Ch. Life in Black and White
"I-Is s-she? D-Did I?" Bendy stuttered out as flashes of him in his demon form flashed through his mind. It had been several days since the fight with Joey Drew and Sasha had awoken but something was wrong.
"No she's not dead, although she might as well be. She's been in a dazed state for a while now. She hasn't said a word to me or Alice since she woke up," He paused watching Bendy's reactions, he seemed relieved that she was alive but worried about the outcome.
"All of her color is gone, her skin is pure white with black veins but only half of them are visible...her red hair is now completely black and her vibrant green eyes have gone dark...Since she awoke she's been cradling the plushie of you and crying almost non-stop. She's probably cried herself to sleep a few times now but she always wakes up shaking minutes later." Boris sighed running a paw through his fur as his ears lay flattened against his head. Bendy just sighed sadly for a moment before lying back in bed as the room went silent for a moment. Down the hall he could hear faint cries from Sasha as Alice tried her best to comfort her but nothing seemed to be working.
'What am I going to do?'
'I know what we could do...'
"Bendy are you alright?" Boris asked noticing the nervous expression on his face, he simply nodded sighing as he looked over to a white box that sat on the chair next to him.
"What's that?" The tired demon yawned eyeing the white box, Boris thought for a moment looking at the white box as well. He smiled sadly.
"It's that box of sugar sticks Sasha gave you a few weeks ago."
'A few weeks ago?! Wasn't that fight yesterday?!'
"A few weeks ago? Has it been that long already?" Boris just nodded slowly as he observed the confused devil.
"Yea the fight was a couple days ago but you both to her house a few weeks ago remember?" Bendy nodded as Boris handed him the box of candy cigs, he watched silently as the cheeky devil took on out and stuck it in his mouth. He smiled for a minute as he savored the taste remembering back to when he first tried it and she burst out laughing when he thought she'd eaten a regular cigarette.
"Where is she?" He asked as the crying sound ceased and he could hear only silence.
"In her room with Alice. The angel thought that drawing would be a good deterrent from any negative thoughts she might be having." Boris answered watching as Bendy stretched before standing up, he nodded.
"I want to see her."
"Okay buddy." He nodded as Boris led the way down the hall, it was silent for a few minutes before yelling could be heard from inside the room. The two looked at one another before Sasha burst through the door with a fearful expression on her face as a very upset and angry Alice chased her into the hallway. The boys just stood there blinking for a moment when Sasha hid behind Boris as Alice stood there seething trying to think of a way to get to her, blue ink dripped from the angel's face down to her dress and she was not happy. Bendy grins letting out a light snicker as Boris just sighs patting Sasha's head.
"Move Boris, she deserves what she has coming." Alice fumed as Sasha poked her head out from behind Boris.
"Sasha did you get ink all over her?" Boris asked glancing down at her, she smiled nervously before nodding her head. Bendy's snickering died down a few seconds later when he spotted Sasha, he sighed sadly drawing her attention. Alice's anger subsided as she and Boris watched Bendy's reaction to Sasha as the girl slowly walked in front of Boris, she cocked her head to the side as she tried to remember who he was.
~ "...Soon my sweet little lamb will be the first human turned toon..."~
The two stared at one another for what seemed like eternity, her curious green eyes on the verge of turning black she watched him.
'With the exception of her clothes she's completely monochromatic...How could I have let this happen?
'It's all Joey's fault...HE did this to her...our sweet little Sasha...' Bendy seemed to zone out for a moment shaking his head trying to get rid of the evil voice in his head, she watched him curiously a worried expression on her face. Taking a deep breath he reached out a shaky hand, gently patting her head he watched as her worriedly sad expression turned to a bright happy smile as she leaned into his hand purring. He smile letting out a light chuckle.
'Even in black and white she's still adorable.' She noticed his sad smile, she frowned thinking for a second before tackling him in a hug knocking him to the floor. He sat there for a minute as he registered what just happened before smiling brightly wrapping his arms around her in a tight embrace. He smiled wanting to stay like that forever as he gently rubbed her back and laid his head on hers as they just hugged. After a few minutes he heard the snap of a camera lens, opening his eyes he glared at Boris who held the camera from last time in his big paws as he snapped another photo smiling. Sasha didn't seem to notice though, she just smiled happily snuggling his chest she failed to notice that Bendy's cheeks turned a light grey. Boris and Alice just laughed as the demon glared daggers at them.
Sasha glanced up at him with big eyes titling her head catching his eye making his face turn a dark shade of grey. She giggled for a moment before Boris walked over and gently picked her up placing her back on her feet as Alice helped Bendy up before tossing a little of the blue ink from her dress on the unsuspecting girl.
Within seconds Bendy's eyes had turned red and he had the angel pinned to the wall behind them as ink started to leak down his face, Alice's eyes widened in fear as Bendy growled of a moment before letting her go and stumbling backwards a couple steps gripping his head. Alice slid down the wall crying as she hit the floor, Boris frowned sighing as he knelt down to comfort her as Sasha stood in shock. Bendy looked at her for a moment before disappearing into a puddle of ink.
'What happened to him?!' Sasha saw the brief look of sadness and hurt before he disappeared, the puddle on the floor grew small before completely dissipating.
"I-It was a j-joke..." Alice sobbed as Boris glanced up as Sasha sadly as she sadly stared down the hallway.
"Give him time Sasha, he'll be back." Boris said gently rubbing Alice's back as she cried into his chest, after a few minutes she calmed down as the wolf began to chuckle. He looked at his paw and saw that it had been coated in blue ink, he sighed shaking his head still laughing a little.
"Where on Earth did you get blue ink?" Sasha's solemn face lit up for a moment as she ran back to her room excitedly only to remerge seconds later with a big set of brightly colored ink bottles. He smiled standing up, he led the girls back into Sasha's room where he saw paper scattered across the floor with brushes and pens in a messy pile. He chuckled, smiling a minute before cautiously glancing toward the doorway awaiting Bendy's return.
Down the hall in the projector room Bendy turned on the projector and walked up to the screen, pressing lightly he sighed before stepping through the screen into his home just beyond the projector screen. As the projector's light filled the room a ripple in the screen could be seen as Bendy disappeared from view, for a brief moment a 2D world could be seen through the ripples. Black, white and shades of grey trees and fields could be seen before smoothing out into a plain white sheet once again. After a few minutes the projector turned off with a low click plunging the room into complete darkness.
After a few hours of drawing and laughing Sasha sighs sadly looking over at her Bendy plush with the red heart, Boris looks up and notices her sad expression and sighs as well.
"You're worried about Bendy aren't ya kid?" Sasha nods sadly taking her plush off of the bed before hugging the sweet little thing as a single tear rolls down her cheek onto his head, Boris stretches as he stands up. Popping his back in a few places he glances over to where Alice is sitting before leaning against the wall.
"I know where he is, come on."
"Can I come?" Alice asks with a large smile on her face only to frown when Boris shakes his head no.
"We might need help getting back through, plus we need a lookout incase Sammy or Joey comes back." She pouts but nods in understanding. Standing up she reaches over to Sasha who lightly takes her hand as Boris leads the way to the projector room. After a few minutes they start to hear soft snore resonating from the room but Bendy was nowhere to be seen, Boris chuckles at Sasha's confused face for a moment before his expression drops.
"Alice...where'd you get that ax?" Boris asks directly the girl's attention to the hazardous angel.
"I found it."
"Where?"
"In the basement..." She smiles innocently as she casually swings the ax back and forth before turning on the projector.
"You two going to get him or what?" Boris just rolls his eyes chuckling as he watched Sasha cautiously poke at the screen causing a slight ripple, her eyes widen in admiration and curiosity before poking the screen again to cause a bigger ripple. The wolf just smiles as he gently pushes one hand through the screen while holding the other out to her, she hesitates for only a moment before taking his hand and getting pulled into the screen.
~Inside the Projector Screen~
As Boris pulled Sasha through the screen her eyes widened amazed. Everything was bright and vibrant, not at all like the black and white scene she had seen just moments ago. The wolf chuckled as he watched her twirl around like a child only to stop when she gazed upon the screen they had just walked through. Alice stood there on the other side just casually leaning on the ax as she smiled and waved at her through the screen. It was as if someone had flipped a switch, what little color that was in the drab little studio was gone and replaced with dark greys and blacks against the contrast of Alice's white skin and halo. Alice smiled waving at them, Sasha smiled and waved back before Boris tugged lightly on her hand leading her over to a tall tree where the gentle snores got louder.
Stepping closer to the tree a familiar pointed tail came into view as it gently tapped the ground, Boris glanced down at Sasha and saw the mischievous glint in her eye as she slowly crept up to the sleeping demon.
'For a 20 year old, she does act like a child sometimes.' Boris thought to himself as the cartoon version of Sasha looked at him pleadingly for a moment making him chuckle, he couldn't help but smile and nod as the devious look in her eye returned.
'No wonder Bendy's fond of her...she's adorable.'
Under the shade of the beautifully painted tree Bendy slept soundly, his top hat down over his face. After a few seconds he began to stir when he heard someone chuckling nearby.
'That sounds like Boris...' He thought for a second making his tail twitch, keeping his eyes closed he smiled as soft footsteps crunched close by. He just sat patiently listening as the steps came closer to the side of his tail.
3...
2...
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As Sasha went to pounce on his tail he whipped it away and turned holding his arms out so she pounced on him instead. She blushed at him as he looked down at her with a cheeky grin holding her tight.
"You still trying to touch my tail darlin'?" She nodded trying to get up but quickly found herself unable to move. She pouted making him laugh, she smirked taking the time to quickly kiss him on the lips. With wide eyes and face like a grey tomato he sat surprised allowing for Sasha to pull away, his tail forming a small heart for a second before uncurling when he heard Boris howling with laughter as he collapsed to the ground.
"You two are so adorable! Alice is going to flip when she hears this!"
"Shut up! She just surprised me." Bendy scowled embarrassed as he let Sasha up. She giggled lightly offering him a hand up, graciously accepting her lightly grasped her soft hand as he stood up smiling for a moment before letting go of her hand.
"How do you like Sasha as a toon Bendy?" Boris asked calming down as Sasha helped him up, he smiled down at her as he softly patted her head. She smiled blushing as Bendy looked at her smirking.
"Simply adorable." Her blush deepened making them both laugh.
"And I thought you didn't like humans." Boris chuckled watching as Sasha quickly got distracted as a gorgeous pastel butterfly flew in front of her landing on her nose causing her to sneeze before it flew away.
"I don't like humans...well...most of them...she's alright." He says blushing a little as he watched her tilt her head and smile.
"Awww...I love you too Bendy." Sasha cooed smiling brightly as Boris and Bendy stood there dumbfounded. Boris glanced over to Bendy who's face was scorching hot and completely grey.
"W-What did you say?"
"I said I love you too Bendy." Bendy closed his eyes for a second, his tail forming a large heart with a genuine smile on his face with a gushing wolf beside him.
"I KNEW IT! THE SHIP HAS SAILED!" The large wolf, now giddy as a schoolgirl gushed like only a fangirl could, and it. was. adorable. Sasha giggled watching as Boris tried to calm himself down as Bendy laughed at him, after a few minutes he calmed down and the smiling demon sighed holding out his arms toward the human. With eyes like stars she wasted no time as she ran into his arms hugging him tight as he wrapped his arms around her laying his head gently onto of hers as she snuggled into his chest. It seemed like the world was standing still just for them until she coughed lightly and Boris smirked removing Bendy's head from his shoulders before dashing out of the projector screen and back into reality.
*End Ch. 7*
