#lee!rio

You nodded, pulling out your textbook to look at the chart. It didn’t help that you were a perfectionist and had anxiety about getting everything wrong. 

The two of you were studying for a couple of hours, occasionally getting up to refill your coffee mugs. Your mind was a blur, and you needed a break more than ever.

“Hey Rio, do you mind if I take a break?”

“Sure. Maybe we can work on our physical exam skills after so we don’t have to keep staring at these word salads,” Rio said with a chuckle.

After you took a break and refocused, you returned to Rio. She was waiting on the couch for you.

“Who’s gonna be patient X?” Rio asked.

“Patient X?”

“Yeah, patient X. Who’s the first victim of the exam?” Rio joked.

“Rio, I thought we said no more death jokes.”

“Eh, you can never have too many.” Rio shrugged.

“Fine, you can go first since I don’t feel very confident in my skills,” you said.

“Sit down.”

You sat down on the couch, now feeling a little nervous. 

Rio took her stethoscope out to listen to your heart and lungs. You secretly hoped that she couldn’t tell that your heartbeat was faster than usual. She then started to feel your neck and shoulders for lumps or abnormalities.

Instinctively, you scrunched up your nose, as it tickled slightly. You tried your best to control it, but with someone as observant as Rio, you knew she would notice. 

“Does that tickle?” Rio asked, giggling slightly. You hesitated before responding. The way she asked didn’t sound malicious, mostly just genuine curiosity.

“No,” you said softly, feeling small in her presence.

“Hmm, I don’t know if I believe you,” Rio teased, as your face turned red. 

“Lie down,” Rio demanded. 

You laid down, dreading the rest of the exam.

She began to press firmly on your belly, making you jolt in surprise.

“I don’t think you’re doing it right,” you insisted.

“Nonsense, of course I’m doing it right,” Rio said, now pressing on your sides. You let out a snort, much to her amusement.

“Are you sure you’re not ticklish? I’m not trying to tickle you,” Rio commented, as you shook your head stubbornly.

“Fine, I’m almost done and then we can switch.” 

Rio then suddenly ran her finger up the bottom of your foot, as you instinctively scrunched up your toes.

“Seems like your Babinski reflex is working well,” Rio said while smirking.

“Whatever, just let me try,” you said, now swapping spots with her. 

You went through the exam skills with her, and unlike you, she didn’t flinch at all.

“It’s okay, Y/N, some people are just more sensitive than others.”

You scowled, knowing that this time, she wasn’t trying to be considerate. However, if you were gonna explore this more, this was the perfect opportunity. She was still laying on the couch, unaware of your scheming. 

You quickly pounced on her, taking her by surprise. 

“Y/N! What are you doing?!” Rio exclaimed.

“I’m just practicing my hands-on skills,” you teased, digging into her ribs. 

Rio let out a squeal, demanding that you get off of her through her laughter. 

“Ooooh looks like I’m not the only one who’s ticklish,” you teased her, as she struggled underneath you.

“Y/N IHIHIM GONNA KIHILL YOHOU!”

“Eh, I think I’m safe.” You moved your hands down, kneading her hips and almost falling off of her from how hard she bucked. Her laughter rang out through the room, and you had never seen her smile so wide. 

You took a chance and reached back, squeezing up and down her thighs and knees. That drove her nuts, causing you to fall on top of her chest. You quickly scrambled to try and get off of her, but unfortunately, she was faster and flipped you over onto the floor.

“Wait Rio!” You exclaimed, as she pinned both of your hands above your head.

“How dare you try to tickle me,” Rio shamed you playfully, as you felt really exposed just lying there with all of your spots open.

“You started it!” You insisted, as Rio just shook her head.

“Well, I already know you’re ticklish and you’ve had your fun, you brat,” Rio said, as you felt her grip tighten around your wrists.

She then sat down on your waist, using her other hand to tickle your tummy.

You whined, giggling against your will as she chuckled at your reaction.

“Where’s your most ticklish spot?” Rio asked, grinning as she moved her hand down to your lower waist, making you kick and twist.

“IHIHIM NOHOHOT TEHEHELLING!” You shouted stubbornly through your laughter.

“But I need to know because you’re so stressed and I have to make you laugh,” Rio said, now tickling your armpits, making you shriek.

“RIHIHIO! STAHAHAP!”

She ignored your request, now using her nails to tickle your neck and ears. You let out a grunt of frustration, before bursting into cute little giggles.

It seemed as if Rio was smiling and laughing more when she tickled you rather than when she was being tickled.

She let go of your wrists, now using both of her hands to tickle your sides. No matter how hard you tried, her wrists wouldn’t move and she kept squeezing, driving you nuts. Tears began to form in your eyes, as you begged her to stop.

“I’ll stop if you tell me your worst spot,” Rio countered.

“FINE! MY FEHEET!” You cried. 

Rio nodded, moving to sit on your shins, as you desperately tried to catch your breath.

“Why are you doing this?” You whined.

“Because you tickled me first, brat.” 

With that, she began to drag her nails over your bare feet, as you twitched and squirmed under her touch.

“I have so much power over you,” Rio teased, using one nail to tickle your heels. 

You let out a screech, trying to throw her off of you.

“Nice try Y/N,” Rio said, as she began to tickle your toes.

“OHOOKAHAY RIO STAHAHAP PLEHEHEASE!” You belted out, wiggling and scrunching your toes in an attempt to escape her evil nails.

“Oh it’s so fun when you do that,” Rio said, tapping your toes teasingly. With that, you tapped out, begging her to stop once and for all.

“Umm, no I just wanted to chat for a little bit if that’s alright,” you answered.

“Chatting is for losers,” Rio said back, trying to walk quicker to get away from you.

You took this opportunity to break the ice.

“Are you calling me a loser?” You asked playfully.

Rio glanced at you while saying yes. 

“Hey! I am not a loser!” You insisted, poking her lightly in the ribs.

She flinched away, her mouth contorting awkwardly to suppress her yelp. 

Your eyes quickly met, but before you could Rio pressed her hand against your mouth to prevent you from asking any other questions and pinned you to the ground. 

“You don’t say a thing about what you just saw. Got it rookie?” Rio said.

“But I just have questions,” you answered truthfully, struggling to escape her pin. 

“That’s also for losers,” Rio said, with the faintest hint of a smile on her face.

“But didn’t you just ask a question? You said ‘got it rookie?’,” you stated triumphantly. 

Rio narrowed her eyes at you, before using her free hand to tickle your side.

“AHAHA RIO STAHAHAP!” You squealed, jerking around in her grasp.

“I’ll stop when I want to,” Rio said, now using her hand to claw at your tummy.

“PLEHEHEASE IHIHIM SOHORRY!” You apologized, as Rio reluctantly accepted your apology and let you go.

You quickly sat up now, knowing your next move.

“You still don’t know why I wanted to chat, but now you’ve set it up perfectly,” you said, as you flipped Rio over and pinned her by sitting on her waist. You had both of her wrists in your hand at this moment.

“Rookie, what are you doing?” Rio asked in confusion. 

“I wanted to know why you don’t ever smile,” you asked, giving her puppy dog eyes, hoping this would soften her. 

Rio rolled her eyes, knowing that you wouldn’t let her go until you got a satisfying answer.

“I don’t know…it’s a mix of things,” Rio said, avoiding eye contact. 

You suddenly frowned, seeing that it was more than just something playful.

“Well, you can tell me if you want,” you said comfortingly.

“You’re not really giving me much of a choice, are you?” Rio said.

“Nope, but I see you’ve done another loser tactic of asking a question,” you teased, reaching down to poke her torso.

Rio squirmed underneath you, fighting any giggles that were trying to escape. 

“Rookie! Stop it!” Rio demanded. You giggled in glee, knowing it was much more fun to be the tickler than the ticklee. 

“Tell meeee,” you insisted.

“Ugh fine, you pest. It’s two things actually. One, I’m literally death. That’s nothing to smile about and my dark persona fits with who I am. And two…,” Rio trailed off for a bit, glancing at you to see if you wanted more.

“You don’t have to say the rest if you don’t want to,” you said, knowing that she felt uncomfortable.

“Well, you deserve to know. Especially since I feel we’ve gotten a bit closer in the last few days,” Rio said. You nodded in agreement.

“It’s silly and dumb, but I don’t like the way my smile looks. I don’t like the small gap in my front two teeth. It just reminds me that I’m not perfect,” Rio said with a sigh.

You raised your eyebrows at her, not expecting that to be her answer. 

“Rio, you’re literally the Green Witch. Nobody else can do what you do. Your smile doesn’t change that, and nobody is perfect,” you said.

“It’s just an insecurity I guess,” Rio said.

“Can I see it? I’m sure it’s beautiful and fits you so perfectly,” you said genuinely. 

Rio looked at you for a bit before she said no. However, you saw her smirk slightly, giving you the signal that she would allow it, but you would have to work for it.

“You little minx!” You teased, now forcefully pinning her arms above her head.

“Just know that you revealed a perfect way to get you to smile. So I’m in charge right now,” you said to Rio, as she just rolled her eyes and shook her head.

“What? You don’t think I could be in charge?” You asked.

Rio shook her head without a missed beat or change of expression. You narrowed your eyes at her, looking down to see where you should tickle her first.

You knew her ribs were ticklish from the poke earlier, so you decided to start there, lightly digging in. 

You felt Rio jolt against you, a good sign indeed. She clamped her mouth shut tight, fighting a smile off. 

“Awww, come on Rio, just let those giggles out,” you teased, moving your hands up towards her upper ribs.

You saw her eyes widen a bit, giving you the answer you needed. 

“Ooooh the upper ribs are a weakness huh?” You asked, using one finger to tickle in between her uppermost ribs.

She kicked and jerked underneath you, clearly struggling to not laugh.

“Let me see that beautiful smile!” You insisted, now using both hands to tickle into her armpits.

Rio couldn’t take it anymore, bursting into loud, beautiful laughter.

“OHOHKAY ENOUGH PLEHEHEASE!” She begged, trapping your hands in her underarms. 

“THERE’S THAT SMILE!” You shouted in glee, taking it all in. You hardly noticed the gap in her teeth. What you noticed most was how her cheek bones lifted when she smiled. She really was beautiful. 

“IHIHI HAHAHATE YOHOHOU!” Rio shouted, as you reached up to tickle the side of her neck. You giggled as she scrunched up with a squeal.

“But your smile is beautiful, I just don’t think I can stop tickling you,” you teased.

Rio had enough and sent you flying off of her with a spell.

You landed in a pile of leaves unscathed.

You looked around for Rio but couldn’t find her anywhere.

“Rio? Where did you go?” You called out, now suddenly scared and unaware of where you were. 

You gasped as Rio flew in and grabbed you by surprise. Before you could comprehend what happened, some vines wrapped around you and the next thing you knew, you were tied against a tree.

“Rio! What the heck is happening!?!” You questioned.

“What’s happening is, I don’t let people like you get away with what you just did,” Rio said, now flashing a full, teasy smile. 

“You are evil!” You cried, tugging to see if you could get out of the vine that was wrapped around your body. 

“You like that I’m evil,” Rio teased.

“Yeah so does Agatha,” you muttered under your breath.

“What was that?”

“Nothing!” You exclaimed, eyes darting away from her.

“Really?” Rio asked, bending down to take a feather across the soles of your feet. 

“Nohoho! Dohohon’t doho thahahat!” You giggled, kicking your feet as much as you could. 

“Oh don’t do what? Tickle your sensitive little feet?” Rio asked.

“Yes!” You shouted.

“Well if you insist!” Rio said, using the feather on one foot, while spidering over the other with her fingers.

You jumped due to the change in sensation, bursting out in laughter.

“OHOHO MY GOHOD RIO! STAHAHAP THIHIS NOHOW!” You demanded, unable to move anything but your feet.

“You should’ve thought twice before messing with me, Rookie. Just remember, I’m death. This could be your fate. Maybe I’m tickling you to death,” Rio said flatly. 

You whined in protest, as she continued to torment your feet. 

“You ready for this next part?” Rio asked.

“No,” you said, dreading what was coming next. 

“This will teach you to never tickle me again,” Rio said threateningly, as she used both hands to tickle over the tops of your feet, making you scream and shout in protest. The tops were far worse than the bottoms of your feet.

“RIO STAHAHAP PLEHEHEASE IHIHIT TIHICKLES TOO MUHUHUCH!” You cried, feeling tears well up in your eyes.

“Oh that tickles? Why didn’t you tell me?” Rio teased now focusing on the tops of your toes, making you beg and cry uncle multiple times.

“Not so tough, are you?” Rio asked, finally letting up.

“I hate you so much,” you said while panting.

“You what?” Rio asked, dragging her nail across your collar bone.

“NO PLEASE!” You scrunched up any way you could, dissolving into pathetic giggles from her one finger. 

“Jeez, no need to overreact,” Rio laughed.

“I’m really ticklish,” you pouted, hoping to get her sympathy.

“Oh yeah, from that reaction alone I can tell,” Rio said, running her nail along it again to mess with you.

“RIO I SWEAR!” You shouted through your giggles.

“Alright, I’ve tortured you enough,” Rio said, as the vines unraveled and set you free.

“And Rookie. If you tell anyone about my smile or about my ticklishness, I will tickle you endlessly until you die,” Rio threatened.

“But you wouldn’t,” Agatha smirked, thinking back to any embarrassing secrets she had on Rio.

“Well I will start by saying, Rio is not as scary as she seems. Yes she’s technically ‘death’ but on the inside she’s softer than a cinnamon roll!” Agatha said, earning a laugh from the coven. Rio gritted her teeth knowing where Agatha was going with this.

“Yeah and you’re softer than charmin toilet paper,” Rio spat back, but Agatha was determined to continue.

“Anyway, one time we were on a date and she kept being teasy and hinting about the stuff we were gonna do after in bed. And I got so annoyed and wanted to just shut her up. It was a random spark but I decided to tickle her.” Agatha said with a small giggle.

The whole coven gasped in shock, thinking Agatha was insane for even daring to do that.

“And what happened when you did that?” Jen asked.

“Oh she just let out the cutest squeal EVER! I squeezed her side and she jerked away. I had never seen her face turn redder.” Agatha said.

Rio stood up from her seat and lunged for Agatha. Not as an attempt to harm or kill, but just enough to stop her from spilling anything more embarrassing.

Agatha was quicker though, reaching out to tweak her right in the upper ribs, causing her to yelp and lose her balance.

Agatha caught her by the wrist, not fully letting her down but not letting her stand up.

“You have two options. You can face the consequences for trying to hurt me, or you can gracefully accept the fact that you are a ticklish little softie,” Agatha said, as the coven looked on in amusement.

“Option three, I bash your teeth in,” Rio said, as Agatha suddenly dropped her to the ground gently, pinning her arms to her sides with her knees.

“Ladies and the one gentleman, I will now demonstrate my next magic act. How to make Rio submit,” Agatha said, an evil smirk growing on her face.

Rio had too much pride and ego to beg but she really wanted to at this point.

“Any last words?”

“Fuck off Agatha.”

With that, Agatha started to dig into Rio’s sides making her flinch and scrunch her face up. There was no way she would let everyone know her secrets.

“Awww come on cinnamon roll, laugh for me,” Agatha teased, moving her hands up to her ribs.

A smile grew on Rio’s face, but she was desperate to not let her laughter out.

“Do I have to pull out my secret weapon?” Agatha asked.

Rio shook her head desperately, struggling to throw Agatha off of her.

“3…2…1,” Agatha counted down, before leaning down to blow a raspberry on her tummy.

“AGAHAHATHA YOHOU EHEHVIL BIHITCH,” Rio burst out laughing.

“See what I mean guys? Not scary at all. She loves raspberries,” Agatha commented, now giving her a raspberry on her neck.

What followed was a bunch of uncharacteristic begging and squealing, as Rio hated being embarrassed. She was usually the one embarrassing Agatha.

Agatha wormed her hands into her underarms, making Rio spill more giggles against her will.

“She’s not even fighting back,” Billy whispered to Alice.

“Because she loves it!” Agatha commented, reaching down to lightly scratch over her waist.

“ENOHOUGH PLEHEHEASE!” Rio finally begged.

“Did you just beg?!?” Agatha said, grinning wildly.

Rio thought for a moment, knowing that saying either yes or no would not be a good option for her. Rio just shook her head, still hysterical with laughter.

“Okay, well I didn’t want to have to play this card but you made me,” Agatha said, scooting down to sit on her shins.

“AGATHA NO!” Rio pleaded, trying to sit up.

“Billy come make yourself useful and hold her down so she can’t sit up,” Agatha commanded.

“If you do that, you’re next,” Rio threatened, as Billy looked unsure. Facing the wrath of the witches was never pleasant (maybe sometimes).

“Billy, look how easily I can overpower her. You’re fine under my protection,” Agatha assured him. With that, Billy decided to help Agatha, as Rio cursed him.

“Are you ready?” Agatha asked.

“I’m ready to get my revenge on you,” Rio said.

“That’s if I ever let you up,” Agatha teased, now using both hands to squeeze her thighs, making her erupt in laughter and swears all mixed in.

“NOHOHO STAHAHAHAP PLEHEHEASE!” Rio begged again.

“Does that tickle?” Agatha teased.

“YEHEHES NOHOW LEHEHET MEHEHE GOHOHO,” Rio cried.

“Hmm maybe I will if you admit you’re soft and not scary,” Agatha said while pondering.

Rio continued to laugh, refusing to say that.

“I figured,” Agatha said, now running her nails over Rio’s bare feet.

“OKAHAY IHIM SOFT NOHOHOT SCAHARY!” Rio shouted.

“Aaaand scene. Magic act is over,” Agatha said, giggling at Rio’s disheveled state.

“Whose dumb idea was it that we had to be barefoot on the road,” Rio complained.

“Isn’t it amazing how all these houses and buildings are created on the road?” The teen asked you.

“It is quite impressive. Whoever made this road must be the craftiest of them all!” You exclaimed. 

You both stared in awe at the large windows that overpowered the living room, letting in the optimal amount of light to make the home look more modern.

“Can you believe how many rooms are in this house?” You asked the teen, as you two pushed open the door to what you believed was the master bedroom. 

The teen was about to respond, but you quickly covered his mouth as you both quickly moved out of view. 

“Just like old times, right?” Rio said to Agatha.

“No, Rio.” Agatha said flatly.

“I’m here to get my powers back. I’m not here to play your silly little games,” Agatha said sternly. 

“But last time I heard, you loved my silly little games,” Rio said with a small giggle. 

You heard Agatha sigh loudly, as the two of you tried to peek through the small crack to get a better view of what was going on. 

“Come here,” Rio said enticingly.

“Shut up, Rio,” Agatha said, pacing around now to pretend as if she was planning the coven’s next move.

“Agatha.” Rio said threateningly.

You and the teen both covered up your mouths to prevent the giggles from escaping your lips, as it was uncommon to see Agatha being bossed around.

You both watched, as Rio suddenly pulled Agatha down to the bed with her, making you both gasp in excitement. Unfortunately, your gasps were a little too loud, and they had both heard and quickly sat up, bolting over to the door. The teen took off running to anywhere in the house but there. However, you were too shocked at what had just happened, so your legs froze and you ended up not running or hiding anywhere. 

The door quickly swung open, and you were met with two pairs of eyes staring you down intensely. 

“Y/N! What are you doing outside this room?” Agatha demanded.

“Oh me? I was just uh, looking for the rest of the gang, heheh,” you said nervously. 

“You’re a terrible liar,” Rio said bluntly, as Agatha dragged you into the room and shut the door. 

They sat you on the bed before speaking.

“Tell us what you heard and saw,” Agatha said.

“Oh, what I didn’t hear anything or see anything. I was just passing by,” you lied.

“Strike one,” Rio said flatly. 

“Hey! I was telling the truth!” You insisted.

“Yeah, that’s why you gasped and someone else took off running,” Agatha said, with an unamused eye roll.

“Okay fine, maybe I heard you two flirting and maybe also saw you guys about to make out,” you said defensively with a shrug. 

Agatha narrowed her eyes at you.

“Is that what you think you saw?” She asked.

“No, that’s what I know I saw,” you said cheekily. 

They both rolled their eyes.

“Hey look at that, you guys are so in sync,” you teased again.

“You wanna keep poking the bear?” Agatha asked.

You thought for a moment before shrugging, earning another sigh.

“Look Y/N, what happens between me and Agatha is between me and Agatha,” Rio stated clearly. 

You looked between the two of them, before speaking.

“Well yeah, clearly it’s between you two,” you said with a giggle, implying that you meant physically. 

“Also it’s Agatha and me not me and Agatha,” you corrected Rio. 

“Oh that’s it. You’ve gone way past three strikes,” Rio said, as your eyes widened in fear. 

“Wait what happens after three strikes?” You asked, starting to back away from the two of them.

“You feel our wrath,” Agatha said, as they both bombarded you with a tickle attack.

“NO WAIHAHAIT STAHAHAP,” you pleaded, trying to swat their hands away.

No matter how hard you tried, there was no way to defend yourself against four hands. 

“This is what you get for poking the bear!” Agatha exclaimed, digging her thumbs into your ribs, making you howl with laughter. 

Rio was busy holding your legs down so you wouldn’t kick her in the face. She now decided to sit on your legs and begin tickling your feet, causing you to scream with laughter.

“ALRIHIHIGHT STAHAHAP PLEHEHEASE IM SOHORRY,” you yelped.

“Stop? We’re just getting started,” Rio said with a smirk, gently scratching her nails along the soles of your feet. 

The two of them eventually gave you a break, but they weren’t done yet. 

“We gotta make sure we find out all your spots so we have them handy,” Agatha insisted. 

“What do you mean? You asked.

“It means, some spots are better suited for some situations. If you’re being cheeky, that calls for a pinch to the side. If you’re sad or need cheering up we better go for the feet to really get you laughing. And if you are being an extreme brat then we go for your death spot. Which we’re gonna find out soon,” Rio said, smiling at you evilly. 

“Alright Green Witch,” you said, as Rio gave your knee a squeeze, causing you to yelp and jump out of your skin.

“See? Need a spot for everything,” Rio said, as Agatha nodded in agreement.

“On the same page again, I see,” you teased the two of them.

Without another word, Rio moved to bring your arms up above your head, as Agatha sat on your waist.

“NO! I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE GONNA DO!” You shouted, quickly trying to squirm away. 

“And what is that?” Agatha asked.

“Tickle my armpits!” You cried.

“Well dear since you asked so nicely I guess I will,” Agatha said, giving an evil laugh as you fell into her trap. With that her nails started to scratch away at your exposed armpits.

“AGATHA! STAHAHAP!”

“You better not expose Rio and me to the others,” Agatha warned.

“THEY ALREHEHEADY KNOHOW,” you shouted, wanting to get your armpits away from those evil fingers. 

This only made her tickle you harder, bringing in a fresh new wave of laughter. 

“OHOKAY STAHAHAP IHIM SOHORRY IHIHIHI WOHONT TELL PLEHEHEASE,” you pleaded, growing redder by the minute.

“Hmm, okay I’ll believe you for now,” Agatha said, as Rio released your arms. 

You lay there catching your breath when Rio suddenly spoke up.

“What about you Agatha?” 

“What about me,” Agatha spat back.

“Are you ticklish? Might be a good way to get you to submit,” Rio said while grinning. 

You were genuinely curious about this too, but were worried that saying anything else would get you pinned and wrecked again. 

“No, that’s for wimps,” Agatha scoffed. 

“Exactly,” Rio said, now tackling Agatha and tickling her sides.

To your surprise, she burst out into laughter almost immediately, a side of her you hardly ever saw. Usually she was only laughing at people. 

“Oh what’s this? The big bad witch is ticklish?” Rio asked while grinning. 

“NOHOHO SHUHUT UP!” Agatha cackled, as Rio then dug into her hips.

You watched from the side in amusement, tempted to jump in and tickle her. However, your thoughts then turned into questioning whether Rio was ticklish. Although the two witches were both usually stoic and composed, Rio was just a bit harder to crack. 

You were looking for an opening while Agatha was still a laughing mess, cursing out Rio with every word you could think of.

“YOU AHAHASSHOLE,” Agatha shouted, trying to throw punches at Rio.

“Yeah, but I’m your asshole,” Rio teased, dancing her fingers over Agatha’s stomach and ribs.

You saw that Rio’s foot was left completely unguarded, as she was currently on her knees with her feet behind her. Part of you wanted to test, but the worst case scenario was that she wasn’t ticklish and would flip the tables back onto you. 

You decided to reach out and drag a nail down her foot, which to your delight, caused her to jerk her foot away, giving Agatha the chance to escape. 

“Well, looks like you’re useful for something,” Agatha said, as she got up hastily. 

“Not my fault you were too busy getting tickled,” you said, quickly blocking her attack to tickle your side. 

“Rio, you’re the only one who hasn’t been tickled,” you stated.

“And it’s gonna stay that way,” Rio said flatly. 

“You know, you’re real tough and confident, but I’d just love to see you giggle,” you teased. You gave Agatha a look to help you, as you knew she was the secret weapon.

“I wanna see you giggle too…honey,” Agatha added, making Rio blush against her will.

“You know, I’d love to but unfortunately I’m not ticklish,” Rio said.

You eyed her carefully before pouncing on her, while Agatha helped pin her. 

“Get off of me!” Rio demanded.

“Not a chance,” you said, now kneading her thighs, causing her face to scrunch up. She was fighting for her life to not laugh, but you knew you would break her soon.

Agatha smirked, and began tickling Rio’s neck, making her burst into rare high-pitched giggles. 

“Don’t think I forgot your secret spot,” Agatha whispered in her ear, making her giggle even more and swat at her.

“Ihihim gonna kihihill bohoth of youhou!” Rio exclaimed through her laughter. 

“Really?” You asked, now blowing a raspberry on her stomach and poking in between her ribs, making her laugh hysterically now.

“Y/N STAHAHAHAP IHIHI MEHEHEAN IHIHIT!” Rio shouted.

“Wow, you’re really not that scary when you’re a ticklish mess,” Agatha commented, making Rio kick out in frustration. 

You eventually got scared of Rio’s threats and decided to let her up.

“So now you guys can’t use this against me. Because I’ve got two things against you. Your little secret love and the fact that you’re both hilariously ticklish,” you teased.

“Oh don’t even, Y/N. You’re way more ticklish than both of us,” Rio said, threatening to tickle you again to prove her point.

You yelped and quickly hid behind a pillow.

“Who else was with you when you were spying?” Agatha asked.

You thought for a moment. You were slightly mad that the teen ditched you and made you take the punishment alone. But you were partly glad since it led to these new discoveries. 

“Don’t lie Y/N, we can definitely tell,” Rio said. 

She began to softly spider tickle your stomach, making you squeal and quickly admit that the teen was also with you.

“Interesting,” Agatha said thoughtfully. 

“Oh well, time to count your ribs then,” Rio said, out of the blue.

“W-wait w-what why?” You asked, as the three way tickle fight started all over again. 

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“Hey woah, I’m just trying to make conversation and make this easier on both of us,” Rio said, putting her hands up defensively. 

“Oh really? You want to make it easier? Why didn't you make it easier by not showing up?” Agatha asked harshly.

As strong as Rio was, she was taken aback by these words, wondering if Agatha still really hated her as much as she portrayed.

“You guys summoned me here. I had no choice,” Rio said flatly. 

Agatha sunk her shoulders slightly forward, knowing that the stress of conquering the road and getting her powers back had made her lash out. There was still part of her deep down inside that cared so much for Rio. She just didn’t know how to express it properly.

After some silence, Agatha spoke up, trying to make things better.

“Did you ever think of me after we split up?” Agatha asked cautiously.

Rio looked out into the distance, biting her lip slightly.

“A little,” Rio admitted.

“Do you?” Rio asked.

“Yes,” Agatha said with a sigh.

“I remember when I first met you. You were hardly the witch you are today,” Rio commented.

“I’m not gonna be a witch again until I get my powers back,” Agatha said.

“Well don’t let me distract you from that,” Rio said.

“I knew you were trying to while riding that stupid stick broom,” Agatha said with disgust.

“Who, me?” Rio asked innocently.

“Don’t try me,” Agatha said. 

Rio gave out a rare chuckle, missing the banter and teasing that used to coat all of their conversations. 

“Do you remember pain?” Rio asked suddenly.

“Physical or emotional?” Agatha asked, making Rio feel guilty.

“I guess I meant physical,” Rio mumbled.

“I’m not sure honestly. After Wanda took my powers and put me under that spell, I don’t even remember certain things,” Agatha said, a slight sadness coating her voice. 

“I’m sorry if I hurt you emotionally. I was trying to protect you and do what’s best for us. I guess I was wrong about that,” Rio confessed. 

“Well, it’s all in the past, right?” Agatha said, as Rio nodded.

“We can work on building the future,” Rio said.

“So do you feel anything at all?” Rio asked.

“What?” Agatha asked, not knowing that they were still on that topic.

“Well you know, other things besides pain,” Rio said.

“What exactly are you getting at?” Agatha asked, suspicious of what Rio was getting at, but not wanting to suggest it in case she was wrong.

“Oh, I don’t know, like if a bug is on you, would you feel that? You know, for defense and protection purposes,” Rio said, looking at the fire.

Agatha smirked, knowing exactly what she was getting at.

“You mean like this?” Agatha asked, placing a spider from the road on Rio’s arm, making her let out an uncharacteristic scream.

“AGATHA!” Rio shouted, jumping up and flicking the bug off of her. Agatha let out a cackle, happy with her success of turning the tables on Rio.

“Did that tickle?” Agatha asked.

“No! I just don’t like poisonous creatures on me,” Rio scoffed.

“You’re just mad I was one step ahead of you,” Agatha said, still chuckling at her reaction. 

Rio got up to move out of her reach, but let out a yelp in pain, as she was barefoot and had stepped on something sharp.

“What’s wrong?” Agatha asked, now genuinely concerned.

“I think I stepped on some sharp thing. This road sucks,” Rio said, checking to see if she was bleeding. 

Agatha walked over to see what it was. She cautiously put her foot on the spot where Rio got hurt. To her surprise, she didn’t feel pain at all. However, much to her dismay, she felt a small tingle on the bottom of her foot. 

Agatha cursed silently in her head when she quickly picked her foot up and removed it from the object. Unfortunately, Rio had seen all of this and it was now her turn to smirk. 

“So I was right. Pain kinda tickles for you, doesn’t it?” Rio asked, walking towards her.

Agatha quickly backed up. “Wait, no let’s talk about this.”

“Too late,” Rio said, using her powers to gently knock Agatha over and then pin her.

“Get off of me you hag!” Agatha exclaimed.

“Wow, your vocab really shines when you’re scared,” Rio teased, as Agatha was pinned face down. Rio moved to sit on her calves, giving her full access to her feet.

“Rio I mean it! This is your last warning!” Agatha shouted.

“Better keep quiet, the others are sleeping. You wouldn’t want them finding out about this would you?” Rio asked, now skittering her nails over Agatha’s soles.

Agatha tried her hardest to keep her laugh in, giggles, snorts and yelps all escaping her lips.

“Come on Agatha, just let it out,” Rio demanded, moving up to tickle under her toes.

This made Agatha lose it, bursting into hysterical laughter, very fitting for a witch. 

“RIHIHIO! STAHAHAP NOW!!” Agatha demanded, not being so scary anymore.

“So you are still ticklish huh?” Rio asked, knowing how much Agatha hated this. 

“NOHOHO NOW GEHEHET OHOHOFF,” Agatha squealed out.

“Hmm, no I think I still have some other spots to check,” Rio said, now turning around to tickle her sides and ribs. Agatha cursed and went into a new fit of laughter.

Her laughter was so loud that neither one of them noticed that it had woken up the others in the coven and they had come over to see what all the noise was about. Billy, Lilia, Alice, and Jen were all hiding behind some bushes so they wouldn’t be seen.

“What on earth is happening?” Lilia asked, genuinely concerned.

“I guess the big bad witch is…ticklish?” Jen answered, as all of them were not used to this rare sight.

Rio finally had mercy on Agatha when she threatened to spill all her secrets to the public.

Rio chuckled, getting off of Agatha. “I can’t believe you’re that ticklish!” Rio exclaimed.

“Yeah? How ticklish are you huh? Don’t think you can fool me with that whole spiel about poisonous bugs,” Agatha said, tackling Rio and pinning her on her back.

“Of course you decided to pin me where my boobs are right in your face,” Rio said with an eye roll. That set Agatha off, immediately reaching down to tickle her ribs.

“NO WAHAHAIT,” Rio pleaded.

“Not so tough now?” Agatha asked, loving to see Rio’s rare toothy grin.

“IHIH AHAHAM TOHOUGH,” Rio giggled out, not making a very strong case.

“Really? Tough enough to handle tickles on your armpits?” Agatha asked, moving her hands up and making Rio scream and thrash as much as she could.

“STAHAHAHAP PLEHEHEASE,” Rio shouted, hating the sensation and hating the fact that she couldn’t appear tough. 

“Don’t forget who’s in charge,” Agatha whispered in her ear, making her flinch.

“YOHOURE THE BOHOTTOM,” Rio argued back, but was quickly cut off, as Agatha began to spider over her tummy and squeeze her hips.

“OKAHAHAY STAHAHAP MEHERCY,” Rio quickly pleaded, as Agatha smirked triumphantly.

“I win again, just like old times,” Agatha said, taunting her by booping her nose. The gesture was so utterly unlike Agatha it made the whole coven gasp.

“What was that?” Agatha asked quickly, now fearing that the Salem seven had returned. Rio and Agatha quickly had their guard up, scanning the area. The coven tried to quickly disperse and pretend like they were sleeping, however, Lilia tripped over a rock when trying to escape. Jen gasped and quickly caught her, but the commotion was too much.

“Lilia!” Jen hissed at her.

“I’m sorry but there’s common misconceptions about witches and one of them is that we are perfectly graceful. I’m proof that we are not,” Lilia explained, as Alice hushed them and told them to get down. Agatha and Rio were getting closer.

The wind began to blow slightly, stirring the leaves around them. A leaf blew past Billy’s head, making him scream as he thought it was a bat. 

“AAAAAHHH! IM TOO PRETTY TO DIE!” Teen screamed, making all the others scream and run.

“What the,” Agatha commented, watching her coven disperse in different directions.

“HEY!” Agatha shouted, making them all stop and turn.

“Were you spying on us?” Agatha asked in disbelief.

“I don’t think spying is the right word,” Billy said with a small chuckle.

“We just may have seen your tickle fight, but it was so cute, so there’s nothing to be embarrassed about,” Alice explained, sugar coating it as much as she could.

“I would’ve gotten rid of all of you by now if I wasn’t on the road,” Agatha scoffed, as Rio chuckled softly. 

“Hey, don’t laugh, they saw you too. You’re worse than me!” Agatha argued to Rio.

“You’re the only one here who’s embarrassed by it though,” Rio commented, smirking as she saw Agatha blush.

“Can we just continue on with the road? I’m not here to bond with any of you,” Agatha said, walking ahead.

“I’ve got her wrapped around my finger, don’t you guys worry about a thing. She won’t lay a finger on you guys with me around,” Rio assured the coven, as they followed after Rio.

“Wait, we didn’t even get to sleep,” Lilia complained.

“Sleep is for the weak!” Agatha shouted from up ahead. With that, they continued down the road, secrets and all. 

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