Ch. Explanations

Boris sighed looking at Alice waiting for her speak as Bendy quickly grew impatient.

"Why didn't you kill her Bendy?" Alice's tone was fierce and pleading, the sly devil averted their gaze as he lightly shrugged his shoulders pulling out a cigarette as he did so.

"She's Henry's kid..."

"So?" Alice asked crossing her arms mimicking Bendy, he rolled his eyes.

"So what? I don't kill innocent people, you know that." Bendy shrugged lifting his hat off of his head for a moment using the lighter before putting it back.

"Anything else?"

"When did you start smoking?" Boris asked glaring at the cigarette as if that would put it out. Bendy's eyes went wide for a second after realizing what he had done, but it was too late now. He smiled nervously blowing smoke out in Alice's direction.

"Um...10 years ago?" He said thinking a moment as he took another puff and exhaled, Boris's gaze hardened as he clenched his teeth. Bendy knew Boris didn't like smoking, he always hated the way it made Joey smell after he smoked.

"Oh don't give me that Boris, you were dead and she was no where to be found! And I definitely wasn't going to talk to Sammy Crack-pot down there!" Boris crossed his arms shaking his head in a disapproving manner as he ran one of his large paws over his fluffy ears he sighed.

"Okay why did you start?"

"Seriously?" Bendy deadpanned taking one last puff before blowing it out, "It was one of the few things I could do that keeps me calm. Again you were dead and I can only talk to plush versions of myself for so long before going insane...plus..." He paused smiling nervously as he scratched the back of his head lightly.

"I got curious..."

"Curious?" Boris inquired making Bendy snicker lightly as the wolf's curiosity.

"I found Joey's stash." Boris smiled chuckling silently as Alice looked appalled.

"You went through their things?! Bendy how could you?!" He shrugged smiling as Alice fumed in place, her face turning red with anger.

"Shouldn't you be checking on the girl Alice?" He smirked she seethed.

"Shouldn't you?" She growled before turning on her heel storming out of the room.

"Hey give her this if she wakes up!" Bendy said throwing Alice a bottle of water hitting her upside the back of the head before it collided with the floor. Angrily picking up the bottle of water she stalked off slamming the door to Sasha's room behind her. Bendy snickered to himself before erupting into a fit of laughter as Boris shook his head sighing before slapping the cheeky devil upside the head.

"What was that for?!" Bendy growled adjusting his collar as he straightened out his jacket, Boris smirked rolling his eyes.

"You need to be nicer to her." He laughed.

"Be nice to her? Seriously Boris? We always fight, why would you suddenly want us to...get along..." Bendy's eyes widened for a second before a mischievous smile crossed his face making the large wolf's smile falter.

"You have a thing for Alice don't you?"

"Oh and like you don't have a thing for Sasha."

"Hey don't push this off on me. We're talking about your love life here buddy, does she know? I bet she doesn't." Bendy grinned teasingly as Boris's hidden blush became more evident.

"N-No she doesn't know...can we just drop it?" Boris's stuttering only made the devil's cheeky grin spread wider. Shaking his head Bendy just snickered at his buddy when a sudden squeal echoed through the corridor. He laughed out loud as Boris just shook his head and left the room walking down the hall toward Sasha's room.

"What was it you use to say? I ship it?" Bendy says laughing following the wolf as he tried to contain his giggles.

'A wolf and an angel...hilarious.'

Down the hall Alice squealed looking at the red heart that Bendy had sewed into Sasha's plush version of him, 'Oh my goodness this is too cute!'

She squealed not realizing that Sasha was now awake glaring at her.

"What was that?" She yawned sleepily as a blushing Boris and a snickering Bendy entered the room, Alice jumped slightly squeezing the plush in her hand blushing.

"Oh Sasha dear did I wake you?"

"That came from you?" Sasha said cocking an eyebrow making Alice blush embarrassed. Rolling her eyes she sat up on the bed making the rag on her forehead fall onto the sheets as Bendy sat down, the two locked eyes for a moment before looking away blushing.

"How ya feeling kiddo?" He yawns stretching, his suit jacket lifting up slightly revealing his stomach making both Sasha and Alice blush. He smirked catching her eye before she managed to look away.

"Like what you see darlin'?" He snickered ruffling her hair making her face flush.

'Damn that's adorable.' Bendy thought smiling briefly before catching sight of the little doll he "fixed" for her in Alice's hand, she caught his eye and grinned evilly. His eyes widened slightly before narrowing into a glare.

"Hey Sasha you looking for you plushie?" Alice asked casually as she noticed Sasha was looking around for something.

"Oh...um...yes I could've sworn I just had it." She said scratching her head as she looked over at the mischievous angel, her eyes narrowed slightly as she watched Bendy's face flush suddenly when Alice handed Sasha the doll.

Cocking and eyebrow at him she looked down and her face turned redder than a fire truck, sitting in her hand in the middle of little Bendy's chest was a bright red heart with a little "B" in the center. The room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

"Bendy...d-did you...?" Sasha stuttered gazing up at him, he refused to look at her and coughed awkwardly before taking a large step into the hallway disappearing around the corner.

'Wow...He did this for me? I thought he hated me...' Sasha smiled lovingly at the little doll and hugged it tight holding it close to her heart. Boris and Alice gushed smiling large smiles making her giggle for a minute.

"Remind me to thank him later."

"Oh I think he knows already," Boris said chuckling a moment before clearing his throat.

"Now that we got that out of the way, Sasha dear...we have a few question to ask you since you're up...If that's alright." Alice's smile faded a little as she gently placed one hand on Sasha's knee. Sasha snuggled her plush nodding, unaware that Bendy was watching from the doorway sipping on a cup of ink; she sat up straight with a firm expression on her face.

"What do you want to know?"

"Why are you here?" She glanced up at the doorway catching a glimpse of Bendy as he looked away, she sighed sadly.

"I'm here because this was the only safe place for me...well...a less obvious one anyway." She paused feeling everyone's eyes on her she brought up her Bendy plush close to her heart hugging him tightly.

"We were at this Halloween party f-for a couple of his friends." Sighing she looked down at her little buddy as Bendy listened closely to what happened that night.

"They ran out of booze and it was getting late...I just wanted to go home, but Jack wouldn't let me. I knew something was up...something bad...He wanted to of to the store and his 'friends' really pushed for us to go." She sighed, her breathing becoming labored as she closed her eyes trying to remember.

"When we got into the car his gun was sitting out in the open...he had been doing that a lot lately...kind of like a silent threat that if I were to slip up...that was it...As we drove we passed this place and I saw the door cracked open a little bit. I thought that if I could get away before he caught me I could hide in here until I was sure he was gone...heh...what a joke." Sasha chuckled lightly, a saddening sound that made their hearts break.

"When we reached the store, the rain started to pour. He got out of the car taking his gun with him... I-I thought it was just so it wouldn't get stolen...how naive...but when he rounded the car and approached my door I knew I had to run...kicking the door open I grabbed my bag and ran toward the studio." She paused for a moment wiping a tear out of her eye as Alice sat next to her and hugged her tightly, she smiled leaning into Alice's gently embrace she continued.

"He started shooting at me...I was so close...only a few feet away and I would be inside the building but...a bullet pierced through my leg and I fell..." Sasha sniffled her voice cracking with each word as a fresh wave of tears began to fall; hurriedly she wiped them away but they saw the tears.

"W-Why was he shooting at you?" Alice asked glancing passed Boris to a very shaken Bendy, she laughed sarcastically.

"Because it was my fault...I deserve to die...because I'm a Drew...I don't deserve to leave the relationship unless it's in a body bag..." A collective gasp rang through the room as Sasha wiped her tears away.

"There has to be a safe way...right?" Boris asked swallowing hard as Bendy cracked his glass, allowing for a little stream of ink to drip from the cup.

"If you have a support system of loving people it's possible...but I don't have that...not anymore." Sadly she gripped the silver chain around her neck peering down at the name etched in the metal.

"Why would you stay in a relationship if you knew you were in danger?" Bendy asked glaring into his glass before glancing at her.

"Because it didn't start that way...not until recently but by then it was too late."

"What do you mean sweetie?"

"Abusive relationships are based on dominant and submissive personalities...Basically the person with the dominating personality uses abusive and coercive behaviors to gain power and control over the weaker personality."

"So he'd be nice one minute then hurt you if kindness didn't work." Bendy growled into his cup as a little puddle of ink formed on the floor, she nodded.

"But like I said he wasn't alway like that. We would go out in public together you know, be all happy and loving and stuff...and it was nice. Everything seemed fine until my mom was diagnosed with cancer..." She frowned looking down at her hands she clenched her fists as one solitary tear fell.

" We started to argue, it would be over simple things that weren't a big deal. We would yell and scream but we never got physical until one day...after mom passed...he hit me...He would quickly apologize and promise to never do it again and get me flowers or take me to dinner but...he lied..." Her voice quivered.

"They alway say that if you find yourself in a bad relationship to leave, but with each argument getting worse there was no one left that I could talk to about it. But I had to tell someone right? S-So I told his friends and they just laughed..." Alice pulled her into a tight hug again as Boris sat on the end and pulled them both into his lap in a gently embrace.

"T-They just laughed...s-said I deserved it...They said because I-I was a Drew that I d-deserved to d-die...and that was being 'merciful'." She sniffled a little glancing up at Bendy for a second before closing her eyes and leaning back into Boris's chest.

"I-I knew what he was planning w-with that gun...H-He was going to kill me when we got home. But I ruined his plans when I ran, I knew he'd chase me but I was hoping that I could get away...but I wasn't fast enough...so when he found me in here and pinned me to the wall...I was ready to accept my fate...after all who would miss me? Who would miss a lowly Drew? What family I had left abandoned me...my friends betrayed me...everything was my fault and I was willing to accept my punishment...I have no one left...so who would care right?" The room was silent as she sat sadly on the bed for a moment until Bendy broke the silence.

"I'd care..." Bendy said looking her square in the face as he set his cup down on the floor as he walked over and sat on the bed gently wiping her tears away with one of his hands, "You're parents would care...and we care." She smiled leaning into his hand as he opened his arms and pulled her close into a comforting embrace as another wave of tears fell, he rubbed her back as he just let her cry into his chest. He smiled at Boris and Alice as he gently laid his head on top of hers.

"And we're not going to let anyone take our little darlin' away." She pulled away wiping her eyes nodding smiling up at him, "You will always have us, and we're your family now...well sort of...I still hate Alice." He said smirking as Alice fumed making Sasha giggle softly, he kissed her forehead softly before pulling her into one last hug before letting go. Standing up Bendy walked over and picked up his glass from the floor examining it.

"We may not be perfect but we'll protect you better than any human could." He took one last gulp of his ink before winking at her, she blushed.

"You should get some rest sweetheart. Boris and Alice can finish their questions in the morning." Boris and Alice gave her one more hug before standing to leave as well, Sasha smiled happily as she yawned laying back down into bed she fell fast asleep. Bendy waited until Boris and Alice were out of the room before quietly closing the door behind them, it was quiet in the hallway. Bendy sighed running one hand through his horns he walked off toward the kitchen with Boris and Alice following close behind.

"What?" He huffed as a blush crept across his cheeks, Alice made kissie faces at him as Boris just grinned beside her.

"You like her." The wolf cooed deepening his blush, he turned away.

"No I don't...I just feel sorry for her." Bendy lit up the cig in his mouth before taking a huff, "Why would I like a human? They're all traitors..."

'All except one...' He thought to himself closing his eyes blowing out a heart, Boris smiled and Alice rolled her eyes huffing.

"Yes you do...and it shows Bendy. You wouldn't have said that stuff to her if you didn't care. You love her and you just don't know how to tell her."

"Demons can't love...not really..." Bendy opened his eyes to see his best friend heart broken, Boris shook his head and kissed Alice on her head before waving goodnight.

"Good night Boris!" Alice blew the big wolf a kiss before turning her head sticking her tongue out at Bendy who stuck his out as well.

"If you really like her Bendy...then you'll learn how to love." Alice closed her bedroom door as Bendy puffed his last cig before snuffing it out. Sighing quietly Bendy stood alone in the ink stained corridor, peering down into his cup he frowned at the face looking back at him. Walking to the kitchen, the click-clack of his boots echoed through the hallway. Gently placing the cup in the sink he turned around and leaned against the counter running a hand over his horns he glanced up as something caught his eye. He sighed again, snickering lightly.

"What are you doing up? You should be resting darlin'." Bendy looked up as Sasha poked her head into the doorway, limping as she did so.

"I-I couldn't sleep...a-and I wanted to thank you..."

"Thank me? For what?" Sasha looked down blushing, slowly she lifted the plushie in her hand glancing up at him she saw that his face had gone grey. She smiled and limped over to him, she almost fell but he caught her just in time.

"So you figured it out huh?" Bendy smiled lightly as he helped the girl stand, she giggled yawning. He laughed lightly not knowing that Boris had walked out of his room.

"Come on missy we need to get you back to bed." He picked her up gently, trying to avoid touching her leg he carried her back to her room. Opening the door quietly he turned just in time to see the curious wolf go back into his room mouthing "I-ship-it" before closing the door behind him. Bendy chuckled lightly as he walked into Sasha's room, stepping up to the bed he heard soft breathing and looked down to see that Sasha had fallen asleep in his arms. The plushie gently cradled in her arms as her head rested gently upon his chest. His blush returned and his tail formed a heart as he set her down and covered her with the thin blanket, she smiled in her sleep as she whispered goodnight. Bendy sat down on the chair beside her bed, crossing his arms as he pulled another cigarette out of his hat he lit it up and sighed. Glancing lovingly at the sweet girl he smiled.

"Goodnight darlin'."

*End Ch. 3*