#autemka

Muffled chatter and laughter can be heard from behind closed doors within the daycare. Intertwined between various pillows and blankets sits Eclipse, casually leaning back with a raised brow as Ruin and Autem sit on each side of his lap, respectively. The two of them eagerly describe a recent animated film they watched together in an attempt to convince Eclipse to re-watch it with the group.

Not too far away from them, Moon listens in but doesn’t make any comments. He’s far too busy looking down at Sun, who is wrapped against his side and practically clinging to it. He can’t stop a slight smirk creeping onto his face as he quietly murmurs, “Holding on a little tight there, Sunshine. Think I’m going to vanish into thin air or somethin’?”

Sun, who had also been slightly invested in his friend and counterpart’s retelling of the story, glances up at his twin. He can’t help the slight blush of embarrassment on his face but tries his hardest to play it off as he smiles, “What? I can’t enjoy your company? How rude.” He teases back, leaning a little more into his side.

Moon lets a chuckle slip by at that, adjusting his grip to wrap an arm around him. “I was just pointing out the obvious.” He rolls his eyes, before turning back to the others as he throws in a comment about how Eclipse really should give it a watch, knowing damn well he hasn’t seen it himself. His grin widens when he gets a look shot back at him from Eclipse while Ruin and Autem instantly use it as further ammunition to convince him to watch the movie.

Sun, meanwhile, stays almost uncharacteristically silent as he relishes the feeling of his twin being close. A smile stays plastered on his face as he watches the other's conversation, giggling to himself at the eagerness they have over the film. It must have been good. Subconsciously, he begins tracing various shapes along the center of Moon’s stomach plating. Moon jolts in response, before attempting to relax again and biting back a laugh.

Moon glances down at Sun, realizing it by no means was intentional. Rather, it was far more likely that he was struggling to sit still or craving some sort of contact. He doesn’t push him away and continues biting back and any giggles or laughter that threaten to spill from his lips. Thankfully, it gets easier as the minutes pass by.

“I-I promise Eclipse! It was really good!” Ruin stammers slightly, excitement clear in his eyes as he continues to try to sway Eclipse. Autem grins wider, gently tapping Eclipse’s leg.

“He’s not lying to you. I think you would like it. Besides, why not have a movie night together?” Autem adds on, looking up at Eclipse who still appeared unconvinced.

“Yeah, Eclipse, just listen to ‘em!” Moon comments once more, which gets another look sent his way.

“Aren’t you supposed to be out on patrol soon or something?” Eclipse scoffs slightly with an eye roll towards Moon, before looking back at the other two and stating that maybe he would think about it.

Moon couldn’t deny that Eclipse did have a point. It was getting late. He glances down at Sun, who is still absentmindedly tracing along his stomach plate, though now it is soft rubbing rather than being as ticklish as it was before. “I should get up soon.” He speaks in a mutter to his twin. Though, he is slightly surprised when Sun doesn’t make a move to let him get up. If anything, his grip tightens.

“No,” comes a teasing reply, “You can’t.” Sun looks up at him with a grin. Moon knows that look, however, and beyond the teasing, there was something else. A slight plea for him to stay by the looks of it.

“I can and I will,” Moon teases back with fake irritation, attempting to pull his arm back to sit up. Sun doesn’t let that happen, instead rolling back to trap it beneath his back. Moon tugs a little harder in response, but Sun has his arm stuck under him.

“Can’t you just take one night off? What’s the worst that could happen?” Sun giggles slightly, resting his head along his counterpart's shoulder and getting as much physical contact with him as possible.

“Oh, I don’t know. Someone breaks in? A fire starts? A-” Moon begins listing off various reasons sarcastically but is cut off by his hitch of breath at a poke to his side. His eyes instantly lock onto Sun’s, whose expression is nothing less than mischievous.

“A what? What was that Moony?” Sun teases, trailing a finger up his side causing Moon to instantly tense up, his free hand shooting to cover his mouth as a laugh slips through.

“Sun, just what do you think you’re doing?” Moon shoots him a mock glare, just barely managing to keep himself still. The last thing he wanted was to get the others’ attention drawn to him.

“Convincing you to stay.” Sun giggles, trailing his finger up and down his side with barely any pressure. Moon desperately attempts to sit still in response. Of course, Sun wouldn’t give him any sort of relief and target there first.

“You know I cahan’t.” A giggle slips out against Moon’s will as he once again tugs at his trapped arm. He can feel his composure breaking rather quickly, much to his dismay.

Sun grins more, trailing his finger higher along the side of his plating. “Come on. Just for tonight.” His voice comes out in almost a teasing whine, once again pressing himself into his brother.

“I said noho-” another giggle slips. Moon is starting to care less about drawing attention toward himself and more about escaping his wiggling fingers. He tries one more time to aggressively yank his arm free from behind Sun’s back.

“I say yes. Don’t make me have to convince you.” Sun teases as his fingers move higher beneath his underarm plating and adding enough pressure to really make him squirm.

In response, a few more giggles begin to spill out. Now, they’re loud enough to start to get the attention of the other three. They all look over with various expressions of amusement at the scene.

“What’s going on over there?” Autem calls out, a devious smirk on her face as she watches Moon begin to squirm and struggle more and more, his face getting a slightly blue glow to it. Ruin looks at the scene with a nervous smile, while Eclipse seems to be enjoying watching Moon flail.

“Nohohothing!” Moon attempts to protest in a snap, though it is completely weakened by his giggling. Sun glances away from Moon to look at the other three with a shit-eating grin.

“I don’t think Moon needs to go on patrol tonight,” Sun states simply, not trying to hide his tickling as he moves back down towards the sides of Moon’s stomach to get him laughing. “I think he’s better off staying here with us. Don’t you think?”

Moon's giggles begin to turn into laughter now as he covers his mouth and throws his head slightly back into the pillows. “I-I think nohohoHOHOT! Suhuhun! Lehet mehe geheHEHET UHUHUP!”

Eclipse grins wide from where he’s sitting as he throws in a comment, “Eh, you’ve got a point. It’s just one night. Looks like he needs more convincing Sun,” as clear payback for his earlier teasing. It was Moon’s turn to shoot him a glare, though it was clearly weakened thanks to the laughter slipping past his lips. Moon continues squirming as his laughter begins to grow louder the closer Sun gets to his closer to his sides once more.

Sun’s eyes light up at Eclipse’s comment. It’s clear having a brother on his side is only motivating him more. “Eclipse has a point. I’ll let you up when you decide you’ll stay here with me.” He teases, clearly enjoying himself. He never lets up, despite Moon’s pleas as he adds, “Why don’t we have that movie night tonight, hmm?”

Both Ruin and Autem seem to agree almost instantly, as they speak in unison, “Yeah! Come on, Moon!”

Moon, however, is far too caught up in his own laughter when Sun finally strikes at his sides, scribbling relentlessly. “NOHOHO! SUHUHUN, NOHOHOT THEHEHERE!” He squeals.

Sun has to lean further back on his twin’s arm just to get him to stay still as he begins giggling himself. “It’s not that hard, Mohohoony! Just stay with us or else I’ll have to keep tickling these sides of yours forever.~” He speaks in a more quiet and purposely breathy tone near the side of his faceplate where his ears would be.

The dark blue hue on his face is visible to everyone now, as he finally squeals out, “FIHIHIHINE! FIHIHIHINE, JUHUHUST STOHOHOHOP! SUHUHUHUNSHIHIHINE!”

Sun, internally disappointed that his brother gave in so soon, finally relents. He sits up slightly to allow Moon to pull his arm back as he wraps it around himself in an effort to hide his sensitive spots. “Was that so hard?” Sun giggles, looking over to the other three. “Now let’s watch that movie!”

Autem eagerly moves to set up the movie that they had been discussing earlier, while Ruin settles himself beside Eclipse. An arm is wrapped around him as Eclipse holds him close.

Meanwhile, Moon glances over to Sun. “You’re going to regret that.” He purrs quietly, and if Sun’s slight yellow hue is anything to go by, he isn’t entirely against the idea. “Don’t think I haven’t figured you out. You’ve been following me around all day.”

Sun pouts slightly, once again relaxing against Moon’s shoulder. “Maybe I’ve just been bored.” He mumbles as Autem finishes preparing the movie, moving to join the others as it begins.

Moon can’t help but roll his eyes as he pulls Sun closer, purposely trailing his fingers up and down his side in order to get his brother to squirm and bury his face slightly into his side. “Right, right. You’re definitely not just in need of some physical affection from me or anything.”

Soft giggles escape Sun’s lips as he keeps his eyes trained on the movie. “I-I dohon’t know whahat you’re talking abohohout,” comes the quiet reply. Neither of them seem to notice Eclipse, Ruin, and Autem having taken note of their behavior tonight and quietly whispering and giggling to one another.

“Yes you do, Giggles. Don’t give me that. I deserve some revenge anyways, not that you’re going to complain,” comes the response as his fingers slip to Sun’s stomach causing louder, muffled laughs to slip past Sun’s hand which had shot up in an attempt to keep himself quiet.

“MohohohoHOHONY! The mohohohovie is ohohon, stohohop ihihiHIHIT!” He whines into his hand, though his complaints are clearly half-assed. He still keeps his eyes locked on the screen, though he is hardly paying attention to it.

“Shh…You’re distracting me. I’m trying to watch the movie.” comes the hushed reply, fingers moving faster if anything along the center of his stomach,

“IHIHIHIHIT’S NOHOHOHOT MY FAULT!” He squeals now, squirming against his brother's sides frantically, but every squirm is only causing him to press further into those torturous fingers.

“You’re not the only one that’s getting distracted,” Autem calls out, not that she seems to mind. As Moon glances over, it’s clear that nobody is even watching the film anymore. All of their eyes are on them.

“Hey, ignore us,” Moon grins, “Sun needs this.” The others all laugh at that, and Eclipse decides to pitch in.

“He does? Do you need any help?”

“Yeah, I don’t mind pitching in,” Autumn adds.

“I-I can help too! If everyone else is.” Ruin squeaks out.

Sun shakes his head frantically, while Moon hums out, “I don’t see why not.”

As the movie continues playing in the background, the others begin crawling over towards Moon and Sun’s side of the blankets. Sun squeaks, frantically giggling out protests as the others ignore them and move to assist Moon in giving Sun the attention he craves. Perhaps the movie will be replayed another night…

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