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Gregory couldn’t stop thinking of how big and scary DJ Music Man was. He was humongous! Gregory was terrified of him! From the running towards him, to the attempted capture…Gregory was terrified.
But when he arrived to the DJ booth, he noticed…Music Man was walking up to him. Gregory, growing nervous he was gonna capture him again, backed up quickly. But the DJ put 2 of his hands up, almost like he was surrendering himself.
Gregory noticed this, and bit his lip. He didn’t know how to react. But when the DJ walked up closer and closer with his hand out to him…Gregory’s fear started to lessen. It was almost like the DJ was trying to offer him a treat…as if Gregory was a dog.
Gregory slowly started to go closer to DJ. DJ gently brought his hand up…and turned his hand to face down. Then…he placed the hand onto Gregory’s head…
Gregory raised an eyebrow in confusion at first…but the moment DJ started petting his head, Gregory started to slowly understand what he was doing.
But why? Why was DJ not killing him right now?
“I…don’t understand…” Gregory admitted.
The DJ moved some hair behind Gregory’s ear and removed his hand from Gregory’s head. Gregory slowly started to smile up at him. He was starting to see why Freddy told him ‘He is such a nice fellow’. That side of the DJ was starting to show itself now.
The DJ brought himself a little closer and booped Gregory’s nose with his other front hand. Gregory smiled and felt his nose in response. Eager to get him back, Gregory reached up and booped the purple nose right back.
The DJ jumped a little, and touched his own nose with his left front hand. It was kind of funny, to say the least. Gregory couldn’t help but giggle at his reaction.
The DJ sat himself down in front of Gregory and opened up his hands for a hug. Gregory, feeling a lot less scared and more confident with the now-harmless animatronic, walked up to him and happily took the hug. He wrapped his arms as much as he could, around the slightly dusty animatronic spider DJ. The DJ’s 4 arms wrapped around Gregory, enclosing him into a snug hug.
Gregory smiled despite being slightly uncomfortable. His metal outside was cold and hard…it was like hugging a huge metal pole. But he knew that DJ’s heart was more loving than his metal outside. He had his heart in the right place.
Gregory soon let go and looked up at the DJ. The DJ was looking down at him, almost with a sparkle in his eyes. Gregory knew something must’ve been computing in his ‘brain’, but he couldn’t figure out what he was thinking.
Gregory soon gave the DJ’s body a little poke.
The DJ didn’t react this time…but he did look down to see what Gregory was doing.
Gregory giggled and poked him again.
The DJ lifted his hand up, contorted it into a fist with his index finger out, and moved his finger towards Gregory to poke him back. Gregory laughed the moment he was poked, and gently poked DJ back once more.
Before they knew it, a poking war had started out between the Music Man and Gregory. It was a playful war, filled with different poking spots and laughter primarily from Gregory.
But when the DJ poked the boy’s belly button on accident…Gregory bursted out laughing and fell onto the floor! “Thahahat tihickles, DJ!” Gregory told him.
DJ opened its jaw to further show him his attempt at a piano-looking toothy smile. It only took a few seconds for the DJ to lower his hand and poke the boy in the same spot: The belly button.
Gregory bursted out in giggles and laughter, and rolled around on the floor a little bit. Gregory looked up at the Music man, and noticed that the black eyes that DJ had, were starting to light up with more sparkly stars! Almost like he was giving Gregory a toddler-like mischievous look! Gregory immediately registered what DJ might’ve been thinking.
The moment DJ’s index finger tried to poke him yet again, Gregory stopped his finger as best he could. “Nohohoho! Ihihit’s tohoho tihihicklihihish!” Gregory told him.
But the DJ either didn’t understand, or didn’t care. Probably the former.
Either way, the DJ quickly opened his hand and placed it on Gregory’s belly. The fact that the DJ’s hand was only sitting there on his belly, was enough to throw Gregory into a fit of giggles. But his giggles quickly turned to laughter the moment the DJ’s hand started skittering and scratching.
“HEHEHEHEY! HAHAHAHAHAHA!” Gregory laughed.
The DJ’s head tilted to the side in curiosity as he kept skittering his single hand on Gregory’s tiny belly. The DJ’s hand compared to Gregory’s belly was HUGE! So the DJ’s hand was able to pretty much cover Gregory’s entire belly region. From the abs to the waist, it was all covered by DJ’s ‘gloved’ hand.
“STAHAHAHAP IHIHIHIHIT! IHIHIHIT’S SOHOHOHO TIHIHICKLIHIHISH!” Gregory begged.
The DJ just continued to ‘smile’ with his piano teeth as he skittered his fingers on Gregory’s belly. Gregory was wiggling around as much as he possibly could, and was laughing rather heavily.
The DJ soon gave him a break, and removed his hand from his belly. Gregory looked up at the DJ and smiled. “Wahas that your way of apologizing?” Gregory asked.
The DJ placed his hand on his own chin, and looked up…in a couple seconds, the DJ lowered his hand and nodded his head at Gregory to confirm that yes, tickling him is his way of apologizing.
Gregory smiled and watched as the DJ gently grabbed him with both his front arms. Gregory was lifted up into DJ’s arms and one of the middle hands rose up to the boy. The middle hand wrapped around Gregory’s side, and started squeezing gently.
Gregory giggled right away, and grabbed DJ’s middle hand. Even though this would usually be a sign of ‘stop’, Gregory wasn’t really pushing his hand away. He was only holding it as he giggled. It was…actually kinda cute.
But DJ, thinking it was a sign to stop, removed his middle hand from his side. Gregory immediately looked at him with hurt eyes…and reached out for the hand. “No! Don’t stop! Keep going!”
In the amount of time DJ would’ve been able to say ‘If you insist’, DJ brought his hand up to the armpit and started skittering all over again.
“eeEEEHEHEHEHEHEE!” Gregory giggled. “NAHAHAHAHAHA!”
DJ opened his mouth to smile and gave Gregory another boop on the nose, before continuing to tickle both his armpits.
Gregory cackled and laughed to his heart's content as he wiggled around in the DJ’s arms. DJ’s other arms had wrapped around Gregory’s body while the other two hands were tickling his armpits. And Gregory was loving it!
“IHIHIHIT’S TIHIHIHICKLIHIHISH, DEHEHEJAHAHAY!” Gregory told him.
The DJ paused what he was doing, and covered his mouth with both his upper hands in surprise.
Gregory just laughed at his reaction. “Ihihihit’s nohohot thahahat suhurprihihising, huhuh?” Gregory asked.
DJ put one hand down and kept his right hand up as he ‘giggled’ at him. DJ then wiggled both his fingers at Gregory as evilly as he could. Gregory, knowing he was about to be utterly wrecked, covered his eyes and shook his head with pure suspense.
“Nohohohohoho…” Gregory muttered.
The DJ rubbed his hands together, and started skittering his fingers all over Gregory’s belly and sides.
Gregory just about EXPLODED! And burst out laughing happily! “HAHAHAhahahaha! Yahahahahahay!” Gregory cheered.
The DJ lit up like a christmas tree, and stopped tickling to clap his hands with his own silent cheer!
Gregory giggled at this reaction and reached his arms up. “Again! Again! Again!” Gregory begged.
The DJ nodded rather fast and quickly started tickling his belly and sides all over again. Occasionally, he would move to his armpits to give them a little tickle, then right back to the belly and sides.
“THIHIHIHIS IHIHIHIS GREHEHEHEHEAT! IHIHIHI LOHOHOHOVE THIHIHIS!” Gregory told him happily!
DJ opened his jaw to smile again and tilted his head in a fond look of appreciation. In a way to say thank you, the animatronic pushed back Gregory’s hands with his middle arms, and drew letters with the index finger of a certain top right hand.
T-H-A-N-K
Y-O-U
He wrote out.
Gregory giggled and squeaked through the whole message, yet still understood what he was trying to say.
Gregory reached his hand out and grabbed the right hand. With the hand gripped in Gregory’s, the child pulled the DJ’s hand closer and gave it a little kiss.
The DJ, not at all expecting this, began to notice his blue cheeks were starting to glow!
Gregory had no idea this was happening. But what he DID understand was that Gregory himself had actually stunned the DJ somehow! He had managed to stun the DJ into no longer tickling him! Whoops!
“You…You okay, DJ?” Gregory asked.
DJ looked down at Gregory, revealing his glowing blue cheeks.
Gregory gasped and reached his arms up to try and touch the cheeks! “Gimme gimme gimme-” Gregory gasped and squealed as his armpits were suddenly tickled with the upper hands all over again. “HEhehehehey!”
DJ used his middle hands to tickle his belly and sides, while the bottom hands held him close to his chest. Gregory laughed, cackled and squealed like a mix between a hyena and a dolphin.
…I’m not even kidding.
“AAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! HAHAHAHAHA- STAHAHAHAHAHAHAP! IHIHIHIT’S TOHOHOHO MUHUHUHUCH!” Gregory begged.
But the DJ didn’t hear his command properly and just kept on tickling the boy.
Gregory looked down at the tickling fingers and threw his head back as he kept on laughing, laughing, laughing. He was wiggling all over the place! It was so cute!
“IHIHIHIT’S SOHOHOHO TIHIHIHIHICKLIHIHISH!” Gregory told him. “IHIHIHI CAHAHAHAHAN’T!”
DJ Music Man kept on going with the tickling…That was, until Gregory started to grow breathless. When DJ was able to notice Gregory’s breathlessness, The DJ quickly lessened the tickles and put him into a state of giggles.
Gregory grew really thankful for this kind gesture. The giggly state helped him get some energy and breath back. “Thahahank…yohou…” Gregory managed to get out.
DJ placed his upper finger onto Gregory’s belly and drew a few more letters.
Y-O-U
A-R-E
W-E-L-C-O-M-E
Gregory giggled through all the words yet again, yet still understood what they read! “Dohoho thihihis ahahagain? Sohome ohohother time?” Gregory asked.
DJ placed his right hand on his own chin…and nodded back.
And that was that! Gregory was let go, and allowed to figure out Freddy’s location! Gregory clicked the fazwatch and called for Freddy to come over.
With loud footsteps, Freddy could be both heard and seen, running over to Gregory.
“I see that you met the DJ?” Freddy reacted.
“Yeah! And you were right! He really IS a nice fellow.” Gregory told him before he crawled into Freddy’s belly compartment…