Michael Afton x Reader (Stay By My Side) {Completed}

Chapter 16

Michael's POV:

A couple of hours had passed, and y/n, Elizabeth, and I had spent most of the day together. I was glad to catch up with Eli; I had really missed her.
I tried distracting myself from the thought that Chris might still be out there, and I decided to worry about it later. But for some reason, I just couldn't get him out of my head. I had already got my mom and sister back; if there was still hope for them, maybe there was still hope to get my brother back too.
It was about 10:00pm, and the three of us had just got back from a restaurant. y/n and Eli were getting ready to go back to Circus Baby's Pizza World to visit my mom. And don't get me wrong—I wanted to go see her—but I just had to go to Fredbear's Family Diner tonight. I just couldn't help but feel like maybe he was possessing an animatronic.
Y/n and Elizabeth were in y/n's room, either getting ready to go, or doing who-knows-what. Meanwhile, I decided to quickly get ready and head for Fredbear's before either of them could notice. If they asked me where I had gone once we all got back, I would tell them the truth. I just didn't want to tell them ahead of time so that they wouldn't be able to stop me.
At about 10:30, I quickly made my way down the stairs and for the front door before anyone could notice me. But before I could leave I was stopped by the sound of quiet chuckling. I whirled around and saw Ennard standing right behind me.
"Ugh, damn you Ennard!" I exclaimed once I saw him. "How on earth did you get here so fast?!"
"I have my ways," he laughed. "And besides, don't be so upset to see me. You need me, remember?"
"Yeah, whatever." I rolled my eyes. "I have to go to work. You stay here, I can live without you inside of me for a couple of hours."
"I'm not stupid, Michael. I know you're not going to work," he stopped me.
"Yes, I am," I lied quickly. "Where else would I be going?"
"Michael, you act like I have no idea what I'm talking about," Ennard said. "If you were going to work, you'd be going with y/n and Elizabeth. You seem like you're in a rush to go somewhere and you don't want them to know."
"And where would I be going?"
"I dunno. Probably somewhere y/n wouldn't want you to go."
"That's not true," I insisted.
"Michael, she did the exact same thing as you a couple nights ago. I could see right through her, and I can see right through you too."
I groaned.
"You know what? Fine. To make you shut up, I'll tell you the truth. You're right; I'm not going to work."
"Ah, I knew it," he said. "Tell me more, I wanna know where you're going."
"That's none of your business," I snapped.
"Oh, come on! Just tell me!" he pestered.
"No."
"Please? I'll keep my mouth shut."
"No, you won't."
"C'mon Michael!"
"Fine! I'm going to one of the old pizzerias, alright?!"
"Wait... seriously?" he asked, seeming to not believe me.
"Yes! Do you have a problem with that?"
"No, but it's just... Why would you go to Freddy's at this time?" he wondered. "Don't you think that's a pretty dumb descision? The animatronics there are just as bad as the ones at Circus Baby's."
"Actually, I'm not going to Freddy's," I sighed with frustration. "I'm going to Fredbear's Family Diner."
"You're going to Fredbears?" Ennard repeated.
"That's right," I confirmed.
"But... why?" he questioned. "I thought that place closed down like three years ago or something when that Fredbear animatronic bit some kid's head and killed him," he reminded me. I clenched my fist and sighed angrily.
"Oh, I know that," I snapped. "And that's exactly why I'm going there. Because that 'kid' was my little brother." Ennard looked completely speechless, almost as if he didn't believe me.
"Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be heading off. Because I'm finally going to go see if my brother is still out there."
As I headed for the door again, I expected him to ask me more questions. But he didn't. Maybe it was because he knew that there was no point in even trying to stop me.

While I drove to the diner, I expected to have a hard time finding it since I hadn't been there for so long. But for some reason, I still remembered exactly how to get there.
The closer I got there, the more uneasy I felt. Before I knew it, I was in the parking lot. As soon as I pulled up, I immediately felt all that guilt and pain from three years before rushing back to me. I couldn't help but remember the way Chris cried for me to stop bringing him closer to Fredbear, the way I trusted my old 'friends' who had helped me do that stupid prank, the way y/n yelled at me and begged me to stop, and worst of all, the way I sobbed while holding my brother in my arms after he had been killed.
For a while, I kept debating on whether or not I should do this. It was hard enough sitting here in the parking lot, I couldn't imagine how much it would hurt me to actually go inside. But I told myself that the sooner I went in, the sooner I could go find my brother. Then I would never have to come back to this place ever again.
With a sigh, I got out of my car and pulled my keys out of my pocket. Since my dad was in charge of all of Fazbear Entertainment, and I had a job at one of his pizzerias, he gave me a spare key for each building. I didn't think much of it at the time, but gosh was I ever grateful for that now.
Once I reached the building and unlocked the door, I stepped inside. Dang, was it ever freezing. It was definitely much colder than I remembered it being.
I pulled my phone out of my pocket to turn on the flashlight, but stopped to see that I had multiple missed calls and texts from y/n asking where I was. I would've responded, but I didn't want her to feel like she had to come help me. I didn't know if it was dangerous here as well, and I didn't want to risk her getting hurt. This was something that I had to do alone.
And besides, although I loved her and her company, I wanted the moment that I reunited with Chris to be just the two of us.
I took a deep breath, and headed past the front counter. I checked all of the party rooms and storage rooms to see if the Fredbear animatronic was in any of them. But I couldn't seem to find him in any of the rooms. Finally, I came to the room that I had been avoiding the whole time: the room where Chris' sixth birthday party took place.
"Just get it over with, Michael," I told myself once I was right outside the door. Finally, I pushed the door open, ignoring how bad I was shaking and how fast my heart was beating.
I looked around the room for Fredbear, and finally the stage caught my attention. I could see the Spring Bonnie animatronic standing there. I couldn't see Fredbear, but I assumed that if Spring Bonnie were there, Fredbear was probably standing behind him, or behind the stage where I couldn't see him from here.
For the most part, I felt fine as I was walking towards the stage. I was still shaking a little bit, but I was able to push through it and felt fine. Until it finally hit me; I could practically hear the voices of my ignorant younger self and my old friends that day.
"Wow, your brother is kind of a baby isn't he?"
"It's hilarious! Why don't we help him get a closer look? He'll love it!"
"No! Please!"
"Come on guys! Let's give the little man a lift!"
"No! I don't wanna go!"
"You heard him! He wants to get even closer!"
By now, I felt as if I could hear his sobs, and the moment when y/n ran over to me and yelled at me, begging me to stop.
"Michael! What are you doing?!"
"I'm just letting Chris say hi to Fredbear."
"Michael, no! Please!"
"Aw, come on, why don't you just give him a big kiss?"
"Michael, stop it! You're scaring him!"
"Oh please, we're just playing around."
"Please, Michael! I'm scared!"
"Michael, seriously, put him down! You could traumatize him!"
"Oh c'mon, what's the worst that could happen?"
SNAP
By this point my eyes were filled with tears. Finally, I called out for him, desperately hoping that he was here.
"CHRIS!" I cried. "CHRIS, I'M SORRY! PLEASE, COME BACK!"
No answer.
I rushed over to the stage, looking all over for Fredbear, but I just couldn't find him.
"CHRIS, WHERE ARE YOU?!"
Still nothing.
I couldn't take this any longer. The guilt, pain, sadness and trauma; it was unbearable by this point. I had to just give up. I just wanted to leave.
I left the building as fast as I could and headed for my car. Once I was in my car, I just sat there and cried before leaving. I was planning on staying there in my car for a while, but I couldn't stand being at the diner. So instead I began driving home as fast as I could.
I was barely able to focus on the road as I was driving since my eyes were so full of tears. Honestly, it was probably a bad idea. I had come close to crashing multiple times. But eventually, I was able to get home safely.
Once I got there, I got out of the car and headed for the front door. I was still shaky and uneasy from what had happened, but I just wanted to go home and go to bed at this point.
I unlocked the door and walked inside, hoping that nobody would be there waiting for me. But sure enough, y/n was standing by the front door just like I had been a few nights before. Once she saw me, she ran to me and threw her arms around me.
"Hey... it's okay... what's wrong?" I asked, hugging her back.
"What's wrong?!" she repeated, pulling out of the hug. "What kind of a question is that?! You just disappeared without telling me! I thought something bad happened to you!"
"Look, I'm sorry, y/n, I-"
"Sorry doesn't fix it! Where did you go?!"
"I'm sorry, y/n, but I don't want to talk about it."
"I don't care! The least you can do is tell me what you were doing!"
I took a moment to notice the angry yet concerned look on her face. I didn't want to talk about my experience there, but it was only fair if I told her.
"Okay... okay. You deserve to know the truth," I sighed. "Earlier you mentioned that you thought that Chris is still out there, and I wanted to see if you were right. So I went to Fredbear's Family Diner. I thought that maybe he possessed Fredbear or something. Because even though it seems unlikely, I thought that even though my dad isn't a very caring person, I know that he cared about Chris a lot. So I figured that he might've put Chris inside of the Fredbear animatronic to save him like he did with my mom and Ballora. But I wasn't able to stay there for long, since I started having some awful flashbacks from the day he died. I shouldn't have even gone there in the first place. I regret going there so much."
Y/n's expression was no longer upset. Instead, she just looked both very confused and surprised. But it didn't last for long until she scowled at me again.
"The least you could've done was tell me that beforehand!"
"I really am sorry, y/n-"
"I don't care!" she snapped. "I thought that something awful had happened to you! Do you have any idea how scared I was?!"
"I know, I-"
"No, you don't know!" she interrupted. "You don't know how scared I was! Why didn't you tell me?!"
"I guess I was just worried that you would stop me. And I didn't want to worry you or anything."
"You didn't want to worry me?!" she yelled. "Well you made me a whole lot more worried by just disappearing like that!"
"Y/n..."
"Michael, I was terrified!" she cried.
"I'm sorry, y/n..."
"Why would you just leave me to be so scared?! I thought I lost you or something!"
"Hey, calm down. It's okay," I stopped her. I tried to pull her in for a hug, but she pulled away.
"Goodnight, Michael," she said, walking off to go to bed.
"Hey, y/n, wait..." I tried to stop her, but she ignored me and kept walking away. Once she was out of sight, I let out a sigh. I headed for the guest bedroom deciding to go to sleep as well.
Once I finished getting ready for bed, I checked the separate guest bedroom that Elizabeth was staying in just to make sure she was there. Sure enough, she was peacefully sleeping. With a slight smile, I closed the door, and headed to the guest bedroom that I was staying in.
Before I went inside, I couldn't help but glance over at y/n's room. I slowly walked over and carefully pushed the door open. Once I saw that she was asleep, I quietly walked over to her side of the bed. Once I was right next to her, I brushed a piece of hair out of her face and tucked it behind her ear. Without thinking, I leaned down and kissed her forehead.
"Goodnight..." I whispered as quietly as I could.
And with that, I headed off to the guest bedroom to go to sleep.

A/N: Hi! Sorry for the longer wait, I've been busy lately which was why it took me a little longer to upload. I'll still try to upload as frequently as I can though!