I Am At Your Beck and Call

Boundaries

Before you comment or point out, IM AWARE THEY MAKE A LOT OF COMMOTION IN A NURSE'S OFFICE. WHEN IT SEEMS PEOPLE SHOULD GATHER OR MAKE NOISE AND THEY DONT, ASSUME BENDY/ANY DEMON HAS SET UP A SOUND BARRIER

"Okay, can someone explain to me what is going on? What the fuck do you mean 'corrupted'? You're acting as if you two are demons!" Ziba demands, glaring at her three friends. When she doesn't get a response, her face pales. "You have got to be shitting me. You're all demons?!" Talia quickly shakes her head, pointing to Bendy.

"He's the ink demon! That's Bendy!" To prove her point, Bendy's tail slithers out and his horns jut out. He gives a sheepish grin and waves at Ziba. Zayn huffs and crosses his arms. "Stupid demon. I can't believe this." He hisses. Bendy growls back at him.

"You're a demon too!" He insists, surprising the two girls. "Zayn, you're what?!"

"Unbelievable, there's no way!" Ziba counters, pointing a finger at Zayn. The boy sighs and rolls his shoulders. Looks like I have to come clean. How annoying. Now she'll never agree to my proposal. He tilts his head and his eyes fade to a deep maroon. "Sorry girls...he's right." He confesses, and his own tail and horns come out, except that Zayn's horns curl like a ram. Ziba almost faints right there and then while Talia's jaw drops.

"Z-Zayn? You're a demon too?!" She forces out.

"Sorry, love. I was going to tell you while we were drawing today," he explains, running his hand through his hair. "Clearly, that's not happening."

"And it's never happening!" Bendy hisses. Zayn raises an eyebrow and looks back at the demon. "She's my girlfriend. Don't I have the right to spend time with her and explore her interests with her?"

"No, because that affects me."

"Who gives a damn about you?"

"Talia...that marking..." Ziba comments, approaching her friend. Both males tense as they watch the unmarked mortal approach Talia. She pulls down the scarf and gasps. "That mark...that isn't a hickey. That's a-"

"Demon mark...YOU MARKED HER?" Zayn roars, slamming Bendy's body against a wall. "How dare you?!"

"Excuse you, she played my game!" Zayn furrows his eyebrows and looks at Ziba, who squeaks and tries to hide from his gaze. "You gave her the game? Why?! You just doomed her! You trust her in the hands of this freak?!"

"You're one to talk, Zayn." Ziba coldly counters, clenching her fists. "This is not my fault. Not entirely. I simply tried to get Talia into a game I liked. I didn't realize that was a sin! Sure, I shouldn't've of hacked it, but I didn't want her to be scarred from playing the game! How was I supposed to know she would summon a demon. If anything, ask why Talia didn't say 'no!'"

"She couldn't," Bendy points out, pushing Zayn away. "She summoned me and my presence would have marked her. If she rejected me, she would become easy prey for other demons for not being contracted. She had no choice but to let me do that." Ziba looks at her friend to confirm, and the solemn nod does that. She starts tearing up and looks at her feet.

"This really is all my fault...I didn't-"

"Shut up, Ziba. You didn't know." Talia assures, forcing a smile. "To be fair, life has been more fun with him here." Bendy smiles tiredly and scratches his cheek. Crossing his arms, Zayn remains unamused. "Fine, fine. Bendy has made you happy." Everyone looks to him. "The problem is that he's overstepped many boundaries by forming a contract with her." Talia raises an eyebrow at him.

"Uh, I thought that as long as I hadn't been marked by another demon, he was okay to do that?"

"Correct. Except, he didn't do that. You have technically been marked before. By me." They all gasp at his statement and suddenly Talia starts looking around her body for a mark. "Where?!"