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Bangchan and Hyunjin had been told by skizji to go ahead and film themselves answering some questions during their Circus comeback. Hyune was wearing a gorgeous red and black corset top while Chan wore a checkered denim top with a few buttons opened around his chest. They had been replying to a few questions here and there while filming themselves.

“Favorite part of the music video? Hmmm, probably when we were inside the big tent dancing towards the beginning. Having all the dancers around us come together and everyone be so in sync was really cool” Chan replied to a question. “Hyunjin you?”

“I’d have to say more towards the end where we finished it off with our arms out toward the cameras. It felt very complete and colorful.”

“Ahhh the artist has spoken!” Chan joked. “Okay let’s see.. what is Chan’s weak spot? Ooooo sorry to disappoint, I don’t have one”

“No no that’s a lie” Hyunjin said as he shoved his hand down the open buttons of Chan’s shirt.

“nahHAUAHA” Chan laughed loudly as he grabbed Hyune’s wrist and pried him off. “No no no don’t do thahat.”

“And he says he doesn’t have a weak spot” Hyunjin teased as he snuck his hand under Chan’s shirt this time and scribbled over his abs and chest, his other hand squeezing at his side.

“NAHA” Chan yelled as he quickly turned his torso the other way and swat Hyune’s hands away, “NOHoho stop quihit.”

Hyunjin pointed at his red face and laughed as they continued to answer the rest of the questions.

-

A few hours later, they were in a breakroom by themselves resting up when skizji posted the video. Chan went to go check out the comments and see what Stays were saying while Hyunjin was out buying his 2nd… maybe 3rd… iced americano of the day.

Hyun_Chan: I knew Hyunjin’s favorite part was gonna be the ending!

Skz123: Chan is so sensitive omg?!

Special5Star: Why’d Chan react like that that is HILARIOUS

SeungminLover: Hyune casually letting the world know Chan is sensitive asf💀

Chan rewatched the video and realized how jumpy he seemed when Hyunjin had touched him. He always knew he was sensitive, but he didn’t think it would be that obvious to others when tested out. He was annoyed at Hyunjin now for making it known since he knew he was going to get teased for it nonstop.

“Yah Hyunjin! Look what you did!!” He yelled right as Hyune walked into the room bursting out laughing at something he read.

“HAHA look at this someone said, ‘Hyunjin would be the type to use that as a form of getting his way’ isn’t that such a good idea!” A giggling Hyunjin suggested.

“No, no it isn’t. Everyone’s gonna be annoying about it now!”

“You know it’s true”

“It is not that bad”

“Oh please, you love it” Hyunjin said while making kissy lips at Chan.

His face went red. “What?! You’re so weird”

“Hey Chan”

“What.”

“Can you go buy meeeee some jelly? The balls. The round squishy ones those jellies” Hyunjin said while doing a squishing motion with his fingers and giggling.

“No, I’m busy. You’ve had too many of your Americanos” Chan said while shooing Hyune away.

“But I want jelliessss” Hyunjin said as he walked over to Chan who was sitting on the one-person couch, “pleeeease” he grabbed the collar of his shirt and shook him back and forth.

Chan set his phone down and crossed his arms, smiling up at Hyunjin.

“I’ll do it” Hyunjin said.

“Don’t be an idiot Hyunji-“

Hyunjin quickly moved his hands from Chan’s shoulders to his sides and straddled his waist on the couch. Chan yelled and his eyes widened as he desperately grabbed at Hyunjin’s wrists.

“NAHAHA AHAHA STOHOP” Chan laughed as he threw his head back and kicked out from under Hyunjin, pushing at his chest.

“Raaaahhhh” Hyunjin teased as he dug his thumbs between the spaces of Chan’s ribs. Chan kept shuffling from side to side with the widest smile on his face as he tried kicking his way deeper into the back of the couch.

“HAHA AHAHA HAHAHAH NOHO QUIHIT” He squealed.

“HAHAHA those comments were onto something” Hyunjin laughed. He moved his hands to squeeze right above Chan’s hips and waited for him to put his hands on his hips in an attempt to stop him. Once he did, Hyunjin shoved his hands under his arms making a “dudududu” sound in the process.

“AYAHAHA AHHHHA” Chan screamed as he slammed his arms shut and shook his head violently side to side. He was a kicking squealing mess on the couch as Hyunjin went at it on his poor torso.

“PLEHEHEASE EEEAAHAHA” Chan begged as he wrapped his arms around his torso, trapping Hyunjins hands under his arms.

“Hyung I literally can’t get out” Hyune wiggled his fingers as Chan sunk deeper into the couch, turning himself into a ball and shoving his head into the corner.

“I cahahan’t” Chan whined.

Hyunjin shook his arms back and forth while shoving his thumbs into Chan’s upper sides right under his arms, then pulled his hands out quickly to scribble over Chan’s chest and stomach. He went back and forth with his fingers out in a claw-like position from his chest to his abs.

“STOHOAAHP” Chan screamed as he tried to grab at Hyunjin’s quick hands scribbling all over his torso.

“You’re actually more sensitive than I thought-“

“STOHOP SAYING THAHAHAHAT”

“But it’s true”

“AAAAHHHHHHH” Chan threw his head back and laughed loudly as Hyunjin began to pinch under his ribs one at a time on opposite sides. He had Chan jerking left and right, screaming each time he shuffled and Hyunjin laughing at him each time.

“IM SEHERIOUS GET OHOHOFFAHA AHAHA HAHHAAH AHAA” He had tears already down his cheeks as his stomach involuntarily squirmed and spasmed with every touch Hyunjin made. The more sensitive he began to realize he was, the worse it got.

“Okay okay let’s play a game then, I count your abs and if you make me lose count we start over”

“NOHOA ARE YOU CRAHAZY?!?”

“OKAY let’s go oooone” Hyunjin teased as he poked at a square of ab on Chan’s stomach with both his hands. Chan, obviously, wrapped his arms around his torso and curled in on himself again.

“That’s not FAIR hyung! Play fair cmon” Hyunjin said with an annoyed yet amused face.

“NO! WHYHY?!”

“Fine then you asked for it” Hyunjin said as he hoisted himself off Chan’s waist, turned around, put his back against Chan’s stomach, and began squeezing at his lower thighs.

“NOOAHAHA AHAHANAHA HAHAHAHA HYUNJINAAHA” Chan screamed as he covered his mouth with his hands.

“PLEHEHEASE NO NOO LEAVE ME AHAHALONE” he begged.

Hyunjin laughed as he put his legs between Chan’s legs and separated them, giving him access to his inner thighs. The moment he began scribbling there, Chan lost all form of self control.

“SHIHIHIHIT HYUNJIN!! NAAH AHAHAH FUHUHUCK” Chan tried to shut his legs but couldn’t since Hyune was holding them open. The scribbling feeling was torturous on his inner legs and 5 seconds felt like hours. He grabbed Hyunjin’s sides and shook him back and forth violently.

“HYUHUNG” Hyunjin laughed, “it’s bad for you HAH!”

Hyunjin switched to lightly scratching at Chan’s thighs once he realized he’d fallen into silent laughter and was panting as if he’d just ran a marathon.

“I CAHAN’THAhaha.. I cahan’t b- bretahaahathe” Chan choked out as Hyunjin scoot over to sit on just one of his thighs.

“‘Not that bad’ my ass” Hyunjin said while prodding at Chan’s neck and collarbone.

“Stohohop hehahaHA” He covered his chest and let his head hang.

“Your face is red” Hyunjin said, pointing and giggling.

“I’m gohoing to get you back”

“Are you mad that I proved you wrong” He teased as he wiggled his fingers between his neck and sides.

“QUIHIT” Chan smacked at his hand.

“Cuuuute” Hyune cooed as he wiggled his fingers at Chan’s lower stomach area where his shirt had ridden up slightly, exposing a small part of his stomach.

Chan laughed a high-pitched laugh as he threw his head back and slid off the couch. He hit the floor with a thud and laid there in a ball, Hyunjin sat at the edge of the couch.

“‘Not that baaaad’” Hyunjin continued to tease as he prodded at Chan’s ribs with his foot, vibrating it on his side. Chan yelled as he scoot away from him and covered his face with his hands.

“You’re insahane” Chan said, slowly lifting himself up off the floor. “I meant it when I said I’d get you back, watch yourself.”

Hyunjin laughed to himself, more out of nervousness than anything, and began to shuffle his way out of the breakroom. Staff asked him what had happened in the past 5 minutes, his response being to just “watch out” for Chan and to protect him from him at all costs.

They later apologized to a red faced sweaty Chan for allowing Hyunjin 5 Iced Americanos before their break time.

While he was annoyed at his antics, it was nice to just laugh freely and spend some time with the younger… even though that time spent was Chan mainly trying not to lose his mind and smack the shit out of him. At least it now gave him the excuse to get him back, no holding back…!

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Haunted houses were dumb. At least in Felix’s opinion. 

He had seen much scarier ones in Australia than here, and he rolled his eyes every time he heard a squeal from Jisung or Changbin. 

He didn’t even know what they were scared of. 

Meanwhile Chris was practically on the floor laughing at the rest of 3RACHA, who were hugging each other so tightly they looked like one person. 

He watched as Felix teased the others about being scared, and tears practically cascaded down Changbin’s face. 

“O-Oh my gosh I should’ve gone with the others to the water s-slide.” Changbin whimpered. 

“But Binnie. You don’t even know how to swim.” Chan commented matter of factly. 

“I know!” Binnie sobbed as yet another ghost jumped out at him.

That’s when Chan had an idea. Something that would really scare Felix. 

Meanwhile, Felix decided to wander around. I mean, Chan was watching the others, right?

He managed to get himself into an empty room, probably for storage. It was so dark, Felix couldn’t even tell what size it was. 

He was about to leave, assured that he wasn’t supposed to be in the room, when he saw a dim glow, kinda like a flashlight.

Being the curious Aussie he was, he walked towards it. 

He suddenly felt very chilled, like he was being blasted with an air conditioner. He shivered as he stood in place, his thin shirt not helping with his state. 

Felix suddenly felt hands around his shoulders. Before he could even react, they slipped under his shirt, and poor Lixie jumped and squealed loudly, the cold hands making his eyes widen. 

When the fingers began to move and stroke down his freckled side, Felix bit his lip to hold in his giggles as he wildly swung his arms, only to completely miss.

He waved his arms around his sides as they began to move faster, head shaking wildly. 

Oh my god.

It was a ghost. 

When the hands began to tickle at his stomach, Lixie immediately doubled over as his giggles rang freely in the air. 

“plehehease! ahaha!” Felix didn’t even know what he was pleading for, just that there was someone there. 

He was finally sprawled on the ground, only thoughts running through his mind being those of embarrassment if someone walked in on this, and trying to get the hands off of him. 

When the cold hands found their way to Lixie’s armpits, the boy gasped loudly as he slapped a hand over his mouth to prevent screaming, however it failed miserably. 

I mean, he was in a haunted house, the screams would blend in perfectly. 

Finally, the hands let go of him, and Felix panted on the floor. 

“ple-plehease. whoho…?” Felix gasped out as the long white coat came off, and he was faced with a loudly cackling Chan. 

“HYUNG! You little…you scared me!” Poor Lixie whined as Chan wiped tears from his eyes. 

“That…Thahat was so wohorth it oh my gohohod!” Chris could not stop laughing. 

“Oh you’ll be laughing a lot more mate…” A very pissed Felix commented. 

Chan bolted as fast as he possibly could with a long white coat hanging off of him. 

He arrived outside, and Felix cursed under his breath as he smiled and waved.

“WHERE THE ACTUAL FUCK WERE YOU?!” Two voices shouted. 

Whoops.

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i hope you enjoyed this fic! have a spooky october! ✨🎃

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.

Jisung is a mess. His face is the color of a ripe tomato, flushed all the way down his neck and disappearing under the collar of his oversized shirt. His hair is a mess, sticking up in every direction from thrashing.

Chan is still straddling Jisung's hips, solid and immovable, his weight pinning Jisung's wrists to the mattress on either side of his head. Chan's not even breathing hard, the bastard.

He's just sitting there with that fond, wolfish grin, watching Jisung try to remember how lungs work. Every few seconds, Jisung's body gives an involuntary twitch, a leftover spasm from the assault, and Chan's grin only widens.

Minho is happily sitting on his arms, completely unbothered, entirely content with having watched Jisung kick and buck and scream with laughter.

"Hello, everyone," He says, and Jisung nearly dies on the spot. Is he really live right now? He can almost hear the explosion of comments that must be flooding the screen. "Sorry for the sudden live. Chan-ah and I wanted to show you something."

Chan snorts above him, his grip tightening just a fraction. He shifts his weight, leaning down to get a better look at the phone screen. "Oh, this is going to be good," He murmurs, his breath warm against Jisung's ear, which is now burning a furious crimson.

A quiet, breathless sort of whine escaped Jisung’s throat. His chest was still heaving, the remnants of hysterical laughter bubbling up and dying in his ribs. 

He was pinned, utterly defeated. 

And the fans could see every single second of it.

Chan finally speaks up after about a moment. "So, who wants to see us tickle Hannie?"

Jisung's entire soul briefly left his body. His eyes went impossibly wide, and a strangled, disbelieving noise clawed its way out of his throat. The chat exploded. Hearts. Emojis. Screaming in all caps. A flood of YES and PLEASE and WE DO and I CANT BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING.

The pressure kept Jisung flat, but his knees. Oh, his traitorous knees, were already creeping up toward his chest, his body instinctively trying to curl into the smallest possible shape. His arms were still pinned by Minho, but his legs were free, and they were trying.

Chan laughed, bright and delighted, and it was the most beautiful and terrifying sound Jisung had ever heard. "Awwww," Chan cooed, tilting his head like he was observing a particularly fascinating creature. "Look at the little pill bug here. He's curling up. So cute~"

Jisung's face burned so hot he was sure he was going to combust. "I'm not a pill bug!" he whined, his voice cracking embarrassingly high. He tried to pull his knees up higher, tried to tuck his chin down, tried to disappear into himself.

Minho just laughed again, utterly unbothered. "He says this," Minho announced to the phone, which he'd propped up against a pillow so the camera had a perfect view, "but watch Chan-hyung get the tummy."

"No," Jisung gasped, his eyes darting to the phone screen where hundreds of comments were flying by. "No. Not in front of the fans. Chan hyung. Chan. CHAN.—"

Chan's fingers found his stomach.

"CHAHAHAHAHAHAN!!"

The giggle that exploded out of Jisung was helpless and immediate, his whole body jerking as Chan's long fingers spidered across his sensitive belly. His knees tried to slam shut, tried to protect him, but Minho was already there, already holding him, and there was no escape. 

"NAHAHAHAH!! YOU CAHAHAHAHAN'T!!"

Both Chan and Minho ignored his protests.

And Minho was already narrating, his voice smooth and clinical like a nature documentary. "Here we observe the pill bug in its natural habitat," Minho said, completely deadpan, watching Chan as his fingers wiggled mercilessly against Jisung's quivering tummy. "Its favorite habitat, as we can see."

Jisung wailed, a sound caught between laughter and despair and utter embarrassment.

"Being tickled half to death," Minho continued, nodding sagely. "Notice the defensive curling response. Classic pill bug behavior. He's trying to protect his vulnerable underbelly. But alas..."

Chan casually dips a finger into Jisung's belly button.

Jisung lets out a howl of laughter, tears streaming down his cheeks, his body writhing between them. His knees were still trying to curl, but Minho's weight kept him flat, kept him exposed, and there was nothing he could do but laugh and laugh and laugh.

"NOHOHOHHOHOO!! Dohohohohon't sahAHAHAY THAHAHT!!"

"The pill bug is experiencing peak distress," Minho narrated, his voice warm with barely concealed affection. "He's very red. Very loud. Very cute. The predators are fascinated."

Chan snorted, his own laughter shaking his shoulders. "Fascinated," He echoed, grinning down at Jisung's wrecked, tear-streaked face.

Jisung could barely form words anymore. His laughter had gone breathless. "I HAHAHAHTE YOU BOHOHOTH!!"

The chat was exploding with heart emojis and the excited suggestions of the fans.

"Get the hips?" Minho read out loud. "Why, what a good idea!"

Jisung squeals. "NO!! Nohohot thehehe HHIHIHIHIHIPS!!"

But Chan didn't wait. Of course he didn't wait. His thumbs dug into the sensitive hollows of Jisung's hip bones, pressing and vibrating in quick, merciless circles, and Jisung lost it. His whole body arched off the bed, a fresh shriek tearing out of his throat.

Minho's hand joins in at the ribs, vibrating thumb buried deep in the space between his bottom two ribs.

His legs kicked wildly, heels drumming against the mattress, but he couldn't escape. He couldn't move. Chan's weight was solid on his thighs, pinning him down, and Minho's hand was still at his ribs, vibrating into the spaces between each bone like they were playing some sort of cruel instrument.

Jisung swears he is not going to live another day. But he loves it anyway.

Jisung's head thrashed from side to side, his grin stretching so wide it hurt. Tears were absolutely streaming down his temples now, disappearing into his sweaty hairline. His laughter had gone completely silent between the shrieks.

Minho cooed, and his voice was dripping with mock sympathy. "Awww. Look at him." He tilted his head, watching Jisung squirm like a fish on a line. "The pill bug is absolutely thrashing. Look at those little legs go."

Jisung's legs were going. Kicking, scrabbling, trying to find purchase on anything that would give him leverage. But Chan's weight was on his waist, and Minho's weight was on his arms, and there was nowhere to go.

"I CAHAHAHAHN'T!! STOHOHOP TEHEHEASING MEHEHE!!"

"The pill bug," Minho continued, his voice sliding into that smooth nature-documentary cadence again, "stands no chance against the predators' strategies. The predators have identified the most vulnerable spots. The hip area. The rib cage. Very sensitive. Very ticklish."

"SHUHUHUHUT UP YOU MEHEHEHEANIE!!" Jisung screams. "I'hihim nohot even ticklihihish!"

That seemed to do it for a second. Both Chan and Minho paused.

"You're not ticklish?" Minho asked again, grin widening in amusement. "Should I test that out?"

Jisung whined. "No, please don't."

"Please don't what?"

"...Please don't tickle me."

Minho reached up to squeeze his hand, giving him a knowing look. At Jisung's nod, he was back.

Minho grinned, and took Chan's place. Chan clambered to tackle Jisung's arms down again. Minho made an amused expression. "Reallyyy?" He drew the word out, and his free hand came up, fingers crawling up Jisung's side like little spiders. "The pill bug isn't ticklish?"

Jisung clamped his lips together so hard his jaw ached. His whole body tensed, and the giggles started bubbling up in his chest, trapped behind his sealed lips. "N-Noho."

His shoulders hunched, his hips twitched, his legs kicked weakly against the bed. But he was determined. He would not break. He would not—

Minho's fingers wiggled against his ribs, light and teasing. "Is the little pill bug holding in his giggles~?" He cooed, his voice dripping with fake sympathy. "Is the pill bug feeling all the tickles?"

Jisung shook his head frantically, his breath coming out in sharp, strained little exhales through his nose. His face was so red. His whole body was trembling with the effort of keeping quiet.

Minho tilted his head, pretending to study him. "Who's the most ticklish pill bug, hm?" He mused, his fingers still dancing lazily across Jisung's ribs. "Is it you?"

Jisung shook his head again, a desperate, jerky motion. His lips were twitching, fighting so hard to stay together. A tiny, helpless giggle slipped out, and he slammed his lips shut again immediately.

Minho's eyes sparkled. "Really?" He frowned, pretending to be confused. "But I could've sworn you were..."

And his hands dove into Jisung's armpits.

"GAHAHAHAHAH!! MINHOOOO!!"

"What? Don't act like you didn't ask for this~"

"WHA—?! PFF—SHUHUHUHUT UP!! NO I DIHIHIDN'T!!"

"Mhm~" Both Chan and Minho chorused.

After another ten minutes of tickling a poor Jisung stupid, he finally started to wear out, going limp and giggly.

"Awww," Minho cooed, finally letting up a but, tilting his head as he observed Jisung's squirming form. "Look at the little pill bug. He's so sensitive today. Did the predators wear him out?"

"WEAR ME OUT??! YOU FUHUHUCKING TORTURED ME!!"

Minho shrugged. "Potato, patahto."

And then, "Don't be mean to the species predator. Or next time I will blow raspberries into your tummy until you cry."

Chan lets Jisung go. "C'mon, bug. Don't be rude. Say hi to the fans."

Jisung's blush is nuclear. "Hi guys. Forget that ever happened."

"Oh come on. We all know you lik—"

And the live cuts out as Jisung frantically slams the end button.

happy 3 year anniversary to me!!