INKNESS | BABTQFTIM | VERY OLD AND VERSION 1

6. A Genuine Thank You

Cuphead POV

"Yo Cuppy! How does it feel to help people for once?"

I scratch the back of my head in anticipation.

"I thought it was dumb of me to help but... it does feel kidna nice.."

I could feel my face flushing up out of embarrassment.

"So, we can be friends now, right? I really like Boris; He seems like a cool kid!"

I thought about it... could we...?

"Cups...?"

"If we don't get rid of them, we're the ones who'll end up dead, remember?"

Mugs didn't hesitate to continue.

"Well, the boss doesn't want them to Find some machine parts or something! Why can't we just find them first? That way we don't have to kill them?"

I brought my hand to my chin as I thought about it. No, we can't do that.

"We don't have a map though."

That thought didn't seem to come to mind for Cups at first.

"Oh."

We remained silent for a bit longer as Mugs turned back around to me.

"Where are we spending the night again Cuppy?"

"I dunno, some hotel run by a little cat lady. She's even smaller than Bendy! Hard to believe, right?"

I chuckled to myself as I mocked Bendy's shortness once again.

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As I walked out onto the balcony of our hotel room, I thought to myself, what if that's where He and his siblings were in fact staying... Yeah right, what's the odds of that happening?

I remained silent as I heard shuffling to my right. I turned my head and glanced at the other hotel room's balcony.

Standing on that balcony, stood Bendy's sister. She was hanging clothes out on a make-shift clothesline, intended to be left to dry.

We simply looked at each other as I broke into giggles, I had jinxed myself before by saying the odds of them being here were low, now we're neighbors.

"You guys are everywhere, aren't you?" I asked her simply.

She looked at me wearily. She must've heard from her brothers about Mugs and I.

"I could say the same for you..."

She was awfully calm for being in a situation like this.

"You awfully calm right now aren't you, you've probably heard from your brother's that I could probably pounce... at any..."

I leaned closer to the bars, pointing a singular finger at her as I lowered my voice and looked directly at her. I wasn't going to shoot at her, I knew that... I wasn't going to shoot, not after what happened to Mugs..

"Moment."

I finished my sentence as she wearily took two steps back and slightly lowered herself, prepared to hit the deck.

I burst into laughter just seeing her reaction.

"OH MY GOD, You're such a wuss!"

I held my stomach as I leaned back in an attempt to calm my laughter.

"I mean, what did you expect me to do?! Just not move at all while you pointed that laser gun thingy finger at me. Plus, I saw what that did to Mugman."

I stopped laughing immediately. She was there...? I don't remember seeing her there. I was firing at shorty.

"By the way, I'm glad to see he's okay, you were pretty determined to kill yourself back there out of guilt. Plus, you were very distraught when it happened, well I heard that, I zoned out on the ground."

She scratched the back of her hair as she spoke. She was there as well huh... She seems to not be as noticeable in these events, almost as if a side character.

She turned around to walk back inside her room, I quickly stopped her.

"One last thing before you go, Thank you."

She looked straight at me, almost as if she was confused.

"Probably weird to hear me say this from the things you most likely have been told about me, but you clearly know how much I cherish my brother, and you helped reunite us in a way, So thanks..."

She smiled at me, nodding as she spoke.

"I mean, you needed help, and all I did was give you the help you needed. Even if your brother didn't make it, I'm sure he wouldn't have wanted you to end it all because of an accident. "

"Yeah..."

I watched as she continued back into her room as I kept looking at where she stood.