Nightguards x Reader!Mute

Chapter 4 - Spiraling Thoughts and Accidents

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It was 2 PM and felt pretty good for once. You cleaned up your apartment a bit and threw the trash out. On your way out you had grabbed your keys. It was nice outside and you wanted to take a walk today. You couldn't remember the last time you went out during the day without anything to do.

Further down the street was a small park. You walked through it for a bit, enjoying the cold breeze. Eventually, you sat down by a small river and just rested there for a while. You thought back to yesterday. The date with Vincent came back to your mind. The way he smiled at you was so unlike him. You wondered what he thought about you and if he was serious.

Then your mind wandered back to Scott and how protective he had been over you. What was up with that? He couldn't possibly like you, or could he? Just then another thing came to your mind. "Vincent, do you... no, nevermind". You wondered what Scott wanted to say and what ran through Vincent's mind to make him curse like that?

You sighed and leaned against a tree. Then there was that fight between Mike and Vincent during the night shift. You wondered if this happened often or if this was just because you were there. Maybe they were jealous of Vincent after all, or they could be right and you were about to fall into his trap. "Why would anyone be jealous? I'm not that pretty or interesting", you thought as you looked at your reflection in the water.

All these unanswered questions made your head spin. You figured that sitting here would only result in your thoughts spiraling even more, so you got up and walked around to keep yourself busy. That worked for a while and you could enjoy the scenery. Some birds were gathering by the fountain to drink water. A squirrel was running around with a nut. Dogs were barking at each other somewhere. Kids were playing football. You even saw some old couples, which warmed up your heart. You hoped that someday you could find someone to spend your life with, but that was pretty low on your priority list right now.

Eventually, you had seen enough of the park and slowly made your way home. You looked up at the sky and wondered what time it was. It took a while for you to reach the end of the park. Walking down the sidewalk your thoughts began to revolve around Mike's weird behavior again. He seemed so unfazed by the Animatronics that you wondered how long he had been doing this job.

Was what Scott said really true? Would they kill you if you didn't wear a Freddy mask? That seemed a bit strange. You've seen other employees during the day without masks on, or was that a night mode? Why would they have such a mode anyways, that was incredibly dangerous. Why would you need nightguards anyway if this was something that was programmed into them, and if it wasn't didn't that mean they were faulty and needed to be replaced? didn't this place you at serious risk? was this literally a suicide job? You were so in your thoughts that you forgot to check the road when crossing.

Before you knew what happened, you found yourself on the ground. Your head was ringing and your whole body was in agony. Someone was calling your name. It was a man's voice, someone you knew. Your mind was so foggy that you couldn't figure out who it was. Sometimes your eyes opened for a split second, the bright white light was blinding you. Slowly you slipped into unconsciousness while the voice called out to you...

Suddenly your eyes shot open and you were met with Mikes's face that had a horrified expression on it. "(Y/N)!!!" he cried out. "Oh my god, you're ok! I thought I was too late!", it was obvious that he had been crying. You could see the dried tears on his cheeks and his eyes were red. You still had no idea what even happened.

Mike stammered something about, "Everything happened so fast" and "I didn't know if it was me or the car that pushed you". "Wait...", you thought, "what car?". You looked extremely confused at Mike. Slowly, with his help, you pushed yourself up and looked at the scene.