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longer chapter ahead, just a heads up

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ISABELLA EYES ME  down suspiciously as her little figure situated in front of me. The bratty twat had, once again, forced her way into my bedroom. Some days I don't mind, but when I'm doing something, or just want my own alone times, she always has to be there. She's grown accustomed to being in here without permission.

I furrow my brows, lowering my makeup brush from my face.

". . . How come you're doing your makeup so much, Y/N?"

Annoyed. I'm completely flustered. I hold back the utter urge to roll my eyes. I turn back to the mirror and lean forward again, finishing up what I had started. "Because I like to feel pretty. Is that too much to ask?" I raise a brow down at her. She shrugs, plopping herself down onto my bed that was too high for her. Her feet dangle off the side of it. "But, you're already really pretty." She kicks her feet softly to reduce the boredom.

I sigh short, looking at her from the view in my mirror. "Thanks, but I usually wear it to work. Why are you being so nosy?" My tone questions her. She shrugs, watching, as I finish up my eyes. "I'm not. You've just been acting weird lately."

I turn to look at her. My eyes scan her features over. She wore her hair in a cute bun on top of her head. Mom must have done it for her. She usually gets Isabella overly dressed the mornings she didn't have to work. The cute outfits, and hair updos, always suited the both of them. Mom had a keen eye for fashion.

"Weird, how?"

"Like you're in, looove~" She smiles, giggling up a storm. I roll my eyes and walk over to her side. "How would you know what being in love looks like?" I smirk down at her.

"Mom told me you get really sidetracked when you start liking someone. She thinks you're hiding someone from us." Isabella starts to calm her giggles down, laying down on her back.

My heart drops into my stomach. Curse that woman for knowing me so well. And I thought she barely paid attention to us.

"Is it someone from work?" She asks.

I wave her off. "Stop digging."

Pleasing her hands together, she looks up at me. "Please! I want to know! I won't tell mom."

A laugh escapes from my chest, and I look away. "It's none of your business. Besides, I don't like anybody." My shoulders shrug.

Was that true? I thought maybe it was, but another part of me wasn't so sure. I felt really jealous over that woman in the daycare the other day . . and that's not like me.

It was weird, but Sun really had been on my mind, allot. He acted more like a human than regular people do. And, I felt some sort of connection with him, I guess. And with Moon . . our last encounter was, well, different than how Sun and I act. I haven't seen him in a while.

Sun wasn't always happy and chirpy. I mean, most days he was. But, there were times, he'd be mad, or kick one of the kids out of the daycare because he got agitated with them constantly breaking his rules. Kids were testing our patience these days.

A couple of kids throughout the week at different times had threatened to turn the lights off after Sun repetitively told them not to. Which, was a little weird. Why he was keeping Moon away so much now, was a little odd, but whatever I guess. So, once the lights went out, and I rushed to bring them back on, Sun practically hurled the kids out the doors.

I'm not gonna lie, it was pretty amusing to watch him get mad. That groups of kids were bratty little shits, anyways. They got what they deserved, and neither of them got hurt.

Isabella pokes me, bringing me out of my thoughts. I turn to look down at her. "I'll get it out of you at some point."

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Isabella and I walk up the stairs, and make it to the daycare floor. Mom made me take her in today, so I'm stuck with her trying to pry my little secret out.

Jason had been walking up with us, and we were chatting for a while. I know my sister was suspicious of him, but it wasn't Jason that I liked in that way.

Although, I'm not sure if he feels that way . .

"Wait, Y/N, Chica spazzed out on you, too? That's crazy." The brunette furrowed his brows at me. I nodded, looking away with widened eyes. "I know."

"Weird. I can't believe you're in the daycare now. Dave sucks, man. I put in a complaint about him on the Fazwatch." He laughs. I smile over at him, as we walk up to the daycare entrance.

"I know right. He's a weirdo." I laugh. "They said I might be in here longer than expected though, but honestly, I don't really mind it. I think it's kind of fun being around Sun and Moon." My shoulders shrug nonchalantly.

Jason nods. "Yeah, but like . . Don't you ever think they're kind of creepy? Moon can be weird, sometimes." He frowns at me. "Lately, anyway."

"Mmh, he can be. But he's not really too bad with me." I mention. I open the gates for my sister, and see Sun already in the room to greet us. Isabella runs up to him at the gates, and smiles, as he gathers her in his arms. Jason and I straggle back a bit.

"Maybe he likes you." Jason winks. I laugh, looking down awkwardly. "Maybe." My brows raise quickly before lowering again.

"Hey, uh, I was wondering . . maybe you, me, and Liz could all go do something sometime. Maybe find somewhere to eat?" He asks, curiously.

I catch Sun staring us down with narrowed vision from the entrance. I ignore it, and smile softly at Jason. "I mean, yeah, that sounds fun." A soft laugh escapes me.

I knew Jason started liking me over time, I just didn't want it to be true. Something in me sort of feels bad . . he's a really nice guy, but I just don't feel anything for him.

"Really? Cool. So uh, I'll just text you whenever, then." He shrugs, backing up.

I nod. "Yeah, I'll let Liz know about it." My smile becomes pressured. "Bye."

"Bye, Y/N."

He walks away as Sun and Isabella walk up to me. "Hello-hello, sun beam. Someone's chatty today."

I smile. "Hey, yeah, a little." My shoulders shrug.

My sister speed runs up to me and grabs my hands. "So he's the one you like! I knew it!" Isabella smirks up at me. Sun looks down at her with a curious look to his face. "What?" I ask, face flushed. "No! Would you hush up?" I lightly tap her cheeks with my fingertips.

"W-What?" Sun asks.

"Y/N is in love. And I'm trying to find out who it is." She smirks up at him. "But, I think I got my target."

My heart is in my throat. I can feel how hot my face just got, and I want to wring her mouth shut.

"No I'm not. Shut up." I brush her away from me. Glancing back to Sun, I say, "She doesn't know what she's talking about." Then, I roll my eyes at him.

"You're in . . love?" He asks anyways, from over my shoulder, head tilting quizzically.

Oh, great.

"With who?" He continues on.

I shake my head, walking down the stairs with the two of them trailing behind me. "With myself."

His pace quickened behind me. "Self love is important, but that's not what your sister was making it seem like," Sun spoke anxiously. I let out a heavy sigh, as we make it in the empty daycare. It was still early, so most kids hadn't come in yet.

"Sun, it's nobody. She's just being a brat." I narrow my eyes down at my sister. She shrugs innocently up at us and smiles.

"Don't make me ban you." He narrowed his eyes. I roll mine with an attitude. "Oh please. You could never do that to me." My lips curl to a smirk. He sighs out metallically, arms now crossed over his chest. "You'd be surprised."

My mouth pulls to a soft frown, but my sister running ahead of us interrupts my thoughts. "Come on! Let's play hide and seek, Sun! We can pester her about it, later."

"Coming, Sunflower!" Sun calls to her before glancing back over to me. "Maybe Moon will get it out of you."

"Like that's supposed to scare me." I sneer. He gives me a look, and I smile nervously up at him. He takes off, running after Isabella.

My chest relieves a heavy sigh, and I make my way over to the daycare desk. There's a note sitting underneath a list of tasks I needed to do this shift.

'Turn the lights off.' — moon

My features pull to a frown. What did Moon want with me?

I'll wait for later to deal with that.

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Finally, the end of the shift had come around. Sun had been pestering me all day, and I, the same. I was still curious about his little crush too. Even though, I was positive it was me at this point.

He kept avoiding the answer, and pointed out multiple times that he didn't want to tell me. Sun was avoiding anybody to come near the light switch more so than usual, too. Practically guarding it throughout the day. Something else was going on that I got the feeling he didn't want me to know about.

Sorry for him, I was gonna flip the switch anyway.

Isabella was playing with a few of her friends in the arcade, waiting to go home. It would probably be a while until that happened, but I knew she was safe out there. I kept checking in on my Fazwatch, seeing the messages from Jason popping up. He was with Liz, the two of them making sure Isabella was safe on the other floors, without me.

I smile down at their messages before Sun distracts me. I flinch, startled by his sudden appearance. "Sun, hi." A chortle escapes me nervously.

"Who are you messaging?" He asks me curiously, taking a peek over at the Fazwatch.

"Wouldn't the two of you like to know." I smirk. He shrugged, eyeing me down. "We would, actually." He speaks in a 'matter of factly' tone. "Now, give it up. Tell me."

I groan, shaking my head. "Sun, I don't like Jason. Would you give it a rest? I didn't spend days trying to harass the answer out of you." I nudge him gently.

"You're right, you spent hours. Why won't you just tell me!" He whines.

"Why won't you? It's not like I'm going to judge you for it." My shoulders shrug. I take a seat at the desk's chair, and throw my feet up on the desk. The daycare was empty now, anyway. Sun's eyes watch with annoyance at the display below him, but he shakes the thoughts out of his system. "Because . . I don't want to scare you away."

"Sunny, you won't." I smile. "Just tell me."

He shakes his head, eyeing how close to the light switch I am. "Nnghh, I can't."

"Hmm . . well, guess I'll just have to talk to Moon about it then." I smirk, pulling up the note from earlier. His eyes widen, and I lunge for the switch.

His hands reach for my wrist. "No, no! Don't turn it off!"

"I'm sorry, Sun."

It was too late. The room went to black, and all I could hear was Sun transforming. He removed his hands off of me.

A soft growl, then a chuckle. Red eyes pierce it's way into my skull. A soft unsettling feeling rests in me, but I know Moon wouldn't hurt me. At least, I don't think he would.

More bits of laughter near, walking back up to me. I feel his hand take my arm to drag me closer. I'm forcefully pulled into him.

"So . . jealous girl is being secretive now . . What a funny switch up that is."

I scoff. "You're here to harass me now, too? Is that what this is about?"

"No, no." His raspy voice growls into my ear. "Not exactly."

I soften my frown. "Then . . why did you want me to turn the lights off?"

"It would be nice to see you once in a while, Starlight." He runs his cold fingers over my face. His hand holds my jaw securely, keeping me to face him. "Goldilocks gets to have you all to himself so often. Pushes me away, now. I can't stand it."

I hold my breath. Something in me, it doesn't hate this. But, I wasn't completely comfortable either.

"I'm sorry?" My words stutter, "I don't always get to control that." I mention quietly.

His thumb pressed over my lips to keep me from talking. "So, what's all this about you being in . . love?" The way he said it, makes me think he wanted to crush the person I was 'in love' with. It sounded like a pure hatred for the feeling. Like, he couldn't stand me liking another person. But that would be crazy, right? Maybe I'm just being narcissistic.

He removed his hand from my mouth so that I could speak again.

"Hmm, well. I can't exactly tell you." I force a smirk to my lips. "Because I don't know what you're talking about."

"Oh, come on." His grip tightens slightly on me. The hand that held my arm, moved to my waist, snaking around it with ease. "Sun and I both think you're lying about Jason."

I flinch, pulling myself out from his grasp. It was too tight.

"I'm not lying! I don't like him. Get your sensors checked." My words manage to hiss out at him. "Why don't you tell me your little secret then, huh? Sun said you didn't want me to know, either." I press him. "I'd love to know all your thoughts about that."

"It's nothing." He growls. "Sun is confusing you."

I shake my head, taking a seat in the chair. "Nah, you're not getting off that easy." I mumble. "You're keeping shit from me."

"Language." Moon hisses into the dark. 

"I want answers. Now."

"Why are you so jealous?" He creeps up behind my shoulder, staring me down. I feel anything but at ease with him near me. His head tilts over my own, looking at me practically upside down with how tall he was.

That was a curious question to ask. I wasn't sure why. I guess I really do like them . .

I don't know why I fell for an animatronic. But if I told them, they might think I'm weird. I don't know if I'm ready to freak them out like that, yet. And, I'm still not completely sure on my feelings for them. So, maybe it's best I just keep it to myself for a while.

"How come Sun was overheating when I was with him in the closet?" I ask. "He's never done that before."

Moon shrugs. Something told me that Sun was screaming at Moon in the back of their head.

"He probably forgot to charge up after a long day." Moon mentions. "It happens to the best of us."

I narrow my eyes on him. A soft sigh escapes me.

It was a long shot, but I may as well ask. Something in me was trying to let it out, but the question was hard to let go of.

"Does he like that woman who brought her kid in?" I ask. "You know, the one who keeps loosing her Bonnie plush."

Moon paused. He took the time to sit on the desk, eyeing me down curiously. His eyes studied my features through the dark. I sit under his stare, avoiding his blaring eyes.

"No."

"Really?" A sense of relief fills me.

"Really."

I look down at my hands, fidgeting nervously. "Do you guys . . like, me?"

Moon stood up, walking up to the chair I sat in. His figure bent down to my level and he smirked. "Do I scare you?"

I was taken aback by the question at hand. Why can't I ever get a normal answer?

"Not at all." I cross my arms.

"Not even a little?" His eyes narrow on me. Our noses were practically touching. His eyes burn into mine. I shake my head softly. "No."

" . . Interesting." He leans back, a frown still on his face. "Why not?"

"Why would I be?"

He growls. "Why shouldn't you be . ."

I furrow a brow. "I mean, you wouldn't hurt me. I think you've made it pretty clear."

Moon rolls his eyes, and leans against the desk again. "How do you know I won't hurt you?"

What was that supposed to mean?

"Do you want to hurt me?" My tone of voice tells him I'm getting nervous. I'm hoping the answer he comes up with is no.

"Not exactly." His eyes scan me over. "But . . I feel something I can't explain."

My head tilts in question. "Like what?"

" . . I'm not sure."

There's a soft buzzing of his system that fills our silence. The room stays quiet like this for at least a minuet as the both of us try to think of what to say.

What was it? I'm not advanced with animatronic technology, so I can't quite tell what he means. That feeling could be anything in his programs. I didn't make him, or work on them, so I can't say what feeling he feels.

" . . There's something about you, that makes our system feel . ." His voice begins to trail off. I sit silently, trying to focus.

"Happy."

So . . Did moon like me? And Sun didn't want him saying anything? Or does that mean Sun really does like me, too.

This was all so confusing— it was making my head hurt.

"Oh," I mumble softly, "Well, thank you. But, usually that sort of thing means you like someone."

"Like?" He growls.

I chortle out, "Yeah. It could be platonic, or romantic. Meaning, you just like me in a friendly way. Or, it could be more than that." My shoulder shrugs awkwardly.

"Interesting." His voice was low. Eyes now trained on the floor instead of my face.

I watch him with a slight amusement. "Is it . . more than that . . ?" My voice is quiet in the dark. He stares back.

"Starlight, I—"

The doors to the daycare open up, and I look to the side. Moon stands, eyes wide.

"Why's it so dark in here?" I heard a familiar voice. The light switch turns on, and Moon shields his face from the light with a growl.

"Y/N! Are you okay?" Liz asks.

Moon transforms back into Sun, and he sits up holding his head.

"I'm fine," I tell her anxiously.

"Why the hell was the light off? What's going on?" She asks, trotting over to my side. "Are you guys okay?!"

"We're fine. I was just talking with Moon for a bit."

"Shit, don't scare me like that! I thought something bad was going to happen to you." She hugs me. I laugh it off awkwardly, and watch Sun glance up at me with irritation.

Something bad?

"I'm fine. Totally fine."

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