#switch!rose

Rose was hiding in the Pizzaplex, eager to win the game of Hide & Seek. She was currently behind the counter of the ice cream parlor within the Bonnie Bowl area. Though the hiding spot was a little bit obvious for Freddy and Gregory, it was still going to surprise them when they eventually find her. 

Rose was waiting for Freddy and Gregory to find her. She was hoping Freddy would tell her on her Bon-watch that ‘I’ve given up. Come on out’. She laid herself down on the ground of the counter and looked at the steel bottom of the ice cream parlor freezer. She could slightly see her face, as well as her midnight indigo hair and her hazel green eyes. 

“FOUND YOU!” Freddy declared, grabbing Rose’s legs and pulling her out from behind the counter.

“EEEK! NO! FREDDY!” Rose yelled. 

Gregory laughed and started poking Rose on the ribs and the belly. “We got you! We got you, we got you, we got you!” Gregory teased.

“Be quiet!” She reacted. 

Freddy giggled and picked up Gregory. “Just because you were found first and I tickled you already, doesn’t mean you get away with this.” Freddy reminded him. 

“What?! But-” 

“No buts! Now come here.” Freddy turned Gregory around so his back was against Freddy’s chest. He placed his arm around Gregory’s stomach and planted his big hand right on Gregory’s belly. With Gregory secure, Freddy picked up Rose and held her in the exact same way. “Reeeady?” Freddy asked. 

Gregory looked at Rose with nervousness. “Uh oh…” 

Rose looked at Gregory with anxiety with a twinge of excitement. “Let’s DO THIS!” she shouted. 

“Okaaay!” Freddy started skittering both his fingers on both kids bellies, and gently dug his nails into their soft, small bellies.  

Gregory bursted out laughing almost immediately. “BAHAhahahahaha! Hehehehehehey!” Gregory laughed. 

Rose squealed and giggled helplessly. “EEEhehehehehehe! Yahahahay!” 

“Yohohohou lihihike thihihis?!” Gregory asked. 

“Yeheheheheah! Ihihit’s fun!” Rose replied. 

Freddy smiled. “Look at you two being so adorable. It’s so nice to see.” Freddy replied. 

Rose kicked her feet and wiggled around in Freddy’s grip. Despite it only being one arm around her, Freddy was still much stronger than she was. Though, she’s only 12. So…

Gregory was wiggling around as well, giggling in both giddiness and pain, since he was unable to get out of Freddy’s arm. Despite trying his hardest, Gregory was just unable to get out. 

Freddy smirked. “Whooo’s ready for raspberries?” Freddy asked. 

“Wahahait, WHAHAT?!” Gregory yelled. 

“YAHAHAY! Brihing ohohon thehehehe tihihicklehes!” Rose replied. 

With both kids expressing their opinions on the idea, Freddy took in a big breath. Then, he shoved his face into Rose’s neck first and blew a big raspberry into her exposed neck. Rose squealed and threw his head back with strong, high-pitched laughter. 

“EEEEEEHEHEHEHEEEE! YAAAAHAHAHAY!” Rose yelled. 

“Ihi dohon’t understahahand you ahat ahahahall.” Gregory admitted. 

Freddy removed his mouth from her neck and shrugged his shoulders. “I don’t understand her either. But I am willing to make her happy.” Freddy replied. “But tell me, Gregory: Are you happy?” 

Gregory chuckled and looked at Freddy. “Hohow ahabout you blohohow thahat rahaspberry ohon my neheheck fihirst?” He told Freddy. 

“Well, okay then!” Freddy replied before shoving his face into his neck. He blew a big, vibrating raspberry meant to make him scream. 

And just like he wanted, Gregory screamed with new-found laughter. “EEEEEEEEHEHEHEHEEEEEHEHEHEHEHEEEE! NOHOHOHOHOHO!” Gregory cackled. 

Freddy removed his mouth from Gregory’s neck. “Soooo? Are you happy?” 

Gregory tilted his head to the right as he giggled up a storm. Eventually, Gregory nodded his head. “Yeheheheah. Ihihi’m hahahahappy.” Gregory replied. 

“Happy with being tickled? Or happy to be held like a toddler again?” Freddy asked. 

Gregory rested his head against Freddy’s lower shoulder. “Hahappy with bohohoth.” Gregory replied. 

“Good to know!” Freddy replied. 

“Wahahait, yohohohou lihihike ihihihihit tohohoo?” Rose asked. 

Gregory nodded. “Ihihit’s fuhuhun, Ihi guehehehess.” Gregory replied. 

“YAY!” Rose reacted, throwing her hands in the air. 

“Thank you for opening your armpit for me, Rose! Perfect timing to…” Freddy started skittering his index finger directly under Rose’s right armpit. “TICKLE IT!” Freddy declared. 

Rose squealed and wiggled around as she laughed like her whole world depended on it. “HAHAhahahahaha! EEEHEHEhehehehehehe!” Rose laughed, struggling to not lower her arm down. 

How Freddy was able to pick out her ticklish spots so easily, Rose could not understand it. But she started to assume that he had some sort of technical ability that she wasn’t yet aware of. 

Gregory watched Rose eagerly, enjoying seeing his best friend get tickled by someone other than himself. It was funny, actually. He never realized Rose was such good friends with Freddy before now. He always assumed Bonnie was her go-to person, because…that’s who chose to adopt her. Though, maybe it's a mix of both? 

Rose finally lowered her arm down and hung her head with endless laughter. It tickled so much! It was impossible to hold her arm up for even a nanosecond longer. How she was able to keep her arm up for that long, Rose herself had no idea. 

“Ohohokahahahay, gehehet Grehehehegoryhyhyhy!” Rose told Freddy. 

“Does Rosie need a break?” Freddy asked, sounding a lot less teasy and a lot more sincere.

“Yehes plehehehehease!” Rose replied. 

“Okay.” Freddy lowered his index finger down and rested it calmly on Rose’s ribs. “Your break has been granted.” Freddy told her. 

Rose chuckled for a moment when she felt the index finger touch her ribs, but quickly calmed down when she heard Freddy’s relieving words. She was getting a break…Thank goodness. She immediately tried to tell him how thankful she was. “Thahank-” 

“No no no. No need to thank me. If you say you need a break, then you need a break. It is common human knowledge.” Freddy told him. 

“He has a point.” Gregory added. 

“Ihihi knohohow, buhuhut-” 

“No buts. You want break time? You get break time.” Freddy declared. “And if you want tickle time, then you get tickle time.” Freddy added. 

Gregory’s cheeks grew a deep red at Freddy’s last sentence. “.....Oh…” He mumbled, clearly embarrassed. “I…have to ask?” Gregory asked, hoping and praying Freddy would say ‘No’. 

“Yes!” Freddy declared. “And I will only tickle you if you, and only you, ask me kindly.” Freddy replied. 

Gregory groaned and hid his face in his hands. “Nooooooo.” Gregory whined. 

Rose was just laughing at Gregory and pointing at him like she would to an embarrassed little brother. “Gregory is blushing! Gregory is bluuuuushiiing!” Rose teased. 

Gregory growled, uncovering one side of his face before poking Rose’s side in retaliation. “Shut up!” Gregory yelled. 

“Hey! that’s not nice.” Freddy reacted. 

“Whahat ahare you gonna do about it? Tickle me?” Rose teased? “Tickle tickle tickle me?” She started teasing. “Tickle, tickle, tickle, tickle, tickle me?” She kept repeating the word. 

Gregory whined and covered his ears instead. “You’re EVIL!” Gregory yelled. 

“Evil like a tickle monster?” Rose teased. “Evil like the tickle monster that’s gonna getcha?” Rose teased next. 

“FREDDY HELP ME!” Gregory yelled. 

Freddy shook his head. “Not gonna happen. You insulted Rose. So I am not going to help you.” Freddy decided. 

“HA! Take THAT!” Rose declared, poking Gregory’s belly. 

“BAHAAA! You take THIS!” Gregory poked Rose on her belly right back. 

“Kids, please-” Freddy tried to say. 

But Rose’s squealing laughter interrupted him. “EEEHEHE! Nuh uh! YOU take it!” Rose yelled back, poking Gregory right on his belly button. 

“eEEHEHEHAHAHA!” Gregory laughed for a little longer this time. “You so much as raise your finger, and I will DESTROY YOU!” Gregory shouted. 

Freddy frowned. “And I think it’s time to separate you two.” Freddy told them. “What?!” Rose reacted. “Why?” 

Freddy pointed to Rose. “You are being childish.” Freddy told her. 

“So? I am a child.” Rose muttered. 

Freddy pointed to Gregroy. “And you are threatening Rose.” 

Gregory raised his eyebrows. “I still love her, Freddy. We’re siblings. That’s how siblings fight.” Gregory told him. 

Freddy raised an eyebrow. “I don’t believe that.” Freddy replied. “Siblings are supposed to be kind to each other and stick up for each other when things are unfair.” Freddy told them. 

“Do you want us to show you that we’re good siblings?” Rose asked, looking at Gregory. Gregory tilted his head and mouthed the words ‘how?’ to her. 

Rose smiled and winked at him before starting her speech. “So, we have done all you wanted. We have played hide and seek with you, we have allowed you to be it, and we allowed you to tickle us.” Rose told him. 

“Yes! The game has been very fun.” Freddy added. 

“Don’t you think the game is a bit…one-sided?” Rose asked, looking at Gregory again. 

Gregory widened his eyes and nodded his head as the gears started to click into place. “Yeah! You’re right! This HAS been a one-sided game!” 

Rose smirked and crossed her arms as she looked at Freddy. “So how do you think we should-”

“TICKLE ATTACK!” Gregory shouted, interrupting Rose’s words and jumping onto Freddy. 

Rose’s smirk dropped as she was interrupted. She slowly stared at Gregory as he wrapped himself around Freddy’s leg, and started blowing raspberries onto the back of Freddy’s left knee. Freddy gasped and grew a HUGE smile on his face. Not long after, laughter started to erupt from his voice box! “GAHAhahahaha! Gre-Grehehehegoryhyhyhy! WAHAhahaha! WAHAhahahait!” Freddy reacted. 

“Come on, Rose! Join me!” Gregory yelled. 

Rose sighed and smiled, shaking her head in pure amusement. She slowly walked up to Freddy and started tickling his orange belly door flaps. Freddy guffawed right away, and doubled over  with more laughter as he squeezed his eyes tightly shut. “Kihihihids! PLEHEHEHEASE!” Freddy yelled. “IHIHI’M GONNA FAHAHAALL!” Freddy warned. 

“That’s your challenge! Try to stay on your feet while we tickle you!” Gregory declared. 

“IHIHIT’S DANGEROHOHOUS!” Freddy tried to tell them. 

“We’ll be careful! We promise!” Rose replied. 

“We got this under control!” Gregory declared. “Now laugh!” 

“IHIHI DOHOHON’T HAHAVE THIHIHIS UNDER COHOHONTROHOHOHOL!” Freddy told them, feeling himself lose his balance bit by bit. 

“When we see you starting to fall backwards, we’ll let go and let you fall. Okay?” Gregory told him. 

“Yeah! And when you get up onto your feet again, there won’t even be a scratch on us.” Rose declared. 

Aaaaand then Freddy started tipping right over…Much faster than they anticipated. 

“AAH-!” Gregory pulled Rose out of the way and sprinted a good 3 feet away from Freddy. 

CRAAAASH!!

Rose and Gregory felt as their whole bodies were thrown onto the ground from the shaking floor. Rose landed on her side, while Gregory landed on his back. Shaken up, the kids stayed on the ground. But slowly, the two kids sat themselves up and looked at Freddy. 

Rose groaned and felt her ringing head as she looked in the general direction of Freddy. But she could see enough of Freddy’s outline to realize he was laying on the ground, not moving an inch.

Uh oh…

“Is he-” Rose started to say. 

Gregory had widened his eyes and gotten onto his feet by this point. “FREDDY!” Gregory shouted, running to his side. “Freddy, I am SO SORRY!” Gregory pleaded. 

Freddy turned his head to look at Gregory. “I…I’m…” Freddy started to say, reaching his hand out and grabbing Gregory’s shoulder. Gregory could feel the anxiety and the tears welling up inside him. Gregory already knew Freddy was not going to make it…

…But any indication of a facade went right out the window the moment Freddy pulled Gregory into his arms, and started skittering all 8 of his digits on Gregory’s belly. 

Gregory’s eyes practically bulged out of his head as laughter and wiggles took over every part of his human body. “WHAHAHAHAHAT?! YOHOHOHOU LIHIHIED TO MEHEHEHE?!” Gregory reacted. 

Freddy smirked. “I have been programmed with the ability to play fake deaths on the children. All the animatronics have been programmed with this ability.” Freddy told him. 

Rose was gobsmacked. That evil little…

…And that was the very moment Rose discovered Freddy’s ticklish feet. Freddy was fine, Gregory and Rose were fine, all was pretty much fine in the end. 

Well, besides Gregory…who STILL can’t figure out how a person can ask for tickles…That will probably never change. For now, Rose will be the good sister she is, and ask on behalf of Gregory. Though whether this counts or not in Freddy’s eyes…

It often depends on the day.