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I said Foolish needed a fic on him, and I delivered. This was based off the lore-not-lore stream between Sam and Foolish a while ago.

"BUT COVEN!" I hear you cry. "THE L'SANDBERG STUFF TAKES PLACE IN THE FUTURE AFTER THE EGGPIRE IS DESTROYED AND ISN'T IN THE PRESENT TIMELINE SO THE MENTION OF BOTH EMPIRES AT THE SAME TIME IS COMPLETELY WRONG AND--"

SHUT.

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When Foolish and Sam had their talk of finding DreamXD and making the God give them more shulker boxes through tickling, Foolish had only been half joking. Which meant he was half serious.

The idea cooked over in his head while he was in one of his builds. With nothing to do but take blocks and place blocks it meant his mind could wander. And without anyone to bounce his ideas off of, no-one could tell him what a stupid idea it was.

By the time he relayed his plan to Sam, and the Warden had told him what a bad idea it was (he actually used the term ‘the most stupidest idea he’d ever heard’), Foolish was too set in his ways.

If Sam wouldn’t help him, then fine. More shulker boxes for him!

The only hiccup in the plan was actually getting XD to appear.  The God was very chaotic and unpredictable with their visits. They’d only appear when it suited them.

While Foolish didn’t have a direct contact to XD, he did have contact to someone who did. It was a well known fact on the SMP that George was XD’s favourite so Foolish had simply said to George he had something to discuss with XD. Something important. The worried look over George’s face was hopefully a good sign that George took the message seriously.

Foolish was just making his way back to his summer home, wondering how long he’d have to wait for XD to show up, when a loud ‘pop’ filled his ears, and his vision was suddenly overcome by a cloak of green.

DreamXD stood in front of Foolish’s path, towering over the golden shark. Their multicoloured mask covered over their entire face, but the doubled voice conveyed their worried tone clearly.

“What is wrong?”

After his inital jump back to the scare, Foolish was stunned for a moment to see the God in front of him so soon. He honestly didn’t expect George to tell DreamXD right away. His whole plan was coming sooner than expected, catching Foolish off guard.

“O-Oh Gosh!” Foolish placed a hand over his heart, feeling it thump in his chest. “H-Hi DreamXD!” His smile came naturally even despite his nerves playing up. “D-Didn’t expect to see you so soon!”

The God tilted their head slightly, their voice taking on an unsure tone. “George said you had something important to discuss. He said you looked worried.”

“Y-Yes…” Foolish kept his smile while his mind was whirling to think. He had not expected the God so soon, but so far this was all working to his favour. “Yes! I did!”

“What is it?” XD asked again. He sounded more and more on edge the longer this conversation took.

Foolish raised his hands to give some calming reassurance. “Hey! It’s alright. It’s not a major threat but it’s…something that needs your attention.”

That seemed to calm XD for the moment. They took a subtle step back and their shoulders relaxed. “Okay…but what is it?”

“It’s at my summer home.” Foolish’s tail wagged behind him and he did his best to control it. He tried to curl it around his leg to not give his plan away. “Under one of my temples.”

“What is it?” XD’s tone was not in the mood and Foolish clicked his tongue in thought.

“It’s…uh…” Foolish swallowed back his doubt. “You uh…you don’t like those End Portals, do you?”

Foolish saw XD shift emotions without the need for an expression. Their shoulder’s tensed again as they stood up straighter, towering over the demi-god.

“Did you find one?!”

“No! No! I-I certainly didn’t!” Foolish quickly backed off. In that moment, under the blocked gaze of the protector, Foolish suddenly forgot his true height and felt so small. “Someone else…might have.”

“Show me!” XD commanded, and the God was obediently following Foolish right back to his home.

Foolish could hardly contain his excitement. Getting DreamXD back to the follow him was easier than he thought and it puffed up his ego for the rest of the plan. This would go swimmingly.

The Server’s Protector and God of Undying made their way to the desert lands as quickly as possible. Foolish tried and failed to make conversation, but XD’s answers brushed him off or they’d just express concern to get to the destination as soon as possible. Foolish stopped trying and the two arrived at the summer home.

Foolish’s home was a huge stretch of land, but Foolish specifically used the Temple of Undying for his plan. He led the protector over to the huge twin gates of the temple’s entrance, taking them over to the one on the right side. XD gave a once look around the place as they walked towards it, and when the two stopped walking, they faced Foolish with a tilted head. “There is no End Portal here.”

“No. Not here. In there.”

Foolish pointed down to a small dug out hole in the temple wall. XD paused for a moment before moving over to it, almost gliding towards the wall and giving a small look in.

“Yeah, it’s down there.” Foolish assured him. His tail curled round his leg to stop it’s swish.

“There is no End Portal here.” XD repeated and stood up straight. “I’ve checked the entire server, especially wherever people set up homes and bases. No-one is over an End Portal.”

Foolish had already foresaw this problem. Of course an all-powerful God would know this. “Yes! It’s not there naturally! It was put there.”

Even without the expression, Foolish could see XD was unsure.

“Someone’s making an End Portal under the temple. It’s not done!” Foolish quickly assured XD before they could panic. “But it’s about halfway.”

XD looked back to the hole in the wall. Foolish could hear the hum of thought and was preparing for his answers as XD turned back to him. “So…someone is making an End Portal under your temple.”

Foolish would have been insulted to the accusation if there was any actual truth to it. Of course there was no End Portal under his temple. No-one was attempting to create one. The only place that dug out tunnel lead to was a trap and Foolish needed XD to believe him just enough to at least go look.

“It wasn’t me!” The demi-god quickly defended himself. His shark tail behind him lashed. “I know not to mess with them! And why would I tell you about it if it was mine?”

Another hum from XD and he looked back to the hole again. Foolish carried on. “I got a few weirdos always coming and going from my temples, you know. You saw how Bad was trying to take a part of my land before! And I don’t want to, you know, throw names around or point fingers or anything but Bad is, you know, hanging around with that Egg thing all the time. He isn’t the most reliable as of late…”

Foolish could see the scowl XD was making. The muscles on their neck strained with the growl in their echoed voice. “How could he possibly make one?”

“I don’t know.” Foolish threw up his hands in a shrug. “Who knows what that Egg is making him do! Or what knowledge it’s giving him. But I thought it best to tell you, you know? One God helping out another.”

Another hum from the protector. When he spoke again he sounded less angry, more like he was mulling over the thoughts in his head. “And why didn’t you deal with it? It’s your temple, your home. You could have just crushed the portal.”

“Well I…thought it best to tell you! You’ve a known dislike for them and I didn’t want you to think I was hiding things from you!”

XD turned his head to stare at Foolish. His gaze was covered but the shark hybrid felt like he could feel the intense stare. Maybe just a little extra push.

“Plus, I’m more a part-time God for now, you know? Best leave this godly work to the professionals.”

Foolish watched DreamXD relax a little, the tension dropping from their shoulders and he held back his grin. Compliments get them. He noted and kept his stoic face as XD looked back to the tunnel.

“Alright…” XD gave a quiet sigh. “Okay. Thank you, for telling, I will look into it.”

Foolish smiled as XD gave another look into the tunnel. He gave the fake offer. “Do you want me to come down and help?”

“No!” XD quickly answered. “I’d rather not have anyone near an End Portal, even if it’s not complete. I will handle this.” They paused for a moment before ducking down and walking through the small dug out space.

Foolish controlled the squeal of joy as soon as XD disappeared, swallowing back down his excitement but his tail was happily wagging behind him.

Sam had no idea what he was talking about, this was the greatest plan Foolish had ever come up with. He had dug down into the sandstone base of his temple, stopping just before where it turned into stone caves and lay up a sand trap. As soon as it was stepped on, the sand would give way, falling down into a heap of spider webs where XD would be stuck.

While most people would have the thought that perhaps a literal God could get themselves easily out of a cobweb trap, Foolish worked on the logic that if he got stuck in the trap, then XD would as well. And Foolish did get stuck in it trying to set it up. Many, many times.

Just as Foolish was trying to work out how long it would take XD to get to the trap, he heard the protector calling from down below.

“Foolish…” XD’s voice sounded uneasy. “There seems to be a bit of a problem, here…”

Foolish grinned, holding back his giggle. “O-Ohoh…?” He called down to the tunnel, taking a few steps in. It was lit, somewhat, with a few torches leading down the roughly made staircase. “What’s the problem?”

Foolish turned down the staircase to a darkened corner. He knew the trap lay below but he couldn’t see down to the dark abyss. He guessed, as XD had fallen to the trap, they’d knocked off the torch in panic. Foolish was looking through his inventory for another torch when he felt a hand slap onto his back, and he was pushed forward with a squeaking yelp escaping him.

He felt himself land, with unsteady steps, over sand and then just as the totem god tried to turn, the sand fell away into nothing. Foolish yelped in his free fall before he was suddenly stopped. It wasn’t a soft landing by any means but there was no pain. Foolish just felt suspended, like he was floating over air but also like he was being pulled in all directions.

A flash of light blinded Foolish’s vision. He squeezed his eyes shut, shielding him from the light and when he could see the light had dimmed from behind his eyelids, he slowly opened his eyes, risking a peek out.

Foolish was in the tunnel he’d dug out. A lot of the torches had been knocked off, leaving only a few on the wall, making the place dark and shadowed. Foolish looked around to find himself suspended in cobwebs. The webs were mostly stuck on his back and on his arms which were stuck raised above his head. He tried to look down to his legs but he was stuck at an angle, having to press his chin to his chest to just manage to see his legs were stuck too. The robes of his clothes were stuck too, pulling them away from his body and leaving his torso unprotected. Foolish tired to pull his arms down but they weren’t budging.

Foolish was stuck in the same trap he had set up for XD. He whipped his head around, looking for any out or some kind of explanation when XD appeared in front of him. Foolish gave out a yip of surprise as XD grinned.

“The problem is, you’re a little bit stuck here, huh?”

Foolish felt his heart drop and his stomach rise in a mix of anticipation and dread.

“U-Uhhh…” Foolish’s mind whirled with a thousand panicked thoughts. He’d prepared for almost every scenario except failure. “Who… Who set this up?”

“I would save any excuses you have before you get yourself into more trouble.” XD warned. They stood up straight, towering over Foolish and the demi-god had noticed they’d moved their mask up, showing their taunting smile and row of sharp teeth.

“I-It wasn’t.. I’m not…” Foolish swallowed back his nerves. Okay, he was caught, but his plan wasn’t totally found out. “A-Alright. It was just a prank gone wrong. Noted that you don’t like pranks.”

“I’m fine with pranks.” XD spoke. Their voice was calm despite their twisted smile. Foolish wasn’t the best at picking up social cues but if he had to make an informed guess, XD was not happy. “I don’t like ‘pranks’ that plan to capture and torture me.”

Foolish managed to bite back the surprised yelp. How do they know?! “Wha…that’s not…”

“No? So you didn’t plan with Sam to capture me and tickle torture me for another shulker box?” XD’s head tilted, his smile faltering for a moment. “More specifically, tickle my nose with a feather?”

Foolish’s heart thumped uncomfortably in his chest.

“Although, Sam was much smarter and knew it was a bad idea.”

“I… I wasn’t going to go through with it…”

“No?”

With a speed not even Foolish could see, XD’s hand shot out and pulled the two white feathers from Foolish’s inventory. They held them up between Foolish’s and their face.

Foolish knew he wasn’t the best at hiding his expressions, because XD’s grin widened. His eyes must have went wide, or his jaw dropped. Both of them might have happened given how XD chuckled.

“I… I…” Foolish fumbled.

“Now, I don’t have much of a ticklish nose. Or any nose as far as you know.” XD tapped over his mask where a nose should be. Foolish was panicking and struggling in the webs too much to notice. He was trying to free his arm and swore he just about got it when a white feather flashed over his eyes and brought his attention back to XD. “But I wonder if you were projecting a little…”

“I’m not!” Foolish quickly snapped, but he moved his head back when one of the feathers inched towards his nose. “NO!”

“If you’re not ticklish there, then there’s nothing to worry about.” XD shrugged. “Unless you are~?”

“No! I’m not! Not ticklish there!”

“No? Well, no harm in checking, is there?”

The feather came close to Foolish nose again and he ducked his head back. He was out of reach until XD’s other hand grabbed hold of his chin, pulling his head back. “No! No! Nonono!”

“What’s wrong Foolish?” XD’s voice feigned a softness but his grin was anything but. What little light there was in that tunnel gleamed in each of his fangs, making sure Foolish saw each and every one of them. “If you’re not ticklish there’s nothing to worry about.”

The feather made touch to the tip of Foolish’s nose and flicked over as though it was giving it a little lick. Foolish immediately knew he was screwed. The feather sent out little tickly shock waves along his nose and cheeks. A wobbly smile pulled at his lips but he kept them shut, cheeks puffing up and swallowing back the giggles that were bubbling up from his chest.

“What are you smiling at, Foolish~?”

Foolish let out a squeak as he tried to respond. Opening his mouth was a bad idea, but as Foolish’s night was showing, he wasn’t one to really know a bad idea when it was right in front of him.

“N-Nohot smi-IHIling…”

“No? I must still be bad at reading emotions because I could have sworn when the corners of your lips tilt up, it means you’re smiling.”

XD moved the feather up and down the bridge of Foolish’s nose, stopping at the bottom of his brow and travelling back down to the tip of his nose. Foolish felt a whole shock travel through his body, arching his back as much as the webs would allow but still keeping his lips tightly shut. He had no way to pull back his head - XD’s tightened the hold on his chin whenever he tried - so the most Foolish could do to shake off the feeling was to scrunch and angle his nose.

“Not talking anymore?” XD hummed. “Well no worries, I still have a few spots left to try.”

XD twirled the feather down to the top of Foolish left nostril. They traced the tip around the nostril’s edge before moving over to the other side. Foolish twitched and shook his nose as much as he could with his limited movement. He twitched his nostrils, which was a mistake as the feather slipped at his inner nostril a few times, building up a sneeze which was not doing well to keep his mouth shut.

XD painted the feather up and down Foolish’s septum. When the feather brushed and tickled in the dip of Foolish’s upper lip it was like a balloon popping.

“Pffffft-HAHAHAHAhahahaha! O-Okahahahay! Okahahay! Ihi’m-Ihi’m tihihicklihihish! Mihihiy nohohose ihis tihihihicklihihish!”

XD gasped, though Foolish could hardly hear it with his laugh. It tickled so much more than he could imagine. His laughter spilled out, broken up by his giggly hiccups which just started the laugh all over again.

“Your nose is ticklish!” XD announced like it was some great surprise. A golden blush bloomed along Foolish’s cheeks. “What a turn of events! You try to trap and tickle me for a shulker box, and now you lie to me about your ticklish nose?!”

“Stohohohohohop! StohohoHOHOHOP!!!”

XD pushed the feather flat against Foolish’s nose, dragging it up and down and all over the spots Foolish was quiet about. They took note of every little hitch and squeak in the shark-hybrid’s laugh, focusing extra on the spots where his laugh went high pitched.

“I wonder where else you’re ticklish…?”

Foolish yipped. The feather flicked under his nose again. “NOHOHOHOT! N-Nohohowhehehehere! Nohohowhehehehere ehehehelse!”

“Nowhere? Oh I don’t believe that. Not after you lied about your nose.” XD pulled the feather away, letting Foolish’s giggles die down into little squeaks. He slumped in the cobwebs, taking in breaths between his little giggles.

“Foolish! I heard that sharks have very sensitive sides.”

The giggles stopped instantly and Foolish’s eyes shot open. XD stood before him, grinning as the front of their cloak opened, and another set of arms appeared, holding them out to their sides and wriggling their fingers.

Foolish nearly chocked. “You-YOU have FOUR ARMS?!”

“All the better to tickle you with. Isn’t that the expression?” XD’s grin widened. He was absolutely delighted with Foolish’s face, chuckling as Foolish’s struggling kicked up.

“Now,” XD continued, “as I was saying. I heard sharks have sensitive sides.”

“NO!” Foolish shouted, arms and legs pulling but the cobweb wasn’t moving. Foolish was sure cobweb was much easier to break than this, and yet it wasn’t budging. He felt like he was stuck in cement more than cobwebs. “I-I’m nohot! I don’t hahave that!”

“Hmm. Maybe not.” XD tilted his head, faced down to look over Foolish’s side. Foolish was covered in thin robes that didn’t cover his torso much. The cold or heat was never an issue for him so Foolish dressed purely for decoration. He was now dreading his choice of silk robes and for how they were stuck in the webs, keeping his torso bare and offering no protection.

“You’re part totem, aren’t you? And your skin is golden so maybe you don’t feel anything.” XD spoke like he was actually working through his train of thought. His upper set of hands had let go of Foolish’s chin and pulled back the feather from his nose. The sight of the fluffy menace away from him calmed the demi-god for a moment but it was hard to stay calm when XD was studying Foolish’s sides like a wild animal stalking prey.

“I-I… I don’t!” Foolish yelped too fast for it to be believable. But the honest truth was Foolish had no idea.

Foolish had never had the thought if he was ticklish or not because no-one had ever tried it before. He had just assumed he wasn’t, given how pain hardly effected him. Foolish wasn’t a sensitive person as far as he knew so why would tickling effect him? But then that feather swiped on his nose and all of that logic flew out the window.

Foolish didn’t want to see if his sides were just as sensitive. Especially not with four of those hands.

“There’s no harm in trying though, is there?” XD’s smile returned as Foolish’s eyes widened.

“NO! NOhoho! Thehere is haharm!”

“But you might be more shark than totem! Maybe they’ll be just as sensitive as your nose.” The feather swiped along Foolish nose again and he flinched back.

His quick move back got his hair caught in one of the webs. Foolish tried to pull it back, but it tugged, making him yelp in pain as the webs pulled at his scalp. Foolish was trying to not move too much when he felt XD reach up by his head. He tensed up, expecting another tickle somewhere, but instead he felt the pull on his hair loosen and when he opened his eyes to peek out, XD was gently pulling the cobwebs from his hair.

The protector pulled the cobwebs away. His grin fell to a warm smile instead as he let the cobwebs fall. Foolish felt relieved, touched almost. Which was a huge mistake because when he felt hands latch onto his sides Foolish let out a squeaking yelp, and that smile on XD’s face turned back into a grin.

“Now! Let’s find out.”

XD’s hands squeezed just above Foolish’s hips, kneading into the muscles. Foolish plan to hold in his laughter was over before it even began. If the feather over his nose tickled, then there was no word for what this was. Every nerve in Foolish’s body lit up, each of them sending hundreds of shocks through his system. The demi-god arched his back in a silent scream before the laughter came pouring out.

“NAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! STAHAHAHA-IHIHIHIHI CAHAHAHAHA!!!”

Foolish didn’t really know what he was trying to say. Every protest or word that came to his mind was thrown out with his laugh, forming some kind of jumbled sentence. Foolish squeaked, breathless and wheezing before falling back into intelligible laughter once again.

“Look at that, Foolish! You are just as ticklish as I hoped!” XD’s voice boomed over the laughter. His fingers slowing down just enough to let Foolish speak.

“S-STAHAHAHAHAP!!! PLEHEHEHEHEAHAHAHAHASE!!! Ihihi cahaha-HAAHAHA!! IHIHIHIH CAHAHAHAHAN’T TAHAHAHAHAHAKE IHIHIHIHIT!!!”

“No?” XD’s hands, thankfully, stopped. There was no time for Foolish to catch his breath though, as XD poked up and down Foolish’s sides, stopping just above his hips and going all the way up to under his ribs. “That better?”

It was not better. It was so, so much worse.

“NAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! NOHOHOHO!!! STAHAHAHAHAHAHAP!!!”

Foolish pulled and wriggled in the webs but it offered nowhere for him to go. Any pull he did get away from XD was only for less than a second as XD followed him, relentlessly tickling.

“For someone with golden skin, you are very soft!”

“IHIHIHIHI’M SOHOHOHOHOHOHORRY!!! IHIHIHIHIHI’M SOHOHOHOHORY!!! STAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAP!!!”

The tickling stopped again, though Foolish was too far gone to even notice. He was lightheaded, giggling and hiccuping little laughs and squeaks. He could faintly feel arms moving around him but anything in contact with his skin made him jumpy and giggly again.

When Foolish had calmed down from his tickle-high he was no longer in the tunnel. He felt the cool breeze of fresh air against his face but a warmth encasing him. Something soft brushed against his cheek, grounding him into the moment and Foolish opened his eyes to see he was outside.

He was sat by one of the gates of the Temple of Undying, looking inward into his summer home. The sun was setting over the edge, giving everything a nice glow. Foolish took notice right away he wasn’t sitting alone. There was no cold stone on his back, but instead a firm, warm body and arms (four of them) wrapped around his chest.

“You awake?” XD asked, their double voice rumbling through their chest.

“N-Nohoho…” Foolish giggled. Even if he had some sense that those hands wrapped around him had just tickled him into oblivion, he was too comfy to care or move. He melted into those arms.

“I think you want to be careful about lying to me.” XD warned, but his voice was light and cheery. He pulled Foolish more up onto his lap, letting the demi-god lean his head back onto his shoulder. “Do you want another minute in the webs?”

“Thahat was longer than a minute!”

“Barely by much.” XD chuckled. “I didn’t expect you to be so ticklish.”

“Yeah, me neither!” Foolish huffed. He tried to, subtly, rub his hand over his sides. They still tingled from the memory. Not ticklish but Foolish was more aware of them than ever before. He nearly yelped as XD’s hand came over his own, helping Foolish in rubbing over his sides.

“Does it still tickle?” They asked with real concern.

Foolish blushed at the softer voice. “N-No… Just…feels weird.”

“Does your nose feel weird too?”

Foolish heard the grin in their voice and even though he felt his face heat up, probably burning his whole face a dark golden, he still felt the wobbly smile lift at his lips. “Shuhut the fuhuck uhup!”

“Aw don’t be embarrassed, Foolish. It’s actually rather cute.” XD raised one of his hands, reaching out towards Foolish’s nose and lightly wiggling his finger. “It’s such an adorable tickle spot.”

“F-Fuhuck ohoff!”

Foolish pushed XD’s hand away and the God let it fall away. They tucked it back around Foolish’s chest, holding him in close again.

Foolish could have probably fallen asleep like that, but XD’s voice pulled him back from the gentle lull. “Hopefully you’ve learned you lesson, and maybe next time you’ll listen to Sam when he tells you it’s a bad idea.”

Foolish gave a slow wince. XD’s voice wasn’t exactly harsh but it was authoritative. Like a parent giving a child in trouble. Foolish only knew it so well because he had to use that tone when dealing with Jr and Finley.

“It was worth a shot…” Foolish mumbled.

“Really?” XD’s hands formed into claws over Foolish’s ribs. “You want to risk your punishment again?”

“What’s that expression? ‘Better to ask for forgiveness than permission’?” Foolish shrugged, but his slow movements almost made it seemed like he was cuddling back to XD. “It’s better than being smited…”

XD made an interesting hum and his hands relaxed again. “If I didn’t know any better, I’d say you enjoyed you punishment.”

“N-No!” Foolish snapped too fast, getting a chuckle from the god above him. He could feel his face glowing and raised his hands to cover it. “I hated it.” He muffled.

“Of course.” XD nodded, completely unconvinced. “Well maybe you’ll think twice about trying to scam out another shulker.”

“I-I never scammed my shulker!” Foolish lowered his hands. “I got it fair and square!”

“You!” XD dug their fingers into Foolish’s sides, making him yelp. “Got a shulker from someone who shouldn’t have even given it out! And maybe you should be grateful I’m letting you keep it!” XD started softly tickling into Foolish’s side, lightly scraping their nails up the skin and Foolish started squirming.

“N-NOHOhoho!” He wriggled and twisted in XD’s arms, trying to get out. “StohoHOHOP! Plehehehahahase!”

XD did stop, rubbing into his sides again as Foolish settled.

“It’s haaaard building! Walking back and forth for materials and everything!” Foolish huffed. He felt like a child but it was nice to melt back into XD’s arms and let out his frustrations.

“Everyone has to do it.”

“Not everyone’s had a chance to see how easy it could be.”

XD gave another hum above the shark-hybrid. It was more like a hum in thought before they placed their chin over Foolish’s head. “Hard work just means the pay-off is that much better.” XD’s voice purred.

Foolish gave a low groan. A noise meaning technically XD was right, but he didn’t want to admit it. “It can be so much easier, though…”

“Yes. But you gave up that life, didn’t you?” XD reminded him. “You chose this mortal life.”

“And I regret it.”

“No you don’t.”

Foolish huffed but he said nothing. He just sulked, leaning over XD’s arm as the god brushed his fingers through Foolish’s golden locks.

No more was said between them. No more needed to be said. Foolish was lulled to sleep in the protectors arms. When he woke up he was in his bed, cuddled up in his blankets. His skin felt sensitive and prickled with goosebumps. He rubbed a hand over his side and giggled from the memory, curling back up into the sheets.

If Sam ever asked what happened between Foolish and XD, Foolish was prepared to say that XD never turned up met him. There was no way he was telling Sam the plan was flipped against him. However, Foolish never needed to lie. Sam never asked Foolish how the plan went. The next time they two met it was for some meeting in Las Nevadas and Sam just gave a comforting smile to his shark friend, confusing Foolish for a moment before the Warden snuck up on him and gave a quick squeeze to his sides.

Foolish yelped embarrassingly loud, and when he turned around Sam’s comforting smile was replaced with a devious grin.

This thing was almost deleted so many times but I pushed on. I've had this idea for a while but I got a prompt for lee!Karl and used it as the excuse to finally write it.

You do not know how hard it was to not make the ending sad. I had the sad scene all written out but I deleted it last minute.

The concept of being loved was an alien one to Quackity. He never had good track record with his choices in love. His past relationships were impulses. For power or just on a whim that someone attractive liked him.

With Karl and Sapnap it was nothing like that. They were attractive, of course, and they thought the same of him, but they still wanted him even when he woke up from his groggy sleep and looked the definition of a mess. Even when his hair was a mess, face unwashed, they kissed and showered him with affection. They wanted to spend time with him just to spend time with him. Quackity had never felt such love before. He felt warm and safe.

Happy.

“QUACKITY!”

His golden wings flared up in panic. Whatever Quackity was doing was dropped, quite literally, and he bolted up the stairs to the scream.

It was Karl’s scream. Full of panic and desperation. Quackity didn’t question anymore and ran to help his love.

He heard another squeal when he reached the top of the stairs, coming from down the hall. Quackity prepared himself for the worst and sprinted down the hall.

He turned the corner and…came to a sight he least expected.

Karl was on the ground, laying on his front and trying, in vain, to crawl away. Instead of some beast or monster attacking him though, it was his fiancé Sapnap. He lay over Karl’s back, though not entirely covering it. His head was at Karl’s lower back as Karl’s sweater was raised up and he was…biting him?

“Q-Quahahackity! Hehehelp!” Karl squealed as Sapnap moved to his sides.

“What is happening?” The adrenalin was slowly fading now. Quackity’s wings calmed and unruffled.

“Hehehe’s attahahahacking mehehe!” Karl tittered. Yet despite his squealing he didn’t look in pain. He was…laughing?

“Excuse you!” Sapnap pulled his head up. Offence in his voice. “I am showing you love the way my people do!”

“Yohou liar!” Karl’s voice calmed with Sapnap’s head off him. “Blaze dohon’t even have mouths!”

Sapnap gasped. “How rude!” And he lowered his head again, making Karl fall back into his cackles and squealing.

“NOHOHO! Nohohot thehehehere! Sahahahappy! Plehehehease!”

“Aww, you called me Sappy~ That’s only going to make me nibble you more!”

“NOHOHOHO!!!”

“Nibble?” Quackity was so transfixed to the scene before him he almost forgot he could speak. His words came out in a breath.

Sapnap looked up, his wide grin showing his array of fangs. “Karl is weak to nibbles, dude. He turns into a giggling mess.”

“Giggling…?” Quackity repeated with some uncertainty before the pieces clicked into place. “Oh. You’re tickling him.”

“Yep.” Sapnap confirmed, popping the ‘p’ of the ‘yep’. “He’s just such a cute tickly giggly boy.” Sapnap lowered his head again, pressing his lips along Karl’s spine. He nibbled up and down the bone as Karl fell back into giggles.

“Q-Quahakihihity hehehelp! S-Stohohop hihihihim!”

“No, dude, help me!” Sapnap offered instead. He sat up but his hand pressed down on Karl’s back to keep him down. “Help me turn him over, and I’ll show you how he laughs when his tummy get some nibbles.”

“NO!” Karl shuffled, attempting to get away. “D-Dohohon’t. Sapnap! N-Not my t-tummy…”

Sapnap skittered his fingers along Karl’s lower back, which seemed to work well in keeping him down but also making him wiggle. His high pitched giggling reached Quackity’s ears, probably being the most sweetest thing he’s ever heard.

He’s made up his mind even before he spoke. “I’ll help.”

“Atta boy!”

“Nohohohoho…”

With Quackity now helping, the two managed to turn Karl over with little trouble. He tried to escape, wriggling and kicking his legs but Quackity had a hold of his wrists, lying the curly haired brunette over his chest, while Sapnap sat over his legs, stopping the kicking limbs.

“N-No! Quahackity please! D-Don’t let him!” Karl turned his head, making his best puppy-dog eyes and pleading to his love.

Quackity felt a seed of doubt crack in his heart. He must have shown it in his expression because Sapnap spoke up then.

“Don’t be fooled, Big Q. He loves this.” Sapnap skittered over Karl’s lower belly, turning the colourful boy into a giggly mess again.

“N-Nohohoho! Lihihiahahar!”

“Oh? But if you didn’t like it, you’d be saying ‘rewind’.”

Karl had no retort for that. His face turned bright red, and he turned his head, hiding in his arm.

“Rewind…?” Quackity repeated.

“It’s his safeword. If he really wanted this to stop he just has to say that word and it’s all over.” Sapnap’s fingers stilled, keeping his palm over Karl’s stomach but it was unmoving. His voice was genuine now, losing it’s teasing lilt. “Do you want to say it?”

Quackity could see the answer, even with Karl’s face turned away from him. His ears and neck were red. He whined in the hiding spot of his arm before Quackity moved it away from him. Without a place to hide he was forced to answer, shaking his head to Sapnap’s question.

“Perfect. Then we can show Quackity how much you love tummy nibbles.”

Karl’s whine turned into his laughter when Sapnap lowered his head and nibbled over the side of Karl’s stomach. He pulled back and went to new spot, nibbling just under Karl’s bellybutton and his laughter squeaked. He arched his back, bucking his hips but Sapnap was experienced with this. He held down Karl’s legs and followed his wriggling movements with careful precision. That was clearly a regular occurrence between them.

“N-NO! Sahahappy! PLEASE! Nohohohot the nihihihibbling! Nohohot thehehehere! NO! NOHOHOHOT THEHEHEHEHERE!!!”

Sapnap nibbled along the edge of Karl’s bellybutton and Quackity watched over Karl’s shoulder, transfixed to the scene. Sapnap’s fangs worked with care, laying just the right pressure to work Karl into a frenzy. And what a frenzy it was. While his ruffled hair held no real style or shape before, it was a mess of loose and undone curls now. His face was red, blushing all the way down to his neck and on the tips of his ears. He twisted and turned his head, trying to hide anywhere he could but Quackity wouldn’t let him. He kept hold of Karl’s wrists, holding his arms out and making sure Karl had nowhere to hide his adorable blushing face.

Quackity’s heart flooded with a warm and fuzzy feeling. He was allowed to see this soft side of Karl and Sapnap. He was allowed to watch and enjoy this moment. He was allowed to be in this moment.

“I didn’t know you were so ticklish, Karl.” Quackity pressed close to his ear. “How have I never found this out?”

“Nohohoho…” Karl tried to scrunch up his shoulders, blocking his ear from Quackity’s teasing. “I’m n-noho-OHOHOHOT!” Sapnap moved to Karl’s side, making him squeal. “PLEHEHEHEASE! SAHAHAPNAHAHAP!”

“Aww, don’t lie to Quackity.” Sapnap cooed. He pulled back just slightly to give Karl a break, but it was hard to tell with how giggly Karl was. “You’re the most ticklish person I know.”

Karl giggled, even though Sapnap’s hands on him were still.  He kept his fangs off him but his face was still so close to Karl’s belly. Even a hard breath made his stomach jump and quiver. The blaze-hybrid pressed a kiss over his stomach and Karl erupted into laughter again.

Quackity was fascinated by the discovery. He knew Karl was ticklish. He’d seen Sapnap poke at his sides or squeeze his knees a few times but he didn’t realise how sensitive he really was; and to nibbling of all things. But then, Quackity thought, Karl was weak to intimate touch. He was affectionate, especially to his loves, and even one small kiss could make him melt into his love and beg for more cuddles and kisses. The more Quackity thought about it, the more obvious it seemed that nibbling would be most effective on Karl.

Sapnap snapped his fingers in front of Quackity’s eyes, drawing him back into the moment. He shook himself out of his thoughts, focusing again to Sapnap who was grinning at him.

“You wanna help me get his ribs?”

A tingle ran up Quackity’s spine. Something similar must have happened to Karl because he shivered as well.

“His ribs?” Quackity repeated, though he had heard Sapnap clearly. He was suddenly overwhelmed with the idea of not just watching, but joining in.

“Yeah. He’s got two sides of them and I could never give them the proper attention before.” Sapnap grinned, drawing out another giggle from Karl.

“P-Plehehease, Sahapnahap! I-I cahan’t hahahandle bohoth of yohou!”

“Of course you can! Plus, you don’t want Quackity to miss out, do you?” Sapnap teased, his voice deliberately taking on a meeker tone. He pouted his lower lip out but he couldn’t hide his smile. “I’m sure he’d love to make you laugh.”

Karl murmured something, shuffling back slightly to turn his head into Quackity’s neck. Quackity smiled. “What was that?” He made his voice soft and quiet.

“Hehe’s unfahair…” Karl giggled.

Quackity’s chest filled with love. He rearranged his hands on Karl’s wrists to hold his hands instead. Feeling Karl hold onto him so tightly made his heart melt. “Do you want to stop now, mi amor?”

Karl pursed his lips, holding back another whine in his throat. Quackity’s voice held no judgement or disappointment, and when he looked to Sapnap the cocky smile was replaced by a softer one. There would be no judgement if he stopped now. As much fun as they were having, Karl’s comfort still came first. That realisation must have made him crazy, because he slowly shook his head to Quackity’s question. “Noho…”

Quackity smiled. “You sure?”

“Yehes…” Karl nodded. “J-Just doho ihit!”

Quackity let go of Karl’s hands as Sapnap climbed off his legs. He didn’t try to escape. Instead he slipped down to the floor, trying to melt into the wooden floorboards as Quackity shuffled down to his left side and Sapnap moved to his right.

“Do I need to keep your hands out the way, or can you hold them up?” Sapnap asked.

“I-I can try…” Karl’s voice tittered, not yet laughing but the anticipation of what was to come set him off.

Karl’s sweater was already hiked up from Sapnap’s attack but the blaze-hybrid pulled the sweater up further, showing off Karl’s ribs and the skin jumping. When Karl stretched his arms up above his head it pulled it up further.

“You ready?” Sapnap breathed over Karl’s ribs, making him jump.

“Y-Yehehes…”

Sapnap and Quackity shared a look between them before Sapnap dove in, nibbling over Karl’s lower ribs and slowly moving up. Quackity moved with more hesitation. He didn’t know the right pressure or tactic so he kept his touch as light as he could, nibbling over the bones and scrapping his fangs down Karl’s skin.

Karl laughed again. Squealing into hysterics almost. “NOHOHOHO!!! I-IT TIHIHI- Q-Quahahackity! Th-Thahahahat tihihihicklehehehes sohohoho muhuhuch!”

With sudden praise to his technique, Quackity grinned and pressed in, nibbling over Karl’s lower ribs and following Sapnap’s example of moving up.

Karl squealed with his laughter. His arms came down, but instead of pushing his ticklers off, he folded his arms over his face, only his wide grin showing. He arched his back, wriggling between Sapnap and Quackity as he tried to get away from the tickles on both sides. However, wriggling to one side just put him at the mercy of the other tickler, and moving to get away from them just made the same problem on his other side.

“Q-Quahahackity! S-SAHAHAPNAHAHAP! I-Ihihit tihihihickles! P-Pleheheahahase! I-Ihihihi’m tohohohoo tihihihicklihihish!”

“Oh, you’re ticklish…” Quackity put on a mock surprised voice. “I would have never known!”

“S-Stohohop tehehehasing!” Karl giggled, and jumped when Sapnap started skittering his fingers over his lower belly. “S-Sahahap!”

“I think its about time we finish off with your favourite thing ever.” Sapnap had decided and Karl’s face paled.

“N-Nohoho! Sahapnahap! Nohot thahahat! A-Anythihing but thahat!”

“Oh?” Quackity pulled back from Karl’s ribs. “His favourite thing ever?”

“Yeah!” Sapnap grinned. “He loves ending his nibbles with raspberries.”

“Nohoho! Yohou love it!”

“And now with both of us, we can get both sides of his ribs!”  Sapnap’s voice went high with excitement as Karl fell back into giggles, muffling ‘noooo’ while he hid his face in the arms of his sweater.

Quackity felt mean for wanting to try it out. He gave a look to Karl, who still had not said his safeword and he hadn’t once pushed either of them away. Even as Sapnap leaned in and pressed a kiss over his ribs, a clear warning for what was to come, he only flinched and giggled.

Perhaps Karl liked the idea of raspberries more than he let on.

Silently, and using Karl’s covered vision, Sapnap motioned down to Karl’s ribs and Quackity followed his lead. As quietly as possible, Quackity watched Sapnap take in a silent breath before blowing a long raspberry over Karl’s ribs.

Karl shrieked. “SAHAHAHAHAPNAHAHAHAHAHP!!! NOHOHOHO!!!”

Quackity didn’t give him time to calm down, for as soon as Sapnap took his lips off, Quackity pressed in and blew a raspberry on Karl’s other side.

“QUAHAHAHAHACKIHIHIHIHITY!!!”

The two formed a rhythm in silence. When one stopped the other came in and blew a raspberry, making Karl jump and wince from side to side. It fell apart from there, dissolving into nibbles and raspberries up and down Karl’s sides. When Quackity blew a raspberry down close to Karl’s hip, he squealed.

“OKAHAHAHAY!!! ENOHOHOHOUGH!!! R-REWIHIHIHIND!!!”

Both men stopped, Sapnap rubbing soothing circles into Karl’s side and Quackity moved up to pet over Karl’s hair. He whimpered, cuddling into Quackity who was happy to shower him with attention.

“Nothing better than Karl’s ribs.” Sapnap chuckled, patting over Karl’s side. “You alive?” He asked, shuffling up to come to level with his loves.

“B-Baharely…” Karl giggled, snuggling over to Sapnap. “Thihis floor is uncomfy.”

“Right.” Sapnap agreed. “To the bedroom.”

Quackity picked himself up as Sapnap picked up Karl. He practically melted into Sapnap arms, cuddling in while the three of them moved to the bedroom. Quackity climbed over the bed while Karl was practically dropped on his lap.

“Blankets.” Sapnap said quickly and left the room, leaving Karl to get comfortable over Quackity’s lap.

“I told him to keep them in here…” Karl’s voice was slow and his voice was nearly hoarse. He was nearly falling asleep, melting onto the bed but cuddling into Quackity’s side.

“I’ll get you some water.” Quackity excused himself, but he was suddenly stopped as Karl latched himself around his waist.

“Noooo… Stay~” Karl pouted and his voice was so sweet that it stopped Quackity.

“Your voice will be fucked though.” Quackity tried to reason but he settled back down as Karl cuddled in beside him.

Karl made grabby hands over Quackity and he knew he was stuck. “I’m used to this. Sapnap likes to attack me whenever he gets into one of his ler moods. It’s a regular occurrence.” He smiled. “Though I’ve never been attacked by two.”

Quackity felt a pang of guilt in his chest. “You’re okay, right? I can get you water, or anything.”

“I want cuddles.” Karl had a way of softly demanding, which Sapnap and Quackity were weak to. But he must have noticed something in Quackity’s tone, or expression, as his smile fell to a concerned look. “Are you alright?”

Quackity felt his face flush with self-consciousness. “I’m still…new to this sort of relationship.”

Karl frowned in thought. “What sort? Poly?”

“No…well, I mean yes, that too but…more like…a loving relationship.”

Karl’s face seemed heartbroken and Quackity had wished he never said anything. “Nevermind! I’ll go get you water.” He moved himself up from the bed. “Sapnap maybe needs help with getting blankets. I’ll ge-”

He was pulled back onto the bed. Karl wrapped his arms around him again, but it was a firmer hug this time. Instead of Karl cuddling into his side, he was pulled into Karl’s chest.

Karl’s fingers carded through his hair, settling him down and melting the tension in his shoulders.

“You never had moments like this before? Not with-”

“Don’t! Don’t say his name. Please.” Quackity’s hand tightened on Karl’s arm. “I don’t want to think of him during these times.”

Karl winced. “Sorry…” He mumbled, the hurt in his voice made Quackity snap back to the moment.

“No, I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I just hate thinking about…well. I’m lucky I’m here now.”

“We’re lucky you’re here.” Karl quickly added. He pet over Quackity’s hair. “If you don’t wanna talk about before, or stuff like that, we won’t. But we want you to feel safe here, with us.” He pressed a kiss over Quackity’s hair. “We want you to know you’re loved.”

Quackity felt his face turn red and he buried himself into Karl’s neck to hide it. That set Karl off into new giggles, trying to hunch his neck but it was impossible to dislodge the winged hybrid from his spot.

“Q-Quahahackihihity!”

“No more tickling, guys.”

Sapnap returned with an arm full of blankets, dropping it over the bed before sorting it out and then climbing in himself. “Now is the time for naps, not tickling.”

“Alright, Mr Sapnap. Keeper of tickle-time.” Karl mocked as Sapnap settled in behind him. His chest pressed up against Karl’s back, while Quackity was still cuddled into his chest. He did try to pull back out of Karl’s hold, but Karl’s arms were surprisingly strong and the scratching over his scalp was making him disarming him.

“You should worry now that Quackity is here, Sap. It was hard to get you back before but when I convince him to team up on you, you’re in trouble.”

“Oh, I’m shaking.” Sapnap’s voice didn’t sound scared at all, but then Karl’s threat was hard to take serious when he was giggling afterwards.

They settled down between the blankets, ready for a nap. Quackity felt a bit of restlessness in his bones, left over from his anxiety but he lay with them regardless. As he settled he could feel another hand over his neck. He looked down and saw Sapnap slipped an arm under Karl, reaching for Quackity and giving soft scratches to his neck.

A trill of joy rose in Quackity’s chest and he swallowed it down. He could feel his instinct trying to chirp and his feathers fluffed up with affection, but he wasn’t ready to show that side of himself yet. He wasn’t ready to be that soft with them yet.

Instead he settled into the head pats and the neck scratches, and he fell in to sleep.

:) This is a shameless revenge fic for @fluffallamaful

This is for the overalls spiral.

Also a technical sequel to The Blame Game

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“XD! Stohop it! Put hihim down!”

“Stohohohop! STOHOHOHOP! PLEHEHEHEASE!!!”

The God didn’t stop. In fact they did the complete opposite. His fangs pressed into Dream’s side, nibbling up and down the exposed skin. They held their younger brother in their arms, their upper arms wrapped around his chest as the lower set wrapped around his legs to stop his kicking limbs.

DreamXD had came across Dream and George in a certain mood. Restless and very hands on. They danced around the issue and denied any sort of mood until the boredom eventually took them, and they poked into George’s side. The grin that stretched over XD’s face was something akin to a Cheshire cat, growing wider when he did the exact same thing to Dream and then asked the seemingly innocent question:

“George, do you still giggle whenever you say the word ‘nibble’?”

And that was the afternoon activities set. XD proposed a challenge of George saying the word ‘nibble’ without any giggling or hitch in his voice. The punishment for if he failed would be Dream getting tickled. Specifically, getting nibbled.

Dream protested to this, of course, but it was hard to do anything about it when XD scooped him up in their many arms, and asked George to say the word.

George failed the attempt, if it could even be called that. He tried to mumble the word really quietly, but even then he couldn’t stop the giggle in his throat. XD tutted out a disappointed sigh before nibbling his fangs all along Dream’s sides, and smiling as his brother barked out a laugh.

“STOHOHOHOP!!! EHEHEHEX DEHEHEHEHE!!! IHIHI CAHAHAHAN’T!!!”

XD rolled his eyes, though the action went unseen, and pulled back. “Oh you’re fine, Dream.”

“I-I caha- Ihit… I-I cahan’t breheathe…”

“You’re so dramatic.”

“XD! Let him go!” George demanded.

George had attempted to help his friend when the ‘game’ had started. There was, of course, not much he could do against the God. Especially not when the God just flew up off the ground and out of reach. XD still kept Dream held tight, and for his brothers own peace of mind, he sat both himself and Dream down in a tree.

“Hmm, I don’t think you want me to do that, George.” XD hummed in his pretend thought.

“I do!”

“No, I don’t think so.” XD assured him. “If I let go of Dream, he’ll melt right off this tree branch.”

Dream was practically a puddle in his lap. George gave a frustrated grumble from down below and XD held back his snort of laughter.

“Okay, George. Let’s try this again. All you have to do is say the word ‘nibbles’.”

He could see George’s cheeks flush a pink hue just from the mention. His hands wrung out his shirt and each other as he tried to work off his fluster.

Meanwhile Dream’s respond to the word was to panic. His limp body was jolted up, like an electricity shock running through him and XD clamped their arms around the struggling brother.

“No! Nohoho! Geohohohorge! Plehehehase!”

“What do you want me to do?!”

“Juhust sahahay ihihihit!”

XD grinned with the friends bickering. Excellent. Fight with one another.

“Yeah George.” DreamXD teased. “Just say it.”

“DreamXD! Thihis isn’t fair!!”

“Oh?” XD tilted their head. “Was that a giggle already, Georgie?”

“NO! No! That doesn’t count!”

“Geohohorge! Juhuhust sahahay ihihit!”

“I’m trying!!!”

XD gave a small chuckle, but with Dream’s panicking and George’s frustration, it went unnoticed. The more you wind each other up, the more flustered George will be~

“You better hurry up, George~” XD leaned his head just slightly closer to Dream, opening his mouth to show his fangs and their brother screamed.

“Okay!” George quickly called up. “Alright!”

XD stopped their “attack” only to quiet Dream down and hear George better. Dream’s giggles were a good distraction for George to use, stalling as much time as he could, but eventually the giggles died down, and George was left with silence.

“N…N-N… Ugh! Thihis is suhuch a stupid game!”

“Oh, that doesn’t sound like the word ‘nibble’, George.” DreamXD tutted. They inched just slightly closer to Dream and grinned at the squeals he received from both of them. George’s protection of Dream was endearingly cute.

“Okay! Okay!” George called up. His voice that came out next was a lot quiet, almost a mumble again. “N… Nibb……les.”

XD would have been impressed by the attempt if it didn’t deprive him of hearing George’s giggles. Instead of saying the word, the goggle wearing brunette broke it up into pieces, calming his flustery giggles before they could get out.

This wouldn’t do.

“Oh, very clever George. But I’m afraid that doesn’t count.”

“Wh-Whahat?!” George paled.

“Whahahat?!” Dream struggled again. “H-Hehehe sahaid ihihit!”

“No.” XD shook their head. “Technically he just said the word ‘nib’ and ‘ells’. It has to be the full word. Looks like Dream needs another round of encouragement.”

Dream’s struggling went from light to full on panic in seconds. He twisted in XD’s arm, trying to push at his head and pry the arms off him.

“Nohoho!” The blonde giggled. “Plehehehase! PLEHEHEHEASE! I-I dihihidn’t dohohoho anythihihing!”

“Neither did George.” XD shrugged, putting on an air of nonchalant when he was in fact delighted. “So…” His fingers drummed over Dream’s sides. “Where should we nibble now?”

Dream struggled like his life depended on it, but it really amounted to nothing when XD had a firm grip over his legs and wrapped around his torso. Dream was easily manoeuvred onto his side. His hands tried to claw away at XD’s arms but XD easily gathered up both his wrists in one of his hands, holding them far from his body to offer no protection.

“N-Nohohoho! Dohohohon’t!”

“Where can we go now?” DreamXD hummed in fake thought. “We could go back to your sides, but that’s boring. Hmm, but we can’t go to your tummy, you’re far too ticklish there.”

“NOHOHOHO! NOHOHOHOHOT THEHEHEHEHERE!” Dream kicked up again, wiggling from side to side.

“No, we won’t go there. Hmmm… Oh! What about your ribs?” They felt Dream jump in his arms. “Oh? Is that a good spot?”

“NO! Nohohot a spot! Nohohohohot a gohohohohohod spohohohot!”

“I think it is~” XD put on a singsong voice. “Do you think it will be as bad as your tummy?”

“NOHOHO! Plehehehehease!”

Dream’s pleading worked up to a squeal when XD opened their mouth, displaying their wide array of  fangs and they inched closer to Dream’s ribs.

The touch of their fangs to Dream’s ribs was like a balloon popping. Dream’s back arched, mouth opening in a wide silent scream before he came crashing down, shrieking out his laughter.

“EHEHEHEHEHEHEX DEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE!!! N-NOHOHOHOHO! STOHOHOHOHOP!!!”

XD grinned against Dream’s ribs, nibbling up to his top ribs and slowly working his way back down. Dream screamed, wriggling and trying to angle his ribs away from XD’s mouth, but it was a useless struggle when XD could just pull him back in and the tickling started up again.

“Plehehehease! S-Stohohohohop! Geohohohohorge! HEHEHEHELP!!!”

“I’m TRYING!!!” George screamed from below. “What do you want me to do?!”

“DOHOHOHOHO SOHOHOHOHOMETHIHIHIHIHING!!!”

XD saw the the drop of tears gather at the corner of Dream’s squeezed shut eyes and they pulled back. The laughter died down to squeaky hiccups, giggling between each one as XD, mercifully, rubbed over their brother’s side.

“That’s nearly as bad as your tummy, Dreamie~” XD chuckled.

“Nohoho…” Dream giggled into XD’s lap.

“You’re just so weak to nibbles, Dream. Your laugh is so cute from them.” XD made an over exaggerated gasp. “Maybe that’s why George doesn’t want to say the word! He wants you to be nibbled and tickled.”

“Shut up!” George shouted to them. XD gave a look over the branch to see George was attempting to climb his way up the tree. “That’s not true!”

“I would like to remind you, George, that I have the power of flight so when you do in fact reach this branch, I will already be gone.” XD almost giggled at George’s frustrated growl.

“Just let him go!”

“Just say the word ‘nibble’ and I will.” XD looked back down to Dream in his arms. His green eyes were more aware, and cheeks weren’t as red anymore. “Oh! I think Dream’s ready for another set of nibbles.”

While Dream was struggling for his life, giggling out the word ‘nonono’ over and over again, XD couldn’t bring themselves to point out that the struggling was only proving their point. They laughed instead, bringing Dream up to their chest, sitting in their lap, and arms wrapped around his arms to hold him down.

“I wonder if your neck is sensitive to nibbles.” He cooed. “Surely it can’t be as bad as your ribs and tummy.”

“Geohohohorge!!! He-Hehehehelp!”

“Alright!” George grunted with frustration. “OKAY! Just…ugh!”

DreamXD kept their mouth close to Dream’s neck, but not touching it. They knew Dream could feel their breath, they watched his brother scrunch up his neck and shiver with each breath.

“N…” George attempted. His face turned a deep red again and XD could see his arms twitch, hands wanted to come up and cover his face. “N-N… Nibbles!”

XD blinked. The words completely surprised them that they weren’t sure they heard it right. But there was no mistaking. George said the word perfectly without giggling. It was a little fast, but it was still it.

“H-Hehe said it!” Dream gasped, sadly hearing it too.

“I did say it!” Even George sounded surprised by the accomplishment.

A deal was a deal. Despite the disappointed scowl, the God knew when they were beat. They uncurled their arms from Dream, still holding on but it was a lighter hold when they picked themselves up from the branch and slowly glided back down to the floor.

The instant Dream touched the ground and was let go, he crumbled, curling up onto the grass and panting heavily like he was holding in his breath.

“That…wahas…CRUEL!” The blonde spit out between his breaths.

“Oh you were fine.” XD waved him off, feeling a new set of restlessness through him when George went over to Dream’s side and rubbed his back. He was still feeling the ler mood.

“I was being tohortured!” Dream picked himself up somewhat, and set his eyes on George now. “You couldn’t say it any sooner!”

George huffed. “It’s not as easy as it sounds! I tried!”

“Tried?! All you had to do was say the word n-”

Dream suddenly stopped himself like the word caught in his throat. His lips clamped up and a light blush dusted over his cheeks.

“Oh?” XD interest suddenly peeked up again. A slow grin pulling at his lips. “Can Dream not say the word at all?”

“I can!” Dream defended himself, though his cheeks and ears were slowly turning red.

“Well then…” XD moved faster than the two boys eyes could keep up. They were suddenly by George’s side, wrapping their arms around him and lifting him up off the ground similar to how he picked up Dream before.

“H-HEY!” George screamed at the lift while Dream quickly stood up.

“Go ahead Dream.” XD prompted, his wide grin slowly opening to show his array of fangs. “Say the word.”

Dream’s face turned red in seconds as George uselessly struggled.

“I-I…” Dream stuttered, the words jumbling in his mouth. “Th-This is stupid!”

“Oh, not even an attempt.” XD faked his disappointed, but he couldn’t pull back his grin. “Oh well…”

XD pressed his fangs to George’s neck, nibbling along the skin and delighting in the squeal that the brunette gave. Dream made an attempt to save his friend, but XD was back out of reach, setting into his tree again as George giggled and struggled in his arms.

🦙🦙🦙…

Strong winds whistled past Dream’s ears, his hoody fluttering against his body as he bounded across the canopy of the jungle biome. He listened intently for any other crunching footsteps behind him, slowing to a stop when none were heard. He must’ve lost the hunters in the jungle temple below, he thought, praising himself for making the decision to take to the trees. He took the down time to quickly organise his inventory, relying on the fact that his four friends would take a few minutes to orient themselves as their compasses sent them in circles.

Dream had many ways of training for his manhunts. Sometimes he would stand on top of pillars towered hundreds of blocks into the sky, jumping off with only a single hay bale in his hand. Other times he would spend hours on end continuously building nether portals, or hours in the end calculating the curve of his fired arrows. And sometimes, he would play a game that he and his friends liked to call ‘Tickle Hunt’… Which was what they were playing now.

The game - invented by Bad - was essentially Manhunt, but instead of attempting to kill Dream, the hunters were merely attempting to break him.. with tickles… And while at first the suggestion was absolutely scrapped, eventually Bad’s arguments became convincing enough that George, Dream and Sapnap had agreed to it, the simple game quickly becoming a favourite. Not only was it fun, but some of Dream’s best clutches had taken place whilst playing it. And so, Tickle Hunt was adopted into Dream’s - and even occasionally the other hunters’ - training regime.

A distant yell from Sapnap caused Dream’s head to snap up, identifying the direction that the yell came from, and bounding off in the other direction. He held his pre-collected leaves in his hand, using them to help him leap from one tree to another, the chosen block hiding his pathing from the hunters below.

However his leaping was abruptly cut short as an arrow whizzed towards his person, the blunt weapon (they only used blunt ones in training) lodging itself in his arm. A pink substance oozed out of the arrow tip. At first, Dream thought it had a healing affect on it, but it’s ooze did not feel the same as that of healing. In fact, it kind of tickled.. Very suspicious. He watched it topple into the undergrowth below him, preparing to continue his parkour, when another arrow whizzed by, this time knocking him off balance enough to send him tumbling after the first arrow.

He yelped, his stomach doing flips as he plummeted towards the ground, throwing out various limbs in hopes of snagging a branch on his way down. Thankfully, he managed to latch onto a vine hanging in the sub-canopy, or rather, the vine managed to latch onto him. In fact, as he spiralled down the vine in a bug-stuck-in-web-like fashion, many other vines also got caught on him, creating a sort of bungee that kept him suspended from falling to his death.

Dream groaned, a little groggy from his tumble, but he sighed in relief as he noticed that he had in fact survived. In fact he was actually quite close to a younger tree’s upper branches, all he had to do was bridge over to it. He reached for his leaves, but was immediately prompted to examine his situation a little better. Both hands were trapped above his head, tangled in vines. He was held up in almost a harness fashion, with vines wrapped around his torso and thighs, and one of his legs being rendered absolutely useless. Ah shit.. He thought. How in the world was he going to get out of this…

“Oh Dream~!”

“We heard you fall Dream~”

“Come on out you little muffin head!”

Dream held back a groan as his three friends made their way into earshot, and then appeared trudging through the undergrowth below him. He held his breath, attempting to stay as still as possibly in hopes that they’d miss him and move on. But of course, their compass lead them right to him, three heads craning up to find the speed runner dangling many blocks above their heads.

“There he is!!!” Sapnap screeched, immediately towering up to him.

“Nooohooo!!” Dream whined, although a sheepish smile crept onto his lips, it was a little funny after all.

“We’re coming up Dream~!” George taunted, towering up to him as well, Bad following closely behind.

“Naww look at this little potato!! What are doing just hanging around up here Dream?” All three men groaned at Bad’s attempted pun. They immediately created a platform just underneath Dream, ensuring to add a lip incase the blonde lashed out during their attack.

“This is awesome! We don’t even have to hold him down!!” Sapnap remarked, even taking a moment to catch his breath and heal. The jungle temple from before was riddled with creepers, he had barley even made it out…

“How did you even do this to yourself?” George laughed, flicking one of the vines to test its tension, smirking at the blonde when the action caused his breath to hitch. “Feeling a bit exposed Dream~?”

“S-shuhut up!! You’re such an idiot…” Dream complained, heat rising to his cheeks. He rolled his eyes playfully as the brunette stuck his tongue out at him.

“Giggling already?”

“sTahp!”

“Oh Dream~” Bad cooed after setting down a bed. The lip was a good idea but you could never trust George not to topple of the edge regardless. “I can see your little belly~!” He gestured a wiggling finger towards the blonde’s stomach. Dream gasped, craning his neck to look down at his stomach to find that his hoody had risen up during his fall. He whined, pulling at his hands a little more desperately. There’s gotta be some way out of this right? He attempted to lengthen his body, reaching his free leg down to stand on the wooden planks beneath him, but it was no use, he just couldn’t reach. He was trapped.

His three friends chuckled at him, before each assumed their designated positions around Dream. George towered up to gain access to his upper body and neck, Bad placed a block to be able to reach his mid section, leaving Sapnap on the ground to cover his legs. Anticipatory butterflies swarmed in Dream’s belly, a few titters tumbling out of his mouth. Don’t get him wrong, the situation of his three friends readying themselves to tickle him into defeat was not new to him. However, usually he had at least been tackled, straddled, pinned or had some form of contact with at least one of his friends at this stage. So the fact that no one had even laid a finger on him yet was.. mildly flustering.. to say the least. Not only that, he wasn’t even sure if he could see a way out of this. His hands were held tight, so taking anything out of is inventory was out of question. He could maybe kick out and push the hunters off of the platform, but he’d only be able to get maybe Sapnap and Bad, George being too high up. They had also all just reset their spawn points in the bed. He was out of ideas…

“Guhuhuys wahahihit hold ohon..” He giggled, squirming on the spot, his left leg - being the only limb not trapped - swinging wildly. “Ihis this reheheally necessary??”

“What’s this? Dream’s already wanting to surrender and we haven’t even touched him yet!” George smirked, watching a blush spread over Dream’s cheeks.

“WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO!?!!?”

“Should’ve thought about that before you wrapped yourself up in vines ya silly goose.” Sapnap chuckled, his hand poised ready to attack. Dream groaned, they were still going to make him forfeit?!

“Nooo don’t surrender Dream! I was excited to pinch around at your adorable tummy!!” Bad pouted, smiling a little as the muscles tensed as Dream’s breath hitched. “Look! It’s already jumping around, I think it’s excited too~” He used his index finger and thumb to pinch away at the air around Dream’s belly, causing him to immediately burst into flustered giggles.

“BAhAhaHahahD!! StahAhAp!!” He choked out. “Stohohop teheheasing juhuhust start alreadihihy thehen!!” His skin was already dancing with tingles from the comments alone, his body shaking as he giggled away. And they still hadn’t even touched him yet.

“So eager Dream!! You really want us to tickle you that bad??” Sapnap jeered. He wasn’t usually one for having patience for this kind of thing, but Dream’s blush, squirming and giggles were keeping him entertained for the moment.

“Nohohoho sTAhahap!”

“Naww look at his rosey cheeks!!” Bad cooed,

“Bahahad!!”

“Why would we start Dream? It’s not like you’re going anywhere~ We could stand here and tease you alllll day.” George hummed, wiggling a few fingers in front of the speed runner’s neck. Dream squeaked, shaking his head as George’s fingers approached, but never came in contact with him. His stomach was alive with butterflies, his chest too. In fact his whole body felt as though tiny critters were crawling all over him.

“Ooo I’ve got an idea! Let’s see if we can break him without touching him? You’ve still got some arrows left right Sap?” Bad proposed.

Dream felt his face pale at Bad’s suggestion. But arrows? How were arrows relevant here?? Oh wait… The arrow from earlier. The pink goop. The pink goop that… tickled… Oh god.

“WAhiHiait NO!!” Dream’s struggling suddenly increased, him yanking at the vines and thrashing his leg.

“No~? Why not Dreamie~?” Sapnap smirked, his voice as low and teasy as ever. Dream watched as he reached into his inventory, his eyes widening when he pulled out a goop laced arrow, the same type as before. “What’s so scary about this arrow hm~?” Dream gasped, all three of them mocking him and gasping too.

“OooOo Dream~ Did you get a little taster early hmm~ Is that why you’re all nervous coz you know how much it’s gonna tic-tic-tickle~” George cooed, fluttered his fingers down to just above his armpits. Dream screeched, following it with a flustered whine. He had flashes of thoughts that debated leaning into George’s hands, just to rid himself from the anticipation.

“P-plehehehehahase…” He whined, squeezing his eyes closed to distract himself.

“Naww, poor little muffin just wants his tickles..” Bad cooed in sympathy. “Don’t worry Dream, the goop on the arrow tickles a lot so it’s ok!” He comforted, although Dream would argue that it was anything but comforting.

“Yeah they do.. They made George cry.” Sapnap chuckled, smirking when Dream kicked up into a giggly panic.

“WHAHAT!?! W-whahat do you mehehean he cried?!”

“SAPNAP!!” This time it was George’s turn to blush, nudging the bandana-wearing ravenette with his foot, the two of them then breaking into a mini shoving war.

“Oh don’t worry Dream!! He was crying out of happiness, he was absolutely loving it! I’m sure you’ll love it too.” Bad reassured, a feigned soft smile hiding his devilish (literally) smirk. Again, Dream did not find the statement reassuring.

“BAD!! Why is this about me all of a sudden?” George complained.

“You’re right you’re right.” Bad raised his hands. “Sapnap, would you like to begin?”

“N-nOho!!” Dream protested, much of his giggling had died out, but it immediately returned as Sapnap approached, reaching up with the arrow towards his exposed belly.

“Here it comes Dreamie~ Are you excited?” Sapnap taunted, twirling the arrow in his fingers. Dream attempted to twist his body away from the arrow, but it was no use, so he squeezed his eyes shut instead. But nothing happened. He giggled and squirmed on the spot for a bit, before bravely peaking one eye open. He was met with three very menacing smirks, causing his face to heat up significantly, and his stomach to flip. “Do you surrender?” The ravenette asked. Dream thought about the question for a moment. There was no way out of this, he knew it. The vines were just too strong and even if they were to disappear, his friends had trapped him on a wooden platform regardless. So there was no point in continuing. However… his skin was crawling with ticklish energy. So the idea of everything stopping now almost just seemed cruel..

“N-no..?” He squeaked.

“Alright~ Your funeral greenie.”

And with that, Sapnap swiped the arrow across Dream’s lower stomach, the pink ooze trickling down his skin. Dream flinched harshly at the cold, blunt tip of the arrow, before breaking into satisfied giggles as the liquid fizzed and popped across his skin. ‘Finally..’ He caught himself thinking.

“Wooo!! Sapnap pass one up to me!!” George cheered, bouncing in excitement. Dream’s eyes shot open at the request. How many arrows did they have?! He squirmed in nervous excitement as his goggle-wearing friend received an arrow himself. “Dream~ Look what I’ve got!!” He traced his arrow across Dream’s neck and cheeks, smiling happily at the bubbly giggles he received.

“GeoHOhoHoRgE!!” Dream squeaked, the tingly feeling across his neck causing him to scrunch up, snorts intermitting his laughter.

“I’m colouring in his neck!!” George announced excitedly. “Bad look I’m colouring in his neck!!”

“Good job Gogy!! I’m proud of you.” Bad praised, taking an arrow of his own, but pausing when an idea came to mind.

“No Bad look at me!! I’m drawing a smiley face look!!” Sapnap competed for the demon’s attention. He dotted two eyes onto the blonde’s quivering skin, drawing a big smile slowly across his lower belly, and swirling his arrow gently into his belly button as a nose. Dream wheezed, his back arching and throwing his head back.

“SAHAHAHAP NAHAHAP!!!” He screeched. The ravenette’s mouth dropped, continuing his twirling. Dream thrashed. The feeling being entirely overwhelming. The chill of the arrow tip, mixed with the fizzing and popping of the serum being so contradicting, all confined into one extremely ticklish place. “SAHA- GEHET OUT!!”

“Wait Sapnap, George!! Look at this!!” All three boys turned to look at the older, who was holding a small pot of the goop in one hand, and a drenched feather in the other. “I’ve maybe a paint brush!” He exclaimed happily. Dread pooled in Dream’s stomach, but also excitement? Why was he excited? He wasn’t quite sure.

“Oh my god Bad!! You’re a genius!! Sapnap yelled, rustling around in his inventory to find himself his own feather, George doing the same. Meanwhile Bad had lifted up Dream’s hoody further, dragging his ‘paint brush’ down the speedrunner’s ribs, swirling it in between the bones, and overall, coating them in goop. Dream’s giggles became cackles, him writhing as ticklish electricity danced across his rib cage. His fists tightened in their bonds, head thrown back and laughter pouring freely out of his mouth.

George made the most of his exposed neck, swiping his coated feather under Dream’s chin, and dragging it around to the sides of his neck. Dream snrked at the feeling, but tried his hardest mot to interrupt his friend’s painting. However his neck scrunched up when the brunette twirled the feather round, using the base of the feather to trace shapes into his tingling neck.

“I’m Bob Ross.” Stated George, a little entranced by the patterns he was creating.

“Oh good idea George!” Bad commended, also switching to the other side of his feather. “I’m going to draw a cute little muffin, on this cute little muffin’s ribs!!” Dream shrieked again, his blush returning at Bad’s words, and barking out loud laughter. His squirming had all but ceased, him submitting to the tingling feelings instead. He much preferred this over the teasing from before anyway.

“I’m going to draw some fish.” George announced. “Blub blub.” Giggles laced themselves into Dream’s cackles at his friend’s fish impression.

“I’m drawing the ocean.” Sapnap said cheekily, scribbling his feather all over Dream’s stomach. The blonde screeched again, lifting himself up briefly, but collapsing back down again when the ravenette didn’t stop, falling into happy cackles.

For a while they all stayed like this, the three hunters concentrating greatly on turning Dream into a master piece, and the speed runner lost in a world of ticklish bliss. It wasn’t until a surprised shriek left Dream when Sapnap dipped his feather back into his belly button, that the three friends actually remembered their goal of the day.

“Wait.” George laughed as the realisation hit him. “This isn’t making him forfeit.” He pointed out. It was an obvious statement but honestly, no one else had drawn the conclusion.

“Yohuhuhu guhuhuys suhuhuck..” Dream taunted giddily, his head still thrown back in a world of his own, and a loopy smile plastered on his face.

“Right, time to win this.” Sapnap stated suddenly, throwing his feather behind him and wrapping an arm around Dream’s thigh. Dream gasped, him being dragged back down to earth as Sapnap pinched and squeezed his kneecap and inner thigh. It was the first time any of them had actually touched him all day, and his body was definitely not ready for it. He jolted sharply, yelping at the feeling and attempting to kick Sapnap off. He all but crumbled again though, when George followed Sapnap’s lead and dug into his exposed armpits.

“GEOHOHOHORGE SAHAHAPNAHAP!!! He screeched out, twisting his body and tugging at his hands.

“FORFEIT!!!” Sapnap screeched back, throwing a hand over to pinch at Dream’s trapped thigh, smirking as it twitched helplessly in its leafy bounds.

“NOHO!!”

“Come on Dream~ You’ve gotta break sometime or you’ll pass out you muffin head.” Bad cooed, a great contrast to Sapnap’s screaming. He continued with his ‘painting’ but he couldn’t resist twirling his feather into Dream’s belly button like he had seen Sapnap do earlier.

“BAHAHAHAHAD!!” The blonde cried out, his body writhing as the feather coated his stomach and belly button in the goop once again.

“SUBMIT!!” George coaxed, scratching at one armpit, while drilling into the other one. Dream just shook his head, unable to form words anymore. Tears leaked out of his eyes as his body was overcome with ticklish agony. The combination of pinching, scratching, twirling, tingling and squeezing sending him into hysterical laughter. The words to submit formed in his mouth, but his brain was unable to comprehend the order to say them, it being far to overwhelmed.

Thankfully, the tickles didn’t last much longer. A cracking sound ripped through the biome, the vines that were once holding the speed runner up tearing at the increased wiggling, and collapsing along with their captive. All four friends tumbled down, landing in a stunned heap on the wooden platform. Dream lay on top of them, still giggling away like a maniac.

“Is- Is everyone ok?” Bad asked, sitting up a little and removing a large vine that draped over his body.

“Dream get off me you idiot!!” A complaint came from underneath a pile of vines, that the hoodied man was lying on top of. Dream giggled more, rolling off to the side to reveal a very squashed looking George. Bad giggled at him.

“D-dihihid Ihi- Dihid I wihin??” Dream asked, his voice a little muffled from lying facedown on the planks.

“You know what Dream? I think you do.” Bad decided.

“NO!” Came Sapnap’s voice from somewhere behind the demon hybrid.

“Sapnap where even are you?” George laughed, peeling vines away from himself. He then laughed harder when he saw his pyro-loving friend appear from beneath another pile of vines.

“Why can’t he win Sapnap?! He lasted that whole time without breaking?”

“He didn’t even beat the game!!”

“Ihihihi trihihied.” Dream giggled. The hunters couldn’t help but giggle along with him, them settling with a draw instead. It took the speed runner a full 5 minutes before he actually stopped giggling.

“You know Dream.. If I didn’t know any better, then I’d think that you enjoyed yourself during all that.” Dream visibly tensed, shaking his head quickly.

“No!”

“Yes you did you muffin head! Why didn’t you forfeit then? You knew you were trapped!” Bad probed. Although Dream’s face was hidden, it was clear that he was blushing from how red his ears were.

“Dream! Is this true?” George asked, the puzzle pieces now clicking together in his brain too.

“You weren’t even trying to get away were you~” Sapnap pried, watching in incredulity as Dream curled up a little, his head shake rather unconvincing this time.

“Naww aren’t you just the cutest little potato?!” Bad cooed. “Next time we’ll just have to hold back longer won’t we?”

Dream whined a protest, but he was way too tired to put up a full fight.

The rest of the afternoon consisted of swinging through the vines of the jungle biome, for most of the 4 friends anyway. One of them however, lay on Bad’s bed in a deep sleep, his stomach still swirling even in his slumber, and a smile still plastered on his face.

Perhaps a new incentive for the training session would need to be established…

🦙🦙🦙…

This was actually very fun to write :D

Luck was truly not on Dream’s side today.

He, Sapnap and George had decided to do manhunt training that morning, but with a slight twist. To raise the stakes a bit, the three had decided to throw some cash in. If Dream won, he’d get ten dollars from his two friends (adding up to $20). If they won, he’d give each of them twenty bucks. Now with money on the line, Dream was a little more eager to win.

Unfortunately, the manhunt hadn’t quite started out the way he’d hoped. Toward the beginning Sapnap had kept up with him a little too well, so when he came up upon a village with a blacksmith Dream had to run right past it to keep away from the ravenhead hot on his heels.

George looted the blacksmith and when he finally caught up with Dream and Sapnap he was wielding an iron sword and clad in an iron chestplate. Not only that, but he’d gotten all the bread he possibly could from the village as well. With the two hunters being well armed and with plenty of food to keep their health up, Dream really had no other choice than to flee.

Eventually he had managed to lose the two by jumping through the canopies of the forest and hiding in a cave. He steadied himself by leaning against the wall and took heaving, greedy breaths. His mind was racing for any semblance of a plan when his train of thought was interrupted by a familiar pop.

Dream whipped around and was greeted by the sight of the server protector, DreamXD. “E-Ex, now’s not the best time,” he stuttered.

“Where are we?” The god asked, having to bend down due to the cave being too small for them.

“Look, I’m in the middle of a manhunt with Sapnap and George right now. They’re probably really close by so keep your voice down okay?” Dream explained in a hoarse whisper, an edge of irritation in his tone.

“I thought we agreed that you would tell me when you did a manhunt,” XD said lowly, crossing their arms disapprovingly.

Since the ultimate goal of manhunt was to get to the end and beat the dragon, and XD’s job was to make sure mortals didn’t do exactly that, the two had agreed that as long as Dream let his godly counterpart know when one of these hunts was to take place, XD would allow them to enter the end. Afterward XD would revive the dragon and put the end back to the way it was, and time would move on as normal.

However since this was only training, Dream only needed to find the stronghold and the portal room, not enter the end itself. So he hadn’t told XD.

“What? No, it’s not a real manhunt— we’re just training.” Dream peeked his head out of the cave mouth, checking for any sign of Sapnap and George. “Listen, I really don’t have time for this right now—“

“You need to tell me when you play your hunts, brother,” XD scolded, their voice dark and intimidating.

Dream scoffed and rolled his eyes. “It’s just training Ex, it didn’t matter.”

“No.” The deity interrupted, their arms unfolding out of their cloak. “You should’ve told me. I think a punishment is in order.”

Dream’s stomach dropped as if he was on a rollercoaster. Before he could even think about running though he was tackled to the cave floor, his arms stretched out to his sides by XD’s top set of arms. The bottom set then grabbed the hem of his hoodie and lifted it to his ribs, causing a surge of panic to go through his body.

“WAIT XD noho! Not right now! I’m trying toho hide!” Dream whisper-yelled, choking down frantic giggles that climbed his throat.

“Then you’d best stay quiet, hm?” XD replied, pushing up their mask to reveal their teasing fanged grin and simultaneously flicking off the blonde man’s mask.

“Noho plehease! Dohon’t!”

The deity ignored his pleas, is clawed hands wigging in the air just above Dream’s exposed stomach. “Ooh Dreamie, I’m gonna get your little belly~!”

“Ehehex dehehee plehehease! Thehey could be nehehearby!” The man giggled, sucking in his tummy as far as it would go to avoid the teasing fingers.

“Then don’t laugh.” And finally XD’s fingers touched down, skittering all over Dream’s sensitive stomach.

The green-clad speedrunner squealed, bucking and wigging every which way. His face was scrunched up and his smile was wide as he tried to muffle his uncontrollable laughter.

XD smiled, delighted with their brother’s struggle to keep quiet as his fingers scratched over every inch of his bouncing tummy.

“Hm, I’m impressed. Usually you’d be losing it right now.” The god commented teasingly, zeroing in on the sides of Dream’s stomach. In response the mortal arched his back and let out a whine, shaking his head side to side.

“What, not here? It’s riiiight here too ticklish for you?~” XD scratched ever-so gently at the freckled skin, moving slowly to his waistline.

Dream yipped and his muffled laughter grew slightly more frantic, his blonde hair flopping every which-way.

“What about here?~” they cooed, now tickling each side of the man’s belly button. Mirthful tears pricked the corners of Dream’s eyes but he stayed strong. XD knew he wouldn’t be able to stay quiet for much longer, and they knew exactly how to break him.

“What about….. right…… here!” XD suddenly poked a nail into Dream’s belly button, wiggling it wildly. His eyes popped open and a wheeze finally escaped his his lips, loud unbridled laughter following soon after.

“EHEHEHEX DEHEHEE NOHOHOHO!! NOHOHOHOT THEHEHEHERE!! IHIT TIHIHIHICKLES TOO MAHAHAH—!!” Dream pressed out between desperate peals of laughter, squirming like his life depended on it.

XD removed their finger and quickly dipped their head down, planting a big raspberry right on the poor man’s belly while their hands clawed at his hips. Dream’s laughter rose into silence, arching his back in pure ticklish agony. The shocks running through his nerves were far too intense, overrunning his brain to where all he could think was ‘IT TICKLES IT TICKLES IT TICKLES’

“PLEHEHEHEASE XD!!! I GIHIHIVE!! MEHEHERCEHEHE—AHAHAHA!!”

At the mortal’s desperate cry XD stopped, releasing Dream’s arms and firmly rubbing his tingling abdomen to work out the leftover tickles. Dream’s arms didn’t move down, staying right where they were as he giggled and gasped for breath.

“You okay?” XD asked, only to get a weak nod in return.

The deity scooped up the limp, giggly man in their arms and strode out of the cave. Off in a clearing not too far away Sapnap and George were arguing over which was their compass was pointing when XD approached them.

They instantly stoped bickering and rushed over worriedly. XD calmly reassured them that Dream was okay and that he just needed to nap for a bit. The god offered to teleport them back to the community house, which they agreed to. There XD laid Dream on a bed (that they spawned in), bid farewell to George and Sapnap, and disappeared out the door.

7. “Your name will be in my farewell letter, and everyone will know you pushed me to do it.”

8. “You are ripping me apart, do you know that? I never knew you could be so cold.”

9. “Are you telling me that you don’t care about me?”

[ Anger ]

10. “Do your parents know that they raised an ungrateful bitch?”

11. “I advise you to not test out your luck.”

12. “I am this close to doing something that will hurt me more than it hurts you.”

13. “Why do you want to escape so bad? Whose arms can’t you just not wait to run into?”

14. “I am starting to think that you love seeing me mad.”

15. “Why can’t you listen for once? Then I don’t need to punish you, simple as that!”

16. “Enough. What I am about to do to you is all your fault and your fault only.”

17. “You are hurting me with this behavior/when you act like this.”

18. “Do you want to feel the same pain I’ve felt when you …/you called me a …./you compared me to…/hit or kicked me/dated or slept with …?”

19. “Look at you, you have it so bad. Cry me a river.”

20. “You leave me no choice, I am out of other options, I tried to not do this but…”

[ Threatening ]

21. “It looks like I need to pay your parents a visit.”

22. “If you won’t love me, then why are you still here?”

23. “You love him/her? Great! Why didn’t you tell me sooner?”

24. “You won’t be the only one missing if you don’t knock it off.”

25. “I didn’t ask you to come with me.”

26. “Scream one more time and see what will happen.”

27. “Say you love me, I am not asking you again / don’t make me repeat myself.”

28. “The only way you will leave this house is in a body bag.”

29. “Hit me one more time and I’ll break all your fingers.”

30. “I can hurt you in ways you never imagined one could be hurt.”

[ Delusional ]

31. “I saw the way you were looking at me.”

32. “You don’t have to say it. I know you love me too.”

33. “You hate me? I know you don’t mean that.”

34. “Everybody wants to see us together.”

35. “Do you really think it’s a coincidence that we met?”

36. “We are perfect together. You see it too, right?”

37. “How should we name our future children?”

38. “The police doesn’t understand our love.”

39. “All that was needed was a little time and persistence…”

40. “Right?! I’m happy that you’re here too!”

[ Controlling ]

41. “I prefer the other outfit.” / “No, that other one.”

42. “Who was that on the phone?”

43. “I never heard of this friend before.”

44. “I told you that you can’t talk to them.”

45. “It shouldn’t be this hard for you to do as I’ve told you.”

46. “Who told you it’s OK to come home this late?”

47. “You are not wearing that.”

48. “I will give you a ride, end of story.”

49. “You don’t need to know. Why? Because I said so.”

50. “Don’t you dare and wander off.”

[ Jealous ]

51. “I’m a man, I would know!”

52. “They were basically undressing you with their eyes.”

53. “You couldn’t keep your eyes off him/her, huh?”

54. “You just love getting attention from everyone but me.”

55. “Why didn’t you pick up your phone? What were you doing?”

56. “Bet you were thinking about that cashier fucking you. Don’t act stupid, you know what I’m talking about.”

57. “No, no, go ahead. I’m just your boyfriend/girlfriend, at least, I thought I was.”

58. “Have fun being the whore of town.”

59. “Tell me the truth, did you fuck her/him? Yes or no? Answer the damn question!”