Behind the Curtains

Chapter 19 - Balancing Bottled Water

Bonnie and Kitten enter the kitchen and notice the little blonde-haired girl standing next to an island with a metal countertop, and she's spreading a good amount of cheese over an uncooked pepperoni pizza. The kitchen is large enough to accommodate at least two or three chefs at once. There are two ovens, two regular-sized refrigerators, as well as a freezer, a door towards the back of the room that leads to a small closet full of ingredients and extra dry food, and plenty of room on the counters for prepping food to be served to the guests. In the back corner of the kitchen is a small sitting area, the same one Kat and Alyssa sat at a few days ago. A pink princess cup is already sitting at one spot, most likely being Chica's special cup.

The rabbit smiles and calls out to his shorter friend. "Hey, Chica. What are you making this time?" he asks as he walks over to her with Kitten following closely behind him. Bonnie looks down at the pizza, then back at her with a puzzled expression. "No olives?"

Before Chica can reply, the door to the food closet opens as Freddy steps out of the small storage room holding an empty sack. "Nope, no olives," he says with a disappointed tone. "You'd think the owner would keep up with the inventory a bit better. I swear, these people..."

Kitten freezes in place at the sight of Freddy Fazbear himself. He's honestly the last person she wants to see right now. He probably doesn't want to see her either after what had happened between him and her captain. She takes a few steps towards Bonnie, now slightly hiding behind him as she watches him walk over to the three while Chica begins to complain.

"No fair...! We always have those on our pizza! Those are the yummiest part!" she whines out childishly.

Bonnie can feel a small nudge from behind him when Kitten tries to hide herself. Looking behind him, he can see her terrified expression. Turning to look in the direction she's facing to find that she's nervously staring at Freddy. It wasn't hard for him to recall how scared she was when they talked about the incident between Freddy and Foxy. She must have been worried about what he would do to her. With that in mind, the bun remains where he stands, hoping that he can make her feel a bit more secure by being a shield for her. "At least we have pepperoni. What else do we have? Do we still have hamburger or sausage meat for the meat lovers?" he asks the head bear.

Freddy tosses the empty bag into the closest trash can. "Let me look." he walks over to one of the fridges and opens it. He looked around from bottom to top till he found what he was looking for, "Found some hamburger." the bear announces excitedly as he reaches in and grabs a half-cut, nicely wrapped, hamburger roll.

Bonnie sighs. "Good. Just pepperoni is not good for me." Chica smiles back at her purple friend.

"You and me both! We don't have olives though... but we can still use that!"

The leader of the Fazbear crew closes the door to the pantry before walking back over to the counter and standing next to Chica. "A good chef always knows what to do," he says proudly. After opening up the hamburger meat, the bear reaches down to the bottom shelf and pulls a large frying pan from its seat before bringing it back up and placing it on top of the stove beside him. Freddy pulls the meat from the bag and places it in the pan before twisting the knob on the stove to ignite it. "Don't worry, I did wash my hands," he says with a small chuckle.

The pirate girl can't help but giggle at the humor she didn't realize Freddy had. She's always been told how harsh he can be when disciplining someone, but even with that kind of a reputation, he's still able to find time to crack a few jokes to lighten the tension. Without realizing her actions, Kitten slowly moves out from behind Bonnie to watch the leader a bit more closely.

Noticing the redhead behind Bonnie from the corner of his eye, Freddy turns to look at his guitarist and the pirate. Almost immediately, his smile fades and, in turn, so does hers, but he quickly turns it around to give her a much smaller smile. "Hello, Kitten. Good to see you up and around," he greets before turning his attention back to the ground beef as it begins to cook, shifting the meat with a spatula to keep it from burning.