Follo is really easy to make fun of. (0.8k)
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A jumble of limbs and bodies on the rec room's couch isn't the image that comes up when people think of coordination, but Follo assures that you knew exactly what you were doing.
He huffs, pouting as his arm scrambles to land anywhere near your body, for your foot on his abdomen obstructed his goals. Despite his time being a Cleaner, fighting alongside Givers to disarm Trash Beasts and being much stronger than the average Groundling, his attempts to land a meaningful blow remained fruitless.
Your laughter fills the room as you swat his hand away, conveniently dashing his hopes of triumphing through sheer strength in a fell swoop.
He lifts himself from you for analysis, sitting backward against one of the armrests of the couch. He squints—you're no Trash Beast, but you are human. There has to be a pattern to your attacks somewhere...!
Follo lunges from his knees, planning to wield the element of surprise as he aims for your waist. His arms already launch to protect your head from the blunt force of the arm rest, and he's already hovering above you. Your arm already stretches out, grasping at his shoulder to pull him down. At the same time, Follo tries to leverage his surprisingly gentle hold on your head to pour all the strength in his arm to corner you against the backing of the couch.
Unfortunately, he feels the all too familiar foot on his stomach.
His first instinct was to start begging, "Please, let me have this!" but it remained caught in his throat. No, his stubbornness must overpower yours. His pride was on the line.
He hears a muffled snicker that as he looks up, snuck past the fingers covering your mouth. Even if he couldn't hear it, your eyes said it all as they creased at the outer corners, failing to hide your smile. The gap in your defense couldn't help but make him mirror your grin, in spite of the poorly disguised taunt.
And dammit, he fell for it.
However, his naïveté regarding overpowering your endearing self only through sheer willpower actually led to a break through for this particular swing of his arm. He thought it was another one of his futile attempts since his fingers only barely brushed against your torso. Strangely enough, you shriveled up—your torso bent and your thigh shot up to protect from future attacks. You even went as far as to physically turn away from him, leaving the other side of your torso open.
"Oh?" His smile spread a bit more sinisterly, just barely brushing his fingers against the side of your stomach again before you reacted the same way.
There was no mercy left within Follo as he advanced on both sides, tickling you to oblivion as you kicked your feet against the couch, both your and his laughter echoing from the walls of the rec room as if the two of you were the only people in the world.
"Gah—Follo!" You screamed, trying to regain the upper hand you had by pushing at his legs with yous, but to no avail.
"Yeah?" He replied casually, more focused on winning rather than listening to your cries. This was it: his first victory. All he had to do was wear down your hope from escaping his tickles until—wait, what were you—
He was in for an absolute shocker as you managed to grab at his face out of nowhere, like if you threw a slice of cheese at his forehead all of a sudden. Taking advantage of his system resetting, you escaped from the gap away from the couch and under his body, shoving his body against the backing as you stole his position above you, a shadow cast along the length of your body and by extension, on to him.
Terrifying.
At the same time, it was really, really hard not to burst into a fit of laughter from all angles of the situation once the two of you managed to gather your bearings. The sight was the same whether looking through the eyes of you, Follo, or the random Cleaner who was probably passing through, as you managed to trap him by spreading your limbs like a web on the top of the couch and at the seating cushioned part.
His chest rose and fell with a deep gap in between as his golden gaze stared into yours. A few seconds pass, and a small chuckle escapes from his lips.
He wasn't sure how he thought the outcome would come out any differently this time.
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