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once upon a time, there lived a painter called ena and a knight called mizuki. ena and mizuki were best friends (despite them wanting to kill each other at Least once a day), and they liked spending time together sitting in grassy meadows with a picnic blanket spread beneath them.
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this was a common practice, though there wouldn’t end up being much painting done at all. the knight would agitate the painter into making all sorts of threats that involves shoving paintbrushes into nostrils. it was very fun.
though, one day ena had something to tell mizuki…
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"Mizuki, we're getting a divorce." Ena nods gravely with so much seriousness.
The peaceful, copyright-free picnicy music cuts off and the soft display is replaced by a cold pause menu.
"say wjaht???!" Mizuki spins around on their blinged out gaming chair with actual paintbrushes jutting out of their nostrils (added to enhance the roleplay) and eyes wide. "But i thought our relationship was forbidden?? We'll be exposed as e-daters! Ex edaters! Dont you raelise what that could do.. to us?"
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"Sorry, Mizuki, but you know the rules." Ena extended her arm and pointed to her laptop screen.
"Here it says, 30 dollars for matching pfp and an extra 20 for mentioning you in my bio. But you still dont pay up, so i can't be your e-kitten anymore."
Mizuki pulled the paintbrushes off their nostrils and tipped their fedora.
"B-But... M'lady... I thought you promised to be my princess forever... and I was your knight!"
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ena laughed, it was almost cruel they supposed, but she laughed nonetheless and sighed. "unlike you mizuki i keep to my rules and promises. we agreed upon those prices."
"you let me get away with much worse!"
"such as...?"
she paused for the moment and mizuki grinned. it might’ve been maniacal and they leaned closer and....
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“we played valorant together once. no charge.”
enas eyes widened and she stepped back.
“huh..? no… i- i charged you..!”
mizuki laughed under their breath.
“that’s what you think…. but the truth is that you like spending time with me. you like being my ekitten~”
ena blushed looked away. it was better this way, she couldn’t smell mizuki’s gaming for a week straight stench. the two jumped as they heard a loud noise from outside…😰
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Ena’s blush faded as the two nearly ex-edaters were interrupted by a loud banging sound from her end of the call.
The not-so professional e-kitten jumped out of her seat so bad her prized SOMIC G951s Pink Stereo Gaming Headset with Mic for PS4,Xbox,PC,Mobile Phone,3.5mm Noise Reduction Cat Ear Headphones Lightweight Over Ear Headphones nearly slipped right off of her probably greasy, unwashed hair horrifically cultivated after weeks and weeks of nonstop gamer grind activities hopping on Valorant with Mizuki.
“Eh? Eh? What’s that, “ kitten?~ ” Mizuki inquired, curious about the sound picked up from Ena’s mic. The kitten in question could only shiver in her leg warmers as she peered at her door behind her. What was that sound…? Did someone drop something? A break in? Her imagination?
Freddy Fazbear…?
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She couldn’t believe her eyes. No way. It had to be a dream. Right???
But her gaze caught on the brown of the suit, faux fur that had a dull and rough sort of texture, the metallic tapping that belied the intricate clicking of interlocking springs, and all at once, she knew — the Freddy in front of her eyes was the real deal.
Ena sucked in a breath, anxiety and anticipation coursing through her veins at once. This was an opportunity, she thought, as she cracked the door wide and wrapped her arms around the arms of the animatronic bear that smelled strongly of stale pizza and mould. Just her favourite type of scent.
She pulled Freddy forward, slipped on her SOMIC G951s Pink Stereo Gaming Headset with Mic for PS4, Xbox, PC, Mobile Phone, 3.5mm Noise Reduction Cat Ear Headphones Lightweight Over Ear Headphones and declared, “Mizuki. I’m married now.”
“ What? Ena, It’s been five minutes since we broke up! Who could have possibly offered to be your new e-kitten already?”
Ena scoffed, yet as she spoke, her voice gradually grew louder and more shrill, eventually reaching to a pitch the equivalent of Mariah Carey's whistle notes. “His name is Freddy. Freddy Fazbear. He's the love of my life and if you can't accept that, if you can't accept me , then maybe you should stay out of my life! Forever! ”
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“..Freddy? Freddy Fazbear?! ” Mizuki laughed . Why were they laughing? It wasn’t meant to go like this. Ena would divorce them, move on and —
Something wasn’t right.
“Yes, Freddy Fazbear, is there a problem with that?” She hissed, Venom laced the girl’s tongue, “Are you judging our relationship?” Though she knew that Mizuki probably wouldn’t stoop to that level.
More of that frustrating laughter crackled through the speakers of Ena’s SOMIC G951s Pink Stereo Gaming Headset with Mic for PS4,Xbox,PC,Mobile Phone,3.5mm Noise Reduction Cat Ear Headphones Lightweight Over Ear Headphones. Mizuki’s annoying laughter.
“Nah, I wouldn’t judge.. it’s just that.. did you ever consider that you’re not the only one with a new e-kitten?”
What?
“I mean, Ena, you’ve gotta understand here. What do you even think I’d need all that money for?” She could practically hear their smirk through the screen, “It was all for Freddy.”
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Ena’s blood ran cold. “What do you mean, Mizuki?” She asked, her grip on the blank-faced animatronic loosening as she glanced back on her screen, now illuminated with an appropriately yassified selfie she’d taken of herself cradled ($19.87) in Freddy’s arms. “Mizuki?”
No response.
She should’ve expected this. The price for a conversation was $5, and Mizuki had already proven themselves to be the type who didn’t pay. Perhaps they knew she could add another fine to their bill if they replied, but they weren’t the only one with answers...
“Freddy?”
She pushed away from her desk, partially peeling one cup of her SOMIC G951s Pink Stereo Gaming Headset with Mic for PS4,Xbox,PC,Mobile Phone, 3.5mm Noise Reduction Cat Ear Headphones Lightweight Over Ear Headphones to study her most trusted edater-ee, her contractual beloved.
It took a moment before the customary ding notification sounded on her phone, signalling another payment. Then came a quiet whirr, a heart-racing relief from the tense silence. As usual, Freddy took his time responding, but eventually, finally, his jaw unhinged and some semblance of language came out.
“Hor hor hor.”
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Well, there was no point in trying to get Mizuki to respond to her calls anymore, and even if that happened, for sure, they wouldn't end up paying as on the last few occasions. "Whatever," Ena spit out before turning her head around to look at Freddy Fazbear.
Ena's eyes widened in surprise after hearing her beloved's response, enough to make her take off her OMIC G951s Pink Stereo Gaming Headset with Mic for PS4,Xbox,PC,Mobile Phone, 3.5mm Noise Reduction Cat Ear Headphones Lightweight Over Ear Headphones and let them rest in her desk.
"W-What do you mean Mizuki was your e-kitten!?... Why did you never tell me this!?"
The animatronic's head tilted down, almost as if it was in response to Ena's accusations, like he was ashamed of everything. The girl glared at him waiting for a response, after all she paid 30 dollars for a 10 minute conversation and she didn't want that to go to waste. Freddy opened his mouth once again letting out some "words", thought his e-kitten didn't seem satisfied with it. "You're a liar! Just like them!"
Certainly, Ena didn't seem to be having a good time at all, but on the other side of the screen was Mizuki, smirking like they acomplished something big. Mizuki leaned back on their YUYTIN Super Deluxe Racing Executive Office Cockpit Gaming Station Video Gaming Chair, Computer Table and Chair, High-Back Swivel , with Headrest and Lumbar Support while grabbing their cellphone, texting to someone.
"... Yes, Sans. I'm ready to make a deal."
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sans was always a strange one, mizuki thought. but then again, so were they. they seemed to call to one another easily which made them have a lack of hesitation about the deal. sure they knew that they weren't meant to have a deal or make one with such a... being as himself, but they were easily blinded and felt it necessary. that it was inevitable with the way their relationship with ena was turning out.
teh deal had been brought up one day at this one meet up spot that mizuki loved to frequent, freddy by their side wrapping them up all so protectively adn sonic dashing around them. sometimes, on the more lucky days, they got to meet zelda and discuss... whatver it was that they discussed. but that fateful day was differnet. very different.
there was something that was dancing in the air, a sort of mega crackle adn fizz that suffocated them from the inside out as they headed into the diner which was all dead around them. there were no patrons or nothing there, there was a certian loneliness in teh room adn it was all covered in darkness. freddy, ebing the pussy he was, ran away as soon as which gravely disappointed but did not detour mizuki from their jounrey and adventure.
as they entered the diner, their heels clicking on teh tile, they spotted 25-30cm Undertale Plush Toy Undertale Sans Papyrus Frisk Chara Temmie Plush Stuffed Toys Doll (C) except it most certainly was not 25-30cm. they frowned for teh moment but they were brave adn headed straight towards (not) 25-30cm Undertale Plush Toy Undertale Sans Papyrus Frisk Chara Temmie Plush Stuffed Toys Doll (C) and smiled, sitting across from him. they talked adn joked, teasing was second nature to him as it was them adn they laughed again and again until mizuik started to complain about ena and how their relationship was which sans laughed back about adn grinned.
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"I get it. I've been there before." Sans said, his smile gentle.
"You have..?" They questioned.
"Yeah. I have."
It would be a lie if Mizuki said they had no questions about that... something that was second nature to them. But Sans was being open with them so they might as well open up to him... to someone at least.
"I just feel like me and Ena have been getting distant lately... well- before any of this started."
"Hmm." Sans nodded, urging them to continue.
"It’s hard. Not being able to tell her, that is. I want to be there for her, but to do that I need to be open and honest with her about who I am... and I can't."
They started to choke up on their words.
"I can't bring myself to tell her. She's done everything she can for me. She's been there for me, no questions asked, and I repay her with this?"
They laughed under their breath. "I really am a mess... aren't I?"
A halo of light started to glow around Sans and they heard the faint sound of the elsword soundtrack starting to surround them....... it looked like a portal was starting to open. What kind of magic was this?
"Sorry, Mizuki. But I have to stick to the deal I made with Ena... After all, I know how to keep my promises."
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“…Deal with Enanan?” Mizuki repeated under their breath, suddenly rocketing themself out of their slouched position in the diner chair to ask sans just what the hell he meant. Mizuki slammed their palms against the table, mind spinning with questionable connections, but they blinked and found that he was already gone.
The discord moderator sunk into their seat miserably, hands covering their face. What a small world, huh? Mizuki was paying Ena to be their ekitten and Ena was paying Freddy to be her ekitten. Technically Mizuki was doing the same thing, but did that mean sans was involved too?
They took a long exhale, staring at the diner ceiling and taking small, uninterested bites of their fries. They weren’t even good fries, they were pixelated and hurt their mouth, but that’s sans for you. Nothing made sense anymore… not even to the writers. Who was dating who? They’re all paying each other, even Ena is, so does it even matter in the end?
Ena…
What if Mizuki didn’t want to be paying anymore? That one free game of Valorant they play with Ena… it was the best night of their life. Any night with Ena was the best in their life, but that one was different. It was just them, together, with no monetary gain and they liked it.
It was so freeing, lower ing their walls and being themselves. Wouldn’t it be nice if things could stay like this forever? With Ena, fore—
Mizuki bit their tongue.
That’s right, after that call with Freddy and chat with sans, the truth has never been more clear. Ena has been more distant lately focusing on being kittens to other mods instead of just them. Ena has no reason to play Valorant with them or match profile pictures unpaid. It’s not like they could complain, they were a pretty bad liar too, especially considering Freddy. The distance was.. inevitable.
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…Did it have to be that way though?
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Mizuki peeked into their crusty wallet, stained with glittery pink taki dust, and flipped on their phone. They eyed Ena’s prices carefully. This would be risky, but…
$14 for a ticket…
$162783949594737272901288 for one date…
Would Ena mind taking a trip to a furrycon?