It had seemed Brahms was right. Michael and Freddy were back to regular activities despite avoiding each other. More Freddy avoiding Michael than the other way around. You were stuck between wanting to hang out with Freddy or sitting with Michael. You feel like you haven't gotten a chance to talk with Freddy and banter with him in a while. Then, on the flip side, you feel like you haven't gotten a chance to enjoy being in Michael's presence. You wanted to be with him and get an up-close look at his mask and maybe his face because you were thinking of making crochet dolls for everyone in here. You had more than enough yarn and could afford to give the dolls as presents because one you wanted to and two money was not an issue right now, considering you barely had any bills to pay. 

"Toots, it's entirely too early for you to be thinking so damn hard. What the hell is going through your mind?" Freddy, it was then. You turn to him with a sheepish smile.

"I was stuck in deciding if I wanted to sit with you first or Michael first but you seem to have made that decision for me." He rolled his eyes as he picked up his breakfast and ate it bit by bit. You had made your breakfast before coming out So you weren't hungry. All you had was a bottle of water with you.

"Don't let me stop you from hanging out with whoever the fuck you want to." He was so crass, but listening to him cuss all the time gave you an idea to ask him.

"What is your favorite cuss word? You have a habit of saying a lot of them so which one is your favorite and why?" You managed not to break out in laughter with the slow head turn he gave you. He actually blinked twice before chuckling to himself.

"You are the weirdest nurse I have ever encountered in all my years of being in this shit hole." You chuckled at that. "It's fuck. It has many many meanings just like bitch." He had a point.

"I like motherfucker. It has that extra pizazz and calling certain men bitch because that pisses them off to no end for some reason... but, we are supposed to be okay with them calling us one. How strange." Freddy said nothing in response to that. It's not like you expected him to say anything anyway.

"You motherfucker is...special occasions." You felt like teasing him so you looked at him with a grin.

"A special occasion would be if you're being hunted down by Michael or Jason?" Jason was sitting right behind him but he didn't know that, so Freddy gave you the stink eye.

"What the fuck is that Mama loving mother-" He couldn't finish what he was saying, because Jason had stood up so quietly behind him and slammed his fist down beside his breakfast plate, making Freddy jump with a yelp and turn around to look at him. 

"Hush" Jason sat back down quietly and you burst into giggles at the incredulous look Freddy had on his face. You laughed even harder when he growled at you and gave you the double middle finger.

"Fuck you motherfucker!" He hopped in his seat to say it with his whole chest, his middle fingers still up and it had you in stitches. There's no reason why he is this funny to you. "Stop laughing you prick!" The only reason you haven't melted to the floor was because of dignity. You had tears in your eyes and had gone silent. 

"I don't think he's that funny..." One of the legion people spoke up and Anna was the one who answered.

"She's laughing at him, not with him." You were finally able to calm down after a minute. You sat there looking around at everyone to see what else they were doing. Breakfast was usually tame, and you didn't have to do much. The guards and other nurses have gotten used to Pyramid Head and Hannibal being at breakfast, now they only have to get used to, both of them being there at lunch and dinner. It was gonna happen whether they liked it or not so it was best for them to get used to it sooner rather than later.

"I'm gonna go see what Michael is up to." You moved from the table, Freddy, having not said anything to you, so you could sit next to Michael, who simply greeted you with a slight head nod, as he continued to eat his breakfast. The mask he usually wears was next to his hand on the table, and you didn't dare try to grab it. You enjoyed having a functioning hand, and you were not about to risk having the bones shattered in one of them. You didn't say anything either, choosing just to enjoy being in his presence while scrolling on your phone. Out of the corner of your eye, you were taking notice of the mask and the details and adding them to your phone so you could be sure to consider the details when you started making the crochet doll of him. You were excited to start making these crochet dolls for everyone in here, including Amanda, who insisted on calling you a pile of meat. She wasn't saying it as often as she used to, only once or twice, so you were calling it progress.

"You always have your pretty face in that phone of yours." You glanced up in slight surprise at Albert but smiled at him nevertheless. He was the most recent one who came with Ji-Woon from the Entity's realm. Granted they both came from another asylum after leaving the Entity's realm.

"Yes, because I'm considering that not everyone always wants to talk, or socialize in general especially so early in the morning." You didn't think he would be so willing to talk to you but, you were pleasantly surprised. He hummed and looked back down at his breakfast considering they only had 20 minutes left.

"Y/N come here for a minute." You looked across the lunchroom at Randall as he beckoned you over. You left your stuff and made your way to him. He cleared his throat looking you in the eyes. 

"It was not my decision, I think you're doing an amazing job but, for some reason, management believes that you need another nurse so she will be here for lunchtime." You felt a weird pit of jealousy settle in your chest and stomach making it hurt a bit. You had no reason to be jealous, they didn't belong to you none of them but, you were making a special connection with all of them. You felt the new nurse would get in the way of that and you felt that none of them would appreciate a new nurse.

"I think you should make the others aware of this, not just me." The patients are who mattered here even though you had an uneasy feeling in your chest. You chalked it up to nerves even though in the back of your head you knew what it was. 

"They will find out when she comes this afternoon." You nodded your head and started cleaning up around the cafeteria for the last 10 minutes, rubbing Pyramid Head's back up and down to more or less soothe yourself than him. That brought up a question you had and you went to Randall so you could ask him.

"Will Pyramid Head and Hannibal be there for lunch?" He paused and that for some reason made you both giddy and upset. 

"No, they will not." You cocked an eyebrow at him.

"Well, that doesn't make sense to hide them away all of a sudden. If she is to be one of their nurses that means she has to cater to all of them including those two. If she could handle being in their presence and their attitudes, she deserves to be here just as much as I do." You might have been playing with fire a bit, but, you wanted to see how she would react with everyone including the two that were the main reason as to why all of the other nurses quit. You stared at each other for a minute before he sighed with a head nod.

"You do make a lot of sense. You handled them very well, so let's see how she does." You felt triumph and a small part of you hoped she would last because everyone deserves a job but, about 80 percent of you hoped she would leave and you could take care of all of them yourself. You were doing a good job of doing that already.

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This is a shorter chapter but, I hope you guys enjoy it nevertheless! I also got a job!