I got this idea immediately after I finished the last one. Honestly I think it's another cute scene and feel kinda proud about it. I actually have another Drabble idea coming up soon. But that's not gonna be posted tomorrow as I'm gonna be pretty busy in real life.
Henry was drawing up a few keyframes for the newest Bendy short. Each stroke he did was careful and well practiced, his mind was focused on the task at hand. One mess up would ruin the entire shot.
"Howdy Henry!"
Henry jumped in surprise from the loud voice of the very toon he was just drawing… and subsequently ruined the keyframe he was working on. Bendy himself seemed to realize he did something wrong and tried to tiptoe away.
"What do you want Bendy?" Henry sighed after taking a deep breath to soothe himself. Bendy froze and slowly turned to the animator, before straightening up and placed his hands behind his back with a smile on his face as if to say "I'm an innocent Angel who did nothing wrong."
"Would ya believe me if I said I just wanted ta see what you were doing?"
Henry knew what that actually meant… Bendy was bored, no one else was really giving him the time of day and he knew that Henry would take the time to actually give him some form entertainment.
"Yes actually… Let me fix this Keyframe first." Henry compromised, getting a much happier smile out of the little toon demon. Bendy pulled up the extra chair Henry requested just for Bendy to sit with him and talk while he worked sometimes, and sat down to watch Henry work for a little bit.
Once Henry finished he set it down with the other keyframes then turned to the toon demon. A small smile starting to cross his own face and making the toon curious.
"Whatcha smiling for Henry, we didn't even begin anything…"
"Do you know what day it is little buddy?"
"Wednesday?"
Henry chuckled a little at the response. Yeah it was true… but today was also something important as well.
"One year ago today Joey brought you to life."
Bendy blinked. Had it been that long already?
"I guess so… So?" Bendy questioned, not really getting the significance of the day in general.
"Well to celebrate there's something in my bag I want you to grab."
Curious Bendy did go into the animator's bag and found two things… a box and a brand new record. He looked curiously up over to Henry as he held both things up to him as if asking if these were what he was looking for.
"Open up the box little buddy."
Doing as he was told, Bendy's pie cut eyes widened when he saw what was inside. It looked to be a hat… or something kinda resembling one as it was clearly hand made. It wasn't rimmed like most hats he would see some of the people wearing, nor was it fancy but it was much more simple and it looked as if it would fit his head at least. It was clearly woven and had a very nice colored pattern on it, something he didn't see the worker's hats usually having.
"I know you like to take other's hats sometimes, so I thought I'd try to make you your own hat. I'm not the best at needle work… so it took a few tries to get it right you know," Henry explained with a smile as Bendy held the woven hat in his hands, his eyes still wide.
"Plus that record's for you as well. It's a brand new group, and I'm sure you'll get a kick out of their tunes."
Bendy was in shock and stared at the record as well. He glanced between the two items for a bit before turning his gaze back to the animator.
"They're for me?"
"All for you little buddy. It is technically your birthday after all."
Bendy had heard about Birthdays before. Heck when it was one of the animator's Birthday he saw them all having cake and tossing jokes about another year of living or something, he wasn't to interested in the event. Well except for stealing a piece of the cake and trying it for himself… then ended up stealing the whole cake and trying to hide with it for the next hour after that.
But that's all he thought when it came to birthdays. He didn't think gifts were part of them… let alone that he had a birthday as well. Hell he never really got any gifts before today.
Ink colored tears started to form in the corners of his eyes. Henry got a little worried about the toon. He was about to reach out for the toon, only for Bendy to jump up and hug him, nearly knocking him out of the chair from the sudden force.
"THANK YOU!" Bendy exclaimed, a large grin on his white face as he held onto the animator tight. Henry's surprised expression soon softened into a small smile of his own as he returned the hug, one hand patting the demon on top of the head in between the horns in a gentle manner.
"You're welcome little buddy, and Happy Birthday."
After the hug Bendy practically threw his new record onto the player that Henry left in his work space, wanting to listen to the new tunes as soon as possible and probably even convince Henry to join him in a new swing session.
It was moments like this both of them wished would last forever.
