WHOOT Another Chapter based back when Henry worked in the studio! Prepare for the fluff!

Bendy didn't understand how Alice got along so well with her voice actor… nor did he understand Boris's reluctance to interact with others aside from Joey and Henry. Bendy himself found his voice actor Nick to be annoying whenever he was around and would often leave a prank for him whenever he would come in. Though then again the voice actor hasn't been into the studio for months and had been getting sick a lot.

Nonetheless Bendy still didn't have that high of an opinion on voice actors… and it only got worse when he was forced to take over for the sick actor. Bendy hated that he had to take over and do lines for the show… repeating them over and over until he got them right for the cartoon. It got old real fast, which was why Bendy took to sneaking off to try and spend more time with Henry. That always made him feel better, even if Henry would coax him back… at least the animator would come with and make the recording sessions fun.

"Henry…. When's Nick coming back?" Bendy asked one day while watching the animator draw Keyframes for a new short. The toon demon was getting sick of having to fill in for the voice actor for so long and wanted to know when he could go back to his normal routine around the studio. Henry paused his earlier smile had fallen and a sad look crossed his face.

"... He's… He's not coming back little buddy…" Henry muttered, slightly shaken. Bendy blinked and looked up at him in confusion.

"You mean he quit?" Bendy questioned, he knew a few employees that quit around the time he came to be and even the months following it… but that didn't explain why Henry looked so upset.

"In… in a way…"

"Henry? What's wrong?" The toon demon pushed his chair closer to the animator and stood on it when he saw how upset Henry seemed to be. "If it's about Nick leaving can't ya still see him at them family reunions ya talk about?"

"It's…. It's not like that Bendy… Nick… passed away a month ago…"

You could hear a pin drop from how silent it went at the last words that left Henry's mouth. Bendy was trying to process it himself… he knew what passed away meant… that was explained to him when one of the animator's didn't come in for a while and when everyone was upset. Apparently he had gotten into an accident that cost him his life.

This had to be worse though… Even though Bendy didn't like the guy very much… he was still fun to prank and Bendy could at least tolerate him… at least for Henry. The demon was more concerned for the animator though… that was his youngest brother after all.

The small toon didn't even waste any time in hugging the animator, just like Henry did for him so many times in the past.

"... I'm sorry Henry…" That's all he could think to say… but it seemed to work as Henry wrapped one arm around the demon, pulling him closer for a full on hug.

"It's alright bud…" Henry quietly spoke, Bendy could feel the human shaking a little bit, holding back some tears. The toon didn't like seeing the animator upset… he hated it more when the human would hold it back in an attempt to make sure he wouldn't get upset.

He must be where Alice get's it from… Bendy thought to himself, a small smile coming onto his face with that thought but it soon fell down as he tried to think of something that would make the animator happy again. His pie cut eyes slowly drifted over to the keyframe that Henry had been working on and an idea came to mind… though he would need some help in order for it to work.

The next day when Henry came into work he saw Bendy drawing something on his desk. When he got closer Bendy tried to hide it and looked up at him with a big smile before the rest of the day went normal.

The day after that Henry found the three living toons all together around his desk, whispering amongst themselves and the sound of pencil's moving. All three of them were working on something and from what he overheard… he couldn't help but smile a little at the thought.

Henry played oblivious to their little plan for almost two months until all three came up to him one day and practically dragged him to the closest projector. Bendy and Boris seemed to be the most excited as they started it up and Alice sat next to Henry with a small smile.

As soon as their little project began to play, Bendy practically jumped onto Henry's lap to watch while Boris took up another seat on the other side of the animator. The two male toons practically bouncing in excitement as the screen went onto the small animation that they had made.

It wasn't as smooth or completely on model as one of the proper animations that the studio usually made and Henry could see some of the rough lines shining through… along with the fact that they didn't have a full background, but that it wasn't bad for beginners work.

It began with a cartoon version of Henry, sitting at his desk looking upset. It soon started to spiral into quick cartoon hilarity when Bendy came onto the screen and dragged the toon animator into the "paper" and started leading him through a cartoon adventure just to cheer him up. Boris and Alice joined in, Alice trying to do damage control with all the gags and Boris joining in on a few more less dangerous looking gags.

It didn't make too much sense, there wasn't many in between shots to tie some of the scenes together and some weren't animated that well but Henry couldn't help but laugh as he watched it. When he first started to laugh the three toons couldn't help but smile between each other and feel accomplished with their work. Hell some other animators paused to watch their work and even seemed to enjoy the weird idea that the toons had come up with.

When the short ended Henry pulled the three toons in for a group hug.

"You guys did a great job," Henry smiled, making all three toons beam. It even got a little better when another one of the animators that joined them asked the trio if they could make a short like the one they did, or even refine it a little more. Bendy practically started chatting up a storm with them about it and seemed to be excited, Boris was a little more bashful and embarrassed with all the attention while Alice found a moment to lean over to Henry.

"Thanks for not ruining the surprise."

Henry blinked at her words but smiled a little at it still.

"Caught me eavesdropping huh?" Henry chuckled quietly.

"Not like we were any better at hiding it," Alice chuckled herself. "Kept trying to tell Bendy we shouldn't use your desk."

"I think it's a comfort zone for him honestly… but really, thanks guys. You did amazing work."

"Tell that to Bendy. It was his idea after all," Alice smiled softly before going over to her fellow toons, mostly to help keep Boris from getting to overwhelmed from the group and also to talk to Susie about their work a bit more.

Henry smiled fondly as he watched the little demon… but when his eyes caught sight of a certain someone watching everything from a door way the animator frowned and sent a glare in their direction.

Joey Drew took the glare in stride and just smirked a little before leaving to go back to his office.