Heyy!!

Felix is pretty sure this very needed vacation actually healed a part of him.

Technically, it wasn't a vacation. For the past couple of months, Stray Kids were working non-stop. It was a comeback season, which meant they got little to no breaks before and after the release of their albums. It is all just one big roller coaster, really. During the preparations for the new releases, Felix feels like that is the hardest part of the comeback season. Practicing, working to be better, recording, trying to be as perfect as possible – which meant they spent more than half of their day stuck in their company, practice rooms and recording booths. But then after the release of the album, all cameras were brightly flashing into their faces; performances, interviews, fan meetings, fan calls, and, oh God, the award shows made them sit on the edge of their chairs, waiting to see if their name would get called.

So, during the comeback season, they were on edge for almost the entire time

They released their newest production almost a month ago, and their schedules have been filled to the brim. Not to mention their side quests like promotions and modeling shoots. But, their work paid off, and while this trip to Australia still required work (a couple of interviews and filming for their YouTube content), it almost felt as if they were doing nothing at all.

Felix actually thinks it might be because Australia is his home, and visiting it after so much time of being restricted to it, it feels even sweeter when he does get back. The Kids were staying here for two weeks, and over the weekend, they were allowed to have a day off and enjoy their time there. And they got the best of it.

This Sunday, the kids were spending the entire day at the beach, along with Felix’s sisters, and Chan’s siblings. They got to the beach early, found a spot near the beach bar by the water and Felix is sure this was the best day in the last four months. During comeback seasons, the members actually don’t have a lot of time to hang out, due to all the work. And when they did hang out, they mostly did when filming because all of them took their little breaks as resting opportunities. So, yes, today was pretty special to Felix.

As said before, they got to the beach pretty early, and since then they have not rested once, and it was an utter mess (in a… pleasant way). They were in water for actually a really long time, with Hyunjin having a blast following them around and drowning them (until they all ganged up on him and suddenly it’s ‘bullying’), until Minho, who was on the beach with Seungmin and Olivia playing cards, called them to get out of the water and rest a little. They played footvolley, too, until Seungmin accidentally sent the soft, inflatable beach ball flying to Changbin’s face, which resulted into a long, exhausting, chase around the beach before he eventually got tackled into the hot sand and tickled. Seungmin was a little pouty out of the embarrassment of getting wrecked when there are a few other families on the beach, but the pout quickly got forced away when he received the ice cream from his hyung.

After a few rounds of cards, that Felix obviously won (totally not because of his cheating tactics…), Felix was back in the water, now resting and sunbathing on his ginormous duck floaty that they bought earlier that day. The others stayed back at the beach, while Minho and Hyunjin went to get more cases of beer.

He’s not completely sure how much time he spent in water, but as long as the water didn’t push him too far away from the beach, he was okay resting there, sunglasses protecting his eyes from the sun that was burning his freckled body. Every so often he would stretch further across the floaty so his hands and feet would dip into the water. Surprisingly, the position, with his torso and bottom falling through the hole of the floaty, actually felt pleasing for his usually aching back.

Oh, yeah, he definitely needed this break.

But, Felix’s peace didn’t last long. He isn’t sure what made his muscles spasm more – a sudden ticklish feeling going through his foot, or the fear when he suddenly felt something sliding down his foot. He’s pretty sure that even Minho and Hyunjin, who went to the store, could hear how loud his scream was. His foot kicked up in the air as he jumped at the sudden touch, and his heart felt like it would jump out of his chest.

It made him feel safer the moment those squeaky and recognizable giggles filled the air, but regardless of that, Felix’s body stayed stiff. “Hyung!” Felix scolded, a whine almost breaking out.

Chan – that sneaky wolf – finally appeared from behind the floaty, barely able to keep his head above the water as he laughed at Felix's reaction. “It's not funny,” Felix whined as he hid his red face behind his hands.

“I'm shahorry!” He giggled, one hand on the duck floatie as he held himself up, and the other reaching over to pry the younger hands away from his face. “You just looked too peaceful. I couldn't help myself.”

“You're so annoying.” Now, he's not sure what in his right mind made him splash Chan while he was already in such a vulnerable position, but he did. While Chan wasn't expecting it, Felix's hand dove under the water and dove right back out, sending a bunch of water splashing on Chan's face.

Now it was Felix’s turn to laugh. Felix giggled as Chan blinked away the water as he spat out the water that entered his mouth. Felix's laughter died down as Chan just stared at him blankly, before a very scary smirk appeared on his face.

“Oh, no.” Was all Felix muttered before Chan pulled the goggles back over his eyes and dove back into the water. “C-Chan? Wait, wait, wait! Chan?!” Okay, now, he was panicking.

Chan was always so caring and careful with all of his members, especially Felix – but when provoked? He was one scary ler. Even the thought made Felix's stomach do flips.

A few seconds passed before he felt ticklish shocks shoot through his ribs and to the rest of his body. Felix couldn't hold back the deep giggles caused by Chan's rough fingers digging between his ribs. The blond couldn't do much – he squirmed, kicked his legs out, tried to push the floatie through the water (which also didn't work because Chan's fingers between his ribs kept him in place), wriggled from side to side, but his position, being on a floatie in the middle of the ocean, made him almost completely immobile.

And that made it all much more flustering.

Even though it lasted about half a minute, Chan managed to squeeze the younger's ribs, squeeze them, knuckle in between the bones, and scratch at the spot where his ribs end and sides start. “CHAHAHN! CHAHN!” Felix laughed and called out helplessly. The tickling was just too much, and being so exposed made it much worse.

He was lucky Chan could stay under water for only so long, because eventually the tickling stopped, and Chan dove out. The leader dove back out, and as he was catching his breath, Felix (still giggling) tried to push himself and the floatie away, but he barely moved at all, considering tickling knocked his strength out.

Chan just laughed at the pathetic attempt. “Oh no you won't.” He pulled screaming Felix back, before reaching his hand over and digging his fingers into soft, freckled abs. Felix squealed once more, and his weak attempts of pushing and hitting failed again. Chan just laughed along because somehow, only one hand turned Felix into a squealing, laughing mess.

“Really, Lix? Just a couple of fingers is all it takes to make you lose it?” Chan cooed, pinching and prodding the soft skin.

“SHUHUT HAHUHUP!” Felix's laughter turned squeaky. He barely knew what to do with himself.

“If you weren't so cute, this would be pretty embarrassing considering others at the beach are seeing you get wrecked.” Oh, that just made it so much worse. For a moment, Felix finally remembered his place: in the ocean, by the beach where his sisters and members are, AND where many other families were as well. Though, Chan didn't allow him to focus on that as much because he sneaked his second hand under the water, and started scratching at his lower back, whilst his other hand started circling the blond’s belly button, and occasionally dipping his finger in as well.

Felix was losing it. “PLEHEHEASE! I HAHA CHAHAN'T THAHAKE IT!” Every time he would arch his back, he lean more into the hand on his stomach; and when he did the opposite, he'd lean into the hand on his back. None of his attempts to move away worked, he only looked like a fish on the shore, so eventually his body went limp. He laid there and just took it.

“Aigoo, my baby,” Chan cooed in mock sympathy. “Is this too much for you, Lix?” Felix nodded, holding onto Chan's bicep, but he stopped fighting him off. Chan cooed once again (making it so much worse for his Aussie twin) before finally slowing down and taking one of Felix's hands and softly kissing him.

However, just when Felix thought Chan was done, the older swam behind Felix, and slowly skittered his fingers all over Felix’s neck and jawline. “Chahannhihie!” Felix scrunched up, his giggles going high pitch.

“Aww, sunshine, I missed you giggles so much.” The fondness in Chan's chest grew, I mean, how could it not when Felix was laying here in front of him, reduced to a giggly mess. “We've been so busy lately, we didn't have the time to hang out. You missed this, too, hm?”

Felix couldn't help but nod. Yes, this was extremely embarrassing. Yes, the tickles were almost unbearable. Yes, the rest of the members and his sisters will NEVER let him hear the end of this, and are probably filming. But the group was so busy for such a long time now that he missed being able to just mess around with them.

Chan couldn't help but giggle at his band mate's cute reaction, and slowed down. He leaned on the floatie and brushed his fingers through Felix's wet hair, as the younger calmed down, letting out the extra giggles. “Are you okay? Did I go overboard?”

“Noho… it was kinda nihihce.” He shyly admitted. Chan couldn't help but awe loudly, leaning over and placing a big kiss to the younger's cheek. “Sthohop it, Channie.”

They stayed in silence for a few moments before Chan reached over and tweaked his side, earning a squeal. “We better get back.”

Felix saw the shit eating grin on Chan's face and just groaned, hiding his face once more. The others are gonna tease him so bad.

While Hyunjin hasn't said anything inherently bad in this message, it made Jeongin's stomach flip with anticipation.

The two boys have knew each other even before Stray Kids debuted; Jeongin remembers Hyunjin often inviting him to tag along with him and his friends during lunch breaks in school, and every night when they walked back home, Hyunjin would walk the younger to his house, never failing to mention how silly and clumsy Innie was. And even then, Hyunjin's favorite side quest was to embarrass the him.

During the survival show, and after the debut, boys got even closer. Jeongin gives a lot of credit to Hyunjin who sort of looked after him during that time.

Everyone quickly learned that Hyunjin always had his own, special way of showing his love and adoration. It wasn't really through words, at least not in the usual way. With words, Hyune would tease and provoke others, with the end goal of making them blush bright red; whether it is from embarrassment or playful anger. And at first, some members (Jisung) found it annoying and almost the opposite of what Hyunjin actually wanted. But it didn't take them long to realize that Hyunjin's embarrassing and sometimes idiotic words weren't that stupid, and more like his way to get them into the state that gave him a cuteness aggression. Touch also wasn't something Hyunjin always initiated first. He didn't mind being hugged and cuddled, but he didn't always outright seek it.

But despite not showing it in usual ways, Hyunjin was always so full of love and adoration. He showed it through spending his free time with them; whether its rotting away with Chan in the studio so he isn't alone, or with Felix (and getting to lick off the remaining ingredients stuck to the bowl and spatula). Whatever it was, Hyunjin wouldn't mind doing if it meant being close to them. Jeongin also remembers the first time he saw Hyune's sketchbook. The two were in the living room, Jeongin watching something on his phone, while Hyunjin was sprawled across the couch, his long legs laying across Innie's lap as he sketched. Eventually, Hyunjin fell asleep and when the younger made a move to place the book and pencil on the table, his chest tightened with a less common feeling called adoration when he saw himself, so realistically drawn in the book. And the more he looked at the other drawings, some of himself some of other memebrs, he was pretty close to crying. He felt loved. Especially later, when Hyunjin woke up, he told Innie that he doesn't only draw them because they're so beautiful, but also because it calms him down when random, overwhelming feelings of adoration overflowing in his body.

That was actually the first time Jeongin was introduced to Hyune's small episodes where his love for the members randomly hits him, and his chest is so tight and stomach keeps doing flips, which makes him shake because "how did he get so lucky to be able to love someone the way he loves his members?"

So, yes, Hyunjin and his small acts of love were really special.

And since that conversation, maknae was present in a few of those moments, where Hyunjin would come and spend the whole day bothering one of them, cuddling them, and whispering sweet words while wrecking them silly until they weren't able to form a single thought. Sometimes while in the mood, Hyunjin would be playful, and sometimes emotional. Though, the atmosphere wouldn't matter because the outcome would be the same. And each of those wreckings were so overwhelming and nerve wrecking, but it would be a big fat lie if Jeongin said he hated it.

While tickling was very hard for him to take due to his "abnormal", as Jisung likes to say, ticklishness, he didn't mind it at all. I'm fact, he maybe liked it as much as other did.

So, when he received that message from Hyunjin on a random afternoon, he could feel why he was coming. And he wasn't scared or anything, but rather excited, giddy and forced to anticipate a very emotional wrecking that night.

And until 8PM, Jeongin sat on the couch with anticipation killing him. He kept thinking about all the other times Hyunjin wrecked him in this mood before, and what it'll be like this time. Every so often his log or stomach muscles would twich, and he could already feel his face being so red, someone would think he has a fever.

Jeongin flinched, as his apartment's doorbell ringing snapped him out of his zoned out state. And he damned the giddy, uncontrollable smile that formed on his face. He slowly forced himself to stand up, and his legs walked faster than he himself wanted to. And just after a few seconds, he slammed the door open, and he was met with his taller friend, staring back at him, equally giddy smile formed on his face.

Damn his own body for being so eager, and damn Hyunjin for being so damn loving and caring.

Maknae was pulled in a tight hug, and he could feel Hyunjin being all stiff from his adoration and cuteness aggression. "Hey, Innie." And while Hyunjin's voice was teasing because both of them knew what was about to happen, Jeongin could see that this was one of those emotional moods Hyunjin had today.

He's sort of glad Chan left for gym just a bit before Hyunjin came. Most of the times, when this mood hits Hyunjin, he's as equally attached to everyone. But sometimes, maybe for some specific reason or just because his brain feels different that day, if he dots on just one member, the whole mood becomes a private and intimate moment.

Jeongin led Hyune to his room, where the older immediately crashed down on the bed, spreading his long limbs everywhere. Jeongin guessed Hyunjin's exhaustion came from the entire day of work, especially dealing with invading fans and a very strict staff members. The younger took his place next to the older, and for a few minutes they both just laid there and stared at the ceiling.

It was nice. As said before, Hyunjin could be doing absolutely anything if it meant being with his members.

But right now, he was bored and so full of love that 'not doing anything' wasn't an option.

He startled Innie by randomly getting up and throwing himself onto the younger man. Jeongin grunted before they both started giggling. Jeongin wasn't sure why, and neither was Hyunjin; maybe it was the pure atmosphere in the room that made them feel so giddy. Hyunjin leaned over and prepped small kisses over Innie's face, making the younger giggled even harder before pushing Hyunjin's head away.

"Ehehw, hyung. Qhuhit ihihit!" Hyunjin, of course, had to tease more by getting super close, making a silly kiss face with an exaggerated kissing sound, before falling into giggles himself and getting comfortable laying on Jeongin.

"Love you, Innie." He mumbled, pushing his nose into younger's neck. It was stupid how even the smallest thing like breath against his neck made him ticklish, but his nerves were on fire that Hyunjin didn't even need to do much for him to giggle.

"Ihihi knhohow, hyuhung."

"Say it back?" Hyunjin gave the younger the most adorable puppy eyes he could make, and damn anyone who could say no to them.

But both of them knew how this would end, so Jeongin decided to make it fun and mess with him a little. "... Nah."

"YAH! That's not funny!" Hyunjin played along, his hand teleporting to the maknae's stomach, and pressing down into the muscled abs.

"HYUHUNG!" He couldn't help but burst into giggles, but not like he was holding back anyway. He knew what his hyung needed, and he didn't have the heart to not let it pass one time. Jeongin hugged Hyunjin closer, doing anything not to push his hands away as his feet kicked into the mattress.

"Say it back!" Hyunjin giggled, pushing his face in Jeongin's neck and landing a small raspberry underneath his ear.

"Nohoho whahay!" Jeongin squealed with a weak attempts to push Hyunjin's head away.

"Yeah? Okay." Hyunjin wiggled out Jeongin's hold and straddled his hips and reached over to squeeze younger's cheeks. Oh, he was ready to burst with love. "I wanted to let you go easily, but since you're being a brat, where should i start? Hm?" He glared.

That was, very clearly, a big lie. "Nohowhere! Leheavhehe me be!" Innie's first mistake was leaning up and pushing at Hyunjin's chest as if to get him off, because they just got his wrists in Hyunjin's big hand, and arms pressed tightly against his chest.

"Fine. I'll choose. Eeny, meeny, miny, mo-" Oh, hell no. It only took those four words for Jeongin to bursts into giggles again. "... catch a tiger by the toe-" With each word, Hyunjin would poke or scratch at different spot. "... If he hollers-"

"Hyuhuhung! Dohohon't shihing that!" Jeongin was sure he would die from embarrassment or anticipation; whichever came first.

"Oh, c'mon, Innie, I just forgot where I got to. I gotta start again!" Hyunjin groaned dramatically, shaking his head in mock disappointment. "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe-" a poke to his ribs, a scratch to his side, a poke to his thigh and a swipe over his left ear. "... catch a tiger by the toe, if he hollers, let him go, eeny, meeny, miny, moe..."

By now, Jeongin is giggling his sanity off, and the fact that Hyunjin hasn't even started properly wrecking him is making the younger's heart beat faster.

"... My mother told me to pick the very best one... and you are.. it."

It's not exaggeration to say that Jeongin screamed when Hyunjin let go of his hands, and with all ten of his fingers tug into the younger's V-line. He switched between scratching the sensitive spot, to pressing his fingers and shaking them on his skin. "NOHOHO! GHEHET OFF HAHAHA!"

"Awe, baby, come on, its not that bad." He slowly spidered up the younger's waits, moving to Innie's ribs. Hyunjin had a huge grin as he pressed in between each rib, making Jeongin grab at his arms and shake his head from side to side.

"IHIHIHTS SOHOHO BHAHAD! IHIHIHTS SOHOHO BHAHAD!" He laughed helplessly, squeezing his eyes shut as he tried to fight the older man off. What threw Jeongin in even bigger roar of laughter is when Hyunjin moved his hands to under his shirt, and scratched at the very bottom of his ribs, right where his side meets the bones.

Jeongin's laughter turned into loud squeals and squeaks, making Hyunjin coo loudly. "Aww, you really are a fox, huh, Innie?" Though, Jeongin didn't really even have time to process the question because his arms were pushed up for a second, enough for Hyune to dig in the soft skin of his underarms.

At first he scratched at the sensitive skin, but then switched to using his thumb to press and circle into the armpit. "WHAHAT THEHE FUHUHCK? GHEHET OUT!" Jeongin bucked his hips, the heels of his feet pressing into the mattress and he pressed his arms down. He was sure he was losing his mind.

"Well, I can't get out if you keep your arms down, can I?" Hyunjin teased, leaning down to place a bunch of small kisses onto Jeongin's hyper-sensitive neck. "Lift your arms up so I can remove my arms, baby."

"NOHOHO. YHOHOU'RE TRHHAHYIHIHING TOHO THRIHIHCK ME!" Jeongin's laughter got louder with each moment, and his brain was slowly turning into mush with all these sensations he was getting at once.

"Me? Never." He grinned eavily. He felt Jeongin's body spasm underneath him, and made sure to kiss his fox's cheek before sitting up again. His fingers stilled, and he waited for Jeongin to calm down and lift his arms. Uncontrollable giggles just wouldn't stop, and Jeongin's entire body shook with giddiness. Yet, he saw the genuine (and overwhelmingly fond) look in his hyung's eyes, and slowly brought his shaky arms up.

And, very surprisingly, Hyunjin didn't trick him, but actually removed his hands. Just one of them found Jeongin's cheek, and traced up and down. Not to be unbearable, just to keep him giggling.

"Are you okay?" Jeongin nodded. "I didn't go too far, did I? You had fun?"

"Ihiht's ohokay." Jeongin closed his eyes and relaxed.

"Good. Tell me where to go next." Jeongin's cheeks got red once more, the question making his stomach flutter.

"Hyung..."

"Come on, Innie, pleaseeee? I love you so much and I just wanna show you how much I love you. Like it's the same feeling when you're getting tickled: its so good but so overwhelming, and like all of your nerves are on fire." Hyunjin stared down at the maknae with huge, pleading eyes and a small pout. "That's how much I love you. Let me show you. Please,"

Awe. Dammit. "Okay, hyung... You... can t-... ticklemytummynext." Jeongin cringed with embarrassment. What he wouldn't do for his overly loving hyung.

Hyunjin basically squealed in excitement. He did a little happy dance, ruffled Jeongin's hair, before his fingers gently dug into his stomach. squealed and threw his head back. It didn't take long for the giggles to start pouring out as well, and if anyone would see Hyunjin's face, they'd think he's looking at the most adorable sight ever (he is).

"SHIHIHT!" Jeongin laughed, kicking his feet behind Hyunjin. "HAHAYUHUHG!"

"Your laughter is so pretty, Innie." Hyunjin pinched around the younger's waist, while dipping his other hand's finger in his belly button. Jeongin is pretty sure he was going insane, but he didn't have a heart to tell Hyunjin to stop.

After a few moments, Hyunjin sat back on Jeongin's thighs, and didn't even give him the time to react, before he leaned down and blew loud raspberry on his stomach.

And Jeongin went into hysterics. Raspberry after raspberry was planted all around his waist, as Hyunjin's fingers lightly scratched his sides. Tears pricked in the corners of fox's eyes, and his laughter began to go silent which was Hyunjin's sign to slow down.

He slowly got up from Innie's legs, and sat down next to him, gently rubbing at his stomach to wash away the ghost tingles. And even after a minute, Jeongin was still laying there, small giggles escaping his mouth. The giddiness just wouldn't go away, especially because Hyunjin was watching him like he was the most precious thing in the world.

It got even him emotional. "Hyung..." Innie whined, hiding his hands behind his face.

"What?" Hyunjin giggled, plopping down next to him, and wrapping him into a tight hug. Jeongin actually didn't know what to say. He was so overwhelmed, and he still kept thinking about the sensations from the tickles.

He didn't even need to say anything. Hyunjin was already tucked in calmly, and his breathing slowed down as if he was on the verge of sleep; as if he was the one tickled senseless.

"I love you, too, hyung." Jeongin whispered. "A lot."

"I know, Innie."