Kicking open the apartment door and yelling "honey I'm home" you pick up your black cat as he comes running to you. "Hey, Benny did ya miss me?" He purrs in response as you pet him lovingly. "Yeah, I missed you too buddy." He meows at you and your smile grows wider before you set him down and grab the bags you dropped when you picked him up.
Walking inside (you kick the door closed behind you first) you place the bags on the counter in your kitchen and start putting stuff away. Once that was done you pick up your cat and head to the living room and you plop yourself down on the couch and grab the PS4 remote. "Time for some Minecraft."
Turning on the Playstation, you start up Minecraft and wait for it to load.
Over the next few hours, you switch from playing Minecraft to Slime Rancher to Plants vs Zombie GW2. You pause the current game of Slime Rancher you're playing and you stand to go make yourself something to eat. When you come back you place your bowl on the table and continue playing. (this isn't really a meal it's more like a snack to hold you off for a bit.)
After an hour you close out of Slime Rancher and you go through your other games you haven't played. Suddenly you come across a game you haven't played in months, Bendy And The Ink Machine. You shivered, this game scared you more than you were willing to admit but you loved it so much.
Taking a deep breath you start up BATIM, the starting screen appeared and you went to start a new game.
You run through the game a few times over the next few hours, exploring every nook and cranny of the studio. Every time the Ink Demon appeared you were quick to hide in a Little Miracle Station, and then you would stare in awe as he passed your hiding place. A few times you swore he was looking at when you were hiding in the little box.
After making your way through chapters four and five you explored the Archives. Looking around for a bit you look down at your cat who was sleeping peacefully, he was with you the whole time you played. He was the only thing that kept you from backing out of the game and he also kept you calm whenever the Ink Demon showed up, he would purr and rub himself against you, effectively distracting you from the inky nightmare. The one thing you loved about the Archives is the one bendy statue, concept bendy you think it was called. It was a tiny little thing, with its arms spread in a T-pose you laugh at funny it looks. Though it would be really scary to see that little guy running around.
It was around the third time of playing the game that you noticed things were a little strange. First off nothing had attacked you in the first two chapters and then in the third chapter, and the Ink Demon did not attempt to show himself very much.
Then in the middle of chapter three, he made an appearance, you were breaking all the cut-outs (to which you made a series of apologies to each cut-out you took down) when he showed up.
You tried to make your escape but were stopped by the Demon every time. Taking a deep breath you made your character stand still (you had your headset on because you didn't want to deal with the neighbors complaining about your TV being too loud). Placing your remote in your lap you run your fingers through your cat's fur in an attempt to calm yourself down.
After a while, you stopped shaking, but your heart was still racing. Swallowing, you picked up your remote and forced your character to look at the Ink Demon. He stood towering over you and you heard something like static coming from your headset. After a few seconds the static cleared up a little and you heard a voice, it was an odd mix of high and low and there was an accent you couldn't pin-point.
"H̸̱̋͠é̸̖̋̒͝y̷̨̻̺̓̓͒...can you h̴͇͔͂̿e̴̮̝͉̳͚̊͐̐͜ą̷̻̣̲̼͋̈̎͐͝ͅṙ̴̤͙ me?"
Eyes wide, you give a startled response of "yeah a little." The voice from before chuckled " You sound s̸̘̄ǫ̵̕ ̷̠̌s̷̺̽ụ̶̑r̴̗̉ṗ̵̟r̸̙̈́ị̸̈́ś̶̞ě̴͇d̴̘͠ ̴̢̒, am I r̷͉͌e̶̯̾ä̶̜́l̸̻̕l̶̟̔ý̴͈ that scary?" You swallow hard, your heart was racing and your hands were shaking so bad you could barely hold the remote. You heard laughter animate from your headset " What's the matter, ca̵͇͛ṭ̵̓ ̶̛̻g̶̤͊o̸̗̐t̸̏͜ ̶̪̆y̷̘͝e̶̙͊r̵̖̄ ̴̤̿ţ̸̉ỏ̶͖n̸̙̚g̴̱̏ụ̴̒ȇ̷̦?̸̟̂"̸̻͝ ̸̛̥
You glared at the screen, the demon seemed to be smirking as he moved closer to your character. " What do you want?" He walked around your character as he spoke " Straight to the ṕ̶͎ọ̶̆i̴̺͌n̵̢͋t̶̥͑ ̵̞̏Ï̷̖ ̵̤͊s̷̙̉ë̷̡́ë̸̼́, well you see t̵̺̒o̷͇͛o̵̙͝ṭ̶͂s̷̡͝,̵͚͛ ̴̥͐I̴̫͝ ̵̰̊n̶̯̏e̴̟͂e̸̦̾d̸̗̑ ̴̡͗your help with something." You blew the hair out of your face before answering, " Don't call me toots and I'll think about it."
His grin widened " You gotta lotta n̶̹͠e̶͈̿ř̵̞v̷̙͒e̸̠̒ ̴̗͊h̵̩̀u̵̟͊m̴͉̌a̸̳̾n̸͕͒ I'll give you that."
You huff and roll your eyes " I'm tempted to leave this game and never touch it again." That seemed to catch him off guard before. "N̷̮͕̦͔̪̘̣̺͙͛͒͜O̵͈̹̻͑̒͘̕, I need you d̵̨̻̠̥̠͈̭͙̬̎͜ą̴̛͓̪̯̹͈͖͎͎̗̳̊ͅḿ̵̡̆̈́̀́͒͛̈́͐͆͒͘͠ṇ̵̢͊̍i̶̥̬̠̠͍̥̫̐́t̴͎̆̂́̓̀̽̅͑̅̃͂" That got your attention. What in the world could he possibly need you for?
" Is that so…. Well, I don't know if I can be of much help. You'll have to find someone else." He let out a growl, which didn't faze you as you had gotten over your fear (not really but hey you were trying) by clutching your Boris plushie close to your chest and telling yourself that he couldn't hurt you.
" I can't," he muttered, your mind goes blank for a few seconds. After a few seconds of silence, you ask " Why not?" He crossed his arms and looked off to the side. " It's hard to explain, b̴̺̈u̶̘̫̜͋̕t̸̟͖̪̂́ ̴̞͙͘b̸̞̭͖͐̏a̶͕̠͚͋s̶͎͔̤͛́i̸̠̿̌̄ć̸̮͚͔͒a̴͚͌͂ḷ̴͋͜ḻ̶̫͖́y̴̢̺̽̅̈ ̸͋̅͘ͅyour the perfect match." This confused you a lot but you didn't press, it seemed like he didn't want to talk about it.
You sighed, it was late and you wanted to sleep but first, you needed to deal with this first. " Alright what do you need me to do?" He seemed to perk up before pulling a black book from behind his back. " I need to get outta here b̶̰̭̯̍̅͋ů̶̞t̸̺̿ ̷̛̘͓͔̒̓t̴̠͛̇̕ǫ̶͂̉͋ ̸̗͓̩̓͐͐d̷͓́o̷̠͂̃̇ ̸̰̔͗̾t̶̲͚̝͒͒̒ḧ̸̙͕á̴͇̳̀t̶͙̤̭͋͊̿ you need to summon me t̷̛͎̑ȍ̶͉̲̆ ̵̲̞͊y̸̗̒ŏ̸̠̌͊͜ṷ̸̈́̾͝r̵̡̭͈̊̒͠ ̸̼̼͙̑ẉ̴̹̅͂ȍ̵͓r̵̪̗̃͑l̴̼̼̋d̴̙̳̉.̷̪͗̍" You were silent for a few seconds, that was very unexpected but you were too tired to care at the moment. (yay let's throw logic out the window YYYYEEEEETTTT!)
" So, how do I do that exactly?" You said tiredly, he explained the process to the best of his ability and you did your best to follow his instructions in your sleepy state. When you finished there was a pentagram on your wall that looked like the ones from the game and you gave him the go-ahead.
Shadows seemed to be drawn to the pentagram on your wall and they collected there as the Ink Demon tried to make his way into your world. While this was happening your body and mind were slowly starting to shut down and you fought to stay awake. When he finally made it through all the ink on your wall seemed to disappear and you looked at the demon before you. Your cat had gotten up to see what was going on when he saw the demon in the room, he then turned and left not at all interested in what you were doing.
You smiled at the demon towering above you and then you collapsed, your body giving into exhaustion and your mind shutting down. The last thing you saw before you closed your eyes was the demon you feared and loved so much holding you in his arms with a worried look on his face.