INKNESS - a BABTQFTIM fanfiction

6. He's My Responsibility

The bell chimed as Bianca opened the door, her eyes instantly drawn to the familiar figures of her younger brothers.

"Doofus one and doofus two. Finally found ya." Bianca teased as she threw an arm over their shoulders. As she expected, they groaned at her insult of sorts.

"Dude, I met THE Felix! He said he's gonna write a new book soon! Can't wait!" Bendy eagerly told his sister. Her smile faltered; they seemed completely unphased by Mugman's possible death.

"Looks like we both met our idols! This journey just keeps getting better and better!" Bianca forced a small smile onto her face as her brothers looked at her expectantly, as if edging her to agree with Boris.

"Yeah, I guess it does get... better..." Bianca mumbled. There was an awkward silence between the siblings for a few moments until it was interrupted by the loud slamming of the cafe door and the short jingle of the bell above it.

Bianca watched as the color drained from her brother's faces and she turned to look at whatever shook them to their cores. Mugman's brother. Why should she be surprised, of course he came back, she'd be surprised if she didn't.

No matter how much guilt Bianca felt for the situation, she prioritized her siblings over her guilt. "M-Mister? Is your brother okay?" Boris asked quietly as he slid off his chair and faced the red cup. Bianca moved to grab her brother's arm and prevent him from moving closer to the obviously hostile cartoon. "Boris. No! We need to get out of here." Bendy whisper yelled to Boris, grabbing his other arm and gently tugging him backwards.

Bianca only saw as the look on the toon's face darkened; feeling the panic rising inside her gut, she grabbed both her brother's arms and ran with her tail between her legs out the open cafe window. Pushing her brother's in front of her, she encouraged them to run faster as she heard the Toon's cackling from a distance. Bianca heard Boris' squeak as they ran and Bendy's uneven panting.

Glancing behind her, she saw the cartoon sprinting after them, a red glint in his eyes. She heard his hysterical, manic laughter along with his heavy footsteps. Looking back to her brothers in front of her, she shoved them into a random alley and continued to run forward, the cartoon hot on her tail.

Diving under some random abandoned stall nearby, Bianca hid from the manic toon. She heard his angered voice calling out to them. "There's no need to hide you guys~! I just wanna fucking kill ya, that's all!" Bianca flinched as his voice went deeper, his intent slipping into his venomous tone. "And, I'm gonna enjoy it." Bianca looked to the ground below her crouched body. Her brothers didn't deserve the blame for this- she was to blame for what happened to Mug-..

That's right. He didn't know that Mugman may be alright-! That he's in the hospital as we speak! He... didn't know! Bianca tuned out the cartoon's threats as she began to brainstorm the best ways to handle this situation. The best way to tell this cartoon that his brother is alright- hopefully.

Bianca tuned back into the world around her once she heard the cartoon going mental, talking to Mugman as if he were next to him. Glancing at her brothers, who were still hiding behind the alley walls, she saw Boris' tearful eyes and Bendy's apathetic expression.

Smiling to herself, she had made up her mind. The cartoon laughed out as he began to fully process his thoughts; Bianca stood up to her feet, her tail behind her and her head above the sale cart. Step after step, she slowly approached the hysterical cartoon as he rambled on and on. As she got closer, she could only rush faster and faster towards him.

As if she was going to let him shoot himself!

She was furious. Doing such a thing in public space, near her brothers, leaving his own brother behind when there was a chance, they could still be together as they normally would've been!