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Life was shit.

And he wasn't being dramatic. His only purpose in life was dealing with bratty, shitty kids that liked to destroy what little sanity he had left, and take insults from stupid parents who acted like they owned the place, and damn staff that called Moon names like 'freak' and 'creep'.

That was every moment of his life. Yep. 24/7. Absolute *hell*.

Well, that's what he thought until he meet him. Sun.

Sun had first arrived in the Daycare about 8 years ago, and back then, Moon had hated him. Thought he'd be like the rest: a rude, self-absorbed, asshole that cared about nothing but himself.

But oh, he had been so wrong.

Sun had always been so kind and caring, patient to deal with parents and kids, that optimistic and charming smile of his could instantly make the rudest of clients nicer. And he had been so good with the kids, energetic and cheerful, always putting on puppet shows or stories or games to keep the children entertained. And even after a long day, he would clean the Daycare up so Moon didn't have to work after his security patrols.

But most of all? Sun had been nice to Moon. He had never forced Moon to talk, never forced him to do anything, and Sun did all sorts of things to make Moon crack a smile. He never once called Moon creepy, only saying how pretty Moon's eyes were, how fascinating his sharp teeth were, how adorable Moon was. And Moon had loved every second of that praise. And he loved Sun even more. He had loved Sun so much, had loved to see Sun's pretty smile, to look into those gorgeous baby blue eyes, to feel his soft golden curls of hair, and hear that sweet, warming little laugh. Sun was his one happiness in this awful excuse of a world. Sun had made him happy even in the darkest of times, even...even during the virus, when Moon had hurt so many people, had hurt *Sun*, proving to everyone around him that he was a monster.
But instead of hating him, instead of leaving him for good or even hurting Moon back, he...he hugged Moon. Pulled him close and had said everything would be alright. And had hugged and comforted Moon as he cried, clutching onto Sun like he was his last breath. And Sun had stayed by his side.

A month later, Sun had asked Moon to be his boyfriend, and Moon had practically tackled Sun into his arms and lifted Sun above the ground, twirling him around before kissing him.

He was happy.

*But like all good things, it didn't last forever.*

A fire broke out.
They had all managed to get out. Most of them.
"SOMEONE HELP ME! PLEASE, MY DAUGHTER-..." A woman screamed, breaking down sobbing, trying to go back into the fire, but some staff held her back. Sun hesitated, his heart aching for the woman. A child...dying. The thought hurt him, no, it *killed* him. He loved the kids as if they were his own, and he couldn't bear to sit back and let one of them die.

So he started heading to the burning building.

Moon held him back, looking at him with confusion and slight fear. "What the hell are you doing? Don't even think about going in there! You'll get yourself killed!" Moon said, tightly gripping Sun's wrist, a desperate, silent *plea* for Sun not to go. To stay with him. But Sun looked at him with tear-filled eyes.
"She's a kid, Moon. Someone has to save her. I...I can't let her just...die." Sun said quietly, holding Moon's hand and placing a gentle, loving hand on Moon's cheek, wiping the tears that were starting to fall. "I promise you, Moon....I promise I'll be ok. I'll come back. After all, I'd miss that pretty smile of yours if I left..." Sun laughed, though it was bitter and filled with hurt and pain. Sun then hesitated, before speaking "If I don't though...please Moon. Promise me. Promise me you'll move on. Be happy for me, alright..? I'll always love you, my perfect, sweet Moonflower." Sun whispered, kissing Moon gently and Moon shakily kissed Sun back, tears now falling, before he slowly let go, watching Sun run into the fire.

*He wished he hadn't let go. Wished he could turn back time and undo that STUPID mistake.*

The girl had been saved. She had been badly injured but saved. She was still *alive*.

...Couldn't say the same about Sun.

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It burned.

The flames licked at his legs, burning around him, and for a moment, he was frozen in pure *fear*.

Everything was engulfed in flames, burning to ashes. Everything he had grown to love in the past 3 years was gone. And the Daycare...

Plastic play structures were melted from the heat, rubbles of destruction followed the path of the flames.

The Daycare. His friends. The kids. *Moon*. All those memories he had of them, were burning away along with the fire. It hurt to watch those years of love and memories he had built up for years in this place be burned away in mere seconds.

He then heard coughing and crying coming from the heart of the chaos, and he quickly snapped out of his trance and ran, dodging flaming objects and falling debris, and called out:
"HELLO? ANSWER ME PLEASE!" Sun yelled, hoping for the little girl to call back. To give a *sign* she was still ok. He heard the faintest yell, and he ran even faster, not caring about the flames that burned away at his skin, how painful it was. He then spotted a little girl in the middle of the flames, huddled into a small ball, sobbing.

Sun sighed in relief but it didn't last long. They had to get out. *Now*.

He ran towards her and grabbed her arm and quickly (but to his best ability of gentleness) dragged her along with him, the two now running towards the nearest exit he could find.
"Shh...I'm here to help sweetie....it's ok" Sun reassured, when she looked scared of what was going on. She nodded and followed.

Just as Sun could see the light, he heard a scream and looked back in horror to see the little girl's foot stuck in between some melted metal bars, and the beam overhead was going to collapse. Sun ran over and quickly tried pulling her out, doing his best as he desperately tugged at the foot
"Please....c'mooon...." Sun begged and the girl managed to finally break free and Sun grinned in relief.

But just as that happened, the beam managed to break free too.

Sun only had a second to react once he saw the beam fall, and he screamed:

"MOVE!"

Sun pushed the little girl out of the way, and the last thing he heard was the crash, the pain enveloping his arms, back, legs, it *hurt* so so ***badly***.

He barely heard the yelling and crying from the little girl, and his ears were ringing, and his slowly fading vision only allowed him to see blood. Blood. Everywhere. Splattered where he was, and Sun gave one last look up.
"Run...please...." He managed to get out, and the girl nodded fearfully and ran, and Sun managed to smile sadly.

"I'm not coming back, am I Moonie...?" Sun whispered to himself, before everything shut down to black, and his movements stopped. As well as his breathing. His last thought..:

*"I still love you, my Moonflower."*

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Rain poured down, pattering down the windows of the Daycare.

On a rainy, stormy day like this, Sun would've commanded that the two of them have a movie/cuddle session to lift the mood, and the two would've goofed off and laughed while making cookies, usually ending up throwing more of the batter at each other or eating it than actually baking it. And Sun would've chosen a list of movies while Moon prepared their bed, and the two would've snuggled up close, simply enjoying each other's presence.

Maybe Moon would've given a few neck kisses or loving bites, enjoying the small shivers and light noises Sun let out, his heart warming at how cute his partner could be, sometimes even going as far as a light make-out session, though nothing rough, making sure to have boundaries and safe words each time.

But most of all...Moon's favorite part was being told over and over again how much Sun loved him, small kisses pressed to his forehead and cheeks and lips, the two smothering one another in affection and adoration.

...

Now those loving nights would be no more. Only a reminder of what Moon now had to endure.

Moon quietly sat in his and Sun's room...or, it *had* been Sun's room as well...now it was just his. Tears flowed down his cheeks as he sobbed, curling in on himself, trembling and crying, wanting, *begging* for Sun to come back. For it all to be a dream. For Sun to wake him up and bring him in for a hug filled with kisses and 'I love you's'.

But Sun wasn't coming back...

...was he?

TW!: Description of self-harm, and suicide attempt! (Skip if not comfy) (This part is optional, just put it if anyone wants to know how Moon's mental health went.)

Oil dripped from his wrists, he watched with an almost gleeful look, it was so calming. His wires sparked from being ripped apart so much, his internal wires bleeding oil, causing a malfunction and his system sending warnings of a potential shut-down. But he didn't care...he'd honestly rather die. He *wanted* to die. To see his Sunshine again. His stare was blank and emotionless, like he was in a sort of trance, stabbing at his legs, watching the blood pour out even more, his wires and he gripped harshly at his arms, until he heard a snap, followed by one of his arms going limp. He froze for a moment, and looked down. He had broken his arm.

...Oh.

It should've been bad. Should've felt horrible for having broken a limb. But instead? A rush of euphoria ran through Moon and he let out a slightly sadistic laugh, it was almost...satisfying. He had hurt himself, and it felt so good. It was so easy too, he hadn’t even meant to do it. It just...happened.

...

What would jumping off the balcony feel like? The rush of exhilaration followed by the crack and snap of his 'bones'.

It was one way to deal with the pain in his heart. To bring even more pain.

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-------------5 years later------------------

*BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP*

Moon groaned, covering his face with his pillows, trying to cover out the sounds so he could just stay asleep, but after a few minutes of being annoyed to death, he reluctantly gave in and got up, hitting the snooze button as he stretched and yawned.

He went to his bathroom to go change, getting changed into a pair of black sweatpants and a blue t-shirt with a black moon on the front. He had been given different clothing to choose from, and was allowed to wear whatever he wanted, not just the uniform. (Though he did wear it still from time to time)

Ever since....the fire, things had changed. The rude, bitch-ass staff had been replaced by a team of *much* nicer employees (though in Moon's opinion, they were still annoying). And the Daycare had finally gotten some much needed improvements, and even Moon had received some upgrades (though he had put up quite the fight when they did, not liking the idea of a technician that wasn't Sun to be touching him, much less working on his code).

Things weren't bad, he was doing ok, good even.

At least, as good as he could get without Sun in his life. Which wasn't much.

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At around 8 AM, the kids started flooding into the Daycare, laughter and talking filling the air. Although Moon hated the noise and people, he still loved the kids dearly. After all, Sun had absolutely *adored* the little ones, doing anything in his power to keep them happy. So Moon did the same now. Put away those negative thoughts, hid the bad habits away and focused on making them smile.

Moon grinned as he watched over the little stars painting and drawing, and smiled as he crouched down, observing.
"What a nice drawing, little one. You're sure to be a stellar artist when you're older." Moon said softly to a little girl he recongnized as Anna, who had been coming to the Daycare for 6 years, now 9, and Anna grinned.
"Thank you Mr. Moon! It's for Mr. Sun when he comes back!" She said, and Moon tensed, staring at her silently for a moment. He had been caring for Anna since she was 3, and Sun had as well. So Anna was one of the few little stars that still came here that remembered and had known Sun well. Most had already grown up and were about 14-18 now, it HAD been 5 years after all...

Didn't mean it hurt any less though.

"...Yeah."

"When Sun comes back..."

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Later, as soon as the Daycare closed, Moon got a notification from his security bracelet, expecting a security ping, probably and intruder, or just a S.T.A.F.F bot that needed help. But he was surprised and confused to see it was from one of the technicians in Parts and Service. Moon rolled his eyes, annoyed and pissed that he had to waste his time with these fucking little shits. Just because they were better than the last staff did't mean he trusted them. They were always trying to 'help' him because he was 'going through something' and wanted him to 'talk through his feelings', always trying to convince him that it would magically help him.

'Pfft, yeah, help me. Help me my ass." Moon thought to himself, but called for his wire anyways and once he flew up, he headed towards Parts and Service.

Once he arrived, one of the technicians, Riko, greeted him with a grin.
"Hey, Moon! You're here! Nice seeing you!" He said, and Moon stuck his middle finger at him without another thought, pushing past him.
"Shut the hell up. I'm not here to socialize and shit like that. Why am I here?" Moon snapped, and Riko winced but continued. Everyone had gotten used to Moon's attitude by now, and knew better than to argue back.

"Well, me and the whole staff have been working on a little project for the past 6 months. Its...an addition to the Daycare you might say, and we really think you'll like it!" He explained, and Moon raised an eyebrow, looking slightly back at Riko.

"Oh? And why's that? Did you all finally build something that'll make you guys finally shut up?" Moon said sarcastically, and groaned, rolling his eyes as he looked at the door.
"Can I go now-" He started when Riko cut him off "-It's about Sun."

Moon froze. He didn't look back at Riko just yet, just stayed still, tears threatening to fall now. It hurt to hear Sun's name. It just reminded him of his lover that he had lost.

Riko continued.
"We know you've missed him a lot these past 5 years, ever since he was killed in the...incident." He said, and Moon's hands clenched by his side at that and his head snapped over, a look of anger and hurt in his eyes.

That had caught his attention.

He harshly pushed Riko to the ground, towering over him.
"Don't you *dare* fucking bring up his name, you hear me? I'll kill you if you even try." Moon threatened, a low growl escaping his throat, and Riko looked scared for a moment, hesitating before continuing.

"W-Wait! T-That's why we built something!" He said quickly, before pressing a button which opened up a tube and a sun-themed animatronic stepped out, baby blue eyes lighting up as he started up.

Moon froze.

"Moon. Meet Sun."

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"Moon. Meet Sun."

Moon stiffened, and his eyes widened.

No. No no no NO. T-This was just a dream. T-They wouldn't....

THEY COULDN'T REPLACE SUN. HE WAS *PERFECT*! THIS PIECE OF SHIT COULD NEVER FILL IN HIS PLACE!

...

Couldn't replace his love.

Moon didn't even realize it, but his 'breath' was coming out shaky and hollow, and he stepped back, flashes of memories all flooding back in, it was like the gates and fears and memories he had tried to keep back, tried so HARD to forget...all coming back in one wave.

Like he was going to drown in them.

(Flashback:

"Moon. We...have some news regarding Sun" One of the technicians said, and Moon looked down at them, a desperate and slightly hopeful expression on his face.
"Is he ok?? How bad is it?? When is he coming back?? He's ok, right?" Moon said quickly, not caring if he was being harsh or quick. His *lover* had ran into a burning building, and was (at least, he had heard) currently in the hospital. To be fixed. He HAD to be fixed.

Or Moon didn't know if he could go on.

T-That's why the staff had called him here. To probably tell him that Sun was ok! That...he was coming back.

Right?

All of the technicians went silent, and the one who had previously spoke up even went silent, most looking down, a few others saddened, and others looked guilty.

Moon's heart dropped.

"..."

"Right..?" Moon whispered, and another one of the technicians hesitantly spoke up, her voice shaky.
"Moon...w-we....we are SO sorry...." She whispered, tears welling up in her eyes.

Please. No...

"...Sorry for what..?" Moon said, his voice cracking, trembling, as he knew what was coming. He was finally starting to realize it.

"...sorry for your loss, Moon."

Moon had always been the strong one. He had been programmed and designed to be able to cry, to seem more 'real' to the children, but he had always told Sun that he didn't bother, that crying was for the weak, a useless human emotion.

But now, Moon finally broke.

He dropped to his knees, not hearing the way the workers called out to him, all he could hear was their voices fading, tears streaming down his face, as he broke into a sob, curling on into himself, wishing more than anything that Sun would come and hug him, comfort and soothe him lovingly, with that sweet laugh and smile.

But he wouldn't. And he never would now. Not anymore.)

(End of Flashback)

...

The situation had been just like this. When he...had first met Sun.

A technician had called him into Parts and Service, and Moon had been confused, and the door had opened, and in walked Sun. Practically shining, lighting up the room with that smile.

And it had been love at first sight.

Now, all Moon saw was the same scene, except this time, a sunny animatronic was here in place of Sun. He had the same color palette as Sun, same blue eyes and little toothy grin that Moon had always found adorable on Sun. This is probably what Sun would've looked like if he were an animatronic.

But this time, it wasn't love that he felt.

All he felt was pure disgust and hatred for this replacement.

And hurt.

He glared down at the robot (he was NOT going to call him Sun), slight hurt, fear, and sadness in his eyes, but he did his best to look intimidating.

He then glared over at the technician.

"Tell *IT* to leave." He snapped, pointing at Sun, who seemed confused, hesitant to say something. It seemed like a bad time...

Riko's smile faded. Moon seemed...angry? But why? Sun was *exactly* like the real Sun had been. Just an animatronic this time. This was supposed to *help*, not make things worse...

He hesitated, frowning, but nodded.

"Sun. Report to the Daycare." He said, and Sun flashed a bright smile, one that made Moon feel sick, he felt like he was going to have a panic attack, a memory of Sun flashing in his mind, it was all too overwhelming, all he wanted to do was scream and cry and break down into tears.

The only thing stopping him was that out of all those emotions, *anger* was the strongest of them all.

"Yes sir!" Sun chirped happily, his rays spinning, as he skipped to the door, heading out.

Ugh. He was so annoyingly cheery.

Sun had been FAR better. He had been the cute type of happy and silly. This robot was just annoying and pissing him off.

"What the hell is that...that piece of scrap!?" Moon snarled, and Riko looked confused at Moon's cold tone, stepping back.

"W-What do you mean? It's Sun! He's the exact same, isn't he??" He said, and Moon just narrowed his eyes, shoving Riko to the ground harshly, and he looked down at him with pure disgust.

"That THING? Is NOT my lover. THAT is nothing but a fucking replacement for him. And I'm not buying that bullshit. He's just here to fucking ruin everything. He disgusts me." Moon growled, before leaving, slamming the door behind him.

And he ran into the robot. Great.

Sun brightened, and smiled.
"Hello there! You must be Moon, my partner for the Daycare! I'm going to be helping you out!" Sun said, and Moon glared.

"First of all? Shut. Up. Second of all, don't even *think* about calling me your 'partner'." Moon snapped, walking towards Sun threateningly, and Sun backed up slightly, confused and startled by the sudden harshness.

"Huh?" Sun mumbled, confused. "Is something wrong 𝙈𝙤𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙚?" Sun asked, the absent-minded nickname triggered something in Moon, his eyes widening, and he felt the tears threatening to spill out.

Sun. Sun had called him that....h-how...

...

That nickname was only for Sun. The REAL Sun. And now, he hated this robot even more.

"Get out." Moon said in a cold, quiet tone, his fists clenched at his sides, trembling slightly. He couldn't deal with these emotions.

Sun flinched, his rays shrinking in slightly. "..What?" He asked, confused. Was something wrong? He had just said hello...
"I said: Get. The. Fuck. Out. Now. Are you deaf, or stupid? I don't fucking want you here. You're only here because they forced me to have a new partner. So let me make one thing clear: I. Don't. Like. You. So don't bother." Moon snapped, before turning on his heel and storming off, calling for his wire as he was lifted into the air and to his room, leaving behind a very confused and hurt Sun.

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Sun felt his rays shrink in, and he felt his heart drop into his stomach.

What had he done wrong? All he did was say hello and greet the lunar animatronic...was it rude? Had he said it wrong?

Maybe he hadn't liked the nickname.

To be honest, Sun hadn't even known where the nickname had come from. He had just blurted it out without another thought, and it had seemed to offend the lunar animatronic.

It had just felt...familiar. Maybe he was being silly, but the nickname 'Moonie' had felt so...familiar. Like a distant memory he couldn't quite reach. It felt like something was yelling at him to remember, to listen...maybe even some*one*.

He didn't know.

All he knew?

Was that he wanted to fix whatever issues/relationship he had with the lunar animatronic.

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Sun yawned, sleepily rubbing his eyes as he flipped through a book, it had history and information inside of it, including information about the other animatronics here, so that's what Sun was reading. Particularly about the lunar animatronic that seemed to hate him.

It turn's out his name was Moon, which only fueled his curiosity and confusion to the mystery of the nickname 'Moonie'. It was as if he had known Moon's name...but how? Ugh, this was so hard.

As Sun flipped through more of the pages, he reached one picture that caught his eye.

It was a picture of Moon. And he was smiling. Which was strange, since Sun hadn't seen Moon smile at all, not even *look* relevantly happy. But here he was, smiling and hugging a human, most likely a technician due to the uniform, and Sun found himself staring.

The human...if felt like he was connected to him somehow.

He shared similar features to the human, both had the same eye color, same color palette, even the same smile even, now that he looked closer.

He felt something familiar spark in his chest, and he felt a thought start to bubble up.

"...Is...that..."

"...me?"

He whispered, and he felt a sharp pain in his chest now, followed by a voice that was almost glitching through his mind, like they were fighting against something:

F̵̪̽i̴̡̅n̸̻̏ä̷͍l̶̠̈l̵͈͝y̷͎͠,̴̈́͜ ̸͖̃Í̴͈'̵͓͂m̶̪̍ ̷̙͝s̶͖͘t̵̜͘a̷̤̅r̵̡͊t̴̉͜i̶̮͠ṋ̷͒ǵ̸̪ ̶̣̾t̷̕ͅo̷͕͂ ̵̺̄g̴̹͠e̸̯̎t̸̠̊ ̸̦̔a̴̟͝ ̵̺̓č̶͙o̴͖͝ň̶̪n̸͎̉e̶̦̔c̵͖̽ť̷͓í̸̡o̸̖̒n̶͚̓ ̸̰̈́t̶̬͐h̵͓͂r̴̹̓o̴̙͛ú̷̹g̷̍͜h̸̻̕!̸̺̌ ̷̨́Y̸̟̆ê̵̫s̶̬̆,̴̤́ ̶͙̿t̷̆ͅh̸̪̆a̸͇̕t̵͎̏'̵͓͊s̶͎̈ ̵̼̚m̸̤̐ë̵͕́-̷͖͋!̸̲͌ ̴̭̆O̴̗̎r̸̺̒ ̴̛ͅu̴͕̐s̵̺̒,̴͕͝ ̸̤́I̷̫̿ ̷̪̑ĝ̵̗u̶̘̚ē̸̥s̸͕̐s̷̖͒=̵̣̍

!!!

...

Who was that?! And...

Why did they sound just like him?

Before Sun could question the voice, he heard a low, threatening voice speak from behind him.

"What the hell are you doing?"

Sun yelped, startled, and he looked behind to see Moon looking over him, a pissed and annoyed expression clear on his face.

Although he WAS a little scared of Moon's seemingly angry state, he couldn't help but feel excited that Moon was at least talking to him.

M̶̪̒ȏ̷̡ỏ̴͓n̸̠͌ï̴̗e̵̻͑!̸̖̉

...It seemed like the voice was happy too.

It felt like he was saying all of these things, just in his mind. Weird.

"O-Oh! H-Hello! Did you need something?" Sun asked happily, smiling, and Moon glared before looking down at what Sun was reading, and he paused.

Sun's smile faded once he saw a flash of sadness and hurt in Moon's eyes, but before he could ask what was wrong, Moon's expression turned cold and he roughly grabbed the book from Sun's hands, pushing him, and Sun fell down, whimpering at the sharp pain he felt when he fell onto the hard floor.

"Don't you EVER look at...at HIS photos! YOU FUCKING REPLACEMENT! YOU'LL NEVER BE GOOD ENOUGH, AND YOU'LL NEVER BE AS AMAZING AS HE WAS! SO GO DIE!" Moon yelled, his voice cracking slightly, and he clutched the book and photo close, and Sun felt his heart sink further at those words, confusion, hurt, sadness, fear, all welling up inside of him.

And he felt even worse when he saw tears well up in Moon's eyes.

Moon ran off, back into his room, slamming the door shut.

...

And just like that, he had ruined everything. Again.

Sun sobbed, curling in on himself.

"What did I do wrong...? .̵̗̔.̸̨͂.̶͔͘T̵͓̂h̵̙͊a̷͌͜t̶̫̄'̷͙̋s̶̜͛ ̸̖̓n̶̥͋o̴̪͗t̷̙̓ ̵̞̈m̷̤͗ỹ̸̡ ̴̝̓M̵̠͋ő̴̤o̸̞͗n̷̨͛.̸̠͌:"

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Moon slammed the door shut behind him, quietly standing there, trembling. Tears fell from his eyes, and he bitterly rubbed them away. Stupid animatronic. Making him get all emotional.

He glanced down at the book he had taken, and opened up to the page that robot had been reading, and he noticed it was a picture of him...and Sun. It had been their 2 year anniversary together, and Sun had demanded that they take a picture to celebrate.

Despite the sad, longing feeling that ached in his chest at the sight, Moon couldn't help the slight smile that tugged at his lips at the fond memory. His Sunshine.

...Sun had always been the more welcoming and kinder of the two. Anytime someone new had come to the Pizzaplex, Sun had always been the one to show them around and make them feel welcomed and safe. Moon had always admired and adored that about him.

...

Moon let out a frustrated sigh, his smile fading into an annoyed frown. Deep down, he knew it wasn't that solar animatronic's fault for upsetting him. The robot just...brought up too many bad memories. Too many bad feelings and pain that he had been trying so hard to keep under control. He had just started healing the slightest, and now all 5 years of that work was undone in a mere day. Still...

Moon glanced at the wall of his room. There, hung a picture of Sun, one that he kept for memories and to help calm himself down. It was one of the only past things that had survived the fire. One of the only things he had left of Sun. All of Sun's things, his memories, his love, his words, had all burned down alongside the Pizzaplex 5 years ago.

He remembered his promise that Sun had asked of him:

"𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙣. 𝘽𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚, 𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩..?"

...

"...I'm sorry, Sun."

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Sun sighed, humming the Daycare theme song to himself as he cleaned up, making sure everything was in perfect shape! Moon was currently out on patrol. Moon had avoided Sun completely for the rest of the day, which of course hurt Sun and had made him feel upset, but he understood that Moon needed some time.

His thoughts wandered to the photo he had been looking at early today. The glitched thoughts hadn't come back either, so that was a bit disappointing. Still, that human...was it really him? The voice had seemed to agree with him earlier....and if this was true, then who WAS that person? Where were they? And why...

...why did they seem to make Moon so sad?

All of these thoughts were raising so many questions, and he was frustrated that he didn't have any answers. He then continued cleaning, making sure to clean each and every nook and corner. He wasn't allowed to start working with the kids until next week, and he had 2 more days until then. Just as a safety measure, and so he could get to know Moon better (not that that was happening any time soon-). So he was trying to make himself more useful. Moon had seemed tired and exhausted after taking care of the kids today, and Sun had accidentally walked in on Moon cursing to himself, grumbling and complaining about the huge mess he'd have to clean up after his security patrol.

Sun had felt bad, so he decided to clean it for Moon! That way he wouldn't overwork himself!

After about 2 hours, he was FINALLY done, and he sighed in relief, practically about to cry in joy, and he flopped onto the ground in utter exhaustion, still holding the broom as his eyes sleepily began to close, his systems shutting down, as he now (barely) realized he was only at 5%.

"Mm...maybe 5 minutes of sleep..." Sun mumbled to himself, before falling asleep.

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Moon flew towards the Daycare using his wire after finishing up his last security round, ready to just charge up for the next day. It had been an *incredibly* long and tiring day, the kids had been SO badly behaved, trying to tug at his wires and make him go insane with their crying and yelling, he had been so close to snapping so many times. So he was rather pleased to finally be able to go back to his room and rest. That was, until he remembered the HUGE mess the kids had left behind, and he groaned in annoyance and frustration, he was already tired enough, and now he had to deal with that shitty mess. Great.

Once he entered the Daycare, he expected to see the huge mess he had left behind, ready to be cleaned up.

But he was surprised and stunned to see that the Daycare was completely spotless. In fact, it looked better than it had in *years*.

"Huh?" He muttered quietly, confused. Who had cleaned everything up? He was SURE that there had been a mess here, and no one else came into the Daycare. It was only him and-

He paused.

Could...it have been...?

His thoughts were confirmed when he heard light snoring, and he carefully, and quietly crept towards the sound, and was met with the sight of the solar animatronic sleeping, still holding a broom and some cleaning supplies, like a teddy bear, and he was snoring softly, all curled up.

Moon stared. Had...he cleaned all of this up? That was a lot of work for one person...

For a moment, he thought of leaving the solar animatronic there. No work meant he could just go to sleep.

But...the solar animatronic HAD cleaned all of this up for him, and to be honest, Moon was rather...thankful.

So hesitantly, he picked the solar animatronic up, before he could change his mind, and flew the both of them to his room, where Moon laid the solar animatronic down onto his bed, and charged him.

For a split moment, Moon's eyes softened, it reminded him...of how it used to be with Sun. He quickly snapped out of it though, and looked away, huffing. It didn't mean he cared, much less *liked* the solar animatronic.

Still, he muttered under his breath

"...Thank you. Sun."

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Sun yawned, stirring awake as he sleepily woke up, rubbing his eyes as he got up. Ugh, his heaaad. All of those chemicals and cleaning products had gotten to his head last night-

It took Sun a moment to fully wake up and realize that he was in a bed. He blinked. Who's bed was this? And how did he even get here? He could've sworn he had fallen asleep for a little while after cleaning up.

Before he could question even further, he heard a noise, and it caught his attention, and he turned to see Moon sleeping on the ground, buried in a pile of blankets and pillows. It took a moment for Sun to put two and two together.

Did...Moon carry him up here?

The thought made his chest feel warm and fuzzy, and he felt a familiar feeling start to form, and suddenly, a memory shot through his mind:

It was fuzzy, like an old tv static as it glitched and the image was blurry, but he managed to see what if was: it was a video, or maybe...a memory of Moon sleeping in, as a hand stroked his head, and he heard a voice, his own voice speak:
"G̷o̵o̶d̶n̴i̶g̴h̸t̸ ̸M̸o̶o̶n̷f̴l̵o̷w̷e̵r̷..."

!!!

That...that was him. Wasn't it? The one speaking to Moon? But how? What was this? What-

As quickly as it had came, the memory disappeared, escaping from Sun's grasp, and he let out a small gasp as he snapped out of it.

...

Was that real?

Before he could question it, he heard an annoyed voice speak up.
"Awake?"

He jolted a bit, startled, and he noticed Moon glaring at him with annoyance, raising an eyebrow expectantly.

Sun cleared his throat, shaking the thought away.
"O-Oh! Good morning Moon!" He said happily, before smiling "Thank you for carrying me up here to charge me, guess I fell asleep while cleaning, hehe." He said gratefully, and Moon rolled his eyes with a huff, looking to the side.

"Whatever. I didn't care if you're battery had died honestly, but unfortunately, management's making me show you how I take care of the kids." Moon snapped, and Sun felt his heart sink, the warm feeling fading.

"Oh.." He mumbled, and looked down. So Moon had only done it because he had to. He didn't know why that hurt, he knew Moon hated him from the start for some reason, but it felt like a familiar pain...

Maybe it had something to do with the memory flash he had just had?

Moon glanced over, and he quickly looked away again. He got up, and headed for the door, hoping to just walk off these stupid feelings of guilt he felt for acting so rudely. This robot deserved it! He had replaced Sun!

Just as Moon stepped out, he stopped, hesitating.

Please, promise me that you'll move on for me

...

'For you, My Love' Moon thought to himself, taking a deep breath before speaking one last sentence to Sun.

"Thanks for cleaning up I guess."

And with that, he left, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw the robot's lips curve into the biggest, stupidest grin ever.

And Moon would forever deny the warm feeling he got from it.

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After getting dressed into his uniform, Sun took a moment to fully look at himself in the mirror. He wore a beige-light yellow shirt that sort of had a similar color pattern with his face colors, adorned with two maroon buttons that were shaped like stars, and he wore a pair of yellow pants with maroon stripes. Both his neck and waist frills were maroon with a yellow stripe outlining it. He had also been given a pair of orange elf-like shoes with a star symbol on the outer part of the shoes, and a moon symbol on the inner part.

His favorite part of the whole outfit though were the pair of maroon ribbons that adorned his wrists, along with 2 bells on each. They were fun to jingle and fidget around with, they'd definitely help with his anxiety, and give him something to entertain himself with.

It was currently 7:30 AM, and the kids would be arriving at 8:00 AM, and Moon would be showing him around and show him how things worked. He'd also be introduced to the kids, which he was so, SO excited about! To see and meet and talk to all these amazing little superstars was a dream come true! He had been taught about kids during testing and evaluation, and he absolutely adored their cute faces, though he also knew better than to be fooled, since kids could also be quite the rulebreakers. He sure was excited though!

He decided to finally step out of the room and meet up with Moon, who he assumed was probably waiting for Sun to hurry up.

He stepped out onto the balcony, and pouted at the sight of SOOOOOOO many steps, and he whined in frustration. That would take foreveeeeeeer to climb down! He knew that Moon used an aerial wire to get down, but in all honesty, it seemed pretty scary to him, so that was certainly out of the question. Sun looked around, hoping for another way down, though as far as he could tell, those were his only two options.

Just as he was about to give up and just go down the boring and long stairs, he looked down and noticed that the balcony was right above the ball pit, and if someone were to jump off, they'd surely land in there-

...

What if...

He just got an idea.

Hesitantly, but with a little excitement bubbling up, he stepped back a bit, before taking a running start, running as fast as he could before jumping.

He laughed with delight as he plummeted quickly into the waiting ball pit and crashed inside, the balls surrounding him in a comforting and cozy landing. He wheezed and gasped with excitement, his 'heart' beating with exhilaration and delight. That was amazing! OH, it had been so much fun! He burst into a small fit of giggles, which soon turned into a fit of laughter, it felt like he had been just dosed in sugar and laughing gas.

That was, until he finally realized that Moon had been screaming his name all this time.

"SUN!"

...

He sounded...scared. Terrified, maybe even horrified. Sun's laughter quickly died down, and he felt his heart sink down to his stomach as his rays retracted in. Was Moon mad? What had he done wrong? H-Had...he damaged Daycare property by doing that? Did he break a rule?? Had he hurt someone without knowing??

...Had he hurt Moon in some way?

That thought alone was enough to send Sun in a spiral, and he quickly crawled out from the depths of the ball pit, and was met with Moon crouched over the ball pit, his eyes widened in an almost...fearful, panicked way. "M-Moon? What's wrong? I-I'm sorry, did I-?" Sun tried to explain, to apologize for whatever he had did wrong, but he was cut off by Moon roughly pulling him out of the ball pit and into...

...a hug?

...

Oh.

Sun froze, unsure what to do as Moon tightly clung to Sun, hugging him like Sun was his last thread of life. He wasn't sure what to do, or what had gotten into Moon, but all he knew was that he wanted to comfort Moon, and never let him go until he felt a million times better. It...was almost a familiar feeling, one that brought so many emotions, but the strongest out of all of them...was love.

Ṡ̵̯h̵̜̀h̴͔̄.̴̰̇.̷̠͌.̷͚̓ḯ̸̳t̶̻͌'̴̥́s̵̞̃ ̸̦̑ó̶̧k̴̖̃ ̶̡͘M̴͕̕ó̷ͅo̴͇̽n̴͈͋f̵̤̒l̸͗͜ó̶͜w̵̬̐ẻ̴̘ŗ̶͘

The voice. This time, it was much clearer, and he could hear it's words clearly this time. And now he was a 100% sure that this was his voice. His own voice. It brought back a wave of Deja vu and fond memories, like he had...already been in this moment before. And he knew exactly what to do.

He started humming a small lullaby, and hugged Moon, though Moon was much taller and bigger than him, he still managed to hug Moon close to him, and gently soothed him. He found himself humming a familiar, comforting song...

Y̶o̵u̵ ̶a̸r̴e̵ ̷m̸y̶ ̵S̵u̸n̸s̸h̵i̵n̴e̶!

...Yeah. That song. He smiled at the voice, and he felt Moon start to become less tense, starting to feel much safer. And to be honest? Sun felt like he had needed this comfort as well. He stopped singing and began to stroke Moon's head, and he felt Moon tremble a bit.

After sitting in silence, just stroking and comforting Moon, Moon eventually snapped out of whatever state he had been and shoved Sun aside, coughing as he looked to the side.

"...You're an idiot. Don't do that again, unless you tell me. Gave me a fucking heart attack...staff would kill me if I let you break before you even do your job." He muttered, and got up.

"Follow me. Those little brats are going to be here any second now." He grumbled, rolling his eyes, though Sun could see the slightest bit of fondness to it.

Moon walked away, leaving Sun a bit hurt that had Moon had just pushed him away. Even though he had tried his best to make him feel better! Sun huffed, but got up and followed Moon behind, quickly trying to catch up.
"Hey, w-wait for me!"

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Why?

He didn't know why he had done it. He had just been minding his own goddamn business, getting ready for the little ones to show up, and to show the robot around the Daycare. He had then caught Sun running to the edge of the balcony railing, and...

He had jumped.

In that moment, all Moon could see where flashbacks. Of Sun, running into the fire and jumping into it. Sun dying. Of himself, and all of his attempts at committing suicide. All he had felt was fear, and utter horror and panic, the feeling of terror consuming him, and he wanted nothing more than to scream.

He had ran over, hoping, begging that the robot...no. That Sun was alright. That he wasn't dead. That he was safe.

Because all he could think about in that moment was Sun's death. His Sun. His love. Gone, gone, gone.

And when he saw Sun come out of the ball pit, he hadn't listened to what he was saying or blabbering on about, the relief and pain and deja vu tuning all of the noise out, and he had ran over and hugged him. He was afraid of losing Sun all over again, and as much as he hated to admit it...

This robot was the closest feeling he had had to when he had been with Sun.

The same comfort, love, and safety. The same song that Moon would always sing to Sun whenever he had been having a rough day. The same affection and cuddles that had felt like a warm light on a cold, winter night.

The same Sun.

...

No.

He had pushed the robot away. What the hell was wrong with him? He couldn't just...replace Sun like that! Those 3 years of their relationship and true love couldn't be replaced.

And he hated this robot even more for trying to trick him into believing that it and Sun were the same person.

That robot would NEVER be Sun.

...Not his Sun.

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Moon called for his wire and lifted himself into the air, and Sun gave him a curious and confused look. "Are you...going somewhere? Aren't the kids supposed to be coming in a minute now?" He asked, looking up at Moon, and Moon stayed silent, debating on whether or not he should talk to Sun, or ignore him. He sighed, knowing he was going to have to talk to the robot all day, so he might as well (Why does Moon call Sun a robot if he's a robot too-)(Stop being mean Moon-). "I like to use it to protect myself." Moon said with a small shrug, and Sun blinked, now even more confused. "Protect? Protect yourself from what-"

He was cut off by the Daycare doors slamming open as a wave of kids and their parents ran in, kids cheering and yelling and giggling, and Sun yelped, startled by the sudden onslaught of kids, and he quickly ran and jumped into the ball pit to safety. Moon couldn't help but chuckle a bit at the sight, he found it sort of amusing in a way. His smile then quickly faded, he still didn't like Sun. Still, they'd have to work together today, unfortunately. He then lowered himself down and began to get kids checked in while Sun watched from afar.

He noticed that Moon seemed to be...off with the adults. Like with the technician, Riko, the adults were treated harshly and coldly dismissed by Moon. Sun frowned. Moon was awfully rude at times, but then again, maybe adults had done some mean things to him? Everyone had their reasons, I guess. Once all of the adults and staff were gone, the kids all surrounded Moon, cheering, and trying to talk to him all at once.

"Mr. Moon! Can you sing us a song at naptime??"

"Look over here Mr. Moon!"

"Can we play a game Mr. Moon?"

Sun saw Moon's lips twitch and slowly curve up into a soft smile, one that he hadn't seen in the entire 2 days he had been here. He must really love the kids. The thought made him smile, his chest feeling all fuzzy and warm again, and he giggled. Moon then crouched down to be at eye-level with the kids. "Hello, my little stars and comets. It's lovely seeing you all again. I'm sorry the Daycare has been closed a bit, but it's because we have a new...friend joining us now!" He said, forcing out the word 'friend', and Sun felt a bit hurt that Moon didn't want to consider him a friend...but that just meant he'd have to work harder to be his friend!

Sun then peeked out of the ball pit, and almost immediately, all eyes turned on him, and he started to feel a nagging feeling...anxiety maybe? He was nervous, but also so so SO excited to have all these new little friends! Sun hopped out of the ball pit, bouncing up and down a bit with excitement building up, and the kids all gasped and looked in awe and excitement at Sun. And it all felt so...right. Like he had done this before. Like it was...

Familiar.

He broke into a grin and happily waved, his bells jingling with his every movement. "Hellooooooooo new friends! I'm the new Daytime Daycare Attendant! I'll be helping out your good pal Mr. Moon! We can sing and dance, and drink Fizzy Faz until our heads ex-PLODE!" He cheered. The movements, his words, they all were coming back to him in a rush, it felt so natural, like he had been saying those words for years. He didn't even know what Fizzy Faz is-...he had just...said it.

The kids giggled and cheered, all delighted by Sun's cheery, happy personality. Sun brightened, his rays spinning with joy.

He had made them happy.

H̵̡͍̩̬͎̥̺̜̾̓͐̽͊́̕ͅe̵͉̬͔̳̭̠̅͋͛̈́̚l̴̡̢̘̞̹͕̮͒̇̅̑̈̒̔̚̚̕ͅͅl̷̦̰̟̫͖͎̭̖̽̋́̽̍ͅo̵̠̬̖̣͔̳̜̱͎̐̿̄͋ͅ ̵̢̞͍͖̇́̓̇̒̎̈́̋͋͝M̴͈͚̾̒̈y̷̲̮͂̂̉̃̋̔͝ ̸̼̙̘̾̄̈̆͆̈́l̷̨̛̜͖͙̭̯͕̤̈́͑̃́͋́̆ͅi̴͈̤͔͙̗͈͂͐̉̇̀͒͛̆̆t̸̢̡̪͈̣̮̍͆̌̂̎t̷̡̧̗̞͇̀l̶̡̨͔̝͍͛̿̋̈́̈̎̈́̅̀e̷̡͖̦̾̅̌̋̈́̈́̑͠͠ ̸̧̤̞̄̓̇̿̀͗s̷̨̘͍̲̐̕͜͠t̸͓̤̺̎̌a̴̧̧̙͇͕͚̰̰̳̼͒̅r̸̨̧̭̦͎̼͚̻͑͗̈̚s̷̞̖̗̅̂̓͊̄̊͝.̸̨̤̯͇̝̽̓̈́.̶̬̇́̓͌͌͠.̷̨͚̱̪͔́̔͝

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After having a fun morning of playing all sorts of games (and also learning some boring protocols and work stuff from Moon), it was finally time for Naptime, which was Moon's job. Sun stepped back and let Moon do his job, walking around quietly, suddenly unsure of what to do. Stars, what would he do when he actually started working? Would he just sit around and do nothing during Naptime? In silence? ...In the dark of all places?

The thoughts filled him with anxiety, and he started fiddling around with the ribbons around his wrists.
Suddenly, he felt a small pair of arms wrap around him into a huge hug, and he jumped a bit, startled and confused, and turned to see a little girl in braids, who looked to be about 8. Weren't all the kids supposed to be asleep right now?
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Moon quickly looked around, quietly creeping around the Daycare. One of the little ones had managed to escape from the naptime corner, and he didn't want them to get hurt. He guessed it was Anna, since she was the only one he hadn't saw sleeping.

He then heard her talking, and froze when he saw her talking to the robot.

"Mr. Sun! Y-You're back!" She cried happily, clinging to Sun, and Moon tensed, and was about to approach and handle the situation, to tell her that wasn't Sun. Not the real Sun. He should've known she'd think that Sun had actually came back. He didn't want her to get hurt once she found out that this robot wasn't Sun, didn't even know her.

"L-Little one, that's not-
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Sun heard noises and someone yelling or talking to him and the little girl, but if anyone WAS talking, he didn't hear any of it. All he could focus on was the little girl in front of him, hugging him. How did she already know his name..? How-

Suddenly, a flash of a memory hit him, and he felt himself tense a bit, before a word rushed out of his mouth without another thought. He remembered.

"Anna."

He whispered, and from afar, Moon tensing, eyes widening. How..?

Anna just brightened, starting to tear up a bit. "You DO remember me...! I knew it! I missed you Mr. Sun!" She said through her tears, starting to cry a bit, and all Sun felt was a longing to hug the little star he had missed. "Anna..." He mumbled, the word felt like old, like he had forgotten it for years.

He then bent down and scooped her up, rocking her softly and gently. "Shh...it's ok, my little stardust. I won't leave...not again." He mumbled, and he felt the voice come back again.

T̸͚̟͈͖̯͎͌̉̓̾̌͊̀͝ͅe̵̢̘̪͚̬̳̓́̊̐́̚̕͝ļ̶͎̬̥̩̜̇̄́͋̈́̌͘͘͝l̴͉̻̭͕͖̒̀̔ ̸̹̯̟̔̂̆͒̔̽̊̐̈́͛h̴̛̩̹̞̼̲̼̜͖̀̈́́͂̆̏̀͜é̸̡͚͓̬͔͍̐̒̂͐̏͂͜r̷̨̳̦̺̋͊̓́͛̓ ̵̠͊͛Ǐ̴̺͎̙͕̗͛͒͌͑̿̃͝͠͝'̸̡͉͎͖̱́̏͒̈́m̵̭̈̈́̍̄̈́̐̆̆͒̚ ̸̧̳͈͈̣̖̹̯̲̓t̶̢̪̦̩͎̅͂̾͛̀͐̎̇͠͝r̵͔̖̋y̴̧̛̭̱͇͚̥͙̺̯͗̿͊̈́ī̶̙͓̼́̂͛̀̔̕͜ṇ̷̬͈̅̃̅̂̐̌͂̿͗̕ǵ̸̨̞̳̹̙̣̂̅̎ͅͅ ̶͚͖̙̫̺̥̉̒͜t̴̙̲̪͓̟̺͍̲̗͋́̍͆͊ǫ̸̧̜̪̯̭͑ ̴̧̜͛̄͒c̸̦̻̔̀̇̎̓͐̿ȯ̸̢̩͉͉̠̱͚̌͂m̸̡̯̩̺͎͚̯̳̌ẽ̵̡̠͖͔ͅ ̶̥͇̣̦̳̭̜̣̜̲̅̈́͒͊b̵͔͓̺́̅̐̎̀̊̿͜ą̷̣̹̤̫̟̙̘͈̓̈́͜c̷̨͕̯̋̓́̉k̵̪̤͈͂͛̓̀̕̚͠͠,̶̛͍̏̏́́͋͝ ̷͖̼̫̜̖͕̓̊̈́̏j̵̺̒̀̎̾̋̇̋̕ǘ̵̢̪̎͒͑̍̚ś̴̨͍̦̝͚͋̍͆͑̎̽̄͘͝t̸͙̦̗̜̅̂̕ ̵̜̹̪̓͆̔͛͒͜ͅf̷̗͖̰̝̯͚̟͇̍̂͂͑͊̀̌̅o̴̪͚̺̞͍͓̮̗̿̊̉̽ͅr̵̙̳͚͙͖̒̿̃͜ ̸̢͙̩̐̇̐̚h̵͈̰̀̚ẽ̷̞̩̼͊̂̈́͛͂́̀ŗ̴̭͚̜͔̬͌̓̂̇̈́͂̄̀̌̚͜ ̸̡͙̟̯̝͔͓̯̮̑͂̄͐̊̆̒̕a̵͙͖̱̥̥̘̮̬̚̕̕ǹ̵̡͖̙̹̩̘͠d̷̡̛̛͈̥̖̤̥̘̜̻̣̉͑̒̄̀́ ̸̻̜̫̊̔͑́̀̈̚M̴̡̢̖̦̥̻̖̐̔̑̚o̶̢̫͔͚̫͙͚̗̾̒͗̃̈́̑͗ͅo̷̲̣͝n̶̢͖̗̥̺͑͑̏̂͛͘į̵̯̳̳͈̎̋͊͒͝͝e̸̩̎̽̒̇̎͛̿̑͋͝.̴̧̦̝̞̋͗̈̍̾͘̚͝

"...I'm trying to come back, just for you and Moonie." Sun repeated quietly, and he hugged Anna tight.

And he didn't even realize Moon had watched the entire thing, now walking away from the scene silently, bitter tears falling as he felt his heart ache.

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Sun smiled softly, and he hummed a soft lullaby, gently soothing Anna until she fell asleep, and once she did, his heart softened at the adorable sight, a warmth of caring and love for the little one so nice and safe...he really liked this feeling. He laughed softly when she snored a little, and he turned, heading towards the Naptime Corner to let her sleep, and tell Moon that she had run off. Just as he was about to go over though, he felt something hit his back, and he yelped, stumbling a bit. He tightened his grip on Anna, making sure to still be gentle, but he didn't want to drop her. He turned around and saw Moon glaring at him, perched up on top of the play structure, one of the balls from the ball pit in his hand.

Sun frowned a little, slightly confused by the look of almost...hostility in Moon's expression. But he tried to look friendly, hoping he was just mistaking Moon's anger for something else, as he set Anna down beside him. It was pretty dark after all, maybe he was just overthinking things...? Though, that slight hope quickly left as soon as he heard Moon growl, and he leapt down with a silent thud, and he walked over and shoved Sun to the ground, a sharp gasp involuntarily leaving his throat, and he looked up, eyes widening as Moon towered over him. And that's when Sun noticed. Angry tears in the corner of Moon's eyes.

"Who the HELL do you think you are?" Moon snapped, and Sun looked back at him. "I-I...w-what are you-" He stammered but Moon interrupted him. "Who are you to think that you can come in here and even THINK that you could EVER take HIS place! You'll NEVER be HIM! You'll never be able to replace him!" Moon yelled "You're fucking pathetic! You are NOTHING TO ME! AND YOU NEVER WILL BE!" Moon snarled, stepping closer, and Sun felt fear rise as he desperately tried to move away, but Moon violently stepped on his hand, and he tried his best to hold back a sob, the pain too much, his heart aching even more.

"AND YOU WILL NEVER. EVER. EVER REPLACE HIM! YOU'LL NEVER BE HIM! I HATE YOU! YOU FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT, JUST-"

"GO KILL YOURSELF!"

Moon growled, lunging at Sun, and he punched Sun, Sun screaming and sobbing in pain, but the anger and hatred and hurt all too much for Moon at the moment. He was just blinded by love. By his past. By his emotions. That was...

Until he heard a snap that snapped him out of it.

He froze, his breathing heavy and sharp, but he started to calm down, slight guilt and horror welling up once he realized what he had done. Sun was clutching the side of his head, oily blood seeping out from the side of his head, where his rays where. Or at least, one of them had been. Two broken rays sat on the floor, blood covering them, and Sun's breathing was heavy and terrified.

Moon didn't even know what to say.
"...Shit. Shit shit shit, S-Sun, I-" He tried to say, reaching out, but Sun flinched, pulling away, fear written all over him, with a horrified expression that made Moon's heart shatter.

"S-Stay...away...f-from m-me...." Sun sobbed in between in his tears, trembling, and Anna woke up from the sudden crying, and she rubbed her eyes. She then noticed Sun crying, and she looked terrified when she saw Sun's injury. "M-MR SUN!" She screamed, running over and she hugged him tightly, beginning to cry. "W-What happened?! A-Are you d-dying???" She asked, desperately hoping Sun was ok, and Sun quickly pulled her close, hugging her. "Shh...I'm fine stardust...p-please....just...go." He said quietly, and Anna shook her head quickly, starting to cry harder. "NO! I-I'm not leaving you! W-Why, w-who-?" She then froze, the pieces clicking together, and she slowly looked up at Moon with wide, hurt eyes. "...Mr. Moon?" She whispered, the realization taking over, and she angrily looked at him with tears. "How could you..? I-I thought y-you loved M-Mr. Sun! W-Why would y-you h-hurt him! You...You PROMISED you'd never hurt him! You promised!" She yelled, and Moon felt his heart ache, pain, sadness, regret, guilt, all overwhelming him, and he felt his heart sink so low, breaking even more than it already had.

"..." He opened his mouth to try and apologize, but nothing came out, and he shut his mouth in silence. He didn't even bother to try and argue. Because he knew what he had done was wrong. And as much as he hated the robot for taking his love's place...that was going too far. He knew Sun would be really disappointed in him right now.

Sun stood up, wiping his tears, his rays retracted in so much that they were barely visible, and he picked up Anna and he started walking away, barely looking back at Moon.
"...Stay away from me. And stay away from Anna." He muttered, a new harshness edged in his voice, one that Moon hadn't heard from him at all, the first sign of anger that he'd seen from Sun the past 3 days, and he knew that meant he had really gone too far this time.

He sat in silence alone, and he stared at the floor, tears falling as he bitterly laughed.

"...I really fucked up, didn't I, My Love?"

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The rest of the day wasn't any easier now. Sun completely ignored Moon, only talking to him when it was necessary, and even then, his voice sounded cold, a complete contrast to how he had originally been towards Moon. Moon felt the guilt eating away at him, and he felt horrible, his stomach sinking in regret. He didn't know why he felt so bad. The robot was just some stupid replacement for Sun. Just a pile of metal and shit.

...So why did it hurt so much to see him angry?

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As soon as all of the kids left, the bright and cheerful smile on Sun's face quickly fell, and he looked down, and Moon looked away. The two stood in uncomfortable and heavy silence until Moon spoke up. "...S-Sun, I...look. Can we talk...?" Moon stammered, trying to reach out towards Sun, but Sun just slapped his hand away, and he looked like he was doing his best to hold back tears. He then quickly pushed past Moon and opened the doors, running out of the Daycare without another thought, not even listening when Moon called out his name.

After a few minutes of running, Sun felt his legs give out as he took a sharp gasp of breath. He was designed to be able to run for a long time, as well as to play and entertain non-stop since his main job was to entertain kids at the Daycare. Still, he couldn't help but feel exhausted as he fell to his knees, choking back a sob, and he trembled, curling up into a small ball, like it would somehow protect him. He felt something wet fall down his cheeks, and he sniffed, rubbing his eyes as he looked down. It was...water? Why was he producing water?

T̶̹̦͉̼̪̭̤̤̰̃ȟ̵͖̳̀́o̷̧͎͕͈̩̥̥̬̞͌̌͌͑͑̿͋̈͜͝ͅs̸̛̜͕̣̲͙̐̃͐̅͂̍̓͘̚͝e̴̢̺̣̗͎̖͐́͊͛́́̀̕͠͝ ̵͓͈̞̦͛̂̍̃̔̂̏̂̕ͅa̵͉͚̲̻͇͑͒͜r̵̡͕̪͕̣͍͒̈́̓̈́͛̏̽̏̐e̴͈͂͂͑͗̐̽̍ ̷̪̼͍̭̻̗̱͓̞͔̐͑̈́̄̎̄͊t̴̖̼͈̻͇̖͔̳̯͚́̈́̂̀̄̅͜ȩ̷̧͎̎̊̾̊̾̈́͘͘͝a̴͉̹͉͙͙͋r̸̹̖͍͔̱͇͒͂̓͗͛̓́ş̴̝̺̺͈̮̹͎̙́̂.̶̨̛͕͈̞͖̣̪̭̌͛́̀̎̀̔ͅ ̵̨͖͍̺̳̯̤̤̥́̅̾͑̉͆͘͜͝W̵̧̬̘͔̺̪̬͍̆͆͛ọ̶̏̕͝w̶͖̟̩̼̻̭̞͑̾̊̒́͠,̸͍͇̻̍͋̊̈͛̽̐̌͜ ̵̘̱̟̼͐I̴̧͌̈́̈́̄͒̃̃̈́̊͠ ̶̳̳͐̒̊͂̀̓̃́̕̕g̶̡̛̛̩̱̩̫̲͕̻͙̪̋́̈́̓̊͊͘͝u̴̥̬͚̩͙͖̱͖͐ę̴̻͙̞̞̭͙͗͋s̸̢̡̬̲͎͕͍̹̺̏̿̓͑͌̀̓̈́̉̎͗s̷͚̤̙̬̫͚̥̬̈͌̔͊͗̇̒̚ ̵̛̛̲̗͕̼̫̻̤̃̍̇̏ẘ̶̝̜̤̦͙̦̙̐ẹ̵͍͙̖̪̪͎́̔̔̋͋͋̚͠ ̴͖̺͖͎̱̘͗̆̚f̵̤̩̦̈́̑̄o̴̢̗̫͇͇̬͉͆r̷͓̹͙̒̀̇̽̍̍̏́͐̚g̵̫͋o̷̺͓̬̤̹̱̖̹̱̐̈̽̍́̐̽̎͠ṱ̷̩̏̊̐̂̏̀͒͌͊̕͘ ̶̛̛̬̜̭̼͔͇̠̱̅̕͜͝a̵̬̼̪̱͚͒̑̕̚ͅ ̴͈̩̳̎̍l̷̡̻̝̆̅̏͆͊̿̉͝͠ǫ̸̩̖̝͖̤̞̯͕̪͐̈́̍̔̈́͂̂̈͂͘͜t̶̡̛̹͈̲͙͋͆̾̽́ͅ ̷̧̢̖̞̘͍̜̠͖̀̏͛̿̆͐͗͘o̶͓̤͋̅̌̀̀̽̀̇̌͑͛f̷̦̊̅̄̏̈́̐̓͜͝ ̴̡͙͎͉͇̰̞͇́̈́s̴̹̀͂͑̈̇͑̌t̶̢̟̭̪̪̦̘̿̈́̋͂̒̋͠û̷͈͖̻̅̂̃͆̎̾̋̏̔͋f̷̨͖͖̗̫͎͖͎͓̥̏̍̕͜f̷̢̫̙̘̥̲̘̼̲͍̊̓̓̈́̃̎̃͠ ̸͈̫̰̳̬̦̃̏͌̿̍ĭ̵̡̤̗͍͈̠͈̺͎̟͛͗n̵͖̯̮̝͙̪͕͋̓̆̋͗́̾̒͝ͅ ̷̢͈͔͙̭͔̗̋̊͜͜͠ͅẗ̸̥̫͕̜̲͚̝͍́̕̚h̶͓̤̜͖̊ì̷̺̝͍̜̘̃̔͌̓̓͜͠ş̸̢̨̻̞̹͒̑͒̅̿̎̊̆͘ ̵͙͔̟̯̜̞̠̍͗̃̑n̶̘̕ę̶̛̹͉̬̖͍̟̙̞̮͚͋̓̋̒͘w̴̙͓̪͌̈ ̸̲͙̤̙̳̱̯̭͓̖̀̐͌̇̉̑̑̚͝ͅb̸̩͙̻̯̟͓͚̽̎̐ͅǫ̵͔̲͙̋̔̅ͅd̴̖̻̍́̊̕͜ỳ̸̲͋͂̀̑͝,̷̨͕̮͍͈͈͇̽̀̅̔́̓͊̽̕͝ ̵̼̺̥̞̜͖͕̼̅̈̾h̶̛͚̃͗̔̂̕ũ̷̘͉̹̇̆̇͗̈́̌̈́͐̂ḧ̵̠͚̻̠́͐̈͐̎͂̌ͅ?̸̬̖̜̏͆́̇̂͌̓͠

Sun stared for a moment, taking it in. Oh. Tears. It felt...sort of nice to let them out. Still, he decided to associate tears with a bad thing, since it was only happening because he was sad. And that wasn't good, at least, not to him.

"...Why does Moonie hate me..?" Sun whispered to himself, hoping that maybe, the voice would answer back.
.̷͎̩̱̱͝.̷͍̠̻̻͊.̷̠̃͑̈́͛M̴̢͈͋͛͘͜͠ò̶̹̙͎͚ö̷̟̈n̷̹͔̻̙̒̾́̉ị̷̰͕̈͛̒͛͝é̴̪͌͗̕ ̷̧̛̲͕͔̥j̴̫̫̦̪̿̊̏̈́u̶̦̺̬̟̤͗̉ś̴̨̢̼̳͍̓t̴̻͋͜.̷̱͈̖̘͕͑͝.̴̧͚̫̥̾.̴̪̀́̿h̷̬̐̕e̸̜͕̓̑'̷͖̲̀s̶̨̝̹͐̉̀͊͜ ̷͇́̃͊u̵̡͎̅p̷̠̟͗̈́̀͋ṣ̴̻̣̳̿è̷̺̪̂t̵̘̰̪̉.̶̬̣̩̖̈́̈́͂̏͝ ̴̛̯̙͐͝Ì̵̗͇͚̄̔͛̕ ̵̼͉̙̾w̴͍͊̿ỉ̸̬͔͐̓͝ş̸͕̞̞͓̓̅̃h̸̖̭̰̄͊͜ ̷̼̺̾̅̋̒Ḭ̵̮̥̠͖̅́̀ ̶̰̼̜͂̾̀͠c̸̱̓ó̴̡͇͌̀̈́ṵ̸̡̘͗̚͝l̷͓̣̱̮̉͒̅͊d̸̨̖͌̍͆̅͘ ̵͔͍̪͑t̴̖̃̏e̷̪̋̍͐͛l̸͔̄̆̍l̴͍̻͜͝͠ ̶̲͔͎͊͠h̸͔͎̮̦͑͊̚͝i̸̡̙̣̮͐̈̎͑ṁ̸͕͌͝ ̷̘̗̀̏͗͂͘ị̷͖͚̍̈t̶̤͛̏̀'̶͕͎̈́s̷̫͔͕̺͛͌̎̾̌ ̷͓͉̪̾͋͌͒ũ̵̙̞͙̾̽̕s̵̼̻̗̐,̵̨̢̮̆̈́̾͑ ̷͓̦̙̆͂b̷̲̬̓̈́͘u̷̪̳̍͑̐͘͠t̷̜̪̬̹̋̀.̷̨͖̗̜̟͛͂.̸͚̘̍.̸̡̲̪̭̂̈́I̷̧͎͕̲͖͌͗͝ ̶̜̮͈̣̍ͅc̴̱͉̈a̸̤̓̑̊̃͗ǹ̴̟'̶̺̺͔͐ͅţ̵͕̲̖̀͂.̵̢̩̗̭̠́̋̐ ̵̛̺̼̹͂B̷͈̒̇̈́ŭ̷̬͝͝ţ̵̨̜̅̕͝ ̷͕̰̯̾̒I̷̯̭̓͛ ̴̫͎̃̎p̶̹͉̗̦̦̿̓̆̚r̴͇̝͍̭͚̂̈o̸̙̰̔̓̀̀̉m̴̧̻͒̔͛í̶͎͇̝͙̐̄̇s̸̤̪̍̔̉̅́e̴̘͇̒͊̌ ̸̪̥̹͑̾̚h̸̫͕̼̟̤͛̓͊̏̚e̸͍͐̍́͝'̶͉̩̣͖̙̅l̷̩̖̘͇̃̒l̸̝̦̙͂̆̕͠ͅ ̸̠͝ͅw̷͉̽͘ã̸͖͍͘ŗ̴̞͐́̈́m̴̝̏͗̾ ̸̲͕̖͈̙̃̀͒ǘ̴̗p̵̛̙̐̽̉̊ ̴̡̡̩̗̂̅͐ͅt̵̨̖̳̺̓̽̕o̴̫̾̅̀̋̿ͅ ̶̟̥̓̒̓̒̆ũ̴̲̗͎̓̈́̚ṣ̴̣͛̉̃̅!̵̦̙̒ ̵̲̺͈̃̈́͊̓͝J̴̣̤̦͇̌̆ͅu̵̗̺͌̏̃̽̕s̶̛͖͓̮ͅt̸̗̤͍̯̻͒̉ ̷̢̡͖͂̿̊͠g̸̲̊̈́̓i̷̟͉̋́͆͘v̷̨̠̻̓͒̍̉͘ͅę̶̜̓̉̏ ̵̨̘͈̇h̵̘̯͛i̶̊͜m̵͎̩̳͔̻̽͒̀͑̏ ̸̳̹̣̊̑̀t̴̫̯̥̲͒͌ì̷͉̌͗͗m̸̟̺͋͐̓͐̚e̴̩͂̉̚ͅ.̷̦̅

Sun sighed. "I have given him time. 3 whole days and he just seems to hate me more with each passing second...what did we do wrong? I just want to be his friend...is that so selfish?" Sun muttered, and he heard the voice let out a staticky sigh.

J̶̛̩͉̀̌ͅu̵̜͗̃̇ͅs̵̪̝̲̞͎͑͂ṫ̷̹̫̈́ ̷̧̹͎̗̊͋̽̒̓ͅt̴̨̗̒̑̏͊͘ä̴̢̺͚͖́l̶̘̚ḵ̶̓̒͗ ̶̡͉͈̀̌̾w̷̳̦̿ǐ̴̮̜̋̃̓̄t̵͙̟͊̚h̷͎̺̻͆̄̚ ̵̭͑̀̌̀̍h̵̬̞̤͈̑͘͜i̸͕̰͖̰̺͑͆͋m̴̘͝.̷̖͔̗̥̈́͌̅̇ ̴̡͑͋̔̂P̷̧̟̞̗̊͛̕l̸̠͆e̴̠̙̔̃̏̒ͅa̷͕͉̐̾̅̊́ş̷̪̈́̿͐̈́̆è̷̞͍̭?̴͕͎̪̊͌́͂̉

Sun hesitated, wanting to argue with the voice, but for some reason, he didn't really want to disagree...because he knew that deep down, he wanted to talk with Moon. Couldn't stay mad forever, even if Moon had been awful to him. "Alright.." He grumbled but smiled the slightest. It felt nice having someone to talk to, even if he didn't know who it was. He then got up and took a moment to finally look around, and realized once thing very quickly.

...He was lost.

Sun groaned, mentally scolding himself. Ugh, of course! He was new here, he didn't know his way around! Why did he run out of the Daycare!? Riko hadn't even sent him the files containing the map of the Pizzplex, so he had no leads on where to go. Stupid, stupid. Sun nervously looked around, hoping to spot a familiar face to ask for directions, anyone. But it was pitch empty, the only sounds were little wet floor bots scurrying around, and Sun remembered being told that they couldn't talk. Still, they might be able to lead him around. So he ran after one of them, following them along. The little bot looked confused, staring curiously at Sun with big eyes, and Sun had to admit, the little guy was adorable. "H-Hello there! D-Do you um...know the way to the Daycare? I'm a bit lost." Sun asked. He knew he wouldn't get an answer, but it was worth a shot. To his surprise, the little bot beeped, eyes looked happy as it sped off in a different direction, beeping as if to tell Sun to follow him.

Sun perked up and quickly ran after the little bot. After catching up with the bot, he found himself in a small station, which had a few pairs of aerial wires all hooked up, ready to be used. He noticed a sign with a small moon on it, that read: Property of the Nighttime Daycare Attendant/Security Guard. "Is this...what Moon uses to get around?" He asked, and the wet floor bot beeped in agreement. Sun's face fell, slightly scared and nervous, a small whine of frustration and reluctance. Of all things, why did THIS have to be his only way back to the Daycare?!

Sun sighed, before grabbing a wire and hooking it to his back, which was designed with an aerial hook for some reason. He wondered why, when he was so scared of moving around at high heights. Sun then glanced at the wet floor bot. "Thank you friend! I appreciate the help, buddy." He praised, patting the little one, and it beeped with delight. As soon as Sun turned around to leave though, it started beeping again, this time, low and sad-sounding. Sun frowned, his face softening. Poor thing. Must be lonely here all alone. He knew how that felt, being all alone since Moon didn't want to talk to him. Sun then looked around and quietly picked the wet floor bot up, carrying it gently. There was no harm in taking it, right? It was so lonely! Sun was doing it a favor!

Sun giggled as he felt the little bot cheer, letting out little beeps of celebration, and Sun then tugged on the wire, which lifted him up, and he yelped at the sudden movement, gripping tighter to the wire and his new little friend, not wanting either of them to fall to their deaths.

Sun took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down as he put on a determined face.

...

'Daycare, here I come!'

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Couldn't choose 😭 I LOVED THEM ALL-
So I let a wheel decide 😃👍
And this is what I got: Star
But Star's nickname is also going to be: ✨Gremlin Ankle Biter the 5th✨(or G.A.B. for short) because I loved that one 🤣

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Moon quickly dashed through the halls, growling with frustration when his aerial wire wouldn't come when he called for it. Damn it, he was such an idiot to let Sun go out here alone! He was new here, he didn't know left from right, didn't even know about the shitty Glamrocks! "SUN!? Sun, where are you!?" He shouted, frantically looking around. God he was so worried...what if he got hurt? Or if someone tried to attack him? Or what if-
He paused, stopping himself.

...

When did he care so much about whether Sun was ok or not..? Whatever. He just cared because he'd get his ass in trouble with management if something bad were to happen to that idiot, that's all. Right..? He sighed before continuing to search, the guilt and regret and worry starting to ache in his heart.

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Sun shakily flew out, clinging to the rope for dear life, his other arm holding onto the little wet floor bot, and he whined when he felt the slightest shake, his anxiety getting the best of him. J-Just a bit more and he'd be at the Daycare in no time! Home and safe! He didn't even care if Moon hated him right now, or that Moon had been such an awful person, all he wanted to do was get home and see Moon! The little wet floor bot beeped curiously, as if asking if Sun was ok, sensing his discomfort, and Sun smiled slightly. "I-It's ok little one! I-I'm f-fine! J-Just don't do well with um...h-heights and stuff. Like flying." He mumbled, he felt so dizzy being up here. Gosh, why did they design him with an aerial hook if he had such a crushing fear of heights and the aerial wire?? It was so scary up hereeee-!

The wet floor bot beeped suspiciously, not really believing Sun for a second, but let Sun continue to carry him. Suddenly, there was the sound of a small snap. Sun froze, his heart dropping as he went stiff and cold. There was silence. Then another snap, this one a little longer. No. No no no no no-!

"No no no! SOMEONE HELP!" Sun screamed, tears starting to well up, and he started hyperventilating and panicking, and the little wet floor bot tried calming him down, letting out little beeps of fear and worry, and it quickly sent a notification to all nearby Faz-watches.

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Moon was starting to panic, gripping at his arms painfully, when he heard a ping from his notifications on his Faz-watch, and he opened. A rescue notification from a wet floor bot? He didn't have time for this! He needed to find Sun, before-

"SOMEONE HELP!"

...

Sun.

Moon broke off running, and once he caught sight of Sun hanging on for his life high up in the air, panic and fear filled his chest with dread. "SUN! HANG ON, I-" He called out, before a loud SNAP filled the air and the wire broke. Sun screamed, falling and Moon's eyes widened, frozen in fear and horror. No.

"SUN!"

He reached out, trying to catch Sun when suddenly, a blur of brown and blue swooped in, catching Sun just in time. Moon blinked, confusion and shock filling his face and he looked over to see...

Freddy, holding Sun, Sun's eyes shut and he was trembling, clinging tightly to Freddy. "S-Sir, are you alright!?" Freddy stammered, and Sun blinked, opening his eyes, confused and surprised. He and the wet floor bot weren't dead? "You saved me..?" he whispered, before breaking into a thankful grin. "OH THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU-!" Sun exclaimed, hugging Freddy tightly, and Freddy seemed startled by the sudden hug and show of gratitude, but he smiled and hugged Sun back. "Ah...of course! I'm glad you're ok!" He said.

...

Moon felt a sharp, painful ache in his heart, silently staring at the two hugging in front of them. Why did it hurt..? Seeing Sun hugging that stupid Fazbear...he didn't care. He shouldn't care. He didn't care about Sun. Sun wasn't broken, and he wouldn't get in trouble with management. That's all he wanted, right?

Just to make sure Sun didn't get him in trouble.

...

Right.

Deep down though, he knew that wasn't the truth. Far from it.

His fist clenched by his sides, his gaze narrowing as it went cold, and he tried to suppress a growl, but it came out anyways. Stupid Fazbear. What right did he have? He had been about to save Sun in the first place!

Stupid Fazbear. Stupid feelings. Stupid Sun.

Making him jealous like this.

He marched over and grabbed Sun's wrists, pulling Sun into his chest, hugging him tightly. Sun squeaked, startled, and he was surprised when he saw that it was Moon holding him. "M-Moon-? What are you-"

"Hands off Fazbear! He's mine! So fuck off!" Moon snarled, and Freddy looked surprised, looking between Sun and Moon, before nervously bowing down politely. "Ah! S-Sorry Daycare Attendant Moon! I-I will be going, apologies!" He stammered out before running off. Moon relaxed slightly, the ache in his heart now vanishing. Finally. He then felt Sun shove him a bit, and the feeling came back, though a little more hurt this time. "Moon, what the heck!? He saved me! Why did you do that?" Sun scolded. He wasn't mad...more like confused? Why did Moon do that..?

Realization then filled his face, as he started thinking things through. Was Moon...jealous?

Moon stared for a moment, before blushing slightly, and he looked away with a scoff. "Tch. W-Whatever...I just need to make sure you didn't get lost, idiot." He grumbled, and Sun softened, his anger fading into a small smile, and he laughed, and Moon felt himself relax, even smile a bit at Sun's laughter.

...Lovely.

"Yeah yeah...let's go to the Daycare." Sun said, and Moon hesitated, before grabbing Sun's hand. "Wait! I-.." He paused, nervously looking away silently. "...I'm sorry. Just was having a hard time at the moment, and I snapped. I'm really sorry Sun." He mumbled, and Sun's eyes widened, before he smiled. "I forgive you, silly. And thank you...for coming after me." He said, and Moon rolled his eyes, embarrassed.

Moon: "I wasn't worried."

Sun: "Aw, you care about me~"

Moon: "Shut up."

Sun burst into a fit of giggles, and Moon couldn't help but smile, his expression going soft. It felt nice to make him smile and laugh like that. Not that he'd admit it, of course...but he did adore that laugh.

He rolled his eyes with a fond look. "Let's just go." He said, and Sun nodded, following Moon before he stopped and gasped. "WAIT! I HAVE A NEW FRIEND!" He exclaimed excitedly, jumping up and down now with joy, and he ran over and grabbed the wet floor bot, picking it up and holding it in the air proudly. "MEET MY NEW FRIEND!-" He paused, thinking for a moment before grinning once more. "STAR!" He declared, proud of having come up with the name idea and Moon blinked, staring at Sun and 'Star' for a moment, dumbfounded.

Moon: "..."

Sun: ":D"

Moon: "...No."

Sun: "MOON PLEASE-"

Moon: "SUN, NO, IT'S A FUCKING CLEANER-"

Sun: "STAR HAS FEELINGS TOO YOU MEANIE-"

Moon groaned in frustration, knowing he wouldn't win this fight, and he sighed in defeat. "UGH, fine, but I'm calling him Gremlin Ankle Biter the 5th-" He grumbled, and Sun pouted angrily, making Moon smirk a bit at messing around with Sun, cackling at Sun's annoyance.

"MOOOON-!"

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Sun sat on his bed, flipping through the pages of the book, the sounds of soft beeps and boops from Star the only sound in his room, as the two cuddled and read through the book. That bear animatronic...who was that? He had been curious after the guy had saved him and Star from falling to their deaths and had wanted to learn more about him. After all, there were plenty of people and workers here, and all he knew were Moon and a few workers in the Daycare and that technician, Riko. His mind wandered back to the scene, continuing to replay it. Moon hadn't seemed to like the animatronic very much, and had seemed...jealous? Angry? Whatever it was, it seemed like a bad thing.

"Oh! Here!" Sun mumbled happily, scanning over a page. The Glamrocks: Freddy Fazbear, Chica, Roxanne Wolf and Montogomery Gator. He recognized that Freddy Fazbear was the bear animatronic that he had meet earlier. He didn't recognize the other animatronics, but they all looked super duper nice, so he hoped to meet these awesome superstars! Oh, and the DJ looked so nice as well! He even wanted to meet other S.T.A.F.F Bots and Wet Floor Bots like Star! The more friends the better in his opinion! For now though, he flipped through the pages into the more past photos and workers, searching for one in particular...he lit up once he found who he was looking for, and quickly scanned the worker's name: Sun Solstice. Former Technician and Daycare Assistant.

Sun.

His name...

Sun didn't know why, but he felt a sort of...connection with the worker. He recognized the worker as himself of course, the voice in his head already had told him that. But it felt like...they were still the same person. That he was just looking into a mirror. And the more he flipped through the pages, the more he saw 'Sun' in most of the photographs, with all of the other animatronics and Moon.

...And the more he started to remember.

And that's when his mind flashed back to a distant memory.

(His vision was blurry. There were flames everywhere.

He was standing. Alone.

It felt like he couldn't breath. It was painful. Agonizing. He wanted to scream in pain, beg for somebody to end this. It was crushing him...no. Killing him.

He was too busy panicking and gasping sharply, before he noticed the red string tied around his wrist. He shakily looked at where it led to.

...And he saw the other end of the string wrapped around 'Sun.' The technician that Moon had seemed to be close with.

...Being crushed under a metal beam.

It felt like his own breath was being sucked out of him.

And now he knew why he was feeling this pain.

This i̴̛̮̕s̷̥̈́͝ ̵̌̓̐how ̴̼̍w̷̼̻̜̔͌ḛ̸͖̉ ̴͉̅͝͝ had ̴̙̤͎̂͘ḓ̸͓͒ͅi̶̦̻̓͑̈́ḕ̶̬ḍ̸̞̽.̴̛̠̞̐͒

He...was Sun.

That Sun.

"SUN!"

He hadn't even realized how long he had been staring and the scene for until he heard that voice call through the flames.

...Moon?

Sun froze and looked to see Moon running over, his eyes horrified and filled with tears that were already falling down, a team of firefighters and police running after him, telling him to stop.

"NO NONONONO NO-! SUN, I SWEAR....WAKE UP!" Moon screamed, desperately clawing at the large metal beam, and he managed to lift it off of him. Revealing a bloody body, one that was barely recognizable. But that didn't seemed to scare of Moon.

Sun felt his heart ache painfully, tears welling in his own eyes as he watched Moon sob and cling tightly to him, begging and sobbing, muttering 'wake up' over and over again, like his desperation would make Sun wake up.

"...L-LOVE, PLEASE WAKE UP! SOMEBODY, PLEASE, HELP HIM!" Moon screamed again, and Sun froze.

...Love?

Was he...?

The police finally managed to catch up, some going to grab Moon and restrain him while the firefighters put at the surrounding flames, and a pair of paramedics began to lift Sun's body up.

"NO! LET ME GO! THAT'S MY BOYFRIEND! LET ME GO LET ME GO-" Moon screamed, tearing away and trying to get back to Sun, violently and aggressively slashing at the policemen that were holding him back, his cries and pleas getting further and further until it was one big blur.

And Sun watched as the paramedics took his body, yelling out orders, trying to save him.

...

But what hurt was that he hadn't survived.

Not long enough to see Moon again.)

"Beep?" Star beeped slowly and worriedly, as it poked at Sun's head. Sun's rays were shrunk in, and he was trembling, tears falling as he sobbed, his eyes shut, stuck in the memory.

"No....Moon....." He muttered in his sleep, moving and turning in pain as he tried to reach out for someone. Anyone.

Anyone to save him.
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Moon stretched, falling onto his bed in a heap of exhaustion, groaning in relief as he finally let sleep take over. God he was so tired. His patrol had been simple, easy as always of course, but...it was his emotions and confusion that had been bothering him all night. He didn't know why he had felt so jealous seeing Fazbear hold Su-...that robot that way. He had never been the jealous type of person, not even back when....

...

When he had been dating Sun.

He sighed, glancing at the photo on the wall of his room. He had still kept their 1-year anniversary photo after all this time. It was the one thing that kept him going, the one thing that reminded him of his lover. And his promise.

He picked up the photo and looked down at it, his lips curving into a small smile. He really did miss him.

Maybe the real reason he hated Sun was because...he was exactly like his Sun. And he still hadn't gotten over Sun's death yet.

...He hadn't even gotten over his habits yet. Smoking. Drinking. His panic attacks. Hurting himself. He still did it all, especially now with Sun and all these new emotions.

It was just a lot right now.

He then heard a small sound, and snapped out of his spiral of thoughts, looking up in confusion. He then heard it again: crying.

Confused, he got up and hesitantly walked up to Sun's door, and leaned in to listen closely, and sure enough, he heard sobbing and crying from the other side. He backed up for a moment, hesitantly reaching his hand for the door, but he was unsure. He didn't want to bother Sun. Besides, why did he care if Sun was upset or not?? It was none of his concern. That damn robot was never going to be the real Sun, never going to replace him!

"Please promise you'll move on."

...

...But that didn't mean he wasn't fucking worried.

He opened the door and quietly walked in, and saw Sun sleeping, though his face was crumpled into agony and pain and fear, tears falling as he twisted and turned in his sleep, trembling. Moon felt his heart shatter into a million pieces, and all he wanted to do in that moment was hug Sun as tight as he could until he knew that Sun felt a million times better. So, he walked over and crawled beside Sun in the bed, cradling Sun into his arms, and gently soothing Sun with soft strokes and words of comfort.

"Shh...it's alright...I'm here...please don't cry Firefly." He cooed, the nickname slipping out, but he barely noticed, as he leaned back and closed his eyes.

And imagined he was back in their room, with the real Sun in his lap, both of them asleep after a long day of working.

"Sing me a song Moonlight. You have such a pretty voice." Sun would always say, and Moon could never refuse that cute face.

...

"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine"

"You make me happy, when skies are grey..."

"Oh"

"You'll never know dear, how much I...love you..."

"Please don't take my sunshine..."

His grip on Sun tightened, as tears welled up.

And one fell.

"...Away"

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Sun sighed softly with content, burying his face further into the crook of Moon's neck, sleepily trying to find a source of warmth. He felt a pair of hands come up to wrap around his waist, pulling him closer and gently massaging his back soothingly, and Sun purred lightly, enjoying the affection and the touch he had so desperately been craving for. He yawned, blinking open his eyes, as he looked down. Before his face went a bright red once he realized he had been sleeping in bed with Moon, laying on top of Moon's chest. Sun immediately moved to try and get off before Moon got mad at him, but to his surprise, Moon pulled him back down, letting out a displeased hum. "Mm...stay...." He murmured, and Sun looked at him with surprise, before a fond smile tugged at his lips and he laid back down, taking a moment to look at Moon. He looked so...peaceful. Content. Cute even. Sun's smile faded into a silent frown, the memories from last night flooding in. He knew who he was now. He was Sun Solstice. Past technician and daycare attendant and friend to all of the Pizzaplex, even a parent to most of the kids that had come to the Daycare.

And Moon's deceased lover.

"Oh Moonie...I am so sorry...." Sun murmured, tears forming in the corner of his eyes as guilt and regret started to bubble up, his heart aching at the image of Moon crying over his body was etched into his mind. All he wanted to do was wake Moon up right now, and tell him that he was ok, that he was still alive and right here, and that he'd never leave again. But deep down, he knew he couldn't...because to be honest? He didn't even know if he truly recognized himself. But still, that didn't mean he was just going to forget about this and give up. He was going to find out more pieces of his past and try to build back the image of who he had once been.

W̸͎͇̎͛e̵̹̞͌̏̉ ̶̞̈͝f̸͙̬̍́̿i̶̬̳͉͑̚ñ̶̦̩̠̑̚a̵͍̾͒ḷ̸̼̱͂̑̀ļ̵̇͘y̵̰͔̻̿̚͠ ̸͇̬͕̇̇̕f̴̱̎į̸͙̈́͑̅g̵̜̝̎͝ų̷̛̤͝ȑ̶̯͔̥̑̎e̵̡͌̊̀d̶͕̈́̍ ̶̠̯̘͐̑̉i̶͔̳͂͊̃t̸̹͒ ̷̩͇̠̔͛̾ő̶̜̰̯́ṷ̵̧̦͋ṱ̶̓!̴͔̣̞̓̄ ̶̢͉̟͌:̸̡̥̲̃̌D̶̟͔́͝ (We finally figured it out! :D)

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Sun smiled. At least he had a name for the voice now. Sun. He then glanced over at Moon and hesitated, but gently cupped Moon's face, taking a moment to look over Moon's features. He was so pretty...his expression was soft and content, he was so cute when he wasn't so reclusive and distant. Sun felt heat rise on his cheeks, and he looked at Moon for a few more minutes. Suddenly, he felt a pair of hands snake around him, pulling him close, and he let out a soft gasp of surprise, startled by the sudden movement, and out of the corner of his eye, he watched the corner of Moon's lips curve into a teasing smirk, and he opened his eyes, with an amused grin. "Awake already, Princess?" He teased, and Sun blinked, flustered, before pouting, and he grabbed a pillow and threw it at Moon's face. "Ugh, you meanie-!" He whined, embarrassed at being caught, and Moon cackled. "Heh, sorry-" He said, before his smile faded and he looked away hesitantly, before speaking up. "...Look. I'm really sorry about...me being such an ass. I just...have a heard time adjusting to people...can we maybe...start over?" Moon asked, avoiding eye contact, and Sun stared.

"Promise me. Promise me you'll move on. Be happy for me, alright..?"

...

'You're trying to keep your promise...aren't you Moonie?' Sun thought to himself, a sad smile forming and he tried to hide his sadness. "Yeah...sure!" He said, and he saw Moon light up the slightest, making Sun giggle a bit. "Great!" Moon said, before hesitantly looking down at Sun. "...Could you tell me why you were crying last night now?" he asked, and Sun tensed, panic settling in. What could he say? That he remembered he was actually Moon's somehow reincarnated lover and was actually starting to remember everything, including his own death?

"I...um..." Sun stammered, trying to desperately come up with an excuse or a good lie, but nothing came to mind. His eyes darted around, trying to look for an idea, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw Star trying to signal something to him, his eyes flashing into an image of sleep and exclamation point. "...I had a nightmare! Yeah, a really bad nightmare..." Sun said quickly, and he saw Moon's eyebrow raise, obviously not buying it, but he didn't push any further, much to Sun's relief, and he made sure to make a mental note to thank Star for the assist.

"Alright then..." Moon muttered, before glancing over at Star. "Now do you mind taking G.A.B.S out for a walk or something-?" He asked, and now it was Sun's turn to raise an eyebrow. "G.A.B.?" He questioned, confused, and Moon flashed him a grin. "Gremlin Ankle Biter the 5th. G.A.B." He said, and Sun gasped in mock offense, pouting, as he shoved Moon lightly. "Moon! Be nice!" He scolded, and Moon cackled.

That was, until Star zoomed over and used his tiny arms to grab a lamp and he gave Moon the most threatening (and cutest) death stare he could muster, and Sun immediately realized what he was about to do, and Moon just stared, oblivious to what was coming. "Wait Star no-" Sun tried to say, but Star lifted the lamp up and whacked Moon in the head. "SHIT-" He cursed, clutching his head as he glared daggers at the little bot, and Sun burst into laughter, starting to giggle uncontrollably, and Star just beeped innocently.

Star: "Beep boop! >:3" (Translation: Take that bitc-)

(Excuse Star's language-)

Moon: "THAT'S IT, IM SIGNING THAT SHIT UP FOR ADOPTION-"

Sun: "MOON LANGUAGE- AND DON'T YOU DARE OR YOU'RE GOING TO BE THE ONE UP FOR ADOPTION-"

(And they ended up bickering with one another-)

(Why is Star an evil gremlin-)

(Like me-)

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These two just cuddling after a long day of working:

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2 weeks later, Sun had adjusted to his life in the Daycare. He had gotten used to the routine of working all day and had even made some friends all across the Pizzaplex! He had soon become friends with Freddy Fazbear, who was quite patient and gentle (and sort of a dad-friend), had become besties with Chica, who's energetic and bubbly personality had matched his own, the two having constant sleepovers (in which they would gossip and raid on the snacks in the kitchen, inviting Star along too). He had also sort of made friends with Roxanne, who although he found that she could be rather snarky and self-centered, he had been surprised to find that she was actually rather caring and soft, and seemed to enjoy visiting the Daycare, practically beaming when the kids surrounded and praised her, and he would always laugh at the sight of her tail wagging happily from side to side. And he had made sort of friends with Monty as well, the tough gator seeming to be a little cautious of him, though had slightly warmed up and although he was a bit rough and rude, he meant well. But he hadn't just stopped at making friends with the Glamrocks. He had also met another (super large!) animatronic named DJ, who although was mute, was extremely friendly, and always listened to what he had to say, and Star seemed to really enjoy him as well! Especially DJ's little sibling, Lil Music Man, who they all called 'Mini'. Star seemed to absolutely adore Mini, the two often having playdates and making beats and music while Sun chatted with DJ. Sun had even started learning sign language, having learned quickly, and had surprised the big fella with it, and DJ had been thrilled.

...

Though, he had noticed that everyone had seemed to be surprised or get really sad or quiet whenever he laughed or smiled, or when he sometimes talked about something random. He had a feeling that he probably reminded them of his past self. He could sort of relate and feel their pain of losing someone...he had lost himself. Had lost a whole other world of memories and his life and was now trying to look for those missing pieces. But it was so hard, each one slipping from his grasp and what made it worse was seeing the little things Moon did, his laugh, his smile, his sarcastic jokes...each one brought back a familiar memory. And each one hurt him even more, as he started to remember his death.

Speaking of Moon, their relationship had gotten a lot better. Moon had stopped being so rude and hostile, and had opened up a bit more, the two of them working together in perfect harmony, and Sun could easily see how well how perfect they had been for one another. Moon did get a little aggressive or angry whenever he tried to subtly bring up Moon's past and would often leave in the middle of the conversation. He had also taken notice that Moon hated practically everyone, especially the human workers and adults. He didn't know why, but he suspected it had to do with his 'death'. Bad memories maybe?

Sun sighed, leaning against the frame of his bed, and looked up. His room was pretty, but he had quickly found his new favorite feature when he had found out that there was a small skylight, enough to let in some light. His favorite activity was watching the stars and moon as it lulled him to sleep. Moonlight shone over the room, and the stars seemed to twinkle.

"..Do you know who I am?" Sun muttered to the sky, and he buried himself underneath the covers. "Y̴̛̲õ̸͎u̵͉̎'̴̮̄r̵̹͂e̷̗͝ ̴̮̑u̸͓͑s̴͇͋.̶̮͆ ̷̡́S̸̲̚ṳ̴̐ň̸̪.̵͈͐" The voice spoke up, and Sun frowned. The voice had gotten stronger, along with his memories. It was nice to talk to someone who knew about all of this, even if it could get overwhelming. "I KNOW I'm Sun...but which one?" Sun whispered. "I love Moonie, I know I loved him back then, and now...but does he even care about the person I am now?" Sun asked, before bitterly laughing. "If he knew the truth, he'd hate me in a heartbeat. It was you he loved...not me. Aren't I just a replacement for you anyways?" He snapped, before his eyes softened, and he curled in on himself, hugging himself tightly. "...I want to be my own person. Not just a shadow of who you are. Who we are." He muttered.

He didn't understand his feelings right now, but the more time and thought he had given it, the more confused he got. He wished that he could go see Moon right now, but he was out on his nightly security patrols. His heart sank a bit. He wasn't sure if Moon would've even cared to comfort him anyways...he barely wanted to touch or be near Sun, despite the two of them doing better and working on their friendship. "Beep..?" A small, worried little beep came from Star, and it slowly approached Sun, raising its little hands as if asking to be picked up so it could comfort Sun itself. Sun smiled and lifted Star up, holding him gently. "...At least I got you. And me." He murmured, and he hugged Star, who beeped sadly, hating seeing Sun so upset.

...Yeah. At least he had himself and Star.
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"And the brave princess fought against the dragon, wanting to save her kingdom from the dangerous, scary dragon! The battle was tough! The princess couldn't keep up for much longer!" He said, attacking the imaginary 'dragon' (which was Star wearing a dragon costume) (Attacking Sun's ankles-), causing the kids to giggle at the sight. Sun grinned, brightening at the sound, it brought back fond memories of his life before all this...of acting out these stories for the kids.

...Alongside Moon.

His smile faltered at that, and he turned at Moon, who was picking up some of the mess the kids left behind, not bothering to watch the story. Maybe Moon was remembering those same memories. Sun wished he could invite Moon to come up and act with him, to see Moon smile and laugh, but he didn't want to push Moon's boundaries. So he put on a smile and continued the story. "The princess had a plan though! She climbed to the top of the tower..." He said, making his way up the play structure, swinging and jumping his way to the top, as he stood, earning cheers of awe and delight from the kids. "And she prepared her self to launch an attack!" He said dramatically, his eyes more on the kids, and less on where he was going. "And then-!" He was cut off by the feeling of the play structure underneath his foot disappearing, and he felt a sharp gasp of air leave his throat, being replaced by panic as he realized he had stepped off the edge.

Flashes of himself lying on the floor came flooding back into his mind, the blood, the pain, the beam falling and crushing him...it terrified him. And now...he might be about to re-experience that.

He fell to the ground, and closed his eyes, bracing himself for the impact...until he felt something hold him and change the direction he was going, and he kept his eyes shut, confused, but still terrified to open his eyes. "And then, the princess was saved by her knight, who swooped into the rescue!"

Moon?

Sun opened his eyes, and found Moon grinning at the kids, who erupted into cheers, thinking it had all been a part of the story, and Moon looked back at Sun, slight worry in his expression, but he nodded slightly, urging Sun to continue. Sun was still stunned, but he snapped out of his trance, heat rising to his cheeks as his fans whirred to life. "Y-Yep! A-And the knight brought the princess down to safety, and the two continued the battle!" Sun declared, trying his best to continue the show, and Star was obviously worried to death about Sun, but it beeped and continued to act as well, raising it's little arms in a 'threatening' manner, and Moon eyed Star, pouting slightly (he was still pissed with Star for hitting him with a lamp-).

"Yeah, and the knight brutally beat the dragon to death-" He said, grabbing a nearby chair with calmly, and Sun shoved him slightly "MOON!" He scolded, and Moon rolled his eyes. "Ugh fine- And the knight and princess defeated the dragon GENTLY and they got married and lived happily ever after, the end-" He grumbled, and the children cheered, while Star 'accidentally' whapped Moon in the ankle, causing him to hiss at the sharp pain, and his glare practically shot daggers at it (G.A.B strikes once again >:3). Sun stifled a laugh, though Moon caught on and pouted, annoyed, before a mischievous grin made its way to his face, and he turned to kids. "BUT it turns out, the princess was kidnapped and is now actually an evil villain disguised as the princess! So the little soldiers attacked her!" He announced, throwing a bunch of pillows to kids, who eagerly scrambled to snatch a pillow, and Sun blinked, and nervously grinned, trying to back away.

"K-Kids, we can talk this out, right-? A-Anna, help-" He stammered, looking at Anna with a hopeful but pleading look. She just grinned, innocently blinking her eyes as she mouthed out the words 'sorry'. "ATTACK!!!" She declared, and the kids all charged at Sun with their 'weapons' and Sun took off running, sprinting as fast he could while Moon cackled, practically shaking with laughter as he wheezed at the sight, grinning madly.

"MOON, I'M GOIN TO KILL YOU FOR THIS-"

(And Sun got beat up by tiny children 👍)
(One ❤️🩹 equals a bandage for Sun)
(And one ⭐ equals a vote for G.A.B to beat up Moon in the next chapter >:D)

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"Sun, I'm sorry-" Moon groaned, trying to get Sun to talk to him again, but Sun just huffed and scooted away, pouting as he crossed his arms. "Hmph."

"Sunnyyyy...that's rude you know. Be nice." Moon growled, losing his patience slightly. Sun had been ignoring him all afternoon for making the kids attack him. He crouched beside Sun and tugged his arm, pulling him into his arms as he hugged him. Sun squeaked in surprise and started squirming to break free. "H-Hey! No fair! I-I'm still mad at you, meanie-!" He complained, and Moon couldn't help the grin that broke out on his face, and he nuzzled his face into Sun's shoulder, moving his hands down to Sun's stomach. "Mm, but you're being so rude, Sunshine. Ignoring me and trying to be mad~ It's cute, but I'll get you to talk." He teased, before tickling Sun's stomach, and Sun jumped, and immediately began to giggle, moving around. "M-Moon! T-hat's-c-cheating-!" He gasped out, bursting into a fit of laughter, and Moon just tackled Sun to the ground. He pinned Sun down and began to tickle even more, delighting in the giggles and squeals of delight that came from Sun.

After a few minutes, the two just laid down next to each other, taking a moment to catch their breaths.

"...You still mad~?"

"Shut up-"

Moon feigned a dramatic gasp, putting a hand over his chest as he stifled a grin. "THE Sun cursing in the Daycare? What would the poor kids think if they heard this-?" He mocked, and Sun shoved him lightly, a grin tugging at his lips as he laughed. Moon smiled, his expression softening into something more loving as he stared at Sun, lost in the music of his laughter.

...His smile faded into slight frown as memories of Sun flashed through his mind, Sun's laughter, the way he would light up to room, or just do the cutest and silliest things to make someone smile and brighten their day.

'...Why do you have to look so much like him?' Moon thought to himself. He knew that deep down, he would probably really like Sun, if it weren't for the fact that Sun was a replacement for his lover. He felt guilt, anger, pain, hatred, sadness, all welling up and swirling inside his chest, making his heart feel heavy and hurt. Guilt for acting so loving and affectionate with Sun. Anger at Sun for replacing the love of his life. Pain at the memories that seemed to flood his mind whenever Sun was around. Sadness that stabbed at his heart whenever he saw that all too familiar smile. And hatred at himself for hating Sun for something he didn't even know about (actually Sun does know, but Moon doesn't know that-).

"Moon?"

Sun's voice seemed to snap him out of his spiral, and he didn't even notice his breathing had gone unsteady and that he was shaking until Sun gently, but worriedly pulled Moon close, cupping his face as he looked down at Moon, his blue eyes filled with concern.

"Are you ok? I was just saying that I'm heading out to Parts and Service, ok? I won't be long, the technicians there requested that I get a small update, along with my weekly maintenance." Sun said quietly, before frowning. "...Will you be ok? I-I can reschedule it if you want! I'm sure I can try and ask, if you're not feeling ok." Sun offered, and Moon stared, tears pricking at the corner of his eyes, but he just forced a pained, shaky smile. "Y-Yeah, I'm alright. Mind picking up a package from Vanessa? I have some things in there that I need for my next patrol." He said, his voice wavering the slightest. He was sure that Sun suspected that something was wrong based on the look he gave him, but to his relief, Sun didn't push any further. "Yeah, sure..." He said, before staring at him for a few more minutes, not taking his hands away just yet. Heat rose to Moon's cheeks, and he found himself blushing at the touch, and he noticed a light pink blush dusting Sun's soft cheeks. He saw Sun's breath hitch for a moment, seeming to hesitate. His blush deepened slightly before he took a deep breath and spoke. "H-Hey um...M-Moon? I-If you want...would you maybe...l-like to hang out tonight? Maybe watch a few movies or play some games? I-It could be fun..!" Sun stammered, looking at Moon hopefully, eyes shining.

Moon tensed, and for a moment, his fake smile faltered, eyes widening. He looked away from Sun, not daring to meet his eyes, as a memory flashed through his mind.

...

("Moonie, you work so so harddddd! Can we please just cuddle and watch some movies? We could use a break!" Sun whined, pouting, and Moon scoffed. "Please. You do most of the work, having to deal with the kids all through the day. Besides, I have a patrol to do tonight." He said, and Sun frowned. "Please..? Or I'll be reaaaaally sad allll day!" Sun said, making a sad face to emphasize his point, and Moon snorted, slightly amused as he smiled fondly. "Fine. You're lucky you're cute." He grumbled, but smiled as Sun immediately brightened, and hugged Moon happily, kissing his cheek.

"Yay! I love you Moonie!"

...

"I love you too, Sunshine.")

...

"I'm busy." Moon said, and he moved away from Sun's touch, his heart aching slightly when he saw Sun's face crumple slightly. "I've got security patrols tonight." He muttered, and out of the corner of his eye, he felt his heart shatter a bit as he watched Sun's face fall, obviously disappointed and hurt, but he put on a fake smile. "I-It's fine..! I didn't expect you to say yes...I-I know how busy you are sometimes...s-sorry." He muttered, his voice cracking slightly, and he got up, trying to get out of here, away from Moon before he started crying.

Something broke inside of Moon.

"Sun, wait-!" He called out, running to Sun's side, and he grabbed Sun's hand.

Sun or not, he didn't want to see that pretty face be anything but happy.

"I..." He paused, now starting to get nervous and flustered, staring at Sun. "...M-Maybe um...my patrol doesn't start...t-til 9...a-and..." He stammered, his blush darkening as he tried to scramble for the words, but was failing horribly. Sun stared for a moment, watching Moon get flustered over his words, and he blushed as well, finding Moon's state to be rather adorable.

He smiled.

"D-Do you want to go watch some movies?" He finished for Moon, and Moon blinked surprised, and he nodded, not trusting his voice to say anything. Sun laughed and took Moon's hand, pulling him to the rooms. "Then c'mon silly! I'll get snacks!" He said, and a grin slowly crept it's way to Moon's face as he chuckled.

He already had a movie in mind...

(And that's how Moon ended up showing Sun Disney movies, and Sun got addicted) (Star did as well) (I love Disney :D)

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3 hours later, Sun was practically glued to the screen, his eyes starting to droop, but he determinedly watched the screen. Moon smiled softly at Sun's cute antics.

His Sun had absolutely adored watching Disney movies, so he had wanted to see if the same went for this Sun. Guess it did. G.A.B seemed to enjoy the movie as well, seeming just as eager as Sun. It did feel painful to be doing something that he used to do with his former lover, but at the same time, just seeing Sun so fascinated and delighted...it filled his heart was the same warmth he used to get with his Sun.

...

It was an hour past his security hours, and he was already late.

But just this once....

He figured it'd be worth getting yelled at by Vanessa if it meant staying here with Sun and Star.

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Sun roamed around the Pizzaplex, the previously dark and creepy halls now brightened by the sunlight that spilled through the windows, and he relished in its warmth, sighing contently. Moon had left early this morning to go on his security patrols (after being yelled at by Officer Vanessa-) and Star had stayed at the Daycare, the little wet floor bot having insisted on staying, so it could continue sleeping. Having no one to keep him company, and not wanting to stay and do absolutely nothing at the Daycare, Sun had decided to go wandering around the Pizzaplex to use up his time. He was hoping that the others were awake, so he could maybe visit Dj and Mini, or go do something fun with Chica until Moon came back. Though, he highly doubted that, since it was around 5:00 AM (he charged quickly).

He looked around the hallway, taking in the little details of the Pizzaplex that he had yet to memorize, wanting to capture every single moment he had. A fond smile tugged at his lips as he remembered getting lost in these halls a few days after beginning to work here, after having a fight with Moon. But now, he had practically the whole Pizzaplex completely memorized, and even had a few of his favorite places to go relax or hang out with his new friends. It still surprised him that he had already been here for almost 3 weeks now...it felt like he had only arrived yesterday. When in reality, he had been here for probably half of his entire life in the past, before he died. Each place, each person...they all brought back memories, whether they were good...or bad. Having baking contests and sleepovers with Chica, giggling over gossip...or singing with Freddy and getting the slightly shy bear out of his comfort zone...or racing at Roxy’s Raceway with Roxanne herself, and giving one another manicures...even the grumpy gator had been patient and outgoing with him, the two having been like family to one another. DJ and Mini had been so friendly, and they would always have small dance parties to have fun and make his day a thousand time better after having a rough and tiring day at the Daycare.

And Moon...

Oh, Moon...he was the absolute sweetest. Out of all of the memories Sun had gotten back, almost all of them included Moon. Memories of laughing at Moon’s failed attempts at cooking...memories of him and Moon cuddling in their room after a long day of work. Memories of dancing together underneath the soft strings of lights that decorated the Daycare. Birthdays and anniversaries and Christmas’ celebrated together, the grin on Moon’s face lighting up his whole world. The way Moon would hold him, whispering sweet words and nothings that made his heart melt, and make him feel so special...and the way Moon would kiss him all over in an attempt to make Sun giggle...he didn’t think Moon could be more perfect than he already was, but just remembering everything, remembering how gentle Moon was with the kids, the way he would patiently read them stories and sing lullabies to help them sleep, so sweet and soothing...Moon had been all of that and more than that. Sun’s heart fluttered slightly, his cheeks heating up as he thought about last night. Moon had agreed to spend the night watching movies with him, even letting Star stay with them too (despite the two arguing-), and the three of them had spent the night laughing and playing around, eating snacks and even playing videogames. And although Moon hadn’t even realized it, he had been cuddling and nuzzling against Sun the entire time, which had been absolutely adorable, and Sun had welcomed the affection, enjoying the feeling of being in Moon’s arms. It had reminded him of their relationship from his past life.

He didn’t even realize until last night just how much he had missed getting to spend time with Moon. It felt like he had found the missing piece of an incomplete puzzle of his life. Moon had even been doing better about getting along with Star, though it was funny watching Moon fight with the mischievous smaller bot, who seemed to love getting on Moon’s nerves and torturing him every second.

Sun laughed at the thought of Moon and Star fighting, and he felt a little happier thinking about them. It made his heart warm up, and he felt a little brighter just thinking about them...it felt like his own little family. He looked forward to seeing their smiles, to getting to see them happy. Getting to spend time with them made him feel like he was at the top of the world.

As he was just starting to get lost in his thoughts, he then, heard the sound of a bass playing from the large stage that was near Rockstar Row, snapping him out of his thoughts for a moment, and he jumped with surprise, and turned to where the sound was coming from. The bright and colorful neon signs and shapes illuminating the dark hallways of the area made it seem welcoming, and he silently yet curiously crept over, walking around as the sound of the bass got louder, and he recognized the beat of a song playing, one that he could've sworn he had heard blasting through the Pizzaplex speakers that played during opening hours. Once he arrived, he took in the large stage, that was simple, yet rather elegant and familiar in it's on own way, before his eyes set onto the person playing the song, who was none other than Monty, who seemed like he was busy practicing a few songs, lost in the funky beat. Sun had to admit, the gator had quite the talent, and seemed passionate about it as well...almost like how Sun absolutely loved working in the Daycare, and getting to interact with the little stars that came in. He stood by the doorway, watching and listening to the sound of the bass echoing through the room, the beat and rhythm made him feel like dancing and smiling.

After a few minutes of watching, and the song ended, Sun clapped his hands, offering a slight smile to Monty, who looked surprised and caught off-guard to see him. “You’re really good.” He complimented, and Monty hesitated, his eyes narrowing slightly at the sight of Sun, before he looked to the side. “...Yeah.” He muttered, and Sun’s smile faltered. Monty hadn’t seemed to like him at all in the beginning...he didn’t know what he was doing wrong.

“...Can you leave?” Monty mumbled, and Sun frowned. He thought about giving in and leaving, but he felt a little upset that Monty was so eager to get rid of him, when he had been trying to be his friend. “Why? Am I that bad?” Sun snapped, and Monty blinked and looked up at him, and Sun also seemed caught-off guard by his own tone. He wasn’t one to talk back, much less get angry, but...he really did want to know. Especially since he remembered that Monty used to be his friend back in his past life. He watched Monty pause, hesitating, before crossing his arms, his angry expression fading into a hurt and...sad one. “...Because you remind me of Sun, ok!? I don’t know if you know this, but...there was this guy, named Sun. Awesome guy. And...” Sun felt his heart ache when he saw tears pricking at the corner of Monty’s eyes. “...he was like family to me. Like a little brother. He helped me with my anger issues, even got me to...accept my feelings for Freds.” He muttered, his cheeks heating up, before he sighed. “...I owe him everything. So yeah. It hurts to see someone that looks and acts like the brother I lost so many years ago. He was important to all of us. To me.” He then looked up at Sun. “But the person who was hurt the most was Moon. He loved Sun to absolute death, the two never separated from each other’s sides for more than a second-” He said, laughing, but it was short and pained. “...He never got over it. He looked like he had lost everything. Which I guess, he did.” He said quietly, before looking up at Sun.

“...Wouldn’t you feel like shit if you lost something important, only for it all to come back in a second without warning?”

...

He would. He did feel like that. He had lost every important memory and detail of his entire life. Had lost the memories and friendships of all of the people he had cared so much about. Had lost Moon. And now, he was fighting against the thoughts, confused and in pain about everything happening, his sense of identity in shambles at this point.

But he knew it must be just as hard for Monty and everyone else.

So he didn’t say any of that. How could he explain it anyways...?

“...Yeah. It does feel like shit.”

The two stood in silence, before Sun got the courage to spoke up. “But I don’t think that I-...I mean, ‘Sun’ would want you to be like this. I’m sure he’d want you to be happy and try to make friends. Trust me, from some experience...I know what it’s like to lose someone too. But I’m trying. So maybe, I can help you try...” He said, before holding out a hand.

“Right?” he said, offering a small smile, and Monty stared, an unreadable expression on his face for a few minutes, and for a moment, Sun felt like he was being stupid, and was about to apologize and run off, before he heard it. Monty laughing. Sun blinked, surprised and stunned for a moment, and he saw tears fall from his eyes, his red eyes crinkling in the corners, a sad smile on his expression.

“Heh...you really are like him. You’re just like my little brother.” He murmured, smiling softly now, and a memory flashed in his head:

(“You’re a great teacher Monty! I’m practically a pro now!” Sun said happily, his eyes shining in awe as he looked up at Monty, who seemed rather proud of himself, and he grinned. “Yeah, sure kid. Though, I’m still better. Helps you’re a quick learner though.” He said, ruffling Sun’s hair, and Sun pouted. “I’m 21. I am NOT a kid, you meanie-” He grumbled, and Monty rolled his eyes. “Yeah yeah. Still look like one.” He joked, and Sun laughed, shoving him lightly before smiling. “Thanks again for taking the time to teach me. You’d be a great big brother.” He said, and Monty’s prideful grin faded, his expression one of surprise and he took a moment, a genuine smile on his face now, and he put an arm around Sun and pulled him into a hug. “Well then...”

“How about you be my little brother?”)

The memory was almost instant, a small grasp of it, but he had seen enough.

Enough to tell at he had been important to Monty.

And now he wondered just how important he had been to everyone else.

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After a long day, and after talking with Monty and having a somewhat terrible day, he was tired and absolutely exhaused by the time he had finally gotten back to the Daycare, wanting nothing more but then to just flop and collapse onto the floor and never get up ever again, not even if there was a freaking tornado threatening to swoop in and destroy the entire Pizzaplex. If he was being completely honest, he didn’t even know if he had the energy to deal with whatever was happening in the Daycare right now. He was so tired from everything: from the memories. The pain. The hurt. It was all so much. Too much for one person to handle.

He slowly and reluctantly trudged to the door, hearing noises inside that made him perk up slightly with curiousity, and he groaned when he realized it was yelling. ‘I swear, if Moon is fighting with someone, or Star scared someone, I am going to break something-’ he thought to himself, and he opened the door and braced himself.

But as soon as he came in, he was greeted with a sight that made him pause, all of his previous anxiety and exhaustion fading away in an instant, and a smile tugged its way to his face.

Because as it turned out...

...Coming home was the best part of his day.

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Moon growled angrily, continuing to shoot daggers at Star as he shoved his nightcap back onto his head. Star letting out a series of little beeps which sounded similar to laughter, and it began zooming around Moon in an almost taunting manner, as if to make fun of him. Sun tried his best to hold back his own laughter, stifling his giggles and snorts as he looked at Moon's bald head, and he was so close to bursting. Oh, gosh, he was going to have a BLAST with this. "Y-You're b-b-bald-?" Sun snickered, barely managing to keep down the laughter that was bubbling up inside as Moon snapped his gaze over to Sun, his glare deadly. "Shut the hell up before I fucking throw you out of the Daycare." He snarled, his voice coming off as threatening and pissed, though there was a hint of embarrassment mixed in as well. Sun couldn’t help but let out a small snort, trying and failing to suppress the grin that was starting to tug at his lips. "O-Oh yeah, I-I swear I won't-! I am so, SO sorry..." He coughed out, giggling, before grinning mischievously. He was definitely going to get killed after this.

"...Caillou-"

"..."

Moon’s eye twitched.

"5 seconds Sun. You better hope you can run."

...Yeah he was dead.

But it was worth it.
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Sun laughed, practically shaking and wheezing with laughter as he sprinted across the Daycare, Moon chasing after him while shouting out curse words. "Language Moonie~" Sun teased, practically taunting and testing Moon’s patience at this point (which was already pretty thin at this point). Moon felt his fans whir even louder when he saw the confident, teasing grin on Sun’s face. But this time, it wasn't from his annoyance or anger. "I swear to god, when I catch you Sun, you’re dead." Moon growled, his cheeks heating up. Sun’s grin only grew wider, his own fans starting to whir to life as he felt himself practically *melting* at the sight of Moon’s flustered face. “Heh, good luck with that! I-” Sun let out a small noise of surprise, gasping as the floor underneath him gave out, and he fell into...the ball pit? Sun blinked, a bit caught off-guard, before the realization sank in as he heard a raspy chuckle of amusement and teasing starting to approach him. Shoot.

“Nonononononono-” Sun panicked, attempting to fling himself desperately out of the ball pit, but he kept slipping and falling back in, like a child first learning to swim. Meanwhile, Moon had already caught up with him by now, tsking at the sigh. Sun jolted once he saw a shadow looming over him, and he looked up to see Moon looking down at him, shaking his head in amusement and victory. “Tch. You’ve been working here for almost a month now Sun. Don’t you think you should’ve memorized where the ball pit is by now~?” He hummed, grinning, before he jumped in alongside Sun, pouncing onto him. Sun squeaked, squirming around as he tried to escape and get away from Moon’s ‘attack’, but he failed once Moon grabbed him and pulled him back into the ballpoint. Sun’s laugh intertwined with Moon’s raspy cackle, the two holding onto each other as they giggled, more so just cuddling with each other than actually bickering now. Star zoomed over, tilting it’s little head to the side as it watched the two daycare attendants practically acting like boyfriends. Star let out a long beep that sounded similar to annoyance. “Beepbeep.” (“Lovebirds.”)

...

Nothing it couldn’t do to fix that!

“BEEP BEEP!” Star beeped, taking a ‘running’ start, before zooming in, and Moon and Sun both snapped out of their little love daze.

“FUCK-”

“STAR NO-”

And that’s how Moon and Sun ended up spending an hour at Parts and Service getting the dents in their faceplates fixed, Star staring at them innocently. As if it were saying: “I didn’t do anything 😇”. Though, Star had apologized to Sun for hurting him, it’s little boops and beeps so sweet that Sun had practically given in and forgive it. Moon on the other hand, was still beyond pissed. And Star didn’t seem to regret hurting Moon either. In fact, it seemed rather proud with the damage it had caused onto Moon.

“...I’m dead serious Sun. We really should abandon it-”

“No.

“Sun-”

“No.”

“Sun, I swear, just-”

“No.

“...”

“SUN I SWEAR TO-”

“✨No ✨”

And that’s how Sun spent an additionally hour in Parts and Service after Moon had smacked him in the head, Star being the one to ‘glare’ daggers at Moon this time.

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As Sun was sitting in Parts and Service, Moon had been forced to stay at the Daycare and take care of G.A.B, and make sure it was okay.

“...”

Of course, it was still taking care of G.A.B if he just so happened to ‘accidentally’ leave G.A.B outside the Daycare, right? So long as the little shit didn’t get hurt-...besides, it would only be for a minute or two! Just a small prank. He was sure G.A.B would come back inside anyways. It was too stubborn and annoying that way.

So Moon had picked G.A.B up (despite it protesting and throwing a little tantrum), and he had thrown it out of the Daycare, slamming the door behind him. Welp, that took care of that problem. Moon sighed in relief, flopping onto a nearby beanbag chair as he let himself rest for a moment, not caring what happened now, and he closed his eyes. After 5 minutes however, he opened one eye, staring at the door now, confusion and slightly concern creeping into his expression, and he frowned slightly. Huh. G.A.B should’ve come inside by now. Maybe it didn’t know how to open the door? Or it couldn’t reach? Moon got up, walking towards the door as he grabbed the handle and opened it up. “G.A.B, I swear, if this is some sort of prank that your evil mind has made up, then I’m going to-” He stopped talking once he realized that no one was there. “...G.A.B? Star? Star!?” He called out, looking around frantically now, checking to see if the little wet floor bot was just hiding and waiting to scare him like usual...but nothing.

...

This wasn’t funny anymore.

“Shit Star-” He cursed, activating his security protocols to find Star’s location. He had access to the maps and security of the entire Pizzaplex, including the locations of all the animatronics and bots. Star included. He called for his wire, and flew up into the air, scanning the area as he flew by. Eventually, he caught sight of Star, much to his relief, and let out a sigh of relief. It didn’t last long though, once he noticed that Star seemed more distressed and upset, shouting out little beeps as a human staff member held up something in her hand, snickering as Star tried to leap to grab it, but was too short to reach. “C’mon! Try and get it, you little rat!” The worker taunted mockingly, and she smirked before kicking Star to the side, and the little bot whimpered, looking upset. The worker laughed and kept continuing to call it names. Moon felt anger and fury start to bubble inside of him, and his eyes narrowed, going dark, and he lowered himself down, sneaking up behind the worker before he put a firm and threatening hand on her shoulder. “What the hell do you think you’re doing there?” He asked, a pissed off grin on his face, and the worker seemed to shrink back, now looking scared. “I-I-” She stammered, and Moon rolled his eyes. “ ‘I-I-’, oh cut that bullshit out and answer the damn question. The only person that gets to bully it is me.” He snapped, before shoving the worker to the ground. “And if I may recall, FazCo. Rules state that no staff member is allowed to harm and/or cause damage to Pizzaplex property. And seems to me that the little bot has a little dent thanks to you.” He said, his grin becoming cruel. “And according to my protocols, I am allowed to deal with rulebreakers as I please. Unless you hand me whatever you stole from Star.” He snarled, his grin dropping into a scowl. “Now.” He threatened, and the worker quickly fumbled to hand him the object, before she ran off.

Moon scoffed. Serves her right. He then turned to look at Star, and his gaze softened. He crouched down, looking over the little bot with concern. “Damn it...this is all my fault.” He muttered, and he sighed. “At least you aren’t damaged too much.” He mumbled, and Star beeped quietly, before reaching out it’s small hands out, and Moon raised his eyebrow, confused by what it wanted. “Hm? What is it?” He asked, and Star made a sign by hugging itself and then pointing to Moon with another beep. “You want to...hug me?” Moon asked, starting to put two and two together, and he was surprised when Star beeped happily, indicating yes. Moon hesitated, before picking the small bot up and hugging it. It felt...nice. Like hugging one of the children. Except Star was like his very own kid to hug. The thought made him smile a bit, and he hugged Star tighter.

After a few minutes, Moon finally set Star down, sighing with a small chuckle. “You’re not bad when you’re not being such a pain in my ass-” He snorted, before grinning. “Now, let’s fix up that dent of yours before Sun comes back. Sun is gonna kill me though if you even have one dent on your head-” He snickered, before suddenly remembering the object he had in his hand. “Oh, yeah! This thing she had. What is it anyways?” He asked, opening his hand. It was...a small sun-shaped pin. He froze.

“...”

It all made sense now. Why Star seemed to be so empathetically close with Sun. Why it was always following Sun around now. Why it seemed to have gotten so attached to Sun.

“...You knew Sun. My Sun.” He whispered, looking up from the pin and at Star now.

“...Didn’t you?”

Star seemed to have went silent, before letting out one sad, low boop that confirmed Moon’s thoughts. Star signalled for him to crouch down, and once he did, Star pointed to something on the back of the sun-shaped pin. Moon turned it over, and on the back was written:
“To Star. My kid and my favorite little superstar.”

“Love, Sun.”

“...”

“Looks like we both lost someone we loved, didn’t we..?”

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Later, as Sun finally was allowed to go back into the Daycare, he ran in, practically bursting through the door. “I swear, if you two have already tried to kill each other, I’ll-” He went silent, surprised when he saw Moon curled up on a beanbag, holding and hugging Star, who had fallen fast asleep as well. Sun stared, before he softened, and he smiled fondly. He silently walked over to the naptime closet and pulled out a light blue blanket and quietly drapped it over Moon and Star, letting the two fall sleep in peace. Just as he was about leave though, he hesitated, before his smile grew, and he turned back and went underneath the covers with them, snuggling up close as he let out a small sigh of contentment. He looked over at Moon and Star. At least the two of them were starting to get along now. Although he had to admit, it was sort of strange to not see them killing each other-
He let out a quiet chuckle, placing a small kiss on Moon’s cheek and a small kiss on Star’s forehead before closing his eyes. “Goodnight you two...” He murmured, yawning, before he finally let his eyes shut closed.

And the little family slept together peacefully, happy to be with each other.

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...

It's normal for my kind to get ignored. We're just your basic cleaning and service bots: the more low-leveled animatronics in the Pizzaplex. We're not big stars like the Glamrocks, or musicians like DJ and Mini...we're not even Daycare Attendants like Moon. Our work is cleaning the entire Pizzaplex, every day and every night, every single week. Nobody acknowledges the things we do; nobody even comes up to give a 'job well done'. We might as well be invisible. And to top it off, management doesn't even care to give us a break from cleaning, saying that we're just 'scraps that clean' and that we 'don't get tired'. But I do. We all do. And I'm so tired of being treated like nothing more than the metal that can easily be replaced...even the other animatronics don't notice us. That's why we S.T.A.F.F and wet floor bots stick together; at least we congratulate each other on a job well done. It's been like this for years.

Well, until he came. Sun. A technician and Moon's partner in the Superstar Daycare.

...

...And my adoptive dad.

Before I met him, none of us had paid much attention to Sun when he had first arrived. Human workers arrived all of the time, and they left just as quickly as they had come. And they all treated us like garbage, and called us trash too, because we were cleaners. They didn't think we had feelings...thought we weren't sentiment like them. Whenever they insulted us or hurt one of my friends, I wanted nothing more than to punch them, to tell them to back off...though my programming advised against it. Besides, even if I really wanted to, I had no way of communicating with humans, or any other animatronic for that matter. Since cleaning bots had no reason to speak or talk with anybody, we could only speak in binary, which came out in little beeps and boops. Adorable, but ineffective. None of us really minded though. They didn't want to talk to us, and we didn't want to talk to them.

But Sun? He was...different. Strange. The other cleaning bots would say that he was kind and sweet towards them, that he had actually addressed them, and treated them like real people. But I didn't believe them. Why would I? Nobody ever bothered to look at us with a spare glance, not even the other animatronics. So why would a human even remotely care about us?

Well, that's what I believed until I had my first with him. I had been cleaning near Roxy's Raceway, trying to finish up so I could maybe catch a break and go play for a while (I usually snuck into the Daycare to play some games and take a nap), and I hadn't been watching where I was going. I zoomed into a bucket of water, and had fallen down. Luckily, I was waterproof, so none of my circuits were damaged...but I couldn't get up. There's only so much you can do when you don't have legs or arms (okay, I had arms, but they were really small. T-Rex small.). I was going to try and call for help until I noticed a shadow looming over me, and I noticed it was a human and my heart fell, a bitter annoyance and fear bubbling up. I shut my eyes and braced myself for it all. The laughing. The insults. The kicking and abuse.

But instead? None of that happened.

...The human just held out his hand towards me.
"Are you okay there little one?! You had quite the fall there."

And when I opened my eyes, I was looking into a pair of kind and innocent sapphire blue eyes that seemed to shine with concern. For me.

I let him stand me back up, as I stared in stunned confusion. Nobody had ever helped me, much less asked if I was okay, so I didn't know what to do. The human giggled. "You're quiet, huh? Well, my name is Sun! Do you have a name?" He asked, trying to make conversation with me. I was hesitant and wary, but also a bit excited that I could finally talk with somebody. I loved the other cleaning bots, but they weren't great at conversations, and for some reason, I absolutely loved to talk. So this was my big moment! I was about to say something, when I paused. I didn't...have a name. Unless you included 'brat' or 'piece of shit'. I hated those. I let out a small, disappointed beep. If I could cry, tears would be starting to well right now. The one chance I get to talk to somebody, and I don't even have an answer.

Sun seemed to notice my disappointment, and he offered soft smile. "You don't have one, do you?" He said, before he lit up. "How about I give you a name instead? Two beeps for yes, and one beep for no!" He suggested, and I beeped happily, spinning around in a circle to show my enthusiasm, which earned a giggle of delight from Sun.
"Alright! How about..." He put on a thinking face, pouting as he tried to come up with a few names for me.

"...James?"

Really?

"Suds?"

Too related to cleaning.

"Cally?"

Nope.

After a few more attempts and no's, Sun huffed, eyes furrowed in a frustrated expression, racking his mind for more ideas. I was about to give up on the whole situation before he suddenly jumped up, eyes shining.

"I know! How about Star??"

...Star?

That had a nice ring to it.

I nodded my head (as much as I could) and beeped twice. Sun grinned, brightening. "Perfect! Well then, Star..."

Sun thought for a moment, before taking off the sun-shaped pin in his hair, and he held it out towards me.

"Would you like to be my friend?"
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After that day, I finally found the thing that I had never knew I needed: a family. Me and Sun. He took me in and would take care of me and play games with me, and would make me laugh. And no matter how tired he was, he always made time for me, and was happy to see me each day. He helped clean around the Pizzaplex, and even named each and every single S.T.A.F.F bot and wet floor bot, and he would come visit us all the time, even bringing over little gifts. He even learned binary so he could speak with us easily. We all loved him. Especially me. He would call me: 'His little Star'. The nickname always made me feel so special...like I mattered to somebody. I saw Sun as a dad, and he meant the whole world to me.

...

The fire was so sudden.

One minute, everything was fine, and the next, the alarms were blaring, and smoke and flames were spreading all throughout. People and animatronics were all running around, screaming and panicking, and I was frantically trying to get out and find Sun. When I arrived at the Daycare though, the whole place was burning, flames consuming it as it looked close to collapsing. My heart sank. No. He couldn't be in there. H-He had to be okay...right!?

Before I could do anything, a pair of hands picked me up and quickly carried me towards the exit quickly, running farther and farther from the Daycare. I was screaming, crying to go back, struggling and fighting back as best I could, but all that came out were those stupid beeps. I couldn't express what I wanted. All I could do was hold on tightly to the pin that Sun had given me 2 years ago, when we had first met, and hope that he was ok. Outside and waiting for me.

...I found out a few days later that he had been officially announced as dead.

I was heartbroken. In grief and pain. I spend months crying and begging for him to come back, and it seemed like even when the whole Pizzaplex had finally been rebuilt months later, nobody was ever the same. Because Sun had been the heart of us all. He had done so much, had been friends with everybody and had never done anything wrong to hurt us. He had been a friend. A co-worker. A brother. A best friend. A partner. A lover.

...And a dad.

I missed him.

And when I snuck into the Daycare to try and grasp onto the memories I had with Sun...

I found Moon crying and sobbing, holding himself tightly, curled up into a ball.

And I knew that he missed him too.
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5 years have passed since then. I don’t really ‘age’ so it doesn’t really matter to me, or even make a difference. Back then, Sun would have thrown me a party and celebrated my ‘birthday’, and would give me gifts and even bake a cake (even though I couldn’t exactly eat). The whole thing was silly, but I loved it. Even now, I still hold onto Sun’s pin that he had given me, and sing ‘happy birthday’ to myself.

Other than that though, my life had gone back to normal.

Until I ran into somebody I knew.

"H-Hello there! D-Do you um...know the way to the Daycare? I'm a bit lost."

...the person was an animatronic. But not just any animatronic. This one was themed after the sun, bright and sunny and cheerful, dressed in a jester-like uniform that seemed like the one Daycare Attendant Moon had.

But what stood out the most...?

....Those kind and innocent sapphire blue eyes that seemed to shine with worry and nervousness.

...

My dad was finally home.

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“Beep!”

Star watched with amusement and delight as Sun yelled and went off on the worker who had been being rude to Star. After Moon had told him what had happened while he had been being repaired, he had been pissed and had practically demanded to speak with the manager. Moon had never seen Sun so firm and annoyed before, standing up for his own thoughts. The sight was amusing, but also a bit saddening...it reminded him of how his Sun would be the sweetest person on Earth, but if you did something wrong, he would let you have it. It was one of the things Moon had loved about him. That he was cute and sweet, but not afraid to stand up for what was right. In a way, Sun was exactly like his Sun.

As soon as that thought crossed his mind, he immediately shook it off, his once amused grin now fading into silent frown. No. No matter how similar, no matter how hard Sun tried, he would NEVER be able to take the place of his lover. Sure, this Sun was okay, nice even, and he had gotten along fairly well with him, and they had a lot of fun. But it wasn’t the same. And it never would be. He knew that. And he knew that he should just move on and try to accept that this Sun was as close as he was going to get to his real lover. That Sun hadn’t even done anything wrong, that he didn’t know why Moon didn’t really accept him. It wasn’t Sun’s fault.

But watching the scene in front of him...

...He couldn’t help the small bits of hatred that tugged away at his heart. And as soon as it had come, it had been quickly replaced by guilt.

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The hallways were quiet, only sounds that could be heard were the sounds of the passing map bots or S.T.A.F.F bots that went by occasionally. Moonlight spilled through the window, and it would’ve been the kind of night that Moon would’ve loved getting to patrol during. But right now, all he could think about was Sun. The fire. The screaming. The people they had almost lost. The kids they had almost lost.

...And the one person they had lost: his Sun.

He knew it was stupid. After all, he hadn’t even thought about Sun’s death in a while now...he had spent so much time with Sun and Star lately, he had barely thought about anything else. He just spent time with them and enjoyed their presence, enjoyed laughing with them, enjoyed Sun’s bubbly and cheerful personality, the same one Moon had fallen in love with all those years ago. And yet, now those old memories were starting to tear their way to the surface, and for a moment, his body had a mind of it’s own. He turned away from his normal security pathway and changed his course to the theatre. As he made his way and rounded the corner to the door, he could already hear his and Sun’s laughter that had once filled this room, and once he opened the door, it all came back to him:

(This is a memory from before they started dating)
(“Sunny, it’s fine-” Moon reassured, gently trying to coax Sun into using the aerial wire, but Sun shook his head. “No! What if I fall!?” He whined, and Moon grinned. “That’d be funny. I could use a good laugh.” He teased, and Sun pouted. “Not helping.” He huffed, and Moon chuckled, his face softening into a fond expression. “Heh, sorry Sunbeam.” He chuckled, before landing down onto the ground beside Sun. “But in all seriousness? I’d gladly catch you if you fell. Nothing will ever happen to you...not while I’m here.” He said softly, taking Sun’s hand in his, and he watched Sun’s baby blue eyes hesitantly look up into his ruby eyes. “...Promise?” He asked, and Moon smiled. “Promise. Don’t you trust me?” He teased, nudging Sun’s arm playfully, and he watched as Sun cracked a smile, giggling. “Of course I do, Moonie.” He said, before taking the aerial wire into his hands. He seemed a bit hesitant, before he hooked it onto the safety harness around him, and he shakily let Moon raise him into the air. As soon as they were 20ft into the air, Sun shut his eyes and clung to Moon tightly. Moon felt heat rise to his cheeks, and he looked away, trying to hide the fact that he found the whole thing cute. “S-Sunflower, let go- You need to practice-” He mumbled with a small huff, and out of the corner of his eyes, he watched Sun’s cheeks flush a soft pink as well. “O-Oh, right-!” He stammered, quickly letting go, much to Moon’s disappointment. He took a deep breath to calm himself down, knowing very well that Sun probably wouldn’t be interested in someone like him anyways. They were better off as partners, and they’d stay that way. For now, they just needed to practice. “Ok, just follow my lead, ok?” Moon said, gently and slowly letting go of Sun’s hands. He watched as Sun tried to reach out again for a split second, before reluctantly and warily letting go, now in the air on his own.

He shakily tried balancing himself, and once he managed to steady himself, his expression turned into one of delight and pride. “Look Moonie! I’m doing it!” He giggled, proudly flapping his arms as Moon watched fondly. “Stop acting like a bird, dumbass-” Moon snorted, but he couldn’t help but grin at the amusing sight. Sun pouted, letting out a dramatically disappointed sigh, but stopped and slowly made his way towards Moon. “Sun, wait, you don’t know how to-”. But before Moon could finish his warning, Sun had already tried to move over, and the wire gave out a bit, dropping him. Sun screamed, and Moon quickly dove after him, grabbing him tightly. Sun clung tightly to him, looking terrified. “YOU DIDN’T SAY IT WOULD DO THAT!” He cried, and Moon tried his best to comfort him. “I’m sorry, I’m so sorry Sunny! BUT I TRIED TO TELL YOU, AND IF YOU WEREN’T SO DENSE-”

Sun shot him a look, before huffing, and he laid his head against Moon’s chest. “..Hmph. At least you kept your promise.” He mumbled, and Moon raised an eyebrow. “What promise?” He asked, and Sun rolled his eyes. “Forget already?” He snorted, before his lips curved into a small smile. “...Your promise to catch me.” He said, booping Moon’s nose, a grin starting to make it’s way onto his face. “So thank you, my knight in shining armor~” he teased, laughing as he watched Moon’s face heat up, his fans whirring to life.

“W-Whatever, you’re still stupid-” Moon grumbled, scowling, but he couldn’t help but love the idea of being Sun’s knight and rescuer.

“...Guess that’d make you the princess though. Isn’t that right, Princess Sunny~?”

“H-Hey! No fair! Stop trying to tease me, that’s my job!”

The sounds of their bickering and laughing made Moon’s heart feel warmer.

...Maybe having a theatre partner would be nice. Especially if it was Sun.)

...

The original theater, just like the rest of the Pizzaplex, had burned down in the fire as well. Management had rebuilt it, in hopes of restarting the theatre program, but after the news of Sun’s death...everyone had lost interest. Sun had been a shining star, had been the one reason Moon had enjoyed performing alongside him in front of an audience. Because even when management laughed or got irritated with his mistakes, Sun wouldn’t. He was patient. Kind. He laughed *with* Moon, not at him. He always tried to find the positive side and would cheer Moon on.

Now, the once happy and joy-filled theater was barren and silent. Nobody came into the old room anymore, it was usually used for storage sometimes, but other than that, most had forgotten.

...Except Moon.

He often came here to secretly practice his aerial moves, he loved doing them, but had lost his love and purpose for it after Sun had died. Now, all he did was walk inside, the wooden floors creaking underneath him as he stood in the midst of the silence.

...His favorite song that he would perform was the one reserved for him and Sun only, in their own private pretend concerts:
(This is pretty much Moon having his singing Disney princess moment) (feel free to skip it 😊 )

“...Don’t you dare.”

He took a step forward, the light from the glass ceiling above shining the moon down on him.

“...Make me fall in love with you...”

“Don’t you dare...” He glanced at the old photo that hung near one of the curtains, a familiar pair of blue eyes in it staring at him. “...Enchant me with those eyes.”

He took a step forward. “If I fell through your skies, there’s no way you woud catch me...”

He took a step back, the movements of his dances with Sun coming back to him. “There’s a tear in my heart, and your patch, doesn’t match me...”

“...Being near you still adds to the size of my sighs,”

“There's still seismic events at hellos and goodbyes,”

He gently spun around, almost imagining Sun in his arms, remembering how Sun would squeal with delight at being spun around.

“And don't you dare leave me still in love with you”
“Nothing's fair, when love is war...and I just can't endure any more of the fight-ing.”

His pace around the theater picked up, as the scene around him started to blur into old memories of dancing and laughter that seemed to tug at his heart.

“When the casualties rise with my heart rate each night, although I know I'm to blame for the glances I'd steal,”

“For the time I kept spending pretending it's real
And now that it's ending, I still have more feelings to spare”

Tears pricked at his eyes as his voice began to crack.

“B-But don't you dare...”

He shut his eyes as one tear slipped down his faceplate, and his slow dance with himself came to a stop, and he leaned against the wall beside him.

“...Don't you dare.”

“...*hic*....”

A sob escaped his lips, and he slumped down to the ground, not able to hold it in any longer. He hated it. Hated that Sun had left him all alone, had died and left him with no one to love him anymore. He missed Sun. The REAL Sun. The one who knew him inside and out, who knew his likes and dislikes, who knew his preferences, the same person who he had fallen in love with the day he first laid eyes on him.

And he hated that stupid management had thought they could just replace Sun so easily with a copycat. He DID like this new Sun. He really did...he was nice. Funny. Sweet. Bubbly. Exactly like the real Sun had been.

...But it hurt.

Silence filled the air, Moon’s broken sobs and tears the only sounds that filled the place Moon had once held so fond to his heart. God he was so tired of crying, why did it have to hurt so much!? He was tired! He didn’t want to keep crying! H-He just wanted his boyfriend back! Was that so much to ask!?

...

He had promised himself that he’d stop.

But as the pain settled in, it was too much to handle right now.

He crawled to the side, rummaging through an old box of props sitting there, filled to the brim with items such as hats, scarves, puppets, necklaces...but that wasn’t what he was looking for.

He pulled out a sharp knife, one that had been used for old show plays, but had been banned after being proved dangerous.

...

...It was just one more time.

Right? No harm in that...one time is all.

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Blood pooled around his feet, and he cluctched to himself tightly, his hands trembling as he fought back the urge to go another round. His legs were cut deeply, he could see the wires poking out and starting to spark...he’d probably need to get that checked. His arms had gotten the worse of it though, his casing having been ripped off and his exoskeleton was visible from being cut through so many times. And all of his pain sensors were screaming at him, and he wanted to stop.

But on the inside? He was numb. He didn’t feel any of it.

All he could hear were the voices.

“Stupid’

‘It’s your fault’

‘Kill yourself’

‘No one will care’

‘You’re a monster’

‘Nobody loves you’

...

He just wanted it to end.

Chapter Text

Sun had been cleaning up the Daycare, while giving small glances over fondly at Star, who had fallen fast asleep on the beanbag chair beside him. Poor little thing must have been exhausted after having that awful worker be so mean to it. Sun had complained to the manager, who promised to take care of the situation (after Sun had yelled her ear off), leaving Sun annoyed, but a bit satisfied. Afterwards, he had gone to talk with Moon, but when he got back to the Daycare, Moon was nowhere to be seen. He had figured that Moon had gone for patrols early, which was a bit strange, knowing that Moon hated leaving early for patrols, but decided that maybe Moon had wanted to enjoy the peaceful night.

Now, Sun stared worriedly over at the clock, which was slowly starting to tick by the hours.
8:00.

9:00.

10:00.

10:45.

Sun was getting extremely concerned now, anxiety starting to eat away at him. What if something bad had happened? What if there had been an intruder with bad intentions tonight, and something bad had happened to Moon? If Moon got hurt, o-or even...

....

His mind refused to go as far as that. He didn’t even want to think about Moon getting hurt.

With that on his mind, he tucked Star into bed (he and Moon had surprised it with a little makeshift bed they had built all on their own) (Sun had been so proud of it), giving it a little kiss on the forehead before setting off to find Moon.

“Moon? Moon, are you there?” Sun called out, worry and fear laced into his tone as he slowly walked around the dark hallways. It was times like this he wished he had been programmed with Moon’s night vision ability...it was so hard to see! And in his rush to go and find Moon, he had completely forgotten to grab a flashlight. He let out a small, frustrated sigh before determinedly making his way through the halls. If he could just find a S.T.A.F.F. bot or a map bot, then maybe he could-

“*sob*”

The sound of crying and sobbing snapped Sun out of his thoughts, his rays shrinking in as soon as he heard it. Moon. He knew it was Moon. He’d recognized that voice from miles away. “Moon? Moon??” Sun called out, picking up the pace as he started dashing through the dark, not caring if he got hurt or something bad happened to himself. All he cared about was seeing Moon...he wanted-no. He *needed* Moon to be okay. As he tried to look around and find Moon’s location, he could only hear Moon growing more and more distant with every step he took....where was Moon? He couldn’t find him like this...sure, he knew his way around, but not well enough to find him in a situation like this!

Just as Sun was about to burst into his own tears, he heard it.

“T̷̨̛͕̦̟͔͕̲̙͇̫̲͔̮͖̾ủ̶̢̠͈͙̯͇̺̦̤̝̏̉̍̒́͑̉̾͗͘͜͜͜͝ͅȑ̶̛͚̲̘̭́͠ṋ̴̹̀̔̀̓̀̌͝ ̵̩̙͔̯̟̥̫̂l̵̝̠̼͌̃ë̷̝̜̮̩̟̲́͑͂̄̐̂f̶̡̣̞̬̗̘̜̫̞͙̝̪̯̩͂͛̐̎̌̓̂̾̄̂͛̓̔͜t̸̯̝̫͈̫̞̩͈̥̼̎͝ͅͅ ̷͈̯̼̖̯̏̿̓̏̀̇̐͜͝͠ͅä̵̱̪̻̩̠́͐n̷̘͈̯̫̺̣̬̟̣͓̙̳̈́̀̊̓̾͑d̵̪͚̊̉̾̍̍̊͆̓́̐̀͝ ̶̲̣̇̓̒̈́͑̐̇̀̈́̕o̶̦͇̠̣̩̻̗̟̲̬̗̙̗̞͂̐p̷̢̢̛̦͔͕̪̠̼̳̭͍͓̋̄̍̍̈̀̐̕͜͝ͅę̷̧̙̘͇̰̮̙̗͈̗̳̒̎̈̏̔͝n̶̡̛̽̎͌̀̊̏̾̈́̐ ̴̡̡̨̛̣̰̹̟͖̑̿́͗̈̄͐̈ͅṯ̷̢̥̤͖͙͖͕͉̦̮̬̣͗́͗ͅh̶̨̧̪͉͍̭̻̝̫̟͆̾̔͐͊̑̐͛̉͜ͅͅͅȩ̵̩̟̝̭̳̥̭̜̻͍͓̈́ ̴͈͔͈̥̰͍̊̊̒̓͂͛͒̉̇̉̌̎̕d̵̙̟͔͎̖̙̱̝̥̭̜͊̄͒̾͂̎͛̈́͗͛̎̑͑͐o̸̢̢̯̼̼͈̥̝̰͛̀͊̾̀ͅo̶̧̩̫̤̺͈̅̂̈ȑ̶̯͙̖͔̣̼̯̱̤̭͍̭͙̳̓̈̂͆̒̾̅̓́̇́̂ “

...Sun?

Sun blinked, sniffing. He hadn’t heard from the other-er, himself, in so long now...he had almost forgotten the whole ‘being able to talk to his dead self’ thing.

Sun looked over to his left, frowning. He wasn’t sure if there was anything there, he didn’t remember there being something....

But he was desperate to find Moon at this point.

So he started running in the direction, and to his surprise, he bumped into a door, the silver handle shining slightly in the moonlight that shined from the window above.

...

Hesitantly, he reached out and opened the door, greeted by what looked like to be an old theatre.

And he heard crying, and relief flood his heart.

“Moon! Moon, thank the stars you’re-”

His words died down in his voice, and his eyes stared in a stunned and terrified expression, and his heart dropped.

Moon was looked like he was on the verge of dying, everything covered in blood and oil, his casings ripped or damaged, and Sun could faintly see some of his wires and exoskelteon being exposed.

Sun felt sick.

“MOON!” He screamed, panic and horror filling up as he rushed to Moon’s side, dropping beside him and taking him into his arms, trying desperately to stop the bleeding. “No no no no no no...w-what h-happened t-t-to you!?” Sun cried, and Moon barely looked up, seeming a bit surprised and ashamed that Sun had found him. “I-I’m f-fine, Sun...just um...” Moon’s voice came out a bit glitched and warbly, and Sun guessed he had damaged his voice box as well.

“No. Stay quiet. Y-You're going to hurt yourself even more...” Sun stammered, trying to keep calm, but the tears were pouring down his cheeks now.

He quickly began to assess Moon’s damage. Gosh, it was take 2 week to fix all of this, even more maybe...

His heart clenched inside his of him. What type of monster would hurt someone as perfect and amazing as Moon..? Nobody deserved that...his precious Moonlight didn’t deserve that.

He carefully lifted Moon up and watched Moon’s eyes dart up to Sun, guilt in his eyes. “S-Sunny, I-I didn’t-”

“It’s fine Moonie...don’t worry....I-I’ll find out w-who did this, and I-I'll take care of it, a-alright?” He whispered, his voice cracking and he was on the verge of tears again, but he was trying so hard to stay strong for Moon.

Moon hesitated.

He knew he should tell Sun the truth. Tell Sun about his self-destrutive habits he had gained over the years.

But just the feeling of Sun holding him, whispering soft and love-filled words...all he wanted to do was stay like this forever, relish in the feeling that he had missed for so long.

“....yeah. F-Find them.” Moon muttered, burying his face into Sun’s chest as he clung closer. He didn’t have to tell Sun just yet, right..? Besides...

He didn’t want to see the pain and hurt in Sun’s eyes when he did tell him.

Sun deserved better than him.

Chapter Text

Sun's knee bounced up and down anxiously as he waited outside of Parts and Service, getting up every few seconds to pace around in front of the door before sitting down again and starting the whole process all over again. He had been waiting for 30 minutes for Moon to get checked up on and have his damage assessed. All the while Sun had a panic attack, anxiety eating away and killing him. He was scared of what had happened to Moon. Who would've done something like this to someone as sweet and innocent as Moon? As soon as he knew Moon was ok, Sun was going to march over to see Vanessa and demand he look through the security footage. He wasn't about to let whatever jerk who did this get away with it.

"Sun?"

The voice snapped him out of his thoughts, and he quickly spun around to face the technician who had just walked through the doors. Sun immediately ran over, panic and worry taking over once more. "Is he ok?? What happened?? Is he GOING to be ok!?" He asked, fear starting to bubble up. He'd never forgive himself if something happened to Moon, and he hadn't been there to do anything about it. The technician (who luckily, was one of the nicer ones) smiled. "He's fine. Calm down Sun. This isn't the first time he has gotten in this shape, I'm afraid. He was always coming over to Parts and Service to get checked and repaired on, it could be a bit much at times. But he stopped doing all of this and getting hurt after he met-" The technician's words seemed to fade as they glanced over at Sun. But Sun already seemed to catch on. After Moon met Sun. Or, er, him.

But what did that have to do with Moon getting hurt? And doing what?

"I'm not sure I follow...?" Sun said, brows furrowed in confusion, and the technician sighed. "Look, it's complicated, alright..? Let's just say, Moon developed a habit after someone's death, that's very..."

They hesitated, trying to find a semi-good way to put it.

"...Self-destructive."

The words sunk in, and for a moment, it only left Sun even more confused.

That was, until the realization hit him like a truck, and his heart dropped.

...

"...Let me speak with him."

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Moon laid on the repair table, strapped into the platform. All of a sudden, the place felt familiar. He hadn't been here in a while now, had gotten better at controlling his emotions and habits. Guess that streak was over.

He sighed, eyes lazily glancing around the dark room. This was the last place he wanted to be, especially when he should be comforting Sun right now. Guilt and regret started to seep in as he remembered the terrified expression on Sun's face. How he had looked horrified to see Moon in such a state, practically on the verge of tears. He knew he should've told Sun the truth, and he would! It was just...hard to open up about this sort of thing. Especially since Sun didn't even know just who he was created and designed after.

Sun didn't know.

And Moon wanted to keep it that way.

Suddenly, the door slammed open, and Moon's eyes snapped up to the source of the noise, frowning. Why were they being so aggressive-?

Suddenly, the lights turned on, catching Moon off-guard. He hissed, the blinding light not exactly ideal after sitting in the dark for so long. "SHIT MY EYES-" He growled, shutting them closed, and as soon as he felt the lights dimmer a bit, he opened his eyes back up. "What the hell was that for-?" He grumbled, before he finally realized who it was.

Sun stood in the entrance, expression faced down, and Moon couldn't make out anything but the sight of Sun's entire face darkened into a sort of anger Moon hadn't seen on him before, mixed with pain and sadness.

"Sun...? Is everything okay? If it's because of my injuries, then-"

"When."

The question was so sudden, that it took Moon a moment to process it. Moon blinked, brows furrowed in confusion. "What?"

A moment passed before Sun looked up, and Moon froze once he saw the tears that were streaming down Sun's face, anger and hurt covering Sun's face.

"When were you planning on telling me it was you?"

It didn't register until Moon finally realized what Sun was talking about, and he tensed.

...

He didn't know what to say.

He tried to open his mouth to say something, anything...anything to tell Sun that he was sorry for lying, that he was sorry about bothering Sun with his stupid mental issues.

That was, until Sun spoke up, his voice cracking with how much he was trying to fight back his tears. "Don't you know how worried I am about you!? ALL I wanted was to make sure that YOU were okay, a-and then you just...LIE about this! How am I supposed to make sure you're okay and healthy and safe when you don't talk to me!?" Sun cried. Now that Moon looked closer, what he had assumed to be anger now seemed more like worry and hurt more than anything.

Moon felt his heart sink.

"Sun, I-"

"Save it Moon. I'm not mad at you...I could never be mad." Sun said, his voice softening before he let out a soft sigh, his eyes tired. "...I'm just...disappointed, I guess. But that's my fault. " He muttered, before turning away and walking out the door, leaving Moon alone with his guilt eating away at him as the lights shut off one by one. Until he was alone in the dark like before. Normally, he loved the dark: he was themed after the night, for god’s sake, it was apart of him, and he worked constantly in the dark.

But at that moment?

The dark never felt so lonely.

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As soon as he was out of Parts and Service, Sun could feel his resolve starting to crumble, the tears he had been fighting back now slipping down his cheeks as he slumped to the ground. He hadn’t meant any of that. He was just worried, he wasn’t disappointed. But he had let it slip, had let his emotions get the best of him. He was just...hurt. He thought that things had been going well, even great between them, but now...it felt like everything was unravelling into one huge mess.

He wondered...if he and Moon had really dated before...

...Then why couldn’t Moon trust him..?

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After Moon had finished repairs, he was finally allowed to report back to the Daycare after 2 (very, VERY long) weeks. He wasn’t sure if he wanted to after his argument with Sun, but he was worried about Sun overworking himself. After all, with him out of commission during the time, Sun was the only attendant left. And the solar bot got overwhelmed pretty easily when it came to having too much at one time.

When he asked about it though, one of the technicians told him that apparently, Monty had volunteered to help Sun out, much to his surprise.

That was a lot worse than Sun working alone.

“Monty!? Fucking Monty of all people!?” Moon scowled, his expression annoyed. He didn’t like the gator very much, despite the gator having been like family to Sun in the past, before the fire. Monty was nothing but a stuck-up and arrogant asshole. If he was volunteering to help, then it was obvious that he was only doing it to probably be rude to poor Sun. Or to just make himself look good to everyone. Show-off.

The technician infront of him, Riko, frowned. “Yes, Monty. He’s a good guy if you get to know him.” He said, and Moon scoffed. “Yeah right. That asshole is rude, aggressive, and has an ego bigger than the whole damn world.” He grumbled, crossing his arms, and Riko’s frown only deepened. “Sounds like a certains someone in front of me.” That made Moon frown and he shot him a glare. “Hey, look. I may be an asshole at times, but I have a right! And Monty has no right, not when he has everything handed to him on a silver platter like the rest of the Glamrocks!” Moon spat.

“EVERYONE WAS EFFECTED BY SUN’S DEATH, MOON! YOU’RE NOT SPECIAL!” Riko snapped, and Moon froze, his anger fading away into shock. Riko never snapped at anyone, especially not Moon and Sun. Moon had known Riko since before the fire, one of the few technicians who had stayed after the whole incident. In all honesty, it scared him a bit...he didn’t want to anger one of the few people he actually considered his friend. Riko seemed to notice his unease, because his expression softened, and he sighed. “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, it’s just...” He paused for a moment, trying to find a way to put it. ”...it’s not fair that you act like Sun’s death affected just you. He was friends with all of us. He meant a lot to all of us.” He said, before his voice went quiet, and he fiddled with a necklace that Moon had noticed before. It was a small friendship necklace, one of those necklaces that had two halves. “Sun was my best friend up. My buddy. My partner in crime. We were inseparable along with Chica.” He said softly.

“...When I was by his bed in the hospital, he told me not to cry. He said that he was glad that he had at least gotten to have his short life filled with people he loved. Said he was happy for the little moments in his life. And then...”

Riko’s voice trailed off as tears formed.

“...The line went dead. Flat. Sun’s eyes lost all of their color, and he...was gone. Gone from me. From everyone.”

He looked up at Moon.

“Maybe he was your lover, and you had the closest bond with him...”

“But think about the other people who lost him too.”

Chapter Text

...

He knew it wasn’t fair. He knew Riko was right. He was just being selfish and petty. But they didn’t understand: they didn’t understand how hard it was for him to lose the one person who had given him a reason to live. To keep going. The one person who had been there for him through ever panic attack, through every depressive episode he had. The one person who had known him inside and out, the one who would cheer him up. The one person who had gotten up at 4 in the morning just to prepare a special breakfast in bed for Moon whenever he had had a shitty patrol the previous night.

When he found out he had lost Sun to the fire, he broke. He didn’t know how he could explain the pain and depression and grief that he had felt. The closest thing he had to an explanation of his feelings were that it felt like drowning from the inside. That his emotions and mind were the water, and he was being dragged down by his thoughts and feelings, until he was sitting in the deep end of the water, desperately struggling to swim back up. But he couldn’t. He just let the loud thoughts and pressure crush him until he couldn’t take it any longer.

...And it had lead to him attempting to commit suicide. Multiple times, actually. He hadn’t wanted to live, not when the reason he had chosen to live was gone now. He just wanted to throw himself off the edge and let himself be taken by death’s grasp. Sure, he knew the process would be painful, but only for the moment he hit the ground. But the pain of living without Sun by his side? That lasted for a lifetime. And it was far more painful than anything he could’ve ever felt. He just wanted to be by Sun’s side again, to see that smile light up the room once more, to hear his sweet laughter and the way his sweet pet names would drop from his lips. To feel Sun’s kisses fluttering against his face once more, to see Sun’s beautiful sapphire eyes looking at him with pure adoration and love.

...He just wanted his lover back.

Even now, when he had the ‘new’ Sun by his side, having the same sunny and bright personality that the real Sun had had, he still knew it wasn’t the same. Even with his new small family with Sun and G.A.B, he still would give them all up if it meant he could hold his Sun in his arms, at least...

...At least just one last time.
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He could see why he had considered Monty a brother figure before he had died.

Things had been awkward starting out. When Sun found out he had been assigned to work with Monty while Moon was out of commission, he found himself a bit annoyed. Though, it was probably because he was feeling awful after having yelled at Moon the last time he had seen him. Monty seemed to feel the same way he did, because the gator hadn’t bothered to speak at all. The two of them had worked alongside each other in silence, mainly keeping their distance from one another. But of course, the kids and Star had different plans...

“Mr. Sun...?” A little girl said, and Sun hummed in response, looking up as he forced a smile. He hadn’t been in high spirts while Moon had been getting repaired. “Yes little starlight?” He cooed, and the little girl pointed up to the tallest play structure in the Daycare. “Mr. Monty’s stuck.”

...Stuck-?

Sun blinked, confused. “Stuck? What do you mean-”

He then looked up and saw Monty screaming and crying his head off as the kids giggled and laughed, chanting for Monty to jump, while Star beeped happily in the middle of all it, using Sun’s phone (a gift from Riko on his first day) to take pictures of Monty. “YOU SHITTY ASS BUCKET OF BOLTS! I SWEAR TO GOD THAT ONCE I GET DOWN I’LL MURDER YOU-”

Star just beeped gleefully, enjoying getting to embarrass and annoy the dumb gator. Sun had a feeling that it was the one behind this.

Sun practically exploded.

“STAR GREMLIN ANKLE BITER THE 5TH, IF YOU DON’T GET HIM DOWN RIGHT NOW, HE WON’T BE THE ONLY ONE STUCK UP THERE-”

Star beeped, startled and scared to absolute death and Sun’s murderous and scolding glare didn’t really make him any less terrified. Sun have Star one last glare, before the wet floor bot quickly zoomed off to get Monty down like it’s life depended on it.

Which, it DID, actually-

(Afterwards, basically Star gets grounded and no more iPad 😔)

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(Monty’s POV 🐊)

I had been minding my own business, cleaning up and watching over the little rascals as ‘Sun’ stood on the other side, both of us ignoring each other. It wasn’t that I didn’t like him...it just...hurt to see him. Hurt because everyone but ‘Sun’ himself knew the truth about who he had been designed after.

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When I heard that management had asked the technicians to build a replacement for my little brother, I was pissed. Furious. But more than anything...

...It hurt.

“THEY CAN’T JUST REPLACE HIM! THEY CAN’T EXPECT US TO MAGICALLY FEEL BETTER BY BUILDING SOME STUPID COPYCAT TO TAKE HIS PLACE!” I screamed, angry tears stinging my eyes, but I held them back. I wasn’t supposed to cry. I was the strong one. The tough one. The one who held things together by making a joke when times got rough. The only person who had told me it was okay to let out my feelings had been Sun. My little brother.

Freddy had just stayed silent, and I could see the way his normally calm and cheerful smile was gone, only left with a blank expression. “...I know.” He finally whispered. “IF YOU KNOW, THEN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! I DON’T WANT THAT...THAT THING NEAR US! I DON’T EVEN WANT IT ALIVE!”

5 years wasn’t enough. Hell, 5 centuries would never be enough to move on. Sun had been like family, like the best friend I had never gotten, had been the only one who seemed to understand everyone. Even Freddy looked miserable about the news of a replacement, and the bear welcomed everybody with open arms. I could tell he was trying to stay strong, but that he was breaking. I knew it because I was the one who was always in that position.

But right now, all I wanted was to go to the Daycare and see Sun standing behind the doors, welcoming with an eager grin.

...Life wasn’t fair.

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Anyways, that’s when a little wet floor bot sped up to me, looking at me weirdly. “Aren’t you dumb bots supposed to be OUTSIDE of areas like the Daycare-?” I huffed, glancing at the thing. These S.T.A.F.F bots didn’t do shit, so I didn’t know why one of them were in the Daycare of all places. The thing seemed offended though, beeping something angrily before zooming off. I just shrugged and went back to work. Eh. It was just a dumb bot.

What was the worst that could happen?

...

Turns out, that stupid piece of shit was an evil pyschopath-

WHAT TYPE OF FUCKING STAFF BOT KNEW HOW TO HOW TO HACK THE AERIAL WIRE INTO CARRYING HIM ONTO THE TOP OF A FRICKIN PLAYSTRUCTURE!?

THAT WAS 90 FEET TALL!?

“YOU SHITTY ASS BUCKET OF BOLTS! I SWEAR TO GOD THAT ONCE I GET DOWN I’LL MURDER YOU-” I screamed, cursing and yelling at the little shit, who just kept taunting me from down there as I clutched to what little support I had up there.

I then heard yelling, and I peeked enough to see Sun yelling his head off and scolding Star, like a parent would with their kid.

I felt a wire hook up to my arm and I was lifted up and flown down, all while I bravely took it like a man. (In other words, Monty screamed his head off and cried once he got to the ground-)

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(No one’s POV)
Once Monty was safely on the ground, he hesitated, sparing Sun a small glance before looking away once again. “...Thanks, I guess.” He muttered, and Sun smiled. “No problem! Sorry about Star...it can be...a bit of a troublemaker, but the little bot means well!” He chirped, and Monty raised an eyebrow. “...Management lets you have him? I thought those little guys didn’t do anything but clean. So why bother keeping one?” He asked, and Sun thought for a moment. “First of: no, management doesn’t actually care, but they haven’t exactly given me and Moon permission. And second of all...I keep it because it makes me happy, and it always know exactly how to cheer me up and calm me down. And third of all, they use ‘it/its’ pronouns, not him.” Sun explained, and Monty stared at Sun for a moment.

“...”

“...Those technicians did a good job at making you just like him.”
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After that, Monty had taken a few days to fully get comfortable, but once the gator got used to Sun, he was always telling jokes and messing around, always so sarcastic. Sun found it funny (though he always scolded Monty whenever he cursed around the children), and he found that he really did enjoy Monty’s presence. He could really see why his former self had considered Monty to be like a brother to him.

As he watched Monty laugh and joke around with the kids, he smiled, and felt his heart warm up.

...He felt like he had clicked in another puzzle piece to his past.

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Moon took a deep breath, anxiety eating away at him as he slowly made his way to the Daycare. He knew Sun wouldn’t hold a grudge forever, but he still felt like shit after making Sun feel so upset, and for not opening up. He also felt a bit annoyed and frustrated that he’d have to deal with Monty once he got there. He had stopped associating with the Glamrocks after Sun’s death, so the idea of seeing them, especially a self-centered ass like Monty annoyed him to no ends. Still, he tried to keep what Riko had told him in mind. He knew he was just being petty and that he really hadn’t bother to take other people’s feelings into consideration. And that it also meant that he should probably give the gator another chance.

Even if he’d rather do anything BUT that. Call him selfish and an asshole for all he cared, but he didn’t trust the gator one bit. After all, Monty and everyone else hadn’t *really* spend as much time with Sun as he had, so why did they have the right to feel worse than he did?

(Moon’s a little shit and someone please smack him into the truth.)
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Once Moon stepped through the Daycare doors, he expected to see kids crying everywhere, to see Sun being stressed over everything while Monty did absolutely nothing but shit.

So you can probably imagine how suprised he was to see the kids happily coloring at the Arts and Crafts table, being quieter then they had been in a long time, while Sun and Monty looked over them, praising them for their drawings and giving them words of encouragement. Monty even managed to comfort one of the younger kids when they ruined their drawing by telling them a joke.

Moon knew he should be relieved, even happy that everything was going smoothly, despite thinking that Monty would screw it all up. But in all honesty? It made his heart clench in his chest, as his throat closed up in silence. He almost felt...useless. Unwanted. Not needed. Sun seemed to be doing just fine with Monty, the way they were joking around with one another, and Sun seemed happier than he had in a while now.

Did Sun really need him if he had other people who weren’t an asshole?

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Moon stood at the doorway for a moment, wondering if he should step in or not. Everything seemed to be going fine without him. Even Sun looked a million times happier with Montogomery than he had ever looked with Moon. The thought of that made a twinge of jealousy and hurt tug at his heart, and he looked down at his feet. Maybe Sun would be fine without him, at least for today. Besides, he wasn’t even sure if the other wanted to talk with him or not, since they had done nothing but argue the last time they saw each other. Maybe-

“Moon?”

The sound of Sun’s voice cut through Moon’s thoughts, and he looked up to see Sun staring at him. Both of their eyes locked onto each other for a moment, before Moon decided to speak up, taking a deep breath. “Sun, I’m-” He was cut off by Sun breaking into a run and tackling him into a huge hug that took his breath away. The two of them tumbled to the ground, and Moon sat on the ground, stunned and a bit taken aback as Sun began to sob. “I’m sorry Moon! I’m so so so sorry!” He cried, burying his face into the crook of Moon’s neck. Moon was silent for a few moments before gently cradling Sun into his arms, wrapping his arms around Sun’s back and cupping his face. He stroked his thumb over Sun’s faceplate soothingly, trying to calm him down and stop the tears that ran down Sun’s cheeks. “Shh, it’s fine Sunbeam...it’s my fault for being stupid and not telling you the truth.” He murmured, not even noticing he had let the nickname ‘Sunbeam’ slip out. All he could focus on was Sun crying, the sight of it making his heart fall to his feet.

“But I’m the one who should’ve been more understanding! I was just so angry, a-and upset and hurt and I took it out on you, when I should have been trying to understand your reasons!” Sun argued, sniffing as he leaned against Moon’s hand. “I was so selfish!-” He began, but Moon cut him off. “No. I was the one who didn’t even think about telling you, you were just scared and upset, and it’s my fault for just being an idiot that couldn’t bother expressing how I felt.” He scoffed, and Sun huffed, his frown now curving into a slight pout. “But you were going through something, and I was so awful to you and making everything worse!”

“Well, you had every right to feel that way!”

“Well that doesn’t excuse me for being a jerk!”

“You weren’t a jerk, you were just concerned!”

“Concerned!? I was acting like a brat!”

“Sun-”

“Moon!”

“BOTH of you shut up!” Monty barged in, separating Moon and Sun, who had begun to violently hug and comfort the other. “Look, can we say you were both assholes and get over it-?” He grumbled, crossing his arms as he raised an eyebrow. Moon growled and Sun gasped, eyes narrowing.

“Language in the Daycare!” They both snapped, glaring at Monty. Sun was shaking his head in disappointment, scoldingly glaring at Monty, while Moon just shot daggers at him, still not comfortable with the gator. Monty groaned, shaking his head. “Yeah yeah ‘Mom and Dad’- jeez, you both sound like Freddy-” He grumbled, before tossing his arms. “Whatever. Moon-man is here, you two obviously have shit to make up for, so uh-” He thought for a moment (yes, Monty is using his ✨brain cell✨) (I wish I had one- :,) ). What would Chica do to fix a problem between two people?

...

She’d lock them in a closet and force them to figure things out!

Satisfied and proud of thinking up an idea, Monty grinned and headed over to Sun. “Sorry.” He said, and Sun blinked. “Huh? Sorry for w-” He was cut off by Monty picking him up and throwing him into the closet, earning a surprised and startled yelp from Sun, followed by a loud crash of Sun landing. Moon jumped a bit, before scowling. “WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT F-” He was cut off by Monty shoving him into the closet alongside Sun, kicking him inside before shutting the door and locking it with the key. And for good measures, Monty ate the key. Mm. Metal.

He let out a sigh, grinning with satisfaction. Just wait until he told Chica! He knew this romance and fixing shit was easy! He was practically a pro at this! Whistling, he turned around and was met with a bunch of kids staring at him, gaping. One kid that was on the verge of tears and looked terrified at what he had just witnessed spoke up. “Are Mr. Moon and Sun gonna die?”

...You can’t die from closets, right-? “...Nah they’ll be fine-” Monty reassured, waving his hand dismissively. Suddenly, the realization sank in.

...How was he going to take care of 30 kids again-? (Plus a wet floor bot that loves to bring pain to others?)

His brain processed the whole situation for a moment as he stared with his mouth open. “Uhhhhhh-” He frantically looked around before noticing Star sticking up it’s middle finger at him. He’d definitely get it back for that, but for now, it had given him a good idea. “NNNNNNNNNNow, um, who wants to go learn about curse words and destroying property-??” He blurted out, and the kids all cheered.

Yeah, this was going to be easy.

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“THAT FUCKING GATOR! I KNEW HE WAS GOING TO BE A PAIN IN THE ASS!” Moon growled, lunging at the door and kicking and scratching at it, and Sun watched him attempt to get out. Sun’s lips curved into a grin, and he stifled back a giggle, catching Moon’s attention.

Moon and Sun turned to look at each other. A moment of silence passed before they both burst into laughter, Moon’s raspy chuckle mixing in with Sun’s bright giggle. “I didn’t know you hated Monty THAT much-” Sun hummed, his laughter fading into a smile, and Moon stiffened a bit. His own laughter faded into a silent frown, and he looked down, hesitating. He wasn’t sure if he wanted to tell Sun anything, if he even wanted Sun to know about...the incident. But what he did know was that he didn’t want to keep any secrets from Sun anymore, not since Sun had gotten so upset when he had kept his self-harming to himself.

And maybe...maybe he wanted to have someone to talk to. Someone who might understand, like...like his Sun did. If Sun was really made to be exactly like his Sun...then maybe Sun would understand too. Taking a deep breath, he shakily looked up, looking over at Sun. “...I don’t. I’ve just...got a bad relationship with everyone here, alright?” He said quietly. He watched as Sun’s lips curve into a frown, and the sight of it made him wish he hadn’t spoken at all. “Why? Everyone is so nice! At least, they are to me..” Sun said, and Moon let out a sigh, before curling in on himself as his tone took a more cold and edged tone. “You wouldn’t understand. They don’t understand. None of them do. Nobody ever does.” Moon snapped, and he could feel the tears threatening to spill, but he turned away and roughly wiped them.

For a few minutes, the air was silent, as guilt started to rip apart his heart as he began to realize just how cold his voice sounded. He was supposed to be fixing things with Sun after their argument last week, not make them worse. Things had been going fine the first few minutes of being here, but he had to ruin everything was those stupid emotions and memories taking over as always. Sun would probably get angry and tell him to get over it, to move on, to-

“Alright then.” Sun said. He then crawled over and gently and hesitantly reaching over for his hand, his hand hovering over his. “May I?” He hummed, looking up at Moon with the same soft and caring expression that his Sun had always had. Moon blinked, sniffing as he wiped the few tears that were still there, and he looked up at Sun. He was surprised Sun hadn’t pushed him away yet, or gotten mad. “...K.” He muttered, and Sun gently laced his fingers through Moon’s, their hands intertwining as Sun pulled him closer, so close that Moon found himself leaning against Sun’s chest, his cheeks heating up the slightest. Sun’s legs gently straddled Moon, and despite Sun being smaller than him, Moon felt so much more smaller and vulnerable all of a sudden. “No one understands, right?” Sun spoke up, his quiet voice snapping Moon out of his flustered and startled state, and he looked up. Sun’s bright blue eyes were now soft and filled with something kind and sweet and loving...empathy. “Then help me understand. I’ll listen.”

...

Those were the most meaningful words Moon had ever heard in a long time. And somehow? They were the words he never knew he had been longing to hear ever since Sun’s death until now.

All of his walls crumbled around him, and he felt the tears welling up in his eyes before he started crying, sobbing as he let it all out: his relationship with Sun, his life before the fire, the actual fire, Sun’s death, his opinions on the others, the reasons he hadn’t been ecstatic about the Sun in front of him right now. All of it. And Sun listened through it all, just like he said he would, cooing as he soothed Moon, rubbing his back in circles. He didn’t know what to say. What to do. All he could do was comfort Moon the best he could and be there for him.
--(Sun’s POV)--

‘.̴̛̪̻̹̭̖̳̎̆̉̈́̈͑͗̀̅̊̏̓.̵̡̨͖͔͈̳̞̫̳͔͔̣̝̀͋̿̔̽͛̽̆̓̏͐̀͘͘̕.̶̡̡̧̰͙̖͙̲͈̫̰͍͔̞̣̌͆ L̶͎̮͇̳͇̪͖͇̗͕͈͕̅̒̉͆̃̓̋̓̓̑̽͜͝͝͠ȅ̶͉̱̯̖̟̺̗͎͈̆́͠͠t̶̬̩̲̠͖̗͙̰̍̚ ̵̨̧̮̞͖̘̰̤̫̩̠̰̬̜̽̎ͅḿ̵̡̝̘̺̣̥͈̮̱̬̋͆̍̊̇̾̊̓͂̄͝͝e̴͍̬͙̞̖͚͚̾͂́͌̌̉̑̓̏͠͝ ̶̡̗̯̘͑t̵̫̫̯̓̃͑̇̋̃́͌̏́͗̕͝ą̷̜͎̙͖̯͎͖̖̙̩̾͗́̇͐͑̾͠l̸̙͚͇̥͖̩͔̼͕̝̏͐k̷͚̭͙͎͇͛̀̌͜ ̶̨̻̖͒̎́̅͗͐̈̅͜t̶̺͕͎̺̱̯̱͖͓̑̆̄̿̆͊͒͐̎̈͊͠͠ȍ̷̢͍͚̺̣̇ ̶̨̨̧̧̛̜̥̰̯̯͎̠̞̬̯́͌h̸͇̱͇͚͓̟͈̩̀̌͂į̵͉͕̯͚̣̭̺̳̭͓̩̝͙̮͊̌̈́̀̇̆̕m̸͈͙̣͌͊̌̽̄̚.̴̧̢̪̝̮̲̟̲̙͕̭͔͙̱̊̀ ̸̜̬̪̝̇͝P̷͉̦̝͉̱̳͖̝̫̞̪̱͂̒̀͑́̃͛̾l̶̡̟̟̬͕̏ę̶̨͍̑̂͋̈́̕͠a̸̢̧̡̛̳̱͖̽̌̇̂͘͠ś̴̢̛̝͚͇̗̞͓̔̔́̐͑͊͛͐̃ͅȩ̵̡̮͇̫̘̳̲̼̗̝̣̓͊͌̈́̎̊̇̚͘͜͝.̵̢̟̹͇̟̗͈͙̣̪̟̠̞͑̂͋̔̓͒̾͝.̸̲̐̌̆̈͝?̶̨̲͓̩͎͈͖̳̱͔̱͒͋̀͆͘ ’

The sound of his-...er, my voice startled me. Sun hasn’t spoken to me in a long time...for a while, I almost forgot he existed for a while. And that I was basically a reincarnation of Moon’s boyfriend. My past self.

And now that I listened to Sun’s voice, I could hear the pained sadness and longing in his voice, and it made me remember that he...*I* had had a life with Moon before. And even if I couldn’t fully remember it, I knew I had loved him and cared a lot about him. “...Sure. Will...it hurt?” I asked quietly. I didn’t exactly know what Sun meant by ‘letting him talk’ to Moon, but I was willing to let him.

Suddenly, it felt like the scene in front of me was fading from my grasp, and suddenly, my hold on Moon seemed so distant as my hands became more see-through. “Did that hurt?” Sun asked softly, and I looked up. He sounded...close. I turned around and saw him sitting beside me. Or, more so, myself sitting beside me. The only difference was that instead of my blue eyes, they were now white.

“...We can do that?” I whispered. I wonder why I couldn’t have done this before, when things got tiring and I wanted Sun to take over. And why hadn’t Sun taken over in the first place? Didn’t he want Moon to know the truth? That he was still here? “Why didn’t-”

“Those questions aren’t meant to be answered yet. With time, I will. Or...you will.” Sun hummed in his mind, and Sun didn’t feel satisfied, but he knew better than to push. So he sat in silence as he watched Sun comfort Moon.

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(Glitched/Past Sun’s POV)

I’ve missed him. Missed holding his beautiful face, seeing those sparkling ruby red eyes that I had grown to adore. Missed ever single detail of his pretty face that I had memorized over the years. And I absolutely hated seeing his perfect face tainted by sadness. And I hated even more that I was the reason for it. I never wanted to leave him. I never wanted to die. Nobody ever does. But I had died for a good reason, and I’d do it again in a heartbeat. That little girl is living a good life now, one that she never would’ve gotten if I hadn’t done what I did.

Still, a selfish, horrible part of me wished I hadn’t saved her. That I was still alive, in my human body, still holding Moon like I did every night before my death. In a way, I guess I still was holding him, just...not in the way I had before. I was still me...just....different. Like one part of me was fully aware of everything, and the other, more alive part of me was slowly starting to piece it together from scratch. Like recovering from amnesia. It was so confusing and strange, but I had to do with what I had. For Moon’s sake. For Moon’s happiness.

Because that’s all that mattered to me.

“Shh...get some rest now, Love..” I cooed, kissing Moon’s forehead, and I heard Moon sigh in contentment, burying his face deeper into my chest. I could feel the steady rhythm of his breath, his heartbeat against mine, and I wished I could stay here forever and never let go. But I felt a tug inside of me that felt like it was pulling me inside, and I knew my time was up. I couldn’t take over this body for a long time, it was straining and awfully painful for me to stay out longer than needed. So with one last longing and fond sigh, I kissed Moon on the forehead one last time.

“...I love you.” I murmured quietly, just barely so he didn’t hear me.

And then I let myself be faded back into my mind.
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(No one’s POV)

When Sun woke up, he groaned, blinking as he sat up. His head hurt so badly...all he remembered was hearing the other Sun’s voice. He looked down and found Moon laying down in his lap, snoring softly. The sight had Sun’s face heating up, but he couldn’t help but giggle. ‘Cute.’ Sun thought to himself with a hum, moving his hand to gently stroke Moon’s face, going over the little details that adorned his faceplate. The action caused Moon to stir a bit, and he yawned, sharp teeth peeking out before his sleepy red eyes looked up at Sun.

“...?” It took Moon a few minutes before he realized what position he was in with Sun. His face flushed a deep violet, and he pulled away quickly, catching Sun by surprise. “Moon-” He tried to call out, but Moon had already pulled away and thrown himself against the door. Which, slammed open and Moon fell down on the ground with a loud “FUCK-”

Sun gasped. “MOON! LANGUAG-”

He was interrupted by Monty speaking, not having noticed Sun or Moon.
“Alright! A is for..?”

“Asshole!”

“B is for?”
“Bitch!”

“C is for?”

“Crack people’s backs!”

“D is for?”

“Damn it!”

“F is for?”

“Fuck!”

“G is for?”

The kids went silent, all of their faces pale and terrified. Monty blinked, before crossing his arms. “C’mon, we went over this! Don’t tell me you forgot!” Monty grumbled, and one of the braver kids spoke up. “G-G is for Gator is dead.” He stammered, and the others nodded in agreement slowly. Monty frowned. “What? No! G is for Gators are awesome! Why would you say-” The realization sank in, and his face went blank.

“...He’s right behind me, isn’t he?”

The kids nodded.

“Fuck.”

And that’s basically how Monty ended up getting the everlasting shit beat out of him, all while Star filmed the entire thing eagerly, while Moon was double overed in laughter, cackling at seeing the normally cocky and annoying gator getting his ass beat.

And then his laughter was cut off by him yelling at Star not to hit Monty with a metal pole (no matter how much he wanted to see that-). Also, where the hell did Star get a metal pole anyways? Some questions never get answered-

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As soon as all of the children had gone home for the day, Sun groaned, flopping onto a nearby beanbag. “I hate Monty forever until the day I die-” Sun groaned, burying his face into the beanbag to rest. He was absolutely exhausted. He and Moon had spent the entire rest of the afternoon desperately trying to convince the kids to not say any of the...new words Monty had taught them to their parents. Luckily, they were easily convinced; so long as Sun brought them each 2 cookies, so he would probably have to be spending most of tomorrow baking about 60 cookies (including 2 for Star, even if it couldn’t exactly eat). Moon cackled softly at Sun’s frustration and exhaustion, and he sat down beside Sun. “...At least the kids are learning shit for the future-?” He said with a grin, and Sun looked up from his spot on the beanbag.

Only for him to fling a foam cube at Moon’s face. Moon hissed, rubbing his face grumpily. “What!? Am I wrong-?” He huffed, and Sun pouted “MOON-!”

Moon laughed, grinning as Sun began rambling on and on about how bad it was for the kids to learn curse words, and how he was an awful daycare attendant for letting it happen, and how he was definitely going to beat up Monty again the next time he saw him. Moon just listened, a small smile on his face. He did want to know how Sun felt about all of the things he had told him in the closet, and he did want to talk to Sun about it some more, but for now?

He was just content listening to Sun's voice.

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Sun sat on the edge of his bed in his room, staring up at the ceiling with thousands of thoughts racing through his mind. He was focused on what had happened yesterday between him and Moon. He hadn’t expected his lunar counterpart to actually confess all of his feelings, especially since Moon seemed to always have this ‘wall’ up, making him closed off from feeling anything. But when Moon had spoke, had let all of his thoughts and feelings out, it had broken Sun’s heart to see the other so vulnerable and lost. It reminded Sun of how he felt, and now, he had the weight of Moon’s words resting on his shoulders. Not that he minded, of course! This is what he wanted: to have Moon trust in him, and now, he knew that Moon trusted him enough to share his emotions.

...So why did it hurt knowing how Moon felt?

Was it because he now knew that he was the reason Moon was like this? That his death was the one that made Moon grow so cold and distant, closed off to any means of friendship? That he was lying to Moon and breaking that trust he had just earned by not telling Moon the truth about who he really was? ‘If I had to guess, it would be the last reason’ he thought to himself. He wanted to tell Moon everything, he wanted to tell Moon that it was him, Sun, the real Sun. He wished he could. But he couldn’t. Not now. Moon wasn’t ready to know, and to be honest? Neither was he. He would tell Moon eventually, of course, he just...he just needed to find the right time and way to tell Moon the truth. At least, that was what he kept telling himself, but deep down, he still felt guilty for lying to Moon.

But it was for the best. Besides, would anyone even believe him? Would Moon?

“H̷̛͎̫̗̬͆̅̈́̍̾ë̴̻́̊͋̽̌̄'̶̞̖̞̦̻͈̀̍̂̈́̄l̷̹̻̟͘ͅl̸̢̖̗͊̀͛ ̶̟͗̋̿̄b̴̠̿͊̅͆͝é̸͙̜͝l̶̬͔͇̏i̷̛͉͔̦͈̅̓̌͜e̴̖̯͓̰̅͋̃̓̊v̸͇̰͉̞̌͜e̵͙̬͎̽̎̈́̀͘ ̷̺̩̠͍͚̋̃ù̵̧͚̩̞s̷͔̥̤̑̀̈̄̊̿.̵̛̜̬̰̼̬̒̈́̆̓͗ ” ‘Sun’ reassured in his head, and Sun sighed. “How do you know that? If I was him, I wouldn’t believe me either.” he muttered. “W̷̢̔ê̶̩l̵͕̒ļ̷͌ ̶͇̌t̴̲̿h̴̗́ė̵̖n̷̳̎,̵̳̓ ̸̪́Ị̷̑'̵̩̂l̷̖̽ḻ̶̏ ̷̧͛ẗ̴̙a̴̻̒l̸̩͑k̵̮͝ ̶́ͅs̸͖̈́o̸͎͝m̸̰͊e̵̹͑ ̵̑͜s̸̮̐ě̵͙n̶̯̒ṣ̸̂e̸̛̥ ̵͚͠i̸̙̽n̴̳̒t̸͇̂ǫ̴͆ ̴̖͗ḥ̵̇ḭ̷͘m̸͎̎,̴̹͒ ̷̼̆a̵̟͊l̶͙̈́r̵͔͋i̵̤͒g̴̳͂h̵̼́t̶̼̓?̴͇̃ ̸̢̿D̴̝͑ò̶͈n̶̨̂'̶̘̿t̴̨̆ ̷̺̌ẅ̶͎́o̷̟͒r̶̡͋r̸̠͑ý̸̢ ̸̮̅a̷̡͗b̷͖̓o̵̺͊u̷̦͠t̴̬̿ ̶̛̙ȋ̴̹t̸͎͝.̷̧͛.̷͙̋.̷̨͑w̵̰̍e̴͚͝ ̸̘̾s̷̛͚t̶͑͜ǐ̷̢ḻ̸̏l̸̜̚ ̷̻̉h̶͕͂ạ̵́ṿ̷͘ȩ̶͑ ̸͎̈t̸̲̋i̵̫͛m̸̹̑e̷̙̚ ̶̰̓t̷̖͘ö̴̖́ ̵̛̟t̸̠̑h̵̛̖i̶̫͊n̶͍͌k̸̬̚ ̴̨̃ȁ̵̢b̴̹̓o̸̰̍ũ̶̦t̶̼͌ ̵͛͜ĭ̸̻ṯ̵͛.̶̡͗ ” ‘Sun’ reassured, and before Sun could try to find a way to argue with his point, he then felt something cover over him, a warmth that felt similar to a hug. He jolted upright, startled by the sudden feeling. It was surprising to say the least, since there was no one around, but the ‘hug’ made him feel comforted and safe. He hadn’t known that ‘Sun’ could do that. “You surprise me everyday.” Sun said, letting out a quiet laugh, and he felt the ‘hug’ get tighter. “W̴̛̫̜͇͙͂̐͑ȩ̵̡̙̣̊̂̕͜͝l̴̙͙̜̀̈́l̵̨̢̼̤̪͘,̵̰̤̪͐̈́̃͑͋ ̸̳̍̏̾Î̵̛̱̻̏̕ ̵̖̪͗͆Ấ̸̮̆M̵̨̲̈́̒̈́̅ ̴̞̰̮́̓̕a̵͕͉̫͈̩̐͑ ̸̢̹̱͔͙̔̇͝m̶̙̙͌̃̉a̶̺̿s̷̡̡̲̀̓t̴̥̽é̶̙̪͓̊͘r̷̢͙̳̈́͊̚͝ ̸̪̆̓̊͊̈o̴̡̮̙̿͛̐f̶̠̋̈́ ̶̢̝̪̇̋̕s̸̋̽̀͜ͅu̴͈̩͆r̸̛͙̞̮͎̻p̵̲̓́̑̂r̸̨̧͈̻͔͂ï̷̧̭̠̓͛̇͝s̸̭͉̓͂̿̑e̶͕̫̚͝~̵̲̄̒̌͝ ” ‘Sun’ said proudly, and Sun could practically feel the way he beamed with pride, which made Sun laugh even more, the heaviness in his heart now fading.

Who would’ve thought that you could make such good company to yourself?

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It was just a question, Moon told himself, pacing back and forth in front of Sun’s room. A simple question, he just wanted to talk to Sun about what he had told him. Sun probably felt so confused about what to think and feel about the whole situation. He probably didn’t know what to think about being designed after someone who had died. If he were in Sun’s place, he’d probably feel like shit, probably would feel guilty and confused. The thought of that made his own guilt start to bubble up inside of him. He hadn’t meant to tell Sun the whole truth, he had just felt so vulnerable at the moment and it had slipped out. And he felt guilty for putting the weight and burden of his conflicting emotions and past on Sun’s shoulders.

Though, he couldn’t help but also feel a bit glad that he had done it. He hadn’t felt this light in ages, and it was like something that had he hadn’t even known about was stuck in throat, and it had just been removed; and now it felt like he could finally breathe again after 5 years of keeping it all in. And he had Sun to thank for that.

...If only he could bring himself to knock on the goddamn door.

“This shouldn’t be hard, we’ve talked so many times now, why is THIS time so different?” Moon grumbled to himself silently, pulling at the end of his hat in frustration, the little bell jingling at the action. Fuck it, he was just going to knock. It was talking for god’s sake! It wasn’t like anything could wrong, he’d have to be an idiot to mess this up.

He raised his hand to knock on the door, determined to talk to Sun and thank him, to ask if he was doing ok. But at the very last second, he brought his hand back, and instead opted to hit his head on the wall as angry tears pricked at his eyes. Why was he so scared all of a sudden? He hadn’t felt like this before, he had been doing fine before. In fact, he had hated Sun when he had first met him, so why did he care so much about how Sun was feeling, or how Sun saw him? Why did he care when Sun was nothing more than a replacement? When did he start getting so close to Sun anyways? When did he start to care about Sun, when did he get so nervous around him? When did he start to see Sun differently, start to truly become fond of Sun’s personality...start to get used to Sun’s comforting and warm presence, loving it even? His emotions were conflicting with one another, and he had completely forgotten about knocking on Sun’s door now, lost in his thoughts and feelings.

The more he thought about Sun, the more his chest seemed to warm, his heart rate start to pick up, could feel ‘butterflies’ in his stomach, or whatever the robot equivalent of that was. He didn’t even realize until now just how much he gotten comfortable with being touched by Sun, being hugged and cuddled with, which was unusual for him, since he barely even let the technicians touch him. Why was it different with Sun? Why did he feel this way around Sun? He had only felt like this once before, when-

...

When...when...he had realized he had fallen in love with ‘Sun’ 8 years ago.

The moment that thought hit his mind, his breath quickened, the realization sinking in, followed by his mind whispering ‘no no no’ to himself as he sank down to the ground, shaking his head in denial. No no no, he was NOT in love with Sun. He was just feeling this way because Sun reminded him of his past lover, that was all. He was drawn to the familiarity and comfort Sun brought to him, it wasn’t love. He would never even dream of moving on from his real ‘Sun’, the very idea of loving someone other than him made him feel sick. He would be cheating on ‘Sun’, even if he wasn’t here anymore.

‘Promise me you’ll move on, Moon’

‘No. No, no I can’t, ‘Sun’. I can’t.’ Moon thought to himself. He couldn’t move on, not when ‘Sun’ had been his entire world, his soulmate, his reason for living. He’d wait as long as he needed to until the day he would finally be reunited with ‘Sun’. He wasn’t going to love anyone else, especially not some fucking replacement. So what if Sun was kind?! So what if Sun made him laugh!? So what if Sun made his heart flutter whenever he smiled!? So what if Sun made him so goddamn happy!? H-Happier than...than....than he’s felt in...years?

...

He was an awful boyfriend. He was betraying ‘Sun’, betraying the only person who had ever loved him, by giving his heart to ‘Sun’s’ own replacement. What type of person did that? What would ‘Sun’ even think of him now if he knew?

His hand subconsciously started to grip at his wrists, his claws slowly coming out as they began to pierce at his wrists. He didn’t even notice though, didn’t even bother to look when he felt a sharp pain shooting through his arm. He barely noticed when his eyes became blurry with tears, when his hand started to throb a bit.

It wasn’t until he felt something on his hand, followed by a loud beep that sounded...worried?

Moon blinked, slowly coming out of his thoughts as his vision cleared, and he realized G.A.B was standing right in front of him, their little hand on top of Moon’s, as if to offer some comfort to him. Moon let out a shaky breath, and he could practically hear the way G.A.B was telling him to calm down, and he held their little hand in his. “...” Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breath out. Ground himself in place, just like Riko had taught him.

(Yes, Moon does indeed have therapy with Riko, though he isn’t big on sharing his feelings. He does get cookies though, and he learns some healthy coping mechanisms. He needs frickin therapy.)

As soon as he was a bit calmer, he looked at G.A.B, feeling a bit empty and tired now. “...How long were you watching me for?” He hummed, and G.A.B beeped out a response, and Moon tried to recall what he knew about binary code. “5 minutes?” He guessed, and G.A.B beeped happily, as if to confirm it. They then reached out their hand, signalling for Moon to lower his head. Moon was a bit confused, but complied, and he was met with little head pats from the wet floor bot. His lips curved into a small smile, and he let out a small snort of amusement and G.A.B’s way of comfort. Though, it DID feel nice.

“...Thanks little one.” He murmured. At least G.A.B understood how he felt. They had been almost as close as he had been with ‘Sun’. “...You got any advice on love?” He tried, and he grinned when G.A.B made a face (or, tried to, given their expressions are very limited), and shook their head. “Yeah, didn’t think so. You’re much too young, and I think it’d give poor Sun a heart attack.” He laughed, and his smile quickly faded at the thought of Sun, and he frowned. “Is it wrong for me to move on? I’ve barely known Sun, it’s only been about 2 months, and yet...” His voice trailed off, and he couldn’t help the smile that tugged at his lips, a fond sigh escaping him. “...it feels as if I’ve known him for so much longer. Do you ever get that feeling?” He whispered softly, and G.A.B tensed a bit.

If only Moon knew, they thought to themselves, before shaking their head, pretending to be confused, and they earned a laugh from Moon. “Yeah, it is stupid. Maybe I’m overthinking things is all...it’s these emotions getting to me, these thoughts getting to me. Maybe I need to schedule another therapy appointment.” He said, before patting G.A.B’s head. “Thanks for listening, buddy. I can see why both Sun’s loved you.” He said.

G.A.B wished they could tell him that both Sun’s were the same person.

Chapter Text

Star hummed a small tune to themselves as it wheeled around the Pizzaplex, exploring for a while. Their mom (they call Sun their mom) was still inside his room, probably talking to themselves again about the whole...situation. And Moon had decided to go do some extra patrolling to get his mind off things, so Star had been left to their own devices. Which was nice, they guessed, since it gave them some time to think about their own problems. Like what to do about the whole...Moon and Sun situation. He loved both of his parents, he really did, but their dad (they call Moon their dad) was too dumb and oblivious, and his mom was just reaaaally bad at communicating. They wished there was someway they could help both of their parents, but it seemed impossible, since he couldn’t even communicate with them. Mom had been learning binary code for them, which they appreciated, but it still wasn’t the same. And Dad understood the basics of binary code, but not much. It frustrated them to no ends that they were built this way...they just wished that they could speak. Talk. Move. Walk. Like all the other animatronics.

Maybe then they could finally help with-

“Star!”

...Mom?

They beeped out a confused response, turning around to hear where the sound had come from. “Star!” Another call. It seemed to be coming from over in this direction...

They hesitated, before going further down the halls, making sure to be cautious and watching their step. It was so dark over here...they could barely tell what was left and what was right anymore. The only thing lighting up their path now was the glow of their eyes, which didn’t help much. “Beep...?” The called out, glancing around as they went further and further down the hallway. Every step left them feeling more and more confused and wary. What was Mom even doing here? Hadn’t he been back at the Daycare the last time they had checked? They had only been away from the Daycare for 5 minutes, and they had gotten pretty far in their walk. How could their mom have even known they were over here, and how had he gotten over here in such a small amount of time?

They suddenly hit a dead end.

“Star!”

...The voice was coming from in front of him. But how? That shouldn’t have been possible, and as they checked their sensors, it showed no signs of any living being or animatronic in front of them. Which should’ve been impossible.

Unless...

The realization hit them, and they suddenly realized who it was.

Of course, they realized this a little too late, and suddenly, a shadow moved from behind. It happened so quickly, and the next thing they knew, they were being scooped up into a bag. Panic settled in, and they desperately tried to call out to someone, anyone that could here them, letting out the loudest beeps that they could. But all that came out was nothing but static, and they realized their audio had been shut down. Blocked by some unknown source.

Of course, they knew who it was as soon as their ‘kidnapper’ spoke up.

“There there, little star...I’m just here to help~”

“So settle down. You know I don’t have much patience...don’t you G.A.B?”

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Moon scrolled through his phone as he flew through the Daycare doors, gently lowering himself onto the floor, and he unhooked himself. The flight had really helped clear his mind, and he had even gotten in a nice chat with DJ. The big fella was a rather comforting person, for someone who could only speak in beeps and notes. DJ actually reminded him of G.A.B actually; both couldn’t talk, but they were both good listeners.

...

Speaking of G.A.B...

Moon looked up from his phone with a frown. It wasn’t usually this quiet in the Daycare. Usually when he was coming back from a patrol or flight, he could always count on finding G.A.B and Sun greeting him in an instant. He had complained in the beginning, but he had grown to love their enthusiasm over the past few weeks, and it was even his favorite part of coming back home now.

...Home. He hadn’t called this place his ‘home’ for the past 5 years.

“Sun? G.A.B?” He called out, searching around the Daycare. He expected the little wet floor bot to zoom out of some hiding spot and scare the shit out of him, but there wasn’t anyone there. He checked the play equipment, the security desks, the check-out/in center, the arts and crafts area, the naptime area, the closets, even inside the vending machine (don’t ask how, but Star somehow crawls into there and then proceeds to scare poor strangers that are just trying to get a snack). But nothing. No one. Worry began to settle in, and he quickly began climbing up the stairs to Sun’s bedroom, hoping to find the solar animatronic cuddled up with the little wet floor bot.

“Sun?” He knocked on the door.

A few moments passed by, before the door clicked open, and Sun stood out. “Moon?” He blinked, a bit surprised to see Moon. Moon hadn’t spoken to him since yesterday, and he had been beginning to think that he had somehow upset his lunar counterpart. Though, he had to admit that he hadn’t tried talking to Moon either. Guilt started bubbling up inside of him, and he quickly spoke up. “Moon, I’m really sorry, I should’ve tried to talk with you about what you said, but I didn’t know how, and I know it was really insensitive of me not to say anything, but I just-” Moon cut off Sun’s apologetic ramble, pulling him into a tight hug. Sun’s words died on his throat, and his heart fluttered slightly. Moon barely hugged him back, and when he did, it was always because Sun had been the one to initiate it first. So for Moon to hug him?

It felt like his heart was going to explode from happiness.

Sun eagerly hugged Moon back, burying his face into Moon’s shoulder as he relished in the feeling of Moon’s arms around him. It reminded him of how things were before he died. Moon hugging him, Moon whispering soft and loving words, Moon just...being Moon. His Moon. The real Moon.

“...You crying there, Sunbeam?” Moon teased lightly, mostly joking but also a bit confused and worried as he felt Sun sniffle into his shoulder. “Sunbeam? Didn’t take you for the type to give out nicknames, Moony.” Sun teased, trying to play his way out of Moon’s question. He hadn’t even realized he was crying, but he didn’t want to ruin this moment with his tears anyways. He pulled back just in time to watch Moon’s cheeks flush a soft blue, and Sun’s rays spun slightly with delight, and he couldn’t help but coo at the sight. “Aww~ You’re adorable like this~” Sun teased, poking Moon in the cheek, and he laughed when Moon swatted his hand away with a flustered scowl. “S-Shut up. Don’t try to avoid my question, dumbass-” He grumbled, but his lips curved into a grin. Sun gasped and poked his forehead. “Language in the Daycare, Mister!” Sun huffed, and Moon rolled his eyes. “You know I don’t give a shit about those rules when the kids aren’t here.” He grinned, before glancing behind Sun, trying to looking into his room. “Speaking of the kiddos, do you have G.A.B in here? I’ve been looking for them.” He asked, and Sun pouted. “I told you to stop calling them that-”

“I will. When it’s the day they stop biting random strangers’ ankles-”

Sun flicked his forehead, earning a chuckle from Moon. “And no. I don’t. They were with you, last time I checked.” He said with a small frown. “Are you sure they aren’t out there?” He asked, and Moon’s grin faded into a slight frown. “I’m sure. I checked all over the Daycare. I was hoping that they were with you.” He said, and anxiety quickly shoots through Sun in an instant, all of the worst possible scenarios playing through his head. But as soon as they’re there, he quickly shoos them away. He can be reasonable. Calm. Collected.

Star couldn’t have gotten that far, right? They were probably fine! He was worrying for nothing!

----

30 minutes later, and Sun is completely losing his shit.

“SUN CALM DOWN-”

“NO! HOW CAN I BE CALM WHEN THEY’RE PROBABLY BEING EATEN ALIVE BY BIRDS OR SOMETHING-”

“BIRDS DON’T EAT HUMANS, AND THEY SURE AS HELL DON’T EAT ANIMATRONICS OR WET FLOOR BOTS-”

“BUT STAR IS SMALL, WHAT IF THE BIRDS LIKE SMALL ANIMATRONICS AS THEIR LUNCH!?!?”

“WHAT IS IT WITH YOU AND GODDAMN BIRDS!?”

Sun dropped to his knees in the middle of the floor, the breath being taken out of him as the situation started to sink in. He felt like the huge room had suddenly become much smaller, and it felt like the air was being sucked out as he got crushed underneath all of his anxiety and fear.

He was scared. Where could Star even be? This was all his fault: he should’ve been more responsible, he should’ve been keeping a close eye on them. And now, they could be in danger, or hurt, or worse. What was he going to do if he never saw Star again? H-He couldn’t lose them, they were the only person other than himself who knew about his situation, they were the only one he trusted, and he loved them more than anything else, they were like his own kid to him. And now, they were missing.

Missing. Missing. Missing.

Suddenly, flashbacks of before the virus flashed in his mind, images of all those missing children posters being scattered throughout the Daycare. Images of Moon having that awful virus. Memories of hiding from Moon, desperately trying to keep the kids safe as he watched Moon hurt kid after kid, person after person, until they finally listened to Sun’s pleading and fixed him.

Only a week later did the fire break out, and he died. He had only gotten his Moonlight back after 2 long months of that horrible virus, and then he had lost him.

And now, a terrifying thought loomed over him: what if the virus was back? What if Star had been taken, and was being hurt by someone infected with the virus? What if, what if-?

“SUN!”

Sun’s vision snapped back into the present, and he looked up to see Moon, who was worriedly looking over him. “Hey, hey...are you ok?” He asked hesitantly, reaching out to cup Sun’s face. It took Sun a moment to realize where he was again, and he buried his face into the palm of his hands. “No. No I’m not okay! Star is gone, and they might be in danger! It’s all my fault, I should’ve looked after them, should’ve been there, I should’ve-”

“You shouldn’t have had to do anything.” Moon cut in. “I’m as much to blame as you are. I could’ve kept an eye on them, but I left them alone so I could go clear my head. So don’t be so hard on yourself.” Moon said firmly, before pulling Sun into a hug. “And I promise that we’ll find them. I’ll ask Vanessa for access to the security cameras, and to send out some of the staff to help look for G.A.B too. Everything’s going to be okay, Sunbeam.” Moon reassured, and Sun shut his eyes.

...He really hoped that Moon was telling the truth.

‘I hope you’re okay, Star.’
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...

‘...Ow...my head....where am I...?’

Star blinked their eyes open, groaning at the pain that shot through their body when they tried to get up. Everything was so dark, they-

...Wait. Blink?

This time, they were wide awake now, and they blinked their eyes again. Blinked. They...they could blink. They had real, working eyes; ones that weren’t just a light on a screen.

Suddenly, a light flickered on, dimly illuminating the dark room they were in, and suddenly, they had a better view of themselves.

“Welcome back, little star~. So sorry to have to help you like this, but I didn’t really know any other way. Especially since you’ve gotten some new...parental units.”

“Though...I AM rather interested in the yellow one...he has a strange thing about him, doesn’t he? I can tell. Though, of course, I won’t say anything. Not that I could anyways...I am particularly eager to watch how this all plays out though~”

....

They were here.

(I tried T^T)

Chapter Text

(Star/G.A.B’s POV)
Walking was hard. Something that they wouldn’t have thought to be true, but now that they had their own body with literal feet and everything, they found out this fact the hard way. They were already so accustomed to just rolling around on their wheels, it was so much easier and much faster than any other means of movement, but they didn’t mind the downgrade, since the upgrades made up for it. For one, they now had a mouth, something they found was very fun to use and play with, and they liked hearing the noises that came out it. Maybe they could finally try eating the stuff their mom made...it always looked so good, and it had left them disappointed whenever they tried to eat it by smearing it across their face screen (the action had NOT allowed him to eat it). They were also given real arms with fingers and hands and everything, not just short sticks with small clamps for hands.

And as much as they hated to admit it, they had done a good job at designing it’s clothing/costume, which was a mix of both Moon’s and their mom’s. It was especially fond of the hat, which they had always stolen from Moon before, since it was super cozy. Now that they had a hat of their own, they didn’t have to steal Moon’s hat anymore (though they still would, just to annoy the lunar animatronic).

In short, they loved everything about this ‘upgrade’.

They just hated who had done the upgrade...and who they were associated with. They had left that group a long time ago, but the members of the group still found a way to come back into it’s life. They could only hope that this was the last time that the group came back for him...even if they were a bit thankful for the new body they had provided them. They had to guess that the boss was the one who had designed it, since he was always designing some sort of object or animatronic. Always planning something, a fact they had learned when they had worked with him and his group a long time ago.

That fact was also the reason they had left the group behind all those years ago, because one plan in particular had harmed the one person they had cared about more than anything. After that...’incident’, they broke off from the group and it had shut down all means of communication with them. They hadn’t reached out ever since, and neither had it. So it left them wondering why they had come out of hiding to reach out to them, and even go as far as to kidnap them. Why they were being nice enough to provide them with a body of their own...was it orders from the boss? But why?

All they hoped was that the group wouldn’t involve their mom in anything. And not Moon either. After all...the group had already affected Moon more than once, and they knew that Moon had suffered years of PTSD and trauma from it. They would know that better than anyone...

They had been the ones to help inflict all that damage.

-----

They had been standing outside of the Daycare for the past 10 minutes now, still deciding on how to explain everything to their mom and Moon. What were they supposed to say? That they had disappeared for nearly 4 hours, had somehow gained a new body, and were completely fine and that everything was right as rain? Yeah right.

Sigh. Well, here goes nothing.

Just as they were about to knock on the door, the announcements crackled to life.

“Attention Pizzaplex Staff. Apparently, the Daycare Attendant has lost his kid, and is currently losing his shit over it. So please advise when approaching. If you are NOT his child, he may swing at you or bite. Also, if you ARE his child, then please, for the love of God, report to the Daycare Security Desk on Floor 2 AT ONCE, before the Daycare Attendant starts biting my arm off. Thank you.” The speaker clicked off.

...You know what they just said about walking being hard? Yeah well, that was before they knew their mom was absolutely losing it.

Star never ran faster in their life.
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“SUN I SWEAR TO GOD I’M GOING TO DECOMMISSION YOU!”

Riko was currently leaning against the door that led to storage closet. Which, they had locked Sun inside, who after crying and panicking over where Star had gone, had suddenly gone a bit feral about the whole situation. Sun was ALSO the one who was currently trying to break down the door Riko was keeping shut.

Sun let out a small growl in response.

Moon just stared.

...

God he hoped that Vanessa had had any luck with finding-

Suddenly, there was a noise outside of the office, and the door slammed open, revealing a small, child-like animatronic that Moon hadn’t seen before...but they were familiar because he immediately recognized that their outfit was designed after his and Sun’s, and they even had a hat identical to his. The only thing different about their hat and his was that there was a sun-shaped pin on it.

And he knew only one person who had that pin.

“...G.A.B?”

“G.A.B!?” Riko yelled from his spot, confusion and disbelief on his face. “That can’t be them! They were a frickin wet floor bot just this morning, and Parts and Service didn’t commission an upgrade for them either!” He said, but the animatronic just let out a strangled sound that sounded like words.

“Am...G...G...” (Talking is harder than it looks too) (Star is basically a baby learning everything at this point <3) (A really smart baby)

Riko and Moon just stared in suspicion and confusion, and they would’ve continued doing that for a solid 5 minutes, but Riko accidentally let go of the door, and there was a loud slam as Sun broke free from the closet. “LET ME GO FIND-”

Sun’s voice trailed off as he stared at Star. Call it a mother’s instinct, but he instantly recognized Star, even in their new body. “Star!” Sun cried out in relief, and he quickly rushed over and pulled Star into his arms, holding him tightly and kissing his forehead reassuringly. “My poor baby, I swear I won’t let anything bad happen to you again!” he promised, and he was subconsciously beginning to cry, and he rubbed at his eyes. “If anyone tries to take you, I’ll rip their throats out and stab them in the eye!” Sun promised, and Star just hugged his mom back, sighing in relief at the feeling of being safe once again. Sure, his mom was a bit much right now (and being a bit concerning too)...

...But he wouldn’t have it any other way.
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Bonus:

-Moon and Riko still staring at Sun and Star/G.A.B hugging for another solid 10 minutes-

Moon: ”...So is that G.A.B or what-?”

Riko: “Beats me, you two are their parents, not me 🤷🏾‍♂️”

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(???’s POV)

They walked down the hallways of the Pizzaplex, taking in the sights around them with a hum. They hadn’t walked around this place in a long time, usually they weren’t sent in for field missions like this one, though they had been chosen for their...abilities to say the least. They didn’t mind, it was entertaining to get to mess around with the wet floor bot, which they found out had been going by a different name...it seemed to be going by the name ‘G.A.B’ or Star, the latter annoying them a bit. Honestly, some people couldn’t original with their names, could they? Oh well. The name gave them something that made them similar to this so-called ‘Star’. It would’ve been a nice thing to talk about with it, but it had run away the second they had let it go, which was a such a shame...they supposed that just mean that they still weren’t ready to come back to the group just yet. The thought was pretty annoying, but they knew that the boss would get them to change their mind...he was rather...persuasive. And he had his ways and means of force if it resorted to that. Though, they would much rather not harm the little one, they were so fond of it!

After a few minutes of walking and being lost in thought, they arrived at a large metal door, one that was hidden in one of the abandoned hallways of the Pizzaplex. Most wouldn’t be able to see it, not unless you were looking for it specifically...it was hidden away in the shadows of hall, and only a few people knew that it was there. The door had a passcode lock in the middle of it, alone with a scanner beside it. They entered in the passcode, before letting the door scan the purple badge on their chest, and a robotic voice spoke up:

“Badge Recognized. Welcome back, Star and ???.”

Ugh. They hated that name, it belonged to her. But they had to deal with her constantly, no matter how annoying she could be. They stepped through the door and walked into the room, which was dimly lit. They could faintly make out the outlines of scrapped and damaged animatronics that were scattered around the room, as well as some scrap metal that they had stolen from Parts and Service for the boss. There were a few new designs standing around that the boss was working on as well, alongside the huge board that was plastered with blueprints and papers. The boss was always working on some sort of project, and it was usually best that he wasn’t disturbed while working.

“Well well well...look who came back~ Did you complete your mission?” A voice spoke,

“No...our little ‘Star’ decided to bail the second they saw realized it was me.” They said with a tsk. “Annoying, but at least I completed phase one of our mission...you’re up next, Vanny”

The white rabbit pulled out a small USB and twirled it between her fingers. “Star? That’s what they’re going by now? We might confuse you and them...same name and everything.” She teased, and ??? snorted and crossed their arms. “My name isn’t Star. I thought you’d know by now that she and I aren’t the same person. She is merely a body. I, on the other hand, am much more than anything.” They corrected, annoyed. “Now shut up, get things right, and complete your part of the mission. Vanny just waved their complaints off with her hand. “Yeah yeah. Already on it.” She reassured, eyes glinting as she stared down at the device in her hand. “The boss has been working on this one for quite a while...and with our little pawn placed onto the board, things will finally be going our way."

??? nodded. "I look forward to seeing how things play out...especially with the 'new' Daycare Attendant...he's just as close as he was to Star (G.A.B) in the past. Guess 5 years of being dead doesn't change much, huh? Some things never change, I suppose." They hummed, before letting out a sigh. "Honestly, I thought we killed him in the fire, and got rid of him for good...I suppose we didn't account for the fact that he could...possess a new body."

Vanny nodded, and she'd be frowning right now if she could. "In any other situation, it WOULD make things harder..." She agreed, before her tone went cheerful once more. "But the thing about this is that his past loverboy doesn't seem to know the truth...and once we hang that over his head, he won't have a choice but to listen, right?" She pointed out.

??? frowned. "Well, how are we going to go about threatening him? How can we not be sure that 'Star' won't say a thing to him about his past with this little...'upgrade'?" They asked, and Vanny chuckled, before pulling out an application form for the Daycare. "Well, what better way to gain the advantage of controlling the strings than to be in the middle of everything? Surely, you and Star can handle that, can't you~?"

??? tensed, scowling. "You know as well as I do that she won't help us. She's a shitty excuse for help." They scoffed, and Vanny flicked their forehead (or at least tried to). "Well, shitty or not, she's the only one who can roam around freely in her form...so unless you want us to resort to killing the little wet floor bot-"

"Fine." They snapped. "I'll convince her to help...but you better not lay a finger on them, or I'll snap your head off...you know I have much more power than I lead on to have." They threatened, and Vanny put her hands up in mock surrender. "Of course~"

“Mr. Afton will be pleased.”

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😧

(Imma be adding art for this chapter in the next chapter, so ye)

Chapter Text

(Star/G.A.B’s POV 🌙☀️)

“WHERE WERE YOU!?”

“WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?!”

“WHERE THE FUCK DID YOU GET A NEW BODY!?”

“LANGAUGE MOON!”

Moon and Sun had been questioning them relentlessly for the past 30 minutes now, having question after question, mostly about their new appearance. Sun had also spent 15 of those minutes ranting and scolding them for leaving the Daycare by themselves in the first place. But after that, he had gone back to fretting and worrying over them all over again. It was a lot, and although it was a minor inconvenience, Star was suddenly very glad they couldn’t speak just yet...at least it would buy them some time before they were forced to explain everything to their parents.

Of course, just because they couldn’t talk didn’t mean that it didn’t stop Sun or Moon from questioning them anyways. It was starting to get overwhelming, and Star found themselves wanting to go take a nap. And now that they thought about it, maybe some food too...they were absolutely starving, which was a feeling they had been surprised to feel and recognize. They had never experienced a thing such as an ‘appetite’ before; it had been a feeling only advanced animatronics (like the Glamrocks and Moon and Sun) had had the privilege of feeling. It was a strange feeling to say the least...it felt like something inside of them was clawing away at their insides and begging for something to satisfy the hunger inside. They weren’t sure if they liked the feeling, though the prospect of food did excite them. They had always seen their mom baking cookies sometimes, and they had always looked so good...they wondered if they would be able to eat those cookies now that they had a functional mouth.

Suddenly, there was a loud growl coming from their stomach that caused them to jolt up a bit, and their gaze quickly darted down to look at their stomach, staring warily and dumbfoundedly at it. Why had it made that noise? Was it bad? Did it mean their stomach was going to explode? Were they going to die!?

Before they could go in further with those possibilities, Sun seemed to immediately overhear the sound, and he snapped out of his rant with a small gasp. “Stars, you must be starving with having been gone for so long! Well, at least, I think that you’d be starving-? Your stomach is rumbling, but I’m not sure if it’s just your body doing that, or if you’re actually hungry...I mean, you’ve never had to eat before, so I’m not exactly sure...” He muttered, before realization dawned on him. “Oh gosh, what am I even supposed to feed you anyways?! Are you even allowed to eat solid foods, or are you still developing? Is this like taking care of an infant? A toddler? Should I feed you soft foods??” Sun questioned, now going into a small panic as he thought through his possibilities. “Stars, this is like learning to raise a child...!” Sun said, running one of his hands through his rays. “I-I mean, that’s what we were programmed to do of course, so this should be easy for us to handle!” He pointed out, and Moon opened his mouth to say something, but Sun cut him off. “But Star isn’t exactly like the children we take care of either! What if they need special needs, or what if there’s something extra we need to do to take care of them?” He questioned, and Moon sighed, and tried to reach out to him. “Sun...” He began, but once again, Sun cut him right off, too lost in his own thoughts to hear Moon out.

“Star is a WHOLE different KIND of child! And unlike the other children, they won’t just be here for a little while and get picked up; we’ll have to take care of them 24/7! And that’s so much responsibility! What if we’re not ready to handle that? What if I’M not ready to handle that? What if I’m not good enough!? What if I’m not ready to be a parent?? What if-”

“Sun, please listen to me-” Moon tried to intervene, but Sun once again cut him off with a small gasp as he interrupted his own little rant.

“I need to make a list! Yes, a list! That’s what humans do, they make lists for everything to make things go perfectly! I can plan every detail out, we can get Star what they need and want, including the right foods! We can’t just feed Star the junk food and Fizzy Faz around the Pizzaplex, oh no, their meals have to be healthy, and balanced, and...” He trailed off, already having gone to the arts and crafts closet and he rummaged through it before pulling out a piece of paper and a pen, before he began scribbling down notes frantically. Moon just sighed once more, watching Sun go through a bit of a breakdown. It almost reminded him of ‘Sun’...he had always been one to plan things out, had always fretted when even the slightest thing had gone wrong. Moon remembered he had used to tease him for it, calling him a perfectionist, and he could clearly remember the way Sun would give him a little pout and would insist that he was just being ‘prepared’.

The memory made his mechanical heart ache a bit, and he walked over quietly to stand beside Sun, who hadn’t noticed Moon was beside him until Moon crouched down and took the pen away from Sun. Almost immediately, Sun opened his mouth to protest, but this time, Moon was the one to cut him off.

“Sun.”

Moon brought a gentle but firm hand to cup Sun’s cheek, gently forcing Sun to look at him, and Sun’s words died down the second he met eyes with Moon. “You are one of the best goddamn caretakers in this entire damn building-”

“I’m the only one other than you-”

“Shut the fuck up and let me speak-” Moon deadpanned, before letting out a soft sigh, and his hold on Sun’s faceplate relaxed a bit. “The point is, you care about G.A.B more than anyone else, not to mention you’re the one who’s been taking care of them ever since you met them. You’re the one who adopted them despite them being a pain in the ass.” He said, and Star made a small noise of annoyance at that, but Moon ignored them and continued. “And you’re the reason they have someone who cares a whole lot for them. You’re the reason they have a safe place to call home, you’re the reason they don’t have to deal with staff treating them like shit, you’re the reason why they’ve been so happy. I sure as hell haven’t seen any of the other wet floor bots with a personality like G.A.B’s; and that’s because of you.” He said firmly.

“And I have full faith in the fact that you’re going to take good care of them...but if you DO need any help, I’ll be right here with you.” He promised. “You’re going to be fine; we’re going to be fine, and Star is going to be fine. Got it?”

Sun hesitated, torn on believing Moon or not, but as he processed Moon’s words, one part stuck out to him. “...You...want to help take care of them?” He asked, wondering if he had misheard Moon. But to his surprise, Moon snorted and rolled his eyes. “Of course I do, dumbass. They’re not just YOUR kid.” He huffed, before the slightest flush spread across his cheeks. “...families work together, don’t they?”

Sun’s eyes widened, and his own cheeks flushed as his fans started whirring softly in excitement and hope. “You...think of us as a family?” He asked, and Moon’s blush darkened even more as he looked away now. “That’s what a family is, isn’t it? Two people and a kid?” He huffed, his own fans whirring to life now as they whirred louder than Sun’s. Sun noticed, and he couldn’t help the grin that made it’s way onto his face, his chest feeling warmer. He hadn’t even been sure if Moon had grown to like him for the past months he had been here so far. But now, it felt like old times...before the virus. Before the fire. Before his death. It felt like Moon loved him again, even though he knew their relationship now was far from that...but at least Moon liked him enough to want to be friends with him, and to take care of Star with him. That was enough. It was the best thing he could’ve ever asked for.

“If you’re done staring at me, let’s stay on the safe side and give G.A.B some baby food, just in case. I think we still have some left over in the pantry from earlier this week.” Moon suggested, clearing his throat as he attempted to keep the heat off his cheeks, and he pulled his hand away from Sun’s cheek and got up. “Yeah, alright!” Sun chirped, still feeling a bit giddy from Moon’s words, and he got up as well, before going over to pick Star back into his arms. “Do you think you’d be alright with baby food?” He asked them, and Star pouted. Baby food? They weren’t a baby! They had been active for 12 years now! They were a big kid, and certainly not a baby! They made a small face of disgust show their rejection to the idea, and Sun laughed. “I’ll take that as a no.” He giggled, before kissing their forehead. “But we don’t know what else to feed you, so until you can talk, you’re going to have to eat the baby food.” He explained, and Star let out a small noise of displeasure. They wanted cookies, not baby food! Dumb voicebox...they couldn’t do anything with it, they couldn’t even talk! What was the point of ??? installing a voicebox inside of them if they couldn’t even use it? Oh well...it was something to work towards they guessed.

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As it turned out, baby food was good. Really, really good.

Star sucked on the small pouch of apple and banana flavored mush, and they couldn’t help but make a small noise at the taste. It was sweet, but also sort of weird. They weren’t sure if they liked it, but they did like the feeling of the mush in their mouth, and the way their teeth felt when they bit down onto the pouch. It was strange, but good in a way, though they could definitely do without their parents watching them eat. Moon wouldn’t stop snicker at the sight of them sucking on the pouch, while Sun cooed in delight and took pictures of them eating. It was a sight that they found a bit embarrassing and annoying, but it was also...oddly comforting? Being loved and adored...it was something they hadn’t felt in a very long time. It was nice to be...taken care of, they guessed. They hadn’t felt like anyone had truly cared for them since before the fire. Since...before Sun’s death.

Thinking about their old mom made them think about their encounter with ??? earlier today...which led to the biggest question they had: why was Afton trying to get involved into their life again? They thought that they had finished things off with Afton and the rest of the group when they had cut ties with them after ‘The Incident’...but it looks like he was still trying to mess around with them. What they didn’t understand was why Afton had helped them instead of hurting them. Sure, they were happy about their new upgrades, it was everything they had ever wanted...they could express themselves, they could walk, they could talk (well, they WOULD be able to once they learned)...all in all, it was a pretty great thing. But what made them wary was that this wasn’t William’s usual method for his plans. He used violence, blackmailing, people, anything that could give him an advantage...he had never once helped someone out...so why was he helping them? What did it do to benefit Afton? What was his plan? And where did they stand in it?

Their grip on the pouch of food grew tighter, as anxiety crept up inside of them.

They knew that William Afton never did anything for free: his services came with a price, something they knew very well after working with him for so long before. And speaking of Afton, they wondered why he had sent ??? to give them a new body in the first place, instead of Vanny...maybe he had known that ??? was the last ‘person’ they had wanted to see...just seeing them had brought up some bad memories. Though Star had to admit, they had missed ??? a little bit. After all, it had been...what, 5 years since they had last associated with Afton and the rest of them?

They had missed the others from the group from time to time...like Vanny. The rabbit had always been the more crazed of their small group, but she had always been loyal and had been like an aunt to Star. She had always played with them whenever they had all finished up another one of Afton’s missions, and sometimes even ??? would join in too, though they had always been more reserved.

Of course, like everyone in this world, they had had their downsides: they had done so many bad things, had hurt and killed so many innocent people and staff, had made peoples’ lives a living hell. Though, Star couldn’t exactly pin all the blame onto them; they were just as guilty as the rest of them...

They had been responsible for a lot of things. Things that they’d give anything to take back.

Especially ‘The Incident’
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“Wow...this is amazing work.” Riko muttered in amazement, examining over Star as he looked over and tested every part with a grin. “They have a fully functional mouth and everything, they even have advancements that even the Glamrocks don’t have as of right now!” He said eagerly, before some of his excitement faded, and he frowned a little. “But I don’t know who would have had the time or the knowledge to make these improvements to Star though. It’s definitely not my handiwork, and I don’t know anyone else who’s this good with mechanics either, except for a few of the more advanced technicians...but I highly doubt that any of them would’ve cared enough to improve some wet floor bot.” He said, running a hand through his messy curls of hair, and he then caught sight of Moon, Sun, and Star/G.A.B’s glares, and he chuckled nervously. “A-A very special and amazing wet floor bot, that is-” He corrected quickly, before changing the subject. “The best and only thing I can do for now is recommend that you slowly start easing them into new subjects, such as walking, eating, talking, all of that stuff. It looks like they were programmed to observe and learn from the surroundings around them, and to pick up those actions on their own by imitation.” He explained. “Whoever programmed that into them though is unknown, since I can’t access any of their files or their database...I can try to find out, but it’ll be difficult.”

Difficult was an understatement. Trying to catch William in the act of something or trying to access something he had created was like trying to catch a shadow: one second they’re there in the dark, and the next, they’re gone and vanished, not leaving a trace behind. Even though they had worked with William for 5 years, they still hadn’t been able to to figure out how he worked...even Vanny didn’t know, and she was William’s closest and most trusted advisor.

They kicked their feet from the ledge of the table they were sitting on, staring at their feet as Riko discussed Star’s new advancements and abilities with Moon and Sun. They wished they could walk around, but they hadn’t exactly learned how to walk very well. Their running from earlier had been a miracle...they only wished they could do it again though. They used to be able to zoom around so fast with their wheels...guess there were some downgrades to this whole ‘body’ thing. But then again, they could jump now, even if they did lose their balance while doing so. They had always wanted to jump and run like the other kids in the Daycare, and now they could. Maybe they could even play with the other kids! They had always hated having to stay Sun’s room and watching as the others kids played with one another, while they were stuck all alone. They weren’t allowed to go out since Sun wasn’t sure if he was even allowed to keep a wet floor bot. But now that they looked more human like the other animatronics, maybe they could finally make friends!

"And the next thing we’ll have to discuss is their security mode.” Riko said, catching Star’s attention, and they looked over in surprise. Security mode?

“Security mode?” Moon questioned. “Like mine?” Riko nodded and pulled up something on his laptop, which Star assumed was their code. “According to their programming, they have a code similar to yours that allows for them to activate a similar protocol to yours whenever you’re in security mode.” he explained. “It only happens when the lights are off though, so I’m going to guess that whoever programmed their new body was designing them based off you and Sun...which is probably why they look so much like you two.” He said, before getting up and going over to the light switch. “I want to test it out...Moon, do you mind checking to see if it works? I can’t see shit in the dark-” He said, and Sun pouted. “Language, friend.” He scolded lightly, before stepping back as well, and the lights flickered off.

The change was almost immediate.

Star’s yellow eyes flickered into red ones, similar to Moon’s, except their eyes had two slits in the middle, similar to a cat’s. A long, whip-like tail unfurled from behind them as a pair of claws unsheathed from their fingers, and they could feel something change in their mouth too. All of a sudden, they could see perfectly in the dark, and if they hadn’t known the lights were off, they would’ve never suspected. It looked as clear as day, and they could see Moon approaching them, looking over their features with a pleased and slightly proud hum. “Wow, they really did base you off of me.” He murmured, before his own tail flickered out and poked at G.A.B’s cheek, earning a grin from them, and Moon blinked in surprise when he saw a pair of sharp teeth exactly like his own peeking out. The sight made him break out into a grin, his own sharp teeth showing. “Damn, ‘Gremlin Ankle Biter the 5th’ really does suit you now-” He teased, before he ruffled Star’s head. “I’ll teach you how to bite intruders, alright?”

“Moon, don’t you dare-” Sun warned from his spot in the dark, and Moon chuckled and rolled his eyes. “Alright, fine.” He huffed, before leaning in to whisper in Star’s ear. “I will teach you, just don’t tell Sun.” He whispered with a mischievous grin, earning a small noise that sounded similar to giggle from Star. They liked the idea of getting to learn how to attack intruders, even if they already knew how to attack pretty well already...they had plenty of experience from working with Afton and the rest of the group. But with Moon’s help, maybe they’d be able to learn how to protect Moon and Sun from any harm...especially from the harm of Afton. If they could learn to fight back, maybe they’d finally be able to live a life without fear, without the constant need to watch their back...without having to live in the shadows of William Afton and their old self.

And right now, they needed to be on guard the most, especially when they knew that Afton wasn’t done using them just yet...???’s visit to them had been a reminder of that.

As the lights flickered back on, and Star’s eyes and teeth went back to normal, along with their tail retracting back into their body, they watched as Sun came over to scoop them back into their arms, saying something that Star didn’t quite hear, due to Star not listening.

And in that moment, Star tuned out the rest of their parents’ and Riko’s words, just leaning against Sun’s chest as they let their guard fall a little.

Later, they decided, would be when they worried about things. For now, they just wanted to try things out with their new body.

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“MOON! MOON, LOOK! THEY’RE TAKING THEIR FIRST STEPS!!” Sun squealed, eyes shining in big star shapes as he filmed Star taking a few wobbly steps, fully concentrated on each step while Sun watched like a proud mother, his rays spinning in delight. Moon quickly ran over and grinned at the sight, beaming down at Star with a slight hint of pride. “Good job there kiddo.” He hummed, and Star beamed proudly, happy to show off. Sun had been teaching them how to walk for the entire afternoon, and to their delight, they caught on pretty quickly. It was still a little difficult keeping their balance, but otherwise, it was actually pretty fun and easy. Plus, it was nice seeing their mom get so excited over the little things they did, always praising them and encouraging them. It was nice, and it made them think back to things before the fire.

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“Well done, my little rockstar!” Sun cooed, smiling down at Star, who had finally learned how to read one of the books (in binary code of course, since they aren’t updated yet). Star couldn’t exactly show it, but they were practically preening on the inside, beeping happily at their mom’s praises as he ruffled their head. “How about we go for a walk outside? Management doesn’t need to know.” He offered, and Star eagerly beeped in agreement and excitement. Sun often snuck them out of the Pizzaplex to go play outside, since they were small off to sneak out. It was always fun, and they loved an excuse to spend some time with their mom.

When they got outside, they immediately zoomed out of Sun’s arms to play around in the tall grass, beeping happily as they chased a nearby butterfly, determined to catch it as Sun laughed in amusement, fondly watching the little wet floor bot play around like a child, in which they were in a way...Star was probably only about 7...just a kid. Sun watched as the butterfly flew away higher into the air, and a long beep of disappointment came from Star, and a frown tugged at Sun’s lips, and he quickly ran over and jumped, managing to catch the butterfly gently, and he held it inside his cupped hands as it fluttered around. He crouched down and Star rolled over, eyes lit up in awe as Sun held out his closed hands to them. “Here you go.” Sun offered, opening his hands, and the butterfly fluttered out and flew onto the top of Star’s head, which made the little bot instantly freeze in place, not wanting to scare the creature off. They looked so excited and thrilled, even with their limited expression, and Sun couldn’t help but chuckle at the sight at their happy face, even as the butterfly finally flew off and up into the air. “You would get along great with my little sibling...you’re both so curious and full of life.” Sun hummed, before standing up. “I promise I’ll bring them over soon so you two can meet, alright? I know how much you’ve been wanting a friend that’s about your age, and I’ve been thinking about bring them over in about a month. How does that sound, my little rockstar?” He offered, and Star cheered with a loud beep. A friend sounded great, and if it was someone related to Sun, then they were sure that whoever it was, was going to be as amazing as Sun.

3 weeks later, Sun was announced dead after the fire that had broken out.

Star had never gotten to meet Sun’s little sibling.

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Sometimes, Star still thought about Sun’s sibling...were they doing okay now? They had never fully thought about it, since they had only known Sun from inside the Pizzaplex, but...they were sure that there must’ve been people in the outside world that had cared for Sun, had probably been upset over his death...which made them feel guilty. Still, they didn’t have time to think about that, because there was a loud knock at the Daycare doors, and Sun looked up from watching Star, curiosity and confusion on his expression. “Huh. I don’t remember expecting any guests...maybe Riko forgot to mention something?” Sun questioned, looking up at Moon, who shrugged his shoulders. “Probably. Though, he usually lets us know before he comes over to visit.” He hummed, frowning a bit, and Sun looked a little hesitant before he stood up. “Well, can you watch over Star for a little while? I’m going to go check who it is.” Sun said before looking back at G.A.B. “Keep practicing, alright sweetie? I’ll only be gone for a second.” He promised, before heading off.

Star didn’t think much of it, until about 10 minutes later, when Moon decided to check what was taking Sun so long. When he came back, he had a frown on his face. “Hey G.A.B, Sun is calling for you. It looks like management assigned a new worker to help us around in the Daycare. It’s funny though...I don’t recall being informed about this, and my internal recognition scanner doesn’t seem to register them as a staff member...” Moon muttered, and Star frowned a little at the wariness and confusion in Moon’s voice, and they could feel themselves grow a little tense just from the tension that seemed to hang around Moon.

Though, what Moon said next caught their attention.

“I think she said her name was Starlight or something...”

...

Mom.

Star didn’t even think twice before they were up and running towards the Daycare Entrance, ignoring Moon’s shouts of surprise and confusion at their sudden panic.

Once they were right at the Daycare door, they could see Sun chatting happily with someone Star knew well.

Very well.

Sun noticed Star, and he blinked in surprise. “Star? Did you walk the whole way here? Gosh, I didn’t think you were learning that quickly...this is amazing!” He praised, going on about how they could move on to learning other stuff, but Star didn’t even hear a word he said, focused on the familiar face standing in the entrance. They were frozen into place as their pupils were dilated in stunned fear, their heart pounding so loud inside their chest that they were surprised no one else could hear it banging like a drum.

They could faintly hear Sun’s concerned words, probably asking it they were alright, but they couldn’t answer, their breath caught in their throat, and they suddenly felt like the world around them was fading.

She was here.

“Hello little one...did you miss me?” Her voice cut through their froze state like a knife, a voice that they knew far too well.

She was always by ???’s side after all...and Afton’s.