Virus (Sequel To 'A Malfunction?')(Bonnie x Reader)

Chapter 15: The Wrong Attitude

"Ok." You smile. "We can go."

~~~~Short Time Skip~~~~

Roxy gasps and runs up to you and Bonnie so she can throw her arms around both of you at once. "Are you two ok?"

"We're fine, Roxy," you say.

She squeezes both of you before letting go, looking between the two of you with a soft smile.

"Oh, Bonnie? What are you doing here?" Harry appears out of nowhere, making a rare appearance of being outside his office.

"I got out of hospital yesterday and wanted to see everyone."

"Ah – well, we're all here for you!" He walks behind and gently pushes you both forward.

"Ayy! The big man himself, welcome to the club!" Someone calls out while they lay on one of the couches, a book in one hand and a beer in the other.

Bonnie gives them a nod as they raise their drink before taking a swig of it. Harry guides Bonnie to a seat with you and Roxy sitting on either side of him before leaving.

"Y/n, aren't you meant to be at work right now?" someone asks.

"I've been given three weeks off to help Bonnie." You rest your head on his shoulder.

He smiles as you do and immediately returns the gesture so his head is on yours. At that point he kind of zones out. There's a different feeling right now that he's struggling to pinpoint, aside from the fact it's linked to him cuddling you. It is a good feeling but it's different from what he's used to in a strange way, making him kind of focus on it in confusion. The virus is most likely to blame so it isn't too alarming. As you move he gets a weird sense of excitement and sometimes part of his body will subtly twitch – most notably his hands, ears and legs – which results in him shifting which then makes you move again, resulting in an endless cycle. Some seem to notice the constant fidgeting but don't seem to care at the same time, maybe because it's normal for someone who's freshly been infected. It gets to the point where Bonnie just holds you still so he'll stop moving. A part of his mind still tells him that he needs to be closer to you, despite there being practically no space between the two of you, and there are still subtle twitches in his hands and ears but it's better than before so he's able to relax.

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The conversation topic shifts and changes constantly, always going off track or simply stopping to talk about something else. It's very sudden and obvious – or at least to Bonnie it is. Everyone acts like the twist in topics is natural and organic, but to Bonnie, it's the opposite since he can't even tell if a conclusion was reached before being abandoned. It's not because he's not paying attention, so he's just left to awkwardly look between whoever is talking as he doesn't understand what's going on. The only time this cloudy mind sensation stops is when he hears Freddy's name get thrown into the conversation.

"I don't know how serious they are about it though," someone says.

"It's impossible if you ask me."

Bonnie stares at everyone as he curses himself for not knowing what they're talking about. He looks at you only to see that you're half asleep. He opens his mouth to ask but immediately shuts it when he finds that the conversation has changed yet again and is already in the middle of a new one. It's almost as if Bonnie's perception of time has been messed up so everything is happening at a different pace than what he can experience. With this train of thought, all he does is lean back into the couch and hold you closer as the thought of trying to figure out what everyone is talking about becomes minuscule, taking a backseat in his mind. The hope of this weird mental stuff not lasting long is there but shamefully, Bonnie tells himself that it's never going to stop and that he better get used to it or even enjoy it before something much, much worse comes to finally kill him. It's an unhealthy mindset but an accurate one. Although he doesn't exactly know the death rate or how often someone 'snaps' because of the virus, he still thinks that it's coming for him, even if slowly. It's not a thought of giving up, rather it's trying to keep a realistic view on things so he doesn't psych himself up and then do something stupid, causing something to go horribly wrong.

What goes around comes around.

Oh boy, things are getting real. Also, f o r e s h a d o w i n g. I love it so much, even more than I love cliffhangers. It's too good. And yes, in the last story everyone was saying how good the dad was and being the horrible person that I am, I have taken that away from all of you. Have fun.

(This message was copied from His Majesty My King. If you have already read it there then do please ignore this.)

Ok, so about the missing artwork. First and foremost, I'm sorry. I know I've missed some chapters in the past but in replacement of those, I have a dumb sketch of sorts, but now there is nothing. Which might continue to be nothing. I have some chapters done and that's because they were made ages ago. Like, for example, His Majesty My King has chapter 15's artwork done and 3 undefined chapters done. Virus only has 5 undefined chapters done. The thing is, is that I'm aiming for a minimum of 50 chapters for both stories, which means the vast majority of chapters will have nothing.

Why is this? It's because I'm busy as all hell. I think I've mentioned this before somewhere but I have to manage an Instagram account, school and a comic script I'm writing. Now, that doesn't sound like a lot but since my art can take anywhere from 1hr to 8hrs to complete I could be creating a complete artwork three times a day - again, on top of school. This is mainly due to the fact I post twice a week on Instagram and once a month I'll upload an 18 panel comic so I have no choice but to make something everyday to stay on schedule. Now, this is going to sound really horrible and nasty and I'm so sorry but His Majesty My King and Virus are my lowest priorities in my life right now due to the fact I'm just focusing on basically building my life since I've hit that age.

I've never felt so bad about something like this before since the art was the thing that made the story and was sometimes the only good thing about it and now here I am, taking that away. It's just that I can't keep this up. I've already been to hospital and I refuse to go back there if I can help it. If the art is something you can't go on without then I understand if you stop reading. The art-book will be continuing on as normal so I can at least give you something but if that's not enough (since it'll be going from three artworks to one) then...I don't know. I'm sorry. I mean, there is my Instagram but the artwork I post there that won't be posted to the art-book isn't FNAF related so I don't think I can make you happy with that.

Again, I am so sorry but I just can't do the artworks anymore. The story itself should be fine for now though.