"ʏᴏᴜ'ʟʟ ʙᴜʀɴ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴜꜱ"

Chapter 21: Excuses

A/N: Before I start this chapter, I'd really appreciate it if y'all could go check out my YouTube channel, Silver Sapphire748. I do a lot of FNAF art on there including Springtrap art that may be a potential cover for this book. So, supporting my channel as a young artist would be appreciated :).

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I got home, going straight to bed as usual, but I couldn't help my lingering stare that set on the Springbonnie plush that now sat on my nightstand. It's blank gaze being set on me as I lay down.

I felt rather uncomfortable by it now that I can relate it to Springtrap.

I turned it to face away from me with a sigh, dozing off with thoughts of nothingness.

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I looked around, seeing various candles being lit. Where was I now?

There were purple curtains in front of me with silver and violet stars on them that gleamed in the faint illumination of the candles. There were a lot of presents and balloons in the room of various colors, as if it was decorated for a birthday.

I approached the curtains and slowly pulled them back to reveal a dark figure lighting candles to a (favorite flavor) birthday cake while humming a familiar tune. I looked around in confusion.

On the right and left wall, I saw animatronic suits lined up, slumped over in eerie positions; there was a rotten stench in the room that made me scrunch my nose up.

I hesitantly approached the obscured figure, who's face slowly revealed as they lit the candles.

I didn't expect to see who was revealed.

There before me was a man I was vaguely familiar with from my dreams, one who wore a purple uniform....the one I knew as William.

He looked up at me, making me jump slightly due to most of my dreams not being interactive. "...W-William? Afton...?" I asked, more to myself, breath taken away by the strange encounter. He smiled at me, finished lighting the candles as he stood up straight to face me. His welcoming smile wasn't an evil one, it was strangely genuine seeming, causing me to momentarily forget that he was a murderer.

The rotten smell had been fully covered up by the smell of birthday cake, which was a much more pleasant aroma. William gestured to the cake, "Hello Y/N, Happy Birthday." He said with a British accent.

"It's not my Birthday though..." I stated in confusion. He only shook his head with his warm smile never fading. "That's alright, it doesn't matter. Enjoy yourself like it is your birthday." He laughed charmingly- oh lord he was actually quite good looking.

"I didn't know murderers could be so handsome..." I joked out loud, 'Oh God I didn't mean to say that out loud what the fuck-!?' I was flustered by my accidental comment. He chuckled in amusement at my embarrassment and began walking closer to me."I mean- not in a weird way- like uh-you-" I stumbled over my words, 'oh no I'm making it worse' I had to shut myself up.

"Shhhh..." William grabbed my hands gently, did he just shush me? Damn. His charming gentleman behavior made it very hard to believe that he was the same man who possessed Springtrap... my dreams are wild... I wonder if they are somehow accurate...

He began to slowly dance with me, which didn't cool my face down. "You know... you're going to run out of excuses to go there." He stated sweetly, only leaving me further perplexed. "Go where?" I questioned.

"Oh silly, you know where. The attraction." He stated as if it was obvious, which I guess it kind of was. I shook my head. "I don't understand, who even are you?" Obviously he misinterpreted my question how anyone would. "You know who I am dear, what do you mean?" He seemed a bit offended at the suggestion that I didn't know his name. He probably thinks I'm an idiot now.

"No no, I mean like, are you real? Well-obviously not but you seem so real in all of my dreams-but how are you here if I've never actually seen you?" I elaborated, to which he clicked his tongue in realization.

"Ah, well I guess I am real to an extent. Your dreams of me are all real events of the past that are shown to you. This currently on the other hand, is not the past and never happened, it's a present dream." He explained.

I blinked dumbly, "So, is this how you actually act? And look? Before you uh... died?"

He nodded.

"But this is still mostly your imagination... but it's influenced by some paranormal forces. Almost all of your recent dreams were shown to you by a paranormal influence."

I hummed in acknowledgment and tried to understand. "You're not this charming and nice in person..." I mumbled.

He pulled me closer to him, grinning in a not so kind way, "Looks can be deceiving."

"So, since you're a killer, are you gonna stab me in the back as soon as this dream gets romantic?" I joked, hoping that wasn't the case, but I wasn't going to be surprised if that's the result.

He laughed "Oh no, I don't plan on killing you."

He looked me in the eyes. "Actually, I had something else in mind~" he leaned in and I embraced the moment, staring back into his eyes that probably hid a lot of murderous intent.

Distance between our lips got smaller and then-

*CRASH*

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I jolted out of my sleep from the noise of loud thunder crashing right outside of my window. I groaned, honestly wishing that dream didn't end so fast. Why the fuck was William the child murderer hot? Man... it's probably a good thing that ended before it turned into a wet dream...

I shook my head, realizing that I couldn't fall back asleep no matter how hard I tried.

I sighed in mild disappointment, seeing the gloomy weather outside my window. It was 4:32 pm.

I stared at the Springbonnie plush that was facing the bed...

Didn't I turn you around before I went to sleep...?

I reached to grab the plush but paused my motions when my phone had a notification, so I reached for it instead.

I checked it...

Check of $2,093,040.00 deposited into checking account of Y/N L/N.

I gasped, putting a hand over my mouth,"Holy shit- 2 Million?!"

I was completely shocked but also suspicious of the source of the money, which I will look into...but...

With that much money... is it really worth it to work at Fazbear's Frights when it threatens my life daily?

I really am running out of excuses to go back now...

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Hope y'all liked the chapter! I'm not an adult so I don't exactly have a lot of money experience, but I just tried to pick a large amount that seemed believable. How did y'all like William btw? 😏