Mike hummed in thought. There was a small portion of his mind that screamed at him to just go to the nearby school Mangle worked at for an interview. However, it would extremely hard on him since he was unsure of himself as a teacher. He could become a chemistry teacher. His chemistry grades were by far the greatest out of his report card.

Well...there was that one time when one his qualitative analysis experiments went awry. For some reason, instead of getting Sodium Carbonate, he managed to get Sodium Choloride when there wasn't even any chemical with chlorine in the first place!

Perhaps as a Physical Instructor? He is in great shape, never smoked a single pack in his life, managed to get the fastest timing during their annual track and field competition...And there was that time during dodgeball...

"Nah. Screw that" Mike subconsciously spoke out loud, shaking his head. "I hate getting physical anyways"

If all those failed, he could work as a Music Teacher. He did have some experience in playing a musical instrument back then and participated in numerous competitions. And there was that one point in time where he became a DJ for a short period of time and surprisingly, did very well in it. How that happened was a distant memory in his mind.

And thus Mike sighed and scratched his chin. Perhaps he should ask Mangle for some insight on that. She has been working for longer than he has. However, problem was, he didn't know where she was at the moment. All he knew was that she was going to be meeting someone at the Mall. And by the looks of the time on his watch, she must be arriving quite soon. It was close to lunch time after all.

Mike walked around for a bit more, passing by more quirky stores. There was one that was practically a gaming centre, with the inside all decked out with various gaming equipment. Computers to the Play Station 1 to 4 to old retro styled arcade machines, the place practically had it! Not to mention the interior design of the place looked rad as hell, carpeted floor, AC, low-lighting chandeliers. No wonder quite a number of people were waiting at the counter to sign up.

There was a bowling centre that was a little far back on the second floor, which was holding a competition for who bowled the best score with the wackiest move. One guy managed to score a split between two pins that looked impossible to take down. Another was doing absolutely well for someone being blindfolded. Mike and a couple of other bystanders had a good laugh when someone missed their step and scored a perfect on someone else's lane.

Mike took the escalator to the third level, where he was greeted with confetti and balloons. Apparently it was one of the store owners birthday and she was throwing a party for everyone around to join her. Humans and Anthro alike were enjoying themselves, which made Mike smile. The place was indeed lively, and everyone was truly friends with each other.

Who knew such a place like this existed? No wonder Fritz suggested this for him.

Mike looked around and tried to see if there was anything to eat, besides the birthday cake of the owner of the party, which was about two and a half meters in height and drinks such as cola and pepper. However, there were none, all of the stores either being utility based, furniture or thrift shops. Mike sighed. The restaurants were all probably at the first floor or the floor above.

Taking no chances, Mike decided to head to the main floor to grab a bite to eat. He began to think of what to eat. There was a food court that probably sold a variety of cuisine. MacDolans was still if he ever was lazy of what to eat. Burger Queen was also available, in addition to KFC and PizzaHot.

Mike inwardedly sighed. So many choices, so little time!

Not paying attention to his surroundings, he had bumped into a person along his way to the food court where he would eat. Mike stumbled back a little before shaking his head. He looked down to find the person he bumped into; a small girl wearing a light blue dress with red and yellow stripes running down vertically.

She rubbed her head and looked up, brushing aside a few strands of her ginger hair, her beanie slightly obstructing her eyes. "Umm...Sorry mister..." She muttered loud enough for Mike to hear before standing up. She brushed her dress quickly before speeding off to the escalator upstairs.

Mike cocked his head. She sure was in a rush. Wonder why?

Shrugging his shoulders, he decided not to think too deeply. With that, he continued his way to the food court; literally named 'FoodCity'.

And city it was. When Mike walked into the court, there were food stalls as far as the eye could see. Italian, Mexican, Asian, Japanese. As if there was at least a single stall for every country in the world.

"Oh god...Now what?" Mike asked himself as he grinned. He hasn't tried eating Italian cuisine before, so he thought that would be a good place to start. He started walking forth to the store.

"Hey boss! Ya goin out for lunch?"

Bonnie turned around and stopped her actions for a moment. "No. I brought lunch along. Why?" She asked she showed him her packed lunch, specially made by her best friend Chica; beef stew with a small pack of rice and a few carrot sticks with garlic bread.

Luckily she placed the sign outside that signified they were on lunch break for now. It would be awkward for a customer to walk in on her eating her lunch.

"Nah, no reason. I'm headin down to grab some grub. Mighty peckish" Spring replied with a small laugh.

Mario, who was reading something on his iPhone while eating some chicken floss bread, looked up. "If you're going down, you mind buying me a drink? Forgot my bottle back at home" He said.

Spring laughed, his booming voice seemed to make the room more brighter. "Sure thing dude!" He grabbed his wallet from the counter and checked the time on his own iPhone before pocketing it as well. As he was about to leave the counter, he noticed someone at the door that made him grin. "Ahaha! Looks like she brought lunch for ya dude"

Bonnie and Mario looked at him quizzically. "Who?" They asked simultaneously.

Suddenly, a loud set of three knocks came from the door. The both of them looked at the door where Spring walked towards, their faces with varied expressions. Bonnie looked to be elated to see who it was while Mario's pupils shrank to the size of pinpricks.

"Afternoon Miss Bonnie! Afternoon Mister Spring!" The small girl politely greeted. When her eyes shifted towards Mario's location, her smile widened to a grin. "Mari!" She squealed out loud as she ran towards the poor albino guy.

Spring and Bonnie laughed as the sight of Mario being affectionately hugged by a small girl was quite cute. "Quite bizarre, don't cha think Boss? Mario having caused a girl like her to be love struck"

Bonnie giggled as she saw the young girl handing out some sort ofbox towards the guy. "Tell me about it" She rolled her eyes the thought. "Mario suddenly came to work with her hugging his sides"

"Ahaha! I know right?! Well, I'll be going off to lunch now. Ya want anything boss? Drinks or somethin?" Spring asked, just about to head off. Bonnie shook her head. "Alright then. See ya later then guys". And with that, he left the store.

Just as Bonnie was about to continue her lunch, a knock came by the door yet again. The door opened slightly, Springs head peeping in a little.

"Hey boss! Miss Mangle came by with a friend of her's" Spring said before his head disappeared. Mangle came in after that, with a male human accompanying her.

Said human was quite spiffy. He was wearing a dark maroon shirt with a light grey hoodie jacket with white stripes going horizontally. He was also wearing a pair of dark blue jeans and dark blue Nike shoes. Aside from a pair of red spectacles and that his ginger hair was slightly messy, nothing was out of the ordinary for him.

"Hey Mangle!" Bonnie smiled as she munched on a piece of garlic bread.

"Afternoon Bonnie" Mangle smiled. "Sorry to barge in during your lunch break" She chuckled awkwardly.

"No biggie. Aside from those two lovebirds" Bonnie pointed a thumb to Mario and the little girl, "I have nothing much to do" She replied. Meanwhile, from beside her, Mario was struggling to pry off the affectionate girl off of him.

Mangle looked at the duo and chuckled. "I see. Thank goodness for that".

Bonnie spied from her eyes that a pair of hands were intertwined from behind their backs. She smirked at the light pink vixen. "So you really got a date, huh?" Bonnie cheekily asked.

The vixen and the human both blushed. Mangle was spouting out incoherent sentences, while the human merely looked away, bullets of sweat seemed to be firing off of him. Poor thing, Bonnie thought.

"Haha! It's fine! I kid!" Bonnie grinned. "Sorry bout that. My names Bonnie Cheeks. Pleased to meet ya" Bonnie handed out her right hand in greeting, which the human slowly grabbed, hesitating whether if it would embarrass him any more.

"Well...Umm...My name is.."

Mike sat down and munched happily on his meal; a Cotoletta alla milanese. Mike wasn't quite sure what it meant, but he recalled the stall wonder recommended it to him. Apparently it was popular, so he tried it.

And God damn was it amazing! The buttery taste of it was superb, grilled to tender perfection along with being covered with bread crumbs. The potatoes served alongside it was drizzled lightly with olive oil as it was too, cooked to perfection.

The Italians did serve amazing dishes. He thought of maybe dining here in the future, probably with a friend in the future. As he was happily eating his meal, he felt a tap on the back of his shoulder. Stopping for a moment, he turned around and swallowed, his face having a huge grin.

It was Spring. And from the fact that he already had a tray that had a bowl of noodles, it must mean that he was on his break. Kind of a surprise that Mike had bumped into him just a few moments after parting.

"Hey Spring. Lunch break?" Mike asked and Spring laughed before nodding.

"Hell yea dude! Mind if I seat here?" He asked, waving to the empty seat opposite Mike.

"Sure. Beats the fact that I had no one to talk to" Mike replied, causing the two of them to laugh yet again. "So anything happened while I was away for a moment?" He asked.

Spring nodded. "Yep. Ya just missed the entire scene of a little girl being overly affectionate to Mario. God damn man! Priceless!" Spring laughed. After he cooled down, he took his fork and grabbed a few strands of his noodles.

"Ahh...Wait...She has BG for her initials right?" Mike asked. Spring nodded. "I see. That must have been good then!" Mike exclaimed as the two of them laughed.

"Oh yea. Ya know of a fine lady named Mangle right? I suppose that you know" Spring asked, which caused Mike to swallow a mouthful of his meal.

"Yea I know her. I actually met her just this morning. Why you asked?" Mike asked.

"Well, if ya met her, then ya do know she has a date, right?" Spring asked, which made Mike nod his head. "Well, surprisingly, she came by the shop just as I was leavin for lunch"

Mike's eyes widened. Well, that was a surprise. If she was still there, and if luck would it be that she has some free time after her date, then perhaps she could accompany him to the school, where ever it might be.

"Cool! I actually wanted to ask her about me being a teacher if the application to you know where failed" Mike said, causing Spring to nod as he slurped up a few noodles.

"I see. You thinking of working two jobs?" He asked and Mike nodded his head. "Ahh...Well good luck on the application at the school, which I'm guessing is where she works at"

The two of them shared a laughed. Afterwards, they continued talking about anything that was on their heads. Hobbies, interests, family, stuff of the likes. Mike was surprised to hear that he actually used to work with Freddy's Uncle, a dark yellowish bear by the nickname of 'G-Man'.

Apparantly he was the founder of a certain chain of restaurants named 'Fazbear's Pizza Parlor'. Who knew? Mike certainly didn't, as when he came across one of the pizza chain in Manhattan, he thought of it as weird.

Eventually, the two of them talked a bit more about their childhood. Spring was apparently the eldest child in his family of quirky individuals. His mother was a human, a nurse, and his dad was a grizzly bear.

No surprise there, Mike thought. He could have sworn he was expecting it the other way around.

"But wait...If the transformation of the animals were said to have happened just years ago, how come you look like you're 25?" Mike asked. He was extremely curious about this as it didn't make sense.

"Ahh...Well, that's easy. The transformation actually came a whole lot earlier. It was just that every government in the world decided it to be secret only up till few years ago. And I just turned 21. So were about the same" Spring explained.

Mike nodded his head slowly. That was a bit too much for him to swallow. So the government was keeping it a secret till few years ago, huh? If that was the case, what else were they hiding? Mike mentally sighed. Who cares, he thought.

And also, Mike was quite surprised to hear of his age. Quite young for a guy like him. Just a few years older than him.

After that, Spring continued at a faster summary pace. He has two sisters, both of whom were studying at the same school somewhere nearby, graduated with honors and said that he was surprised because his studies sucked ass.

Moments later, they placed their trays full of empty plates and cutlery at the disposal area and left the area, where they continued to talk about anything. That was till Mike wanted to know something.

"What about Mario. What's his deal?" Mike asked.

"Mario? ...Oh you mean why he's all white and stuff, right?" Spring asked right on the money, making Mike nod.

"Don't tell me he has Vitiligo?" Mike wondered, his face scrunched up.

"Yep. Generalized Vitiligo all over his face and parts of his body. That why he always likes to wear long clothing that covers his body entirely. He, at one point, even wore a mask. Though, that was after he met good ol BG since he wanted to avoid being seen by her" Spring explained, laughing at the memory.

Mike nodded his head. Interesting to note.

As Mike was pondering about something else, Spring just managed to catch a young couple walking by. He smiled as he recognized the snow-white vixen. "Hey Mangle! Off to a restaurant, eh?!" He exclaimed, his loud voice boomed throughout the mall.

Mike immediately snapped out of his stupor. If Mangle was around, then he could finally ask whether she has spare time after her date with whomever it was. Mike had placed some deep thought into the application in the school and perhaps being a Music teacher would be the best option.

Mike looked up and, true enough, he did see Mangle over in the distance waving a hand with a smile on her face. Both Mike and Spring waved back before walking closer to the couple.

As they got closer, Mike could have sworn that he noticed something familiar about the guy. His face was a little blurry due to the distance but Mike could spot a few things from him, most particularly his ginger hair. However, that was only until they were a few meters away from each other that Mike had recognized who it was.

And from the look on his face, it seemed like he also remembered who he was.

"JEREMY?!"

"MIKE?!"