#the errr... the depressive episode is OVER!

[sbocconichilista]

I HAD to do this. I've been thinking about this since I've read episode 6 description.

[luciferlightbringer]

Love in a Hopeless Place

Chapter 5

Sorry about that time I lied guys, I kept adding more to this than I thought I would, oh well. Enjoy me inserting my character into episode 5 basically lol. Also, your comments make me fucking cry, you guys are so sweet. I'm so glad you guys are enjoying this journey with me. xoxo, dany

Chapter 4|Chapter 5|Chapter 6|Updated through Chapter 12

Lucifer x prostitute fem!reader Word Count: 4.6k CW: Slowburn, Prostitution, Hurt/comfort, trauma, fluff, cuddles, depression, anxiety, family drama

You find yourself just sitting there, staring at Lucifer, trying not to panic. Lucifer shifted in his seat nervously, waiting for you to say something, but the words wouldn't come. Well.. the ones that did had a lot of cussing and fear that you did not want to let out onto him. You propped your elbows on your knees and rested your head in your hands, and took some time to breath.

You start to ask yourself why Lucifer would think this was ok, but you didn't need to ask, you already knew the answer. You said you would be there for him for stuff like this, and he was taking you up on it. You just thought you would be helping him in the same way you had been already, talking through it and holding him through the pain, not that he would actually want you to go physically go with him to see his daughter. If you had a little more time to plan and process this, you probably would have found this more sweet, but right now, all you could think of was how the King of Hell was bringing you out not only in public, but to meet his daughter.

Lucifer sat and watched your silent panic, 'Shit, nice going Lucifer, you really didn't think this part through did you? Now you are going to ruin your relationship with your daughter and your fri- friend? Friend? Were you friends? Errr, not important right now! You were going to ruin these two relationships that you cared a lot about in one day?! What is wrong with you?!'

"(y/n)... darling I'm so-"

"What did I say about apologizing to me when it came to this stuff?" you interrupted looking up at him, now with a more calm determination on your face.

"Uhh... to not?"

You smiled, "Good boy."

A shiver ran up his spine, oh this interaction was getting confusing for him. Something seemed to switch in you in an instant, leaving him confused but, relieved?

You chuckled and sat back in your seat, "Ok, I just needed a moment," you rubbed your hands over your face and back through your hair, "A warning would have been nice, but it was not possible at the time, so I can move past that. I said I was here to support you, so that's what I'm going to do."

Lucifer felt a blush form across his face, "Oh! Well... good! Th-thank you."

You smile over at him, "Now, what exactly am I going to be walking into here?"

"Well... she is showing me around her hotel, she said he needed help with something, getting a meeting with... Heaven..." he made a displeased face and shivered, "I really don't know about that, but she wants to see me and... I'm going to see what I can do to help her. Look around and see what she has going," he said with a far away look in his eyes.

"A meeting with Heaven? Why?"

Lucifer sighed and leaned back in his chair to stare out the window, "She wants to rehabilitate sinners, try to get them into Heaven. Probably to combat the yearly, now bi-yearly exterminations."

You had heard of the exterminations, but had not yet been present for one yet, you had arrived a few days after the last one, then learned that the next one had been moved up to six months after that instead of a year. The deadline was coming up in about another month. But... rehabilitating sinners to get them into heaven? Was that... possible?

"Is that possible?" you decided to ask allowed, "Rehabilitation of souls?"

Lucifer remained looking out the car window, looking down, then back up at whatever he was looking at outside, "No."

Well... one of the possible wedges in their relationship was already starting to make sense. How long had Charlie been working on this? Had they talked about this much? Probably not, Lucifer seemed to already be shutting down at the conversation with you. You didn't think it would be helpful to dig more into his thoughts on this topic.

"Ok, so... how do you want me to help? You have normally wanted our relationship to remain pretty discreet, so I'm not sure what all I can do here."

Lucifer looked over at you, and then shifted to take your hand, "I just... I want you by my side. I don't know how many people will be there. I don't expect many. Also, I would be fine just saying you were a friend of mine who I wanted to bring with... if you are ok with me referring to you as such."

You. Friends with Lucifer. Even as a front, that was something. Did he really think of you as a friend at all? It almost felt like you guys were friends, you certainly spent more time with him than anyone else you would call a friend. Stop. Back to the point. You were playing the role of his friend here. Ya, you could do that. 'Oh hey Charlie! Hope it's ok that I joined your dad, we were already hanging out when you called and I just wanted to tag along and see this hotel of yours!' Ya. Ya! This could work.

You gave him a big smile, "Ok!"

He gave you a big smile back.

"But you are not leaving until you have a real conversation about trying to connect with her."

His smile faded back into nervousness, and he rolled his eyes, "Fine, I'll... I'll try."

You gave him a pat on the head and sat back in your seat. He remained holding onto your hand the rest of the car ride over.

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The next couple of hours were... a lot. Charlie opened the door to the hotel and it was like a flip switched in Lucifer, he was talking a million miles a minute, full of charisma, hugging Charlie, looking around the hotel, greeting the members of the staff and guest, which there weren't a lot of, thank god.

Lucifer had quickly introduced you to Charlie as his friend, you gave you explanation that you had thought up earlier, and she bought it with a smile. Her energy was almost disgustingly sweet, the kind that made you want to pull away and gravitate towards at the same time. You could already see how similar they were, and it made you happy to see how happy he was to see Charlie, but both of their reactions also felt a little forced and over the top trying to interact with each other, both with a weight of anxiety clinging to their words and actions.

It also did not help that one of the staff, Alastor, the Radio Demon, was doing a lot to antagonize Lucifer in front of his daughter. You could tell that every action was meant to piss Lucifer off, it reeked of power play, but given how much it seemed that he actually supported Charlie you knew it was not a good place to step in. But seeing the way he toyed with Lucifer's already fragile emotions and relationship with Charlie made you hurt, and worry a little. You worried that Alastor might get in the way of these two getting a meaningful conversation. You resigned to standing over by the side and watched the interactions unfold in front of you.

At a certain point in the conversation, one of Alastor's old friends happened to barge into the hotel in the middle of the argument, briefly distracting Alastor. This day just seemed to keep getting weirder. You weren't used to being around this many other sinners in a social setting, and you tried as best as you could to hang out by the wall.

You were hoping that the new unexpected guest would distract Alastor long enough for Lucifer and Charlie to get sometime together. But no, Alastor sent his friend, Mimzy, over to talk with the rest of the staff while he walked back over to Charlie and Lucifer to continue their tour. Damn, this guy was nothing if not persistent to make Lucifer's time here all that much harder than it already was.

Lucifer gave you a look of 'Please save me and come with', you shook your head and tipped your head towards the stairs. You were here at the hotel with him, but he needed to have this conversation with Charlie without you. Also without the others, but who knows if that was going to happen at this point.

He sighed, knowing you were right, slapped the grin back on his face, and went upstairs with Charlie, Alastor, and Charlie's girlfriend, Vaggie. You made a note to yourself about the way Lucifer used his charisma as a coping mechanism, you already knew that, but here it was blaringly obvious to you.

The other members of the hotel, Husk, Angel Dust, Sir Pentious, and Niffty, joined Mimzy at the bar as they talked about her relationship with Alastor. After talking for a few minutes, you heard one of the voices yell out, "Hey toots, what about you? What's your story, eh?" You look over to see Angel Dust and Husk looking at you.

'Oh crap. What do I say to them?' You stare blankly at them for a couple seconds. You had no problem talking to them, but seeing Angel Dust here made you a little nervous, he was one of Valentino's boys. Sure, porn and prostitution were not exactly the same, but there was some amount of overlap in the community. Luckily, you thought it would be more likely for you recognize him, than it would be for him to recognize you. He was a big star in the industry, and prostitutes don't get their name spread as easily unless they were really popular or also doing porn on this side.

"What, is the "friend of his royal highness" too good for us, or somethin'?" Angel scoffed at you.

You shook your head, "Oh! No, I'm sorry, how rude of me. Sorry you just looked familiar and I was trying to place from where."

Angel turned out more towards you with a smirk, "Ah, you a fan a' my work, baby? I'm Angel Dust, the famous pornstar" he said adjusting his chest fluff with his lower two arms and looking at you with sultry eyes.

"Right! That makes sense. I do believe I have seen... some of your work," you try to act a little sheepish as you walk a little closer to them.

"No need to be shy, baby, nothin' wrong with enjoyin' a little porn," Angel purred. You again try to act sheepish and brush away the comment.

"So uhh, Husk was it?" you said addressing the bartender.

"Ya, nice to meet you. (y/n), was it?" he said flatly, eyeing you suspiciously.

"Uh, yup!" You saw with a bit of nervousness. Why was he looking at you like that? Did he recognize you? Or was he just sizing up someone who came in here claiming to be a friend of the King? You couldn't tell. It was because he could tell you were being fake, but you didn't know that, and he was not about to tell you.

"Cool", he looked quickly over at Mimzy with a glare, who was currently preoccupied my Niffy, "Excuse me for a minute," and he disappeared upstairs.

"Don't mind him," said Angel, "He's a bit of a sour-puss at first, but he gets better when you get to know him. Trust me." Angel said with a smile and a wink.

You and Angel continued to talk for a while longer, he was actually really funny and easy to talk to. You wished it wasn't necessary for you to keep your secret about your relationship with Lucifer, you didn't think you could mention your profession without giving that away. Luckily, Angel didn't ask about what you did for work, he mostly asked about what it was like to be friends with Lucifer, and you gave him as some indirect answers but tried to keep it interesting. Stuff like his duck room, stuff that Lucifer wouldn't mind you talking about. He asked how you both met, you make up some story about how you had been hired to do something around his house, you ended up talking and hit it off, which was not entirely untrue. You just left out how the job was fucking him, and that it had spiraled into the much more complex and wonderfully confusing relationship that you two had today.

Angel picked up that something felt off about your story, but had been working on that whole "boundaries" thing with Husk, so he figured it was better not to push. Especially with someone he had just met. Besides, he liked you so far, he hoped you would come back around, and didn't really want to see what down happen if he pissed of the friend of the King of Hell.

During your conversation, Husk had come back down behind the bar, looking a little shaken. You and Angel didn't have time to ask before someone started... trying to ram down the front door?!

Lucifer, Charlie, and Vaggie quickly teleported back into the lobby. 'Could Lucifer teleport? What the fuck?' At the same time, Alastor emerged from the floor from a pile of shadows on the floor of the lobby.

Apparently, Mimzy had fucked with some of the Sharks and then ran here to hide. Awesome, didn't like her anyway. Lucifer was being, very short and dismissive about the situation towards Charlie, not doing anything about it while Alastor went out and dealt with the Sharks.

"Mhmm, you see? What'd I tell you?" Lucifer said, as Charlie stared out the now broken front doors of the hotel at the battle outside, "Charlieeee. Sinners are violent psychopaths, hell-bent on causing as much pain a destruction as they can. There is really no point in tryin-"

"Dad, stop!" Charlie interrupted, "He is defending this hotel. It may be a little more... sadistic than I'd hoped, but he's doing it for me! How come he can have faith in me but my own father can't?!"

The hotel fell silent as the violence outside came to and end, Alastor looking out at his job well done and dealing with Mimzy. Angel whispered something to Husk and... pulled out some popcorn? There was too much going to begin to start unpacking that.

This was Lucifer's chance to be open and honest, to try to repair the rift and find some understanding between them. He needed to be vulnerable with her, which was the thing he was most scared of. He looked over to you, looking for guidance. You returned a sharp look of 'Dude, fucking TALK TO HER, be fucking REAL WITH HER, for the fucking love of GOD.'

He sighed, and he took the first step into rebuilding his relationship with his daughter, which involved about being honest and vulnerable about how he had tried this all before, trying to rehabilitate sinners, and how Heaven and its order scared this living hell out of him. And even more so, how he was scared of losing her in the process, telling her how much he loved her.

This was part of the story he hadn't even told you yet.

Charlie responded with her own feelings about growing up distant for him but loving him through their small bits of connection, the stories and dreams he would share with her, and how it had sparked her own dreams that she now fought for. The dream to save her people, more than anything.

You watched as Lucifer started to soften, and together they opened up about wanting to know each other, wanting to work together, wanting to achieve their dreams together, and not let life try to pull them apart again. You even got to see his big, beautiful angel wings for the first time, which were an incredible sight to see. Their discussion ended in hugs and tears.

"Ok," Lucifer said ending the long hug, "I can get you the meeting, but once you're in Heaven... I won't be able to go with you... Will you be ok?"

Charlie took Lucifer's hands with a smile, "I'll be fine."

Lucifer smiled back, "That's my girl."

Lucifer looked over at you, "(y/n), I uhh... should probably go work on this now, I don't know how long it will take, should I take you home or..."

"I... could stay here longer... If that is ok with you? And everyone else, of course," you said looking around at the others, mostly Charlie and Angel, who both smiled at you. You looked back at Lucifer, who nodded.

"Ok, I'll come back for you when I am done. Thanks for being flexible," he smiled warmly, with eyes that seemed to flicker with a spark of life you had yet to see in him.

"No problem, now get this girl that meeting," you said looking at Charlie with a smile, "she's got some lives to change."

Charlie beamed back a smile at you, then looked at Lucifer. He sighed, tapped his can on the ground and softly said, "Good luck kiddo," as he disappeared in a swirling cloud of red smoke. The room goes silent, outside of Charlie and Vaggie briefly talking and holding either other in a sweet embrace.

"So," you say, addressing Charlie after she finished her moment with Vaggie, "What does a girl gotten do to get a tour of this fabulous establishment of yours, Miss Morningstar?" You say with a flicker of playful mischief in your eyes. Charlie beams you another award winning smile as she extends a hand out to you, inviting you to follow her.

"Welcome to the Hazbin Hotel!"

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You spent the rest of the evening getting a tour from Charlie and Vaggie, and talking with the others at the hotel. It wasn't anything fancy, but the company was nice and it was so funny to see how much Charlie was like her father, except for her spirit had not been broken yet as his had. You prayed that it never would, because it was beautiful to watch. You couldn't help but feel both jealous and inspired by her.

Was this how Lucifer used to be before all of the pain he endured? You hoped now that she was back in his life that this part of him would light up again, without all of the fake smiles and hidden tears behind locked doors. If that light you saw in his eyes was any indication, you were pretty sure it was already starting.

Alastor seemed less interested in giving a tour now that Lucifer was not around to torment, but you could tell he was also sizing you up a little and putting on a little bit of a show for you with a story and a big smile. You would laugh but not get too pulled into his antics or get tripped up by him, which seemed to entertain him a little as well as agitate him.

Angel and Husk seemed amused and impressed by how you could keep up with Alastor, while Niffty ran around cleaning and asked if Lucifer was always so boring or if he was more of a "Bad Boy" with you. You just laughed and told her that he could have his moments, Niffty lit up and gave you a maniacal giggle in response as she went back to hunting cockroaches. You looked at the others, Angel shrugged, "Don't try too hard to figure her out, you might get a headache." You laughed, and spent some more time talking with Husk and Angel, Husk seemed to warm up to you the more you talked, but you could tell he would eye you a little whenever you were "putting on more of an act". He must be good at reading people, you respected that, but also knew that would make some interactions hard.

Angel was easy to talk to, he was full of energy, loved gossip, and never ran out of stories, many of them centered around his work and his boss, Valentino, but Husk would try to reel him in so that he wouldn't get to heated in front of "new people". You wished you could talk with him about your job, not that bonding over trauma was the healthiest thing to do, but Angel seemed to care a little bit more about others than you expected, everyone here did. Even Alastor, in his own... unique ways.

Could redemption really be possible? You knew Lucifer said it wasn't, but even just by being around this group, you felt that they weren't like other sinners. They were... kinder, especially Charlie and Vaggie. You weren't used to bonding with others well, in hell or when you were alive, but this... this felt different.

This hotel had something special. Maybe... maybe you could... try out the hotel too? Who knows about redemption, but this would be way nicer than living above the brothel. Would that be possible? Uhh... that might make things complicated with Lucifer. But maybe... could you quit the brothel? Work and live here? Just be friends with him? Or... more?

'Whoa...'

'What?'

You shook your head '...that was weird.' Anyways, you were getting a little swept up in the moment, best to not get swept up in the fantasy of moving here. You would have to think about it, didn't want to make things more complicated than they were already starting to be. Plus, you had no idea yet how Charlie's meeting with Heaven would go. The hotel could be blown off the face of the circle by like... Angel Nukes or whatever. Probably best to see how this pans out.

Eventually, Lucifer would arrive back at the hotel in his swirling vortex of red clouds. Charlie ran over to her father, asking how it went. He gave her a thumbs up and a tired smile, "All set up." Charlie smiled with tears in her eyes, as she gave her dad a big squishy hug and thanked him profusely. Lucifer lit up in a smile as her hugged her back.

After a few minutes, they released each other from their long embrace, and Lucifer looked over at you, "I hope these hooligans didn't cause you too much trouble while I was away."

You smile from your seat at the bar, still next to Angel and Husk, "Nope, just the right about of trouble actually," you say looking at the two sitting with you, and then out at the others.

"Good. Well, it's time to head back, are you ready?" Lucifer said, you nodded and starting saying your goodbyes, hugging those that wanted one, mostly Charlie, but also Vaggie and Angel Dust, and waved goodbye to the others. You saw Alastor eyeing you and Lucifer with a sinister grin as Lucifer snaked an arm around you, preparing to activate another teleportation.

You quickly call out to Alastor, he narrows his eyes at you in curiosity, "Keep up the good work buddy, and never lose that smile! You know you're never fully dressed without one!" The last thing you saw before being enveloped in smoke was Alastor's impossibly wide smile somehow splitting into a further, more devious, jagged smile across his wicked face. Before you knew it, you were back in Lucifer's room.

Lucifer looked at you with playful irritation, "Why did those have to be your parting words?"

You shrugged, "As a challenge, if he is going to make your life miserable, I'm just going to do it back whenever I get the chance. It'll be fun!"

Lucifer rolled his eyes with a groan. He then picked you up and starting carrying you towards the bed, "Already missy, time for you to do your job." Being suddenly picked up had you responding with a startled laugh. For how small his statue was, you would constantly forgot how strong he was, he just always looked so fragile and meek when he was sleeping in your lap.

You look up at him from his arms, pushing down the urge to just stare at the details of his beautiful face from this angle.

"That bad, huh?"

"Yup," he said, putting you down on the bed and crawling up into his spot on your lap, wrapping his arms around you waist and nuzzling his head on your shoulder. You enclose your arms around him and play with his hair.

"You wanna talk about it?"

Lucifer shook his head into your neck, "Cuddles now, talk later."

"Fair enough," you say as you hold him close. You feel the tension from his body slowly melt off away in your arms, until he was almost asleep.

As Lucifer laid in your arms, trying to fight off the taxing day of both seeing his daughter again for the first time in forever, getting the pleasure of Alastor, and dealing with Heaven's irritating meeting request system (where he mostly had to wait until the staff stopped screaming before he could even make his request and start talking to anyone that could begin setting up the process of scheduling a meeting) ... it had actually been a good day. Like... a really good day. One of the best days he has had in... what felt like forever. The meeting had him a little nervous, but, he had his daughter back, and he was going to do everything to make sure he supported her and never had to live without her again. For the first time, he felt like he could actually start rebuilding some sort of a relationship with her. It would take time, but it was worth it.

He then looked up at you, your beautiful (e/c) eyes, the hero of his day. Since the day he met you and every day since. He didn't want to put you on a pedestal, he knew you weren't perfect, but he didn't want you to be. God, did you feel like the best thing that had happened to him in a long time. As far as he was concerned, you were his friend, maybe even a best friend, maybe even... errr... something greater than a best friend! ...whatever that could be. He knew he couldn't tell you that, but he felt it in his heart. He wanted to believe that you wouldn't have done all of this just because it was your job.

"Hey," he said sleepily, "Thank you for coming with me... I needed that... I needed her back... my Charlie... and now... I'm getting happy again... and its all... because of... you..." Lucifer then, guess what? Feel asleep.

His words made your breath catch. It took everything in you not to start shaking as the tears started to roll down your face, as he slept in your arms. Today felt like such a victory for you, well for him, but also for you. You felt like you had actually done something worth while, something that meant meaningful for once. You were able to help this beautiful, sweet, kind, loving, angelic creature start to find hope and connection again.

The best part of all was that he, in return, had started to give you hope again too.

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[phantom-of-the-501st]

Thoughts on TBB 3x10: Identity Crisis and 3x11: Point of No Return

SPOILERS BELOW

Let's not start kidnapping kids for experimentation. That's never going to go well

This show has progressively gotten greyer and it's so depressing. I want my sunshine back

Of course the Empire are experimenting on kids. "Oh we cAn'T fiNd EnOugH aDulTs. We juSt uSe cHilDrEn iNsteAd". 🖕

Ayyyyy Bane is back!

Well he didn't kill the parent so that's something

This is so depressing 😭

"I was following protocol". Everything that comes close to "good soldiers follow orders" makes me really sad

Have we met someone else called Jax? I swear we've heard that name before

The fact that they have 3 specimens but their specimen numbers are much higher than 3 does not make me feel good. What happened to all of the other ones???

"To retrieve it". "It". Literally just an object to Dr Arsehole over here

Trandoshan? Pirate? FUCK YOU CID FOR SPILLING ABOUT PHEE

"Let's just say I'm good at my job" suggests he has picked up a hell of a lot more than 3 kids so where are the others?!

NOT THE LULA DOLL

I feel like this is a good time to note that I still don't like Emerie. Her dedication to Hemlock and her involvement in the Empire up until this point outweigh all of her current actions for me. So no, I still don't like her.

"But what about Nala Se?" I hear you ask. Don't like her either! I respect that she's trying to protect Omega but the number of problems that lanky bitch has caused means that I'm not going to forgive her that easily

People really need to stop leaving the door to their ship open BECAUSE SHIT LIKE THIS HAPPENS

1600??? FOR FUEL?! BITCH THEY TRIED SELLING ECHO FOR 2000

Tbf with fuel prices the way that they are I shouldn't be surprised

NOOOOO NOT PABU 😭

DON'T LEAVE THE GOGGLES THERE

AND LULA TOO?!

AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

FUCK THAT'S NOT GOOD

Oof that little bit of Omega's theme really hits in the feels 🥲

Eliminate them? How about no

NOT THE MARAUDER

I KNOW IT WAS IN A TEASER CLIP BUT NOOOOOOOOO

You know what I'm suddenly very glad that the goggles and Lula were off the ship

Nah I don't like that Wrecker's down. He never goes down for long

"Search every domicile" Domicile? DOMICILE?! Now where have we heard someone use that term before...

The Kiners are really popping off with this soundtrack 🔥

Crosshair's little "uh huh" 😭

SOMEONE CALL ECHO FFS

How about no to the recapture plan

If CX-2 turns out to be Tech then we only have 4 episodes left to address that entire storyline and I don't know what to do with that information

Errrrrr Hunter's not gonna be happy when he finds out what Crosshair and Omega have been up to

Neither's Wrecker tbf

Or Echo

Anyway... Cross is going to have a fun time explaining that one

Echo's gonna get a fun call as well. "So errr... The Empire took over Pabu, Omega got herself recaptured by choice and the Marauder is in pieces so... can we get a lift please?"

FUCK CROSSHAIR MISSED THE TRACKER

Me after these episodes

Some solid episodes today. I really enjoyed them! Am I still annoyed that Echo is still stuck as someone to be name dropped but not actually put in the episode? Yes. But these were some strong episodes.

I'm still trying to compute how this is all going to get wrapped up in 4 episodes though. That's really not a lot of time. 😭

BINGO UPDATE

Only just clocked that I have "Batcher dies" written on it. When I wrote it I meant one of the Batch members. I didn't know we were gonna get a hound called Batcher 😅

[generalchelseamayhem]

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Since you’re asking all of them, you don’t mind if I copy the answers for ones I’ve answered previously?

Also, sorry the format is a bit broken. Good thing I did this from Word, though, because Tumblr just straight-up ate this ask last time I tried to answer it.

1. Are looks important in a relationship?

How do I explain this... if I like them well enough as a person to commit to a relationship with them, then odds are I think they’re really attractive no matter what. I like looking at their body because it’s THEIR body, not some kind of hypothetical ‘perfect’ supermodel body. Heavily related to how I think about intimacy in general.

2. Are relationships ever     worth it?

Yes. Even if it may not always seem like it.

3. Are you a virgin?

No. I have in fact kissed a girl before.

4. Are you in a relationship?

No.

5. Are you in love?

Errr... not especially, no. I have crushes, but I reserve “in love” for somebody I’m actually seeing.

6. Are you single this year?

Yes. Probably for the rest of it too, but who knows... social isolation certianly isn’t helping of course.

7. Can you commit to one     person?

Difficult, but I can do it. I find lots of different people various degrees of attractive, and if the one person can handle that without feeling jealous, it helps. Otherwise I have to suppress that part of myself.

8. Describe your crush

I have like five of them. To choose one at random:

She’s the only person I know who is as openly pervy as me on a regular basis, and she’s also friendly, kind, and pragmatic, and unfortunately, far too busy all the time to pay any attention to me. :P

9. Describe your perfect     mate

I don’t have a perfect mate in mind, really. The best I can do is “someone who understands me better than anyone else, and somehow loves me anyway”.

10. Do you believe in love     at first sight?

No. Love after a long time of shared experiences, emotional opening up, and mutual trust and understanding is where it’s at.

11. Do you ever want to get     married?

Not sure if I do.

12. Do you forgive betrayal?

That depends on the betrayal I suppose. If it’s not so bad, of course I can. If it’s really bad, generally I cut most or all of my ties to them and move on with my life, hoping that they get better.

13. Do you get jealous     easily?

I don’t get jealous easily at all. Sometimes I’ve been prompted to be jealous and responded with “No.”

14. Do you have a crush on     anyone?

As I said, multiple people.

15. Do you have any     piercings?

Nope.

16. Do you have any tattoos?

Also nope.

17. Do you like kissing in     public?

I like kissing anywhere except in front of family members.

20. Do you shower every day?

Yes, except for when I’m having a really bad depressive episode. I don’t intentionally miss showering.

21. Do you think someone has     feelings for you?

No, I don’t think so.

22. Do you think someone is     thinking about you right now?

Probably not.

23. Do you think you can     last in a relationship for 6 months and not cheat?

Of course. Cheating sucks and I would never do it. If I really catch the feelings that badly I’d rather just be honest about it and (presumably) break up with whoever I’m currently seeing.

24. Do you think you’ll be     married in 5 years?

For a variety of reasons, no.

25. Do you want to be in a     relationship this year?

No. Not a serious one, anyway.

26. Has anyone told you they     don’t want to ever lose you?

Yes, they have. ☹

27. Has someone ever written     a song or poem for you?

No, but honestly I’d be mortified by the very prospect anyway.

28. Have you ever been     cheated on?

No.

29. Have you ever cheated on     someone?

No, but I have participated in a mutual drifting-apart. Which could, at a stretch, be considered emotional cheating.

30. Have you ever considered     plastic surgery? If so, what would you change about your body?

No, but a little less hair would be nice.

31. Have you ever cried over     a guy/girl?

Yes.

32. Have you ever     experienced unrequited love?

Unrequited crush, yes. Love, no.

33. Have you ever had sex     with a man?

No.

34. Have you ever had sex     with a woman?

Allegedly.

35. Have you ever kissed     someone older than you?

Yes. And I do mean significantly older. Not just like, 1 year.

36. Have you ever liked one     of your best friends?

It’s the only way to like someone, in my opinion. Your ideal romantic partner and your best friend should be the same person, or as near as it can get.

37. Have you ever liked     someone who your friends hated?

Ummm… no. I’ve hated someone my friends liked, but they came around eventually after he did to them what he did to me. If you mean “like” in a romantic way, then no. My friends tend to have pretty good taste in other people.

38. Have you ever liked     someone you didn’t expect to?

I think it’s fair to say yes, to the point where I have now come to expect (or at least prepare for) the unexpected.

39. Have you ever wanted     someone you couldn’t have?

Boy have I ever.

40. Have you ever written a     song or poem for someone?

I’ve written a sung poem about love for someone’s D&D campaign, but that’s as close as I’ve come.

41. Have you had sex so far     this year?

Yes.

42. How long can you just     kiss until your hands start to wander?

I will test this for you, For Science! but I would estimate at around the 20-30 second point.

43. How long was your     longest relationship?

5 years, 3 months, 22-23 days, depending on how you count (started in the evening, finished in the morning).

44. How many     boyfriends/girlfriends have you had?

None/One, in that order.

45. How many people did you     kiss in 2011?

One. More on that later.

46. How many times did you     have sex last year?

Honestly, I couldn’t tell you. I lost count.

47. How old are you?

26, turning 27 this year.

48. If the person you like     says they like someone else, what would you say?

I would wish them well. As I said, the people I like aren’t interested in me, so the best I can hope for is that they be happy with someone else.

49. If you have a     boyfriend/girlfriend, what is your favorite thing about him/her?

I don’t, but back when I did, it was her face whenever she saw something cute.

50. If your first true love     knocked on your door with apology and presents, would you accept?

An apology for what? I’d accept the presents, but I’d insist that I was the one who needed to apologize.

51. Is there a boy/girl who     you would do absolutely everything for?

There has been. Not anymore.

52. Is there anyone you’ve     given up on? Why?

I mean, breaking up is a form of giving up, right? So that. I’ve also given up on friends who hurt my other friends, and who cannot help themselves beyond all doubt.

53. Is there someone mad     because you’re dating/talking to the person you are?

Not applicable right now, but once someone at work had a thing for me and was absolutely heartbroken when I brought my then-girlfriend in to have lunch.

54. Is there someone you     will never forget?

Many people.

55. Share a relationship     story.

Don’t be afraid of doing things impulsively. Once my girlfriend was having an unequivocally bad day, so I was like “screw this”, told her to meet me at a different train station than the one she normally got off at, then I took her out for a walk around the suburb for the afternoon. It started pelting with characteristic Australian rain halfway through (for those who don’t know, Australian rain is typically violent, heavy, and happens in extremely brief bursts), which only increased the amount of fun we were having, and we ran through the rain to take shelter at an IKEA (which was my intended destination anyway), where we had IKEA meatballs for lunch. The only thing I regret is that I wasn’t that person more often.

56. State 8 facts about your     body     Hairy.     Thin but like, not too bony.     Horrible eyesight but I keep forgetting to put     my glasses on.     Feet get really hot at night, really cold in the morning.     When I shave I look instantly 5-10 years younger.     My favourite and most reliable muscles are in my legs.     Angry eyebrows inherited from my dad.     I have a set method for cracking so many of my own joints, it’s probably     unhealthy. Including ones in my back.        

57. Things you want to say     to an ex

Honestly, just a normal good-friends kind of conversation. Like “How is your day going?” “How are you enjoying Picard so far?” “Have they made Season 2 of Doctor Stone yet?” “Here’s a meme I found about The Wheel of Time.” “Here’s five memes I found about the coronavirus.”

58. What are five ways to     win your heart?

Be interested in me back.

Have sense of humour by     which we can play off each other’s jokes (and in-jokes).

Introduce me to new things     (especially food but not seafood).

Love animals (dogs, birds,     fuzzy-looking ones, and most importantly, goofy-looking ones)

Hugs/cuddles.

59. What do you look like?     (Post a picture!)

60. What is the biggest age     difference between you and any of your partners?

Depending on the definition of a “partner”, it could be “nearly 2 years” or “more than 5 years”

61. What is the first thing     you notice in someone?

Their hair.

62. What is the sexiest     thing someone could ever do for/to you?

Powerplay where one of us is on top and the other one turns the tables halfway through.

63. What is your definition     of “having sex”?

The current “no clothes on penis in vagina” definition of sex is too restrictive to actually see what’s going on, so let’s work on it.

1.      There are genitals of two or more people involved.

2.      Said genitals are interacting with each other, or with another person’s mouth and/or hands, in such a way that is theoretically designed to make orgasms happen (even if largely unsuccessful).

There are degrees of course, but the essential points are all there. Also makes a few important distinctions between things that might be considered sex and things which definitely aren’t. A handjob might be considered a very rough imitation of sex that doesn’t really count, but it is plainly a very intimate act, and it’s a lot closer to sex than masturbating by yourself.

64. What is your definition     of cheating?

When someone is knowingly intimate with another person in a way that violates the agreed-upon boundaries of their established relationship. This extends to acts of varying degrees of intimacy depending on how strict the boundaries are. Hugging might be okay for example, but snuggling up with your arms around them on the sofa might not.

65. What is your favourite     foreplay routine?

Eating out. This should have been renumbered question 69.

66. What is your favourite     roleplay?

Dungeons and Dragons, wherein I have characters called Eve L. Schemer, Darf, and Hercules Pirate. Respectively, one whiny emo kid, one dwarf who’s too stupid to spell the word “dwarf”, and a weird but oddly functional Pirate/Detective fusion.

Okay, if you want a sexual answer to that question (do you really??), then here goes.

A scenario where one of us is conducting a job interview, and the other is a relatively fresh-faced interviewee who applied for anyone and anything that was taking resumes. Over the course of the interview it becomes clear that the job description being hired for almost entirely involves sex. You can guess how the rest of the interview proceeds.

67. What is your idea of the     perfect date?

I prefer not to be specific with things like this, because expectations often get in the way of other things that make magical relationship moments, like pleasant surprises and anticipating something unexpected. Anything that goes on for a good length of time, has pleasantly flowing and cheerful conversation, jokes flowing freely, in-jokes being created, pleasant views…

68. What is your sexual     orientation?

Straighty McStraightFace.

69. What turns you off?

Most other bodily fluids. I also never get intimate with someone who is either sick, or sad.

70. What turns you on?

Mind control, a certain amount of (light!) powerplay.

71. What was your kinkiest     wet dream?

I tend to have very vanilla wet dreams, but there was one time where I found Jordan Peterson, looking worse for wear and living in the basement of a decrepit old building, but he taught me a powerful mind control technique that I immediately used to make someone I fancied give me a blowjob.

72. What words do you like     to hear during sex?

Nothing in particular, but garbled monosyllabic words are nice. As a general rule, the more unintelligible it is, the more it means I’m doing a good job.

73. What’s something sweet     you’d like someone to do for you?

Break the quarantine (when it’s finally over) by hosting a movie night or a board games night or something. Anything that gets me back in touch with my friends.

74. What’s the most     superficial characteristic you look for?

The lips.

75. What’s the sweetest     thing anyone’s ever done for you?

Hosted my only ever surprise birthday party, when I was 23.

76. What’s the sweetest     thing you’ve ever done for someone?

Ermm… good question. I once got someone the landmark publication for their particular field of expertise, by the most renowned expert. I once donated several hundred dollars to someone’s overseas trip because their own father would not. I once made a document translating some very non-phonetic sounds in French into a format which a phonetic language speaker could understand.

77. What’s your opinion on     age differences in relationships?

As long as neither is taking advantage of the other (especially intentionally, but also unintentionally), it’s fine and none of my business.

78. What’s your dirtiest     secret?

79. When was the last time     you felt jealous? Why?

I mean, I really, really don’t get jealous easily.

80. When was the last time     you told someone you loved them?

February 19th, this year.

81. Who are five people you     find attractive?

Oof, I did say I had like 5 crushes, didn’t I?

You don’t know most of them, so I’ll have to do it by description.

The most recent addition to our D&D party. The last person I’m actually friends with who hasn’t graduated from my uni and left it yet. The woman I had a failed fling with in 2018. The one you do know, quinzelade. And last but not least, my ex-girlfriend.

82. Who is the last person     you hugged?

Going from the above five-people list, it was either my ex-girlfriend (we’re still good friends) or the most recent D&D addition. I can’t remember exactly when social isolation protocols kicked in and we stopped hugging.

83. Who was your first kiss     with?

I’m going to be boring, but… it was a dare, at about 2:30 am. We both put up very unimpressive showings, I thought.

84. Why did your last     relationship fail?

It’s a long and complicated story, but to boil it down to its essentials, we didn’t want the same things out of life, we weren’t moving through life at the same paces, and we ended up being quite bad influences on each other in a variety of ways. While it’s true that I still find her attractive, it’s also true that we’re actually much better around each other as friends.

85. Would you ever date     someone off of the Internet?

Someone I met over the internet? Absolutely, though not before getting to know them as a person. I don’t think I’ll ever go in for those online dating/matchmaking apps, for example.

Someone where the experience of dating them is entirely online? I wouldn’t consider that dating, really. At most I would consider it flirting (or, god forbid, sexting), but to me “dating” only really applies when you’re actually in the same room together. You can’t cook someone a fabulous meal and email it to them.

[ihaileysenpai]

Purpose (Bendy X Hailey Fanfic)

*Angst warning I guess? (The anon asked for it, so can’t stop me) *I was watching the plane crash episode of Grey’s Anatomy and got the idea *Its really long so fair warning *Its bad I know, shush I usually don’t kill people in stories XD

~~~~|~~~~~~ Normal Pov ~~~~|~~~~~~

**************

The smell of freshly cooked pastries filled the air, the room was dark, but the only light source was emitted from several lit lanterns that stood on the tables. Swing music filled the atmosphere with a relaxing vibe.

Bendy tapped his fingers on the wooden table as he kept with the rhythm. His younger, yet taller brother could be seen playing on stage with the band. The clarinet was easily pointed out if one listened and paid attention.

Across the table, Bendy noticed the light humming from Hailey. He glanced towards her direction. The relaxed and joyous smile on her face as her attention was fixated on the band onstage and their music.

Bendy felt the world almost fade away as he continued to stare at Hailey with a longing gaze. Many thoughts filled his head, most of which had the life threatening risks.

He didn’t realize the song was over until Hailey clapped her hands and looked at him.

She had a grin. “Good show, huh?” She remarked.

Feeling flustered that he was caught staring, Bendy tried to figure out an answer to the red head.

“I-Uh yeah it was great!” Bendy answered, fumbling over the first few words of his sentence.

“That brother of yours has some talent, it’s great to see great potential like that.” Hailey stated, almost in a daydreaming tone.

Bendy nodded his head in agreement and looked back at the stage to see his brother talking to the piano man. “Yeah, he’s good at that and being a mechanic. He’s going to be great.”

“So are you.”

Bendy turned his head to see Hailey giving him a look. He couldn’t explain it, it looked omniscient, but with something else.

“What?”

Hailey sent a quick glare at Bendy, “You’re also going to do great things. You can play the guitar and you’re one of the best mechanics in the world. May I also remind you that you’ve got the brains and the brawn?” Hailey sighed, “Bendy, you’ve got a lot going for you, whatever you think will hold you back, it shouldn’t.”

Bendy’s staring resurfaced, he was at a loss of words.

Did she know about the illness that he bared?

Was she thinking that it was something else?

“Can you just stop thinking that you’re only destined to die?” Hailey interrupted his thoughts once more.

He spoke without a moment’s thought, he wasn’t sure what he had said. It was between, ‘what are you talking about’ and 'how much do you know?’.

Hailey shrugged her shoulders, “I know that you’re keeping a big secret from me, I don’t blame you, I’m not that extravagant or important. But you’ve got a destiny, it can change the world. I don’t want you to turn cold and bitter, I don’t want you to go throw your adventure whilst depressing thoughts plaguing your thoughts and judgement.” She explained, then shifted her gaze away from the demon.

“Hailey, what are you trying to say?” Bendy questioned, not clearly understanding the message that his companion is trying to spell out for him.

“People care about you, alright? Lots of people, and I care about you too, dingus.” Hailey stated, continuing to avoid looking at him, “Because you effected so many people, you shouldn’t give up on your dreams.”

A sympathetic smile washed into Bendy’s face, he gently reached over and latched onto Hailey’s hand that rested on the table.

“I see what you’re getting at. And okay.”

“Okay?”

“Yeah, okay. You have a point, I’ll accept that. I’ll try and stay more 'hopeful’, okay? And I care about you too.” Bendy accepted in a feathery tone.

Hailey had a small smile on her face, returning her gaze at Bendy.

“Alright, I’m glad to hear that.” She rejoiced in her mellifluous voice.

“If anything, you could be apart of the whole destiny thing too. Me and Boris have a purpose, whose saying that you can’t join us in that? If you want to that is.” Bendy negotiated, making Hailey look aback.

“Y-you want me to join you?” Bendy nodded his head, making Hailey giggle, “Sure, I’ll come. But only if you promise to keep that mind of yours working. You need a plan for when this whole destiny thing is over, are we okie doki?” Hailey proposed.

Bendy chuckled, “With you there, I doubt I’ll have hear the end of it.”

The two smiled brightly at eachother, perhaps there was sentiment between their shared glances.

“Hey guys! I’m back!” Boris greeted with a joyous tone, as he maneuvered towards the table. “Didja like the songs?” He asked.

“It was great, Boris!” Hailey complimented.

“Yeah good job, bro.” Bendy followed, then explained what was happening to Boris.

He couldn’t help but smile, maybe he did have a future.

**********

“Where the hell are they?!” Cuphead groaned in annoyance.

“How should I know? We got seperated so fast that I couldn’t ask where everyone was going!” Bendy retorted, sarcasm lacing in his words.

The two walked at a quick pace, water dripping from their heads to their toes. They were trapped in what seemed as a labyrinth maze cave.

“Boris? Mr Felix? Hailey?”

“Mugs? Jackpot?”

The two called for the others within their group multiple times, but much to their dismay, no answers so far.

Bendy tried to light their disheartened atmosphere by talking about nurses and how everyone needed a hot nurse.

Cuphead only rolled his eyes and had his memory recall his first encounter with the rabbit nurse who took care of his brother.

Once pestering Cuphead about his sudden blush, Bendy and Cuphead were suddenly falling down after the rocks beneath them caved in.

After the tumbling the duo had to endure before reuniting with their brothers, Bendy began to question where the remaining members of the group were.

“We don’t know where Mr Felix or Jackpot are.” Boris exhaled in a defeated manner.

“What about Hailey? Did you see her?” Bendy more persistently questioned.

Mugman shook his head, causing a panic to fuel Bendy’s judgment.

“We have to keep looking.” He said in a stern tone and turned to lead the way.

“Bendy wait! We’ll find them, but we should give Boris another moment to recover.” Mugman tried to reason.

Before Bendy or anyone could respond, a loud roar and ground shaking thud appeared before them, only in the form of a humongous Bolder Spider.

The group of makes yelped in surprise, to which was followed by a wash of relief when the bolder spider fell to the ground before them and Felix hopped down with Jackpot nestling in his jacket.

“Is everyone alright?” Felix asked, inspecting everyone that was present.

“Yeah, we’re okay!” Mugman grinned.

“Bendy would be better if he found his lady friend.” Cuphead pointed out the small demon, whom looked stressed and panicked.

Felix put a hand on Bendy’s shoulder and reassured him that they would find their friend.

………

After getting their hair and fur brushed, the group trudged on, Bendy’s panicks only growing.

“Errr where can she be? Maybe she’s hiding from another giant spider, or looking for us? Maybe she’s on higher ground? O-or she got eaten by a spider, or drowned or-” Bendy began listening the possibilities in a fast speed, to which Felix turned Bendy’s attention to him.

“Bendy, calm down! Hailey is going to be fine, you know it and I know it, alright? The more you panic, the more unprepared you will be when you see her small scrapes.” Felix calmly explained, “Now take a breath and let’s keep-”

The loud booming sounds of rocks falling interrupted Felix. The group looked up, and quickly stepped aside as the rocks plummeted to the ground. With that, the quick image of a red, pale and light brownish gray fell with it.

It was at that moment that Bendy felt the world slow down. He recognized those colours.

It was her.

Once time regained its proper scheme and the rocks stopped falling, Bendy and the others rushed towards the coloured figure.

Tossing the few stones that covered her, Bendy pulled Hailey from the rocks.

“H-hey Hailey! You alright? C'mon open your eyes.” Bendy begged, struggling to sound calm.

A wince in pain and reluctant bit of her eyelids opened, made Bendy sigh in relief.

“O-ow, damn. Whoever said rock sliding was fun, is a liar. Damn I hurt.” Hailey remarked, clearly in pain.

Crouching down next to the two, Felix and the others looked for any noticeable injuries. Bendy would, but he was too busy keeping Hailey awake and talking.

“Hailey, where are you feeling pain?” Felix inquired.

“U-Um, my head, my left arm, my right knee and some of my stomach is kinda not okay.” Hailey tried to be funny, but her voice was sounding strained.

Bendy inspected her head, only to find a small goose egg (Owie) on it, Felix wrapped her lightly gashed arm and stomach.

“Alrightio, we good to go?” Felix asked, after finishing his work.

Bendy looked down at Hailey, “Can you walk?” He asked, as he tried to help her sit up.

“A-ah!” Hailey grimaced as she felt a head rush, she held her head in her hand for a moment before nodding that she could manage.

Of course, Bendy helped her with standing up and walking either way (I can walk ya dummy!).

With that the group was back on the challenge of finding the piece for the ink machine.

Bendy tried to make small talk in order to distract Hailey from her pain. Right now they were on the topic of what Felix’s newest and future books may be about (lemme read them!)

“How about a mystery of the scroll? You know, only now it’s a different scroll with some prophecy about some cult taking over the world, but the twist is that a demon saves the world?” Bendy suggested, clearly proud of his idea.

Hailey chuckled, “Are you saying that the demon would be a characterization of you? Irony Bendy, you’ve got that part right.” She remarked, then began to ponder one herself, “How about one where two idiots gamble with the devil, only to have their lives in shambles and they are forced to work for the devil, while he resurfaces a global crisis?” Hailey wondered, then sent a quick glare at Cuphead.

The Cupbros looked at eachother in a subtle manner, but were taken aback by Hailey’s comment.

Felix chuckled, “Oh please, who would be dumb enough to do that?”

Hailey shrugged her one shoulder, “Not sure, maybe it is pretty stupid. Never mind.”

(;D)

Soon, the group came to a halt when the map pointed at a wall of rocks. The group exchanged looks of confusion, before Bendy helped Hailey lean against the opposing rock wall. Bendy rolled up his sleeves and commented on how easy it would be to clear all the rocks.

Cuphead scoffed, “Don’t sell yourself short, Bendy. There’s no way that you- huh?!”

Bendy already had lifted a boulder three times his own size, catching the Cupbros by surprise.

A whistle could be heard by Hailey, “Damn sir, you aren’t one to be messed with!” She commented, causing Bendy to smirk and wink at her.

Boris then commented on how long it was going to take using Bendy’s method to clear the path. Bendy silenced cursed before setting the boulder down.

Mugs then grinned enthusiastically, “Don’t sweat it Bendy! We’ll destroy this wall in no time! Right Cup?” He offered.

Cuphead looked hesitantly and anxiously at the wall, “Umm..”

“C'mon bro! Let’s do this!”

Reluctantly, Cuphead looked at his hand, then zoned out for a moment. He could hear white noise, until Mugman asked if he was ready.

“I don’t want to, okay?! My vision is still blurry!” Cuphead shouted, uneasiness filled his tone.

“Alright, jeez.” Mugman responded, then retained his energetic demeanour. “Well then, double the power for me! You guys might want to stand back for this!”

Cuphead fell into another short daze, only to have Bendy pull him back.

“Earth to airhead, your bro told us to stand back.” Bendy remarked.

Hailey called the two boys over to her, which they obliged to.

“Hey Cupper, you okay bud?” Hailey questioned with concern.

“Y-yeah, I just don’t want to miss and have an avalanche on us.” Cuphead replied, darting his eyes to the side.

Hailey smiled gently, “Alright, just making sure you’re doing okay.”

Cuphead sighed, “Thanks.”

Bendy noticed that Mugs was beginning to use his doubled attack. Bendy put a hand on Hailey’s shoulder and stood protectively infront of her.

As the mesmerizing colours erupted from Mugman’s hands, everyone looked away and awaited for the rest of the attack.

“HIIIIIIIi- YAAA!”

Suddenly, the rocks were gone in a cloud of dust, which once was settled, shown a waterfall brightly lit.

“Great job Mugs!”

Boris and the others gathered around him and chirped happily about his abilities.

“Hey look at the opening you made! It’s so beautiful!” Hailey pointed at the waterfall.

“Let’s hope that it’s an exit.” Felix added and peered over the boulders that remained.

Boris looked down at the map and grinned, “According to the map, the piece is just up ahea-”

Suddenly Felix whipped around and hushed Boris.

Before anyone could ask the reasoning behind his sudden actions, the loud sounds of crunching erupted from the other side of the group.

The group peered over the rocks to see the giant mermaid lady munching on the giant boulder spiders.

“Holy Chrysler, that’s a big lady!” Hailey exclaimed in a hushed voice. “Bendy stop staring.” She said, not even looking at him.

Bendy blinked, “Wh-what, I wasn’t staring!”

“Yeah at the Mermaid lady at least.” Cuphead pointed out.

Hailey then looked at Bendy, who had a small blush castigated across his face. He quickly pouted and glared at Cuphead. Laughing and chuckles could be heard by the group.

The happy moment was interrupted when the group caught sight of Jackpot missing and heading towards the giant mermaid. After several attacks and Bendy throwing a boulder towards the giant mermaid, a sudden gut wrenching feeling hit Hailey.

She quickly looked at everyone, until her eyes fell upon the staring boy himself reached her field of sight.

He looked exhausted and overworked, his breath looked jagged. Leaning against the wall of rocks and slowly made her way to Bendy.

“Bendy, what’s wrong?” Hailey questioned, putting a hand on his shoulder. She felt him in onto her.

“I-I can’t, not right now.. they need me.” He murmured in transparent pain.

“An ink attack? Here just sit down for a-”

“No Hailey! I need to help- I need to- GAH!” Before her eyes, a red aura surrounded him, and black was seeping into his eyes. He held his head in his hands, and he trembled.

“Bendy- oh god what-what should I-”

It all happened so fast, she couldn’t remember the details of how it happened, but it did. Standing before her was a taller and ink dripping version of someone she cared dearly for.

“B-bendy..?”

Hailey felt for a loss of words, once he looked back at her, Hailey thought that her heart momentarily stopped. How was she supposed to react to such a scenario.

She would back up against the rocks, but she was already using them for leverage and she wouldn’t be able to.

“B-Bendy, please tell me that it’s you.” Hailey pleaded.

The tall figure loomed overtop of the smaller girl.

Unexpectedly, Hailey felt a gentle pressure on her forehead. “Don’t look so scared, Hailey. It’s still me” Bendy’s voice was deeper, but with a slight gravel.

A huge wave of relied swept over Hailey, she smiled, “There you are.”

Bnedy quickly and gently helped her to the ground. “Sit here, and don’t move. We’ll get this bitch and the piece in a few minutes, okay?”

Hailey pouted but shrugged in acceptance, “Fine, fine, just don’t let anyone else get hurt, that goes especially for you too, okay?” Hailey then smirked, “And you’ve got some explaining to do once it’s over.”

Bendy chuckled, “I promise, you’ll have the honour of being the first to hear when I figure it out.” Bendy winked and left.

That’s when the battle began. Mugs shot his laser and Bendy striked the giant mermaid every chance they got. Everyone’s reaction to Bendy’s sudden change of form was of shock, Mugman being oddly accepting of the whole concept.

After the whole mermaid suddenly changing tactics and eating Mugman, much to everyone’s horror. The brawl changed. Rocks were being thrown and the boys were taking every chance to attack.

Hailey felt uneasy, for the ground was shaking and she could hear rumbles coming closer with every collision with a person and the rocks.

She huffed out some air, in hopes that the anxious oxygen would release and ease her body.

“We can’t keep this up! We need a plan!” Boris called out to the others.

Felix looked from side to side, in hopes that an idea would form in his head.

“How about I shoot those rocks and you knock her down, then that might end her, crack her head for the piece and then we-” Cuphead suggested, trying to think of a way to get his brother out.

“That could work, let’s do it!” Bendy agreed and jumped from the side wall to tackle the mermaid down. It took some wrestling and tugging to get her off balance, but at the sound of the giant mermaid colliding onto the ground, the plan was far in motion.

The sounds of rumbling above caught the attention of Boris, Hailey and Felix.

“Cuphead wait-”

“CUPS SHOOT HER WHILES SHE’S DOWN!” Bendy shouted, not hearing Felix trying to warn them.

Not hesitating, Cuphead aimed his finger and did the similar double attack as his brother. “This is for my brother, you bitch!” He whispered and shot his attack.

As the dust clouded and the rocks tumbled down on the mermaid, Bendy quickly avoided any type of hit.

He joined the group as they watched the giant mermaid give small twitches, but her abdomen was buried under the rubble.

“Did we… is she?” Boris tried to ask, but was interrupted by only yet another rumbling sound, only this time it was louder.

“Guys, we need to move, it’s coming from over there- oh no.”

“HAILEY!”

The rocks were falling in the direction that Bendy left Hailey at. She was doing her best to scoot away but something else was wrong.

Just like when he first met her hazel green eyes, when he had their first conversation, when she fell along with the the rocks earlier and now.

Time felt like it had stopped, Bendy was frozen as he tried to lunge toward Hailey. But she looked directly at him, and moved her lips, but he didn’t hear what she was saying.

One moment he was joking with her about books and such, and now he was desperately trying to dig out his companion from a pile of rocks.

“Hailey?! Hailey! Answer me dammit!” Bendy begged and called, throwing rocks and boulders in every direction. Everyone tried to join in and help, desperation in every movement.

It wasn’t until he found a bloodied hand that he felt a higher rush of adrenaline. “I found her!” He cried and pulled more rocks from the pile.

After being able to pull her bruised and bloodied body out of the pile, Bendy cradled Hailey in his arms.

“Hailey, p-please tell me that you’re okay..” Bendy’s voice wavered, gently wiping the blood that dripped from her nose.

“She’s really beat up.” Felix murmured and began to search his bag for medical supplies, Boris followed the actions with his own bag.

“I.. t-totally lied, the rock .. slide was like rolling down a hill.. ah.. the amount of bruises I’ll have tomorrow.. that’s what I get for being fragile..” The strained and hushed voice came from the pained girl.

“Ah- Jesus, you really won’t die will ya? Tough little girl.” Cuphead remarked, in an attempt to calm everyone down.

“Haaah, yeah.. ha. If I don’t b-bleed out f-first.” Hailey remarked in parted huffs.

“You won’t! Stupid, we have bandages and medicine!” Bendy growled.

“Bandaids and painkillers won’t fix broken bones.” Hailey stated, looking right into Bendy’s eyes.

“W-we can try and cover as much as we can!” Boris said, pulling out items from his bag.

“S-see? We can patch you up enough until we can get you to a doctor.” Bendy pleaded.

“Bendy, I feel broken everywhere, it hurts everywhere… I-I don’t know how to describe it, I just-”

“Hailey stop talking like that, you are going to be fine!”

A bit of the hope that the others had slipped, as Hailey began to cough and hack up some of her own blood, to which she covered her mouth with her hand and stared at it.

“D-damn…” She cursed quietly, but more calm than what the group surrounding her were.

As her trembling hand dropped, she glanced at Felix and Boris, “Don’t waste your supplies on me, I’m a lost cause.” She smiled weakly. “Not the most heroic death I was hoping, but at least I’m not alone.”

The two stared in horror at her, before averted their distraught gazes somewhere else.

Bendy held Hailey’s chin and turned her so that they looked directly at each other, “For god sake Hailey, you can’t die!”

“But I-”

“No! You’re supposed to be here when we get this and the rest of the pieces, you’re supposed to be here when we fix the machine and I’m cured! You told me to have dreams, but I can’t if you aren’t there!” Bendy’s voice was breaking through his words. “You were going to be my person, we would get married and have a family. I can’t do that without you there! You can’t tell me to do these things and then die on me, alright?! I fucking love you so much!”

Tears began to fall from Bendy’s eyes, his lips quivered as he felt a shaky hand weakly grab onto his own.

“That sounds …nice.. how many kids would that be..?” Hailey asked, raising her eyebrow.

“.. 4, an even number, s-so no one gets left out.” Bendy wavered.

A small weak laugh escaped Hailey, as it did so, she winced in pain, “That’s a g-good idea, heh, I’d like that… because I really fucking love you too.”

Bendy tried to smile through his tears, “I-I know, so now that you and I know, you can’t d-die, you hear me?!”

Hailey’s eyes were half lidded, “Maybe a house in the countryside… you know, 'cause I’m a country girl. It’s so quiet and away from the.. crowds of people. The kids would have more room to play.. heh.” Hailey was starting to trail off her words.

Bendy looked at the others for someone to do something. His eyes clearly read his desperation for anything to happen.

Felix only nodded his head, seemingly for Bendy to continue talking to his beloved before she was gone.“

When Bendy looked back down at Hailey, her usually pale skin was now almost a new shade of white. He grabbed onto her hand and gently squeezed it.

"Y-yeah, that’s a great idea. Maybe just outside of a s-small town, so they can go to school and w-we’re close to friends.” Bendy tried to continue talking about this so called future he dreamt of, only to have it slipping away from him. “Hailey, I just want you to know that we would be s-so happy.” Bendy began to weep.

“I know, maybe I’ll.. see you there..?” Hailey’s weakened voice began to succumb to the pain.

“.. y-yeah, I’ll make sure to look for you.”

“But.. you have to fulfill your purpose.. and live your life..that’s our deal..”

Bendy hesitated to respond, it was so difficult to say goodbye to someone dear to you, let alone agree to let them go and not live the future you planned for eachother.

“…..o-okay, I-I promise.”

“Thank you… I’ll be .. wai..t ..ing.” Hailey breathes out, before her eyes were shut and her face relaxed.

Bendy bent his head down to her chest to try and hear Hailey’s heart beat. It was faint and slowly fading away.

The sounds of sobbing from the boys echoed against the rocks and interior.

And just like that, the world seemed more dimmed for Bendy.