn't even give him a reply because he saw a certain redhead making her way into the pizzeria. Her feet were dragging across the floor tiredly, and her attention was barely grabbed by the man. "Hey there, night guard! You less grumpy today?"

Her pale green eyes trailed over to the two males. "Oh, it's you. Hi, purple guy and Liam." She yawned behind her hand, but still walked over to the pair. Liam raised a brow at her calling Vincent purple guy but made no comment since she spoke first. "What are you guys up to?"

"Enjoying the wonderful magnificence of pizza," the mechanic announced happily as another bite was pushed into his mouth. Once he finished chewing, he asked, "Do you want some? You can join in."

She paused for a moment then slid in by Liam who pushed a piece of pizza toward her on a napkin. Her voice said something that Liam gave an astonished gasp to. "You know all this pizza isn't healthy for you, right?"

"Not true!" he protested loudly. He was about to explain like he had to the day guard only moments earlier when all of a sudden the sound of a guitar got much louder, and the children roared out happily in response. The outburst caused all three of them to turn to the show stage.

Toy Bonnie was playing an extremely loud guitar solo, and his eyes were fixed directly on the nervous looking night guard. Liam almost laughed but refrained himself. Toy Chica was staying in character, but the sparkle in her eyes showed she approved of the bunny's actions for some reason. Toy Freddy looked as if he would be running his hand over his face like he normally did so often because of the bunny's showing out if he wasn't trying to stay in character. Vincent just looked confused as his silver eyes moved back and forth from the redhead to the blue bunny.

"Why is it playing so loud?" he questioned to no one in particular.

"No reason," Cordelia answered curtly before rising from her seat with her piece of pizza in her hand. "I'm going to go. I have has some things to do. Thanks for the pizza."

The day guard grinned and laughed, "What was that all about?" His silver eyes slid away from the girl who was retreating to the office room to Liam who was still happily consuming his pizza. The purple clad man seemed to be expecting some kind of answer from the boy.

After a minute, Liam noticed this and shrugged his shoulders. "Toy Bonnie clearly has the hots for Cordy."

"What?" Vincent asked suspiciously but with a wide toothy grin. "You two both speak like they are actual people with feeling. They are robots. They don't feel anything."

The boy thought about explaining things to the man, but somewhere in the back of his mind a voice told him not to. That he shouldn't trust him because he was potentially dangerous. Liam just didn't know. He liked Vincent and thought he was pretty cool, but he didn't think he could trust him. Not with this secret. The boy just could not put his finger on why.

He opted to not elaborate. "Yea. You're right. It was a joke. It's probably a small glitch or something. I'll look at him later."

"Whatever," he mumbled in reply as he caught sight of a child hitting Toy Freddy's feet aggressively. He sighed in annoyance and rose to his feet. "I guess I should actually work a little and get that brat off of the robot. See you, Liam."

"Bye," Liam called as he finished off his last piece of pizza and grumbled disappointedly when he saw he had no more left. His blue eyes glanced over to the man who had just left him. Vincent was kneeling and leaning creepily over the child who had been kicking the bear. The child didn't look scared; she was returning the man's smile with her own small one. The look in Vincent's eyes bothered him though. It was as if something bad just wanted to bubble past that first friendly layer of silver.

He scrunched his eyebrows together as he let the thoughts slip away. His feet automatically started to walk to the parts and service after he got up. It didn't take him long at all to get there and enter. Four sets of glowing eyes shined at him before he turned the light on to reveal four smiling animatronics.

"Liam!" Chica chirped and wrapped her arms around the boy. He squirmed a little within her tight grip, but smiled none the less.

"Hi, Chica," his voice scratched out from the lack of air that was reaching his lungs due to her grip. "It's nice to see you, too. I do need to breathe though."

She obviously didn't hear the boy, but Foxy noticed Liam's face growing blue and spoke up, "Chica, the lad be turning bluer than the seas. Ye might wanna let him go."

"Oh!" she exclaimed as she released him from her yellow arms. "I'm sorry I was just so happy. I am glad you came back. We were scared you wouldn't!"

"Why would you think that?" he questioned while he held his hand over his heaving chest. The color was returning to his face, and he was still looking at them all with a pleasant expression.

The dark brown bear cleared his throat to draw the attention to himself so he could explain. "You see, Liam, we are normally left behind. All of the children eventually grow older, and then they leave. Most never return, and we are left. There are always more children, but it just get saddening to be left continuously by our friends and forgotten. That is just how it happens and how history repeats itself."

"I'm sorry," Liam said softly. "I had no clue you guys felt that way about everything. I mean I guess I knew the kids would get older and leave. Maybe they don't forget though."

"The night guard is apparently a good example of that," Bonnie added in as he drew closer to the boy. "She knew Springtrap as a child and only just remembered him."

"Really?" he asked the air before following up on a happier note. "Well you guys don't have to worry. I will never forget any of you. Sometimes I won't be able to come as often, but I will come back."

In an instant, he was pulled into a brief hug by large purple arm. "Thank you, Liam," Bonnie said warmly. "We all appreciate your friendship and everything you have done for us."

"He be right about that, lad!" the fox declared loudly as he wrapped his arm around his shoulder and motioned into the air with his hook. "Ye will be welcome to visit anytime you wish."

"So," Bonnie trailed off. "What have you been up to?"

Liam rubbed the back of his head as he decided to tell about the previous day's events. "Well I was here for a while. Turns out whoever is stealing Balloon Boy's balloons is try to bring down the restaurant's electrical systems. Got any idea who would want to do that?"

Chica appeared to be thinking hard for an answer as her eyes were pressed hard and her brows were down turned. Foxy was rubbing his hook under his chin while his yellow eyes scanned the ceiling in thought. Bonnie's ears twitched as he came up with no answer.

Freddy shook his head and replied simply, "I know of no one who would steal his balloons."

"Most of us do everything to keep him out of our hair rather than give him a reason to stalk us. He is even more annoying than Bon," Bonnie added to the bear's explanation. Chica's head bobbed up and down like a cork in wavy water in agreement.

"The lad is not the scurviest git here. I think he be a fine lad," Foxy said disagreeably. "Alas, I have no idea who'd take his trinkets."

Liam looked dismayed but decided to move on. "You know. I tried to get another animatronic for this place. I thought you guys might like another friend so I helped the restaurant purchase a new one. He won't activate though."

"That's odd," Freddy's deep voice commented, but it held no puzzlement or confusion. None of the animatronics even looked surprised. Liam noticed this only minimally as he sunk into a cloud of dismay as he thought about it not working.

"Thanks for trying to get us more company though," Bonnie said with a smile. "I'm sure he would have been fun or will be if you fix him."

"You are right. I'll try and fix him," he sighed out as he stretched. "So I guess it's good you guys didn't know, but I was here last night."

"I had no clue," Bonnie stated. "That is dangerous. You should really not stay here at night."

"Where were you if you were here?" Chica questioned.

That's when he remember that he had to keep his promise to the golden bunny. "Cordelia took me to Springtrap."

All of them stayed quiet but Freddy. "He is an odd character. I spoke to him not long ago. He just keep mentioning that I looked like one of his friends and that he missed the children. He changed the subject when I tried to ask about his past."

"I don't think he likes me," Liam said sadly. Bonnie placed a hand on the boy's shoulder and sent him a reassuring smile. The blue eyed boy returned it heartedly.

Freddy continued to talk on the pizzeria's newest/oldest bunny. "By how he spoke, he doesn't care for any humans besides children and the night guard. He seems to be partial to her. I'm unsure what his feeling are to the rest of us. I believe he wants to meet Bonnie and Toy Bonnie."

Bonnie shrunk a little as Freddy gave him a look that Liam knew meant that the bunny had been putting off meeting the older model. "Why don't we let Bon meet him first?"

"You are older and should because it is the responsible thing to do." Freddy then sighed, "And you know well that your younger counterpart has his mind elsewhere."

Bonnie looked nervously at the ground as the bear still stared at him. Chica then bounced over to the bunny and patted him on his head lightly. "Are you scared of the golden version of you? That' so cute! I'll go with you so it won't be all awkward and stuff. The guy can't be that bad; he did make it so Liam didn't get hurt last night."

"Well," Liam trailed out and drew all eyes to him. "I did have to make a deal with him. I've got to try to convince the manager to let him around the children. I should probably try and do that now actually."

Foxy scrunched his nose. "He be safe? He stored the lass in him."

"As a normal animatronic he is fine," Liam said slowly. "Not as a wearable suit." His sneakers lazily dragged across the floor as he made his way to the door. "Unfortunately, I need to be on my way. Have to spread the word of the amazingness of pizza. I'll see you guys."

He heard them all say 'goodbyes' and 'see yous.' From the cheery chicken he heard, "Hail pizza." A small smile made itself permanently on his face.

Liam was going to go and tell the manager right then about wanting Springtrap to be put on show some, but he didn't notice the figure in the shadows.

"So you were speaking to Cordelia earlier. What were you talking about?" a voice said slowly from behind Liam. His blue eyes instinctively snapped to the source of the noise. Behind him, Toy Bonnie stood in the shadow of the hall. The blue bunny seemed to be patiently waiting for a reply.

"Not that I think it is any of your business," the boy shot back, "but I was informing her about the supreme power of pizza. Would you like to hear?"

The mascot narrowed his eyes slightly and a sweat drop leaked down his face due to the boy. "I'm good, thanks. Does Cordelia like pizza?"

Blue eyes widened at the bunny as he exclaimed, "How can she not?! Pizza is amazing!" He quietened down a little before continuing. "I think she said that it wasn't too healthy though."

Toy Bonnie snickered lightly, but didn't comment anymore on pizza. "So do you know anything she does like?"

The boy looked at him oddly before smiling slyly. "Are you trying to ask me for dating advice? If that is what you need, I can try and help. All you have to do is ask."

Liam could have sworn that the bunny's red cheeks got even redder as he said this. His mouth left his normal grin and down turned into a scowl. "I need no such thing. I'm just trying to win her over. We are playing a game, and I want to win."

"Don't deny those feelings, man. It's alright, Bonbon," he teased. "Plus, I think she could be good for you. She is a little weird but nice."

"She is not weird," Toy Bonnie defended instantly before adding threateningly, "Don't call me Bonbon."

"I bet you would let Cordelia call you that. Am I right?" the black haired boy joked; he only received an angrier look. The bunny was stalking closer to Liam when the boy raised his arms defensively. "Maybe you should just try being nice. She kinda closes herself off from the world so you might try to get her close to her. Make her feel safe around you then she might open up to you. Maybe even share some information about yourself. Girls like that, I think."

The bunny's face went neutral, and he nodded slowly before his characteristic grin spread across his face. "I can do that. I can make her open up to me in more ways than one, but I'm being a gentleman and not doing that."

"What?!" Liam exclaimed as he took what the bunny had said wrongly. His mind had wandered into a gutter.

An eyebrow was raised at the boy's reaction. "I could just rip her open, but I won't. Like you said I'll be good and get her to open up to me in that strange metaphorical sense."

"Thank that," the mechanic sighed in relief. The toy was still giving him odd looks before the bunny started to walk away. Liam called out, "I kind of noticed something when I passed her car when she had it here one day. She really like anything that has bunnies, and by the astonishing amount of jolly rancher wrappers, I'd say she likes those, too."

The blue mascot turned and looked the black haired boy right in the eye. He held a pleased grin as he said, "Thank you that will help me a good bit. Now I must be getting back to the children. They probably miss me. I would never want them to have to listen to the band without a guitar player. They deserve the best days ever."

"Yea," Liam said as his thoughts started to take in what the bunny was rattling on about. All of the animatronics just loved kids so much. He wonder how much the older models missed them. That's when he realized something. Springtrap had said he had missed them terribly, and Liam had a promise to keep.

He felt bad for the golden bunny when he thought about how long the older animatronic was alone, and decide despite a small glitch he should still be able to entertain so he then started his march the manager's office to explain what he thought they should do with Springtrap.