"We're gonna be best friends!" - Vanguard AU

- Chapter Seven -

After a surprisingly long hug session, Vanny pulled away from Rosie, and laughed. 

"Okie-dokie! I need to get back to work.." Vanny straightened her ribbon, and laughed again. "Psst.. You give really good hugs!" She called, and ran away.

Rosie sat there, somehow blushing even harder. Fuck you, Vanny. Fuck you for being so cute and lovable. 

Rosie slowly started sipping her water again, watching Vanny play with the kids. 

"She's pretty cool, isn't she?" Rosie asked the robot that refused to give her water earlier.

"Of course, Miss." It replied, finally looking up from the sparkling dish. "All of the staff at Pizza Plex is valued."

"Yeah, but Vanny's better. ..I guess." Rosie smiled gently, and drummed her nails against the glass.

"All of the staff at Pizza Plex is valued." It repeated again, furiously cleaning a dish.

"Buddy, you are going to break that plate if you keep cleaning it." The robot didn't acknowledge her wise words, and kept cleaning.

"Well, I'll just go fuck myself." Rosie threw her hands into the air, and laughed. "Oh yeah, I can't say that with kids around."

"That is correct, you cannot say naughty words around the children." The robot confirmed.

"Really? I couldn't tell." 

"I thought that rule was quite obvious."

~

After a tiring day of running around with Vanny, and having the driest conversations with robots, Vanny's shift was finally over.

The two girls were at Rosie's house again, watching stupid comedy movies.

"Vanny, explain to me why the fuck you wanted me to watch this?" Rosie asked. 

"It's fuuunnnny, right??"

"If you think this shit is funny, I no longer want to be friends with you." Vanny frowned, and Rosie immediately felt guilty. "I was just kidding, by the way."

"Yaaaay!! Also, I didn't find this all that funny, I just used to watch it before shifts! And since your shift is coming up, I wanted you to watch it!"

"That was.. Oddly sweet of you." Rosie chuckled, and sighed. "Well, now I feel like a massive asshole."

And for the rest of Rosie's freetime, the two watched Vanny's stupid comedy movie.

~

"Well, my shift is soon. I'm gonna get going, I guess." Rosie gave Vanny a quick hug, grabbed her keys, and started running. 

Rosie burst out of her house, and ran to her car. She unlocked it, hopped in, and buckled herself in. "I can't believe I just did that. No, calm down, Rosie, hugging isn't that bad. It's not romantic, or anythiiing.. Right?"

Rosie laughed softly, and started driving. "Yeah, it's definitely not romantic. Haha." As Rosie drove down the neat street, it gave her time to think.

How do I really feel about Vanny?

Everything feels so weird when I'm around her. I'm always so excited to be around her, but she's also just.. Such a frustrating person. 

I think we're just friends, but.. I really don't think I see her as just a friend. I just wanna.. Hug her.

Before Rosie realized it, she was at the Pizza Plex. "Oh. And I'm here." Rosie opened her door, slammed it, and locked it.

She walked up the pavement, and shoved the door open. The building was dark. "..Ew. This place looks so dead without the neon lights."

Rosie kept walking, and turned her flashlight on, shining it around the room. "What the hell is that?" Rosie muttered, trying to find the taser hooked to her belt.

Turns out it was just a plant. "Well, now I feel stupid." Rosie laughed, and started running down the main hallway, and shot up the stairs. 

Rosie turned off the stairs, and kept running down the hall. She turned into an arcade, and almost knocked over a decorative cactus. "Fuck-"

She shone her light at the weird beaver, and it was fortunately in place. The service robots were nowhere in sight, however, that was probably for the best.

"Alright. Nothing shady here." Rosie muttered, and left the room. Next room looked like the dining room, which would forever be known to her as 'The Hug Room'.

Rosie rushed in, and shone her light around on the silver furniture. It was still as obnoxiously bright as ever. The weird TVS were all off, and the service robots were all by the counter, thankfully turned off.

"I really don't trust those bastards.." Rosie sighed, and started walking to the kitchen. The kitchen was, of course, as creepy as ever. 

Red pricks of light appeared above the oven, but swiftly disappeared. Rosie froze, and kept her light on the spot. "What.. The fuck was that." She whispered, frozen in place. After waiting for a few minutes, and the strange thing not coming back, Rosie decided to leave.

Rosie swiftly ran out of the diner, and started sprinting down the hall. "Aaaaand.. The play place is down here?" Rosie spotted the several strange towers, and sighed. "Yeah, checking on this place is going to be fun."

Rosie entered the play place, and sighed. "Now, how can I cheat the system and keep this as short as possible? I could get on that huge tower, but it'd take forever to get to.. But going through all of these will take even longer!"

"Y'know, fuck it, I'm not even get paid that much." Rosie laughed, and with that, started running towards the tower. The cutouts positioned on the laser tag map loomed menacingly. "Now.. Could I knock that creepy thing over? Actually, no, I don't wanna lose my job." 

Rosie sighed, and kept walking. "The tower actually doesn't look that far away, now." Rosie weaved through the maze, tempted to just climb over it. 

After an insane amount of time spent trying to navigate through the bastard maze, Rosie finally made it to the tower. "If I don't get a raise from this, I don't know what I'm gonna do." Rosie sighed, and started climbing the tower. "I can seeeee.. A lot of shit. Those cutouts are still really ugly. And those mini party rooms look soooo.. Dreary." 

Rosie kept climbing, staring into the party rooms, and cursing the ugly cutouts. Once she finally reached the top, Rosie was.. Exhausted, to say the least. Her gaze swept over the party room, specifically the laser tag maze.

"Aaaand.. There's nothing out of the ordinary. Time to go home!"

A/N: hi i'm sorry this chapter was so wonky,, i really didn't have much to go on :'[

but putting that aside i hope you enjoyed!! wooo yeaa