Wow this one got finished way sooner then I was expecting really. Oh well. Anyways this chapter is mostly Boris centered for me to try and build up a little more character for him when I do write more of him. PLUS an actual appearance from Joey Drew!

Hope you guys enjoy.

Boris never liked what happened after finding out Henry wouldn't come home. Joey started to put the budget to… strange things to say the least, one being the Ink Machine. Sure it gave more ink for the animations and hell if he or one of the other toons ever got injured there was sure to be some without having to spend more for it… but even he had to question what all the ink was for.

The next part came to when he found Bendy trying to fix up Henry's old record player. His best friend wasn't as happy or chipper as usual and didn't even seem to be all that focused on trying to fix the thing. When he asked what happened, Bendy stared at him and gave a short answer.

"Tripped over the darn thing…"

Boris knew that was a lie though… it was to beaten up to have been from a simple thing like tripping… and Bendy hardly ever tripped on anything. But Boris didn't want to question his friend more than he needed to… after all Bendy knew Henry longer then he and Alice ever have.

Not only that but Bendy never seemed to fully recover from it either. It broke Boris's heart to see his best friend not even tap his foot when he would play one of the records he had for the player. Even Alice felt worried for the toon demon… but both had tried many things to try and cheer him up. Things that they would use normally to even get a smile out of the first toon… but none seemed to work.

"Maybe we should ask Joey?" Boris suggested one day, him and Alice standing outside the room where Bendy sat quietly staring at the first record he ever got. Alice hesitated for a moment, her pie cut eyes glancing towards Bendy then back to Boris for a moment.

"I don't think he can help…"

"Well we gotta try right?"

Alice bit her lower lip. Another thing Boris had been picking up these past few months, Alice seemed to be more hesitant in speaking up to both male toons… almost like she was keeping something locked away in secret.

"This… This really isn't something that should concern Joey you know. Besides… I'm sure Bendy will come out of it eventually. He just needs time," Alice finally answered, her eyes staring right at Bendy with a sad gaze. Boris however felt terrible… his best friend was hurting and even he seemed to have trouble getting him to feel better.

"But… He could probably-"

"Please Boris… don't tell Joey how bad Bendy's taking this." Alice pleaded finally, a concerned, almost fearful look was on her face as she looked up to Boris. The toon wolf was taken back a bit by the plea… after all Alice never looked so… so scared before. But why was she scared of trying to get their creator to help them?

"Please… Promise me you won't…" She was shaking… something was very wrong. Boris wanted to help her… but he felt so confused and lost now.

"I.. Uh… Alright no telling Joey. Got it," the wolf finally agreed and Alice let out a sigh of relief. She seemed to calm down from her earlier fear.

"Thanks Boris…"

That conversation had been two days ago now and it was still eating away at Boris. Sure Bendy seemed to have emotionally recovered enough to actually try to smile a bit here and there… but there was clearly still a long way to go.

I miss the old happy go lucky Ben… I miss when Henry was around. He would know how to make Bendy happy again… Wait a minute! An idea struck Boris with his thoughts. He could just write to Henry and get a letter back just for them!

So excited with that idea in mind Boris hurried along and picked up a blank sheet of paper as well as a Pen and Inkwell and began writing a letter to the old animator. Boris wrote about how he was doing, how Alice, Bendy and himself all missed him, as well as a few of the things going on recently. It just flowed right out of him and onto the paper with ease and soon he had written a letter that he felt was worth sending to the animator. Now all he had to do was get it… to… Joey…

"Oh no…" Boris winced knowing in order to send the letter he would have to break his promise to Alice. After all Joey would clearly ask who the letter was for and why he was writing it to begin with. The toon wolf stared down at the parchment paper in his gloved hands debating what he should do… until finally deciding to give it to Joey with the truth and his concerns.

I mean, if we can hear from Henry again I'm sure Bendy will be happier… Then after I should apologize to Alice for breaking the promise. Boris decided as he carefully folded up the paper so it could fit into a nice proper letter.

He soon made his way straight to Joey's office and even politely knocked before entering.

"Hiya Joey!" Boris exclaimed cheerfully after hearing Joey's short "Come in" and entering. The head of the studio looked up at him with a curious look as he closed a book that Boris could have sworn he saw something shaped like a star in.

"What brings you here today my friend?" Joey questioned as he carefully put the book into one of the drawers in his desk. The toon wolf held out the note he worked hard on to the Director.

"Could you send this to Henry for me? Bendy's been feeling pretty down since he left an all…" Boris trailed, noticing a… rather uncomfortable feeling he was finally getting from the creator. Joey gave a small, careful smile and held out one of his hands to accept the letter.

"Of course my friend. Though… I must ask, what took you so long to report on how badly our Star's been affected by the absence of my old friend?"

Boris could feel a small amount of his own ink sweating down the side of his head from the uncomfortable feeling he got. It just wasn't right at all and Boris didn't understand why he was feeling that way… or small sense of fear he had just from looking the creator in the face.

"Ah… I just…" Boris hated to lie he really did… but for once his gut was practically begging him not to tell him that Alice made him promise not to.

"With the deadlines coming up… I uh… I didn't… I didn't wanna bother you," Boris's ears flattened against his head with his answer. It wasn't a complete lie, after all it was the main reason he hadn't come sooner when he first noticed how upset Bendy was.

Joey however seemed to accept this though and dismissed the toon wolf, who practically ran out of the room… Not once noticing the growing almost evil looking smile that was coming across Joey Drew's face as he left.