===Mangle's POV===
All day TC has been dragging me around the mall. From one store to the next. Over and over again. She asks my opinion on outfits, guys, where to eat. I'm just bored. My mind wanders the entire time, always back to Foxy. It's weird. I'm in a place I like, but without Foxy here I'm... Bored. Just for a moment I turn my gaze away from TC just for a moment and in an instant my attention is demanded to return to TC.
"Hey, I'm over here." She says demanding and I snap my head back to her.
"Oh... Sorry. My mind is somewhere else right now." I apologize, returning to my thoughts of Foxy. Is it unhealthy for me to be so dependent on him? Is it wrong? I mean, compared to all the other guys I had my sights set on he's so... so... different. I really believe that he is so much different from anyone I've ever met. He actually cares. He treats me like I'm the only other person in the world.
"Mangle!" TC suddenly exclaims. A look of annoyance covering her face. "You know if you keep doing that I might die of lack of attention."
"I'm sorry, I just have some stuff on my mind."
"Some stuff huh. It's Foxy isn't. Come on Mangle you gotta get out the house once in a while. Get him out of your head for a day."
"I'm sorry?"
"You need to not think about Foxy for a day and live for yourself."
"I can't help it." I say timidly, twiddling my fingers together.
"What do you mean you can't help it? Just push him out of your head. Easy." My face begins to become flustered the more and more the more she continues to try to make me forget about Foxy.
"You don't understand-"
"I think I do. You're obsessed."
"I'm not!" I say in a violet and sudden outburst of anger. "He's the best thing that's happened to me." Toy Chica's face goes wide and I decide that I've been here long enough. I get up to leave and head off in the direction we came in from. But there is a sudden tug on my shirt. I rip away TC's grip but now she's chased after me, blocking my way.
"Get out of my way!" I say raising my voice trying to push pass her, but TC remains steadfast and doesn't budge.
"Mangle please. You have to understand."
"I don't want to listen to thing you say. " I say managing to get past and out the door and towards home. Foxy.
===Foxy's POV===
Quietly I sit and let my mind wander a little as I take the very long scolding and lecture from my mother. On and on she goes ranting about the whole predicament that she caused this morning. Guess part of it was my fault, but even still.
"Foxy, are you listening?" My mother asks rhetorically, obviously already picking up on the fact that I'm not totally there.
"No, cause you've already scolded me today." I respond coldly. She scoffs and continues to scold and berate. But just as she starts she is cut off by the front door opening and me walking out of the room to go greet Mangle.
"Foxy?" I hear her call out in the foyer. Once I walk in, she whirls around to face me. Her face shows sadness and distress.
"Mangle, what's wrong?" I ask quickly pulling her into a hug and pressing her head into my chest. She sobs a little before she's able to put her thoughts into words.
"I just- I just can't go without you." She says barely able to respond before crying a little more. My heart breaks a little at her saying this. I pull her head away from my chest and wipe the tears from her misty golden eyes.
"Hey, no crying." I start in a soft voice. "Just tell me what happened." We head upstairs towards while Mangle starts from when her and TC left for the mall, all the way up until when she got back.
"Mangle... I had no idea. But I can see where TC is coming from. You can't let me have a grip on you."
"How can you side with her?"
"Because I want what's best for you. You're very bright and have a great deal of potential. And if I get in the way of that, then you need to do what is best for you. No matter what."
"But I want to be with you."
"I know, but if the time comes and if I'm in your way, you need to cut me loose."
"But what about you?" Out of instinct I pull Mangle into a hug and hold tightly against me.
"I'm not saying it won't hurt. It'll be pain I've never experienced, but your happiness takes priority over my well being. No exceptions."
"Fine. But that day will never come."
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Mangle and I sit quietly on the couch, watching Netflix. I have my arm around Mangle with her leaning on my chest and slowly falling asleep. Smiling down at her, I move a bit of platinum hair that had fallen in front of her face. Mangle squirms around a bit till she's laying with her head resting on my lap so she's staring up at me. She puts one of her hands on the side of my face, brushing a bit of hair behind my ear, smiling her usual bright smile.
"What?" I ask in a playfully inquisitive tone.
"Oh, nothing." She responds smiling a devious smile before grabbing my sides and beginning to tickle me. I convulse violently, but Mangle somehow manages to hold on to me as I shake around violently. Along with my squirming I squeal a little.
"Stop, stop, stop. STOP" I plead before the doorbell rings and before we both stop moving and stare at the door where a silhouette stands idly looking in. I quickly get from the floor to my feet and wander over to the door. Toy Chica stands patiently waiting as I open the door.
"Hey, Foxy." She says, continuing. "Mangle's here I assume."
"Yes, she is. But I think you owe her an apology." I say coldly with a little anger to my words.
"Why?" My teeth grit together a little at this, but I keep composure.
"You hurt Mangle. She doesn't exactly want to talk you." Her face goes from its resting nature to a harsh snarl.
"Maybe if you weren't manipulating her mind, then she would see that I'm right!" Toy Chica counters harshly. A low growl escapes my mouth as I give her my final words before shutting the door on her.
"I have never manipulated her. I have done nothing but love her, and you have no right to say otherwise." She tries to respond but the front door already clicks shut. Mangle walks up behind me as I place my head against the door and grip it's handle till my knuckles turn white. She wraps her hands around me and hugs into my back.
"I'm sorry." She whispers softly. I exhale heavily and turn around, wrapping my arms around her.
"It's okay. I love you."
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-Rontu-Aru
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(Canceled) Before I Shatter (FNAF Highschool) (Book 1 of 3)
FanfictionFor as long as he can remember, Foxy has been alone. Never a person of consequence. A loner. So cold and distant that you would question whether he was every really there. But something changed. The loving kindness of one girl drew Foxy out of his d...
