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"When someone allows another to alter their thinking, it takes time recover how you saw others before. That's the power of manipulation."

Springtrap's Pov:

It was pitch black outside and I couldn't find Freddy anywhere. I'll go around town to see if he was atleast somewhere over there.

2 hours later

Where did he go?

I decided to return back over to the house and hoped that Freddy was there. When I got inside, everything was how it was left.

Freddy never came back home...

Josh was silent the whole time and I can't blame him. I can feel his pain, and he can feel mine.

Currently there is this pounding feeling on my chest and it's been there since Freddy walked out.

"Hey Josh"
"...."
"Josh?"
"......"
"Josh, I know you can hear me"
"What do you want?!" I could tell that he was crying by the tone of his voice.
"Stop crying, we are gonna find him"
"That's not the only thing i'm worried about...."
I thought about what else he could be worried about and I had something in mind, but i'd be best to ask him first.
"What else is bothering you?"
"...."
I heard him take a deep breath in followed by a sniffle.
"Am I a bad person?..."
Yea, I did think that calling out Freddy while he was vulnerable was not the best option, but I don't think Josh meant to hurt him.
Well not badly...
"No, I'm sure you didn't mean it."
"..."
Josh was being silent again as if I said something bad...
What did he do?
"Is there something you need to say?"
"...I-..."
He seemed uncomftable about the matter. I let it go but interrupted.
"I...read his thoughts"
He was reading Freddy's thoughts and yet continued on...
So he knew, yet he continued...
"I-I-"
"You WHAT Josh. Huh? You fucked around with his feelings and knew how he felt!"
"........."
There was a long and unbearable silence that only made me for frustrated.
"Why? Why did you do it?"
"I...don't know..."
There was a hesitation in his voice that I was able to notice pretty quickly.
"......"
"Springy?"
"........."
"Springy...please?"
He seemed to be getting on edge by my silence. Let's see how much he can take.
"..........."
"Springy...talk to me..."
"..................."
"SPRINGY!" I could tell he was sobbing now from his shaky voice. I was still annoyed with him but I decided not to go too far.
"Yes?"
"D-don't...d-do that..." I felt bad and my annoyance quickly turned into sorrow.
"I'm sorry..., but I need you to tell me."
"Huh?"
"I know that you know the reason why you acted that way towards Freddy."
"..o-oh.."
"I need you to tell me, because how can I help you if you won't tell me what's wrong?"
I was on the couch and I closed my eyes to talk to Josh physically.
Soon I was over in the world that I was previously at yesterday.

I saw Josh curled up as his eyes were somewhat red from crying. He looked more depressed than what I thought. I approached him slowly and I sat down next to him.

"Y'know, in a way, we are all fucked up" I said looking up at the topless ceiling.

"None of us grew up normally, and that's how we end up always in the worst shit. So whatever you think may be wrong with you, just know that it's not you fault, K?"
I said now looking at him.

He seemed to uncurl himself out of his position and sit on the wall next to me.

"I purposely triggered Freddy...because I felt like him loving me was...fake"

"I've never had anyone really care for me...not even mom or dad..."
I frowned at the mention of them.

"Dad would always neglect me and make me feel like I was invisible to him. Mom? She would rather die than to live with me.."
He chuckled
"Literally..."

It reminded me that mom killed herself over losing me...
She didn't give Josh a chance and she didn't think of how he would raise himself only being 14...

She really just left him on his own...
I was lucky that dad considered to take me.

Josh on other hand, died and still tried to protect me...

"Freddy seemed to be the only one other than you too care for me... I couldn't trust him and I knew I should have just talked with him, but...you really don't see someone until their at their breaking point..."

"I was desperate for answers... I took the chance and...now I lost someone who cared for me...because I couldn't take his word."

"Just because that happened doesn't mean you can't resolve-"
"Yes. It does." I was about to ask him how he was so sure, but then remembered that he was reading his thoughts...

"He now hates my very existence..."

"In his own words, he meant every word he said to me and the bitterness of it only made it worse..."

He kept going and I had no intention of stopping him. He had to let everything out before we could talk.

"The moments that I could see Freddy through your eyes, It would seem like we were like each other."

"We would both always laugh at the shit you and Goldz would do and it was those fun moments where I saw Freddy as a friend, but never more..."

It was true...whenever I could hear Josh, it was as he was in sync with Freddy and they both seemed to always get along with each other without any of them realizing it.

"Next time I see him, i'll apologize...and even though I may not love him back, I could consider him as my best friend."
He turned to me with slightly a warm and soft smile as his tears began to dry up.

"You two are perfect for each other, wether it be lover or friends" I said returning the smile.

I pulled him into a hug and I could feel him hugging me tighter. Josh may not seem like it, but he enjoys hugs and embraces it whenever he is given one.

I told Josh that we could track Freddy better if we looked tommorrow. He nodded and he fell asleep pretty quick after crying for so long.

I had left him alone as I went back to reality.
I woke up to see it was morning already.

Goldie seemed to be asleep.
As much as I wanted to see Goldie act like a little kid again, I wouldn't want to break the news about what happened with Freddy last night.

Laura and Ben woke up and left the house to go to "work" even though I really knew who they were. Goldie got up and I had to mentally prepare myself to have Goldie scream in my face.

When Goldie sat down on the kitchen table, I started explaining what had happened the night before and for some reason he took it well.

Instead of getting upset or angry, he looked at me with...an expression I couldn't quite tell.

"He's done this before..." Goldie eventually says.

What do you mean 'done this before'?

As if answering my question he starts explaining.
"After Foxy broke up with him...he became distant with everyone, but even when it came to fighting, he instead would run away from it."

"He would dissapear for hours and sometimes days before coming back home..."

"He must have had a meltdown and went back to his old habits..."

"But what can we do?" I asked him trying to find a way to make this right even though I can't deny the fact that I can't change anything

"Nothing..."
"Not until he's back..."

Goldie had his head down but I lifted up his chin and kissed his forehead to try and lift the mood in any way.

He smiled and kissed back.
"I should tell Josh something, mind you switching with him and give us some time alone?" I was confused by the request but decided not to question.

"Hey Josh!"
"Yea?"
"Goldie wants to talk to you alone, alright?"
"Ok..."
"Don't worry about it, just get over here!"
"Ok..."

Josh's Pov:

As I got into Springy's body I saw Goldie infront of me.

Goldie was sitting their as if waiting for something.
Then I realized.
He must not know that I switched with Springy already...

"So is he coming?" Goldie asked with a soft voice.

Maybe.... just maybe...

"No, he got tired out from last night and he seems to be in pain"  I said trying not to give myself away.

He sighed.
"It's fine...I guess"

He seemed tense and by his facial expression, I could tell he was worrying about something that he didn't want to tell me... or uhhh Springy.

Since I was pretending to be Springy for now, I guess I could act it atleast.
Even though he slept for so long, it seemed that he was tired.

Did he not get much sleep recently or is he always like that?

Even though it felt awkward for me, I carried Goldie and he didn't hesitate to put his head on my shoulders. For some reason I felt some jealousy for Goldie. 
I so wish to be in his position right now....

Even though I didn't know if Goldie liked his head getting rubbed. He didn't seem to mind as I scratched his head and instead started growling, not a dangerous one but a soft and low growl. Was he purring?

I went over to Goldie's bed and I laid us both down. I felt jealousy towards Goldie and I didn't know why.
Would I like this?

I don't mind comforting Goldie in whatever he needed but I want to feel...loved...

I guess i'm missing affection...
I hugged Goldie tightly not caring if it was weird and we both fell asleep.

I changed places back with Spring as he was resting on the floor of the mental realm.

Timeskip a week later:

Goldie eventually told me and Springy that Freddy must be in trouble since he's been absent this whole week without a trace of him.

We thought it would be best to go and look for him as everyone had gotten worried about him.

The pain in my chest has been hurting the whole time. It seems to have gotten worse and it's starting to affect Springy as he is also feeling the pain get worse for him.

Goldie seems to be losing hope, but I refuse to stop. As long as Freddy is missing, I won't stop.
Because...
It's my fault he left in the first place...
C'mon Josh we've been over this.

Currently, I was outside near the park using Spring's body. I was near the fountain that I have gotten used to seeing lately. We would come to the park and sit here since it's the only place where Springy and I could distract ourself from our own thoughts and the world around us.

The water is always soothing and watching it stops whatever pain in my chest i've been feeling recently.

I am starting to worry that this pain is something serious, but I don't think it should be too bad.

As we watched the water move, I catch a glimpse of something brown out of the corner of my eye. I quickly turned around and saw someone sitting on a bench with a hood covering them.

They had brown fur like Freddy's but I wasn't sure if it was him or not. I got a little closer as to trying not to seem like a creep stalking someone.

I was about to think I was just jumping to conclusions until I saw his bear ear poke out. He stood up and walked the away in the other direction.
Is that Freddy?!
I don't know why, but yes, it does look like alot like him.

I started running towards the hooded figure to see them then around.
It was Freddy!

"Freddy!" I yelled as I hugged him.
"Wether your Spring or Josh..." he said in a cold dark tone.

"Get.The.Fuck.Off.Me" He said and I felt a chill go throughout my whole body.

I quickly let him go and I saw that he was giving me a glare.
To change the subject, I wanted to ask him where he was.

"Where were you? We all got worried!"

He looked at me again and scoffed.
"Sure. Let's go home before I strangle you" he said as he turned around and headed in the direction back to my house..?

Before he could take another step he turned around back to the direction where his house was.

Weird..?
Why did he stop too?

I was in thought and didn't notice that I was slowing down.
Suddenly I felt something grab my ears and made me winced in pain.

"Since you want to be slow, it looks like i'm going to have to drag you" he said looking annoyed.

This is not Freddy...
This all happened because of me...
No, this IS Freddy.
But something or someONE caused him to be this...

He kept dragging me by the ears and I never knew my ears were so sensitive. By the time we got to his house, I was starting to form tears.

As we entered the house, he finally let go but shoved me on the floor with a loud thud.

I laid there with my ears ringing as I could only hear muffled voices around me.

Goldie must have heard me as he entered the room to see me and Freddy.

Goldie looked over back to me to see that I was in pain and lifted me up.
"Hey....ar.....ok?"
I could barely understand anything Goldie was saying as his voice was muffled and my ears were ringing.

"I CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING! FREDDY WAS GRABBING MY EARS!" I said, not sure if I was yelling or not.

Goldie seemed to understand and went over to Freddy.

Goldie's Pov:

I was in the kitchen and I was getting ready to cook something while Spring and Josh were out.

They both like going over to the fountain because it helps then relax I guess.

Josh is still looking for Freddy and at first I was mad at Josh for allowing himself to try and hurt Freddy mentally for a purpose he regrets.

But now, he's been worrying about him more than me recently. He says he is to blame and he isn't wrong, but if he keeps doing this, he may end up like Freddy.

Before I could finish getting out ingredients, I heard a loud thud come from the living room. Mom and Dad aren't here yet, so that means that their back.

As I walked into the living room, I saw that Freddy was casually on the couch while Spring/Josh were on the floor as I saw that they had tears in their eyes.

I went over to Spring/Josh and began to lift them up.
"Are you ok?" I asked but Spring/Josh had a confused look on their face.

"I CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING! FREDDY WAS GRABBING MY EARS!" I could tell this was Josh.
Grabbing his ears?
Spring told me once that his ears were sensitive and if they are damaged or hurt in any way, it could temporarily cause him not to lose his hearing.

I looked over at Freddy who was still on his phone. I walked over to him and he didn't even decide to look up.
"Hi Goldz"

I decided to slap him.
"What the fuck is wrong with you!" I yelled at him. He looked just as angry.
"I'm sorry your boyfriend moves too fucking slow that I have to drag him here!" he yelled back at me.

"First of all, that's Josh, and second of all, what the hell has gotten into you!?"

He looked madder with the mention of Josh's name. He soon relaxed and gave a smirk.
"Good, he deserves it"

What the hell?

"Also, nothing is wrong with me. I just don't to be around them " he said while pointing at Spring'd body.

I have a feeling that there is more to it than that....

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Wow, I love when my wifi dies.
Anyways, I haven't updated for the last 2-3 days because my wifi was shit and decided to die.