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Working security at Fazbear’s Mega Pizzaplex was basically customer service on steroids, but you supposed that it had its perks; The pay was nice, the benefits were better than what any other place in town offered, and you got one free meal from the food court per shift! This last item was more of a courtesy than anything else, but you supposed it was the least they could do considering the number of calories you burned just patrolling the massive facility. That being said, it was a good day if you only had to act as a stern set of eyes that threatened to witness any misbehavior. Today, however, you'd been called upon to actually act given that some kid just couldn't keep his hands to himself.

“I can't believe we're being treated like this… like we're criminals or something!" Kim (the mother of the brat you’d caught) narrowed her eyes at you, her cheeks rosy with rage as you kept your own emotions at bay. You nodded in faux sympathy as you pulled up your FazWatch to finish logging the report you'd started earlier. "This is absolutely ridiculous, he didn’t do anything, so I don’t understand why you’re wasting our time. I paid good money for Damien to come here with his little friends today, and for you to treat us like this…” She threw up her hands in disgust, apparently unable to bring herself to finish the sentence, your behavior was that appalling in her eyes.

“Ma’am, I know you’re upset, anyone would be after the day we've all had.” Your tone was gentle, soothing even as you looked up from your report once more. She didn't deserve your kind behavior, neither of them did, but you hoped that it would illustrate your humanity to her and she might find it harder to yell at you as a result. "I hope you can understand that we're just looking out for the safety and comfort of all our guests-" Your attempt to diffuse the situation was cut short as the boy who was cowering behind his mother suddenly burst into tears.

“M-m-mommyyyy, sh-she scared meeee!” He whined, fat tears squeezing out of the corners of his eyes as he clung to her leg. “I-I ju-just wanted to m-meet Fr-Freddy a-and s-she-” You wanted to roll your eyes in disbelief as he dissolved into dramatic sobs… Working this job had forced you to be around enough 10-year-olds to know that this was just a ploy to get you in trouble. If your wealth of experience weren’t enough, the way he screwed up his eyes and stuck his tongue out at you when his mom wasn't looking gave him away. Kim gave you an equally dirty look as she placed a protective hand on her kid’s back.

“I know sweetie, I’m so sorry, mommy will take care of this.” She cooed, staring darkly at you all the while. It was at this point that you realized there would be no attracting bees with honey today. You jerked your head down, looking at your FazWatch again. As you tapped away, logging the details of this incident, it was clear that Kim wanted your attention once more when she stepped closer to your desk and began tapping her fingers on the wooden surface.

"Hmm?" You acknowledged her with a hum, though you didn't bother to look up this time. The sooner you finished this report, the sooner you could get them out of here, so you weren't allowing her to interrupt you again. This had been going on for long enough… it had easily been over an hour since you caught the young man in front of you, and the incessant crying and whining was wasting your time while simultaneously giving you a headache.

“I can't believe they let you work with children.” Kim snipped, her words noticeably barbed, as though she thought that this was some sort of insult that would really cut you to the quick. You had to repress a laugh, knowing that there was a good chance she would physically attack you if she thought you were making fun of her. "You're obviously just working here because you can't get a real job… Any adult working in a place like this has to be a goddamn freak, not to mention that the way you've been treating us has been horrible… If you keep us here even a second longer, I'll sue you personally, I swear-"

“I promise, the moment I get your information and finish my report, you won't have to worry about staying here even a second longer ever again." You said flatly, your lips twisting into frown at her threat to punish you for doing your job. This wasn't the first time someone had said this to you… no one wanted to go up against Fazbear's generously paid legal team so they always tried to pick the easiest target possible - you. When you started here, that threat might have freaked you out, but you weren't a rookie anymore and you knew you didn't have to take this. "Ma'am, the security cameras caught your son vandalizing one of the map bots and due to the extent of the damage, my only option is to ban you-”

“WHAT??” She squawked, Damien's eyes going wide and his face going pale. “O-oh come on, the thing still works, doesn’t it??”

“Barely.” You replied, your expression pointedly unamused. “Beyond that, the situation caused a number of our other guests to complain due to the obscene nature of the vandalism-” This statement set Kim off like a bomb as she began to screech at you, all while Damien began to cry real tears, weeping to his mother that he couldn't be banned, he just couldn't. You ignored them, writing 1) Damage to Fazbear property; 2) Drew a penis on the map bot under REASON(S) FOR REPORT, and writing map bot sent to Parts and Services, perpetrator is BANNED under CONCLUSIONARY ITEM(S). Now, there was only one last piece of information you needed before you could send these two on their merry way… “Alright, Kim and Damien was it? I apologize for the wait, but we’re almost done here. Last name?” You asked, looking up at the two of them expectantly, trying to ignore the holes being glared into you at that very moment. Kim finally went silent as you waited for her response, staring at you unblinkingly.

“…Get your fucking manager. I’m done trying to reason with you” She finally hissed, her eyes bulging with rage at having failed to get her way. You shrugged, your investment in the situation nonexistent. Honestly, as annoying as it was for her to pull that card, you kind of appreciated it since it gave you a chance to get out. Hell, so long as you didn’t get fired for this shit, you couldn’t bring yourself to care.

“Of course. I’ll call someone and send them right in. Excuse me.” You stepped past the two of them, not even bothering to look in their direction as you exited the office, though you couldn’t stop the sigh that passed your lips once the door was closed behind you. You were too tired for this. Holding your FazWatch in front of your face, you pulled up your boss’s page in the employee directory and hit the phone icon next to her employee photo.

“(Y/N)!” Your boss answered cheerfully, far happier to speak to you than anyone else you’d spoken with all day. “What are you still doing here?? I thought your shift ended already-”

“Huh? Oh… Yeah, sorry about that Vicky, I got caught up.” You muttered, their comment having caused you to realize that they were right… No wonder you were so damn tired. You hoped you wouldn’t get in trouble for the unapproved overtime, but it’s not like you’d chosen to get involved in this shit. “I’m in security office 5. Can you stop by? I’ve got a Karen and her kid.”

“Nooooo…” Vicky groaned, her exasperation bleeding through your watch clear as day. “Ughhh… god, please tell me this isn’t about the dick on the map bot… I swear I’ve talked to a hundred parents about that today…”

“Sure is.” You chuckled, feeling some small amount of schadenfreude since her situation sounded like it might have been worse than your own. “But instead of someone just complaining about it, I’m trying to ban the kid who did it, and his mom isn’t happy.”

“’Course she’s not.” Vicky huffed. “Alright, I’m about five minutes away. Be there in a bit.”

“Thanks, Vicks.”

“Yeah, yeah.”

You clocked out the second Vicky took over, exhaustion dripping out of every pore. You slowly made your way to the employee breakroom – an offshoot of one of the utility tunnels by the main entrance – where the lockers were located. As you trekked through the blackened tunnels, the only light coming from your flashlight and the cracks around the edges of some of the doors down here, you contemplated for the millionth time just why the utility tunnels were kept so dimly lit. The rational side of you assumed that it was a shitty attempt on the company's part to save money, while the irrational side of you determined that they shouldn't do shit like this if they didn't want more rumors to pop up. You always felt like you were being watched when you were down here, but you shoved that cheesy B-list horror movie line out of your mind; You were being ridiculous.

When you got to the breakroom, you flipped on the light switch directly beside the door, squinting as the lights slowly flickered on above you. You opened your locker with the intention of changing out of your greasy, permanently stained work uniform and grabbing your belongings when an alternative idea struck you…

You sucked your teeth as you peered around the employee quarters… there was no one else in sight. This was no surprise to you, given that your lateness meant that you were leaving between the standard shifts and given that Fazbear hired a minimum of human employees (favoring mechanical ones whenever possible). There was one other perk that came with working here that that you enjoyed on occasion, and you were thinking of partaking in it right now. It would be just the thing to sooth and relax your aching muscles, but you were too much of a coward to enjoy if there were anyone else around…

Grabbing your phone, the aforementioned clothes, and a couple sizeable bottles that you kept stashed deep in your locker, you trotted deeper into the room, making your way towards the employee bathrooms. Though you were expecting to see no one, you kept your eyes open, fully ready to change your plans on a dime if things weren’t as secluded as you were hoping… For the first time all day, it seemed you were in luck! The bathrooms were empty, meaninngggg…

You could take a bath!

You felt a little strange for getting so excited about something so simple, but you didn’t have a bathtub in your own apartment, and the baths here were far nicer than any other baths you’d ever seen. Rows of baths in their very own room, with each bath partitioned with curtains for privacy. You were 95% sure you were the only person who used them, but even so (and even with the partition) you were only willing to bathe when you felt confident that no one else was here… the thought that someone else could just walk in at any moment set you completely on edge which was the opposite of what you wanted. You smiled to yourself when you poked your head into the empty bathroom and confirmed that it was empty. Then, you stepped inside and, even though you technically weren't supposed to do this, you locked the door. If anyone else wanted in, they’d have to knock.

You set your belongings gently near the edge of the bath and began to fiddle with the knobs, getting the temperature juuust right before stopping the drain. As the tub began to fill, you pulled up some music on your phone, settling for a playlist of yours that was a little old-fashioned, but familiar and sweet… great for calming you down at the end of a long, horrible day. And finally, finally, you stripped off the disgusting, sweaty uniform that you’d begun to loathe, dumping it and your underwear in a messy heap on the floor near the door.

You stepped into the tub and slowly sat down, your exhaustion turning into something comfier as the water continued to run and you were slowly submerged. Since you locked the door, you didn’t even bother closing the partitions. Once the tub was filled to the brim, you finally turned off the water and, humming along with your music, you slid down, down, down until you were laying on your back, your face barely breaching the surface. Due to the size of the tub, this position meant your knees had to stick up out of the water, but you were so warm and comfy everywhere else, you didn’t mind. You closed your eyes, taking a deep breath in… and out…

You couldn’t hear it right away, but as the seconds ticked by, you began to slowly pick up on the sound of your own heartbeat – a steady woosh-woosh, woosh-woosh beneath the water becoming clearer with each passing second. You could still hear the music, though it was slightly muddied by the water, and you continued to hum to it even as your fingers tapped the bottom of the tub in sync with the beating of your heart. There was something so peaceful about this… You felt in tune with your body as the stress that knotted your muscles began to subside. Allowing your tapping to stop, you loosely draped your arms around your middle, and you focused on how smooth your skin felt beneath them. You rubbed your hands up and down, soothing your muscles, relaxing your body, appreciating the texture of your own skin…

Nothing else existed when you did this. It was just you, and you never felt more in touch with your body than you did in these moments. Even your thoughts, distracted by music, slowly drifted away as the minutes ticked by.

You weren’t sure how long you laid there, but your fingers were noticeably pruney by the time a familiar song began to play, and you smiled to yourself as the familiar words echoed through the bathroom.

Fly me to the moon, and let me play among the stars…

“Let me see what spring is like ooon… Jup-it-ter and Mars…” You sang softly trying your best to match Sinatra’s jazzy rhythm and inevitably failing. “In other wooords… hold my hand…” You chuckled at your attempt, and slowly sat up in the water. You supposed it was time to actually use the bath for its intended purpose. “In other wooords…” You reached for the bottle of body wash that you’d brought with you. "Ba-by kiss me…" You squeezed the body wash onto your hand. "Fill my heart with song, and let me sing for… ever… more…" Your singing slowed and you paused as your attention was caught by something… unsettling… The door to the hallway was cracked open, and you could tell from here that the lights in the hallway were off… You were so distracted, Franky crooned the lyric "you are all I long for all I worship and adore…” all by himself. You would have sworn you closed the door, you distinctly remembered locking it… and you certainly didn’t remember turning the lights off…

“Uh… H-hello?” You asked, your voice squeaking slightly at the thought of someone else finding you here. You weren’t doing anything wrong, and you supposed it wouldn’t be the end of the world if another employee stumbled across you… but even you knew that this activity of yours was kinda weird, and the idea of someone else being present made you feel nervous. "Is someone… there?" You received no answer, other than the music continuing to echo through the bathroom. You swallowed dryly, deciding that you wanted to finish up quickly so you could get out of here, and you closed the partition, body wash in hand. You tried to relax as you washed up, but the bubble of comfort you’d created had been popped, and even though this was likely the fault of your own, overactive imagination, there was no recreating it tonight.

You sighed as you rushed through the rest of your bath when all of the sudden, the lights in the bathroom flickered on and off.

“Hello??” You squeaked again, a little more urgently than you had the last time, you opened the curtain in a flurry, holding it tightly against your body as you did so, but even so… you saw nothing… and no one responded. Your heartbeat was racing and you didn't need to be under the water to hear it. You took a shaky deep breath before swearing, “Fucking Fazbear and his fucking power outages…” Though frustrated, you couldn't repress the quiver in your voice as you came to the only rational explanation for this turn of events. “Thought those didn’t happen until after mid-night… faulty fucking wiring, I swear to god…” You muttered to yourself as you washed away the last few suds and un-stoppered the drain with a huff. You quickly pulled yourself out of the tub, scolding yourself internally for getting so jumpy over absolutely nothing as you dried yourself off and began to pull your clothes on.

It wasn’t until you were dressed and ready to leave that you noticed the door was closed once more.

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Fazbear’s certainly did prefer to have more non-human employees than human ones… humans were fragile… humans could break… They were certainly harder to fix than their mechanical counterparts and it would be a waste to not put their investments to their fullest use… That was why, when the Daycare closed at 6 P.M., Moon was sent to the utility tunnels to serve as additional security until the place closed.

The only reason he complied was because he didn’t mind it… the additional freedom was appreciated, especially considering that the alternative only left him fully awake and in control of their body for a single hour during naptime and intermittently throughout the night.

Plus, as he’d discovered… it had some other perks as well…

And so, he’d creep and crawl through the darkened tunnels… he’d keep his eyes open for any curious children that had strayed so far from the flock, whether they’d done so on accident or on purpose. There were no children to comfort down here, no babies who were horrified of him that he was expected to calm-

“Aw Moony, the kids aren’t that bad, no, no, no!” A chipper voice rattled around Moon’s brain and Moon grunted in displeasure at his brother’s insertion. “They like you, they really do! They just need to get to know you a little better, you know, beyond all of the crawlingggg and the chasingggg you like to do so much, yes-”

“I don’t neeeeeed your comfort, Sssun.” Moon muttered low in his throat. “Don’t need them to like me, no. No… Just need to watch them, keep them ssssafe, yes… that’s what I was made for… What I was programmed to dooo…” Not that Moon had much concern for his programming. He thought of it more of a guideline than anything else, and Moon followed those guidelines… when it suited him. But he mostly toed the line so that his freedom wouldn’t be taken away… so he supervised the brats, and he helped them fall asleep, and he wandered the tunnels at night, and…

He wouldn’t touch the human employees.

If he had eyeballs, he would have rolled them. It had been a little mistake, just the teensiest of errors, where he thought he’d caught a Rulebreaker in the tunnels, but it had instead been a little human who was supposed to be there. Annoying.

“You knew they worked here though! Seen them before hadn’t I? Hadn’t we?” Sunny’s voice cut through his thoughts, his tone of voice displaying clearly that he was bored by Moon’s nightly duties.

“Perhaps so… perhaps not.” Moon tittered in the dark at his own non-committal answer. The truth was that Moon had indeed seen them through Sunny’s eyes, and it was the situation that Moon had observed that spurred Moon to take things as far as he did. While Moon would admit that he enjoyed messing with people whenever he got the chance, this was a unique situation that was very much deserved in his opinion-

“You shouldn’t get in trouble…” Sun worried, and Moon could practically see him folding his arms and frowning-well… as much as Sun could frown. “Mustn’t break the rules, no no.”

“Wasssn’t a rule back then, waass it?” Moon replied, crawling along the ceiling, his fingers tap-tap-tapping against it.

“Shouldn’t do things that will make new rules to not break!” Sunny’s voice echoed sharply in his brain, sealing his statement with a resounding huff. Moon knew exactly what he was referring to but was wholly unbothered by Sun’s chiding. After all, he hadn’t been doing anything wrong, and he told Sun as such.

“No rulesss against watching…” Moon chuckled darkly, and before Sun could throw a fit in response, Moon tagged on, “Don’t act like you don’t enjoy iiit… like you don’t want to sssee too… and don’t lie-”

“I would never lie, never, never, never.” Sun insisted, but Moon noted his silence on the question at hand. He was about to point it out, tease an admission out of him, when his sensors went off, alerting him to movement in the tunnels below.

“Shhhhhh.” Moon hissed softly, his sensors prickling as his red eyes pierced the darkness. Footsteps up ahead… He scuttled across the ceiling, purposefully minimizing the metallic clicks as he moved, his eyes narrowed as he sought out the source… though he was hyperaware, fully prepared to attack at a moments notice, he couldn’t keep down the hope that bubbled deeeeeep deep down.

You rounded the corner, completely oblivious to the animatronic staring down at you from the ceiling, Moon’s frozen smile felt like it was widening. Hisss Starlight… He’d worried you might not come tonight… thought he’d missed you somehow, even though he knew you were on the schedule… Read the report you’d written up for that little Rulebreaker you’d caught, but he’d waited, yessss he’d waited, and his patience had paid off. He wanted to scold you, punish you for being late, so so late, but he didn’t… didn’t want to do anything that would lead to him not being able to see you again, no… As you entered the employee area, he crept closer, close enough that he could listen… perhaps even peer into room where you were?

Still clinging to the ceiling, Moon reached down just enough to push the door open, just enough to see through the crack at the very top… His faceplate rotated on his neck so that he could get a better look. It was bright in there, and his eyes weren’t built for the light, but still, hethey could see you, though you couldn’t even feel histheir eyes on you, the way hethey watched you, and you looked tired, oh so tired… what Moon would give to see you sleep-

“Liiittle Daydream… pretty, soooo pretty.” Sun sighed happily, and despite all of his prior protests, he wanted nothing more than to stay there and watch you. He’d seen you before, working so hard around the facility, he longed the days where you were stationed near the Daycare, but it was rare, so rare that he’d get a chance to see you with his own eyes… His reverie was broken when you began to twist and look around, like you were looking for something… someone? “Careful!” Sun tried to warn Moon, but Moon pulled his head back up and out of sight just in time. Had you caught them? Had you finally felt the the way their stares burned into your back?

If they had breath, it would have been baited. Finally… Finally they heard you messing with your locker after which their mechanical heart leapt when they heard your soft little footsteps pad deep, deep into the breakroom.

“Oh, ohhhh they’re going to the back, Moony!!! Did they take their stuff with them?? Did they, did they??" Sun’s excitement was so strong, Moon could feel it radiate inside alongside his own eagerness bubbling deep inside. Moon peeked through the crack at the top of the door once more, and he heard Sun squeal with delight when he saw the items in your hands. It took everything in Moon’s power to wait… He hated it… hated that he couldn’t trespass in the light… Hated that the transition into Sun would alert you, would alarm you… That Sun, despite his enjoyment of these moments, might not follow through the way that Moon could-Would so-meaning that Moon had to wait for darkness before he could move…

“Shhhh…” Moon quieted Sun for a second time… Moon would take care of it. Moon always took care of it. He waited patiently, so patiently, until he heard you close the doors to the baths. Then finally, he reached a long arm into the breakroom, finding the lightswitch with ease and switching it off. He slipped down from the ceiling and fully opened the door, stepping inside and heading straight for the baths, his every movement unnervingly quiet…

He only stilled just outside of the door, listening to the way you moved around inside… You’d turned on both the water and your music, which your sweet, sweet voice followed in a gentle hum… Hethey heard the soft thud of your clothes hitting the ground, and listened to the water slosh as you stepped in, in… Ohhh, he wanted to open the door right then and there but he couldn’t risk it, no, no… he had to wait until he heard those deep breaths of yours, signaling the way you'd cut off your senses to the rest of the world.

When he heard them he moved quickly, turning the knob with just enough practiced force to break the lock as gently as possible, pushing the door open juuust enough to watch once more from the crack that appeared at the verrrry top…

And oh, Starlight… watch, he did…

The rise and fall of your chest was steady, and with the way your eyes were closed, you almost looked like you were sleeping… It made his fingers twitch. You looked so serene. So safe. You were the very picture of peace, and every little image of you, every sound you made, was filed into the back of histheir mind for later, to be replayed over and over and over… Your nipples were cute, darker in color than the rest of your skin, and threatening to peek just out of the water with each deep inhale. And your thighs… pressed together, pushing your knees above the water… Hethey wondered if you knew how you were squeezing them together, oh so tightly.

“Moony… do you hear that? Do they hear that??” Sunny asked when your fingers began to thump against the bottom of the tub, in time with your heartbeat. Moon frowned… He and Sun were fully equipped to scan a person's biodata… The purpose of this particular function was so that they could keep a better eye on the kids and keep track of their well-being. He knew that humans could use tools to hear each other’s hearts, and he knew that a person’s vein could pulse with enough strength to be felt just beneath their fingertips, but you were doing neither of these things…  But somehow, it seemed as though you could hear it anyway as your fingers tapped along perfectly… for a while…

When your hands began to roam your body, Moon and Sun were prepared for the jealousy that swept over them, but even so it shook them to their core. This was not the first time they'd seen you like this, not by a long shot, but every time they felt two twin desires: They wanted to touch you in the way you were currently touching yourself, but at the very same time, they also desperately wanted to be touched by you. Were you as smooth, as soft, as you looked? Were your hands as gentle as they appeared?

It was right at that moment then that Moon noticed your panties. Dark blue, with little stars on them, in a messy pile on the floor right next to the door. He wanted to laugh… if he didn’t know any better, he might have thought you’d done this on purpose, a little gift just for himTHEM. His body moved without thinking, crouching, willingly sacrificing a moment to look away from you so that he could snag them.

“MOON. You can’t just take those!!! Stealing is against the rules!!!” Sun screeched internally, but Moon had already shoved them into their oversized pockets and returned to his full standing height. He didn’t even bother to respond, as Sun’s yelling got cut short once your body came back into view. Moon could hear the occasional incoherent muttering coming from his brother, something about his Daydream, but it was clear he’d been thoroughly distracted by you once more. You were worth being distracted by, and with the way your hair floated in the water surrounding your head, you looked like an angel.

Neither Sun nor Moon recognized any of the songs you played… They certainly weren’t songs that were approved to play within the Pizzaplex, and the daycare only had a singular song that played on loop while the lights were on, but the second you began to sing, it instantly became their favorite. They saw the way your lips quirked upwards, just a moment before you pushed yourself up out of the water. They should have moved right then and there, closed the door and left you alone, but your voice had entranced them, freezing them in place as though it were a siren's song. Your song, asking someone to hold your hand… to kiss you… they took them personally, wanted nothing more than to do as you asked until-

“Uh… H-hello?” Moon crouched completely out of sight milliseconds before you’d turned and looked in their direction. If he had a heart, it would have been hammering in his chest. You sounded so worried… so uncertain… He hadn’t wanted to worry you, hadn’t intended to do anything to disturb your peace, but the door was open, the door was open and you knew you’d locked it earlier-

“Moon we gotta go, we gotta get out of here, she can’t catch us, she can’t know-” Sunny babbled in a panic. But even though you’d spoken, they didn’t hear the tell-tale signs of you getting out of the tub. They heard nothing for a while, though they listened for any sign of what was happening behind the door. It was only when they heard you close the curtain and continue what you’d been doing before, that they breathed a metaphorical sigh of relief. Though, when Moon’s finely tuned sensors picked up something else from deep within the utility tunnels, he wondered if maybe they'd felt relieved a little too soon…

“-wait to get home… Whatcha gonna do? Play games all night?”

“S'not like there's anything else to do. I still can’t believe they let us off early, that never happens!”

“Right?? Seriously so lucky-”

Oh no… oh, no, no, no… The shifts weren’t supposed to end early, just like you weren’t supposed to be late. The absolute last thing he wanted was for someone else to walk in on himthemyou…

He had to stop himself from growling deep in his throat at the thought, the only sound in an otherwise silent hallway. No… No, no, no one else was allowed to hear you, let alone see you, like this… Hethey had found you. Finder’s keepers and all… Wouldn’t be fair, no… not fair at all. He had to leave, but before he did, he had to make certain that you were leaving too.

"Moony, we have to go, go, go-" Sun urged him, but Moon had something more important to do first. Moving quickly, he slipped his arm into the bathroom and toggled the light switch on and off a few times, knowing that if anything would get you to hurry, that would. He then darted down the hallway, still managing to hear you squeak out a second Hello?? even more panicked than your first, causing him to feel unjustly angry at the employees that were approaching the break room for interrupting histheiryour time. How dare they…

How dare they…

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You were rightfully disturbed when you returned to work the next day. After dumping your things in your locker, bright and early at 7:45 A.M., you took some time to inspect the door to the baths and you discovered that the lock was completely broken. You didn’t know whether this should make you feel comforted, or even more disturbed… this either meant that the lock had been broken the whole time and the door had simply swung open and closed due to a draft, or that someone had broken the lock while you were in there… You reassured yourself that it had to be the reasonable first explanation, and that you would have heard the lock being broken if it were the ominous second.

Either way, you didn’t want to spend any more time alone down there than necessary.

“Well, look who’s finally here!” You whirled around in response to familiar hands gripping your shoulders unexpectedly. Your scruffy, brunette coworker grinned at your surprise, putting his hands in the air in surrender. “Jumpy this morning, huh?”

“Charlie… god, you almost gave me a heart attack.” You said slowly, your hand jumping to your chest to clutch at the top of your security uniform.

“Sorry, sorry…” He chuckled awkwardly and he started to follow you as you continued walking to your morning post. “We’re stationed together today, isn’t that great! I-I was waiting for you, but I was a little worried you’d be late or something. I almost went down to check on you, I was pretty sure you were down there, and you’re never late so I was, I dunno, a little worried that something might have happened. I think there might be rats in the tunnels or something? I saw one the other day and I tried to get it, but it got away from me, went right into the vents, they’re really fast-”

“You tried to catch it??” You asked, feeling disbelief at Charlie’s nervous chattering. You really didn’t think there were rats down there… Not only had you never seen a rat in that area, but you just couldn’t imagine anything organic living down there with all the bots. Actually… “Are you sure it wasn’t one of the bots? I’m pretty sure there are small ones in the vents, or something.”

“W-well, yeah, I mean, I’m pretty sure it was a rat and someone’s gotta catch ‘em, a-and I don’t think the bots do a very good job at that kinda thing, you know, I’d swear I’ve seen a ton of them down there but-” He was always like this. He also talked about weird stuff almost exclusively, but you were used to this idiosyncrasy of his. He talked a lot, but you tuned it out with ease, allowing it to fade into the background like some kind of white noise.

“We’re on the second floor of the atrium, yeah?” You said, interrupting him again to confirm where the two of you would be standing for the first part of your shift.

“Yeah, we’re on rotating Daycare duty.” You heard the blatant discontent in Charlie’s voice at this designation, and you were about to ask him what was wrong when he answered your upspoken question. “The big metal guy really freaks me out.”

“…The Daycare Attendant?” You asked, trying not to laugh at the at the anomaly of a man beside you. Ohhh, the hordes of imaginary rats that lived in the utility tunnels were fine but one overly excited animatronic was just too much for him.

“I feel like he’s always staring at me, you know??” Charlie shuddered visibly, rubbing his arms uncomfortably, face screwing up in paranoia. “It's like he wants to eat me, or something.”

“Awww, c’mon, he’s not that bad.” You laughed at your coworker’s dramatics as he began scratching at his arms and looking over his shoulder in a paranoid manner. You knew he wasn’t the only employee that felt that way and you’d heard what everyone said about Sun and Moon, but based on your own experiences with them, you didn’t think they deserved their reputations… They certainly didn’t treat you like that! In fact… it seemed as though they didn’t acknowledge you at all, if they didn’t have to… You'd felt a little snubbed by their behavior at first, but with all the complaints you heard from the people you worked with, perhaps that was for the best? That’s what you told yourself, at least…

“If he’s staring at you, maybe he’s just lonely. Maybe he wants to be friends?" You suggested casually, but Charlie appeared skeptical and unconvinced. Whether he agreed with you or not, you continued. “Hey, if it makes you that nervous, I can handle watching the Daycare on my own. I really don’t mind.”

“…Naaah, I dunno.” Charlie said, but the way his eyes shifted to look at the Superstar Daycare displayed that he was clearly tempted by your proposal. "W-we’re supposed to alternate."

“I really don’t mind, and if it bothers you that much, then just leave it to me.” You attempted to persuade him, and when he was right on the edge of accepting your proposal, you pushed him over. “Listen, I had a terrible day yesterday, and nothing ever really happens in the Daycare that needs our attention… You’d be doing me a favor honestly.”

“Well I mean… if you’re sure.” Charlie scratched the back of his head, he grinned up at you sheepishly. “Thanks, (Y/N). I appreciate it…" You grinned back at him, but before your smile could stretch too wide, he tagged on, "Call me if he tries to eat you.”

“Will do.” You laughed despite how seriously Charlie was looking at you.

The intended structure of these alternating shifts was that you and Charlie would alternate your positions in the Daycare and on the Second floor of the atrium once every hour on the hour. The intention behind them was unclear, but you had a feeling that enough of the security employees complained about the Daycare Attendant that they set up a structure that would leave a single person in the Daycare for small, consecutive amounts of time. However, with this new arrangement that you and Charlie had worked out, you would be in the Daycare for the next 4 hours straight. You opened the big double doors by the staff entrance that allowed you to access the brightly lit Daycare. It was nice and neat, completely untouched for the day since Daycare had not yet officially opened. The Daycare Attendant himself was nowhere in sight, but you didn’t worry about it too much. You covered your mouth, muffling a yawn as you walked over to the security desk where you would be stationed for the rest of the morning.

You hadn’t been lying to Charlie; Daycare watch was the easiest station in your opinion, far easier than keeping an eye on the kids running around in the atrium, but you only just realized it might be difficult for you to stay awake… You hadn’t slept very well after the events of last night, and without anything to distract you, you could feel your eyes already threatening to droop. You shook your head, lifting your FazWatch so that you could check the time and officially clock in just seconds before 8 A.M. hit. Like clockwork, the doors to the Daycare flew open, and as the first batch of screaming kids began to make their way down the slide-

“Why, hello-ooo~” There he was; the subject of your morning discussion appeared from behind a curtain, stepping out onto a balcony that jutted out of the wall, pretending to shade his eyes with his hand as he peered out over the Daycare. You weren’t trying to nitpick his behavior, but you did notice that he didn’t even glance at the security desk, even while pretending to survey the whole room. “Oh my, oh my, is someone here? Oooh, where could they possibly be, I just know I heard someone!” You heard some of the kids yell things like Sunny, it’s me! and Sunny, we’re over here! at which, he threw his hands up in fake surprise. “Why there you are, friends!” He laughed, moments before diving straight into the ball pit, somehow prompting the kids to scream even louder. He was completely out of sight, impossibly hidden beneath the balls before he popped out a few seconds later practically dripping with giggling children. “Goood morning, everyone! Oh, it is so, so, sooo good to see you all today, I missed you all so much!”

You didn’t realize you’d been staring at him until his blank eyes met yours, but it was at that moment that he stumbled over his own feet, almost dropping the kids that he held in his arms. Your eyes widened in concern, but he caught himself just in time.

“B-boy, the waves are choppy today, huh? Hang on, everyone, land-ho, land-ho!” You couldn’t help but be relieved that everyone was okay as he set the kids on the ground at the edge of the ball pit. You must have startled him somehow, and you would have hated to be the cause of anyone getting hurt. When his eyes met yours a second time, you gave him a small thumbs-up and mouthed the word sorry. He froze momentarily, before slowly lifted his hand as though he were going to wave at you, but either he decided against it, or he was distracted by a new wave of children coming down the slide before he could follow through.

You didn’t mean to feel hurt by this, but you had no idea how else to interpret the way Sun treated you. If he treated everyone like this, you wouldn’t have concerned yourself with worrying about his behavior, but you knew that he was friendly (arguably too friendly) with everyone else. What made things even worse is that he hadn’t always treated you like this… everything had been normal, but at some point, some switch had flipped. Had you done something to him? Hurt or offended him somehow?

“Why does he hate meeee…” You muttered to yourself as you leaned back in your chair, rubbing your face aggressively as though that would help you figure it out, but nothing came to mind. You hated feeling like this… like you had done something wrong… You didn’t even know if the animatronic was capable of feeling emotions like hate but for some reason, that philosophical question failed to make you feel better at all.

Moon might act like you were the scum of the earth, but at least his behavior was consistent for everyone…

You checked your FazWatch, simply wanting a safe place to rest your eyes as you began scrolling through the security log, reading the backlog of reports that had been uploaded into the system. You frowned, barely processing the contents rolling past your eyes. You groaned under your breath… this was going to be a long day if you were spending half of your shift in the Daycare where you apparently couldn’t do your job because you felt awkward about accidentally making eye contact with the animatronic…

After scrolling for a few more minutes and hearing the chaos in the Daycare fade into a happy hum, you finally forced yourself to lift your head. You just wouldn’t look at him! It was that simple. Even if you looked in his general direction, you would allow your eyes to drift over him so that he could be comfortable and you could do your job.

There actually were a ton of things for you to focus on in here, and for that you were grateful. On your left, some kids had begun to color while another group of kids were playing make believe to your right, but a majority of them were currently engaged in a wild game of The Floor is Lava and were scrambling over the play structures in an attempt to dodge their fiery deaths. You were so focused on not looking at Sun, that it took you a second to realize that you couldn’t see him anywhere at all. You looked around the room in a panic at this realization, instantly going from reluctant to desperate in terms of your desire to see him, but he was nowhere in sight.

Oh…

Oh fuck…

Had you seriously lost him???

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Why were you here, why were you here today?!? Sun felt like he was on the verge of a meltdown. He’d sunk back into the ball pit while your eyes were pointedly turned away from him. He’d been watching you from the privacy of their room ever since you stepped into the Daycare, his mood torn in two directions at the sight.

On one hand, he was elated to see you! You were so kind to the little ones, you helped where you were able, and you always did such a great job of making sure that things ran smoothly… There’d been times in the past where you’d even agreed to play games with the kids, and you always stepped in if you thought a situation was going to get out of control. Even before the first time Moon had… well… what he was trying to say is that he had always really, really, really liked having you around!

But on the other hand, the guilt and desire twisted like a knife in his mechanical gut. He didn’t trust himself to go near you, not with those images of you stuck in his brain. The first time he accidentally made eye contact with you this morning, the events from last night replayed in his mind and he’d almost shut down right then and there. That would have been dangerous, the kids he was helping could have been hurt! When he made eye contact with you the second time and you’d apologized as though it were your fault… He really didn’t know how he was still functioning after that rush of desire he’d felt. That need to get close to you, to touch you was strong, overwhelming even, but he mustn’t touch the human employees. No, no, no that was against the rules.

So instead, he avoided you completely.

And now you thought he hated you.

In a rather human display, he curled into a ball and clutched his faceplate in his hands.

“Calm down, you’re being dramatic.”

“Calm down?!?” Sun whined pitifully, his voicebox as muted as he could manage. “It’s only been one day since that, I wasn’t expecting to see her again so soon, how am I supposed to calm down???”

“You could start by not hiding in the ball pit.” Moon said sardonically, using his influence to nudge Sun’s attention towards the security desk. “She’s nervous that we’re gone… looking for usss… if she thinks we’re not watching the kids like we’re supposed to, she may submit maintenance report-“

“No-” As though he’d instantly forgotten why he was hiding, Sun popped his head up out of the ball pit like an oversized jack in the box, sending the little foam balls scattering around the Daycare. He instantly caught the attention of all of the kids in the area who promptly burst into giggles and, for the third time this morning, he made direct eye contact with you.

Your voice, your skin, the way it dimpled beneath your own fingers, the way your heart pounded against your chest, he knew what you looked like beneath your clothes he needed to know what you felt like too-

He was shorting out so severely, frozen in place, that he didn’t notice you calling for him. He didn’t notice you getting closer to him. He didn’t notice that you were in the ball pit. He didn’t notice that you were reaching for his arm… almost.

“Hey Sun, are you okay?” The proximity of your voice caused him to snap back into reality. He saw your hand approaching him and he leapt away from you, out of the ball pit and onto the floor of the padded play area before you could touch him.

“O-o-oh, I’m fine, just fine!” He stammered, windmilling his arms for balance after his wild jump, but once he was properly righted, he swayed back and forth in place while wringing his hands. “Sorry, sorry, sorry, I got distracted, that’s all! Yes! I was just thinking that the kiddos and I could play hide and seek and… I… started hiding, yes! Before telling everyone!” All the kids giggled at his silly excuse, but all Sun could see was the poorly masked confusion mixed with the tiniest bit of hurt on your face as you slowly retracted your hand from where you’d almost touched him. The guilt in his stomach immediately intensified, but before he could think of how to address this issue, you spoke up.

“Oh! Well, I think that’s a great idea, right everyone?” You chimed in, turning your attention to the kids rather than him. “Since Mr. Sun’s already hidden, why don’t the rest of you hide, and then he’ll find you this next round?” The kids cheered in support of that idea, and as they all ran off to their own little hidey holes, you waded out of the ball pit and back towards the security desk. As Sun watched you walk away, an all too familiar voice rang out.

“I would never lie, never, never, never.” Moon mocked his counterpart internally, repeating the same words that Sun had said to him last night. “Started hide and seek too early, huh?”

“O-oh… Hush, Moon.” Sun grumbled under his breath. He felt awful, just the worst, as he covered his eyes and began to count. Well… that’s what he was supposed to be doing, but he kept peeking through his fingers to look at you. Ugh, you looked bummed out, and tired, Moon had noted, and Sun couldn’t help but feel as though this was all his fault.

“At leassst you’re able to look at her without overheating.” Moon muttered, watching you through Sun’s eyes in an equally moody fashion. You’d almost made it back to the desk when a young boy (Cody Allen, 5-years old, Sun noted) grabbed you by the hand and dragged you to come hide with him. You tried to protest, but Cody wasn’t having any of it as he pulled you into the play structures, instructing you to follow him.

“Mooooooon…” Sun wailed pitifully. He didn’t say anything else for fear of being overheard, but Moon heard his concerns loud and clear. How was he supposed to avoid you if he had to play a game with you???

“Sssunny…” Moon spoke slowly, as though setting Sun up for some sage advice that Sun was fully prepared to receive. “…You’re acting like an aaaa̸̫̾̕͠͝͝s̸͒͗̒s̴̱̠̽̂͠͝s̴͗͑́́h̶̓̄̈̽̊̌̕ȍ̶͑̚l̵̇͐̓e̵͋.” Sun released a strangled sounding noise as Moon cackled, clearly proud of himself for forcing that word past their profanity filter.

“Language.” Sun scolded huffily.

“I’m not wrong~” Moon’s voice was teasing, lilting even. “Starlight doesn’t dessserve to be treated the way you’re treating her.”

“But I can’t-”

“Sunnydrop, we’re ready!” An eager voice (belonging to Daedra Giles, 5-years old) called out from the play structure.

“Shhh, now he knows where we are!” Another voice (Sloan Mackenzie, 6-years old) said, sounding disappointed about her hiding spot being given away.

“Well then, I’ll just give you ten more seconds to hide a little bit better, but then you better be reeeady! Onnnnnnnnne, Twoooooooo, Threeeeeeeeee~” Sun counted loudly, keeping the peace between those two, while buying himself a little more time, but those ten seconds passed all too quickly, and Moon offered nothing further in way of advice. Sun knew Moon had been right – He didn’t want you to think that he hated you, especially not when nothing could be further from the truth! But he just didn’t know how else to behave around you… how was he supposed to treat you like everyone else when he wasn’t allowed to treat you the way he wanted to treat you, and you weren’t everyone else???

“Ready or nooooot, here I cooooome~” Sun’s voice echoed through the room, welcomed by whispers and giggles. He knew where everyone was; He could read the biodata in the room like a map. There was a lot going on, so the map was a little hard to read, but even so, he purposefully pretended to look in places where he knew the kids weren’t. “Helloooo? Is anyone here?” He could hear some silenced giggles when he found no one, and he put his hands on his hips as though he couldn’t believe no one was hiding in that part of the play structure. He continued this for a while, sometimes finding people-Why THERE you are!-and often coming up hilariously empty-Where could all my friends be?

Finally, there were only two people left to be found… he would swear he hadn’t done it on purpose, but he’d somehow saved you and Cody for last. You were in one of the lower parts of the play structure, and he had to steel himself as he bent over to peer through the tunnel that served as the entrance to the area you were hiding in. He would just act like a… like the opposite of what Moon had told him he was acting like.

“Found youuu~” He said, forcing out a happy laugh as he motioned towards the both of you to come out of the structure.

“Were we the last ones you found??” Cody asked eagerly, as he crawled out of the tunnel. “I told you I was a really good hider.” He tagged on, addressing you before Sun even had a chance to answer him.

“Very impressive.” You agreed, laughing as you shimmied your way out of the tunnel that you were way too big for, but it was clear that you were focusing on Cody, trying not to look at the animatronic you were walking past. Sun knew that this was a result of his earlier avoidance of you, but that didn’t make him feel any better about it. “Thanks for inviting me to play Cody, that was super fun!” Cody gave you a big hug before running off towards where the rest of his friends were standing, waiting to start a second game of hide and seek, leaving you and Sun alone together. He wanted to say something, he knew you were uncomfortable, but he just didn’t know what to say. You cleared your throat before speaking. “Thanks, um… I really hope I wasn’t bothering you by joining in, but Cody really wanted me to play-”

“Oh no, no, no, that was no bother at all!” Sun waved away your concern, pleasantly surprised that his voice was working, so he decided to say even more. “It’s always so much fun to have you join in and play with me, Daydream! I was happy that you could, really, really, really!” You turned your head to look right at him, clearly thrown off by something that he had said. Did you not believe him? Sun became even more distracted when Moon began to laugh. You furrowed your eyebrows, looking confused about something. You even opened your mouth a few times, as though you were about to say something, but it seemed as though you inevitably decided against it.

“W-well… I’ll be at the security desk if you need me.” You said, offering him an uncertain smile and a wave before walking over towards your post. “Thanks again for letting me play!” This time, Sun waved back as Moon’s laughter just got louder and louder.

“What’s so funny?” Sun muttered as he ripped his eyes off of you to go over by the kids.

“~Youuu called her Daaaaydreeeam~”

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“Vicks slow down, you’re breaking up.” You frowned at your FazWatch, having listened to your boss ramble on for several minutes, only to increase her words per minute now that she'd gotten to her reason for calling you. "I can't understand you at all right now."

“Sorry, sorry." Vicky's voice was tired despite the fact that that she was still speaking quickly. "I was saying that I talked to Charlie earlier and he said-Hey, stop that!!! Yeah, you. I see you.” Vicky’s voice went muffled as she turned her attention to the insanity that was working security at a kid’s wonderland on a weekend.

“Wow, that’s a really weird thing for Charlie to say.” You said, unable to resist the well-placed opportunity to be a shithead.

“You and I both know that doesn’t even qualify as Charlie weird.” Vicky sighed into the receiver, too exhausted to be amused. “Anyway, he said something about you liking the Daycare shift, is that right? He said that you even offered to stay there straight through the rotation.”

“Ahhh…” Your eyes drifted over towards where Sunny was playing with the other kids. After your interaction with him this morning where you were pretty sure he’d called you… Daydream?… he’d gone back to ignoring you, to the point where he’d kept his back turned towards the security desk all morning. He was currently putting on a puppet show for the kids out on the foam playmats and all you could see of him were his wild gestures and the sunny beams that encircled his head. “Um… Yeah, it’s pretty chill down here, especially compared to yesterday-”

“Can you please stay there for the rest of the day?” Well, that was unexpected. “I’m really, really sorry to ask, but things are just going crazy up here, and Will just called in sick again.”

“Are you sure you don’t need the extra help up there instead?” You asked, wincing sympathetically as you heard some excited screaming coming from her end of the call that was so high pitched, you worried it could shatter glass. You heard Vicky sigh again.

“I mean, we do need extra help, but that’s more of a hiring issue than anything else.” She complained. “What I need more than anything else is to know that there’s one part of this building that isn’t a goddamn madhouse. Besides, technically I have two of the new hires on the schedule for the Daycare rotation this afternoon, and I’d rather hold off before sending them down there… We really can’t go losing the new people we are getting by having the hyper animatronic freak 'em-”

“Ahahaha uhhhhh…” You loudly interrupted her, not wanting her to finish that sentence on the off chance that said hyper animatronic might overhear. You glanced worriedly at him, and you would have sworn you saw Sun’s head twitch slightly in your direction, even though he continued his puppet show without a hitch. “Well… don’t worry too much about it then, I don't mind sticking around here until the end of my shift-"

“Can you stay until the Daycare closes? I know it’s an extra hour or two, but I could really use the help…”

“I don’t mind staying. So long as I'm paid for it, that is.” You said, making sure to tag that last bit on, uncomfortably familiar with the cheapskates that ran the place after the events of the prior evening.

“When have I ever not paid you overtime??” Vicky laughed over the watch, but a commotion on the other end caused her laughter to fade into a groan. “Ahhhh, shit… I gotta go. You’ll really be okay in there for the rest of the day?” You glanced back up at Sun and the kids, all of whom were laughing loudly at something silly that must have happened in Sun’s story.

“Yeah, I’ll be fine.” You reassured her, honestly feeling a little relieved that you didn't have to go out there… If Vicky was calling it a goddamn madhouse, that was putting it lightly.

“You’re a lifesaver. Call if you need anything, alright?” She said, sounding particularly sincere.

“Will do.”

The rest of the morning was uneventful, though you kept your head down and minded your own business to help contribute to the calm. As the hours ticked by, you felt your head getting fuzzier and fuzzier, and you kept trying desperately to come up with things that you could do to stay awake. You walked the occasional lap around the Daycare to stretch your legs, respectfully giving Sun his space, but it barely helped with your exhaustion. In addition, he was clearly thrown off by your continued presence in his Daycare. Every hour, his head would twitch towards you, expecting you to rotate out with one of the other security guards, and every hour you failed to leave. This continued straight up until lunch, the arrival of which you couldn’t help but celebrate as you ushered in the cart filled with meals for the kids (plus a lil something for you, courtesy of Vicky). As you wheeled the cart from the employee entrance of the Daycare to the flat, padded play area where the kids ate lunch, Sun began to herd the little ones towards you, thereby facing you for the first time in several hours, though he still refused to look at you.

“Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go!” Sun chirped, using his long arms and big hands to their fullest advantage as he ushered them away from the play structures. “You’ve all used up sooo much energy playing! You must be starving by now!”

“Ms. (Y/N), what’s for lunch?” Cody asked, slyly trying to cut in front of the others by using his familiarity with you from earlier. He stood on his tiptoes, trying to peer into the cart as you threw open the top.

“Mmm… looks like we have some sandwiches… and some fruit-ooh! And it looks like there’s some Freddy-Grahams’s in here and some bluuue Montgomery Gatorade~!” You said, hyping up the meal to the best of your abilities. It was a good attempt and it seemed to work on some of the kids, it didn’t work on all of them.

“Aww…” One of the kids whose name you didn’t know pouted as several children came to crowd the cart with Cody. “I wanted pizza!”

“Yeah!” Another kid piped in, as the crowd steadily grew. “I thought this was a Pizzaplex.” It took everything in you not to crack a grin at the pure sass.

“Now, now, Casie… Leo… you all know that pizza day is Friday, and today is Saturday.” Sun stepped in, shooing the very last of the kids towards you. Of course he knew every kid’s name… perhaps you shouldn’t be impressed considering that he was programmed with facial recognition and had access to the Daycare database, but it was still cool in your opinion. “Okay, line up everyone, line up~”

“But I want pizza!!!” Casie shouted jutting her trembling lip out into a pitiful pout. She stamped her foot, clearly on the precipice of a tantrum. “I wasn’t here yeh-yeh-yesterday a-a-and I duh-didn’t get p-p-pizzaaaaa…” It was obvious she was about to cry, and she was clearly exhausted from the long morning which wasn’t helping her mood. You panicked for a hot second, not wanting one kid's tears to trigger an upset with all the others but lucky for you, Sun was quick on the uptick.

“Pizza is pretty tasty, isn’t it?” Sun said, easily weaving through the kids so that he could crouch down beside her, his nine-foot frame ridiculously huge in comparison. She nodded pitifully up at him, her eyes watering with unshed tears. “I really like pizza too! What’s your favorite kind?”

“…Ch-cheese.” She sniffled.

“Well… how about, if you come next Friday, I’ll make sure there’s plenty of cheese pizza, just for you!” Sun had barely gotten the sentence out when she wrapped her little arms around his leg in the best hug she could possibly give the giant animatronic.

“R-really?” She asked hopefully.

“Lying is against the rules in the Daycare.” He said, patting her back comfortingly with one hand, and drawing an “X” across his chest with his other. “Now, will you eat your lunch for today? Please, please, pleeaaaase?” She giggled at his pleading, nodding her head and reaching her arms up, non-verbally requesting that he lift her. He promptly did so, putting just enough oomph into it so that he tossed her gently in the air before catching her safely in his arms. As she squealed at the thrill, you were overwhelmed with one singular thought:

Oh my god, that was adorable.

You didn’t realize that you were staring at him, thoroughly caught up admiring the expertise with which he’d handled the situation until he stilled and awkwardly cleared his voicebox. “Ms. (Y/N)…” He said, emphasizing your name peculiarly as he looked at you for the first time since earlier. “Would you please, please, please start handing out the food?” You heard the kids giggling and you felt heat rush to your face as you nodded, feeling silly for being so impressed by something that was so ordinary for him.

“A-alright everyone, come on… you heard Mr. Sun, line up for lunch!” You announced, motioning towards the half-formed line of children in front of you.

You helped serve the kids their lunches and even helped collect the empty containers from them when they were finished, depositing them back into the food cart to be returned to the kitchens. You were able to grab your own lunch from the very bottom of the cart (which was being kept in a box specifically labeled with your name) when you were pushing it back to the employee entrance. You promptly snuck it behind the security desk and opened it discreetly. You soon discovered that you were wise to do so since the kids might not have gotten pizza, but you sure did.

You glanced up at the play area to see that Sun was hurrying around passing out blankets and pillows for nap time. The lights in the Daycare ran on a timer, so the second the clock hit 1, it was lights-out. You ducked behind the desk and scarfed down the pizza as quickly as you could, not wanting to cause any trouble by allowing one of the little ones to catch you mid-meal and be upset by the perceived unfairness. You were pretty hungry so the food was very welcome, but the moment you finished eating, you were immediately reminded about how tired you’d been earlier.

Foiled again by the treacherous food coma.

You wanted to die, if only so that it would give you a good excuse to close your eyes for a while, but as though that weren’t bad enough, mere seconds later, the lights flickered off.

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Once Sun’s rays were retracted and replaced with the familiar, star-sprinkled sleeping cap, Moon opened his eyes, their harsh infrared easily piercing the dark of the Daycare. He understood why they designed him the way that they did, he was perfectly equipped with every capability required to watch over sleeping children, to protect them, but he was understandably bitter about the fact that his appearance terrified the very creatures he was intended to care for. He could hear them shifting under their blankies, the soft whispers, the way their heartbeats spiked in fear…

This was all usually quite annoying, but today he was too distracted to be bothered. At least there was no running and screaming today, no… all the little faces in the Daycare were familiar, and therefore, all of them were familiar with Moon's song and dance. Certainly none of this lot were foolish enough to try and hide; Several of them had tried in the past, but there was no way for them to hide for very long. A soft lullaby began to rumble out of his chest as he quietly stepped between them all. He was more than capable of being entirely silent, but he purposefully walked in a way that allowed the little bells on his outfit to jingle, purposefully letting them know exactly where he was so that he wouldn’t startle anyone unnecessarily. He was gentle, tucking in some of the little fakers that hadn’t gotten all the way under their blankets before he came out. He then rustled around in his pockets and placed a couple of moondrops next to those kids that he knew wouldn’t be able sleep without them.

Finally, once he was done, he could turn his attention to you.

“…Is she still here?” Sun asked tentatively, both nervous and desperate as Moon crawled to the top of the play structures, a lovely little perch from which Moon could oversee both you and the kids. His eyes quickly sought out your form, which was currently lounging in a chair just behind the poorly illuminated security desk. “Do you think we overheard right earlier? That she’s going to be here all day?”

“Ssseems like it.” Moon murmured softly. You were unaware of him and equally unafraid if the way your head drooped in weariness was any indication. He almost laughed out loud when you jerked upright with a little shake of your head, only to immediately droop again. There was something… soft… about you. As your head hung low once more, Moon felt something similar to what he'd felt when he'd watched you the night before; You were so oblivious, so calm in his presence, whether you knew he was present or not. You made him feel peaceful… like he wanted to watch you sleep forever.

At the same time, he was surprised when he realized that he felt an unfamiliar urge to wake you.

"Moony, be nice." Sun pouted internally, but his words meant nothing as your head jolted upright a second later, only to dip right back down.

"I'm surprised, Sunny… I thought you'd be all upset about her breaking the rulesss…" Moon teased as Sun spluttered something about how security sleeping in the Daycare was NOT explicitly against the rules but Moon was too focused on you to really listen. He was all too familiar with the fight against sleep, but he was more in love with the inevitability of it all; Fight all you want, but you'll sleep… eventually. Though his lullabies were still playing, his steps turned silent as he began to approach you.

“…Moon what are you doing??” Sun’s voice rang out in a panic, but Moon didn’t even bother to answer, getting closer and closer and closer until he was right in front of the security desk, but even then, you were so tired, you didn’t notice him. “Moon???” Moon ignored him, instead, leaning his long body across the desk until he was practically in your face, resting his chin in his hand. Your head had been hanging down for about a full minute now, your arms tightly folded across your chest for warmth. This lovely little sight sparked a familiar feeling in Moon that he was growing rather accustomed to. He couldn’t put a finger on what it was, but it really was quite peaceful watching you, Moon was almost disappointed when your head jerked up once more and your eyes suddenly met his.

“A-” A small squeak escaped you and you jumped violently in place, almost falling out of your chair as you were clearly startled by his unexpected presence in front of you. You were both lucky that you hadn’t made more noise, as it would have scared the kids out of their drowsy states, but it still took you a couple of seconds to collect yourself despite your comparatively mild reaction. “M-Moon…??”

“Sssleeping on the job?” He asked, his eyes half-lidded so that the bright light they issued wouldn’t be overly glaring as you stared back. He saw that lovely heat cloud your features in response to his teasing. “Naughty, naughty… I have a funny little feeling that you're nooot supposed to dooo thaaaat.” He was waiting for you to scold him in return, to remind him that the security desk was off limits to them the way that Sun was reminding him right now, but you did no such thing.

“Yeahhhh…” You admitted rubbing your eyes adorably roughly with your hands, as though that would help you keep them open. “I’m sorry… I had a long night, n-not that that’s an excuse, but it won’t happen again-”

“A looong night?” Moon’s faceplate rotated so that his head was tilted to the side, his interest clearly piqued. “And what, pray tell, was more important than getting a goood night’sss sssleep?” The expression you wore in response to his question was an interesting one; There was clearly some confusion, and there was also some uncertainty, hmm… Were you going to lie? Did you have something to lie about?

“Ahhh…” You looked away from him and began to fiddle mindlessly with your hair. “I-It’s not so much that I had something else to do, and more that I just… couldn’t fall asleep.”

“Hmmmm…” Moon didn’t think that you were lying, but it did feel as though you were purposefully leaving something out.

“…Do you think that has anything to do with us?” Sun’s voice echoed softly through their shared headspace. Moon acknowledged that it was possible and by doing so, felt his own morsel of guilt about the events of the prior evening. He was thoroughly unbothered by everything else that had occurred, but the thought of scaring you so badly-so unintentionally-that you lost sleep over it? He was unaware of the way his hand drifted towards his pockets for some more moondrops when you spoke up again.

“Uh… Hey, Moon?” His faceplate rotated the opposite way so that it was at a new angle. You clearly wanted to ask something, but it almost seemed as though you were working up the courage to do so. “W-while you’re here, uh… I wasn’t able to ask earlier because the kids were around, a-and I don’t know if you’ll even know the answer to this, but, um…” You swallowed heavily, steeling your resolve. “Sun's been acting ah… differently… around me… Did I… do… something? To bother Sun, that is?”

“Tell her no, tell her no, tell her no, tell her no-”

“He’sss been acting odd, hmm?” Moon answered your question with a question of his own. “Well, Msss. (Y/N), can you think of anything you might have done to bother poooor Sunny?” Before Sun could even yell at Moon for failing to pass along his message, you shook your head firmly.

“I’ve already tried to think of anything, but I just don’t know.” You responded, screwing your lips into a cute frown. “Do you think he’d be upset if I tried to talk to him about it?”

“Hmmm…” Moon hummed, ignoring Sun’s yelled responses that were flooding his head. “Well Ms. (Y/N)… if you ssstay just past closing, perhapsss you’ll have a chance to ask him about it in priiivate.” That suggestion certainly shut his counterpart up. It was an enticing concept, the idea of the two of you spending some time alone together, even if it was horribly-

“Dangerous!” Sun shrieked internally, but you simply nodded at the Lunar-themed animatronic, unaware of his Solar brother's panic.

“Thanks, Moon.” You offered him a soft smile that he was wholly unprepared for. “I appreciate the advice. S-sorry again, for dozing off-” You were about to stand up to do a few more laps of the Daycare to properly rouse yourself when one of Moon’s giant hands darted out at you, landing on your shoulder and easily engulfing it as he pushed you back down. You didn’t resist him, but you blinked up at him owlishly with even more confusion than you’d shown Sun earlier.

“MOON.” Sun’s anxiety hit Moon full force, forcing him to pull his hand back, but the warmth of your shoulder felt like it had burned him. Even though he was no longer touching you, the way you’d felt beneath his fingertips was imbedded in his mind.

“…Ssstay.” Was all Moon said, as he slipped away into the dark of the Daycare. He grabbed one of the larger blankets from the storage closet where they were kept and crept back towards you just as silently as he’d left. When he returned, he was pleased to note that you hadn’t even moved an inch in his absence. At the thought of your obedience, that feeling he felt earlier reignited deep inside. He tossed the blanket at you, and you clumsily caught it in your arms.

“Uh… Moon?” You looked up at him, even more confused than you were before. “…D’you want me to give this to one of the kids?” He shook his head sternly.

“Nighty night…” He hissed the words harshly. Your face screwed up once more, and you looked like you were about to protest, but he spoke up again before you could. “I am fully capable of keeping an eye on things for the rest of naptime. It isss what I was built for…” He rumbled out, placing a lone moondrop on the security desk in front of you. Sharing one last stern look with you, the intent of which was to communicate that he would not take no for an answer, he turned around and disappeared once more into the darkness.

He could feel you staring after him, just like he could tell that you had lost sight of him shortly after. And then once he was fully lost from your sight, he watched you from the darkness, intrigued by what you would choose to do. Would you listen? Obey him blindly like he sooo wanted you to do? You sat frozen for a moment, though your eyes flickered between the moondrop and the blanket. Finally, with a nervous little look around the Daycare, you snagged the moondrop off the counter and began to unwrap it. Moon couldn’t help but fixate on the way you popped the hard candy between your lips and began to suck.

“…Good little Starlight.” Moon hummed approvingly, as though Sun hadn’t been throwing a stage-5 fit ever since he placed his hand on you.

“-lights on, turn the lights on, turn the lights on-”

“Jealousss?” Moon’s voice was amused as he watched you gently unfold the blanket and drape it over yourself.

“NO.” Sun retorted immediately, his tone sharper than Moon had ever heard.

“Another lieee, Sunny?”

“You broke two rules. And she saw!” Sun fretted as they watched you curl into your chair and finally close your eyes. “Y-you’re gonna get us decommissioned if you’re not careful…”

“Hmm…” Moon’s eyes didn’t leave you once as he watched you shift around to get more comfortable. He didn’t think the concern that Sun voiced held any weight… After all, if you were bothered by his behavior to the extent that you’d report it, would you be trying to sleep right now? In his presence? “I’m sssorry you’re upset, Sunny. Maybe you’ll get a chance to make me jealous after hoursss-”

“Moon-I… MMPH. I'm not talking to you anymore.” Sun was so uncharacteristically angry, Moon had to stop himself from cackling at the concept of his chatterbox of a counterpart giving him the silent treatment. Instead, he kept his attention trained on you, watching as your heartbeat slowed and your breathing steadied, until you had once more fallen asleep.

Chapter Text

You were stupid.

Only someone stupid would voluntarily sleep in their place of employment, per the whims of their giant, grumpy, man-made babysitter of a coworker. That was the conclusion you’d come to in the afternoon following your unexpected nap and the only reason you’d hadn’t thought of it sooner was because you were asleep, you absolute doorknob.

That being said, you supposed they called it dumb luck for a reason.

Everything had been fine, but you were feeling awfully mixed up in your post-wakeup haze. You’d slept as Moon insisted, shockingly well under his watchful eye, and you’d awoken to the sudden blare of lights and the loud clamor of the Daycare music, none the worse for wear. You quickly folded up your borrowed blanket, tucking it under the security desk before the kids could catch you. You figured you’d give it back later, hide the evidence in other words, but you’d wait until the witnesses dispersed. In the meantime, your thoughts cycled through your brain like a horrible merry-go-round.

“Oooh! That looks super-duper neat, Leo! Waaait… is that for me~?” Sun’s chipper voice rang out through the Daycare as he played with the little ones. He was laying on his stomach, legs kicking in the air as he doodled and crafted alongside the kids. A paper crown was suddenly perched carefully atop his head. “Thank you, friend! I’ll make you one too, oooh… What colors would’ja like, hmm?”

You couldn’t tell if Sun was still ignoring you, or if he was staying far enough away from you that the two of you would never have to interact, but nothing much had changed since this morning. You continued to get roped into the occasional activity, but Sun was notably absent from the games you participated in. Every now and then you would have sworn you felt him looking at you, but every time you checked, he simply appeared to be in his own, happy little world, playing with the kids. You figured that this was just your own anxiousness about later eating at you…

Speaking of later… all afternoon, you’d also been thinking about your invitation from the aforementioned man-made babysitter to stick around after hours, all so that you’d have a chance to make nice with his brother. This event alone had thrown you through a loop for several reasons… The biggest reason of all, however, was that you couldn’t remember Moon ever speaking a full sentence to you prior to today. In fact, one of the first warnings you’d been given when you got this job was to give him a wide berth… His history with the flesh-and-blood staff was less than stellar, and his name was splattered with insidious rumors of incidents that were supposed to have occurred over the years since the Pizzaplex had opened. These rumors were baseless as far as you knew, but everyone you worked with was on edge around him, and they were willing to argue that they were right to be nervous.

And you’d just… you know… slept around him, totally unaware and totally defenseless. You hadn't even questioned it!

Because he told you to.

You dumbass-

“The Daycare is now closed.” The automated voice echoing out over the loudspeakers forced you out of your state of self-deprecation. “Any unclaimed children will be transported by the security guard to Lost and Found. Please take a map from one of our conveniently placed Map Bots if directions are required. Have a great day and thank you for visiting the Daycare.”

“Bye friends! I’ll see you soon!” Sun shouted, waving goodbye to the last little ones being collected right before he closed and locked the main entrance. You slowly got up from your station, stretching your arms above your head as you moved and finally approached him.

“Is that everyone?” You asked, more as a formality than anything else. There shouldn’t be any kids left, per the Daycare log which you maaay have checked on your Fazwatch mere moments ago, but you needed something to say to break the ice.

“Sure is, yes indeedy!” Sun chirped in response. You were glad he was talking to you, but you noticed that he’d began to pick up messes, working in a way that allowed him to creep further and further away from you. “Thank goodness… I always feel bad when one of my friends doesn’t get picked up in time… I don’t think the games in Lost and Found are very fun. Annnyway, you should be on your way, goodnight, bye-bye!”

“Yeaaaahhh, maybe.” You scratched the back of your head awkwardly as he waved you away. Moon may have invited you to stay late, but you still didn’t know if Sun was aware… Even if he was aware, you didn’t know if he was onboard, and even if he was onboard, you didn’t know if he’d forgive you for whatever heinous crime you’d apparently committed against him… You glanced down at your Fazwatch and began to clock out, but you still hadn't moved to leave. You glanced up, seeing the now familiar sight of Sun's back as he cleaned vigorously, and you forced yourself to speak again, hoping that you'd be able to use your words to test the proverbial waters. “A-anyway… you did a really good job today! With the kids, I mean. They all seemed like they were having a great time, a-and with no incidents! It’s honestly impressive, I can’t remember the last time I had a day without any problems to report.” You were rambling and you knew it, but you were still hoping that Sun would simply ramble back as he was prone to do, or something like that. What you were not hoping for was the way you insta-jinxed yourself, as any life Sun had been showing seemed to vanish at your words.

He was mid-crouch, glancing back at you while simultaneously trying to pick up some blocks that had were scattered about, and somewhere in the middle of your sentence, he just… froze there… his paper crown dangling precariously from one of his rays.

“…Sun?” There was no response. SHIT. This was just like when he’d made eye contact with you in the ball pit earlier. He was just staring at you, silent and frozen and unresponsive… But somehow, he didn’t look completely lifeless to you. His eyes were just as blank as always, there was something behind them you just couldn’t put your finger on. “You know, me saying that there were no incidents earlier wasn’t exactly a complaint.” You tried to joke as you ran over to him, hoping that it would break him from this trance, but it did no good. Once you were near him, you slowed down significantly. His earlier reaction when you tried to touch him was burned in your mind, there was no ignoring the way he had literally leapt away from you. You glanced up at him as you extended your arm slightly towards him, as though you were going to touch him but with no true intent to do so, but this time there was nothing.

You sighed.

You shifted your weight from one foot to the other, uncertain about what you were supposed to do right now. Maybe you should just call maintenance, but you’d probably get in trouble if it ended up being nothing… you were supposed to do basic examinations when the animatronics glitched out like this, but he’d been so opposed to being touched earlier… You really, really didn’t want to upset him any more than you already apparently had… you already felt bad about how uncomfortable he was around you, you didn't want to make it worse.

“I’m going to touch you… I-I really hope that’s okay. Uh. Speak now, or forever hold your peace, I guess?” You glanced up at him, looking right into his unblinking eyes, but when he failed to respond, you swallowed dryly. “Well then… Here goes…” You placed your hand on his arm, figuring that was a good place to start before you got into the nitty gritty basics of an emergency maintenance exam.

However, that singular touch seemed to do the trick as it appeared to force a reboot.

You heard a soft whirring kick on from somewhere in his chest area, but more importantly, you heard some staticky feedback issue from his voicebox.

“O-oooooooooh my stars, ohmystarsohmystars, I’m so sorrysorrysorry-”

“Shshsh, no need to be sorry, are you alright?” You cut him off mid-apology, feeling an influx of relief as Sun came back to life. “You scared me there! I was worried I’d broken you somehow.”

“No, no, not broken, I’m fine, just fine! Never been finer-the finest, in fact!” He chattered, so certain that you couldn’t help but laugh as you patted his arm. "I just got distracted, yes, yes, silly me."

“Are you sure you don't need me to submit a maintenance report for you, or something?” You asked, not noticing the way he’d tilted his head down to stare at what was touching him… where you were still touching him. “O-oh! S-sorry… You pulled your hand back from him as quickly as you could, turning the tables as you were now the overly-apologetic one out of the two of you. “You were all frozen earlier, and you weren’t responding s-so I was going to do a maintenance check, Ihopethat’sokay. I-I know you didn’t want me to touch you back in the ball pit and I totally understand but-” The words spilled out of you like water from a leaky bucket.

“Oh no, no, no, that’s not-I mean, that wasn’t…” He paused uncertain about what to say. It looked like he was flip flopping internally until finally… “There’s no need to submit a maintenance report, I’m really okay, really, really, really and it’s all thanks to you! So thank you for helping me! No report.”

“…Of course, Sun.” Your lips turned up into a small grin. It was the best you could manage all things considered, but you hoped it made him feel more comfortable, since he still appeared to be on the edge of anxious. “That’s what I’m here for… I hope you know that.”

“Oh of course!” He nodded his head enthusiastically at that. “You’re super helpful-way more than the others that come down here, annnd the kids really like you too, yes! You did a really good job today too, you know! You really, really, really did!”

“Aww… That means a lot, coming from you.” You said, feeling genuinely touched by the compliment. When it came down to kids, he was definitely the pro out of the two of you, so if he thought you'd done well, that meant something. You really did try to help out when you could and it felt nice to know that he appreciated your efforts-wait… you were getting distracted… You swallowed heavily, your anxiety coming back full force as you prepared to address him like you wanted to. “Actually, now that we’re alone and now that you’re feeling better, um… do you have a second? To talk, that is?” For a brief moment you thought he’d frozen again but shortly after, he suddenly began to fidget.

“O-oh well… y e ssss, I suppose, I-” Another moment of internal flip flopping as he fiddled with his fingers, swaying in place in front of you in such a way that his crown almost fell off with each sway. You thought you heard an equivalent of a sigh come from his voice box as static whooshed out of it. “Didn’t mean to act like that, don’t hate you, no, no, no, it’s just, it’s very, v e r y difficult, yes, but you didn’t do anything-”

“You don’t?” You blurted out, in the middle of Sun’s tirade. He stilled, but his faceplate twitched slightly. Finally, he shook his head. “…I didn’t do anything?” He shook his head again. “Oh, thank fuck…”

“Inappropriate language is not permitted in the Daycare.” He chided automatically, but you just grinned up at him, almost laughing at yourself for how ridiculous you’d been acting because of everything.

“Sorry, sorry, that was my bad…” But you couldn’t bring yourself to stop grinning, the relief at this instant removal of guilt flooding your system, but it was only then that you thought to ask… “But you have been acting different lately, haven’t you?” He just stared at you at first, but then, slowly, he nodded. “…Why?” A noise akin to a whine came from him.

“…Didn’t… want to bother you…” He muttered, glancing at you only to immediately glance away, wrapping his arms tightly around himself. “Didn’t want to spook you, no… Non-S.T.A.F.F. staff always leave, don’t like it here. Won’t stay for over an hour, mm-mm-mm, but you did.”

“Sun…” You didn’t know what to say. He was clearly upset and you felt an inclination to comfort him but you were feeling at a loss. He was saying exactly what you’d been thinking just earlier today, after all… “You know they schedule us to rotate in and out, it’s not personal-”

“We're not dumb.” You were surprised when he cut you off so abruptly, but you felt your words die on your lips. You knew he was right, you just hated that he knew he was right. You shifted awkwardly in place, and again he looked at you, allowing his eyes to flicker away almost immediately. “…I know what they say, heard the complaints about me. About us. Didn’t want-Couldn’t have you feeling like that, no, wanted you to be comfortable. Thought maaaybe… if you wereee… you would come more often?” The hopeful look on his face almost broke your heart.

“…You were trying to make me more comfortable?” It was surprisingly sweet and completely unexpected, but when you thought about it, you supposed that it made sense… Most of the complaints you’d heard about the animatronic in front of you was that he was too loud, overly friendly, annoying, even creepy. Moon’s complaints were worse, but that was besides the point… Sun’s behavior today… well… when you thought about it, the way he’d been acting around you was directly counter to those comments. “…You didn’t have to do all that, you know… I guess we haven’t spent that much time together until now, but I liked you just fine before.” Sun’s head suddenly twisted, and he bent way over so that he could look you right in your eyes. 

“…You liked me?” His blank eyes made it feel as though he were looking right through you.

“Well… yeah.” You shrugged. Now that his head was so close, without really thinking about it, you reached out and straightened out the crown his little friend had made for him, securing it safely on top of his head once more. While you were doing so, you continued speaking. “You were always really nice to me and, well… you’re right about what the others say about you, you… ah… already know that, but the kids always seem to like you! I mean, sometimes they’re a little scared of you at first, but they always come around, and I mean, kids have a tendency to see right through bullshit-ah. Sorry…" You glanced up at him apologetically, but for once, he seemed unbothered by your cursing, still staring at you just as intensely as he'd been before. "A-anyway, with that said, I never really took the stuff the others had say to heart, I guess-”

Sun was on you in a second his arms encircling you snuggly as he pulled you against him. You stilled, startled by this sudden turn of events; he’d been so opposed to having any physical contact with you at all earlier, but now… You were thrown off by how warm he was. You hadn’t expected that from him but he radiated heat, just like… well… the sun. You were a little caught up in how nice it felt that you didn't think to hug him back… until he jerked away from you, that is.

“Sorrysorrysorry, against the rules, against the rules-” He sounded more distraught than he had all day as he tried to back away from you, and his perpetually smiling face somehow exuding pure terror, but he wasn’t prepared when your arms tightened around him.

“Hey now, there’s nothing for you to be sorry about…” You said quietly, tilting your head way, waaay up so that you could look at him. He looked panicked, his hands hovering all over the place but he never quite touched you. It honestly looked like he was caught between pushing you away or hugging you back

“B-but we’re n-not supposed to- mustn’t touch human employees, no, no, no-”

“What if we were friends?” You asked, the question at the very least distracting Sun from his meltdown… Or you’d broken him again, considering that he’d stopped moving… it was one of the two. You were about to pull away, make sure he was alright, when he finally spoke again.

“…F-friends?” Sun’s voice was oddly low… if it was a little lower and a little more staticky, he would have sounded just like Moon.

“Yeah… It's fine to hug your friends, isn't it? I mean, if that’s something you’d want?” You were about to pull away, worried that you were making him uncomfortable, when his arms were around you again, suddenly picking you up and spinning you around like you weighed absolutely nothing. 

“Oh, I'd love that!” He laughed, sounding genuinely thrilled as you clung to him for dear life. "You really mean it?? You really want to be friends? Really, really, really?"

"Mm-hmm!" Was all you were able to get out, as you squeezed your eyes shut, praying that the spinning would stop soon. Your prayers were half-way answered as he set you down on solid ground just moments later, but your legs were unprepared to stand and threatened to give out.

"Caaareful, Daydream!" He laughed, continuing to stand close enough to you that you could lean on him for balance, entirely unapologetic about being the reason you needed something to lean on in the first place. There it was again… Daydream… 

"I'm trying to be careful." You huffed, feeling slightly embarrassed by the dramatics of your jelly legs, but as they began to steady beneath you, you asked. "…Why do you call me that, anyway?"

"…Friends give friends nicknames!" Sun answered vaguely, and it was clear to you that he was trying to sidestep your question. 

"Fine, fine..." A part of you wanted to point out that he'd called you that earlier before you were technically friends, but you didn't want to push it. You'd just gotten on his good side, after all. "I guess that means I'll have to come up with a nickname for you before the next time we hang out? I'm not sure when my next Daycare shift will be, but I'll make sure to come up with something good!" Your legs finally firm beneath you, you began to walk towards the employee entrance. "I'm seriously exhausted so I'm gonna head out, but I'll see you around, alright? You and Moon have a good night!" You glanced over your shoulder to see that Sun was still standing where you'd left him, his hand partially raised into a wave.

"…You have a good night too! Come back soon!" He called out after you, as you opened the door and waved goodbye back, just before slipping through, and out of sight. "…Daydream…"

Chapter Text

It had been four days since Sun had seen you.

Well… Technically, it had been three days, twenty-two hours and forty-seven minutes since he’d seen you, but that was practically four days. He sighed, staring at the employee entrance longingly, willing you to walk through it. He’d thought about you almost constantly since then, the way you’d worried about him, hugged him, how you wanted to be friends, SAID YOU LIKED HIM-

“I knowww you’re distracted but you neeed to focusss, Sunny.” Moon’s voice was noticeably disgruntled, and Sun couldn’t help but grumble guiltily as he quickly surveyed the room that he’d admittedly lost track of… The kids had been extra mischievous today, as though making up for the angelic behavior they’d exhibited on they day you’d been in the Daycare. “They’re not any naughtier than usssual, you’re just not paying attention.”

“They are so.” Sun retorted, failing to admit that he was responsible in any way. Sure, maybe he hadn’t been quick enough to stop Sloan from getting glitter glue everywhere, and fine, maybe he should have kept a closer eye on the kids during lunch so that he could have prevented the explosion of Fizzy-Faz that had occurred, and OKAY maybe he should have realized that Cody and Leo had both noticed and taken advantage of his distraction by putting stickers on him every chance they got, but his inability to concentrate didn’t change the fact that they’d been bad. He wouldn’t take the blame for it, no siree, and why should he have to anyway? He was the one who’d have to clean everything up at the end of the day.

“I help too.” Moon pointed out, but Sun ignored him, picking up a rogue crayon and scribbling on the blank piece of paper in front of him. “The new little ones crieeed and raaan from me today, couldn’t get them to sleep, no… and now I’ll have to help clean up youuur mess because of your daaaydreaming.”

“My lit-tle Daaaydreeeam…” It had been a poor choice of words on Moon’s part, as Sun promptly began to draw a little picture of you hugging him. Mmm, he wanted to see you again so, so, so bad. He kept checking your schedule to see if you’d be in the Daycare, but so far, he’d had no luck. He’d even asked one of the security guards about it, asked if they knew when your next Daycare shift would be. They’d just stared at him blankly, like he’d grown three extra eyes or something. They hadn’t even answered… In fact, Sun thought that they’d muttered something about not wanting to be eaten… They’d been no help, no help at all. Not like you. You were always so helpful, always so sweet, stepping in whenever you could. You said you’d think of a nickname for him… he wondered what it would be? He sorta hoped it’d be something special… something new… but he already knew that he’d love it no matter what it was.

“…You’re hopeless.” Moon spat out, but Sun giggled in response.

“Sooomebooody’s jeeeelooous.” He teased as he doodled, feeling noticeably smug at how the tables had turned.

“Am not.”

“Are too.”

“Am not.”

“Are too.”

“I am not.”

“You are too-”

“You’re talking to yourself.” One of the new kids (Tara Rosenberg, age 4) stated firmly, causing the other kids who were coloring to giggle. She had a pretty, periwinkle blue crayon clutched in her fist as she leaned waaaaay over to peek at Sun’s artwork. “Who’s that?”

“My drawing’s not that bad, is it? Can’t you tell that’s me?” Sun pretended to pout, knowing full well that wasn’t what she was asking. “Who else do you know that’s so big and yellow, huh? Huh??”

“And spikey!” Daedra chimed in, slashing her own yellow crayon at her sheet of paper a few times for emphasis. “Cuz a those things on your head!”

“And stickery!” Cody tagged on, grinning from ear-to-ear as Leo began to laugh so hard, he almost fell over. At least someone thought it was funny Sun supposed, though he wouldn’t be surprised if even more stickers had been added to the collection since he’d caught them earlier. Little troublemakers. Sun snuck his art off the table and shoved it in his pocket before he could get any more questions about it. As much as he wanted to shout about you to the world, there was another part of him that wanted to keep you aaaall to himself, as much as he could. That part of him was louder than the other right now, but unfortunately for him, Tara wasn’t having it.

“No, no, no.” Tara shook her head, a frown curving her lips downwards. “Who’s the girl? The one you was hugging?”

“Girls have cooties.” Leo said sagely before Sun could answer, shivering as though something gross had touched him.

“No, BOYS have cooties.” Sloan huffed back, sticking her tongue out at Leo for good measure as Casie nodded along vehemently with her. “I heard that if you catch them, you die-”

“Now, now, friends.” Sun spoke up urgently as fear crossed the faces of some of the younger kids at Sloan’s statement. “No one has cooties. I scanned each and every one of you to make sure you’re all happy and healthy! If you had cooties, I would know!”

“I don’t think that’s how it works. I think you just have cooties if you’re a boy-” Sloan started to say, purposefully stirring the pot, but before Sun could say anything back, one of the boys made a huge show of licking their hand.

“COOTIE TAG!!!”

“NO!” Sun shouted, but it was too late. The kids were dispersing with shrieks and giggles as chased each other, trying to threaten each other with their very fake cooties and their very real germs. “Yucky, yucky, yucky! Stop!!! This is not good!!! Everyone needs to go to the bathrooms, needs to wash their hands-” It was no use; Sun had completely lost the reins, and no amount of yelling was going to get them back. He tried to collect the kids, tried so hard to get them to stop, but even though he was the size of three people, there was only one of him. He needed help. He rushed to the security desk as fast as he could.

The girl sitting there was new and notably skittish. She’d been working at the Pizzaplex for about a week, but this was her first time in the Daycare. She was standoffish, spending the entirety of her hour staring at Sun, as though her job was to keep an eye on him rather than the safety of the Daycare. She scrambled to her feet as he neared her, panic etched on her face.

“H-hey, not so close-” She stammered, holding her arms in front of her chest, her FazWatch positioned noticeably near her mouth. Sun skidded to a halt as best as he could but due to the momentum, he couldn’t stop himself from getting just a bit closer to the security desk than she clearly wanted him to be.

“Help I-I need help, they won’t stop, won’t listen-” Sun spluttered, pointing at the chaos and screams of the kiddos crawling through the tubes and tunnels of the play structures, desperate to either cootie or be cootied. His patience was hanging on by a thread after the day that he’d had, and the way she simply stared at him, rather than immediately help him like you would have, made him want to rip his rays out. She looked back and forth between Sun and the kids.

“…Are you saying you can’t do your job?” She asked, eyes narrowing in confusion. “A-are you malfunctioning?”

“What???” Both Sun and Moon were taken aback by this line of reasoning, and Sun could feel Moon’s presence push as close to the forefront as he possibly could when Sun was fronting. “What is she insssinuating?” Moon’s aggravation was palpable to Sun, it took everything that Sun had to stuff those feelings way, way in the back.

“No, no, no, not at all Ms…” Sun quickly scanned the database. “Han. But there are more kids here today than usual, a-and there’s only lil old me and they’re not listening to me, getting filthy germs everywhere and I could really use the help. D-don't want anyone to get sick or hurt, just need help! To calm them down!” Sun explained as calmly as he could, despite how frantic he felt.

“Sun… You’re supposed to be able to watch the kids.” She said slowly, as though she thought he was trying to trick her. She pulled her FazWatch in front of her face and began to type. “If you’re having trouble, something might be wrong. M-maybe we should shut down, and I’ll submit a maintenance report-”

“NO-” Neither Sun nor Moon were certain which of them had forced the word out, but there was no question that they had done so. There was also no question about the fact that they had apparently reached past the top of the security desk and wrapped their fingers all they way around her arm in an attempt to stop her from what she was trying to do. There was a moment of silence, a moment where time felt like it had frozen, and then…

She screamed.

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Your shift was up in a couple minutes, and you were thrilled at the prospect, especially since you were about to get two full days off work. This was unheard of in the Pizzaplex, but Vicky had hooked you up. You were pretty sure she just felt guilty about how much she’d been asking from you lately, but you weren’t about to second-guess your good fortune, no way. You strolled the Fazcade lazily, eying the combination of old classics and FazBear specials with mild interest. Despite your employment, your engagement with the Pizzaplex had historically been work only; you didn’t really indulge in the fun of the place, though that didn’t mean you didn’t want to… You just couldn’t bring yourself to spend extra time here outside of your working hours.

It had been quiet, but you supposed that was normal for a Wednesday afternoon. There had been a rush right after school had let out, but most of that was quick to disperse as kids of all ages were summoned home for dinner. As you worked such a chill shift, your thoughts drifted back to the promise you'd made to Sun, just a few days ago.

I guess that means I'll have to come up with a nickname for you before the next time we hang out?

What could you call him? Nicknames were traditionally supposed to to be shorter than someone's name, but Sun's name only had a single syllable as it was… The same was true for Moon, who you were also trying to think of a nickname for. You may not have made him the same promise, but it felt unfair for you to give one to Sun and not do the same for Moon, especially when Moon had been so uncharacteristically nice to you the other day. If he hated it, you'd never use it on him, but you still wanted to come up with something just in case. Speaking of which, you had heard Moon refer to Sun as Sunny which was surprisingly cute of him, but you were inclined to come up with something different. Sun's name was unique to you, though it had been a little odd to hear him call you that out of nowhere, but you felt like you should come up with something unique as well. Guh, you'd just have to put some more thought into it…

You could hear music coming from the dancefloor area, indicating that DJ Music Man was awake. You were about to peer in, see if anyone was actually dancing at 5ish on a Wednesday, when a notification blared from your Fazwatch.

SECURITY ALERT

The words blinked in red and yellow, causing you to click on your watch to see the details.

ANIMATRONIC MALFUNCTION IN THE DAYCARE: THE ANIMATRONIC HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY SHUTDOWN AND IS BEING TRANSPORTED TO PARTS AND SERVICES. THE DAYCARE WILL CLOSE EARLY AND WILL NOT RESUME ACTIVITY UNTIL THE ANIMATRONIC IS THOROUGHLY EXAMINED.

Oh no… You couldn’t help but worry as you read those words over and over; Sun had been glitching a little bit the other day, but you hadn’t done anything about it because he’d seemed fine after the fact. Also he had asked you not to, and he'd been rather vehement about that request… You really hoped that this wasn’t related to that… that there hadn't been something wrong with him that you just overlooked. You went to read the message one more time, only to have the security notification replaced with another notification telling you that your shift was officially over. Normally, you would have clocked out on the spot, but you only had one thought on your mind: What on earth had happened?? Ignoring this second notification, you immediately jumped into the security log on your watch, scrolling through the incident reports that had been written up today, but you weren’t seeing anything that would indicate what had happened in the Daycare. Your worry immediately increased.

Without even thinking about it, you went to call Vicky on your FazWatch, but before you could hit the call button, she called you. You immediately answered.

“Okay, okay first of all I am so sorry, but I need you to promise not to hate me.” She blurted out, skipping the formality of a greeting entirely and jumping right to apologies. That couldn’t be a good sign…

“Vicks, what’re you-”

“-I just- I can’t keep them if we keep sending them there, they won’t stay, they don’t trust it, especially not after today-”

“What hap-”

“-Thank god it didn’t hurt her, but I thought they programmed it to stop touching, but I guess it is a Daycare robot, they can’t take that out of it entirely-”

“He tou-”

“-she’s just such a mess, I knew she was nervous around the animatronics, but I figured she’d get used to it, adjust with time like the rest of us, but nooo, shit had to go down almost immediately, god fucking dammit-”

“Vicky.” The sharp intonation with which you spoke her name finally, finally caused her to pause. “Slow down. Deep breath, and then recap. What happened in the Daycare and why am I going to be mad at you?” You were surprised when you actually heard her take the deepest breath she could, releasing it with an audible huff.

“… You know Ellie Han? One of the new hires?” She asked, her voice cracking slightly over the FazWatch.

“Sure, go on.” This was a lie, you’d never even heard their name before, but you didn’t want to distract your boss with unnecessary details when she was already so frazzled.

“We had her on Daycare duty for the afternoon… I should have known better.” Vicky admitted, sounding almost guilty about the situation, as though she were at fault. “She was almost at the end of her last hour, was supposed to rotate out at five, but apparently the Daycare Attendant rushed at her. She says that it lost control of the kids and was asking for help or something.” She groaned in exasperation, her stress bleeding through the watch. “Apparently, she was under the impression that, since it’s built for what it does, it should be able to handle things on its own no matter what, yadda yadda-”

“So she doesn’t know that Fazbear’s Daycare is licensed so that it counts the security guard on duty as an attendant so that they can double the maximum occupants without actually having to hire someone to help?” You asked dryly; You were being a little hypocritical since you yourself had only learned this fact recently in a chat you'd had with some of the other employees, but you ignored that fact. Yet again, all this tidbit really did was emphasize the cheapness of your corporate overlords.

“W-well… nooo… but they weren’t at capacity either…” Vicky grumbled. You were about to argue that the Daycare was likely over half capacity, which was the amount of kids Sun was legally allowed to supervise on his own, when she continued. “Anyway… Han misinterpreted this as a malfunction, told him she was going to submit a maintenance report and I guess he grabbed her or something.”

“…Is she alright?” You asked, your mouth going dry.

“She’s scared as hell, but otherwise fine. Not even a scratch.” Vicky said, and you couldn’t help but release a shaky breath of relief at the news. You didn’t want her to be hurt for making such a rookie mistake, but you also didn’t want to think about what might happen to Sun and Moon if things had been any worse. “But the other problem is, she freaked out. Activated the Daycare’s emergency protocol system…” She trailed off, as though there were implications here that you ought to already be familiar with.

“…Is that what triggered the notification that went out on the watch?” You asked cluelessly.

“I wish…” She muttered. “No… that would only notify the other rotating Daycare guard on duty, as well as the management at the facility that something had happened… but it also triggers Moon to come out as emergency security, even if the lights are on, and Moon was… not happy…” She finished, her tone indicating that that was putting it lightly. “He didn’t do anything to her, thank god… the girl at least had the sense to stay behind the security desk, but I guess he said some things to her? She’s refusing to say what though, just that if she ever has to go back in there, she’ll quit.” It wasn’t until Vicky said those words that you knew exactly where this was going, exactly why she had asked you to promise not to hate her.

“…Can I please have my two days off before you ask me to do what I know you’re going to ask me to do.” You said sarcastically, slumping against the wall of the arcade.

“You’re the only person here who’s ever said that they like the Daycare shift.” Vicky pointed out, and you almost groaned in response. You never expected those words to haunt you this way. “Charlie even told me that it’s been asking about you! It wanted to know when you’re coming back. He thinks it wants to eat you but he thinks it wants to eat everyone and I think it likes working with-”

“Vickyyy…” You groaned, rubbing your face with your hands. “Even if I spend all my working hours in the Daycare, the Daycare is open more than 40 hours a week. I won’t be able to be in there the whole time the Daycare is open-”

“I’ll guarantee that you get Tuesday and Wednesday off every week.” She rushed through her offer, clearly desperate. “If you work eight to six on those other days, I’ll make sure you get an hour to leave to take a real lunch break. I know that that’s still over 40 hours but I can promise you overtime for the time you do work and please (Y/N)…” Her pleas lingered between the two of you as you thought through her offer. It was honestly tempting… you didn’t dislike the Daycare shift the way everyone else seemed too, and now that you and Sun were apparently friends, any discomfort you might have about being there was gone, but agreeing to regular overtime with no end in sight- “I’ll even see what I can do to bump your pay.”

“Fine.” You snagged the offer the second it landed. There were too many benefits for you to overlook, even if this meant you’d be spending even more time in this godforsaken place for the foreseeable future. “But I’m still taking tomorrow and the next day off. We’ll start this arrangement up on Saturday, deal?”

“Deal.” Vicky jumped at the chance to rope you into helping her. “The Daycare Attendant is in Parts and Services right now. I’ll just arrange to keep the Daycare closed until you get back.”

“Good.” You huffed in response, but then, you weren’t quite sure why, but you couldn’t stop yourself from asking… “…He’s okay too, right?”

“…The Attendant?” Vicky asked, disbelief that you’d bother to ask about him dripping from her voice. Luckily, she answered you anyway without needing any further pressing. “Last I saw, it was angry, but fine. We had to shut it down so we could take it to Parts and Services… it seems to really hate that place, not that I like it much myself, it’s so creepy down there… But anyway, we’ll probably just have maintenance look at its wiring and confirm that everything is working like it’s supposed to.”

“That’s good.” You answered shortly. You were relieved that he was okay, but you yourself were familiar with how opposed the poor bot was to the concept of a maintenance report, you couldn’t imagine how distraught he must have been about being forcefully taken down to the basement where animatronic maintenance was performed. You hoped that it wouldn’t be too bad of an experience for him… “Well, my shift is up today, so… I guess I’ll be in the Daycare on Saturday.”

“…I seriously don’t know what I’d do without you.” Vicky muttered before hanging up on you. You stared at your FazWatch for a second after she did so, processing everything that had just happened. A part of you wanted to wander down to Parts and Services to check on him… see if he was okay… but you eventually decided against it. The basement was horrifying, and Vicky said that he was fine. Taking her at her word, you sucked your teeth, allowing a sharp tsk to fall from your lips and you finally clocked out.

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Vicky’s statement to you had been correct: Moon was not happy.

He was pissed, prowling irritably around their empty Daycare, their Daycare which had been closed since the incident. It had taken longer than usual for them to be released following the events of Wednesday, given that the maintenance technicians in Parts and Services were looking to find something wrong with them, when they were absolutely fine. It had taken everything in Moon’s power to control himself, to maintain his temper, when he was reawakened in the protective cylinder in Parts and Services.

He haaated it.

He hated everything about it, from the way they kept him completely disabled except for his voicebox, to the way he was left fully aware as he was poked and prodded. The technicians were not particularly gentle either; they knew how his sensors worked, knew that he was programed to feel every little thing they did to him, and yet because of his mechanical nature, it was as though they just didn’t… care… He knew from experience that complaining only made it worse, so he bit his tongue and swallowed his screams as they fiddled with his wiring and checked his programing. The best he could do was hide away those pieces of precious memory he didn’t want them to find, all of those recordings and image files of you that they had saved, keeping them safe behind walls and walls of security encryptions they wouldn’t think to check.

The thing he hated the most, however, was that it had all been for nothing. All because that stupid, silly, little security guard didn’t know how to do her job.

And then, once maintenance was finished with them, they were dumped back in here with the lights turned off until the powers that be deigned to turn them on again.

“-gonna get decommissioned, no,no, no, don’t wanna, can’t be, Moon what are we gonna do, what are we gonna do, I knew it I knew it I knew it-”

“Sunny, ssssshhhhh…” Moon hissed, his agitation only exacerbated by his counterpart’s ceaseless rambling. “Think… they wouldn’t have tried sooo hard to fix usss if they were just going to throw us away.”

“Then why is the Daycare still closed, huh? Huh??” Sun countered, his panic running wild despite Moon's attempt at comfort. “If everything is sooo fine, why won’t they let our friends come back? They closed the place the day we were shut down, closed the day after too, but that makes sense because we were gone… Today we’re back, ready to work, so why is the Daycare closed, and why is the power off??"

Moon didn’t have an answer for that… Instead of responding, he accessed the Fazbear servers and began poking around, seeing if he could find any records of the incident, but beyond the general security alert there was nothing. He flipped through the incident reports, the security logs, the employee chatrooms, nothing, nothing, nothing.

He'd been granted internal access to the parts of the Fazbear network that were public to the employees in an attempt to aid his security initiative, camera access and such, but he almost exclusively used the information he found here for his and Sun's own benefit. As he sorted through the information, he couldn’t believe that nothing had been said about what happened… He knew how the employees liked to talk about them, oh so, so much. He’d read their conversations before, laughed at the insipid gossip that they were under the impression he was not privy too. He wondered if all discussion of the incident had been wiped from the system somehow? That was the only thing that made sense… Fazbear Corp was sensitive about the rumors that circulated around their investments. They’d probably done what they could to remove any and all details of what had happened, hoping to keep the conversations internal, rather than waiting for a disgruntled employee to leak the information to the public.

“…D’you think it’s because no one wants to work with us?” Sun voiced, the anxiety lacing his voice in their headspace. Moon had been too quiet, given Sun too much time to think, and so his worries were flowing freely. “Ohhh, Moony… you really, really, really shouldn’t have said those things to her…”

“Didn’t sssay anything that wasn’t true.” Moon muttered back, feeling no remorse at all. All he had done was tell her to stay away… maybe he’d used some slightly colorful language to do it… vaguely warned her about what might happen if he ever caught her in their Daycare again. So what if he scared her? That had been the point of their little chat. She didn't want to be there, so she'd been unkindly invited to get the fuck out. “Don’t tell me you waaant her to come baaack?”

“We can’t open the Daycare without a security guard on duty. They won’t let us.” Sun reminded him sharply. “She wasn’t good, but she was a security guard-”

“We sshhouldn’t have to sssettle for ssscraps.” Moon growled back, the words wrapped in static as they slid into the empty room. "Too ssscared to do her job… ridiculous. What’sss the point of her even being thereee. Besidesss… what if she worksss here again? She works and you neeed mooore help? We may as well asssk for weekly trips to Partsss and Services.” Sun had no immediate response to Moon's impromptu and guttural rant, but Sun only continued to accumulate worries as the silence extended, only interrupted by Moon occasionally clicking his tongue as his search for info continued to fail him. In his defense, Sun tried so, so, so hard to leave Moon to his work.

“…If this kinda thing keeps happening…” Sun finally cracked, unable to contain himself anymore, only to immediately trail off, the implications of his words hanging in the air. Moon, on the other hand, kept searching through file after file after file to try and find any pertinent information, anything at all that might tell them what the reaction was to what had happen, or when the Daycare would open again. This lack of response only caused Sun to crack some more. “The kids were there… what if they’re scared of me when they come back? O-or, what if they’re too scared to even come back at all?”

“We ssswitched the second ssshe ssscreamed.” Moon sighed, doing his best to sound unbothered by this concept. “If they sssaw anything, they probably only sssaw me threaten her… they’ll still love you, Sunny. Nothing will change since they were already ssscared of me before anywaaay.”

“…Moon-”

“It’s fiiiiine.” Moon bit out, wanting to stop Sun before he tried to comfort him again. Moon had resigned himself to his situation a long time ago, and Sun’s attempts to make him feel better about it were wasted. Sun was quiet for a second, and silly Moon actually thought that the conversation was over riiiight up until Sun spoke up again.

“…What if Daydream heard about what happened… what if she gets scared too-”

“Sun. Shhh.” Moon shushed him for a second time, pretending that the reason he'd done so was so that Moon could focus on the task at hand, but now that Sun had said the words, Moon couldn’t unhear them. What if you feared him? Them? What if you were never comfortable, never felt safe around them again? You'd displayed an unprecedented amount of trust towards him the last time you'd worked with them, but what if that trust vanished, never to be experienced again? The thoughts cycled painfully through his brain on an endless loop, but the next thought he had hurt worse: What if you started avoiding them, treating them the same way everyone else did? He could practically feel Sun fidgeting and worrying internally, and this made his own thoughts get worse and worse, even though Sun really was trying very, very hard to shhh. “…Starlight’sss been here a while, hasssn’t she? If she wasn’t ssscared already, I don’t know if thisss would do the trick.” He played this sentence off as though he were trying to reassure Sun, but if he were being entirely honest, he was trying to reassure himself as well. Not that it did much good…

As he spoke, Moon pulled up your work schedule out of pure habit. There was something comforting to him, to see where you were, know what you were doing at that very moment… Fazbear’s employee schedules were notorious for changing at the last minute, so there was no guarantee that he’d actually know what shifts were on your horizon, but he could at least know what you were doing right now. The moment he indulged in this favorite little pastime of his, he could feel Sun finally still, focusing his sole attention on the contents Moon was looking at.

They were both disappointed when Moon pulled up your schedule, only to be reminded that you had the day off today, but his mood suddenly shifted when they looked at your schedule for Saturday… then Sunday… then Monday… nothing on Tuesday or Wednesday, but next Thursday next Friday-

“Moony… are you seeing this?” Sun’s voice sounded dumbfounded, awestruck at the way your schedule stretched on and on and on.

“Sssure am…” Moon said, continuing to swipe through your shift schedule, as though he just couldn’t believe it. “Daycare… eight to sssix…” A part of him wasn’t sure if he should believe it or not, but a gleeful cackle left his voicebox. Surely it was a glitch in the system, surely they weren’t so lucky as to be rewarded with so much of your time… But then, he saw a little administrative note positioned near your employee profile. Curious, he opened it.

Manager’s Note – VM: Employee has expressed satisfaction with working the Daycare shift. Due to issues with other personnel in the Daycare, Employee will be stationed there permanently until further notice. Expecting to pay five hours of-

The note went on and on, something about overtime and certain benefits they were giving you in exchange, but neither Sun nor Moon were interested in any of those details, no no. Both of them were completely silent as they read the same words over and over:

Employee will be stationed there permanently until further notice.

“Moony… all day, she’s gonna be there-here-”

“Mmm… Looksss like we’re going to be opening tomorrow, then?” Moon hummed, his perpetual grin somehow spreading wider across his face. “Better get ready, I sssuppose… Need to cleeean up, cleeean up.” Finally pulling himself out of the servers, he began to walk towards the utility closet, in search of cleaning supplies so that he could clean up the messes that were still splattered all over the place from Wednesday.

Vicky’s words to you still rang true: Moon was not happy, no, no…

He was ecstatic. 

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You stumbled into work a little early on Saturday morning, fresh off your two-day vacation with very little to show for it. This was a good thing mind you, given that you rarely had the chance to just sit back, relax, and do as you pleased, though you felt a little guilty about some of the chores you’d left by the wayside. Ah well… you supposed you’d have plenty of regularly scheduled days off with your new arrangement in the Daycare, right? Laundry and dishes could afford to be postponed a little longer.

You tossed your stuff in your locker and ran up to the Daycare sometime around 7:30. You trusted Vicky when she told you that the Daycare Attendant was fine, but you’d been admittedly distracted thinking about their predicament the whole time you were gone. Maybe it was silly of you to concern yourself about the wellbeing of a machine, but knowing that they’d had to spend time in a place that Sun was obviously terrified of… it just didn’t feel right. Perhaps your worry stemmed from the complexity of his programming, or perhaps it was the fact that you two were now friends… who’s to say. Either way, when you’d woken up unexpectedly early this morning, you just decided to come straight to work; You figured you could put your odd concerns to rest, and also have a talk with your new friend about the many, many upcoming shifts you’d be spending together.

The bright lights and bouncy Daycare music meshed with your early morning like orange juice and toothpaste. It didn’t matter how well rested you were, it was too early for this shit. Just like last week, Sun was nowhere to be seen upon your entrance, but this time, you weren’t going to allow him to remain that way.

“SUUUN!” You shouted into the expanse of the Daycare, looking for any signs of the giant, yellow animatronic. For a second time, you were struck with the thought that it shouldn’t be so easy for you to lose track of him, considering his size. “Are you up? Have you… risen? Heheh… Huh… Does he sleep?” Your questions unraveled into soft questions for yourself, but the sudden clamor that came from behind his curtain alerted you to his location. He poked his head from behind the red material of the curtain, his eyes quickly zeroing in on you.

“F-friend?? Is that you??” He stammered, sounding both excited and nervous all at once. “Oh my, oh my you’re here early, early, early! Such an early bird~”

“I know! I hope you don’t mind, I wanted to see you before we opened.” You grinned up at him, happy to see that he at least looked okay after everything, even though all you could really see was his faceplate.

“…You wanted to see me?” He asked, sounding absolutely giddy at the concept, and his faceplate appeared to whirl all the way around.

“That’s what I said, didn’t I?” You laughed at the way his faceplate whirled yet again. “You wanna come down? Or do you just want to yell at each other until 8?”

“Down, I want to come down, yes, yes, yes but ah…” He rolled his head a bit from side to side, the rest of his body still shrouded by curtain. “Gimme a… a couple seconds, would’ja?” He slipped back behind the curtain, to do… something. You weren’t sure how long you were expecting to wait but just like he’d said, a couple seconds later, a big blur of yellow hurtled out of his door and landed right in the ball pit.

“Are you okay?!” You neared the edge of the ball pit, but before you even got there, he popped up to his full height and began to wade towards you. God, you forgot how tall he was when he wasn’t crouched over like he normally was…

“I’m fine fine fine, no need to worry, no need since you’re here!” He giggled as he approached you; He reminded you slightly of a golden retriever, bounding towards you filled with that endless energy he was so renown for. For a moment, you thought he actually might tackle you. You braced for impact, but upon seeing the way you tensed in place he skidded to a halt, stopping mere inches from you. You both just kinda stared at each other for a second until you slowly spread your arms in invitation, an invitation that Sun snagged as fast as he possibly could by scooping you into his arms and hugging you closely against himself.

“Even if you’re fine, that still gives me a heart attack every time.” You murmured as you hugged him back, clinging to him tightly as your feet left the ground. “I-I don’t understand how you don’t hurt yourself… do you not have stairs?”

“Siiiilly, silly, soooo silly~” He laughed, his grip on you getting even snugger. You thought you heard a whir of fans kicking on somewhere inside his chest, and you were once again thrown off by how warm he was. “Couldn’t get down here in a couple seconds if I took the stairs, could I?”

“You could have taken longer than that you know…” You were grateful for Sun’s secure hold on you, but you were still terrified by the sudden distance between you and the ground. You really didn’t know how the kids were so okay with this, but perhaps they were just used to being held by things bigger than them in general. And besides, at least Sun wasn’t spinning you around this time… That being said, he also showed no signs of putting you down either.

“No siree, afraid not, mm-mm-mm.” He hummed squeezing you just a smidge tighter as he did so. “I said I’d take a couple seconds, so I took a couple seconds! Nothing moooore, nothing less. Besiiiides I missed you! Wanted to see you, so so bad. Haven’t seen you for a whole week, no-”

“I missed you too, but ah… c-can’t breathe-” Sun set you down so fast, your heart leapt in your chest and for a moment you were afraid that he’d actually dropped you.

“Aaaahhhhh are you alright?” He asked, looking you up and down as though afraid that he’d broken you. “So, so sorry, I-I didn’t mean to-”

“Hey, hey, I just needed some air, I’m alright now, honest.” You gently patted his arm, partially to reassure him and partially for balance, and you thought you heard the whirring of fans get louder as he stared down at you, stilling unusually at your touch. “Anyway, I’m actually here to check on you. I ah… heard a little bit about what happened last week, and I wanted to see if you were okay.” The moment you’d finished speaking, you saw Sun visibly flinch in place.

“O-ooohhh nooooooo… I-I was hoping you wouldn’t hear about thaaaaat…” Sun was no longer still, instead crouching and swaying in place, his hands fidgeting together as he looked pointedly away from you. He was clearly uncomfortable talking about the subject, and his handwringing only escalated as he spoke. “…It was just a liiiittle misunderstanding, yes! We’ve been cleared by maintenance and everything so we’re a-okay! Not something for you to worry about, no, no, nonono. Really-”

“Oh! Well, I’m glad to hear that you’re cleared and everything, but you see…” You paused, not exactly sure how to say what you wanted to say. A part of you just wanted to abandon the topic entirely; Sun clearly didn’t want to talk about it, and you didn’t want to make him feel worse… Beyond that, Sun didn't have to talk about it if he didn't want to, but at the same time you didn't think he'd really understood your question. Considering how much you'd thought about him while you were away, you determined that it was important to you to check in on his feelings, so you just barreled onwards, hoping for the best. “I guess what I’m trying to figure out is if you’re okay?”

“…L-like I said, maintenance cleared us to get back to work with our little friends… so…” He paused when you shook your head vigorously. You figured you'd try one more time.

“I believe that, but what I’m asking is…” You shrugged gestured vaguely at him as a whole. “Are you doing alright?” When he just continued to stare at you blankly, you began to ramble. “I just-I gathered from last Saturday that maintenance didn’t particularly thrill you, and I definitely don’t blame you, it’s creepy down there, but since you had to go, I just wanted to see if you were okay? I hope it wasn’t too sh-bad…” You did a trash job of correcting your swear at the last second, though you hoped that you’d at least done so fast enough that he wouldn't scold you for it. You glanced up at him apologetically. Sun’s fingers noticeably twitched as he stared at you, as though he were thinking hard about something. And then, slooowly, he leaned way, way over so that his eyes were level with yours.

“…Worried about meee, Daydream~?” He asked, his fans whirring so loudly that the words came out in what you could only describe as the robot equivalent of a purr. You were a little surprised when you felt your cheeks warm response to his gentle teasing. He placed his hand on your arm comfortingly, mimicking the way you’d touched him earlier. “I’m better, much better… now that you’re here.”

“W-well… good that’s-I’m glad to hear that.” You stammered, your cheeks now uncomfortably hot as Sun stared at you, his hand wrapping around your bicep with ease. Why were you so flustered? And why did his hand feel so hot?? You pulled yourself together, trying your hardest to ignore the odd atmosphere that had begun to settle in around the two of you. “That’s especially good since we’ll be spending so much time together, huh?”

“OooooOOOH, YES!” Sun shouted releasing you in his excitement, the bells on his outfit jingling loudly as he bounced in place. “I was sooo happy, happy, happy when I saw! You’re always such a good helper, so so good, and we’re best friends now, so I just know we’re going to have a wooooon-derful time together!”

“It’s gonna be great.” You agreed and while you noted the sudden escalation from friendship to best friendship, you didn’t bother mentioning it, instead grinning up at him as his good mood infected you. “Unless you get sick of me, of course… But then again, you’ll get Tuesdays and Wednesdays to yourself to recover-”

“Oh, no no no!” You’d been joking around, but Sun clearly wasn’t as he put his hands on his hips and shook his head at you. “Couldn’t be sick of you, could never be sick of you! Can’t even get sick, you know! But you… hmm.” He fell silent for a moment, swaying in place as though he were deep in thought, until… “Y’knooow, if you waaant, you could pick out some of the activities we do, yes! Every now and then, you could pick out something you want to do!”

“That’s sweet, but you’re really the expert on what the kids want to do, speaking of whichhh…” You drew out the word as you checked your FazWatch. “Oof… we’re about to open, so you probably should get back up there, huh?” You asked, gesturing towards his balcony from which he traditionally greeted the kids.

“Hmmmmmm…” Sun fidgeted in place as though he wanted to protest, but finally he acquiesced. “Oooh, alright, alright. But I’ll be back down in a minute, just a minute! Dooon’t miss me toooo much!” He began to walk away from you, reaching a hand towards the ceiling and somehow triggering a long acrobatic wire to drop which he promptly grabbed.

“Yeah, yeah, go get’em, Sunbeam.” You called out after him, causing him to freeze in place with the wire gripped tightly in his fist. He whirled around, his blank eyes appearing to widen.

“…Sunbeam?” He asked, his voice soft.

“…Oh! Yeah, uh… that was the nickname I came up with for you since last time.” You were suddenly nervous when you realized that he’d frozen in place… just like he had several times the last time you’d both worked together. “D-you… not like it-” Sun let go of his wire and rushed at you so fast, you didn't have a chance to react. He immediately caught you in your second tight hug of the morning and this time, there was spinning involved.

“NO, I… I love it.” He said enthusiastically, the noise his chest issued was louder than it’d ever been before. “Sunbeam… Sunbeaaam and Daydream, ooh it rhymes.”

“…Huh… I guess it does-HEY-” Sun suddenly grabbed you with one hand under each of your armpits, pulling you away from him and holding you high up in the air so he could look right at you.

“Say it again?” It was phrased as a request, but you couldn’t repress the shiver that crawled up your spine that resulted from his deepened, demanding voice. You grabbed at his hands nervously, wanting to hold onto something, anything, in your precarious position.

“…Sunbeam…” You allowed the nickname to slowly fall from your lips, and the intensity with which he looked at you caused heat to grace your face once more. You were both frozen, staring at each other, a heavy tension blossoming between you both…

Only to be broken when the sound of kids giggling and laughing, non-formally announced that the Daycare was now open.

Chapter Text

A funny thing about kids is that they’re prone to love routine. That’s not to say that many adults don’t fall into this camp as well, but adults are more likely to be aware of how regularity affects them. Beyond that, this statement is especially true for kids: Familiarity breeds comfort. Eating the same foods that you already know you like is less of a risk than trying something new that you might hate. Playing a game that you know you enjoy is less work than learning the rules to a new game that might bore you. And in that vein, playing with your good friend Sunny at the Daycare is far preferable to unexpectedly being unable to do so… for a couple days.

“-‘n she made me oatmeal, but she burnt it, and I couldn’t eat it because it was really yucky and I don’t even like oatmeal when it’s cooked regular, so I threw it away when she wasn’t looking, but then she found it in the garbage and I got in trouble.” Leo said, sounding awfully serious about this confession of his as he and about 20 other kids crowded around Sun, all trying to talk at once.

“Well I got to spend time with my big sister and she took me on a motorcycle ride!” One of the older regulars (Nick Jennings, age 7) spoke up eagerly. “She got me this cool helmet and everything! But then my mom found out about it and my mom got us both in trouble too.”

“I got in trouble too Sunny, and my dad said-”

“Not me, I was sooooo good while I was gone, I even-”

“I was soooo bored, why couldn’t we come visit yesterday or-”

“Why didn’t you greet us out of the castle like you-”

“Is that Ms. (Y/N)? I saw you picking her up when we got here, is she in trouble or-”

“Heheh… trouble… that’sss a gooood word for it.” Moon cackled internally as Sun frantically tried to figure out how to best wrangle this group of kids, all of whom were intent on crowding as close to him as they possibly could. “She’ll be in big trouble just as sssoon as I get out-”

“Wow, wow, wow friends!” Sun spoke up loudly over Moon as he crouched in the midst of them, using his long arms to encircle as many of them as he could into a group hug. He’d put you down the second he was paying enough attention to register that the kids were present, but clearly he hadn’t been fast enough; If he had ears, they would be burning. “It sounds like you all had sooo many adventures while you were away! I want to hear all about it, but I can’t hear when you all talk at the same time, no can do. Why don’t we go circle up in the story time area before we play this morning, huh? Then we can all tell each other about all the fun you got up to, yes!”

As he herded the kids towards the story time area, he snuck a quick glance back at you. You’d quickly retreated behind the security desk when the kids had shown up with the apparent intent of completing your morning duties, but Sun was surprised to find that you were looking right back at him. The moment the two of you made eye contact, you blinked rapidly in surprise, but then it appeared as though you forced yourself to look at your Fazwatch, and Sun noted that your cheeks once again registered at a higher temperature than they normally did.

“Cute.” Sun thought the word at the same time Moon said it, causing an odd concurrence in their headspace that made it feel as though the word had been shouted aloud. Sun shook his head, turning back towards the children who were now running on ahead of him, crowding into an asymmetrical circle and trying to get his attention so that he would sit next to them. Once he plopped down and he’d convinced the kids to talk one-at-a-time, Sun couldn’t help but allow a portion of his attention to drift, even as he nodded and laughed at the stories his little friends told him.

There was a reason Sun had chosen the nickname Daydream for you; you made his thoughts run wild and thinking about you was easily one of his favorite pastimes. Ohhh he had spent hours upon hours thinking about what it would be like to look right at you while you knew he was there, while you looked back even, he wanted to talk with you… touch you… and now, he had real experiences that he could funnel into these little imaginings of his, making them even more vibrant than they’d been before. As he sat there listening to his little friends’ prattle on and on and on, his thoughts began to turn back towards this morning.

You’d wanted to see him… you, his precious Daydream, had worried about him… given him a nickname that he absolutely adored, invited him to hug you, and he had, oooh he had twice. He could still feel the imprint of your warm, tiny form against his solid larger one, could still hear the way your heartbeat spiked when your feet left the ground… He loved how tightly you hugged him back, using your whole body to cling on to him when you thought you might fall, not that he’d ever let that happen to you. You were so soft-

“Wonder how much sssofter she feels beneath her clothesss-”

“Moony-“ Sun whispered warningly, only to cause the kids sitting near him to look up at him in confusion. “I-I mean… Woooooowie, that’s quite a story Katie! I'm so sorry you got in trouble, but we’re glad to have you back. What about you, Sarah… did you do anything fun?” He’d successfully saved himself from the scrutiny of the kids around him at the last minute, but he couldn’t help but groan internally as the image Moon had placed in his head was still very much there.

That thought haunted him, and Moon knew that it haunted him. It was so mean of Moon to tease Sun with Sun's own afterhours thoughts…  and during the daytime too, it wasn’t fair! However, Sun knew exactly why Moon was acting this way, so Sun couldn’t help but feel a liiittle bit smug about how the tables had turned. Oh yes, Moon wanted your worry, your little nickname, your touches just as much as Sun did, but Sun had gotten them, not Moon. Maybe Moon had touched you first, but if there was a scoreboard between the two of them, Sun was currently winning. They both knew it.

“Wonder if she’ll ssstill let you touch her if she knew what you were doing when she gooot here.” Moon teased, distracting Sun even further with ease. “You knew you were being naaaughty… all while thinking those “afterhours thoughts” of yoursss… thinking about heeer.” Moon mocked, trying to pull some sort of reaction out of Sun, seeking payback of sorts for the jealousy that twisted in Moon’s gut. “Plusss, I stole those pantiesss you know, so technically they’re m i n e-”

“Well, I think that’s everyone! It sounds like you all had a ton of fun!!!” Sun’s voice boomed in the room, using his volume in an attempt to shut Moon up since he was currently unable to use his words. “Sooo, do you guys wanna play a game, huh, huh? Oooh, or we could craft-”

“What were you doing while we were gone Sunny?” Daedra asked curiously, peering up at him with wide eyes. “Why couldn’t we come see you?”

“Did Mr. Moon get you in trouble?” Cody asked seriously, Moon’s name causing a shiver to run through the group of kids. “He was really mad at that one lady right before we were all kicked out…”

“…Told you so.” Moon laughed hollowly in their headspace.

“Oh, friends… no, no, no, nothing like that.” Sun said emphatically, his heart twisting in sympathy with his brother, despite the rivalry they’d just been engaging in. “I know Mr. Moon looks scary, and I know he acts it sometimes too-”

“Don’t neeeed you to defend me-”

“I don’t know if you know this, but Mr. Moon and I are brothers! Now, how many of you have siblings, huh?” Some of the kids raised their hands in response, while some of them left their hands down, but all of them had their full attention on the solar animatronic in front of them. “Well, even if you don’t have siblings, I’m sure you can imagine that sure, sometimes siblings fight each other, but sometimes siblings have to protect each other, right?” The kids collectively nodded.

“Sunny, seriously-”

“Well, the lady who was here that day made Mr. Moon feel like he needed to protect me.” Sun pressed on, completely ignoring Moon’s protests.

“Why?” Sloan asked, her eyes wide as saucers, as she leaned towards Sun, oozing interest.

“You shouldn’t-”

“Well, to be entirely honest, that lady was new and she was a liiittle nervous to be here for the very first time.” Sun shook his head and clicked his tongue as he thought through what he’d say next. He couldn’t tell them the whole truth… he didn’t think it’d be appropriate to say that she’d threatened them, so he softened it just a little. “Because she was nervous, she panicked when things got out of hand in the Daycare that day. Everything would have been fine, just fine, but her panicking caused Mr. Moon to come out, and he was upset because she was supposed to help me and she didn’t.”

“Oooooohhhhh…” Little heads nodded as the sound of understanding resounded through the room. As Sun looked around at all of them, his eyes drifted over towards you, where he caught you watching him again, a small smile gracing your lips. It was obvious you'd been listening in but this time you didn't look away.

“Sun…” Moon grumbled in exasperation, but Sun could feel the tiniest bit of appreciation beneath the surface.

“Anyway, Mr. Moon and I got a check-up after all that, and I’m pleased to say that we’re in tip-top shape!” Sun continued, and he thought he was done with his story until he remembered- “Oooh! And we had to wait a liiittle bit for Ms. (Y/N) to come back!” This statement triggered all the kids to turn and look towards the security desk. Surprised at the sudden attention, you slowly raised a hand and waved. “Ms. (Y/N) has been here for quite a while, yep yep! She knows what she’s doing, so that kind of thing won’t happen while she’s around, no need to worry! She’s going to be spending a ton of time with us from now on!” This statement caused some of the kids that you’d played with last week to cheer excitedly, while the rest looked unimpressed. Sun couldn’t help but be a little miffed at that reaction on your behalf, but he knew they’d come around! He had no doubt about it.

“Sun, can we go play now?” Katie (Katie Tumty, age 5) piped up, now that his story was finished. She was already on her feet, primed and ready to run for the play structures, her interest in anything anyone had to say completely gone.

“Yes, you may!” She was gone by the time Sun said the word “Yes”. Several of the other kids dispersed at this point, but some lingered around Sun, while some others made their way over towards you.

“Sunny, can you get the coloring stuff out for me, puh-leeease?” Sarah (Sarah Beckett, age 4) asked very politely, in a way that made Sun’s heart swell with pride.

“Of course, I can! Wait right here, okay?” He bounded off towards the supply closet which was nearish to the security desk. He couldn’t help but notice these things when you were here, but as he got closer to you, he was caught off guard when he caught part of a conversation he wasn’t meant to hear.

“Ms. (Y/N)… aren’t you scared to work with Mr. Moon?” Sun couldn’t help himself; he ducked into the supply closet before they could see him, where he promptly froze. The question had come from Cody, but Sun had seen the small collection of kids now surrounding your desk, all looking up at you with curious eyes. He recognized them all as kids that Moon had had trouble with at one point or another. They all behaved during naptime now (for the most part), but it looked like that impression of him was still in place.

“Are you all scared of him?” Your voice was soft as a whisper, and the sounds of assent they made hurt Sun deeply.

“Why are you hurt?” Moon asked, his exasperation overwhelming, but Sun didn’t bother to answer as he was focused on listening.

“You listened to Mr. Sun’s story earlier, didn’t you?” You asked, continuing to whisper, purposefully keeping your voice as low as possible. “Well… You know how Mr. Moon gets protective of Mr. Sun? He gets that way about you too, you know. Mr. Moon helps you all go to sleep, but he is also there to make sure you guys are safe.”

“…From monsters?” Daedra asked, her voice impossibly small.

“From anything that could possibly hurt you.” You said seriously, yet your voice was reassuring. “That’s why he looks so scary sometimes. It’s so that he can frighten away the things that frighten you!”

They both felt a pang of something, deep in their chest.

“…Really?” Casie asked, her voice skeptical but it sounded as though she wanted to believe you.

“Really.” You confirmed, your voice not wavering an inch.

Another pang.  

“What, you don’t believe me? Come on… could you even imagine what would happen if Mr. Moon caught someone in here that wasn’t supposed to be here?” You let out a low chuckle, as though the concept was funny. “Mr. Moon might chase you around sometimes, but he’ll make sure you never get hurt. Not by him, and not by anything else, either, alright?” It was quiet for a second, but finally there was another sound of agreement from the kids. It was hesitant, but it was there.

Yet another pang.

“Now go play, you guys!" You said, speaking normally now without bothering to whisper anymore. "Like Mr. Sun said, I’ll be here a bunch from now on, so I’ll be right here if you ever need anything, alright?”

"Will you play with us?" The question came from Cody, who'd had a lot of fun playing with you last Saturday, but the other kids with him seemed just as excited about your answer as he was.

"Hmm… gimme 15 minutes, alright? I gotta get some work done first or else I'll get in trouble, but after that I can play for a while, okay?" You bargained conspiratorially with them, and Sun could hear the genuine enthusiasm in your voice. 

"…Did'ja hear that, Moony?" As though he’d been dismissed as well, Sun quickly grabbed the coloring stuff for Sarah, and quickly hurried back towards her, hoping that no one had noticed him lingering in the closet. It was far enough from the security desk that a human wouldn't have been able to hear the conversation over the Daycare hubbub, but well… they weren't exactly human. Moon hummed thoughtfully in response.

"I sssure did, Sunny…"  Sun couldn't stop himself from glances back at you over his shoulder, both him and Moon catching you glance at them yet again before you looked away. "I sssure did…"

Chapter Text

You’d been having a morning. That was the only way you could put it.

Oh, it had been nice enough, well within your comfort zone in regard to the amount of work you had to do, and you’d had fun playing with the kids whenever you had the chance. All that being said, you felt a little like a spinning top that had been knocked off kilter. Your traitorous eyes just kept lingering on the Daycare Attendant, and what was worse is that he kept catching you! You tried to play it off, allow your eyes to drift around as though your glances were just passing over him but you didn’t think you were being very convincing… You didn’t know what was wrong with you…

“Say it again?”

The way he’d said those words echoed in your ears all morning, and you cursed the goosebumps that developed on your arms at the mere memory. You rubbed at your arms in an attempt to sooth your skin, but it didn’t do much good. You really just had to go and think that the Daycare robot’s voice was hot, didn’t you? As though that weren’t bad enough, you were a little hung up on just how nice his hugs felt, how warm he was, how easily he could pick you up, like you weighed nothing at all-

God, you really were touch starved, weren’t you? You were being ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous, and you laughed dryly at yourself as you buried your face in your hands to emphasize the point. However, your self-mockery was cut short as your Fazwatch buzzed, an alert popping up on the small screen. It was just past lunchtime, the kids had just finished packing away their meals and were in the nap area waiting for the lights to flicker off any minute, so you couldn’t help but hope that this particular buzz was intended to let you know that you could take your own lunchbreak since you were absolutely starving… But alas…

This alert was letting you know that a parent was at the main entrance waiting for assistance. Ughhhh… adults… your eternal nemeses at the Pizzaplex, despite the fact that you were one of them. Kids could be shitty sometimes, but adults seemed to have their shittyness deeply ingrained. Because of this, you were thoroughly expecting to be yelled at for something that you had absolutely no control over. You sighed, standing up so you could address whatever this particular issue was, but before doing so, you turned, intending to let Sun know what was going on, but-

“Hellooo~” He chirped cheerily, suddenly appearing right at the edge of your desk, a wide grin plastered across his face, just like it always was. You jumped, not expecting him to be there, so near you so suddenly. He was toeing the line at the edge of the desk, just as close as he could possibly be without crossing it, swaying back and forth in place. “Whatcha up to, Daydream? Where’ya going?”

“O-ohhh, there’s just someone at the door, Sunbeam.” You responded in kind, taking note of the way the rays that adorned his head fluttered at your use of the name. For some reason, it felt slightly inappropriate to use the nickname while the kids were around… you knew they called Sun all sorts of things, like Sunny and Sunnydrop, but you were so used to referring to each other formally when the kids were present… Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon and Ms. (Y/N)… But you were being silly, overthinking things as you tended to do. The kids were all curled up in the nap area anyways, so you doubted they could even hear you, and again, it's not like it actually mattered, right? You grinned up at him as you allowed your silly concerns to fade away. “No need for you to worry though, I can handle it. Besides, you should be keeping an eye on the kids, shouldn't you?” You said, turning to walk towards the door where the kids were usually sent home at the end of the day.

“Mmmmmmmmm…” Sun sounded uncertain, and he fidgeted anxiously in place for a second before bounding after you, staying right on your heels as you made your way towards the door. “I’ll come with you! I can do that and see the kids from here, yes! I’ll keep you company.”

“…It’s not that far, you know.” You grumbled good naturedly, but he pretended to not hear you as he continued walking behind you, humming happily all the while. It was literally just a few steps away, so all too soon, you were opening the door, coming face to face with the first adult you’d seen all morning. You quickly pulled on your customer service voice as you smiled professionally at the man in front of you. “Hello! Welcome to the Daycare. What can I do for you?”

“…I’m Shawn Jennings. Nick’s dad? I’m here to pick him up a little early today.” He smiled back at you, his eyes flickering subtly up and down your front before his smile widened just a smidge.

“Of course, Mr. Jennings. Sun, could you please go get Nick for me?” You asked, looking up at the giant animatronic looming behind you. Sun seemed to take a second to process your request as his eyes darted between you and the man in front of you.

“Sure sure, anything for you, best friend.” Sun nodded his head, but he stayed in place for just a liiittle longer before finally hurrying across the Daycare to do as you asked. You turned back towards the man in front of you, and for some reason, you felt like he was standing closer to you now than he had been just moments before.

“…I don’t know how you work with that thing.” He shuddered visibly as Sun walked away, and your smile immediately turned flat at his comment.

“He’s actually really easy to work with. Very nice… the kids love him.” You said matter-of-factly, feeling a tiny bit defensive of you mechanical coworker as you pulled up your Fazwatch. You quickly scrolled through the list of children that had been checked into the Daycare this morning and selected Nick’s profile as soon as you found it. “Anyway, while Sun gets your son, I’ll take a look at Nick’s record and begin the checkout process. It’ll only take a second.”

‘’If you say so… but hey, while you check that out, I’ll check you out, alright hun?” The man in front of you said, shooting you a flirtatious wink that you didn’t know what to do with. Uncomfortable, your cheeks flushed noticeably, but you kept your eyes glued to your task. Unfortunately, he misinterpreted your reaction and continued chatting. “You new around here? I don’t think I’ve seen you before… and I'd never forget a face like yours.”

“Been here a while.” You answered brusquely to maintain your polite composure. “Can you please spell your first name for me, sir?”

“S-H-A-W-N.” He said, leaning way into your space getting far closer than he needed to in order to look at your nametag. “And you’re (Y/N), huh? Pretty name for a pretty lady-”

“Alright Mr. Jennings, I do see you listed here as an authorized checkout individual for Nick, so our next step is to verify your identity.” You responded, your voice coated in a cold professionalism, simply wanting to get this uncomfortable interaction over as soon as possible. “Could you please provide me with your ID? I’ll have the Daycare Attendant scan it in as soon as he returns.”

“Aww, you know you could take me to dinner first before trying to get into my pants.” He snickered as your flush worsened in embarrassment. He plunged a hand into his pockets and fished out a leather wallet, flipping it open and pulling out a plastic ID card. He offered it to you, but when you went to reach for it, he promptly snatched it away. “Ah-ah-ah…” He tutted, an annoying grin on his face. “What about that dinner-”

Before either of you could react, a large yellow hand reached out above the both of you, swiftly snatching the ID card from the man in front of you.

“Hi, Dad! Look how tall I am!” Nick said cheerfully from where he sat comfortably on one of Sun’s shoulders. Sun was smiling as he always was, but he didn’t look happy in the slightest as his eyes quickly scanned the card, filing it into his database. He remained oddly silent throughout this process and, when he was done, he lowered the card so that he was holding it right in front of your face.

“Thank you, Sun.” You said quietly as you confirmed that the name on the ID matched the name you’d been given. Once you were satisfied that the man in front of you was who he said he was, you completed the checkout process, sending an automatic notice of pickup to all the individuals that were identified as “Need to be Notified” on Nick’s profile, informing those individuals that Nick had been checked out and who had done so. “Alright, Mr. Jennings, that should be everything. You both have a Fazfun rest of your day.” You said, closing out of the check out application on your Fazwatch and rattling through your company issued farewell with little enthusiasm. Sun practically shoved the ID into the man’s hands, allowing him to fumble with it as Sun gently set Nick on the ground.

“I’ll see you soon, friend! Thanks for playing!” Sun said, his voice strained. Nick ran to his dad, grabbing his hand happily as he chattered away about everything he’d done this morning. He tried to pull him down the hall, going on and on about how much fun they were going to have at the arcade, but Shawn apparently had different ideas. As you grabbed the door with the intent of shutting it, you were suddenly prevented from doing so by a hand catching your wrist. 

“Hey, why don’t you give me your number so I can-” Shawn's drawling paused as a large arm looped around your middle, yanking you forcefully out of his grip and back into the Daycare, your momentum only stopping when your back met Sun’s firm, silicone coated chest.

“Touching our staff is against the rules.” Sun’s voice was low and full of warning as he held you against himself, leaning over you just enough so that his face was between you and this apparent Rulebreaker. “Infractions of this nature qualify you to be banned from the Daycare.”

“H-hey, what’s the big idea?” Shawn asked, clearly alarmed as he took a step back from the secondary Daycare entrance. “I didn’t do anything!”

“…D-dad??” Poor little Nick looked between Sun and his father, panic settling on his features as he was faced with this horrific outcome for a crime he didn't commit. As Sun continued to glare daggers at the man in front of you, you decided you needed to step in and defuse the situation.

“You wouldn’t be banned, Nick, no need to worry.” You said reassuringly, attempting to step out of Sun’s grasp, only to realize that his arm was locked in place around you with no intention of budging. Upon this realization, you ducked down instead, slipping out of his hold and bobbing and weaving back towards the door where the boy and his father were still standing. “But Mr. Sun is right; It’s important that we follow the rules around here, for everyone’s safety, okay?” You said sweetly, purposefully shooting the boy’s father a pointed look as you grabbed the door for a second time. “We’ll let your dad off the hook this time, but he’ll have to make sure to follow the rules from here-on-out, okay?”

“…Okay.” Nick said, his voice small but he appeared to be slightly comforted by your tone. The man scowled unhappily at you, as though this whole situation were your fault, but before he could say anything further, you waved goodbye and pulled the door shut as quick as you could, locking it once you’d done so. The second you'd done so, you let out a deep breath you didn't know you'd been holding, pressing your forehead against the door for just a second. You'd played it off well, handled the situation like a pro, but that didn't change the fact that your anxious heart was hammering away in your chest. You felt a phantom warmth ghost over your back, but nothing actually touched you as you stood there, collecting yourself. 

However, seconds later the lights turned off, and the mechanical clicking you heard coming from behind you told the tale of Sun switching into Moon.

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Moon’s red eyes illuminated the small space between the two of you as he finally took control of their shared body. He’d been itching to get out all morning, wanted to see you with his own eyes, feel you with his own hands, but now that he was free…

He was furious.

How dare he, how dare he say those nasty things to you? Lay his hands on you? Didn’t he know you were histheirs?? Sun was angrier than Moon had ever felt, his twin’s strong emotions simply stoking the fire that raged inside him. Moon felt an agitated energy flood his system – the part of his programing that told him he had to punish all Rulebreakers was malfunctioning now that a rule had been broken and a punishment had not been handed out. Normally, he could move past it, simply ignore it like he ignored so many other parts of his programming, but today the rule that had been broken felt personal… His metal claws itched, overwhelmed with a desire to sink into something, anything-

“Moon, ar-are you alright?” You were looking at him, eyes wide and filled with concern, stumbling over your words as your heart ran wild in your chest. It was only at this point that he realized there was low, static-filled feedback hissing from his voicebox. Ahhh… he’d scared you… he wondered when this would happen, knew it was inevitable, never wanted to scare you no, no, wanted to scare that a̸̫̾̕͠͝͝s̴̽͠s̴͗h̶̓̄̈̽̊̌̕ȍ̶͑̚l̵̇͐e̵͋ - His thoughts were cut short as you reached a hand towards him, gently cupping his face.

He was unable to stop himself as he leaned into your touch, the hissing of his voicebox subsiding into a much softer hum. He watched your face all the while, noticing the way your lips quirked upwards as he relaxed. Seeing the way you calmed down as you focused on his wellbeing, rather than your own.

“…I should be asssking you that.” Moon grumbled, forcing himself to reach up and pull your hand away from his face so that he could examine your wrist, making sure to retract his claws into his fingers so that he wouldn’t hurt you. He held it in place, eyes drifting over your soft, soft skin, looking for any damage, any bruising that might have been left behind. He didn’t see anything there, but regardless, he kept his grip on your wrist as he reached into his pocket with his other hand and pulled out two bandaids – one was bright yellow with little suns all over it, and the other was dark blue with little moons instead.

“I’m okay, just… I dunno…” You stood still for him (good little Starlight) as he placed the sun bandaid first, and then the moon one, putting them both on the underside of your wrist and using his finger to smooth out the adhesive tabs. You giggled slightly at the silly gesture as you realized what he had done, your eyes flickering appreciatively between the bandaids and Moon’s eyes. “Thank you… I just… I guess I should be used to that kind of thing by now, but it always makes me feel… icky, I guess. I don’t know how else to describe it.”

“…What does she mean, she should be used to that kind of thing by now.” Sun’s voice was low as Moon’s motions froze, your wrist still caught delicately between his fingers. You didn’t seem to notice however as you just kept talking, peering around Moon as best as you could with your wrist still held securely in place.

“I know it comes with the job. Anything in customer service leaves you open to this shit, and it sucks because you have to stand there and take it for the most part… you can’t do anything and they know that and take advantage of it by making you as uncomfortable as possible and… oh my godgoodness, I’m so sorry, I-I didn’t mean to swear… twice… I’m just a little wound up… and I’m distracting you… you’re supposed to go check on the kids, not me I… sorry.” You looked more than a little self-conscious as you spoke, as though only just realizing that Moon’s eyes were boring holes into you, but this wasn’t enough to get Moon to force his eyes away from you as his processors whirred internally trying to process what you’d said.

“Ours, ours, ours, ours, why would they do that to her when she’s ő̵̎̌̕û̴̧̫͔͓̆̋̀̑͐͗̉̅͑͘̚̚ŕ̴͔̖́̐͗̅̉͋̈́͘͠s̸͌̇̽̈́͗̈́́̑͘?” Sun’s rage was now blinding, an internal inferno that made Moon feel like he was burning alive on the inside. It took everything in Moon’s power to stay visibly calm, his fear of scaring you the only thing keeping him leashed but he didn’t know how much longer he could hang on. You fidgeted in place, your uncertainty growing with each passing second. Your eyebrows were pressed together worriedly, and Moon could practically taste the additional apologies that were primed on your tongue when he lowered himself even further and pressed his faceplate against the bandaids on your wrist.

“…To make it better.” Moon said as he finally released you and stood at his full height, towering over you. He noticed your eyes went wide once more, but the expression on your face was very different from what it’d been before. Before you’d looked concerned, worried for several reasons, but now… Your face was warm, your tongue darted out to wet chapped lips as you held your now freed wrist against your chest, absolutely clueless that the way Moon’s fingers twitched signaled his desire to grab you, hold onto you and never let go-

Moon needed to get out of here, get away from you, calm down… before he did something they would regret.

“I will go cheeeck on the children… do my job…” He rasped, his voice even more gravelly than it usually was as he moved to walk away. “…You know… Frighten away the thingsss that frighten them.”

“…Oh, you heard that?” You sounded intrigued, causing him to pause and peer back at you over his shoulder just in time to see your head tilt cutely to the right, despite the fact that he desperately needed to put space between the two of you as soon as possible. “Or did Sun overhear and tell you about that? How good is your hearing even, because I don’t remember seeing Sun anywhere near us when I was talking to the kids. Do you both know about everything the other sees? Or do you just give each other the… the gist…” You paused, realizing that Moon was once more staring at you, and exactly two seconds later. “…You heard that, huh… I, um… just wanted the kids to know that they shouldn’t be scared… S-sorry if I overstepped-”

“Ssso many questions, even mooore apologiesss…” Moon huffed, wanting more than anything to tell you that you were the one who deserved to receive all of the sorrys you were handing out so freely. But instead, he turned towards you once more (knowing full well that he shouldn’t, he really shouldn’t) and said, “Sunny’s been trying to convinccce them for yearsss… but today was the firssst time I heard them agree.” His eyes were once more locked on yours, and the expression on your face melted into something gentle, sympathetic as you took in the sight of the animatronic in front of you, as though you'd never really seen him before now.

“…Moonglow…” Your voice was unbearably soft.

Moon stilled, his fingers twitching yet again.

“…What?” He rasped, barely daring to hope, but unable to stop himself from doing so. Was that… Had that been…

“O-oh, well…” You fidgeted in place, clearly feeling the change in atmosphere between the two of you, but having no way to know what it meant. “…Friends give friends nicknames? Um… I mean, I don’t know if you think of me as a friend or not, but I was making one for Sun and it only felt right to make one for you too, e-especially since you were so nice to me last time, not that that means we’re friends, b-but I figured… a-anyway, the sun beams, but the moon glows, so… Moonglow.”

Moon’s fingers twitched again. And again. And again, and again, and again-

“Moony, danger, danger, danger, danger-” Sun jumped in, finally distracted from his anger by this sudden spike in Moon’s want, his desire, his need-

“It’s kinda silly and simple, I-I know… and i-if you don’t like it, I don’t have to use it, I just wanted to make one for you. Felt fair, I guess?” You offered up awkwardly, your penchant for nervous chattering really acting up over the course of the past few minutes. “I-if you don't like it, I can come up with a new one, or i can not use one at all if you'd prefer, I’m really sorry, I didn’t mean to-”

Moon began to laugh.

It was quiet… soft enough to not wake the kids where they were napping, but it was undeniably a rumbling chuckle, low and deep. He didn't even know why he was laughing. It's not like the situation was funny, no... he’d never felt so out of control, so desperate.

So alive.

“The questionsss and apologiesss never end with you, dooo they?” Moon’s laughter crept through his voicebox, even as he spoke, pushed to his limits to control himself, not scare you, never scare you. As he stared at you, little thoughts drifting through his head, Moon finally made some sort of decision before speaking again. “Neeeed to check on the chillldren, yesss. While I do, yooou’re going to hide, little Starlight…”

“…What?” You looked adorably clueless, your eyes wide and uncertain, but a small grin crept onto your face as you said, “…Starlight, huh?”

“Mmm… you’re going to hidey-hiiide away, niiice and quiet, and when I’m done with the kids, I am going to find you.” Moon said, a promise in the dark.

“Moony… what are you doing…” Sun’s voice echoed in his head, but Moon ignored his brother, his attention focused on you and only you.

“…You want to play hide-and-seek?” You asked, still looking confused but certainly not looking opposed.

“You played with Sunny, diiidn’t you?” Moon asked slyly, before repeating your own words to you. “Wouldn’t it feeeel faaaair if you played with me too?”

“Moony, seriously, what are you doing, what are you about to do, what are you planning, what-”

“…I guess it would be fair.” You said slowly, still looking bewildered but not at all bothered by this proposition. “Are you sure we won’t be too loud though? Don’t want to wake the kids…”

“I’m suuure you can manage.” Moon drawled, his anticipation for what was to come crawling through his wires. “…By the waaay… when I wiiin, I’m going to be expecting a rewaaard…”

"A reward?" You looked even more bewildered, but still not put off. Moon simply nodded, not saying anything further, not giving anything away. “…Well, fine… but what if I win?” You asked, the undertone of your voice laced with just enough sass that Moon’s grin widened.

“Don’t worry…” He said, turning around once more and beginning to walk towards the kids. “You wooon’t.”

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Well, that was… huh. Lots of, ah… lots of stuff to unpack there, lots of brand-new thoughts that you had no way to reconcile, but that was fine because you had no time to do it anyway. Instead, you ran off towards the play structures, an odd eagerness settling beneath your skin as you prepared to play hide-and-seek with Moon. You just didn’t know what to expect from him… he surprised you every time you’d spoken, responded and behaved in ways you could never foresee. You had no idea what might happen throughout the course of this little game of his, except that it was unquestionably his game. After all, he’d made that quite clear prior to dismissing you, hadn’t he?

“…when I wiiin, I’m going to be expecting a rewaaa-”

Noooo, you had no time to think about the way his words sent shivers down your spine, nor were you willing to acknowledge the lewd implication your brain had drawn at his statement. It was absolutely ridiculous, thinking that his reward might be something… well… you just weren’t going to think about it because you were being silly, there was no question about it. You were the perverted one here anyway, having perverted thoughts about a childcare robot who likely didn't even have the capacity or the interest to reciprocate. No, you weren't going to think about it. Instead, you focused on ascending the play structures, no real goal in mind other than to get as deep into the foam fortress as you possibly could. You climbed into one of the smaller tunnels that threatened to be too narrow for your hips, but fortunately you slipped right through with just a little shimmying. You knew that the structures were built with the Daycare Attendant in mind; he had to be able to fit everywhere just in case a child got stuck, but that didn’t stop you from worrying that you were one wrong tunnel away from being trapped.

You paused when you heard the soft tinkle of a music box, coming from across the Daycare. You glanced at the area where you knew Moon was weaving his way through the kids as his body issued the soft, sweet music that had caught your attention. The crescent moon illustrated on his face really did seem to glow in the darkened Daycare, pierced only by his bright red eyes. He was gentle in a way you never could have expected… As you watched him, your hand drifted absentmindedly to the bandaids he’d placed on your wrist, where Moon had pressed his faceplate, as though he were placing a kiss there… to make it better-

NOPE you weren’t going to do it, you weren’t going to think about it, now was not the time for any kind of awakenings IT WAS NAPTIME. You were going to keep climbing and never think, ever again. You scrambled upwards and inwards, currently driven more by your embarrassment rather than any anxiety about what was in store for you. Even as you forced yourself to move, you couldn’t stop yourself from glancing back at the area where the kids were resting, trying to get one last look at Moon in his element but-

Moon was looking right back at you, his grin decidedly unsettling as it stretched widely across his face.

You stumbled backwards in surprise, bumping into the padded wall behind you… there was no way he could see you in the depths of the play structures from so far away, could he?? You glanced away to steady yourself, push yourself back to your feet but by the time you looked back at him… he had vanished.

It was only now that you truly realized that this was going to be nothing like hide-and-seek had been with Sun.

You swallowed dryly, peering intensely into the dark of the Daycare as though that would reveal him to you but try as you might, you came up empty. The only thing that gave away his continued presence was the lullaby that ghosted through the room from him to you. You froze, looking around in the dark as your eyes adjusted, listening carefully to try and pinpoint where the music was coming from, but with the way it resonated through the air, there was no way to tell. An unfamiliar nervousness settled into your bones as you pulled yourself into a nearby tube, hoping that it would help conceal you from Moon’s sharp eyes as you laid flat on your stomach.

You did what you could to slow your breathing as you finally settled into the plastic space. You tried your best to stay still, and you kept your ears pricked, listening to the gentle lullaby get softer and softer until finally, the music died. Somehow, this did nothing to make you feel better in any way. The silence was deafening as you tried to hear something anything… but there was nothing. Not even the jingle of bells to alert you to his presence.

A minute passed and there was nothing.

Five minutes passed and there was nothing.

Ten minutes passed and you couldn’t fucking take it anymore.

You couldn’t just sit there, just waiting for him to get you. Your skittishness was making you impatient and your nerves gnawed at you, urging you to move. You began to crawl forward out of the tube, but you were promptly stopped when your left ankle just wouldn’t move, as though it were caught in something. You jerked your leg mindlessly in an attempt to get it unstuck, but you only realized exactly what was happening when you heard gleeful cackle come from directly behind you.

When the hell had he gotten so close??  

You whirled around in surprise, and the alarmed scream you almost released was only stopped by Moon lunging forward into the tube and clamping a hand over your mouth. You winced, squeezing your eyes shut, afraid that he was about to crush you on accident. But, after your back bumped against the plastic bottom of the tube and though his large, metal body pressed snuggly against your own in the confines of the narrow space, you realized that you… didn’t… hurt?

“Sh sh shhhh, Starrrlight…” He tutted as he loomed over you. You dared to peek to see that he was propped up above you, peering at you this way and that, ever grinning. “Found you sssooo soon… Were you waaaiting for meee?” It was as though he were trying to sound disappointed in your awful hiding abilities, but his tone of voice was far too delighted to be convincing.

“…Mmph.” You grunted. His hand was still over your mouth so you couldn’t say much else, and honestly you didn’t really want to. There he was, crouched above you, his body pinning yours down, your legs splayed around him- This compromising position was doing nothing to sooth the thoughts that you had been fighting off and the way your heart pounded in your chest had little to do with the jumpscare you’d just undergone.

“Want me to remooove my hand?” He tilted his head questioningly, first to the right, and then to the left but then, all too suddenly, his face was only an inch away from yours. “Too baaad, little one… you tried to screeeam… againssst the rules, would’ve woooken the children… naaaughty naaaughty…” His voice was soft as a whisper, but the way it rumbled and purred in the small space sent a shiver through your body you were unable to repress.

“…Mm mm-mmph…” You hummed the words I'm sorry from behind his hand, looking up at Moon with eyes that were wide and hopefully not as painfully wanting as you felt right now. Moon just stared down at you, his glaring eyes locked on yours, and heat flooded your face even worse than before. You squeezed your eyes shut again in embarrassment, unable to look at him any more, praying that his all-seeing eyes couldn't pinpoint your sudden, unnatural desire for him, the way excitement flickered just beneath your skin like an electric current. You shifted beneath him, feeling a need to move and fidget while under his intense scrutiny but you weren’t prepared for the way he shuddered above you, for him to hiss as your body moved against his. You immediately froze at the noise and that eerie laughter of his began to rumble out of him once more.

“Ssstarting my rewaaard so sssoon?” He growled, the hair on the back of your neck standing straight up at his words. What did that mean? And why were you shivering again?? You didn’t know what to do, didn’t know what the right answer was with him looking at you like that, couldn’t even speak to say it if you knew what it was…

So you did the only thing you could do.

You licked him.

Moon promptly froze above you, shock somehow registering clearly on his frozen face. He slowly removed his hand from your face, staring at it apprehensively, like it was about to bite him. You became overwhelmed in this moment and all you could do was hope that you hadn’t just royally fucked up…

“I um… I’m s-sor-” His arms hit the plastic on both sides of your head before you could say another word, effectively caging your head in place while you were pinned beneath him.

“Sssorry thisss, sssorry thaaat…” He hissed slowly, and now you were the frozen one, looking up at him and noticing that his mouth was opening whatthefuck- “Don’t caaare for apologies, nooo… want things to be fair…” And with that, a long, thick appendage lolled out of his mouth. He had a tongue??? You didn’t have time for any other thoughts before he slowly licked a looong, cool stripe up the entirety of your cheek.

At which point, you whimpered.

There was no mistaking it.

It was a very not-afraid, very needy whimper.

“…Don’t tease me, Starrrlight…” He snarled, glaring down at you ferally his head hovering above yours, his tongue dangling tantalizingly near your mouth. Your eyes flicked distractedly between his eyes and his tongue, your attention torn between them both.

“…N… not teasing… Moonglow…” Somehow, saying that short statement made you feel out of breath, as though you’d run a marathon. As your face burned, threatening to catch fire, you could barely believe you’d managed to say it at all.

Moon stared at you, processing your words, coming to terms with the invitation you’d offered him. And then slowly, painfully slowly he lowered himself, as though waiting for you to change your mind at the last minute…

But instead, in a moment of unprecedented bravery, you parted your lips, taking the tip of his tongue into your mouth and sucking-

Moon’s patience snapped in that moment, his tongue almost instantly wrapping around your own before heading for the back of your throat, pushing in, in, in until his faceplate was flush with your lips. Your throat clenched uncomfortably at the sudden intrusion but you took it, trying your best not to gag. It was oddly cold and wet, unfamiliar in so many ways, but the chill simply sent more waves of arousal through your body that you had no way to stop. You were so caught off guard, so distracted, that you didn’t even realized that you’d reached your arms up, wrapped them around his narrow chest, pulling him even more securely against yourself, all while your legs encircled his waist in a similar manner.

“Gooooood liiiiittle Staaaaarrrliiiiiight… clinging to me. Needing meee.” The words coming out of Moon’s voicebox were even more slurred than usual. His prehensile tongue left your throat for now, but immediately moved to explore other parts of your mouth, constantly moving, undulating, but never leaving. You shivered at his praise, every rational thought, every moral dilemma having fled your head the second that Moon began to methodically fill your head with him. You felt dizzy, almost drunk as oxygen became harder and harder to come by, the only noises you could make were breathy gasps and heady moans.

“Look at you… sooo neeeedy…” He mocked as your thighs clenched around him, your want growing with each passing second. You whined softly against him, a wanton admission. You didn’t notice him shift his weight so that he could balance on a singular arm, but you did notice when one of his hands snaked between the two of you and slowly, ever so slowly slipped under the bottom hem of your work uniform, his long, thin fingers suddenly splaying across the skin of your waist. “All thisss… All for me.” He said, his deep voice once again affecting you beyond all reason as his fingers began to kneed into you, and you shuddered against him as his claws caught in your skin, scratching you just right. Suddenly he laughed, digging his fingers a little deeper into you, his claws creating a delicious burn as your skin threatened to break beneath them. “Awwww… Sunny’s upseeet.”

This time, you froze as you processed Moon’s words, eyes widened in surprise. Could Sun see you? Was he witnessing this… this litany of broken Rules? And, fuck he and Moon shared a body, you didn't even know if Sun was okay with this… For the first time you resisted him, placing your hands on his chest and softly, reluctantly pushing him away. He growled unhappily as he disentangled his tongue from yours but he refused to loosen his grip on you, refused to let you go. You gasped for air as he finally parted from you.

"Moon… Sun-is he okay-" 

"You should heeear him… Mr. Sssunshine throwing a fiiiit." Moon interrupted you promptly. You felt guilty, horrible even, not wanting to do any more damage to your relationship with Sun than you feared you already had, but Moon… You'd never heard him talk this much, never seen him stare so hungrily at anything. You thought you could see drool pooling on his tongue, and you didn't know if it was his or yours. You shook your head, an attempt to clear the desire that was clouding your thoughts.

"…I'm s-sorry… didn't mean to make him… uncomfortable…" You said slowly, trying so hard to ignore the way you were trembling beneath him, the way you leaned into his touch. "I should… we should s-stop… don't wanna m-make things worse…" Moon's head tilted, first to the right, and then to the left, his tongue somehow remaining stationary above you despite the movement of his head. Then, a low, staticky chuckle escaped him as he shifted down your body, his hand only now removing itself from where it'd embedded in your skin. At first you thought he was leaving you, stopping as you'd suggested, but then he paused at your middle, suddenly shifting your shirt up your chest, exposing your torso to him. You squeaked in surprise, reaching your hands down to cover yourself when you felt him catch both of your wrists easily in one of his much bigger hands.

"No, no, nooo…"  He tutted, pinning your wrists above your head with one hand all while he focused the rest of his attention on your chest, a clawed digit finding the center of your bra, slicing through it like it was nothing. "You misunderstand, Ssstarlight." He said, pushing your ruined bra out of the way as he spoke, fully exposing your front to him, your nipples peaking quickly in the cool air. "He's not uncomfortable, no no…" Moon purred, his large hand easily cupping your chest, squeezing one of your breasts roughly, and then squeezing the other as you squirmed beneath him. "Such a soooft little doll..." He crooned as he felt you up, catching your nipple tightly between his fingers and pinching. "You're so, sooo soft, feel so nice… and Sunny's jealousss… wants to be the one touching you sooo bad." And with that, he lowered he head, that damned tongue of his swiping over your nipple.

"M-Moon…" You gasped shakily, heat pooling between your legs at his attention, at the thought that Sun could see you too, the concept that he wanted you too. The entire situation was overwhelming in so many ways. You were unaware of the way you arched your back, pressing your chest up and into him, craving his touches, his attention. You wriggled beneath him, not fighting him, just unable to stay still as your nerves were set on fire. Moon growled at your plea, lowering himself against you even further, scraping his teeth against your skin and licking, working his way inch by inch across your chest, leaving no inch untouched, only slowing once he primed his teeth, preparing to bite into your flesh, picking a soft, perfect spot right below your left breast.

"Need to mark you, Starrrlight… My rewaaard… Make you m̴̈́̒i̵͌̀̀͝͝n̴̍̓̐͘e̶̥̩̖̜͒͗̿… ssstay quiet for me, hmmm?" He asked, his voice glitching as his teeth caught your skin, his intention made clear. Your breath caught in your throat at his question, too far gone to second guess him and you locked your jaw shut, desperate to please him.

"Mmm… mm-hmm." You nodded your head shakily, and you almost broke your promise as his jaw clamped down, his blunt teeth piercing your skin in two perfect little crescent moons. You swallowed a scream, thrashing against him as he held you down, but the pain was quickly turning into something sweeter as your arousal was left unaddressed between your legs, dripping.

"Good girl, such a good girl, sssooo good for me…" He purred, licking the skin he'd caught between his teeth, clearly trying to sooth you, waiting for you to relax against him once more. Your body, so tensed and pressed up against him finally slumped against the bottom of the plastic tube the two of you were still concealed in, and he finally released your skin, backing up just enough so that he could survey it, view the remnants of him that were now scattered across your skin. "You did sooo well Starrrlight… Stay quiet a little longgger? For your rewaaard?" He asked softly. You whimpered, didn't know how much more you could take, didn't even know you were getting a reward, but slowly you nodded up at him. 

He hummed, pleased by your response as he dipped a hand down, down, down, making quick work of the button and zipper on your pants, slipping beneath the waistband of your pants and panties. You had no time to ask how he knew about this kind of stuff, no time to consider that the Daycare robot was about to finger you, as he dipped a large finger between your soaked folds, gave you the attention you'd been wanting from him so badly.

"…Is thisss because of meee?" He cackled wickedly, the slick between your legs causing his finger to slide easily between your folds as he began to rub. You bucked against his hand, too embarrassed to admit that he was right, but Moon wasn't nice enough to let you get away with that, not for a second. "Whyyy don't you ussse your pretty pretty wordsss to tell me what you waaant?" He shifted so that his head was once more hovering above yours, his tongue loosely coiled directly above your mouth.

"…Puh-please…" You stammered, bucking into his hand again, but this time Moon's hand began to slow, taking away the minimal stimulation he'd been giving you in the first place. He just stared at you, waiting, and so you were forced to try again. "…Please… please finger me… Moonglow-OH-!" Moon's tongue breached your lips once more as all of a sudden, his fingers began to vibrate. 

"Tooold you to stay quiet…" He scolded, but he didn't sound at all that disappointed that he'd been "forced" to choke you on his tongue. You took him into your mouth eagerly, sucking on him, moving your tongue against his, taking him oh so well as his fingers sent you on a crash course towards your orgasm. He'd worked you up so much before this, your body was more than ready to succumb to him. He moved his fingers methodically side to side over your clit, occasionally moving back and forth nearing your needy hole. "So well behaved, taking this sooo well, myyy little s̴̕̕͝l̸̕u̵͆́ṳ̸̜̐̏̒͑̇͜u̶͆́͝ẗ̴́̐̀." You clenched around nothing, whining against him at this glitched, degrading term of endearment. He laughed at your obvious reaction, his voice gravelly and deep, laced with static as he touched you, quickly learning exactly what you liked, exactly what made you twitch.

Your body began to shake erratically against him as you neared your end, you were so close to coming undone beneath him. He shoved his tongue deep into your throat once more, your lungs emptying rapidly as Moon cut off most of your airflow with his tongue. His middle finger slipped down to your entrance, circling it tantalizing as he cupped your clit with his still-vibrating palm, and your vision blurred as he slowly pushed his finger inside of you, stretching you far more than a single digit should.

There was no question that if he hadn't shut you up, you would have screamed as you fell apart, your pussy clenching tightly around him as he slowly finger fucked you through your orgasm, just going and going and going. With his tongue so deep in your mouth, you couldn't even complain about the overstimulation, couldn't whine, couldn't do anything as he fucked you from one orgasm directly into your next. He showed no signs of stopping, could feel no exhaustion, clearly had no interest in removing his fingers from you.

"Good Starlight, good girl, take it, takeittakeittakeit-" He rambled, slipping a second finger inside of you, filling you up as though you were taking a cock rather than just two of his fingers. "Again, again c̸̈́̍u̴̢̖̐̐̀̑̅̚m̵̬̂̑ for me again." He demanded greedily, and your second orgasm hit you like a bus, ripping through your body relentlessly. He then increased his speed, his fingers plunging in and out of you at an alarming rate, sending you hurtling towards a third… and then some. You didn't know how many times you came, they all began to blur together and there was no way for you to keep track. All you could do was lay there and take it as he demanded that you do, not that you were interested in doing anything else. All you could think about was him, the way his fingers felt, how they filled you so well. As you felt your body squeeze around him once more, you felt your own stamina reach it's end as your exhaustion hit you full force. The corners of your vision went black and, as you came for him one more time, your body gave out and you lost consciousness.

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“Moon…” Sun spoke slowly into their headspace as Moon crouched behind you, his hand clawed around your ankle so that he wasn’t directly touching you, but if you tried to move you wouldn’t be able to. You were laying there, your breathing controlled even as your heartbeat pounded away in your chest. “So you were lying about not wanting to scare her. That’s great, that’s reaaaally great.”

Moon didn’t respond, couldn’t respond right now, but Sun could tell that he was having fun, just waiting for you to move, to trigger his trap. Sun watched, anxiety fizzling away inside of his programming. He’d figured out from the glimpses he’d gotten that Moon had orchestrated this little game to get a chance to play with you. He didn’t really want to scare you, Sun knew that, but Moon loved the game, loved the thrill of the hunt, especially loved a chance to pounce on his prey… Stupid Moon just wanted to give into his desires a little. And if you agreed to play this game with him, you probably wouldn’t second guess his intentions.

When Moon finally did pounce, Sun cringed internally, worried that you’d be hurt.

“Careeeful, Moony.” Sun’s voice crept through, but Moon was careful. If he was going to hurt you, it wouldn’t be like this-“WHAT DOES THAT MEAN??” But despite Sun’s worries, he couldn’t help but pull in Moon’s physical data, feel what Moon felt in that moment when their body was positioned on top of yours, slotted between your legs. It wasn’t quite the same as doing it himself, but Sun needed it and it was right there.

…You felt so warm… Sun wanted to melt into you, wanted Moon to rest his head on your chest and just lay there… but of course Moon wouldn’t, no, no he wanted to keep messing with you. Teasing those cute little reactions out of you that he was obsessed with. Horrible.

He was just shocked as Moon was when you licked him. They hadn’t expected that, never would have guessed in a million years that you’d do something like that. You might as well have thrown a bucket of gasoline onto a raging fire, Moon was thrilled that you were playing back… But when Moon began to retaliate, Sun didn’t know what to do. He looked into your wide eyes, he knew that you were caught off guard by this, but Moon had a chance to taste you… Sun couldn’t bring himself to tell Moon to stop when they might never get this chance again…

…And then you made that noise…

Informed them that you weren’t just playing…

And it was over for them.

As Moon pushed their tongue deep into your mouth, as deep as it would go, as you clung to them, Sun had a jarring realization; Both Sun and Moon might be able to see you, to feel you… but you weren’t kissing them, no… you were kissing Moon. Not Sun.

Sun tried his best to repress that thought, tried to lean into the sensations themselves, take what he could get, but when Moon’s hand slipped beneath your clothes…

“All thisss… All for me.” Moon purred and Sun snapped.

“Nnnnngh, not fair-” He hadn’t meant to release that thought into their headspace but it slipped out. Sun wanted this. He wanted to be the one on top of you, kissing you, feeling your bare skin, not Moon. And Moon had the audacity to dig his claws in and laugh, mocking his brother. “Moon, you know this isn’t fair, you know that's what I want-”

“Awwww… Sunny’s upseeet.” Moon mused out loud, making fun of him when HE KNEW SUN WAS RIGHT. All of a sudden, Sun considered that Moon may have been taunting him this whole time and he was furious about it.

“Let me out, LET ME OUT RIGHT NOW, stupid, stupid bad Moon, you’re so greedy greedy so SELFISH-”

You’d started to push Moon away from you, a concerned, worried look on your face.

"Moon… Sun-is he okay-" Sun’s heart leapt to hear that you were worried about him, but all too soon, Moon interrupted.

"You should heeear him… Mr. Sssunshine throwing a fiiiit."

“Shut up, SHUT UP I AM NOT-”

"…I'm s-sorry… didn't mean to make him… uncomfortable…" You spoke slowly, as though the words were being ripped from you, your desire still obvious as you lean into Moon’s claws. "I should… we should s-stop… don't wanna m-make things worse…" …Well Sun didn’t want that either. He certainly didn’t want to stop this, he just wanted to be the one making you shake beneath them… that was all. As Moon tilted his head above you, and Sun quickly came to the realization that he was waiting for Sun’s response. Sun let out a huff.

“…Fine. FINE. Keep going, whatever.” Sun grumbled, trying to sound discontented, but his frustration was mostly assuaged by the way you apparently cared about how he felt… even in the midst of this.

He’d get to be the one to touch you next time. He’d make sure of it.

There just wasn’t enough time, not nearly as much time as Moon wanted, as he needed to care for you the way that he wanted to… He’d cleaned you up, using the first-aid kit that was stored in his chest cavity to disinfect and bandage his mark (“DANGEROUS”) and then he straightened your clothes as best as he could, feeling a little bad about the bra he’d ruined in the moment (“IDIOTIC”). Next, he’d momentarily laid you on your side in a flat part of the play structures just outside the tube, where you were still hidden from the cameras that surveyed the area (“COULD HAVE BEEN SEEN”). He made sure to wrap you snuggly in one of the emergency blankets that he also kept in his chest cavity and then, while you were still unconscious (“IRRESPONSIBLE”), he went back into the tube and cleaned the affected area, sanitizing it thoroughly (“I N A P P R O P R I A T E”).

Now, he was sitting in the flat part of the play structure, cradling you in his arms as he held you against his chest. You were so small compared to them… so fragile… He’d gone too far-

“OH, DID YOU??? DID YOU GO TOO FAR, HUH???” Sun fumed internally. Moon had made sure to check your biodata once every minute just to make sure you were okay, but that wasn’t enough for Sun, no… he shouldn’t have let you get to that state in the first place. “YOU BROKE HER. YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING, AND YOU BROKE HER-I… WHAT IF SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED? WHAT IF THE KIDS NEEDED YOU???”

“…Got carried awayyyy… sssorry.” Moon muttered back. Normally he’d tell Sun that he knew Sun would have done the same thing if he’d been in Moon’s position, reminded him that he hadn’t told Moon to stop, that Sun had actually encouraged Moon at several points, especially when their fingers were inside of you. But Moon kept those comments to himself, instead focusing on you as he gently brushed back your hair.

“And how is sorry supposed to help us now?” Sun stared at you through Moon’s eyes, the way you nuzzled into his body, how calm you looked while you rested in their arms. A soft hum left Moon’s body as he tightened his hold on you, adjusting you so that you’d be more comfortable. “No, no, no, you don’t get to be happy about this. SHE SHOULDN’T BE LIKE THIS AT ALL!!! The lights are going to turn on, on, ON and she needs to be awake-”

“We have a few more minutesss, Sun…” Moon chided, trying to get as much rest for you as he could. Moon hadn’t meant to reduce you to this, no… it hadn’t been purposeful. But once he realized that he could make you feel sooo good, he just… kept doing it… He hadn’t even thought about the fact that he was shirking his responsibility, hadn’t considered where you were, had put absolutely no consideration into anything except the fact that you were beneath him… and you were willing…

He'd taken what you gave him, and he ran with it.

He held you a little longer, wishing that he could hold you forever, that he never had to let you go. But unfortunately, time was not in his favor. Reluctantly, he placed a hand on your back and gently shook you. His insides twisted as you groaned, pushing your face against his chest in protest. He wanted to let you sleep so badly… but the lights were about to come on, and you had to be awake and reoriented when that happened.

“Come on, Starlight… rissse and ssshine…” He whispered, relief flooding his system when he saw those pretty eyes of yours flutter open and recognition cross your face.

“…M-oon?” You croaked, your poor throat complaining about its usage.

“Sh, sh, sssh…” He hushed you, loosening his hold on you in case you wanted to get away from him, watching you warily as he waited for realization to cross your features. “We’ll get you water in jussst a second… Relaxxx for now.” You nodded slowly, staring up at him as you pieced together things in one… two… three-

“…Oh…” Your eyes went wide as you stared up at him, piecing things together until… “S-”

“No.” Moon said flatly, before you could get out the orry. Why would you even try to say that right now? You made no sense. The two of you stared at each other, unmoving until…

You laughed, burying your face in his chest once more to hide your embarrassment. His body released another low hum as you turned into him rather than away from him as he’d fear you’d do.

“…Are you alright, Starlight?” He asked softly.

“Mmm… little sore…” You evaluated, shifting around in his lap. He saw you reach a hand towards the spot where he’d bitten you, patting the area in confusion when you realized that there was something soft beneath your shirt. “Did you-”

“Neosporin, gauzzze, and medical tape.” He cut you off, speaking so that you wouldn’t have to. He saw the wealth of questions bubbling up between your eyes, but he didn’t have time to answer any of them right now. The lights were about to turn on and he would have to leave you, he wouldn’t have a choice. “We need to get movinggg, little one… Running out of tiiime.” He said, his voice reluctant. You stared up at him looking even more confused until realization crossed your face. You then hurriedly pulled your Fazwatch to your face, squinting as the light assaulted your eyes. A large 1:58 was displayed across the face of the watch and there was a message notification there too.

n 4 U @ 2 - Charlie

Both Moon and Sun were bewildered by this message. What was that supposed to mean??? But you looked like you had it figured out as you pulled yourself gingerly out of Moon’s lap, the blanket that had just been wrapped around you bundled into your arms. He had to actively stop himself from grabbing you, pulling you back into him, where you belonged-

“Shi-oot…” You said, correcting your language at the last second, glancing back at him apologetically, a silly little habit you’d picked up for the benefit of his counterpart. Sun purred internally at your good behavior. “I’m gonna take my lunch break soon… Charlie’s going to sub in for me in just a minute and I should probably be behind the security desk when he gets here.” You explained as you crawled out of the play structures, Moon following right behind you, watching your legs wobble and shake, ready to throw himself at you and catch you if you threatened to fall. But when you finally got to the bottom of the structures, exiting them, you turned back towards him even as you continued to walk towards the security desk, that questioning look on your face yet again. “…Should we… talk? About things?” You asked, your face heating up as you touched on the topic but there was something… sensitive beneath the embarrassment. Something uncertain.

But before Moon could answer, the lights flipped on in the daycare. You paused, watching as the sleeping cap Moon wore disappeared into him, as spikes shot out of his head, as the colors of his clothes changed in the light, as Moon’s red eyes died behind a vast, milky expanse.

Sun watched you fidget before him, watched you shift the weight of the blanket you were carrying from one arm to another.

“I’ve got that, give it to me, gimme, gimme…” Sun fussed, plucking the blanket from your arms and neatly folding it before shoving it roughly into his chest cavity. He could hear the kids waking up, he knew he had to go, couldn’t neglect his duties like Moon had done, no, no, no.

But he couldn’t neglect you either. Not when you looked so shy standing there. So vulnerable…

He placed his hand on the small of your back and ushered you behind the security desk as quickly as he could, before your replacement stepped in.

“…Are you really alright, Daydream?” He asked softly, checking in, just in case you hadn’t been honest before with his counterpart. "I mean… you did pass out…"

"Whyyy would she be honest with youuu and not meee?" Moon asked grumpily, but Sun ignored him.

“I-I’m alright… just a little tired.” You responded, looking embarrassed by him pointing out that you lost consciousness but almost relieved that he cared enough to ask.

“Hmmmm, hm, hm, hm.” Sun tutted thoughtfully as he looked at you. “It’s a little messy, and I’d rather get a chance to clean, clean, clean first but if you waaant, you could take a nap in our room.” He offered gently.

“I-I dunno… I don’t want to be a bother-” You replied, but Sun jumped in before you could say another word.

“Not a bother at all! Listen…” Sun rustled around in his pocket, pulling out a blank key card, holding it in front of you with one hand and gently cupping your shoulder with the other. “I gotta go, but you take this. If you go into the theater, there’s a door near the stage. Go in there and follow the hallway that winds up, up, up and around the Daycare. Our room is at the end of the hall and you can get in there with this, okay? I’ll come get you when it’s time to wake up. Promise.” You looked down at the card in your hands

“…Thanks-” Sun heard the word, but he was already gone, rushing across the Daycare to both tend to his duties and, if he was honest, he knew that he needed to get away from you. He needed to work, and he needed to calm down, yes. The thought of you sleeping in their bed was a little much for him, but he'd make sure he was calm by the time you returned. 

But in the meantime, someone around here had to get some work done.

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You were watching Sun walk away, lost deep in thought when someone tapped you on the shoulder.

“Hey, you!” Charlie greeted you cheerfully as you whirled around, seemingly ignoring the fact that he’d surprised you. You quickly folded your arms across your chest trying to pretend that you were cold, only just now feeling self-conscious about your ruined undergarments… you were going to have to find a way to fix that before you came back after your break. Charlie didn’t seem to notice at all as he continued speaking. “Long time no see, huh? I was like, y’know, where’s she at when I didn’t see you for a couple days but then I heard you got a couple days off so then I was like, hey! Good for her. And anyways, I heard this is where you’re coming every day now, yeah?”

“And I heard you had a little something to do about that.” You responded dryly, rolling your eyes at him as you quickly clocked out, refolding your arms across your chest as soon as you finished both to cover yourself and display disapproval.

“Oh, for real?” Charlie asked excitedly, sounding thoroughly thrilled with himself. “Well, you’re welcome, man! I know you love it in here, and it looks like you’re doing alright, y’know…” He glance pointedly at Sun before stage whispering at you. “…uneaten.” You didn’t know how to respond to this at all; He was acting like he’d done you a huge favor which, on one hand, you’d supposed that he had considering all the benefits you were reaping-nooo, scratch that thought, that was a bad thought.

You wondered if he'd say you still looked uneaten if he knew about the bite mark-NOPE.

“Yeah, yeah… anyways, I’ll see you in an hour.” You responded awkwardly, legs still threatening to shake as you made a break for the employee entrance, praying to escape any additional on-the-nose comments he might release.

“See ya!” He shouted, his voice hitting you right before the door closed in your wake.

And then, you were alone, the keycard to the Daycare Attendant’s room still clutched in your hand.

You weren’t even sure if you should go… you didn’t even know they had a room until just now, but you didn’t want to wander all over the Pizzaplex without a working bra, and you didn’t have anywhere else to go, so you followed Sun’s instructions… into the theater… door near stage… follow the hallway up and around… door at the end of the hall. You saw a scanner there, and you flashed the keycard in front of it, and when the red light flashed green, you turned the handle and opened the door.

You knew that Sun was responsible for keeping the Daycare spick and span, and that he was the sole reason the Daycare was spotless at the beginning of every day, even if it had been a wreck at the end of the day before. That being said, their room was shockingly messy considering that its owner was a known neat freak. There were broken toys scattered all over the floor and remnants of art the children had gifted them was taped up all over the walls. There was a set of stairs leading up to a round, gaping hole in the wall that was covered by bright red curtains, and if the low lull of laughter coming from behind it was any indication, this was the entrance to Sun’s balcony, from which he dove into the ball pit every morning.

Well… almost every morning.

You turned your attention towards the large bed shoved into the corner of the room, large enough to fit all 9 feet of the Daycare Attendant, and there were dark blue and bright yellow blankets piled haphazardly on top, accompanied by star shaped pillows.

Why did he even have a bed??? You were 95% certain he didn’t need to sleep, but after today, you weren’t inclined to just suppose anything about him ever again.

You sat on the edge of the bed, feeling a little out of place being there at all, but the plush of the mattress did quick work of seducing your aching muscles. You flopped onto your back, shoving yourself beneath the pile of blankets with a little groan. As you rolled onto your stomach and buried your face into the fabric, you removed your bra without taking off your shirt, fishing the busted thing out of your sleeve. Maybe you could patch it up for the rest of your shift with a safety pin or something? Mmm, a problem for later. In the meantime, the bed was warm… plenty comfy…

Not quite as nice as Moon’s arms had been somehow…

Your eyes opened slowly at the unbidden thought that lingered in your mind, conflicted feelings at war inside you. There was no doubt in your mind that you’d enjoyed all of Moon’s attention, to the point where your legs still rubbed together at the very thought of it… But then there was also the way he’d held you afterwards, the way he cared for you. Big, bad Moon, who everyone was so wary of, had held you in his arms like you were something precious… And apparently, a part of you wanted more of that, more of him, though you didn’t even know if you ought to pursue that at all. He was your coworker after all…

You buried your face even deeper into one of the stary pillows with a strained “ughhh”… as if the fact that you worked together was your biggest issue here…

At the end of the day, despite how lifelike the Daycare Attendant behaved, he wasn’t human, and you didn’t exactly know what that meant in relation to what just happened. He passed the Turing test by leaps and bounds and you couldn’t imagine that what just happened had been programmed into him, but at the same time you had no idea what his capabilities were… could he make his own decisions? Feel his own feelings?

You had no clue.

You barely knew how you felt about everything.

And on top of all this confused, internal turmoil, let’s add a couple handfuls of guilt about the fact that this had all happened at work while you were both supposed to be working. You were lucky that nothing bad had come of it, that the children had been okay unsupervised while they slept, but that was not a game you wanted to play again. God forbid something had happened…

And now you were laying in his bed, supposed to get some rest while your thoughts ran a mile a minute. You squeezed your eyes shut and took a deep breath that turned into an equally deep sigh. You were going to get fired for this, weren’t you-

“Pssssst, Daydream~?” Your eyes flew open and you looked towards the red curtains that Sun was currently slipping through, having ascended to his balcony on his acrobatic wire. He released the wire and rushed towards the bed, all while hurriedly rummaging around in his pockets.

“…Sun?” You flipped over and tried to sit up, but he was on you in a second, fussing over you immediately. “What’re you-”

“No, no, no sent you up here to rest.” He said sternly, pushing down on your right shoulder with one hand and forcing you to sink back into the bed. “Told the kids that I’d dive for them twice this afternoon since I didn’t do it this morning. Figured we could use that to sneak up to you now, and then sneak up again a little later to wake you up! Here-” He suddenly pulled a bottle of water out of his pocket and held it out towards you. “Snagged it from the emergency snack shelf! Moony told you we’d get you some earlier and we ne-ver break a promise, nope!” His words struck a chord in you that made your heart stutter in your chest.

“Thank you… that’s really sweet of you.” You said, voice filled with genuine appreciation as you took the bottle from him. You weren’t certain why, but this little gesture of care was really affecting you. It kinda made you want to cry for some reason, but you repressed that reaction as he beamed down at you. Instead, you cleared your throat while eying the hand that was still holding you down. “I, uh… have to sit up to drink though.”

“…Oh! Didn’t think about that, hmmm whoops.” He tittered, pulling his hand away from you suddenly so you could sit up, but he remained hovered over you, watching closely as you sat and twisted the cap off the bottle. You pulled the bottle to your lips and began to drink finding yourself to be quite thirsty now that you had water readily available to you, but you were a little overeager as a few drops spilled past your lips. As you lowered the bottle and moved to recap it, Sun’s thumb found your face, gently swiping away the excess water he found there before you could brush it away with your own arm. You looked up at him, your eyes locking on his as he intimately cupped your face.

Neither of you moved. You felt like you couldn’t move, couldn’t even breathe as he looked at you like that. You heard his fans click on but you barely registered it as he ran his thumb along your cheek again, once… twice…

The yelling of children was what finally broke the moment, just as it had when he’d picked you up earlier this morning.

“Mmm… gotta go, go, go…” Sun said, but before leaving, he reached for one of the blankets behind you, a bright yellow one that he draped around your shoulders. “I’ll be back before you know it, so get some good rest, okay?” He was about to pull away from you when you gently grabbed the ruffles around his neck. He stilled, looking down at you curiously. “…I really dooo have to go, you know-” He started, but before he could finish, you placed a small kiss right on his cheek.

“Thanks again for the water.” You smiled up at him, ignorant of the way his fingers twitched as he froze above you. “Go get ‘em, Sunbeam.” It was the second time today you’d told Sun this, and it took another wave of yelling from the Daycare for Sun to straighten up and back away from you. Once he reached the curtain, he paused for a moment, standing at his full height as he looked back at you and you saw him gently touch the spot you’d kissed. This time you did see his fingers twitch. You had no idea what it meant, but right after it happened, he shook his head.

“…Sleep tight, Daydream. I'll be back for you soon.” He finally said, giving you one last long look before he slipped through the curtain and out of sight.

You stared after him for a second, listening to the delighted screams as he jumped from his balcony into the ball pit beneath him, at which point you fell back into the bed with a sigh, the wealth of thoughts from earlier now replaced with only one.

Yup.

You were definitely going to get fired because of this.

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“It’s haaard to resissst, isn’t it?”

Beyond bidding you farewell, Sun was otherwise silent as he left their room, immediately jumping into a series of poses the second he slipped through the red curtain. Unfortunately for him, Moon was uninterested in keeping his tongue equally tied. “She’s ssso tempting… All cuuurled up in our bed…" Sun prepared to dive, paying absolutely no attention to Moon's stupid comments- "You are sooo… And besidesss… I felt that, you know… that waaant you try ssso hard to hiiide.” Moon’s internal voice was sly as Sun leapt, arching high into the air before diving into the depths of the ball pit, showing off for the screaming kids below by throwing an extra twist into his descent.

“Don’t know what you’re talking about.” Sun whispered back while they were submerged in the pit, right before he sprung up with his arms held high above his head, just like a gymnast who’d completed their routine. “Tah-daaaaaahhh!!! Okay, okay, okay jump one is done! I’ll do the second one later, just like I promised, but now, now nowww… who wants to play some games before craft time, huh?”

“Sssure…” Moon chuckled internally in a way that made Sun want to strangle him, but Sun acted normal, as though he wasn’t entertaining the idea of murdering his alter. “I knooow you almost grabbed her… wanted to have her in ouuur bed… It’s whyyy you froooze. You’d give annnything to switch placesss with that blanket you wrapped around her-”

“No fighting in the Daycare, friends!” Sun said, speaking a little louder than usual as he crouched between Katie and Daedra, the two of whom had immediately struck up an argument over which game they should play. His internal fans were kicking on, whirring in his chest as he tried, but failed, to tune out Moon’s knowing words. "Moony-"

“You don't have to feel baaaad about it…” Moon said, acting very much the part of the devil on Sun’s shoulder as Sun fought to ignore Moon's teasing at the same time he fought to ignore his own afterhours thoughts that were looming at the edge of his consciousness. “She pulled you into that pretty little kissss… youuu know what thaaat meansss-” Moon mocked, his voice turning sing-songy at the end of his statement.

“W-why don’t we play two rounds of Katie’s game, and then two rounds of Daedra’s game? That way we can do both!” Sun suggested, his voice becoming increasingly strained as Moon threatened to keep teasing him. He hoped that the kids wouldn’t put up too much of a fight against the compromise, since he didn’t know how capable he was to keep negotiating in this state. “Does that sound fun, huh? Does it?”

“She wants youuu.”

Sun froze, feeling as though Moon had just punched him in the gut with those words, and Sun's eyes flickered longingly towards the curtain that led to his room. He wanted that. Needed you to want him the way that he wanted you. He wanted that more than anything else in the world.

But he couldn’t think about it or else he’d malfunction, so he wasn’t going to think about it right now.

“…Y-yesss, let’s go, let’s go, let’s go! We have to hurry if we want to play both games twice!” He said, stumbling over his momentary pause and herding the kids towards the play structures. Once they’d started to run, he finally turned his attention back towards Moon with a whispered whine. “Moooon… stoooop-”

“Fine, fineee…” While Moon did love to tease his brother, he wasn’t actually trying to be mean… right now, at least. He just couldn't help but fixate on the fact that, though the two of them were designed to be polar opposites, they were aligned where you were involved. Though on one hand, Moon supposed that made plenty of sense… it wasn't like their feelings for you were all that complicated, no, no… their feelings for you were really quite simple, and they had been, ever since they first developed… Since they first found you…

Sun and Moon were two sides of the same coin.

And together, they decided that you were theirs. 

The hour ticked slowly by, and Sun couldn’t stop himself from looking up at their room. Moon stayed silent, true to his word, but Sun could feel him tune in with each and every glance. Finally, just before three, he summoned the acrobatic wire once more and flew up to his balcony, slipping through the curtain as quickly as he could.

You couldn’t have been asleep for very long, but somehow you’d gotten all tangled up in their sheets in the short time you'd been up there. The water bottle that Sun had brought you earlier was now completely empty, disposed of by the side of the bed, and your face was scrunched up, as though you were deep in thought rather than sleeping. He was almost afraid to touch you, worried that if he gave into his desires even a little, he wouldn’t be able to let you go… But despite his concerns, he gently placed his hand on your side, internally reveling in how perfectly you fit in his grasp as he shook you awake.

“Huh-” You jolted in alarm, your own hands flying to tug at whatever was touching you.

“Sh, sh, shhh… It's time to wake up.” Sun shushed you, using his grip on you to still your thrashing and he was infinitely pleased when he felt you relax beneath his fingers. “How was your rest? How are you feeling?” He both saw and felt your muscles stretch beneath your skin as you sat up. He knew that he was still touching you, knew that it was odd that he was still touching you, but he couldn’t seem to force himself to withdraw his hand just yet.

“I, uh… feel quite a bit better actually?” You phrased it as a question, continuing to stretch and move as though you were testing out your body, clearly surprised that it was working so well. You grinned up at him. “I mean, I haven’t tried standing yet, but this is already way better than earlier. Seriously… thanks again for letting me come up here…”

“Anytime, Daydream, anytime… here…” You stiffened as Sun’s other hand found the other side of your waist, both of his hands together easily encircling it considering their size. He then lifted you, and your hands clutched at his wrists as he slowly set you on your feet right in front of him, little by little allowing you to hold up your own weight. “Still better?”

“…Much.” You sounded uncharacteristically shy as you looked up at him, your hands were still placed delicately on his wrists, he noted… not pushing him away, just holding him there. Sun’s fans whirred loudly and he couldn’t stop himself from squeezing you just a little as fondness for you washed over him.

“Sorry about all the rushing, I wish, wish, wish we had more time…” He said, peering down at you longingly. It was then that Moon broke his vow of silence and laughed in their headspace, but Sun ignored him, focusing on the way you looked up at him, looking both embarrassed and amused.

“I wish we did too.” You admitted, squeezing Sun’s wrists and finally letting them go, signaling to Sun that he ought to release you as well. He did so reluctantly, his fingers fighting him as he forced them away from you. “Before we get back down there, yooou don’t happen to have a safety pin on you, do you?”

“Mmm… maybeee~” Sun’s hand’s dipped into his pockets and he rummaged around. “Can’t let the kids have these, no, no, no it’s too dangerous! But sooometimes I need them for craft time, sooo…” He fished one out of his pocket and held it proudly in front of you. “You’re in luck! Whatcha need it for anyway?” He asked as you snagged it from his hand. He watched in fascination as your cheeks heated prettily.

“I’m pretty sure you already saw, but Moon kinda wrecked my bra…” Sun’s eyes followed where your gaze suddenly shifted, finally landing on the undergarment that was laying beside his bed. Then, without realizing what he was doing, his eyes landed right on your chest when he looked back at you. Moon couldn’t stop himself from snickering at his brother’s error, which only proved to fluster Sun further. In addition, you continued speaking throughout all of this making it obvious that you didn’t have any knowledge of what just happened. After all, you couldn’t hear Moon laugh, nor did Sun have pupils to indicate where he was looking, so there was no way you could have been aware. “Anyway, I figured I could use this to patch it up for now since I can’t just go back to work without one…”

“Sssuch a shame…” Moon hummed, while Sun forced his eyes to rest some place more appropriate.

“Bad Moon, bad, bad, bad…” Sun scolded heatedly, his agitation only increasing with his own embarrassment. “He shouldn’t have done that, should control himself better. Hmph.”

“Probably…” You responded noncommittally, your cheeks still wonderfully warm as you averted your gaze. “Moon’s lucky that was one of my shi-bad bras. But I’ll go broke if that becomes a habit, so he really can’t do that next time…”

“Liiittle Starlight…” Moon chuckled, sounding thoroughly pleased with himself and with you. “After allll that, she’s already thinking about nexxxt time… naughty-”

“Next time is my turn.” Sun bit out the words forcefully, before he could even think about what he’d said.

"…W-what?" It was the look of wide-eyed shock that blossomed on your face that caused him ramble on, in an attempt to overcorrect his mistake. 

“I-I was just talking to Moon, telling him… well… gotta be fair you see, yes! It's veeery important to be fair, wouldn't want to be unfair, no, no, noooo-" Sun's anxiety began to spike as you remained frozen in front of him. "W-what I'm trying to say is that I’m the careful one out of the two of us, you wouldn’t have to worry about that with me, I would never break your clothes, never, never, never-" Your lack of a response, specifically your lack of a positive response, shook him badly. You wanted him, didn't you? Moon had said so, Sun had thought so, had he been mistaken, had he been wrong? "A-ah-anddd I'm certain I can make you feel at least as good as Moon did, maybe better, yes, yes, much better-" Sun seemed to realize at this point that the hole he was digging for himself was getting deeper and deeper and deeper, so he picked a new approach:

Disappearing before you could reject him forever. 

"O-oooh my stars, got distracted, need to go right now, seeyousoon-” His words started to blur together as he rushed for the curtain, but he was stalled by the hand that caught around one of his own. He froze, swiveling his head on his shoulders so that he could look back at you, feeling like an absolute wreck, but when you squeezed his hand, he wanted to melt.

"S-so a lot happened today… We should probably talk about it before any… next times." You were the first one to break the silence, saying that short phrase like you'd been practicing saying the words in advance. Sun failed to realize that you probably had.

"Mmmmmm… probably…" Sun muttered uncertainly. He'd feel a whole lot better if he knew what you were going to say, but it didn't seem as though you were opposed, so that helped… a little. You nodded at him, looking a little relieved by his response. 

"I could stay late tonight-" You were starting to suggest, but Sun shook his head vehemently.

"Noooo, too busy, busy, busy after hours." He said abruptly. He wasn't lying… They were busy since Moon was supposed to patrol at that time, but the real reason he wanted to send you away was because Sun wanted your time, and if Moon was out, then he would get it again.

"Sunny…" Moon growled, but Sun ignored him.

"Maybeeee if you waaaant, you could come in early tomorrow, yes! We have pl-enty of time in the mornings!" He said, his head twisting this way and that as he watched you, nervously anticipating your response.

"I could try to do that. No promises about tomorrow, but either tomorrow or the day after, maybe?" You grinned up at him, your cheeks flooding with heat. "Then afterwards, maybe we can figure out how to make things fair, huh?" Sun stared at you blankly, had you really just said that, had you really just meant that, had you- "You really should get down there though… if that yelling is any indication, you're probably being missed right now." Sun just nodded, still not moving an inch.

"Sun…" Moon had to practically shout at his brother to catch his attention. Sun shook his head, pulling himself together as best as he could, but he couldn't bring himself to say anything, couldn't figure out how to make his voice work. He tried, a low static escaping him with each attempt, as though he'd had the artificial breath stolen from him. But, when it failed to work time and time again, he stumbled out of their room and through the curtain, tossing himself back into the Daycare and plummeting into the ball pit below.

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When you returned to the daycare to work the final three hours of your shift, you were too busy to really think through any of the thoughts that lingered on the border of your mind. Still feeling guilty about your earlier negligence, you threw yourself into your job, deciding to be as helpful as you possibly could in an attempt to make up for it. Craft time was a blur of kids asking for your help to thread string through prettily colored beads as they created little friendship bracelets for each other. You sat in their midst, focused on the task at hand, licking your fingers and using their dampness to sooth the frayed ends of the string so that you could more easily worm it through this particular bead’s frustratingly small center.

You definitely caught Sun staring at you a couple of times, but he promptly turned his back to you each time, clearly trying his hardest to ignore you and focus on all of the tasks he was expected to tackle. If you weren’t trying so hard to focus on your own tasks, his behavior would have reminded you of how he acted during that day you’d spent in the Daycare a week ago.

All that being said, in the flurry of activity, the day came to a close all too soon, and Sun practically shooed you out of the Daycare at the end of your shift.

“Go, go, go Daydream!” He fussed, even going so far as to put a hand on the small of your back and push you towards the employee entrance. “We’re very, verrry busy tonight, just like I said! Have work to do, yes we do! Can’t have you distracting us, nooo.” He pinched your side at this final comment of his, giggling happily even as he attempted to get rid of you.

“Ow, hey?? Alright, alright, I’m going.” You pretended to complain and grumble, but in all actuality, you easily agreed, even as you leaned back into that large hand of his. His hands were warm, and there was something enticing about his touch. It felt… comfortable, somehow. “What do you guys even do at night anyways? The Daycare’s closed, isn’t it?”

“Well, at night we-” Sun’s voice cut out midsentence, converting into garbled static, before cutting back in. “W-weee cleeeeean! And you know, help out where we can, we’re very helpful.” He answered vaguely, as though he hadn’t made a weird noise at all.

“…You alright?” You asked, glancing back at him over your shoulder. You felt his fingers tense against you the moment you made eye contact with him, but as soon as it had happened-

“Fine, fine, finefinefine.” Sun insisted, opening the door to the employee entrance for you and shoving you through it. “I’ll see you tomorrow! Maybe early to… talk?”

“I’ll try, Sunbeam.” You agreed, glancing back at him. “Like I said, I’ll come in as early as I can either tomorrow or the next day-”

“Okay, see you then, bye!” He shouted, cutting you off and slamming the door behind you.

“…Bye…” You’d been dismissed, there was no question about it.

It was certainly odd of him to kick you out like that, but you weren’t all that bothered about it since you’d established some time to talk about everything. That being said, being alone still felt weird after everything, especially since everything wasn’t resolved just yet. It felt as though you ought to be sorting through your feelings, but you didn’t know how to and you wouldn’t know how to until after you talked. You strolled into the utility tunnels, heading for the employee breakroom, ready to change and go home.

You briefly considered taking a bath after the wild day you'd had, but your last little dip had startled you so badly that you didn’t want to risk it again… Instead, you just glanced longingly at the bubble bath you kept holed up in the back of your locker and changed out of your uniform into your casual clothes. The safety pin had held your bra up alright, but it was decidedly uncomfortable, so you abandoned it in your gym bag, deeming that your hoodie would serve you well enough for the ride home.

You were leaving the breakroom in record time, when you literally bumped into someone that was becoming a little too familiar to you…

“AH-oh my god, Vicky…” You yelped, startled by the sudden appearance of your haggard looking boss. She staggered in place, using your shoulder to catch her balance, wincing noticeably at the volume of your voice. “You gotta announce your presence or something… it’s fuckin’ dark down here.”

“SHHHHHhhhh.” She shushed you loudly, bringing a finger to her lips and then smushing it roughly against your own as she squeezed her eyes shut. “Thirteen… thirteen birthday parties… thirteen.” She murmured, dropping her hand from your face with a gentle pat to your cheek.

“Oof… rough day?” You asked as she shuffled her way past you, into the breakroom you’d just been trying to vacate.

“Rough year is more like it.” She said with a shudder as she headed towards her assigned locker. “I hate children now. This place has literally made me hate children, it’s the best damn goddamn birth control, better than anything money could buy.”

“Aww, Vicks…” You leaned in the entrance sympathetically and watched her open her locker just to lean into it deep enough that her head could rest against the back. She released a muffled groan and banged her head against the metal with a tinny bang.

“I need a drink.” She huffed, her voice softened by the locker that surrounded her head. “Come to happy hour with me. I owe you a million favors, I may as well start paying them off by buying you a…” She paused for a moment before groaning again. “For some reason I can’t remember the name of an adult beverage, but I can name all 32 flavors of FizzyFaz…”

“Tonight??” You asked, thrown off by this sudden development. You’d always liked Vicky, but your relationship with her thus far had been exclusively professional. After all, you both had historically been too busy to engage in things like “happy hour”. “I mean… I guess I’m not doing anything tonight… I’m not really dressed for it though-”

“Who gives a shit.” Vicky grunted, and you looked away from her to give her some privacy when you realized she had started to change out of her work clothes. “It’s just a drink. There’s no dress code for getting a drink.”

“…I guess you’re right…” You shrugged awkwardly, waiting for her to finish changing. “I’d be down to go with you. Probably just one drink though? I was hoping to get up early tomorrow to be honest.”

“Hey, I’ve gotta be here at the same time as you, you know.” Vicky said with an exhausted chuckle, thinking that early meant you had to be here in time for your shift at 8, rather than at least an hour earlier that so you could have your talk with Sun… maybe two hours depending on-

“Y-yeah, I know…” You chuckled awkwardly, rubbing the back of your neck as heat threatened to cloud your cheeks at your questionable thought process. Worst case scenario, you could always postpone your talk until Monday morning… You’d rather address things as soon as possible, but you’d purposefully given yourself a little wiggle room, knowing full well that you weren’t a morning person and that you might wake up too late on accident. “Either way, I should probably stick to one drink, just in case?”

“It’s up to you.” Vicky shrugged, slamming her locker shut signaling that she’d finished changing and was ready to go.

There was some good news and some bad news when you woke the next morning.

The good news was that you’d successfully woken up at 5:30, which would allow you plenty of time to get to the Pizzaplex by 6. This was the earliest that daytime employees were allowed to enter the premises and your arrival at this time would give you the two full hours you wanted to talk to Sun prior to the Daycare opening.

The bad news was that you had not stuck to your one drink limit, and you were very much regretting it right about now…

The bar that Vicky had taken you to had a happy hour that was unrivaled by any other bar you’d frequented in the past. Their drinks were strong, and they’d been half-priced for the entirety of your visit (though that may have had less to do with the happy hour, and more to do with the bartender flirting heavily with the both of you until you left). You’d had a lot of fun, which is why you stayed out longer than you intended, but you were still severely second-guessing your choices in the dawn of the new day.

Once you’d gotten home, you passed out immediately after setting your alarm, but your sleep had been restless and you hadn’t been able to quiet your thoughts. Both Sun and Moon’s voices seemed to echo in your head, haunting your unconsciousness by either repeating words that you'd heard them say earlier today, or saying things that were brand new… and absolutely filthy-

You were a mess, and it wasn’t just because of the bar residue that seemed to cling to your skin after a night on the town.

You decided to jump into the shower prior to leaving for work. You didn’t know why you were so antsy, but this was certainly an unusual situation to be in. Prior to getting into the water, you slowly stripped off the bandage Moon had applied to your chest, finally getting a good look at the mark he’d left behind after your… time together. It wasn’t deep by any means, but it was still noticeable, two crescents arcing directly into each other. It was strange that he’d done this… it should probably be alarming that he’d hurt you in any way, but it was even stranger that you were oddly okay with it?? It felt like some kind of memento, some proof of what had happened, and because of that, your brain had deemed it to be perfectly acceptable, no questions asked. Ugh…

Your feelings on the topic of how things should be from here on out kept changing and again, you wouldn’t really know how you should feel about everything until after you talked. Therefore, you were desperate to have this conversation and get a chance to resolve things. You washed up quickly, popping a Tylenol while you were in the bathroom to address the hangover that was threatening to rear its ugly head. You didn’t bother rebandaging Moon’s mark… again, it wasn’t that bad and beyond that, you didn’t own the stuff required to bandage it up properly like he had, so you just left it be. You'd had worse. Once you were finished, you threw on a clean uniform and headed for the Pizzaplex.

You made it there at six on the dot, just in time to see the timed shutters open by the main entrance. As you entered, you just so happened to walk past the singular member of the night-time skeleton crew on their way out of the building. You nodded at her, keeping your cheeriness to a minimum considering how early it was, but she simply stared back at you without greeting you at all, the pace with which she walked not slowing in the slightest. While her behavior was a little off putting, you couldn’t bring yourself to be too bothered by it; It was a hellish time of day, and she was simply behaving in a way that represented how any normal person should feel right about now. Arguably, that was how you should feel right about now, but you were an anomaly for more reasons than one.

Rather than give it any additional thought, you hurried down to the breakroom, tossed your gym bag into your locker and then you headed straight for the Daycare. You moved surprisingly quickly, pausing only once you reached the door. Your heartbeat thudded in your chest as you placed your hand hesitantly on the handle. It was almost as though something was telling you that if you opened this door, there was no going back…

But even so, after taking one (or five) very deep breaths, you slid the door open, and stepped into the Daycare.

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“Mmmm… is she coming today? Or not? Or is she???” Sun muttered, wringing his hands anxiously as he stared at the employee entrance. He’d had a rough night, overthinking everything as Moon patrolled, overthinking everything even more once they returned to the Daycare where Sun had proceeded to bother an already irritated Moon with his incessant worrying. Sun’s nervousness only increased when the doors to the Pizzaplex opened since that meant that you could arrive any second!!! Though you probably wouldn’t come this early…

Or alternatively, you could just… not arrive at all…

He hated that you’d said you’d come early today or tomorrow. He didn’t know whether he ought to expect you or not, and if you didn’t come early this morning, he couldn’t help but worry about working with you all day today… Yesterday afternoon had been absolutely horrible. He risked malfunctioning every time he watched you. As though the intense look of concentration you’d worn wasn’t cute enough to distract him, the way you’d licked your fingers to expertly maneuver the trickier beads onto the desired thread was… well…

Essentially, he needed you to come talk sooner rather than later, or else he’d explode. He shouldn’t have let you leave last night… he should’ve made you stay-”

“And whossse fault is thaaat?!” Moon hissed, still peeved by the way Sun had forced you out of the Daycare before you could risk falling into Moon’s clutches yet again. “She sssaid she could stay late, and you sssent her away…” Sun didn’t bother answering, didn’t even bother acknowledging the question. You had made it clear that you needed to talk before anything else happened and, if you had stayed last night, there was a good chance that by the time you were done talking, Moon would come out just in time to play.

It simply wouldn’t have been fair if that had happened, not fair at all.

In lieu of answering, Sun continued to worry all while pacing back and forth and fussing with his fingers. Moon, however, was not content to let Sun fidget in peace. “Everything would be sssorted out by now, if you weren’t sssuch a baaaby.” Moon grumbled frustratedly. “Letting her out of our sssight when she offered to ssstay… Besidesss… the longer she’s gooone, the more likely she isss to chaaange her miiind.”

“Ch-change her mind?” Sun stammered, his attention successfully caught by this ominous message from his alter. “What are you talking about?”

“You reeeally think she’s not thinking about everyyy little thing while she’sss away?” Moon spoke slowly, truly speaking his mind for the first time since he’d yelled at Sun for his selfishness just the evening prior. “She’sss doing all that thinking while we’re not there to convinccce her that thisss is a good idea… that we’reee a good idea-”

“You don’t know that, though.” Sun snapped, acting as though Moon’s words hadn’t shaken him, as though his pacing hadn’t dramatically sped up since Moon introduced this idea. “Can’t know that, you don’t know everything.” It was silent between the two of them for one second… two seconds… three sec- “I mean, s-she wouldn’t, would she? Why would she do that? She talked about making things fair, can’t do that if she changes her mind-why would she change her Mmmmmmm why wouldn’t she think we’re a good-”

“Have you forgotten how we fouuund her? The firssst time I caught her?” Moon wormed his way through Sun’s protests effortlessly. Sun whimpered, wholly distracted by this sudden reference to one of their most regularly reviewed recordings of you. “Do you really think she’d ssstay if she knewww?”

“An accident.” Sun whined insistently, clutching at his faceplate, his silicone rays bending pliantly beneath his hands despite their firm appearance. “The music… y-you were just curious, you didn’t mean to, no, no, no not then.”

“And the other timesss?” Sun’s grip around his faceplate tightened, but he didn’t know why Moon was reminding him of this when that whole predicament was all Moon’s fault.

“You just couldn’t stay away.” Sun shot back, a bitter tone tinging his voice.

“Nooo… couldn’t once I kneeew she was thereee…” Moon admitted darkly, before tagging on, “But don’t act like you wanted me to do anything elssse…”

“I… mmmmmph…” Sun couldn’t bring himself to protest… the problem was that Moon wasn’t wrong, and unfortunately for Sun, they both knew it. “W-well… fine, all that did happen, and you did do that, and… Ugh maybe I did want you to do it, but now what?? We didn’t plan for this, didn’t know we’d get this far-”

“But we haaave gotten ssso much farther than we ever dreeeamed…We’re ssso close, Sunny.” Moon growled internally, his very words biting through the void of their headspace. “Ssso clossse, and she just keepsss faaalling into our laaap… We need every minute we can get, and you pussshed her out last night because you were jealousss-”

“Don’t act like you would have done anything differently if the tables were turned.” Sun scoffed, folding his arms across his chest as he began to pace. “She’s not yours, she’s ours-”

“She is oursss, but if she ssslips through our fingersss-”

“Daydream wouldn’t just…just-”

“Wouldn’t just what?” Sun’s head snapped up towards the employee entrance where you now stood, the grin on your face failing to mask the grimace of pain you held behind it. “You alright, Sunbeam? You sound upse-woah-” He couldn’t stop himself from practically flinging himself at you before the door even closed behind you.

“Oh my stars, oh my stars, you’re here and you’re so, so, so early!!!” His arms encircled you tightly, as though he was afraid he’d lose you if he let you go, which… maybe he was, a little. He pressed his cheek against yours, nuzzling your face needily as he hugged you tightly.

“H-hey, I’m happy to see you too, but could you quiet down just a bit? H-headache…” You mumbled, squeezing your eyes shut as you clung to him. Both Sun and Moon’s attention was caught by your words, and Sun promptly began to check your vitals. “I told you I’d come early, didn’t I? You forget or somethin’?”

“Oh, no, no, no Daydream, I never forget!” Sun answered, and his voice was indeed a notch softer per your request. He was relieved to discover that your biodata looked fine at a glance, but he was still bothered to know that you weren’t feeling well. “Just didn’t expect you’d come in so early, but I’m happy you did, yes! So happy to see you, but-” He suddenly held you out at an arm’s length so that he could do a better job of inspecting you. “What’s wrong? Oh gosh, you’re not feeling sick or anything, are you? You look a little pale-”

“H-hey, slow down, Sun…” You stopped him before he could begin turning you this way and that. Your eyes were still squeezed shut, and you did look a little bit queasy. “I’m not feeling great right now, but that’s totally my own fault… I went out last night and… a-anyways, I’ll feel better soon, I promise. Just need a second.”

“Out passst bedtime and here early… Nooot good for sssleep, no…” Moon grumbled, oozing a disapproval over your choices that only Sun could feel.

“Hmmm…” Sun hummed worriedly, pulling you flush against him once more and refusing to put you down. “I’ll take you to our room. It’s quieter there, not quite so bright, and you can lay down if you want, yes!” Before you could protest, Sun secured you against his chest in one arm and reached up for the acrobatic wire with the other, grabbing it purposefully.

“I’m not-” Your ability to speak left your body as Sun’s feet left the ground. You squeaked, squeezing him even tighter and burying your face in his neck. He tried not to enjoy this too much, tried to ignore the way his fans kicked on when you wrapped yourself around him like this, he was just trying to take care of you! But he couldn’t help but feel a tinge of regret when he landed on his balcony and the grip you had on him began to loosen.

“W-wait a second, Daydream… here.” He stepped into the room and gently deposited you onto their bed. He didn’t want to let you go, but he made himself do it; He had to make sure you were okay, that was his priority! He promptly gathered up some blankets for you and dumped them on top of you.

“Sun, you don’t have to go to all this trouble, it’s not that bad-”

“Gonna get you some water and some snacks, yes! Humans need snacks…” He interrupted you as though you hadn’t spoken at all. “I’ll be right back, don’t move a muscle.”

“I don’t think I could if I wanted to…” You grumbled from beneath the mass of blankets, but Sun ignored you. He went back down, going into the snack cupboards and grabbing yet another unopened bottle of water and a bunch of kid sized snack bags of Freddy Grahams. He didn’t know how many you would want, but he shoved as many as he could into the pockets of his poofy, jester pants without smooshing them. He then scrambled back up to their room, all in less than two minutes, where he was pleased to see that you hadn’t moved a muscle, just like he’d asked!  

“Water and snacks, just like I promised!” He said, placing the water next to the bed and promptly emptying his pockets of all the bags of Freddy Grahams and placing them in a comically large pile. He then placed his hands on his hips and looked at you, feeling both proud of himself and progressively more worried about you. Ughhh humans were fragile. He should never have let you out of his sight.

"Shooouldn't have let her leeeave last night…" Moon reminded him purposefully.

“Moony shhh." Sun huffed, brushing his alter off before returning his attention to you. "What else do you need, what else can I do? D’ya need more blankets? More pillows??”

“Sun… c’mere…” You fought to pull an arm out of the blankets and used it to pat an empty space that was right next to you. He froze, his head twitching as he glanced between your eyes and your hand. “I know you’re a caretaker, but I’m not here for you to take care of me; I’m here to talk like I told you yesterday, remember?”

“I-I know that, I know that, but I can’t not take care of you if you’re not feeling well…” He mumbled, perching himself rather primly on the edge of the bed and looking down at you. He leaned towards you, his face getting unusually close to yours as he peered down at you, the grin he wore on his faceplate not at all matching his mood. He scanned your biodata again, just in case.

“It’s barely anything, just a minor hangover.” You attempted to reason with him, but Sun wasn’t having it.

“Moony can look up cures for that, can’tcha Moon?” Sun asked out loud, nodding vehemently before Moon even responded, knowing that his alter had been doing just that the moment the words left your lips.

“You really don’t need to do all that!” You insisted, squeezing your eyes shut once more which only made Sun’s worry increase. “The water and snacks will help, so thank you for those. Besides, I took some Tylenol this morning. That should kick in soon and help with the headache.”

“BAD.” Moon hissed loudly in their headspace. “Not supposssed to mix those, could huuurt them… Not good, not good-”

“Moon says that’s bad.” Sun blurted out, jumping to his feet in a panic. “Oh, no, no, no what to do, what to do…” Should he take you to the nurse’s office? He wasn’t supposed to leave the Daycare, didn’t even know if the nurse’s office was open yet, he didn’t want you to get hurt-

“Sun.” Sun attention was diverted by you saying his name in what he could only imagine was your sternest possible voice. He cringed. He didn’t know you could speak like that, certainly didn’t want to hear you say his name like that. You patted the empty space on the bed once more. “Come here and help me sit up so I can drink some water?” You must have noticed his discomfort, as your voice had softened significantly when you voiced this question. He fidgeted in place for a moment, torn between getting you help and doing as you asked. He was worried, there was no question about that…

…But he wanted to sit with you. Badly.

“GET. HELP.” Moon growled through their connection, making clear his perspective on the whole situation. “DON’T YOU DAAARE, SUN-”

“…Please?” You asked, looking up at him with those big eyes of yours.

“Mmmmmmmmmmmm, fine.” Sun huffed, crawling onto the bed despite all of Moon’s loud (and quite rude) protesting. It was very hard for Sun to say “no” to you, especially when you looked up at him like that. Beyond that, he would be checking your biodata religiously until he felt sure that you were fine. He sat in the empty space beside you and promptly reached beneath the mass of blue and yellow blankets, pulling you out from under them and pulling you directly onto his lap. “…Are you sure you’ll be okay, Daydream? Moon’s really worried…” Sun explained awkwardly as he shifted beneath you so you could get more comfortable.

“W-well… now that you pointed it out, I do think he’s right that you’re not supposed to take Tylenol after a hangover…” You admitted looking a little sheepish, both about the admission as well as your current arrangement in Sun’s lap. “I don’t know if this will make you feel any better, but I’ve done it before and I’ve always been fine-”

“Moon says not to do it ever again. Ever.” Sun stated pointblank, interpreting that message out of the angry snarls and screeches only he could hear. He reached over the edge of the bed to grab the water he’d brought up for you, easily snagging one of the bags of snacks he’d brought you in the same hand. “He also says that you have to promise to tell us if you feel any weird pain, or nausea.”

“You really don’t have to worry so much.” You said with a roll of your eyes that neither Sun nor Moon appreciated.

“Liiittle b̴̾͋̌r̸͂̓̐̀̕ã̶́t̴͇̤͛̅͒ͅ…”

“But I won’t do it again. And I will tell you if I feel like anything’s wrong.” You acquiesced, soothing Sun’s feelings at the very least as you took the bottle of water from his hands and tried to open it.

When Sun realized that you were struggling to do so, he plucked it from your fingers and twisted the top off with embarrassing ease. After he handed it back to you, he decided to also open your bag of snacks for good measure.

“…Thank you.” You said, your voice rather small. Sun’s mood lifted just a little more at your display of good manners.

“Anything for you, Daydream.” He said with a begrudging sincerity as he carefully tucked a strand of your hair behind your ear.

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You took a couple swigs of your water and ate a handful of the Fazbear branded Freddy Grahams in silence, pulling your thoughts back together after Sun’s rather overbearing panic attack. You felt unbearably small in Sun’s lap, his massive form practically curling around your own, a single one of his hands engulfing your waist, holding you in place. You could tell that he was watching you, and his obvious scrutiny made the process of swallowing more difficult than it normally was, but you did your very best to ignore the attention rather than risk choking on the dry crackers. You felt certain that if he felt you required the heimlich, he’d crack every single rib in your body.

“So…” You finally spoke, noting the way the chill of the bottle of water in your hands severely contrasted with the heat radiating off the bot behind you. He’d pulled your back flush against his torso and his body and hand generated a comforting warmth that made you want to melt right into him. It was soothing in and of itself, and the edge of your hangover seemed to dull in the moment. You could feel the tension that was coiling in your muscles begin to dissipate as you leaned back into-

“Sooooo…?” Sun hummed softly, being mindful of your headache as he pulled you out of your runaway thoughts.

“I-I was just going to say thank you for inviting me to come in early.” You fumbled with your words, thrown off by how quickly you’d lost your train of thought while thinking about him, and you were a little embarrassed about the fact that he’d caught you.

“Oh, anytime Daydream, anytime.” He chirped happily. You were taking another sip of your water when you felt his other warm hand joined its counterpart on your waist, and you almost did choke at the additional contact. You played it off with a soft cough as you recapped your water, setting it carefully on the bed next to you, propping it against Sun’s leg. Before it could even rest there, he snatched it up and set it more securely on the floor right beside the bed, reaching easily with his long arms. “I had no idea that you’d come in this early though! We almost, almost didn’t get everything ready-Oh! Speaking of which, did you notice anything different about our room? Didja, didja??”

“It’s… hmm…” Prompted by his question, you twisted your head this way and that, until- “Oh! Did you decorate, Sunbeam? And clean too??” Indeed, the clutter that had previously been scattered across the floor was neatly put away, and the dust that had seemed to coat every surface of the room was nowhere in sight. In addition, strings of multicolored twinkle lights now hung from the ceiling, their soft glow easily warming the otherwise poorly lit bedroom. You had a funny feeling that the lights had been borrowed from the closet where they kept the Pizzaplex’s Christmas decorations… But beyond that, there were a wealth of multicolored streamers strewn about, and you noticed some plushies of both Sun and Moon had been added to the wealth of pillows on the bed.

“That’s right, you got it!” Sun giggled, lowering his faceplate so that he could nuzzle his cheek against yours, his rays smushing softly against your skin. You were a little surprised by this; you’d always assumed that they’d be sharp given their appearance, but you supposed their softness made more sense for a childcare robot. “We wanted it to look nice in here, just for you… Wanted you to feel all nice and comfy, since we’re going to bring you up here aaaall the time!” Your face warmed at that comment… aaaall the time, huh…

“Right… about that…” You said, feeling rather shy out of nowhere. This was the whole reason you’d come here… to establish what this was and even more importantly, you needed to establish what the rules were. There was so much you wanted to address, you barely knew where to start… so you decided to start with the first question that popped into your head and immediately sent you into a panic. “Wait… there aren’t cameras in here, are there??”

“Oh no, absolutely not.” Sun said with certainty, his grip on you tightening just a little at the thought. “No, no, no Daydream, we would never want anyone else to see- ah… you know…” He paused, tripping over his words just a bit, causing the awkward tension in the air to only escalate.

“I know… it’d be a really big problem if we got caught…” You agreed, pressing on despite your discomfort. “We’d both get in a ton of trouble, and that’s putting it lightly… But that’s why we can’t let what happened yesterday happen again.”

“…Wh-what do you mean?” Sun asked softly, noticeably stilling behind you to the point where you could almost hear the gears turning in his head as his fingers froze in place. You twisted in place as best as you could so you could look at his face, and his concern was palpable even through his frozen face. “Did you… did you change your mind? Moony, d-don't-”

“No, no it’s nothing like that.” You said hurriedly, interrupting his aside to his alter who you were suddenly reminded was listening in to this conversation right now. You did want to have your own conversation with Moon later, but this was good since you supposed that it meant you wouldn’t have to repeat yourself. You shifted in his lap even further so that you could face him and, in your hurry, you ended up straddling him without really realizing that you were doing it. “All I meant was that… well… things happened really fast and while I’m very okay with what happened, that kind of stuff probably shouldn’t happen during the workday again… especially not in the Daycare.”

“Oh stars, that’s- I couldn’t agree with you more.” Sun exclaimed with an adorable little laugh. “Thank goodness, you're… Hah, you know, I actually already scolded Moony about that and everything. Very unprofessional of him.” He sounded so relieved by your words, and you were honestly relieved as well by his overwhelmingly positive response. His hands settled onto your hips, causing you to only realize in that moment exactly how you were now positioned on top of the Daycare Attendant. You could hear his fans click on as he hummed happily, and you felt your face heat up in response.

“W-well… it was unprofessional of us. I should take an equal share of the blame, it takes two to tango, you know.” You muttered, suddenly feeling uncertain about what to do with your hands. You finally settled on placing them on his shoulders, feeling his fingers tense around your hips when you touched him. “Anyway, now that we’ve agreed on that, we should probably hash out, you know… what this is?” Sun’s faceplate suddenly twisted sharply to the right, and he looked you up and down thoughtfully.

“What what is, Daydream?” He asked curiously, his faceplate suddenly dropping so that it was only a short distance away from your own face.

“Well… what we are?” Your attempt to explain your quandary must have fallen flat, considering that his head promptly shifted sharply to the left, and he appeared just as clueless as he’d been before. “Well, okay… so, there are all different kinds of relationships, right? Like… well, you and I didn’t even know each other all that well at first, so back then we were acquaintances. But then we decided to be friends, and then best friends and now…” You gestured your hand vaguely to illustrate your cluelessness. “I’m not saying that we have to label this or anything, but we should figure out what the details are, shouldn’t we? Ugh, I mean… I don’t even know what you’re capable of, but I figured I should ask, I mean I didn’t even think you were capable of that kind of stuff and-”

“Moony says he’s happy to hear that you’re talking more, since he thinks it means you're feeling better already.” Sun interrupted gently, chuckling to himself as he tucked a strand of hair behind your ear. Your face heated further; you hadn’t realized that you were rambling. “And we both think you’re making this way too complicated, yes yes.”

“Oh… S-” You opened your mouth to apologize, but before you could, Sun’s face bumped against yours, a rough approximation of a kiss. The hand with which he’d been brushing your hair back held your face gently against his. You froze in place, startled by this sudden affection, not moving an inch until he pulled away.

“We know what this is, mm-hm." He said, with an undeniably certainty. "You're ours, and… hmmm… c-can’t we still be best friends too?” He asked, almost worried about your response as he asked. Your heart melted a little.

“Oh- of course we can, Sunbeam.” You said softly, wrapping your arms around his neck and hugging him tightly. Your questions had been honest; you didn’t know what they expected, or what they were capable of. But you supposed that what they said was accurate: You were their security guard, and you could continue to be best friends, that was fine by you. Best friends… with benefits, you supposed? Yeah, you could handle that.

“Silly little Daydream… Was that all you wanted to talk about?” Sun asked nuzzling his face against yours again, but his voice had gotten rather low towards the end of his question, to the point where you were certain that both of you felt the shiver that went through you.

“Well…” You had about a million more questions for them but, for the sake of your limited time together, you decided to settle for just one. For now, at least. “I guess I was curious… I mean… how do you both even know about… all this stuff?” You asked successfully, but you came off as being just a smidge pathetic. You couldn’t help it; you felt like you were being insensitive by asking this question at all, but your brain couldn’t let go of it. He was an animatronic babysitter after all; it felt odd that he would have such intimate knowledge of the process of making the beings he was expected to supervise.

“Oh gosh…” Sun appeared to feel just as embarrassed as you did, chuckling awkwardly as you both averted your eyes. You were about to back off, tell him that he didn’t have to answer you, when he continued. “Well, I suppose w-we were programmed with knowledge of the basics. All of the animatronics know the difference between appropriate touching and inappropriate touching.” He said shyly, refusing to look at you as he spoke but even so, he continued. “Beyond that, we’ve seen some… not very careful employees AND guests, uh… engaging-”

“I-it’s okay, you don’t have to go into any more detail, I get it.” You jumped in hurriedly, putting him out of his misery and causing that look of relief to somehow flash across his frozen face once more. “But does that mean that you’ve never… engaged… before?”

“Nope!” He said, with a rather refreshing lack of embarrassment, especially considering how sensitive he’d been about prior topics. “You’re our very first…” And there was that deep voice again, his hands settling onto your hips, fingers gripping you tightly. You had no idea how he could swing so quickly from being shy and embarrassed to being so forward. “Is that all you wanted to talk about?”

“Just one more thing, I promise.” You blurted out urgently, a little blindsided by his apparent impatience. You looked up at him, but you suddenly felt a little lost as you stared into the void that was Sun’s eyes. There was so much affection there... curiosity, and... something else, that you couldn't quite put your finger on. Whatever it was, it made you feel warm, even warmer than his heated body made you-

“…And that one more thing is…?” Sun hummed, clearly amused by the way you’d gotten distracted by him again.

“Ugh, sorry, I just… I wanted to ask…” God, you didn’t know why this was so embarrassing for you. You were a fucking adult, you’d never had this much trouble broaching this topic in the past!!! “Well… is there any way that I can make you feel good too? Moon, well… he really focused on me and I felt bad that I couldn’t do anything back, ah… if there’s something I can do in return, could you… show me?” Sun just stared at you for a moment, frozen in place, and making you feel even more self-conscious until he burst into the happiest laughter you’d ever heard.

“Oh Daydream, oh my gosh.” He giggled, trying his best to keep his volume down to be mindful of your hangover which… admittedly didn’t hurt as much as it did when you first woke up this morning. It once again blew your mind that his expression somehow oozed fondness, despite the fact that he only really had one expression. “You say that like you being here doesn’t make us feel amazing all on its own.” He moved his mouth to your forehead so that he could place a kiss there with a vocal mwah.

“But-”

“Don’t worry about it for now, Daydream.” He insisted, moving his faceplate down just enough so that he could press his forehead against yours. “Besides… we’ll get to that part soon enough… promise.”

Chapter Text

The only reason Sun’s fingers weren’t actively twitching was because they were happily buried in the meat of your hips. The two of them were big enough to admit that they were a teensy bit too possessive of you on a good day, but that was nothing to how they both felt right this very moment; their code infinitely looped that you were theirs.

They had told you that you were theirs.

You knew that you belonged to them.

These feelings were amplified now that you were alone with them in their room. When you’d asked if there were cameras in their room, they had been immediately appalled, but it hadn’t been because they were worried they’d be caught, no… They just couldn’t deal with the thought anyone else seeing you like that…

You were also driving Sun a little crazy, with the way your arms were now wrapped around his neck as your legs encircled his hips. Your body was so warm, its heat rivaling his own, and the spike in temperature that he could sense radiating from down, down, down, positioned riiight above-

“What’s what supposed to mean, we’ll get to that soon enough?!” You asked, repeating his comment right back at him, somehow looking both bewildered and interested… Ohhh, the two of them were very interested in your interest…

“Patience, Daydream… we can’t tell you all of our secrets from the get-go, or we’ll lose our mysteeerious charm.” Sun teased you with a giggle, his fingers lucking into a bare patch of skin just beneath the bottom edge of your shirt where he proceeded to gently tickle your sides.

“AH, Sun STOP-” You shrieked, wriggling in his lap, your hands darting down to grab his wrists and hopefully still his fingers. And still them he did, just for you… “A-and besides, I was just curious… I’ll be patient…” Mhmm you were so good for them, it made Sun feel like he could absolutely burst! Though if Sun was being honest, he had been a bit hypocritical with that patience comment of his… He had many virtues, yes! But patience was not one of them, not by a long shot… Even so, he’d done such a good job waiting for you for SUCH a long time-

“It’sss been lesssss than twenty-four hoursss…” Moon muttered pointedly, his jealousy of Sun’s current arrangement with you on his lap perhaps adding to the venom in his voice. Sun just hummed as he stared down at you. You were here, and you were here with him; nothing else mattered, though the adorable, flustered expression you were currently wearing threatened to make him overheat, and now that you had also talked like you insisted you do…

There was a good chance that the only reason you still had your clothes on was because the two of them were still worried about you…

“How are you feeling now? Any better?” Sun asked, the top of his faceplate once again pressed against your forehead. He loved sitting here with you like this… he could probably do this forever, and never ever get tired of it.

“I actually am feeling a lot better…” You responded thoughtfully, as though you really had to think about your answer before grinning up at him. “I think maybe that last little kiss of yours cured my headache.”

“Oh hooo, you think so???” Sun buzzed excitedly, the rays around his head starting to spin, a reflection of his genuine enthusiasm. “Well then, I’ve got a million more where that came from… Hah! D’you have anything else I need to make better?!” He asked, certainly not wanting you to be hurt, but he might have been looking for an excuse to kiss you some more. He processed the curious expressions that crossed your face, first appearing thoughtful… then you shifted around in place again… followed by an expression that he could only identify as even more flustered than you’d been before.

“N-nothing that I can think of…” You said awkwardly as you averted your gaze, refusing to look at him. Ohhh, that wouldn’t do… that’d wouldn’t do at all.

“Daydream… Lying is against the rules in the Daycare…” Sun said sternly, sitting up straight so that he could tower over you. He certainly hadn’t expected that from you… Were you feeling unwell and not telling them??? How were they supposed to take care of you if you didn’t tell them every little thing, especially when you had told them you’d say something if you felt like something was wrong-why wouldn’t you want to tell them?!? He scanned your biodata again, hoping to see something new appear that might indicate what was bothering you, but everything he was able to check remained unchanged. If he could have frowned, he would have. “You thought of something… you have to tell me what it was, it’s not fair if you don’t, you promised you would!”

“They weren’t really real suggestions, they just kinda popped into my head… Y'know… an intrusive thought, that’s all!” Your attempt to get out of telling him was worth a try, but Sun was not interested in letting you get away with that, not at all. He continued to stare down at you, patiently waiting as you shifted deliciously on his lap. “It’s just… yesterday was kinda… mmmph, it’s embarrassing, Sunbeam…” You complained, finally looking up at him pleadingly. It was a good try on your part, you looked very cute like this, and it was so, so, so hard for Sun to say no to you, but unfortunately for you, Sun wasn’t the only one who’s curiosity was piqued.

“If she won’t teeell you, tell her you’ll kissss her aaall over-”

“If you won’t say where, I’m going to have to kiss you all over.” Sun blurted out immediately, taking a liking to this threat that Moon had proffered in their headspace. Gosh, he liked it so much, he might find a way to do that anyway even if you did tell him what you were thinking. If the heat that spread from your face, down your neck, down, down, down, was any indication, you liked it too… His faceplate twisted to the right, and then to the left as he made a show of observing you. “Soooo… What’ll it be? Are you gonna tell the truth, or do I need to figure out where I’m gonna start?”

“…Never expected you to be such a cheater.” You huffed, clearly embarrassed by this turn of events, but throughout everything, you had never released your hold around his neck. Sun was about to protest this comment, he wasn’t cheating, you were, but you spoke again before he could. “…Moon’s mark… hurts a bit…” Sun's head tilting froze abruptly… this response of yours was awfully tame considering how nervous you’d been about it…

“Silly, silly, silly…” One of his hands began to move upwards, underneath the bottom edge of your shirt, when he suddenly paused glancing up at you. “…Is this alright?” You nodded shyly, looking away from him, but Sun gently grabbed your chin between his fingers. “Use your pretty little voice, Daydream.”

“…It-” Your voice cracked when you spoke, and you had to clear your throat so that you could use it properly. “It’s alright, Sunbeam…” Sun hummed softly, bracing your back with one hand as he slowly leaned forward so that he could lay you down on their huge, plush bed. Once you were settled, his other hand slipped under your shirt again, pushing up, up, up until it was bunched up around your chest, displaying Moon’s mark.

Sun could somehow hear Moon’s proud purring in the back of their headspace, despite the fact that this particular noise was supposed to be a side effect of their body rather than a noise that he purposefully produced.

“…You really should keep this bandaged…” Sun muttered as he leaned way, way over, trying his best to sound concerned in an attempt to hide the jealous undertone of his voice. “Don’t want you to get an infection, no.”

“I-I know that… but I had to shower this morning, and don’t have the stuff to rebandage it at home…” You said, sounding rather apologetic as you propped yourself up on your elbows, watching him watch you.

“Well, we’ll make sure to take care of that later.” Sun said with certainty as he stared down at your torso. He hesitantly moved to touch you, and he was particularly gentle as his fingers moved slowly around the affected area. “Your skin is so pretty and so, so, so soft…” He said quietly, admiring the goosebumps that prickled up in the areas where your skin was exposed, all while the underpart of your bra peaked out from beneath your shirt and teased him unfairly.

“Suuuun…” You whined, only further embarrassed by his words, somehow managing to heat up further. He laughed as he leaned over just a bit more, pressing the mouth of his faceplate against the bite mark, and using the hand that was still bracing your back to pull you against himself and hold you in place. He’d never wanted to have lips more in his entire life… But he wasn’t about to let that stop him from kissing you the best way he knew how!!! With careful mwahs, he kissed along the perimeter of the bite, your soft giggles encouraging him to shorten the distance between kisses so that he could give you as many kisses as possible.

When he reluctantly reached the last one, he kept his faceplate pressed against you, and looked up at you longingly.

“I-I dunno about this one, Daydream…” He said, not at all ready to stop kissing you. “I think you might need even more kisses if you wanna get all fixed up.”

“…You think so?” You teased, reaching out to pet his rays fondly, and Sun couldn’t stop himself from pushing into your hand with a hum, much like an oversized cat. “Well you’re the expert, so I’ll trust your judgement.” Sun’s fans stuttered away internally; He knew you were playing around, but the thought that you trusted him…

“…Can I try giving you a different kind of kiss?” He asked, his voice low, as though he was afraid he’d get in trouble if he spoke those words too loudly. He could both hear and feel the way you sharply inhaled when he asked that, but the way you slowly nodded, like you were anxious… no, not that…

Like you were anticipating what was going to happen next.

His jaw unlocked to release his tongue the moment he felt you shudder against him, and the moment he swiped a gentle little lick against your heated skin, he was done for.

“…You taste so good, Daydream…” He murmured, but he knew he was underselling it; You tasted divine. Better than anything Sun had ever tasted before, that was for certain, and beyond that, getting to taste you himself was way better than living through Moon’s experiences… Although the two of them ate on occasion, it was rarely something they felt a drive to do (beyond the occasional glitter glue incident, of course). This was something else entirely… If he didn’t before, he definitely understood why Moon had bitten you now…

Sun wanted to devour you.

Holding you firmly in his hand, he traced his tongue along the twin crescents, soothing the healing skin with gentle licks. But that was over so quickly, and Sun wasn’t ready to stop just yet… you had so much skin to explore. He glanced up at you as he licked you again… and again… and then finally moved slowly and deliberately away from the mark. He began to move from one side of your ribs to the other, his tongue teasing you the whole time as he traced along the underside of your bra, his artificial saliva leaving warm trails on your skin that cooled in the open air. If he was interested in kissing you all over earlier, he was determined to do it now. His grip around you only tightened as you trembled against him, your uneven breaths betraying what he was doing to you. Every exposed inch of skin was subjected to the same treatment, the same adoration. The hand that supporting your back, holding you against him, tightened it's grip on you as his desire for you was only mildly satiated. 

“Sun.” He glanced up at you, hearing the urgency in your voice, worrying that he'd gone too far, that you were about to tell him to stop, but he wasn’t prepared for the way you grabbed his rays and pulled his mouth towards yours. He released what could only be described a static filled moan as he fell clumsily into the kiss. His hand landed with a thud right next to your head as he caught his balance, but your lips were glued to his all the while. For a moment, he wanted to be irritated with you, you could have gotten hurt if he’d fallen on you, but the way you giggled as he caught his balance above you… well… That delightful noise was soon muffled as his tongue brushed against yours.

Where Moon had focused on exploring as much of your mouth as possible, Sun kissed you softly, savoring each and every moment, one of his hands slipping behind your head while his fingers wove their way through your hair. His tongue tangled with yours, and he loved the way you explored him back, licking your tongue against his, sucking tantalizingly…

“Mmmph… Such a warm, pretty… perfect Daydream…” He sighed into the kiss happily, the way you stroked and pulled at his rays almost made him vibrate with excitement. He had no idea that it could feel so good to be touched like this… Holding your body tightly against his, he rolled in place so that he was on his back with you delicately balanced on his chest. He had two reasons for positioning you like this: 1) he didn’t want to almost fall on you again, and 2) both of his hands were free to explore you when he didn’t have to think about holding himself up.

His hands gripped your thighs, then your hips, and finally your waist, his fingers denting your skin beneath his grip all the while… he loved holding your waist, knowing that it was currently the one place where he didn’t have to worry about pesky clothes getting between his fingers and his Daydream. But even so, he’d been given a taste, and now…

“I want more, want to touch more… Daydream… please…” He begged, his hands creeping up your chest again, lingering just beneath your bra.

“Mmm… mmhmm…” You hummed, clearly not wanting to break the kiss to respond - unfortunately, you didn’t have the benefit of a voicebox like Sun, whose voice was uninhibited even when his mouth was preoccupied - but you were forced to do so as Sun smoothly pulled your shirt up and off. He then made quick work of your bra, his fingers nimbly pulling at the clasp to undo it before allowing it to drop loosely from your arms. You moved to drop your lips to his again, but Sun’s hands suddenly stopped you, grabbing your arms and pushing you so that you were sitting upright on top of him.

“Oh gosh…” Sun’s voice was awestruck as he stared at you; He’d seen your breasts before, knew how perfect they looked, but now… His movements were slow, as though worried that he’d scare you as he raised a hand to touch them. His hand wrapping around your side, he cupped your breast in his palm, slowly running his thumb up and down, over your hardening nipple. “Wow… wow, wow, wow…” He saw the way you leaned into his touch, felt the way your thighs tightened around his stomach. But when he glanced back up at your face and saw that your eyes were screwed shut. His other hand quickly cupped your cheek. “No, no… Look at me, show me those pretty, pretty, pretty eyes…”

“D-do you ever run out of compliments?” You asked with an awkward chuckle, but even so you obeyed his demand, opening your eyes just a smidge.

“For you?? How could I??” He asked, his voice tinged with disbelief and his rays flared in indignation, as though the idea of being unable to appropriately describe your delightful attributes was unimaginable. He saw a look of uncertainty cross your face, as though you didn’t believe him, and he promptly wrapped his arms around you, pulling you flat against him, into a tight hug. “You’re better than anything Moony or I could have ever, ever, ever imagined, so we have to tell you how wonderful you are.” He huffed insistently.

“…To be honest, I never could have imagined anything this nice either…” You admitted, sounding a bit awkward in the moment, as though you didn’t exactly know how to handle his self-assured words. “…But I’m really happy that this all happened? You’re really, really sweet you know… and you both make me feel like you genuinely care about me-”

“Of course we care about you.” This second huff of Sun’s came out even huffier than the first. “You’re my Daydream…”

“And myyy Starliiight…” Moon added softly, feeling you through Sun, and wishing that he could hold you himself in that moment.

“…Th-thanks, Sunbeam…” You muttered back, burying your face in Sun’s chest as you spoke, unable to properly identify how you felt just then, let alone talk about it, but Sun didn’t mind at all. He hummed approvingly the two of you settled into a short lull, his hands settling onto your back and waist where he began to delicately explore all of these new places his fingers could reach. He noted which spots made you relax beneath his touch, and then he noted which spots made you shiver just for him. He'd begun to gently massage the tense muscles in your shoulders when he suddenly felt you reciprocating this little exploration of his. His rays whirled as he realized that you were drawing little doodles mindlessly on his chestplate. Adorable.

“She said she had suggestionsss…” Moon’s voice crept forward after you and Sun had lingered in your peaceful haze for a couple of minutes. He sounded just the slightest bit grumpy since he maaaybe wanted you to talk to him… use his nickname too… even though you couldn’t hear him…

“…Hmmm?” Sun hummed indicating his interest without letting you know that he was listening to his alter.

“When you were playing your little kissssing gaaame, and you asked her if she had anything elssse you could make better…” Moon clarified, sounding curious yet somehow smug. “Suggestionsss, Sunny… plural. She only told you ooone…” Sun huffed a laugh… of course Moon was still hung up on that, not that Sun wasn’t interested too, that is. It had just slipped his mind amongst, well… everything else…

“Moony wants to know what the rest of your suggestions were from earlier.” Sun huffed, only the tiniest bit of exasperation slipping through his voicebox, but it was hard for him to feel too annoyed by this interruption as his hand gently trailed up and down your back along the delicate curve of your spine.

“…Suggestion-Oh.” You froze against Sun, pausing the pattern of a star that you were drawing on him. “Silly Sunbeam, did you forget? I already told you…”

“I never forget.” If Moon’s words hadn’t really caught Sun’s attention, this reaction of yours definitely did, and Moon was snickering away at your reaction. “You definitely said suggestions. You know, like you had a couple of ‘em… Now… don’t tell me you’re still embarrassed even after everything…” He asked, trying his hardest to stop the laughter that was welling up in his voicebox, especially given that he could hear Moon chuckling at your expense internally.

“…Ughhhh… You’re going to be the death of me.” You mumbled, burying your face into his chest plate. “…You’re really not going to let this go?”

“I told you… keeping secrets is against the rules in the Daycare.” Sun reminded you firmly, before tagging on, “You don’t want to be a Rulebreaker, do you?” He stared at you intensely as you thought about it in silence… and it looked like you were actually considering it for a second…

“…Fine…” You muttered, refusing to look up at him. “It’s just… Y-your question caused me to think about if I hurt or ached anywhere, a-and I mean… I guess I did come up with two spots. Moon’s mark came to mind first, but then when I shifted around a bit… I guess I realized that I still felt a bit sore, um… after everything Moon did, uh… y-you know…”

The three of you were all silent for a second.

Then Moon began to cackle.

“Moony, SH.” Sun shushed, not quite understanding what you were saying. He rubbed your back comfortingly as you groaned into his chest plate.

“That bastard is laughing at me isn’t he…” You grumbled unhappily, your words only causing Moon to laugh louder.

“Language.” Sun scolded, now feeling a little peeved that he was being left out. You felt sore after everything Moon did… What all had Moon done… What would make you feel… sore…

With a surge of strength, Sun suddenly sat up and lunged forward, flipping you onto your back and staring down at you with those huge, blank eyes of his. That hunger… that hunger was suddenly back with a vengeance… 

He kissed you again, drinking in the little moan that slipped out of you as you took his tongue into your mouth. He was far less gentle this time, his desperation leaking through as the implication of your words wormed its way into his head. He was needy and insistent as his tongue slipped through your lips, but you were warm, welcoming his attentions as you held onto him tightly in return, and the way your thighs wrapped around his middle…

“Let me, let me please Daydream, please please let me, I need you, I need you-”

“Sunbeam…” You gasped, clinging to him and looking just as desperate as you sounded. “Yes… Please-!” That was all Sun needed… leaving your mouth, he kissed his way down your body, moving to the underside of your jaw, to your neck, to the nape of your neck, to your collarbone, to your lovely, lovely chest, down down, down… All the while, he made quick work of your pants, easily undoing the button and zipper before yanking them off your legs, leaving you in your panties and nothing more. And then, with his white eyes glued onto your wide ones, he slipped his fingers through the thin bands of cloth that hugged your hips and slowly, almost reverently, removed the last scrap of clothing from your body.

You looked like a goddess laid completely bare beneath him, your attempts to instinctually close your legs only stopped by his presence between them. You looked nervous, eyes blinking rapidly as your brain caught up with what was currently happening. He felt like his mouth was watering… and maybe, for the first time in his life, it was…

He descended on you, wanting, needing, starving for you… He parted your thighs even further, so that he could properly fit his large frame between them. Your legs were promptly shoved up and over his shoulders, his hands anchoring your hips in place and angling them up towards his face, and then he finally, finally prodded your dripping folds with his tongue. Your sharp intake of breath and the way your thighs tightened around his head pressing a few of his rays flat sent a low groan rumbling out of the solar bot.

“So good, taste so, so, so g̴̛̣̼̈́͊o̷͐̋̔o̸͑́͐d̶͆̆̇͘-” His words were almost imperceptible through all the static he was emitting, but it seemed as though you got the point as you whimpered in need beneath him. Good was an understatement, he knew that, but he couldn’t focus on thinking of a better word, not now, no… He only had one goal right now…

He was going to make you b r e a k.

His broad tongue flicked from your entrance to your clit, taking note of the way you twitched against him, of the way your hole clenched around nothing… His grip on your hips tightened, not allowing you to squirm away from him as his tongue began to play with that little bundle of nerves that made you jump.

“You’re soaked, Daydream…” He hummed, pleased when his words caused you to needily buck against his face, but when he glanced up at your face, he saw that you were hiding your face in your arms, the temperature radiating from your skin so raised that he was a little worried that you might catch fire. One of his hands left your hip, snaking up your body and pushed your arms away from your face. “Moony was right… you’re such a pretty, sensitive little doll…” Every time he spoke, the vibration ran straight through his tongue, making your voice even harder to contain as the stimulation hit you head on. “You don’t have to be quiet this time, I… I don’t want you to be quiet this time… let me hear you.” He demanded, the sensation sending a strangled moan through your lips.

“S-Sun…” Your breath hitched, your hands which had been forbidden from covering your mouth, settling shakily onto the rays at the top of his head. Sun groaned at the contact, the speed with which his tongue moved against you increasing, his hands both regaining their grip on your hips, as though he were grounding himself. His tongue writhed and curled around your clit, his movements spurred on by the words that started to stutter out of your mouth. “Fuh… you… mmm, you’re doing such a… such a good job, I…” Sun’s system began to work overtime at your words… Hearing you say he was doing a good job did something to him… he didn't know what it was, but he knew he'd do anything to hear you say it again. Your fingers suddenly clenched around his rays, as his tongue began to flicker even more rapidly back and forth over your clit, his fingers digging so tightly into your hips that, even though he didn't realize it in the moment, he'd likely leave bruises behind. “Nnng, if you… if… I’m gonna-Sun, please-”

“Doitdoitdoitdoitdoit,breakbreakb̸͒̓̍̆͆͌͘͝r̴̦̦͒̿̓͐̋͘e̸͒̃̃͝á̴̌͒̎k̷̍̆̽̑-” He begged, his voice sending that vibration through his tongue once more, not stopping until your muscles tensed, tensed, tensed, and then-

“Sun, I’m cumming, I’m-” He adored the way your whole body seemed to pulse as you came, the way your eyes fluttered and rolled into the back of your head, how your legs held him in place as a fresh rush of arousal suddenly dripped from you. He worked you through your orgasm, lapping up every drop, only slowing once your muscles began to relax.

But Sun wasn’t done, no, no, no.

Before you could catch your breath, his tongue dipped from your clit to your entrance. He heard your breath hitch as he slowly, ever so slowly, pressed the tip of his tongue inside of you first one inch… and then two… He lingered there a moment, not wanting to go too fast, not wanting to hurt you with too much too soon, when he realized that you were gently pulling on his faceplate. It was as though you were trying to pull him inside of you… He chuckled, finding your desperation for him to be so cute, as though his own desperation wasn’t currently driving him crazy.

“Sun, p-please…” You huffed, doing your best to glare down at the bot who was clearly quite pleased with himself. “Please… please fuck me-”

“Language.” He scolded, as though he wasn’t currently inside of you. He soothingly rubbed your thighs with his palms, his touch gentle and soothing, moments before tapping his fingers against your skin and gripping tightly once more. “But I guess… It’s important to reward good manners, and you did say please~” And with that, he threw every ounce of caution out of the window as he shoved his tongue inside you as deep as he possibly could, knocking the air right out of your lungs.

The moan you released as your walls stretched around him was downright sinful.

“So tight…” He murmured as he slowly pulled his tongue out, allowing it to drag along your walls, only to thrust it inside of you again… and again… and again, and again, and againandagainandagain- With each thrust, you were releasing the cutest littles whines and whimpers, allowing him to begin dragging you towards a second release. As he tongue fucked you, he could feel your muscles begin to coil, both inside of your body and out.  "It's so cute that I can feel you tighten around me, like you're trying to keep me inside of you forever and ever and ever-" He was thrilled by this fact, and he knew his rays would likely have spun by now if they weren't currently locked into place by your thighs and your hands.

“F-feels so so good…” Your voice was strained as you fought to speak through the waves of stimulation that were wracking your body. “Y-you feel so… so good, doing such a good job, you’re such a good boy, Sunbeam-” His tongue suddenly writhed inside of you, as though it had a mind of its own, twisting and curling, searching purposefully for your sweet spot.

“A̷̍̀̋͌̀…̸̜͕̗̽̓̀̈̋̄͋́̕͝ ̴̰̀̈́́̇̇̍̍̌͛̌̃̕͘a̴͆͋͠ ̵̢̘͈̹͊̿͌̌̇g̵̃̐̓o̷͚̙̿̆̇̉̀o̵͌d̷̊̃͂̕͝͝ ̸͒̎̏b̴͖͆̽…̷̀̈́̀͒̔̐͘͝͝” The static in his voice was even stronger than it’d been before at his insistence, when all of a sudden- “Again, tell me I’m a good boy, say it, say it, say it-”

“Such a good boy, so good, the best boy-” You rambled, your hands squeezing his rays again as his thrusts were suddenly shockingly well aimed at your g-spot with each and every thrust. He ate you out very similarly to the way that he kissed you, with the ardent fervor of a drowning man seeking air. He could tell that you were struggling to breathe right, your words winding down into nothing as you tried so hard to speak. "Your tongue… f-f-feels so good… you're gonna, god you're gonna ruin me-" 

“Mmmmmmph…” He huffed, feeling that spark reignite inside of you as he shoved you hurriedly towards your second orgasm. He could feel your muscles tighten, he could feel you begin to squeeze around his tongue. “YES, we're going to ruin you, going to ruin you for anyone but us, you're so soft, so pretty, so perfect and you’re mine… tell me you’re mine, tell me, tell me-”

“Yours, I… I’m yours, Sun, a-all yours… Sunbeam-” You suddenly shuddered as Sun removed his tongue from you, but he immediately replaced it with two of his huge fingers, pumping them in and out of you at the exact same pace his tongue had been moving.

"Allmineallmineallmine-" His face shifted towards your right thigh, his teeth hovering over your beautiful, beautiful skin. "Gonna mark you, gonna make you mine-"

"PLEASE-" Your mindless plea triggered him to bite you hard, but the scream that ripped from your throat immediately startled Sun out of his frenzy. He hadn't meant to hurt you, that wasn't the purpose of what he was trying to do at all, but before his panic could even rise in his gut, before he could even ask if you were okay, you came all over his fingers with a choked sob.

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Breath after shuddering breath ripped through your lungs as you crashed from your second orgasm, a wave of endorphins rushing through you, interrupted only by the dull ache that resonated from where Sun’s teeth had sunk into your flesh. Your mind was completely blank, and you barely noticed when Sun removed his fingers from you, but you shivered when you saw his tongue wrap around those very same fingers before flicking back into his mouth, his jaw locking shut once more.

“O-oh… oh gosh, I…” He didn’t seem to know what to do, his eyes flickering up and down your body with alarming rapidity, a low whine coming out of his voicebox. “Mmmph so sorry, sorry, sorry- A-are you okay??”

“…Never better.” You breathed when your mouth finally decided to work again, a chill racking your body, reminding you that you were still fully nude. His eyes seemed to catch on the apex of your still open legs, but before you could feel any embarrassment, he looked away from you and began to shift off of the bed as though he were about to leave.

“H-hold still Daydream, I’ll be right b-back-”

“Wait.” The word slipped from you before you could stop it. You grabbed his hand desperately, and his rays fluttered as he stalled, appearing surprised as he looked back at you. “…Don’t go…?”

“B-but you’re hurt.” He argued, his hand squeezing yours as he worried over you. You could hear the mechanical clicking coming from his chest as his head twisted this way and that. “…I… hurt… you-I need to get the first-aid kit, need to fix-”

“Later…” A second shiver wracked through your limbs, this time not triggered by arousal, but instead by the chill of the air against your bare, cooling skin. “Right now, I… I need you… Please?” Sun went still as a statue, and he appeared to be at war with himself, fighting internally… but then, he slowly settled into the bed beside you, gently pulling your body flush against his.

“C’mere…” He said softly as he snagged a fuzzy, yellow blanket and draped it over the both of you, pulling you even tighter against himself once he was finished.

“…Thank you…” You said, snuggling into his chest, your craving for his warmth finally satiated. “…S-sorry… I-I just needed this…”

“You don’t have to apologize…” He said, his voice rather stern, but you could hear his fans click into a higher gear, whirring loudly enough to cover whatever else he was muttering under his breath. “Let me know if it h-hurts too much… I’ll get you all fixed up, I promise, promise, promise-”

“Mmm… I dunno if I could survive another round of kiss it and make it better.” You teased, pulling yourself up just enough to place a kiss on the side of his faceplate.

“OOOoooh, gosh…” Sun ducked his head in embarrassment, but that just ended up making him curl around you even further. “I guess I got a… a leeeeeettle bit… carried away…”

“Maybe you haven’t noticed, but I’m not exactly complaining.” You huffed with a laugh, basking in this warmth of his that seemed to intensify at your comment. You reached up to ruffle the rays around the bottom of his faceplate, taking a little pride in the fact that you’d found one of his weak spots as he leaned into your touch… He was an animatronic after all, the fact that he could feel any pleasure at all was a minor miracle.

“S-still don’t want to hurt you…” He muttered, his grip around your body becoming tighter. “No, no, no don’t want to hurt you at all, but Moon had left one on you, a-a-and you said that you were mine and I… I just…” His voice trailed off, but one of his hands began to slowly stroke through your hair, almost mimicking the way you were playing with his rays.

“…To be honest, it’s kinda nice to have a… a physical reminder that this is actually happening.” You spoke softly, stroking his rays, taking note of the robotic purr that began to rumble from his chest. “All of this feels a little… unreal, I guess. Almost like this is a dream and I might wake up at any momen-ow, hey!!” Your words were cut off by a sudden pinch to your ass. “What was that for??”

“Just helping you make sure you’re awake, Daydream.” Sun teased, using one of his large fingers to rub soothing circles around the skin he’d just attacked. “But you are awake, and you’re here with me-us.” He quickly corrected himself with a huff, and you could tell that Moon had yelled at him internally to fix his phrasing.

“…So all that talk about not wanting to hurt me was a lie, huh?” You made your voice sound stern, but you were just teasing him back as you tugged gently at the ray you’d been petting. “You utter scoundrel.”

“I wasn’t hurting you, I was helping you.” He insisted as his hand flattened, cupping your backside with ease. “And I’m not a scoundrel, no, no, no, that’s mean of you to say. Hmmm… I miss the nice names you were calling me earlier much better.” He hummed, his voice dripping with implication, clearly hoping that you might call him those nice names again.

“You absolute cad.” You said instead, laughter dripping from your voice as he whined in protest, but you placed yet another kiss on the now flustered bot’s faceplate. “But I suppose you are also a very, very good boy…”

“MMMph, Daydream…” His voice was low, sounding vaguely threatening as he spoke up. “You… a-as much as I want to play more, weee have to get you all fixed up before the Daycare opens…” He huffed, his hand now squeezing you, contradicting his own words. It was really only in this moment that you considered that, though he’d taken care of you (twice), he’d gotten absolutely no relief of his own. You still didn’t know if you could even do something for him, but earlier he’d implied that there might be someway you could help out…

“…How much time do we have left?” You asked with a playful grin, tangling your legs even further with his, causing him to emit a hissing noise as he pulled you closer to him. You pressed kiss after kiss against his faceplate while his whining and whimpering only worsening with each peck. “C’mon, Sunbeam… you’ve been so good to me… show me what I can do to make you feel good…” He shuddered against you, his grip becoming almost painfully tight for a moment… but a moment later he scrambled away.

“W-w-we definitely don’t have enough time for that, D-Daydream.” He stammered, looking beyond flustered, like he was two seconds from overheating. “I-In fact, I have to go get the first-aid kit r-right now so that we’ll have enough time to get ready for the day, oh yes, yes, yes…” He hurriedly shuffled towards his balcony, muttering the whole time. “Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, going to get the first-aid kit and be right back, yup, be right back, s-stay right there, don’t move, I won’t be long, no, no, no, no, no-” He leapt off the ledge of his balcony as he was talking, and you were certain he was continuing to mutter to himself even after leaving your earshot.

“Aw…” You pouted, sitting up with the blanket still draped around your shoulders, but you chuckled to yourself as you thought about his panicked retreat. He was definitely all worked up at the moment, and you definitely thought he was cute like that, even though you wished he’d let you help him out… But ah well, if he didn’t want that from you right now, you weren’t about to push it.

You slowly, slowly crawled out of the bed, wearing your blanket as though it were some combination of a toga and a cape. While he’d told you to not move and you were usually inclined to just do as he asked, all you were planning to do was gather your clothes from where they’d been strewn around the room. You knew you couldn’t put most of them back on until after your marks were bandaged, but you thought you’d help him out by having them ready to go. He must have thrown them at random with all of his might since you could see them crumpled in random piles against the walls around the room.

One by one, you collected your clothes and tossed them into a pile on the bed. First your shirt… then your pants… then your panties… but your bra was alluding you for some reason. At first you couldn’t even see it, but after looking around a little harder, you realized that it had caught in one of the strands of holiday lights that were hung up on the wall, from which it was dangling like some perverse decoration. Yeah… you were way too short to get that yourself… you’d need Sun’s help for that one…

You started walking back towards the bed, when you tripped.

“Oh goddammit-” You landed on your hands and knees, thankfully not hurting yourself thanks to the blanket that cushioned your fall. You scowled at the floor, looking for whatever was the source of your fall, but there was really… nothing… there… At first you thought that your foot had caught on your blanket and that was why you tripped, but that didn’t sound right to you… it had felt more like your foot had given out beneath you, rather than that you’d caught it on something. Since you were already on the ground, you felt around the floorboard with your hand. You weren’t really expecting to find anything, this wouldn’t have been the first time you tripped on nothing.

So you were reasonably surprised when the floorboard shifted when you pushed on it.

That was… odd…

It was as though to board wasn’t properly nailed down, which would only be a problem if someone stepped exactly where you stepped. You were going to tell Sun about this… you wouldn’t want him to risk tripping on this exact same board. He or Moon might hurt themselves if they fell unexpectedly. But around the time you settled on making sure you told them about this, you noticed that there was something beneath the board.

Curious, you pulled the board up and reached your arm in. There was a lot of stuff in here, so you settled for grabbing a fistful and pulling it to the surface.

At first glance, there was a bunch of papers, and a scrap of oddly textured fabric.

At second glance, you realized that the papers were drawings, and that the fabric (which felt oddly damp) had a familiar pattern of dark blue, with stars on them.

You were about to put everything back into the hole. You’d started to realize that some of the drawings contained a rather familiar looking bot (and actually, all of them contained a person that also looked familiar for some reason…) and this realization forced you to come to the understanding that you were prying through Sun and Moon’s private things, but another glance at the fabric stopped you.

It just looked so familiar…

You couldn’t stop yourself from picking up the fabric. You were careful, touching it with only your fingertips, feeling a little concerned about its dampness. Whatever it was covered in smelled oddly sweet and you could tell from the little formerly yellow stars that there was a mix of orange and blue residue all over it.

You dropped them the moment you pulled them taut and realized exactly what they were.

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Sun hurried as fast as he could, scrambling to snatch the first-aid kit from where it was stored down in the Daycare. He couldn’t stop grinning; I mean, he didn’t exactly have a choice about whether he grinned or not, but his mood matched his expression perfectly. He hummed all the while, practically skipping into the closet to snag what he'd came for.

“You should prooobably take caaare of yourself while we’re heeere…” Moon whispered, the teasing lilt of his voice clear in their headspace, a shudder wracking through their body at the suggestion.

“Moony.” Sun hissed out, sounding aghast at the suggestion, but Moon knew better. Moon knew that Sun had been having similar thoughts ever since you’d offered to help him feel good… But Moon also knew that Sun wasn’t willing to take you up on something like that unless he could take his time and, in turn, take you every which way he possible could- “Moony.”

“You reeeally think you’ll be able to haaandle working with my sssweet Starlight aaall day if you don’t get oooff?” Moon tempted him, playing the part of the proverbial devil on Sun’s shoulder. “Pffffft… if you thought yesssterday was baaad…”

“…Mmmph…” Sun harumphed, wanting to protest so, so, so badly, but alas… Moon had a point. Yesterday had been torture without any relief for poor Sun, and he really didn’t want to go through that again… Sun’s eyes quickly flickered between the first-aid kit and the door to the closet, torn between what he ought to do. He both wanted and needed to rush back to you as soon as possible…

But Moon was right… beyond that, as embarrassing as it was, what Moon was suggesting wouldn’t take much time at all, certainly not after the morning Sun had just had…

With a low grumble, and a glance upwards towards their curtain, Sun grabbed the door to the closet and pulled it shut.

“I’m baaaaack!” Sun sang as the acrobatic wire pulled him back into their room only a few minutes later, the first-aid kit dangling from one of his hands, as he reached behind his back with the other so that he could unclip himself. He beamed when his eyes finally landed on you sitting right where he’d left you, all snuggled up in their blankets, clinging to the miniature plushies of the both of them. Sun detached himself from the wire and quickly rushed you, peppering kisses all over your face as soon as you were within reach. “I hope, hope, hope you didn’t miss me too much.” He tittered, his rays fluttering, betraying his eagerness to both see and touch you again.

“Mmm, what are you going to do if I did?” You asked with a mock seriousness, but there was an odd intensity behind the way you stared at him. It was as though you were trying to look right through him.

It was in this moment that Moon knew something was off.

He pushed himself as far front as he possibly could, watching each and every reaction that crossed your face. Sun was a little surprised by Moon’s sudden shift in behavior, given that he certainly hadn’t picked up on anything odd, though he was admittedly a little too blissed out at the moment to notice.

“Well, next time I’ll just have to take you with me so you won’t have a chance to miss me, no sirree!” Sun crawled onto the bed, placing a hand on your chest so that he could push you onto your back, granting him better access to your marred skin. He lovingly parted the blanket you wore, adoring the way heat rushed up, up, up your chest, into your neck, and finally pooling in your face. He thought it was even cuter the way you turned your face to the side in embarrassment as you were exposed to him once more. He gently drifted his hands across your waist … Oh he was going to save every glimpse he got of you forever…

Despite the fact that he’d literally just gotten himself off, he was finding it awfully difficult to focus on the task at hand. You were laying right there, so trusting of him as he prepared to fix you up… But he behaved himself, despite the impulses that jumped through his mind. He started with the antibiotic salve, first smearing it over Moon’s mark on your chest, then gently spreading your legs so that he could apply it to his mark on the inside of your thigh.

“…Hey… do you remember the first time we met?” You asked, your voice casual as Sun carefully applied a generous layer of salve. Moon hadn’t said a word since they'd returned, but he was unbelievably wary of you at the moment… You really weren’t great at hiding your emotions to begin with, and it just felt like you were up to something. “I just… I was trying to think of it, and I wasn’t sure if I was thinking of the right first time, you know?”

“I never forget.” Sun reminded you with a boop to your nose, before he reached for the gauze and medical tape he’d need to use to bandage you up. “Hmhmhm… you got stationed here on your fifth day after you started. Chief Officer Myers trained you, but she was only here for about ten minutes before she had to leave for an emergency.”

“That’s right.” You laughed at the memory as Sun began taping up the mark on your chest. “It would have had to have been here, right? Because you can't leave the Daycare?"

"Yes indeedy!" Sun said with a giggle that was a little too giddy. Technically this wasn't a lie because Sun wasn't allowed to leave the Daycare; Moon was a whole different story, but you hadn't asked about Moon. "But that's okay… they don't store glitter glue or googly eyes anywhere else in the whole building, did you know that? Didja?!"

"Really? Huh…" You sounded thoughtful, but Sun just bobbed his head happily in agreement as he finished taping up your chest and moved to your thigh. "I forgot that Vicky had to leave that day… There’s always something going on here, huh? She really never has the time she needs to train right…”

“Didn’t stop you from turning out perfect, huh???” Sun hummed happily as he applied the gauze to your leg and reached for the tape again. “Our little star employee~” He teased reaching up to pinch your cheek. You laughed for a second, batting his hand away. “Why are you asking, anyway?”

“Just… reflecting.” You answered vaguely, as he finished his work on your thigh. You began to push yourself to the edge of the bed so that you could get to your feet, and Sun was in the middle of hurrying to help you when you spoke up again. “…We didn’t really see much of each other before, well… all of this…” You trailed off, that same casual tone still lacing your voice. “…Did we?”

“…S̵̼̞̓̇̀͘͝h̵͌̎͊̿͑i̷̔̓́t̸̓͒͑͝…” Moon whispered, as Sun froze in place. The way you’d phrased this question of yours was beyond suspicious… He couldn’t help but fear that-

“Language…” Sun huffed under his breath, before turning his attention towards answering you. He didn’t know how to answer your question right away because frankly, they’d seen a whole lot of you… you just hadn’t seen them… “W-well, we’ve certainly seen a whole lot more of you lately!” He finally managed, stammering awkwardly as he grabbed your arm, securing you in place as you gingerly stood and adjusted to holding up your own weight. “Okay, all done, now hurry, hurry, hurry and get dressed, we’re opening soon! Oooh, where are all your clothes-”

“I gathered most of them while you were gone, but ah… I’m gonna need a little help with that.” You drew his attention towards the bra that was hanging from the lights as you grabbed your underwear and pants from the pile beside you and started pulling them up your legs one at a time.

“Oh, easy peasy Daydream!” He laughed standing tall and plucking the runaway bra from the twinkle lights with ease. He then turned towards you, looping his fingers through the elastic armbands and gently shot it at you.

“Hey.” You swatted at it, lucking into catching it in midair. “Moon breaks one of my bras, you attempt to stretch-out another… what is it with you two and my underwear??” You huffed-

“She knows.”

-quickly turning away from Sun as you pulled the bra on, but Sun still caught sight of the sudden flush that rushed to your face. You slowly walked over towards your shirt and you began to pull it on, over your head. “I thought you said you were Mr. Careful out of the two of you?” It took Sun a moment to respond, given he was so caught off guard by Moon’s sudden declaration. You knew???

…Sun wasn’t sure he believed that. He certainly didn’t believe you’d be acting like this if you knew…

“A-at least I didn’t ruin it.” Sun grumbled, rushing up to you and straightening out your clothing, and the way that you just let him seemed to reinforce this idea that Moon was wrong. He always thought he was sooo right, stupid Moon-

“Hey.” Moon growled back, his panic prevalent in their headspace, even as you calmly reached into your pants pocket and pulled out your phone. “I’m nooot f̶̝͋ụ̷̕c̷̖̔k̵̡͘i̸̲͆n̸̪͠g̸̭̃ around, Sun… leeet me ooout-”

“Language…” Sun practically whispered as he brushed imaginary dust off of you, ignoring Moon’s demands.

“You sure you didn’t…” You started saying something, but you trailed off midsentence. Your phone was in your hand, and your attention was caught by something you saw there. Sun glanced down at it, coming face to face with the message the screen held

Hey

This is Alex from OMalleys

Ur friend gave me ur number

Hope u still remember me after all the drinks I made u ;)

“Out, now-”

“…You’re going to ruin my shirt if you’re not careful.” You spoked dryly, your attention now turned towards his hand which was currently balled into a fist, wrinkling the very same fabric he’d been straightening seconds prior.

“…OH! Oh gosh, oh gosh, here, let me…” Sun promptly straightened your shirt again, feeling relieved that his default hands weren’t clawed in the way that Moon’s were, or else he definitely would have ruined it… But it took everything in his power not to ball up your shirt a second time, when he saw you start to respond.

“Daydream, wh-what are you-”

“Oh shi-oot… it’s almost eight Sunbeam, I gotta get downstairs.” You exclaimed, shoving your phone back into your pocket without finishing the message and glancing up at him apologetically. Sun’s fingers twitched as they so often liked to do around you, a familiar irritation coursing through him. “I’ll see you in just a bit, okay?”

“Don’t let her leeeave.” Moon hissed, his own irritation doubling inside of him as they watched you make your way towards their door. “LET ME OUT.”

“W-w-wait a second!” Sun rushed over to you, Moon’s warnings echoing wildly in his brain. He didn’t think Moon was right, there was no way you’d be acting so nonchalantly if you knew…

Right?

But either way, due to his own frustration, he wasn’t particularly keen on letting you out of his sight at the moment either.

“Sun, we really gotta hurry.” You said, but regardless, you stilled at his demand, turning in place and frowning at him. “The Daycare’s gonna open any second!” Despite your words, Sun suddenly reached out and snatched you into his arms, holding you tightly against himself.

“You’re absolutely right!” He spoke cheerfully enough as he pressed a kiss into your cheek. He then turned in place and began to walk towards their balcony, his long legs transporting the both of you quickly towards your destination. “That’s why the sooner we can both get down there, the better! No need to waste your time on the twisty, turny long way down, huh?”

“…Sun… what are you-” You didn’t get a chance to say anything further, since the rest of your words were swallowed in a scream as Sun promptly threw himself off of the ledge with you held securely in his arms.

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You shrieked as the both of you fell, burying your face into the ruffles around his neck, convinced for a moment that your soul was about to exit your body. But instead, Sun’s body hit the foam balls in the ball pit, their soft material softening his landing just like they always did. It was only when he started to unfold himself that you realized he’d wrapped his body protectively around yours during the descent.

“Ooooh hoo hooo, your heart’s really going-”

“Never do that again.” You gasped once you finally got your voice back, interrupting Sun’s giggled observation.

“Fiiiine…” He sighed, stepping out of the ball pit and carrying you over towards the security desk. He set you down gently and, with a few shaky steps, you made your way to the chair behind the desk into which you promptly collapsed. You noticed that he was still lingering just beyond the edge of your desk, fidgeting in place and wringing his hands. “…A-are you mad at me?” He asked, his voice low as he kept his eyes glued on his fingers.

“I’m not mad, but I’m a little upset that you did that without asking. That really scared me.” You answered him frankly, unable to hide the quiver in your still shaky voice.

“Sorry, sorry, sorry…” Sun’s rays retracted a little at your words, and his fidgeting immediately got worse. “Wasn’t trying to upset or scare you, was trying to be helpful.” He muttered worriedly, glancing between his hands and your face, over and over and over again. You sighed.

“I know that, and I appreciate you trying to help, but next time, just ask first.” You said, keeping your tone stern, but trying to reassure him at the same time. Your words must have done the trick as Sun perked up just a little, his rays flaring out around his head once more as he nodded profusely. “Now… don’t you have to get back up there? I said that the kids were gonna be here soon you know, not that they’re here right now.”

“…Oh! Good point, Daydream, good point!” He laughed, reaching a hand into the air to summon their cable. “Silly me, silly, silly, silly, silly, silly, silly-” He just kept chattering as he caught the cable in his hand and used it to transport himself back into their bedroom. You watched him all the while, your bewilderment from the events of this morning growing by the second. The second he was out of sight, you allowed your mind to drift back towards the wealth of thoughts that had been running through your mind, ever since your little discovery…

Why the hell did they have your panties?!?

And what was all that stuff they’d gotten on them???

You’d wanted to ask them about it, but you felt internally torn. You couldn’t help but feel a smidge guilty about going through their private belongings, even if it had been an accident. Honestly, you were actively trying to figure out how you felt about it, but that being said… Your face flushed as you spared a glance at the curtain behind which Sun was currently hiding.

…You thought it was kind of hot that they had them… Goddamn it all, you were going straight to hell.

But back to whatever substances they were covered in… had they tried to dye them or something?? You really had no idea what that was about.

Even though you thought it was hot, you were still hung up on the following question: When had they gotten them?? They certainly hadn’t come from your little romp with Moon yesterday, given that the panties you’d been wearing then were never actually removed, so these ones had to have been acquired on some other occasion, but when? Your activities with those two had only just begun, so what did it mean if they’d stolen your underwear prior to that? Beyond that, if they couldn’t leave the Daycare, how on earth had they gotten their hands on them? You’d been needling Sun with inane questions, trying to see if you could gather any additional information from him, but you’d received absolutely nothing. If only you could remember the last time you’d worn them…

You know what would solve this whole dilemma? Day-of-the-week panties. Sure, you’d always thought they were silly, who needed special underwear to remember what day it was, but they sure would have come in handy in this instance. You could have at least pinpointed the last time you’d worn them, as well as the likely day that they’d been stolen, but alas… Your own failure to see the value of novelty underwear had led to your own demise. The underwear gods were upset with your indolence, you really should have seen this coming-

Your increasingly sarcastic internal rant came to a halt, as the first few kids came down the slide, landing in the ball pit with happy giggles and shrieks.

“Oooohh hoo hoooo, hello friends!” Sun shouted, stepping past the curtain and waving at the kids that were in the pit just beneath him, his rays spinning around his head in delight. “It is so, so, soooooo good to see you again!” The kids all waved back and cheered as he continued grandstanding, just like he did every single morning.

Except for yesterday of course, but that was besides the point.

You suddenly remembered that you had a text that you’d meant to respond to… In the midst of everything else, it had slipped your mind momentarily, but there was a certain someone else you wanted to reach out to first… You chose to use your phone rather than your FazWatch (since you were about to say some things that you didn’t want to be preserved on company equipment), you pulled up Vicky’s contact and began to type.

…You gave the bartender my number?

Oof…

So much for one drink last night, huh

Is your hangover as bad as mine

Vicks…

Shit, did he text you already??

haha he’s into you

Well… honestly, I barely remember the guy

normally I’d feel a little bad about that

but he mixed the drinks so it’s kinda his fault

If it helps, I thought he was cute!

he clearly thinks your cute too

Plus, think about all the free drinks we could get

Ah, so this is you whoring me out for a margarita

Icic

Oh shut up

He asked for your number after you left, and I figured, you know…

It’s been a while since you dated anyone

You paused your typing, glancing up at Sun. He’d already lept from the balcony, performing a cannonball this morning that sprayed ball pit balls all over the Daycare. It looked like he’d turned the collection of the balls into a game, and he and a number of kids were trying to throw them back into the pit from wherever they’d landed. You’d always thought that it was pretty cute, watching him interact with the Daycare kids, and you couldn’t stop the soft smile that split your face at the thought.

All of a sudden, he caught you staring at him, and he immediately stood up straight so that he could wave at you as his rays whirled around his face.

You blushed, but you waved back before turning your attention back towards your phone, trying to think of how you should respond…

I’m actually kinda seeing someone right now

So I’m probably just gonna tell the bartender that

I really could pass along your number if you want

That should do the trick, right?

!!!

WHAT??????

Since when??

Who is it???

Who were you kidding, you really should have seen this response coming. Beyond that, you couldn’t exactly tell her the truth, so…

It’s still really new

so I’m not really talking about it much just yet

But if it gets more serious, I’ll fill you in

A lie. You would never fill her in, not in a million years, but she wasn’t about to let you off the hook so easily.

You’re telling me everything next time we get drinks

But also… if it’s so new, there’s no harm keeping your options open

You should text Alex!

I really think you’d like him if you got to know him

Man, anything for those free margs, huh

Aren’t you on the clock?

get back to work

You laughed out loud at this particular avoidant response of hers, when you were suddenly beaned in the shoulder by something soft and round. You whirled around to discover the perpetrator standing casually just outside of the security desk.

“Whoooopsies, so sorry Ms. (Y/N).” Sun said trying his best to sound sincere, but the fact that he obviously was trying so hard sucked a lot of the sincerity right out of it. “Would you mind pausing your type-type-typing to whoever is making you laugh so much and grab that for me, pretty, pretty please?” He pointed at a yellow ball that was currently rolling to a halt behind the security desk. He was clearly being petty, you could see right through him. Was he so hungry for your attention that he couldn’t stand not being at the center of it at all times?

…Probably.

“Oh sure, Mr. Sun.” You rolled your chair over to the ball in question so that you wouldn’t have to stand up. “Whatever you need.” You said, right before throwing it back at him, aiming for his chest plate.

“Wonderful!” He snatched it out of the air right before it hit him with ease, tilting his faceplate at you ominously. “In that case, I could use your help with some things this morning, yes! I have a whole list of things that need to be done that I can’t, can’t, can’t do myself.” He tossed the ball over his shoulder without even looking, landing it square in the middle of the ball pit. Narrowing your eyes at him, you slowly got to your feet.

“Fine.” You huffed, slowly walking towards him. He beamed at you, clasping his hands together in delight.

“So glad you can take some time away from your busy, busy typing.” He said, dropping the cherry on top of his passive aggressive sundae as he led you away.

The rest of your day went by quickly with Sun constantly giving you new tasks to perform. If this really was all purely stemming from the fact that you hadn’t been paying attention to him, the two of you were going to have to have a little talk about that… But the two of you were unable to chat with the kids around, so instead you just completed them painfully slowly to illustrate your protest. He had a long list of maintenance requests for you to submit due to some damage to the play structures (which you knew he could submit automatically himself), asked you to order some cleaning bots to handle some messes (which he normally would never even allow them to touch), and generally provided you with a plethora of busy work that he would typically never ask anyone else to do.

The only exception to this rule was apparently for you since you'd somehow pissed him off.

Once naptime finally rolled around, and as the lights in the Daycare flickered off, you collapsed into the chair behind the security desk, feeling reasonably worn out. The tasks Sun gave you to do weren’t hard, but you had stayed up late last night and come in early this morning… all things considered, you had plenty of reasons to be exhausted. You hadn’t even had any more time to put thought into your little mystery of the morning…

…Why hadn’t you realized that your panties were missing?

You frowned as this new question drifted through your mind. You supposed that was pretty odd… but you always had a spare set of clothes in the gym bag in your locker, just incase you felt gross enough after work that you wanted to change. This set of clothes didn’t include an extra bra (which would have been extremely handy yesterday, but you digressed) considering that you simply didn’t own enough good bras to carry extras like that, but you normally had an extra pair of underwear in there. Had you left an extra set in your locker? Even if you had, how would they have gotten it?

…When had they started noticing you??

You ruminated over the situation as you rested on the desk, propping your chin in your hand and staring off into the darkened Daycare. After several minutes had passed, you sighed and finally spoke.

“…Hello, Moon.” You couldn’t see him, but you just knew he was there, watching you from wherever he was lurking in the darkness. He was silent for a couple of seconds before he rumbled out a low.

“Hello, Ssstarlight…”

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Moon had been watching you all day, observing you through Sun’s eyes. He knew you knew. He had no idea how you knew, but he knew you knew. Your behavior, your comments, obviously fishing for something that the two of them didn’t want you to have… Sunny might think that he was jumping to the worst conclusion, but the dread that welled up in Moon’s gut had never led him astray before. He was programmed to read people, to pick apart a person’s less-than-savory intentions before they could execute on them.

And so, he waited impatiently for your eventual fear and, what was worse, your inevitable disgust.

But all morning, as the minutes turned to hours, those emotions never came… There was confusion there instead, interspersed with waves of irritation directed at his alter. Those were well deserved-

“Ooooh, don’t say that, don’t say thaaaat-” Sun whined, his agitation from this morning not eased in the slightest. Arguably it had gotten worse, his jealousy mixing toxically with Moon’s trepidation. “I couldn’t just let him talk to her, no, no, no. You saw the way she was smiling… laughing at… well… whatever he was saying…” It certainly wasn’t that Moon was happy about this little distraction, no… the idea that you were flirting so freely with someone else after they’d made their intentions for you so clear made his insides boil.

But Moon said nothing in response to Sun’s blatant discontent as he dangled above the security desk, staring down at you unblinkingly. Though he had begged Sun to release him earlier, he was distraught to realize that, now that he was free, there was little he could do besides wait for the rejection that he felt certain was incoming… that he knew would destroy him. Both of them.

No… He couldn’t just let that happen. Not after everything.

He listened to the little huffs that passed your lips as you thought, caught each tiny vocalization that you couldn’t quite keep hidden. It was clear to him that you were thinking, and you were thinking hard.

“…Hello, Moon.” Your voice was soft with a tiredness underneath it that Moon longed to sooth away. You hadn’t even looked at him, he doubted that you knew where he was… And yet you’d called out to him anyway, with a sweetness behind your words that Moon could practically taste…

That Moon knew he didn’t deserve.

“Hello, Ssstarlight…” He finally responded, gracefully lowering himself to the floor, his eyes locked on you all the while. You glanced up at him with a fondness that Moon had become addicted to, that he was certain he would die without. But as a crooked smile formed on your lips, there was something guarded behind your expression which caused your smile to fail to soften him. There were always questions behind those eyes of yours, he was used to that… he usually found it to be endearing, but today it filled him with foreboding about what you were so eager to ask.

“I missed you.” You murmured as he approached, your words and the sincerity behind them nearly causing him to stop in his tracks. Instead, he continued the short trek to the security desk, only stopping once he was just in front of it, tilting his head at you once he got there.

“…You really are an ooodd one.” He certainly hadn’t expected you to say that, and to say that so honestly… For the millionth time: he knew you knew. So why were you acting so… normal? Kind? He glimpsed the slight offense that crossed your face at his comment and found that he couldn’t allow himself to let it linger there for long. “I’ve missssed you too, little one.”

“Hmph… good.” You said, the silliness of your words and the relief tinging your voice almost luring Moon into a sense of security, but he couldn’t allow himself to slip, he knew you knew. He just didn’t understand, he didn’t get why you were acting like this! It made no sense to him. You made no sense to him.

Weren’t you supposed to be running away?

“I told you, Moony… there’s no way that that’s true, she can’t know, she just can’t…” Sun insisted in their headspace, still notably upset by the direction the morning had taken. But even so, he still tried to convince Moon as best as he could. Moon wanted to believe Sun, wanted to ignore the voice inside of him screaming that everything was about to come crashing down around them. “How would she have even found out, huh? There’s no way she could know… there’s nobody besides the two of us who know, and we certainly didn’t tell her-?”

“Did you get a chance to overhear what Sun and I spoke about earlier today?” You asked, cutting through Sun’s voice in Moon’s mind, momentarily drawing Moon’s split attention back to you.

“You’ll haaave to narrow it dooown for me…” Moon spoke, his words coming out a little slower than they had before. He didn’t know what to think anymore… He needed to poke you, to needle you to see if doing so would reveal what he was certain were your true hidden feelings. So, he decided to tease you to see what would happen next. To see what you would do. “I overheard quiiite a lot this morning… The two of you were awwwfully loud-”

“Moon.” You hissed his name at the same time that Sun did, the scolding undertone behind this single word almost identical for the both of you. Before you continued, Moon noted a flush of embarrassment on your face, though you weren’t necessarily upset by his comment. “I’m talking about some of the rules we established… and what was said about what we are?”

“Hmmm…” Moon leaned across the security desk just like he’d done before, leaning in, in, in and resting his chin in his hand, his eyes glued to your face. “…I heard sssomething about ssstuff not happening during the wooorkday.” He said, slowly tapping his long, metal fingers across the top of the desk as he spoke. “…But if you and I caaan’t do stuff then, are you inteeending to stay laaate for me insteeead?” He said this while expecting you to immediately deny him, to come up with an excuse as to why you couldn't spend anymore time with them than necessary.

“I thought Sun said that you two stayed busy at night?” You asked curiously, leaning right back across the security desk towards him, your expression bleeding innocence as you once more poked your nose where it didn’t quite belong. Though a response like this was what Moon had expected, his disappointment at your failure to jump at the offer betrayed the hope that he harbored despite his worst fears.

“Hisss attempt to keep you faaar away until he was ooout.” Moon spoke listlessly, ratting out the Solar bot without going so far as to tell you that what Sun had said wasn’t necessarily untrue.

“Seriously??” You spoke at the same time that Sun did once more, but the inflection behind the word was vastly different between the both of you. “We may have to talk about that too then… Sun had made some comments along those lines yesterday, and… You know, if I’m going to be involved with you both, it’ll be a huge mess if you’re constantly getting jealous of each other.” You huffed with a click of your tongue.

You were ignorant of the way Moon's head twitched sharply to the side at your words.

“Wasn’t jealous, wasn’t, wasn’t, wasn’t.” Sun insisted heatedly, wanting very badly for Moon to speak on his behalf, and ignorant of Moon's sudden behavioral shift due to his own desire to justify himself. “No, no, no, Just wanted things to be fair-”

“If you’re going to be invooolved with usss?” Moon hummed, reaching slowly towards you to catch one of your hands in his. He surveyed your hand gently, turning it this way and that in his grip. “…I thought that you already agreeeed that you were o̴̾̋̌́͝͝ơ̶̞̏́̀̓̊o̵̳̬͙̐̈́ù̴̡̻̤͉̉͆̀̇̾͐̕̕͝ͅȑ̵̿͒s̶͚̼̱̲̤͈͖̰̏.” He couldn’t keep the glitch out of his voice as his hand suddenly squeezed yours, triggered by a possessive finger twitch. 

“I’m glad to see that you so easily recall that part of the conversation.” You huffed with a bratty roll of your eyes as heat flooded your features. Moon noted that, while you weren’t protesting his words, you weren’t necessarily acknowledging that they were true… You winced, suddenly trying to pry your hand out of his. "Ow, hey. Too tight-"

“And heeere I thought you didn’t remeeember…” Moon whispered, his eyes unwavering as he watched you struggle. Maybe he was about to push things too far, but he had to push, he had to push as hard as he could to know what was going on in that head of yours. “Perhaaaps you've chaaanged your mind? Or maaaybe… you didn’t quite understaaand what it meeeant…" 

"What are you-"

"All that talk about making things cleeear." Moon continued, speaking as though you hadn't said anything at all. "And then making poooor Sunny so, so, ssso jealous…” 

“Moony, I-I don’t think you should -”

“I already said that we’re going to have to talk about the two of you getting jealous of each other-” You began speaking, your face screwed up in confusion, but Moon cut you off before you could even finish.

“Not jealousss of each other…” Moon growled dangerously, his voice dripping with a malice even he was unfamiliar with. You stopped fighting him, breathing a little harder than you normally were as you gave up. “No… You belong to usss, and we’ve leeearned to share with each other, yesss… but noooot with anyone elssse.” You blinked at him owlishly as he waited for the impact of his words to hit you.

"…Seriously, what are you talking about?" You asked, making it obvious that his words had flown straight over your head. You looked so clueless that, considering how worked up the two of them were, it was a little infuriating to both of them. "H-have I done something wrong?" Your eyebrows pressed together furtively as you thought, your trapped hand forgotten in the fear that you'd apparently unknowingly done something that you shouldn't have done. 

"Don't play dumb, Staaarlight." Moon spoke slowly as he finally released your hand and settled for folding his arms across his chest. But then… recognition crossed your face as you crossed your arms as well, mimicking Moon's stance as you averted your gaze.

"…I didn't mean to." You said, your voice small as you refused to look at the both of them, clearly embarrassed. "It wasn't like I was looking for anything… it just kinda happened, b-but why am I the only one on trial here??" You asked, your voice becoming accusatory as you huffed, sparing a glare for the bot in front of you. "For your information, I'm not exactly fond of sharing either, especially without my permission." 

Now it was their turn to be clueless, but you rambled on anyway, unaware of how lost the two of them felt.

"Seriously, how did you even get them anyway??? I've been trying to figure it out all day and I'm coming up empty, and it's driving me insane. I just don't understand how they got into the Daycare when the two of you can't leave the Daycare and I certainly wouldn't have taken them off in the Daycare, a-at least… not before yesterday a-and I didn't even take them off yesterday, and what was that stuff you got on them-" The more you spoke, the more realization dawned on the both of them, until finally-

"O-o-oh my stars, she knows…" Sun's voice was somehow shaky even in their headspace, his voice tinged with horror. "I-I mean, she doesn't know everything, but s-she's bound to find out since she found… oooh my stars-"

"…I was taaalking about that message Sun sssaw on your phone this mooorning." Moon spoke, eying you even more warily than he had all morning. He'd been right. This should come as no surprise to him, but it was still quite jarring to have it come out this way. You knew. You knew and you had found out by finding the proof of their crimes. You froze, your eyes widening as understanding dawned on you.

"…Oh." 

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"Don't play dumb, Staaarlight." It was the way Moon had said these words that had sealed your fate. You were so worried about having done something wrong that the first thing that triggered even a modicum of guilt immediately popped right into your mind. This had to be the crime he was referring to. It was the only thing you could have been playing dumb about, right? Or at least, that was what you thought as you held yourself defensively, looking anywhere but the Daycare Attendant.

"…I didn't mean to." You said as quietly as you possibly could, wondering briefly how they even knew about your little discovery. Either way, after all of Moon’s talk about not wanting to share, it was obvious that those had been their personal things, and they didn’t like you touching them, even if it had been an accident. Message received. But you couldn’t help but feel like Moon was making a much bigger deal out of this than he ought to be. "It wasn't like I was looking for anything… it just kinda happened, b-but why am I the only one on trial here??" You narrowed your eyes at the Lunar animatronic, suddenly putting together how hypocritical these statements of his were and feeling a fire spark in your soul at the thought of it. "For your information, I'm not exactly fond of sharing either, especially without my permission." You felt like you were getting more heated by the second, and it was because of that that you began to ramble on, spilling all of the quandaries you’d been trying to sort out all morning, until…

"…I was taaalking about that message Sun sssaw on your phone this mooorning." Moon’s voice interrupted your own, causing your questions to die on your tongue.

“…Oh.” You froze, your eyes wide as you stared at Moon, hyperaware of the way his LEDs were drilling into your soul. Oh god, oh god, oh god you hadn’t meant to ask all of your questions until much later, ideally when the both of you were alone, and now you’d spilled your guts to a bot that didn’t seem to be very happy about it and you didn’t quite know what to do next. You thought back on Moon’s words… so Sun had seen that text from the bartender, huh? In the madness of your day, you’d honestly forgotten all about that up until right now, you hadn’t even messaged him back like you told Vicky you would. To be honest, amid the mystery you'd been trying to unravel, this whole incident had been the furthest thing from your mind until Moon brought it to the forefront. “Uh… w-what about it?”

“Nevermiiiind that.” Moon finally rasped, his fingers twitching though his eyes stayed frozen on you as though he was looking for something. It felt as though the two of you were in a standoff, just waiting to see who would draw first.

“…Well if you don’t want to talk about that anymore…” You were the first to speak, and you certainly tried to act a lot more nonchalant than you felt as you kicked your legs out in front of you. “…do you want to answer some of my questions?” Moon tilted his head sharply to the left, still silent, still staring at you. It looked like he was thinking or something… or maybe he was talking to Sun? You stared at him curiously, fiddling with your hair as you waited.

“…No.” He finally answered, his response short, and cut off. You were about to press him, when he added, “I’d rather shooow you… if I mussst… yes.”

“Oooookay?” You arched an eyebrow at him, glancing around when he made no movement to do anything.

“Later.” He rasped out, and you were starting to feel a little strange about the fact that his eyes hadn’t left your form for minutes now. “I will show you… but only if you staaay afterhours toniiight.” It somehow seemed as though he was keeping an even closer eye on you after he said these words.

“Alright.” You shrugged, feeling a little heated by this proposal of his, unable to keep yourself from thinking about what he’d told you just a few minutes ago…

…But if you and I caaan’t do stuff then, are you inteeending to stay laaate for me insteeead?...

…You were a pervert. Your face heated up in embarrassment, you weren’t supposed to be thinking about that kind of stuff, you were supposed to be getting to the bottom of all of this. You were unaware of the way his fingers twitched as they so often liked to do, only for Moon to ball those very fingers into tight fists.

But you did notice when he slowly, purposefully, stepped right over the security desk, his head tilting ominously to the right as he observed you.

“Moon, w-what are you… the cameras-” You hissed as he grabbed you, but he ignored your warning, snatching you up from the chair you were sitting in and tossing you over his shoulder, hauling you off like you weighed nothing even as you wriggled fruitlessly in his grip. “Moon. You’re not supposed to go behind the security desk, we both know it’s against the rules and the cameras definitely caught you doing that just now… Plus, I don’t know where you’re taking me, but may I remind you that we still have kids we need to watch-” Your words died again as you felt the ground slip away beneath you, and your fighting turned into clutching as the fear of falling pervaded your senses.

“If you allow meee to move you, aaand if you open your eyesss, we can both watch the kids from up hereee…” Moon huffed as his feet met some sort of ground. You could feel him turn around and sit down right before he began to peel your hands off of him and, once he’d convinced you to let go, he positioned you right between his legs, sitting with your back to his chest, your own legs dangling off the edge of… something. As your eyes adjusted to the darkness, you realized with a jolt you were positioned at the edge of their balcony. “…I’m nooot going to let you fall, Staaarlight…”

“Y-you better not.” You grumbled shakily, getting a death grip on his thighs as you tried to push yourself back into him, as though doing so would get you further away from the edge. Moon chuckled, a glitchy little laugh as one of his hands encompassed your middle.

“Myyy little Staaarlight…” He hummed as his hand settled onto his mark, and you jolted once more when you felt his other hand wrap around your thigh where the other mark was located. “…and Sunny’s…” He spoke begrudgingly, but even so, he left both hands in place, making it clear that he had no intention of moving them. You felt warm beneath his cooler touch, but the both of you sat there in silence, otherwise unmoving as you kept an eye on the sleeping children from your perch.

But Moon’s possessive words just now had rung a bell for you, and being who you were, you couldn’t just sit up here in the clutches of the Daycare Attendant that you were so fond of, without thinking about it.

…No… You belong to usss, and we’ve leeearned to share with each other, yesss… but noooot with anyone elssse…

And they’d been talking about that text you’d gotten…

“So… all of that was because you two were jealous, huh?” You spoke before you really thought about what you were saying, but Moon didn’t say anything at all in response. You leaned back against him, resting your head on his chest, and tilting your face way, way up so you were looking directly up at him. You couldn’t see very well… it was really dark in here, but the red glow that his eyes gave off revealed to you that he wasn’t looking at you, instead looking straight ahead into the dark Daycare.

You waited for him to say something, but nothing came.

“I wasn’t going to go out with him.” You said with a snicker, daring to squeeze Moon's thighs teasingly. “But I mean, if you wanted to be exclusive, all you had to do was say so. I mean, I’m fine with it, as long as it’s mutual I guess.” This time, Moon did look down at you, his red eyes illuminating your figure in his lap. You felt his fingers twitch against you.

“…So you haaave just been ignoring usss when we sssaid you were oursss…” He growled, trying to sound disapproving, but it didn't feel quite genuine for some reason.

 “…W-wait, that’s what you meant?” You asked, feeling both bewildered and chagrined as you fidgeted in his grip. “Because if so, I, uh… may have originally misunderstood that, I-I really just thought that Sun was referencing the fact that… I dunno… I’m your security guard? Since I’m always stationed here?” The silence you were met with forced you to really think about your words before continuing. “…Which in retrospect is really dumb of me, I-I’m not actually sure why I made that connection, that doesn’t make any sense, does it-” Moon cut you off by momentarily raising his hand from your waist to your head and gently flicking your forehead.

“You’re riiight…” He hummed, his voice was even as you shooed his hand away, and he watched as you rubbed the spot that he’d flicked, all while glaring up at him. “You are dumb-”

“Hey, it’s rude when you say it.” You hissed, as Moon returned his hand to your middle, securing you against himself once more. You had… you had misunderstood to an embarrassing degree… But on the bright side, Moon seemed much calmer than he’d been earlier… less erratic after everything. “You know, I’ve changed my mind… I’m only going to stay late tonight if the two of you are nice to me for the rest of the day.” You grumbled, folding your arms grumpily across your chest, but you were unaware of the way you practically snuggled into him as you did so. “I swear, if Sun makes me requisition one more cleaning bot, I’m going to reinstate the alternating ten-minute shifts.”

“Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…” Moon hummed, drawing it out for a pointedly long time as he rested his faceplate on the very top of your head. “We will… behaveee… so long as you staaay….”

“…Good.” You did your best to huff under the circumstances, but somehow, your words lacked the punch you intended them to have.

Your time with Moon was short-lived for two reasons: The first was that, unfortunately, naptime couldn’t last forever, but the second was because you couldn’t sooth the worry welling up inside of you that someone had seen Moon snatch you from behind the security desk. You were familiar enough with the cameras in the Daycare to know that corporate had sacrificed audio recording for infrared lighting. Sure, they could have bought cameras with both, but why would they waste money on that?? Either way, you weren't worried about someone overhearing what you and Moon had spoken about, but there was no question that that little interaction appeared sketchy as fuck.

Wouldn’t that just be great for his reputation if someone had seen…

Even if someone hadn’t seen it happen in the moment, if they were to check the security feed and see that you were currently away from your station, they might be inclined to rewind the feed and see where you had gone. The longer you sat in Moon’s lap, the antsier you got until he finally summoned the aerial wire so that he could deliver you safely to the padded flooring of the Daycare. Even though you believed that he would never drop you, that didn’t stop you from wrapping yourself forcefully around him when he jolted mid-descent.

“Heheh… got you…” He cackled teasingly as you squeezed your eyes shut, longing for the ride to stop.

“You’re so mean when you’re in a good mood.” You groaned, wanting to smack him for being a shit, but not wanting to risk letting go of him. Damn your fear of heights. Moon set you down once you landed, but the jerky flight had given you a bad case of jelly legs and you were forced to lean on him for support. Not that Moon seemed to mind…

“You will stay laaate tonight?” Moon asked, his voice a low grumble as the two of you walked back towards the security desk. “After the Daycare closesss? With meee?”

“I said I would, didn’t I?” You said with a laugh, not quite sure why he felt the need to doublecheck this bit of information. “I am… curious… about everything… and while I’m interested in what you have to show me, I guess I’m also happy to spend a little extra time with you too.” You squeezed his arm once you were back at the security desk, where you cautiously made your way to the other side of it, and sat down. "So… I suppose I'll see you later, then?"

“…I suposssse…” Moon spoke slowly, his eyes glued to you once more as he watched you walk away before he ripped his eyes away from you, making his way over towards the children where he would soon transform into Sun and awaken the kiddos. He was about ten feet away from you when he whispered, “…You really are an ooodd one.”

“I heard that.” You hissed back.

Chapter Text

“The Daycare is now closed-”

“AH-!“ The automated voice that played at 6 PM every single day startled Sun badly causing him to jump in place, even as he waved away the last of the Daycare kids. “Ohmystars, b-bye friends! I’ll s-see you all tomorrow!!“ He shouted over the rest of the automated daycare farewell, trying (and failing) to regain his composure. Gosh, he was just a wreck today. He’d checked the time on his internal clock pretty much every second of the afternoon, making a couple of hours feel like approximately three years… give or take…

“Bye everyone!” You waved alongside him, a wide smile on your face that did nothing to belie the uncertain edge you were feeling, as the door closed, leaving the two of you alone in the Superstar Daycare.

“…Welp!” Sun clapped his hands together as soon as the door latched shut, providing you with no opportunity to open your mouth. “I know you’re staying late tonight, but Moony doesn’t come out until 6:30, and I have to clean, clean, clean, so…” He started to do just that, leaving no opportunity for you to get a word in edgewise.

“Wait, Sunbeam…” He couldn’t help but pause at your confused voice, especially since you used his nickname that he loved so much. “…are you okay?”

“What a silly question!” He wasn’t. Sun’s anxiety had been at an all time high all afternoon, completely overwhelmed by all the different flavors of guilt he was being forced to taste all at once.

“…It’s not that silly… Seriously, are you good?” You were making your way towards the ballpit, but you threw a skeptical glance Sun’s way.

“No, no, no Daydream, l-let me do that.” Sun fussed, plucking you out of the sea of colorful balls before you’d taken even two steps in. Some toys had been lost to the ballpit while the kiddos were playing a fun new game called “shipwreck”, and while you’d volunteered to pick them out one by one with a cheery I’m on it, Sun was overwhelmed with guilt about the way he’d treated you this morning and therefore, would not allow you to do anything at all. “A-and, yes, I’m just peachy-keen, dandy even, I promise, promise, promise!”

“You know, just because I didn’t love it when you were bossing me around, doesn’t mean I don’t want to help you out anymore, right?” You stated blandly as Sun hurled toys out of the ballpit with impressive speed.

“Yes, yes, yes, I know that.” Sun spluttered, embarrassed at being called out so blatantly for one of the things he currently felt guilty about. Oh, he’d treated you so horribly, this morning. And you hadn’t deserved that, no… you hadn’t deserved that at all. “I-I just knew I could take care of it quickly, see? All done, tah-dah!” And with that, he was off, fully prepared to go take care of any other issues before you could even try to do so on his behalf.

He'd been like this all afternoon, and his antics had begun to ramp up as the clock ticked closer and closer to six. But now that the Daycare was closed, he was on a whole different level, whirling around like a reverse tornado and purposefully keeping you juuust out of arms reach.

Moon, on the other hand, had been completely silent ever since their switch. Though this wasn’t completely out of the ordinary for him, Sun’s anxiety only seemed to creep higher as his own thoughts swirled in his head, unbroken by Moon’s usual snippy commentary.

“Moony… are we really going to tell her?” Sun muttered as he hastily cleared up sheets of the art supplies that had been scattered throughout the Daycare, all because you’d glanced at a crayon with an intent to pick it up.

“What’s this “weeee” business, hmmm?” Moon huffed internally, breaking his silence for the first time in hours. “I’m the one that’s going to haaaave to teeell her. Unless yooou want to sit her dooown and let her know about the spyyying and the steaaaling and the-”

“MMMMHH-” Sun pulled at his rays. He couldn’t be the one to do it, he just couldn’t. He glanced over at you, and shrank when he saw you were watching him bemusedly, your hands placed on your hips… gee, he wished his hands could be placed there-

“Well, that was… fast.” You gestured at the now pristine Daycare. Sun checked the time again – it was only 6:10. He’d feel proud about setting a record if he wasn’t so horrified at being left alone with you before the big, impending talk. “Sooo… you wanna hang out?”

“No-well, gosh I mean-” Sun clapped his hands over his mouth, as confusion and surprise intermingled on your face. “I-I-I just mean, we have so much stuff to get ready, you know…” He gestured vaguely at their balcony and the room beyond, but that did little to assuage your doubt.

“I don’t know how you could make your room more ready…” You mumbled, as Sun began to wring his hands. Oooooooh, he just couldn’t take this, he was so nervous. “But I mean, if you want to go up there and, do… whatever you need to do, you can. I can wait.” …Well… Now that you’d offered that, Sun didn’t know if he wanted that either.

After all, he had no idea how you were about to respond to the conversation you were about to have with Moon. Sun’s fingers twitched as he threaded them together, over and over and over again… they weren’t in the clear, not by a long shot, and if they told you everything, and you hated them…

He didn’t know if you’d ever look at him quite so fondly again.

He didn’t know if he could handle that.

“Mmmph…” Sun’s handwringing got worse, and he’d started to sway in place, his anxiety seeping out of every seam of his endoskeleton. He didn’t even notice you had gotten close to him until he felt your hand on his arm.

“Hey…” Your voice was gentle, and before Sun could stop himself, he wrapped his arms around you, burying his face in your neck. “Sunbeam…” You stroked his rays as he held you close.

“S-sorry.” He choked out, his grip on you spasming with the word. “F-for being jealous, and so so mean, a-and…” He went quiet for a moment before whispering. “…for everything Moony’s gonna tell you about…”

The two of you just stood there for a while, and Sun wanted nothing more than to melt into you, but he hadn’t been lying. There truly was one piece of prep work that had to be done in their bedroom before you and Moon could have your heart-to-heart. He summoned the acrobatic wire and grabbed it, but just before letting you go, he gave you a small kiss on the cheek.

Damn the cameras. They’d tamper with them later anyway.

“Go get’em, Sunbeam.” You called after him, your tone of voice both loving and teasing.

“We’ll be back before you know it, Daydream.” He said, unable to fully conceal the combination of hope and fear that had settled in their headspace.

6:30 came, and Moon came out to play. He did one final check of their room, confirming that all of the final pieces had been put together, and then, resolving himself regarding what was to come, he made his decent into the Daycare.  

But when Moon’s feet touched the ground, they simultaneously made the horrifying realization that you were no longer there.

“Where is she, ẅ̵̘̣͓̯̀͝͝ḩ̵̞͚͈͐̉ē̵̠͇r̵̨͙̥̅̏͂ě̶͇̆ ̷̟̥͓͛ͅi̷̘̞̐̑s̴̫̉̓͜͝ͅ ̶̝̗͖̌̇̏͜s̵̘̓͋͠h̵͚̅ẻ̶̡͙͙̈̎̚-” Sun screeched in their headspace, his panic hitting Moon full throttle. Moon hadn’t seen this coming, not after your conversation earlier, certainly hadn’t flagged you as a flight risk…

Where were you going, little Starlight?

Were you trying to run from them?

Moon burst out of the Daycare, eyes glowing hellishly, burning with intent to hunt you down. You were still here, they knew you were here, they could sense you.

To be more technical about it, Moon had flagged the GPS in your FazWatch a long time ago, meaning that so long as you were wearing it, they could always find you. But even so, they were surprised to see that you were somewhere… familiar…

Moon effortlessly ripped one of the grates off the wall, pulling himself into the vent and crawling through, his movements eerily silent. He wasn’t interested in wasting any time, noooo not tonight. He had to get to you as soon as possible, needed to understand what was going on right now. With a muted snarl, he slid through the vent, getting closer and closer to where he knew you were.

In precisely one minute and forty-two seconds, Moon slipped out of the vent and began to stalk down the halls of the utility tunnels, his goal directly in front of him. He quickly slipped into the employee breakroom, flipping the lights off and ghosting deeper and deeper inside, to where your FazWatch said you were.

Where it all began.

Finally, the door to the baths were right in front of him, and though he could see the halo of light that surrounded the door, there was no music and Moon slowly, slowly turned the unlocked knob and threw the door wide open.