"Sakura you really should smile more, and your laugh is so contagious, say Nirei, try his top rip. I have a feeling it will have a good reaction ^^"-Suo
(Final commission 7/7 for @wertzunge ✨️)
Max, thank you so much for your patience through out this big order that took so long, I hope you enjoy your piece with the bonus of colors (which is rare from me, but ive gotten better! So i will share some of my favorite details bellow the cut 🫰
Nireis hair and freckles
Nireis bandaids (from sparring)
Suos earings
Sakuras blush and dual hair (bonus for eyes and brows)✨️
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Ohhh Dessieeeeee!! Taking attendance for the second year in a row hehe!
Happy holidays, my friend!
I took your request and kinda spun it into a very not your request??? In a good way, of course! Instead of just Sakura and Umemiya, the babiest boy gets got by just about everyone.
Feat evil Ler Suo.
And thank you to @squealing-santa for the opportunity to participate in such a fun event!
Cheat Codes
Warning! This is a tickle fic!
Ships: None
Warnings: tickles. Foot tickles. Multiple Lers. Intense(ish) toward the end!
Prompt: Sakura’s never played Smash Bros in his life. How did he get so damn good in an hour?!
“Aaaaaand this is going to help us bond… how?” Sakura mumbled, leaning against his empty kitchen counter.
“Everyone can use company, Sakura!” Nirei cooed, placing down a bag of groceries onto the countertop. “Besides, we all figured that you were super lonely when you were sick, so we’re here to un-lonely you!” He pulled his blonde strands into a teeny-tiny little ponytail at the top of his head.
“Some things just aren’t able to be helped, Little Sakura,” Suo hummed, putting a soft hand on his head.
The half-and-half boy, in turn, growled, shaking the redhead’s hand off. “I’m not little! We’re the same age!”
Hiragi and Umemiya were the next to arrive to Sakura’s… quaint apartment. Hiragi was awkwardly carrying a television through the door? Umemiya held up a Switch, and suddenly things made sense.
They were going to play video games… wicked.
“Heyyyyyy, kiddos!” Umemiya chirped, placing the gaming console on the ground next to the TV. One by one, with a very dad-like grunt, he would pick up the boys in a tight hug.
Nirei was mid-slice of carrots when he was hugged from behind and hoisted. He giggled like a child. “Umemiya! Careful!”
“What’cha cookin’, kid?” the older male inquired, setting the boy down and draping himself across his shoulders.
“Making yakisoba for all of us.”
“Ooooh. Sounds yummy,” he hummed. “And look at you with your hair up! The ladies would just be all over you!” Umemiya made cooing sounds as he pinched at Nirei’s ears, resulting in flustered giggles from the blonde.
Suo was next. As he helped Hiragi set up the gaming system, he was suddenly scooped like a bride. He subconsciously kicked his feet with a tiny gasp. “Hello, Umemiya.”
“Suoooooooo. You’ve been taking care of yourself, right, kid? Not just worried about everyone else, yeah?”
The redhead sighed dismissively. “I’ve got to get this hooked up if we want to play games.”
“That’s not what I asked you.”
“I—“ he exhaled with that polite smile of his. “Of course I have; it’s just that sometimes, others need my help more than I need rest.”
“Oh! My dear pupil! You wound me so!” The oldest cried out. He cradled Suo to his chest like a baby, gently humming the lullaby song to him.
Sakura scowled. What a dork
That scowl was replaced by a rather manly yelp when he was swept off of his feet and thrown over Umemiya’s shoulder like a sack of potatoes. “Put me down!” he cried. When the white-haired male began to spin him, he pounded his fists against his back. “Umemiya!”
Hiragi huffed with a grin. “Alright, Umemiya, put the kid down.”
“Awwww! But why?!”
“First, he looks nauseous as shit. Second, we got the console set up.”
With a groan from the older male, Sakura was back on his feet. He sat down next to Suo with a huff and crossed his arms. When Suo patted his head, he shot him a glare.
“Hey, Sakura,” Hiragi hummed, “Y’ever play Smash Bros?”
“Heard of it,” he replied. “Never actually played it.” The boys turned to look at him as if he were a space alien. Even Nirei looked up from his vegetable chopping to gape at him. “What?” he asked, confused by their incredulous looks. His patience shortly wore thin. “Okay, what?! Is it like some rite-of-passage game? I bet you’ll shit yourselves when I tell you that I can’t play chess either!”
Suo turned to him with a Cheshire grin. “Now, young Sakura, we are going to teach you the ways of the gamer.”
The boy snorted. “Oh yeah, sure. Like I need to know how to wear the same hoodie for five days straight and shower once every two months.”
Hiragi snorted at that, clapping a heavy hand on Sakura’s shoulder. “Nah, kid. This is just like the party game ever.”
“Wrong,” Nirei called from the kitchen; he hadn’t even turned to look at them, as he was caramelizing onions on the stove. “The party game ever is Mario Party.”
“Wrong again,” Umemiya chimed. “Wii Sports is the way to go.”
“Absolutely not,” argued Suo. “The best one is totally Carnival Games.”
There was a collective groan from all of the boys except Sakura. Hiragi scoffed. “Do you want someone to throw a book at you?”
“Barker is SUCH a bitch, dude!” Nirei cried. There was a subsequent, loud sizzle from the pan in the kitchen.
“Careful now, don’t singe your eyebrows off,” Suo hummed.
Sakura felt like he was missing something again…
A small controller was put into his hand. It was blue, and it had four buttons and a joystick. How simple…
“So, first, you pick who you want to be,” Umemiya hummed, taking a seat next to the boy. “My favorite to play is Kirby. He’s a little hard to get used to because of the timing.”
“Teach him to play Pikachu. He’s like the easiest,” Hiragi mused.
“No way! Teach him to be Lucas! That’s my main!” Nirei chirped. Sakura couldn’t help but grin when the blonde sneezed. At least the food was getting seasoned.
“Of course you play Lucas,” Suo grumbled.
“And who do you two main?” Nirei huffed, stirring the contents of the pan.
“Palutena, duh,” Hiragi reported proudly.
Suo sat next to Umemiya, putting the oldest male in the middle. “Sora main here.”
“Booooo DLC player!” the silver-haired male chided, wrapping his arm around the boy’s neck. “Pay-to-win, Pay-to-win!” he cooed.
Suo’s visible eye rolled, and he snorted. “Paying only gets me the character. It’s the skill that sells it.”
“I wanna be this guy!” Sakura interrupted. “He looks cool.” Hovering his “P2” icon over the character, the boy looked at the rest of the group.
Hiragi gaped at him. “You wanna be…”
“Mister Game and Watch…?” Suo asked.
“What’s wrong with him?!” The half-and-half boy barked, a blush creeping onto his face. “He’s so cool! He’s old-fashioned gaming!”
Umemiya grinned at him. “You’re right. He’s based off of the first ever Nintendo console, the Game and Watch. He was the first video game character to ever exist.”
Sakura’s eyes lit up. “I wanna play him!”
“Game and Watch it is,” Umemiya hummed.
The boys showed Sakura the ropes, and as expected, the young man greatly enjoyed himself. What they were not expecting was how fast he excelled.
“How the hell did you take two stock already?!” Hiragi yelped, fiddling with his joystick in a panic.
“His down smash demolishes. And I can edgeguard with neutral B,” the boy chimed.
“You talk like you’ve been playing this game for years,” Nirei noted.
“Your noodles are boiling over,” Hiragi grumbled at the sound of the bubbling pot.
Game after game, Sakura continued to absolutely destroy his friends in the game. Not a single one of them could defeat him. Even after changing characters, the half-and-half male still managed to steal stock after stock from them.
Now, it was him against Suo for a final deathmatch. Infinite stocks, 10 minutes time, total chaos.
Umemiya watched the screen with a delighted, soft smile. His baby brothers were really getting along, and it warmed his heart to see Sakura enjoying himself.
Delighted and frantic war cries filled the room. They were neck and neck. When one person would take a stock, the other would match it. Each boy was giving it his all, and both were at a stalemate within the first minute.
Soon, Sakura had the up on Suo, and Umemiya was truthfully getting tired of the same narrative over and over again.
Experimentally, he poked a single finger against Sakura’s foot. The boy merely twitched, curling his toes up. When they un-scrunched, he waited for Sakura to charge up a strong attack before he skittered his fingers over it.
“What are you— ngh! D-Doing?!” he yelped, jerking his foot away.
“Nothin’!” chirped the older boy.
“Don’t screw with me. I’m about to beat Suo’s ass!”
“Hardly! We’re one stock apart from each other!” the redhead argued.
“Boys! Don’t argue,” the white-haired male chided. “You’re both the winners in my heart!”
Sakura made a gagging noise, and Suo’s visible eye rolled. Umemiya glared at the two before sneaking a pinch to Suo’s side and a squeeze to Sakura’s kneecap.
For Suo, his response was a small jolt and a death glare.
Sakura on the other hand…
“DON’T!” he exploded, yanking his knee away. His features softened when he realized everyone stopped to stare at him. “S’just a sensitive part of me… Don’t touch it; that’s all.”
Sensitive, hm? He’s sensitive there… Now, Umemiya was not born last night. What Sakura needed to say, but was unable to, is that he was ticklish there. His knees are not sensitive; they’re ticklish.
“Ah, I see,” Umemiya hummed. “You’re ticklish,” he informed bluntly.
Sakura let out a strangled squeak when he was pinched again. “I— I am not!”
“Are.”
“Not!”
“Aaaaare!”
“Nohohohohot!”
Suo grinned evilly when the oldest’s fingers continuously prodded around the half-and-half boy’s right knee.
“Dohohohon’t tihihihickle mehehehehe!”
“Don’t tickle you? But Sakura, you just said you weren’t ticklish! Why would you mind?”
Despite the handicap of his knee being squeezed, Sakura still managed to keep his lead through giggles and jolts of his body. He couldn’t help but blush deeper when he noticed Hiragi watching him with a sweet grin. He was down to the final minute; he could do this!
“Stay on it, kid! It would be a cryin’ shame if you were to… lose focus.” Umemiya’s hands traveled up to squeeze at Sakura’s thighs, his touch unrelenting. “Don’t lose it!”
“Gngh— bahahahastahahahard! Nohohohoho!” he squealed, squirming.
“Hmmm… I thought you weren’t ticklish, Sakura?” the oldest cooed. “This is such an oddity. I wonder what’s happening.”
“Dohohohohon’t! Stahahahahap!”
“Don’t stop? Oh, so you want to lose? Is this like a… giving up control thing? Y’know, my therapist says—“
“Nohohohoho!” Sakura’s character splatted against the screen, and a pillar of lightning followed. He had lost a stock, damn it! “Stohohohop dihihihistrahahahactihihihing mehehehe! Bahahahastard!”
“Sounds like a skill issue, Little Sakura,” Suo cooed, poking the boy in the side.
“Ughhhhh! Stahahahap ihihihit! Yohohohou two suhuhuhuck!” Sakura whined. His laughter grew in pitch when he felt skittering fingers on his foot
Hiragi was grinning evilly, his free hand around the half-and-half boy’s ankle, his other hand tickling his foot with precision. Now within the final seconds of the match, the boys were tied. Suo had the upper hand because of this cheating! But Sakura was determined to keep his streak alive. He focused his attention into a down smash slam… followed by a side B—
“NAHAHAHAHA! DOHOHOHOHON’T!” he cried. Umemiya’s squeezing hands traveled up to his ribs and prodded around. “NONONONONOHOHOHOHOHO!”
The oldest smiled beamingly. “Don’t lose, kid! Keep it going!”
“That little shit.” Suo grumbled. He tossed his controller to the side and tackled the giggling Sakura to the floor—though, there wasn’t very far for him to travel. Umemiya and Hiragi let go with surprised chuckles. “So, Little Sakura, how’d you manage to cheat?”
“Cheat?! It was you three cheating! I could’ve easily whooped your ass into next Sunday if you weren’t t-tick… t-tickl—distracting me!”
“Ohhhh, distracting you, hm?” the redhead teased. “Don’t you mean tickling you?”
“I see; I see,” Hiragi hummed. “He was mad that we tickled him.”
“Oohoohoo!” Umemiya cooed. “Little Sakura can’t handle the word tickle!”
“I guess so. Look at how red he gets when we say the world tickle around him,” Suo observed.
The white-haired male couldn’t help but giggle at Sakura’s increasing blush. “Mhm. Mhm. How curious… I’m just tickled by this information.
“Shut up; shut up; shut up!” The boy whined. “You three are terrible! Nirei’s my only friend now!”
The blonde let out a little cheer from the kitchen.
“What I think is that you need to tell us how you managed to get so good in only an hour,” Hiragi said with a death glare.
Suo’s hold on him got a bit tighter. “We have our ways.”
Hold on… Were they gonna hurt him…?! They were just having fun and being—
“Relax,” the redhead whispered as he held Sakura’s arms over his head. He shifted to sit on his hands. “We would never hurt ya’, Little Sakura.”
Before he could relax, Suo dug into his underarms without mercy. “WAITWAITWAIT NAHAHAHAHAO! NOHOHOHOT THEHEHEHERERE!” he squealed, kicking his legs.
Umemiya grabbed onto his knees and squeezed both of them, cooing at him. “Ooooh tickle tickle tickle, kiddo! You’re so precious!”
As if he couldn’t have been more embarrassed! A blush formed at his neck as he screamed in laughter.
“GUHUHUHUYS!”
Suo smiled sweetly at him: a rare, genuine sight. “Hmm?”
“IHIHIHIT TIHIHIHICKLEHEHEHES!”
“I’m sure it does,” the redhead chimed. “Why, I’d be down for the count if I was being tickled riiiiight here!” Giving the half-and-half boy a break by moving his fingers to his neck.
In turn, Sakura’s laughter died to gentle giggling once more, as Umemiya had picked up on the signal and moved down to run his fingers up and down the boy’s calf. He wriggled slightly, his body merely twitching in response.
“You’ve been carrying so much on your shoulders… Why don’t you just lay back and laugh for a while?” Suo’s whispered voice in his ear caused a warm vibration to spread from his head to his toes. His blush spread to his ears and face now.
He nodded.
The redhead shot Hiragi a knowing look, and soon enough, there were skittering fingers on Sakura’s feet again.
The half-and-half boy lay there giggling like a child. His eyes were squeezed shut in mirth, and his body jittered from the tickly feeling. Daresay, he was… enjoying it. The gentle treatment went on for minutes, and his giggling was rather cheerful.
At least, until Umemiya decided that he had had enough of a break.
Sakura felt Suo getting off of his wrists, the other murmuring something about “not wanting to trap him.” As he went to sit up, to curse out his friends, he was pushed back to the floor with a heavy weight on his hips.
“So… you gonna tell us how you did it?” asked the eldest, a terrifying calmness on his face.
Giggles started flooding out of him like routine. His hands, now free—albeit trembling—shot up to grip his senior’s wrists.
The two held intense eye contact until Umemiya’s lips curled into a sweet smile. “Oh, kid. You’re just too cute.”
And then, Sakura felt two hands on his sides and tummy like lightning. He didn’t even get a chance to react! His hips bucked upward as a strangled yelp left his lips, all before he dissolved into sweet laughter. “Nohohohoho!”
“Oh, yes. See, when the head of Bofurin asks you a question, Sakura, it’d be wise of you to answer,” Suo chirped, sitting cross-legged with that patient, polite smile of his.
The half-and-half boy couldn’t even keep his grip on Umemiya’s wrists, especially not when they traveled up to his ribs. Sakura’s laughter grew in volume, his tummy quivering in the cold air as his shirt rode up.
Innocently, Suo’s two fingers crept up his side like walking limbs. They strolled along his sides and traced torturous circles along the bare skin before pinching around his belly button. The boy tossed his head back and cackled loudly when a finger dipped inside.
“Such stamina,” Hiragi praised. “I wonder what’ll make you crack.”
“I know,” Umemiya chirped, “but our little friend here is enjoying himself; I can tell; best not to tucker him out so fast!”
And all good things, as beautiful and sweet; as torturous and breath-stealing; as giddy and exciting as they may be, must come to an end. Despite his enjoyment, it would be Haruka Sakura who would end his own merriment.
“Ihihihi cahahahan tahahahake ihihihit!”
Tsk tsk tsk… poor baby.
So confident…
All of that confidence melted away when Umemiya’s hands shot up under Sakura’s arms without warning. His back arched off the ground and thrashed madly, trying to escape. The white-haired male’s fingers followed wherever he would attempt, leaving no opportunity for escape.
Suo continued his soft treatment of the boy’s stomach, utilizing gentle prods and tracing over anything else. As the tummy beneath his fingers would jolt and twitch, he’d only smile, resting his cheek on Sakura’s lower ribs. One finger turned to two hands raking around the sensitive skin.
“Uuuup, and dooooown, and aaaaalll arooooound. Only the softest touch for my Little Sakura.~” he cooed.
Meanwhile, Sakura could barely think. The back of his head was glued to the floor while his back arched up. Umemiya’s weight on his hips rendered him immobile, with his arms free but just shy of stopping Suo’s torturous caresses. He could form no thoughts in his mind; he could move no limb to protest. He could scream his head off as his blush swallowed his whole face.
“Hmm… That redness looks quite serious, Suo, my friend. What are your thoughts?” inquired Umemiya, not ceasing his tickling for a second.
“Mhm, I agree… he’s far too flushed to continue for long,” mused the redhead. “Say, Umemiya, would you arch your back upward for me? Make a little room, please.” When his senior obliged, Suo smiled that calm, patient grin. “Now, Sakura, I know you can’t hear me right now, as you’re being far too noisy—for reasons I’m totally unsure of—but I think it’s time for myself to show our upperclassmen how to solve a problem. Don’t you?”
Belly laughter was the answer he received.
“Now… what to do…” he drummed his fingers along the warm, bare skin of the boy’s tummy. “Ah! Yes, naturally. Here we go!” With a deep breath, Suo ducked his head down and blew a raspberry onto Sakura’s skin.
“OHOHOHOHO SHIHIHIHIHIHIT! NOHOHOHOHOHO!”
“Ah! Umemiya, he seemed to enjoy it. Please arch upward once again!” Another breath, another raspberry.
“SHITSHITSHITSHIT! SHIHIHIHIT! FUHUHUHUCK!”
“Such a rotten mouth!” Umemiya cried out, honing in on Sakura’s underarms with a bit more fervor. He looked down evilly at the boy—a side which Sakura had seen only once before. A simple command was given to him; one that he would be able to ignore for a few good minutes. “Crack.”
And yet, nothing. Sakura’s screams of laughter were merely background noise for the tiny apartment.
“OHOHOHOHO MY GOHOHOHOHOD! SHIHIHIHIT!” Accompanied Hiragi’s attempt to study the controllers better.
“NOHOHOHOHO! BAHAHAHASTARDS! HYEAHAHAHAHAHA!” Was a sweet symphony to join Nirei’s plating of their meal.
The two continued their ruthless attack on the younger boy. Despite his hot blush, the intensity of their tickling, and the duration, Sakura still was going on strong. Umemiya ought to be the one to put his baby brother to bed after as an apology.
Raspberry after raspberry, Suo continued without mercy. His repetition led him to an experiment of sorts: berries toward the sides and hips were less ticklish, while berries toward the ribs and atop of the belly button were the most. He breathed in heavy for another one until he heard a frantic plea.
“OHOHOHOHO FUHUHUHUCK! NOHOHOHO MOHOHOHOHORE!”
He sighed, sitting up. However, Sakura was still hoarse with merriment. “Umemiya.”
When Umemiya’s fingers came to a halt, and Sakura’s upper body fell backwards, Suo was there to catch him. He gently pat the boy’s back as he caught his breath, subsequently snaking his hand under Sakura’s white top to rub the warm skin of his back.
“Just breathe, Sakura. Don’t speak; just breathe,” Suo soothed in a whisper.”
Umemiya’s fingers started to gently brush through his hair. “Shit, kid— Haruka, I’m so sorry.”
“S’okay… had… lots’a… fun…” rasped the boy.
A delicious smell of meat and veggies entered their noses, and a huge bowl of Yakisoba was soon prepared on the counter.
“Eat up,” Nirei hummed. “Get his strength back up.”
The half-and-half boy was gently shook, but he only groaned, clinging onto Suo’s free arm. Hiragi huffed with a fond grin, bringing back an extra plate for Suo, while Umemiya did the same for Sakura.
The five boys shared their meal in total delight. Sakura stayed glued to Suo for a good five minutes, eyes shut—at least until he realized that he was snuggled up to the redhead, then he promptly shot up like a spring, his blush creeping back. It was at this point where he would begin his meal.
After food was shared, Hiragi offered to clean up, while Umemiya offered to wash the dishes. While the two older men completed their cleaning, the Switch was booted back up. Nirei quickly loaded into the game and selected his main fighter. He took his hair out of the ring ponytail… Business…
And finally, throughout a day full of losses and revenge, Haruka Sakura was at last defeated.
Game and Watch: Many
Lucas: 1
Nirei’s laughter would bounce off of the walls of the flat soon after, Sakura’s following in hot pursuit. Suo’s soft giggles would follow along his tickling fingers. A smile of true joy at Nirei’s adorable snorts would form on his lips.
Umemiya couldn’t help but smile at the sight and sound of his baby brothers’ delight.
"Don't tell me you're forgetting how ticklish you are?"
Hiragi smirked behind his coffee, amused by the embarrassed squawk that Kaji let out as they both watched the comical scene in front of them.
The sound of Sakura's raucous laughter and frantic flailing had garnered the attention of most of the group currently gathered at Pothos, quite literally stuck between a rock and a hard place as he tried in vain to escape their goofball of a leader.
Poor Sakura had made the tragically rookie mistake of sitting on the inner part of a booth seat next to Umemiya, and was now trapped between him and the wall while the older boy playfully attacked him with random pokes and scribbles against his torso, and the poor first year had been kicking up quite the fuss about it for a while now.
In Kaji's opinion, between his beet red face and the screechy obscenities he was currently spewing at their leader, Sakura was being pretty overdramatic about the whole thing, very nearly falling out of his seat in his desperation to escape the humiliating situation he found himself in.
Face red, voice shrill, legs kicking like a child throwing a tantrum... Sakura was behaving more like he was being straight up murdered than just tickled, and it was almost too embarrassing to even watch...
Kaji had been wholly content to just observe and keep himself out of it, shaking his head a little at how stupid the entire thing was, but it seemed that luck would not be on his side today since for whatever reason, Hiragi felt the need to comment on the silently judgemental look he was shooting at their shared junior.
"You aren't much better you know." Hiragi continued when Kaji didn't say anything in return, taking his silence as an invitation rather than the conversational dissuasion he had intended it to be.
Kaji squirmed in his seat uncomfortably, frowning as he averted his gaze to his drink instead. Suddenly the pale color of the green tea he'd been sipping on seemed a whole lot more interesting.
"I'm not... That bad.." he mumbles, finally, hating how unsure he sounded at the end. His eyes subtly drifted over to Sakura again, whom had finally given up on his valiant escape effort and instead opted to curl up against the wall as best he could and hide to save himself any further embarrassment.
Surely Kaji himself didn't look like that when he was being tickled... Right?
"Nope. You're worse!" Hiragi unexpectedly answered from right behind him, and Kaji startled. When had he moved?! And- wait. Had he said all that out loud?!
Unfortunately for Kaji, he didn't get the chance to ponder on it for very long, as two large hands were suddenly latching themselves around his waist, and he squawked.
"A-AHAack!!" The startled noise he let out was enough to distract Umemiya from his own victim for a moment, snickering when he turned his head towards them and realized what was happening.
"Ahaha!! Ahahahanohoho!! Hi-Hiragi-sahan!!" Kaji shrieked, mortified as his own high pitched laughter began to mix with Sakura's, sinking through his chair to the floor almost instantly, where Hiragi followed him.
"Stahahap ihihit!!" It was humiliating, being tickled while still being able to hear someone else suffering the same fate, their laughter blending with your own into a chaotic symphony of giggles and screaming.
Thankfully though, they wouldn't have to suffer for very long since the noise finally ended up drawing Kotoha's attention, who came to their rescue if only to regain some peace in the cafe again.
Once they were released, neither Kaji or Sakura wasted any time getting out of there, practically bowling over one another just to get out the door while their amused senpai laughed behind them.
Yeah. Maybe they really were more alike than they thought...
This is a fluff/tickle fic for Wind Breaker. If either of those aren't your thing, may your journey continue onward! If you're here for them, welcome and I hope you enjoy!
“Is that even an actual thing?”
“How did it even get up there?”
Sakura, Suo and Nirei could hear the confusion before they saw the source. When they rounded the corner they found fellow Furin students gawking at a large, bright green banner with Happy Brother’s Day! hanging across the front of the school.
Sakura squinted at the fabric. “What’s Brother’s Day?”
“Umm…I’m not entirely sure,” Nirei frowned, pulling out his phone as they walked. “Let me check.”
“Umemiya-san has referred to the town as his family before,” Suo smiled. “Maybe that’s what he means?”
“Maybe!” Nirei nodded. “Apparently it’s an international holiday celebrated on May 24th. This says the holiday apparently started in America and is a day to cherish and celebrate brothers, wether biological or not.”
The thought of acknowledging someone as his brother made Sakura’s face warm.
Suo tilted his head in thought. “I don’t recall any events being planned.”
“And I didn’t get any messages about it this morning,” Nirei added, scrolling through his contacts. “Maybe we’ll find out inside?”
“TODAY IS A SPECIAL DAY!”
The members of Bofurin cried out, clapping their hands over their ears and jumping in alarm as Umemiya’s voice blared out of the loud speaker.
“For fuck’s sake!” Hiragi shouted in the background. “Stop yelling into the mic!”
“Sorry! I got too excited!” Umemiya laughed.
Sakura glared up from where he’d caught himself after Ume’s yelling had caused him to miss his chair. His face flushed at his classmates’ concerned looks as everyone righted themselves.
“But today is a special day,” Umemiya said. “Today is a day where we appreciate the brothers in our lives. I consider this town my home and everyone in it members of my family. By extension, I consider all of you my brothers!”
A blush framed Sakura’s face at the notion.
“Brothers are the ones we can count on and the ones we’re always there for,” Umemiya continued. “They are our friends, loved ones and family, and I feel truly in my heart that if you take a second to look around, you will find brothers in each other as well!”
Sakura felt eyes on him, but despite the warmth rising up his neck he chanced a look to see his friends grinning at him. Well, except for Sugishita. The pink on his face flared and he whipped his head back towards the speaker.
“Today I want you all to do something fun or share a delicious meal together if you can! Know you have everyone here at Furin. You all are amazing and make me proud every day. I am thankful to have you all in my life!” Umemiya cheered.
By the time he’d finished yapping Sakura thought he was going to start sweating he was blushing so hard.
“Told you so,” Suo whispered, smiling at Sakura’s fluster.
“You okay, Sakura-san?” Nirei asked.
Sakura nodded, unable to look at them. Having brothers in his friends? The warmth and comfort in his heart at the thought was almost too overwhelming to bear. His friends and the others he knew at Furin, even the friends he’d made in neighboring gangs made his days. But how was he supposed to be brotherly? Was it spouting off his feelings to an audience like Umemiya? The mere thought had him wanting to crawl beneath his desk. Even if he did gather the nerve, he had no idea what to say without making himself sound stupid. And asking how to be brotherly seemed almost worse—the last thing he wanted was to admit how bad he faired to those who meant something to him.
Why did Umemiya make a whole holiday out of this stuff?
“Sakura-kun?”
If he’d at least mentioned it before, he would’ve had more time to think!
“Sakura-san?”
Nah, who was he kidding, he’d still be fucked.
“HEY SAKURA!”
He jumped in his seat. “OI! What?” He snapped, rounding on the voice to find Kurita waving a hand in front of his face.
“You were totally zoned out,” Kiryu replied as Sakura smacked Kurita’s hand away.
“If you’re feeling out of it, I can make you a protein shake!“ Tsugeura offered.
“M’ fine!” He grumbled, blushing slightly. “What’re you yelling at me for?”
“Well duh, it’s our patrol day!” Anzai grinned.
“Yeah, you were the one who reminded us this morning,” Kakiuchi added.
“Oh.” Despite himself Sakura’s blush got worse. “Right.”
“Goodness, Sakura-kun, I thought you’d have the routine down by now!” Suo smiled.
“I do!” He glared.
Suo’s gaze took on a teasing glint. “Then why are you the only one still sitting at your desk?”
Sakura’s eyes widened and he glanced about the room. Everyone else had already left—well, except for his friends waiting for him.
Pink dusted his cheeks and he jumped to his feet. “I’m not! Let’s go!” He yelled, only for an impossibly firm grip on his shoulder to stop him in his tracks.
“Ack!” Sakura gasped. “Why?!”
“Probably because something is still bothering you,” Kiryu said, brushing pink strands of hair into a bobby pin.
Sakura’s face warmed and he looked away from them but didn’t move to free himself. Anzai, Kurita, Takanashi and Kakiuchi looked at each other. Suo tilted his head and Kiryu and Tsugeura frowned.
Nirei’s eyes widened in realization. “Is it about Brother’s Day?”
The blush spread to Sakura’s ears. Had he been that obvious?
The knowing and concerned looks on his friends’ faces only made it worse. They exchanged glances as Sakura clenched his fists.
“You guys…are great…” he muttered, his group looking at him in surprise. “But…”
“But?” Suo asked, relaxing his grip.
“I…don’t know how to be brotherly,” he finished, eyes dropping to avoid their disappointed gazes.
“What the hell are you even talking about!?” Anzai cried.
Sakura looked up just as everyone looked at him in amused bewilderment.
“Sorry,” Takanashi chuckled. “It’s just that you’re the most brotherly person here?”
“He’s right Sakura-chan!” Kiryu beamed.
“Wuh-HUH?” Sakura cried, turning a bright scarlet.
Nirei’s eyes glistened with joy. “You worry about us being safe more than we do!”
“And are always there to have our back,” Suo smiled, patting his shoulder.
All their happy faces felt like the sun to his soul, but the rate his blush was increasing he was going to catch on fire.
“Yeah! I’ve got to give it everything I’ve got just to keep up with you!” Tsugeura grinned, clapping him on the shoulder. “I want to be there for my little brothers too!”
Kurita pumped his fist in the air. “Hell yeah to that!”
“Hey, what do you mean little brother?” Sakura said, his eyes narrowing as he batted away Tsugeura and Suo’s hands. “I’m no little brother! Nirei is the youngest!”
Nirei’s eyes widened. “What! No I’m not!”
All eyes flew to him and he ducked his head under their gaze.
“But…Nirei-kun…you call us all so formally...” Suo frowned.
“Oh, we-well,” Nirei said, fidgeting with his hands as pink framed his eyes. “It’s just that I look up to you guys a lot and you help me get stronger every day. It means the world to me…”
Kiryu gave him a shoulder-hug and Anzai and Kurita gave him head pats as he giggled at their antics.
Sakura had almost turned just as pink as he watched the scene. Knowing that his friends and classmates felt the same as he did brought more comfort than he thought he’d known.
“Awe this is all so sweet!” Kiryu said, patting Nirei’s shoulder. “But now I can’t help but be curious, who is the youngest?”
“Oh! Let’s see!” Nirei cheered, opening his notebook only to stop on the first page. His eyes widened and he looked up at Sakura.
Everyone followed, making Sakura flush under their combined gaze.
“…Sakura-kun?” Suo asked.
“Huh?! No, the cutoff is April 1st!” He shouted, the color in his skin deepening as their surprise turned to awkward smiles and hushed snickers.
“Is it correct to assume April 1st is your Birthday?” Suo said with his ever peaceful smile.
Sakura squinted his eyes, flicking between his friends expressions trying to figure out sneakiness in his tone but finding none.
“Yeah, so?” he grumbled.
“Then that would make you the youngest,” Kiryu said, looking to Nirei. “Unless someone shares the same day?”
“Umm…I don’t think so,” Nirei frowned, flipping through the pages.
“That’s bullshit!” Sakura glared. “If the year starts on April 1st I have to be the oldest!”
“But it doesn’t,” Nirei blinked, squeaking and hiding behind his notebook when Sakura whipped toward him. “It starts on the 2nd!”
Would the others mess with him? Definitely. But Nirei?
He turned the information over in his head until he turned his back to them and hid his face in his hands.
“Awe, it’s okay Sakura-chan,” Kiryu smiled.
“Yeah!” Tsugeura nodded. “Times and dates and stuff can be super confusing!”
“Is there anyone else even close to mine?” Sakura mumbled.
“Yes, quite,” Suo said, smiling softly. “We are just days apart.”
“Three days to be exact!” Nirei seemed to sparkle as he flipped through the pages once more. “The rest of us have much larger gaps with me and Kiryu-san in September and August, and then Tsugeura-san being the oldest with a birthday in May!”
“What?!” Tsugeura cried. “When did you all get younger than me?”
Suo failed to stifle an annoyed glare, and Kiryu hid his smile with his sleeve.
“What day in May?” Anzai asked, looking over to Kurita.
“And which in August?” Kurita squinted.
Takanashi and Kakiuchi grinned at each other as Nirei flipped through his notebook.
“The fifteenth!” Tsugeura cheered.
“Mine’s the nineteenth,” Kiryu replied.
“Hell yeah! Still the oldest!” Anzai declared, holding up his hand. “I’ve got five days on you, Tsugeura!”
“Nice!” Tsugeura said, high-fiving him.
“And I’ve got–” Kurita squinted in thought before smirking at Kiryu. “Fourteen days!”
“I figured,” Kiryu shrugged. “It was the most likely outcome given the date.”
Sakura’s head span as he tried to keep track of who was older than who only for Nirei to pipe up.
“It looks like Kakiuchi-san and Takanashi-san are between Kurita-san and Anzai-san with birthdays in June and July!” Nirei added.
“What does all this stuff even matter?” Sakura groaned, his head beginning to ache.
“Hardly at all,” Suo replied. “We’re all in the same class in the end.”
“Though you do have to admit,” Anzai grinned. “It is a crazy coincidence that us four out age you guys.”
“Well, with birthdays all clustered in late spring, summer and early fall, it’s not that surprising.” Kiryu blinked.
“Sure, but it did get me thinking on the holiday, and while we do a pretty good job of backing each other up, there’s one thing brothers do that we’re slacking on pretty hard,” Anzai said.
“Uhh…” Sakura hesitated, looking between his friends. “What would that be?”
A sneaky grin overtook Anzai’s face. “Messing with our little brothers of course!”
His buddies mirrored his grin and Sakura bristled, narrowing his eyes but his friends only sighed.
“I thought this is what you were trying to do, Anzai-kun,” Suo said, shaking his head.
Kiryu put his hands up in a shrug. “Same, I’m not surprised at all.”
“What do you mean ‘try’?” Anzai asked, his smile growing as he crept toward them. “That’s absolutely where this is going!”
“Watch out,” Kiryu beamed. “There’s not really anything you can do to us that we can’t do to you!”
“Well said, Kiryu-san!” Nirei nodded.
Sakura’s eyes darted around at everyone’s increasingly sneaky expressions as they shifted to ready positions.
“What the hell is going on?!” he shouted, raising his arms in defense. “What are we squaring up for?!”
“Pfft! We’re not squaring up!” Tsugeura grinned, shaking out his wrists. “We’re making up for lost time!”
“Alright, what should we do?” Takanashi grinned, scrunching his face up in an exaggerated thinking expression.
“What if we catch them all and play with their hair?” Kurita smirked, only for Suo to stifle a laugh.
“How old did you say you were again, Kurita-kun?” He asked, making the others snicker.
“Who’s side are you on?!” Kurita cried, whirling on his buddies.
“Heh, I know what we should do!” Anzai smirked. “How about something you never grow out of?”
Sakura scrunched his face up in confusion and Suo blinked in curiosity. “And that would be?”
“No matter how grown up you get,” Anzai’s smile became wolfish, hands curling into claws with wiggling fingers. “You’ll always be hella ticklish!”
Sakura’s face flushed and Tsugeura, Nirei and Kiryu’s eyes widened.
“Oooh! Good idea, Anzai!” Kakiuchi said, tickling the air and grinning at Nirei and Kiryu’s nervous smiles.
“Oh, I agree!” Suo replied, the others whipping their heads toward him. “But who’s to say we’re not going to be the ones tickling you instead?” He mused, smirking as Kurita and Kakiuchi shivered.
“Oh! You’re right Suo-san,” Nirei grinned. “We have the numbers!”
Mischievousness shone in Kiryu’s eyes as he wiggled his fingers back. “Come on, Sakura-chan!”
“What?! No!” Sakura cried, his blush growing. “Cut the shit, this is stupid!”
Before anyone could reply Tsugeura fell hard onto his knees.
Everyone flinched as the ground shook and Nirei jumped in fright. “Ts-Tsugeura-san?” When Tsugeura’s didn’t answer he moved to his friend’s side. “Are you okay?”
Silence lingered and smiles disappeared.
“Tsuge-chan?” Kiryu asked.
Tsugeura mumbled something under his breath and he leaned closer.
“What’d you say?” Takanashi frowned.
“Yeah, man, you good?” Anzai asked, his hands lowering.
Tsugeura took a deep breath and yanked Nirei and Kiryu into a rough hug. “HA HA!” He cheered, jumping up with one under each arm. “I said: ‘GOT ‘EM!’”
“Tsuge-chan! Why?!” Kiryu gasped, only for fingers to wiggle into his side. “Ahh! Ahahehehaha!”
“Ehehehe! Oho nohoho!” Nirei laughed, Tsugeura grinning as he gently scratched along his ribs.
“Nice, Tsugeura!” Takanashi grinned, moving towards the remaining pair. “Looks like we might not be so outnumbered after all!”
“What happened to having each other’s backs and all that shit?” Sakura snapped.
“Oh we have your back all right,” Kakiuchi smiled.
“Yeah, you guys are missing out on all the fun!” Anzai said, jabbing his thumb at Tsugeura.
Nirei laughed brightly, kicking and twisting in Tsugeura's hold while Kiryu flopped over and giggled toward the floor. The sound sent butterflies fluttering around Sakura’s insides and he could feel the heat creeping across his skin.
“That’s quite alright, I’m having plenty of fun spectating,” Suo replied.
“Uh, oh, is someone nervous?” Kurita grinned, wiggling his fingers at them.
“Don’t–Dohon’t mess with me!” Sakura growled, his face tinting pink.
“We don’t even have to touch him!” Kakiuchi smiled, repeating the gesture.
A bright blush and ticklish smile took over Sakura’s face. “Ahahassholes!” Sakura snapped, a few nervous giggles bubbling past his lips despite his efforts to look angry. Takanashi and Anzai joined in and he smiled helplessly. “You crehehepy mohotherfuhukers! Dohon’t doho that!”
“To answer your question,” Suo replied, smiling as Sakura clapped his hands over his eyes. “I am not nervous at all.”
“And why is that?” Takanashi asked.
“Because you can’t catch us,” Suo smiled. “Right, Sakura-kun?”
Sakura started, whipping his head toward Suo and blushing furiously in realization. “Ah yeah, r-right.”
“Awe come on, you guys want to play too!” Tsugeura grinned, speeding up the fingers tickling Nirei and starting to poke at Kiryu’s ribs.
Kiryu kicked in protest and Nirei squealed.
“Nohohaha! Nahat the pohohokes!” Kiryu giggled, only to squeak as they were replaced with ticklish pinches. “EEK! NOhohoho! Thahahahat’s WOhohorse!”
“I can tell by both your smiles that you want some tickles too!” Tsugeura called, taking a sturdy stance and worming his fingers under one of Nirei’s and one of Kiryu’s underarms.
“Sakura~” Anzai taunted, him and his friends smiling at the simultaneous scream and newly hysterical laughter coming from the captured duo. “Time to laugh your head off!”
Sakura blushed brightly and turned to tell off Anzai but he was already mid-pounce. Air caught in Sakura’s throat and a strangled shout left him as he grabbed Anzai by the shoulders and they crashed to the ground.
Suo’s eye widened at Sakura’s swift takedown and Anzai laughed maniacally.
“Can’t catch you my ass!” he snickered, hovering over Sakura and scribbling his fingers into his stomach, making the younger boy yelp and yank the tickling hands from his skin.
“Neheheh! Noho!” Sakura grunted, trying to push Anzai off only for him to smirk and put his full weight onto Sakura’s legs. “You! Youhou bahahastard!”
“Come on, I’m only trying to tickle your belly!” Anzai grinned, making Sakura turn as pink as his namesake.
“Dohohohon’t cahahall it thahahat!” He cried, his strength lessening with each giggle.
“Awe then what about tummy?” Anzai smirked, inching his fingers closer. “Tickles for your tum tum?”
“Yohohou fuhuhucking weheheheirdohohAH! AHAHAHA!” Sakura cackled, throwing his head back as Anzai raked his nails down his middle.
“See? All better!” Anzai teased, laughing at the wobbly half-glare his victim attempted before bursting back into hysterics.
“And then there was one.”
Suo’s gaze snapped toward the voice to see Takanashi, Kurita and Kakiuchi sneaking toward him.
“It’s your turn, Suo!” Kakiuchi said, grinning at how his smile became a little strained.
“Don’t think we forgot about you,” Takanashi added.
Suo forced himself to relax. “No need to trouble yourselves.”
“Awe, but we’re feeling left out!” Kakiuchi replied, him and Kurita circling around to his right and left.
His leg tensed to step back but that would trap him closer to the wall. He needed to go forward.
The trio started to close in and he couldn’t help but death-grip his hands behind his back. He needed to wait until the absolute…last…second!
His assailants hadn’t even finished reaching before Suo cut between Takanashi and Kurita and stood at the center of the room.
“Oooh!” Kurita grinned. “Looks like Suo wants to play after all!”
“Only entertaining you and your childish antics,” Suo replied, but he couldn’t tear his eyes from their hands.
“We’ll see about that!” Kakiuchi snickered, trying a scribble to his neck only for him to duck back and narrowly sidestep Kakiuchi’s pokes.
Suo chanced a glance toward the door only to yelp. The fingers that prodded his ribs were grabbed and before he could think he’d splayed Kurita flat on his back.
“OKAY THATS IT!”
Nirei looked up amid his giggles to see Takanashi and Kakiuchi chasing Suo around the room with playful fierceness in their eyes while Anzai continued to tickle the daylights out of Sakura.
“Wait, wait, hold on!” Suo said, his peaceful smile overwritten by a wobbly one. “You were the ones who started this!”
“But you throw your brother to the ground!?” Takanashi asked, throwing his arms wide to block him in while Kakiuchi dodged around the desks Suo tried to put between them.
“Over a little rib tickle?” Kakiuchi smirked, wiggling his fingers.
“N-Noho!” Suo replied, clapping a hand over his mouth a second too late.
Takanishi’s grin doubled in size. “Uh, oh, Suo! Was that a giggle I just heard?”
With more fluttering around his insides, Suo didn’t dare open his mouth. Until Kurita barreled toward him on all fours.
“AH! WaHAIT wait wahait!” Suo cried, scrambling around and over furniture.
“Wow, they’re going crazy!” Tsugeura awed, shifting his hands to Nirei and Kiryu’s sides.
“WAhehehahaha!” Nirei squealed, trying to twist away from Tsugeura’s fingers.
Kiryu flailed, laughing at tickles and Kurita chasing Suo like a gremlin. “I’m dyhiHIHIHING! I’m dehehehehead I’m dyhyhyhying!”
Tsugeura chuckled, his grip loosening slightly. “You’re okay!”
Nirei’s eyes widened in realization and he squirmed with purpose.
“I haven’t even gotten your worst spot yet!” Tsugeura snickered.
“Yehehehehet?!” Kiryu cried. “Tsuhugehehe!”
Tsugeura opened his mouth to reply and fingertips suddenly scribbled across his knee. The result was a squawk and a surprised jump. “WAH! Wahahahuh?” He looked down to see Nirei’s hand squeeze above his kneecap. “EEHehehe! Nirehehehei!”
“Yehe! Yehehes!” Nirei cheered as Tsugeura’s grip loosened further, letting his other arm slip free and using both hands to lightly scribble behind his knee.
“AHAHEE!” Tsugeura yelped, leaning to the side to pull Nirei up and away from the spot. “NOho! Dohohon’t tickle!”
“Yeheheah rihight!” Kiryu cried, pulling his arms from Tsugeura’s loosened hold and feathering his fingers on the back of his thigh. “Youhou tickled us first!”
“NAHAHE!” He laughed, leaning back the other way only for Nirei’s knee tickles to resume. “GUHUHUYS! NOHO! I’M GOHOHONNA–”
Nirei and Kiryu’s shouts joined his as all three of them crashed to the ground. They all groaned from the impact, Tsugeura just barely catching himself from landing on top of them.
Suo heard the guard drop from the exit and swept back toward it, not daring to turn his back to his assailants. He deflected all their scribbles, pokes and jabs like he would in combat, his smile becoming more confident as their attempts grew desperate. Suo was only one step from freedom when an impossible weight settled above his ankle. He looked down wide-eyed to find Tsugeura grinning up at him, his hand holding his leg in a firm grip. His gaze snapped up to three wickedly smiling faces and six sets of spidering fingers. Suo threw his arms up and his gasp ended in a panicked shriek as Kurita, Kakiuchi and Takanashi tackled him into the hall.
“GOTCHA!” Kakiuchi yelled, trying to finally tickle Suo’s stomach only to be poked there himself. “EHE!”
“You’re only making it worse for yourself!” Takanashi grunted, him and Kurita grappling for Suo’s arms as Kakiuchi gently scribbled his middle.
“EhehEHA! NOHOhoho!” Suo cried, kicking his legs in protest only to loudly squeak when Takahashi spidered his hand up to his neck. “EEHEE! PLEHE! PleheheHEASE!”
“After talking all that shit?” Kurita snickered.
“And causing all that trouble?” Kakiuchi added, lightly dragging his fingers up Suo’s side and making him hiccup in his laughter. “If you ask me you’re getting off easy!”
Suo laughed in reply, trying to kick at Kurita as he gently scribbled under Suo’s arm.
“I’ll say! You fucking decked me!” He smirked.
“Sounds like we got all of you!” Anzai snickered, poking and squeezing any tickle spot he could reach while Sakura just laid there, all energy to fight gone as giggles spilled out of him.
Anzai looked up as Tsugeura wrapped Kiryu and Nirei into a big bear hug and wiggled his fingers into their necks and shoulders. The air filled with their giggles and Tsugeura’s chuckles added to the mix as they tickled him back in an attempt for release.
“Well, I’d say it’s time for the big finale!” Anzai stilled his fingers and smiled with glee as he pushed Sakura’s shirt away from his stomach. “Ready?”
“Wuhuhuh? Whuhut thehe hehehell?” Sakura glared, only for Anzai to take a comically large breath and blow the biggest raspberry onto his belly.
Sakura erupted into loud, desperate cackles as he pushed Anzai’s head away.
“Are you telling me you don’t like raspberries?” Anzai laughed. “You’re turning the same color as them so I figured you would!”
Sakura clenched his blushing hands into fists and swung at him. “IHIHI’M GONNA KIHIhihill yohohohou!”
“Awe, you can’t do that to your big brother,” Anzai replied, flashing the cheekiest grin as he dug his fingertips under Sakura’s arms.
Sakura didn’t deny it, but only because he was laughing too hard, and definitely not because of how happy it made him that someone wanted to be so silly and gentle with him.
“WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU GUYS DOING?!”
Before Sakura could process the shout, the underarm tickles stopped and he was pulled up into a hug.
“Senpai!” Anzai cried, patting Sakura’s head. “Our little brothers were bummed out and we were just cheering them up!”
Sakura looked up to see Kaji fuming in the doorway and his face burned.
“Guys have been worried and looking for you! ” Kaji shouted, making Nirei and Tsugeura flinch as he rounded on the Suo and the others in the hall. “Let him go and get off your asses!”
Sakura blushed down to his neck as he fought out of Anzai’s embrace. Tsugeura finally released Kiryu and Nirei and they helped him up. Anzai snickered in amusement as he stood, offering Sakura a hand. He huffed, but took it anyway. Kaji caught Sakura’s gaze and the slightest blush tinted below Kaji’s eyes as he turned to leave. Everyone moved toward the hall, dusting themselves off as they moved after their senpai to catch up with the rest of their team.
“So,” Anzai whispered, flashing a grin. “That was fun.”
Heads shook and sighs and huffs filled the space, but it was evident from the smiles on everyone’s faces that they all agreed.
A/N: First out of three comms for @wertzunge! Thanks again for your support and patience, Max! And, of course, for the change of working with such a sweet prompt ~
Summary: Umemiya helps Sakura figure out what might not really be an actual problem, after all.
Word count: 1907 words
[Also on Ao3]
Sakura clenched his hands into tight, trembling fists. Stomping his feet on the ground, he walked up the stairs to the school’s rooftop. He gritted his teeth, biting down to stop something from escaping past his lips - something that he didn’t know exactly what it was. A curse? A complaint? A… cry?
He groaned, these feelings stirring up inside his stomach, making him feel like his heart had forgotten its pace. Sakura, after what felt like an endless climb, pushed the rooftop’s door open, letting it slam shut behind him once he walked past it.
Sigh.
Trying to bring some ease to his troubled mind, Sakura looked around and breathed in deeply, letting the fresh air feel his lungs before he exhaled, tiredly. Finally, he managed to recover some of his sense of self, thoughts beginning to form inside his once clouded, but not yet clear, mind.
What had he done?
Sakura filled his lungs with air, just as if he was about to scream them out of his chest, but stopped midway. His lips trembled, hesitating. Just like they hesitated minutes ago.
It wasn’t supposed to end like that, but it happened before he could take note of it. In a blink of an eye, what was a moment of playfulness and fun between classmates turned into tension, awkwardness. His own words were being replayed inside his head, the confusion in Suo and Nirei’s faces seemingly imprinted inside his eyes.
If only he could go back, apologize or, maybe, just laugh back at those dumb comments like a normal person, Sakura thought.
He dragged his body towards one of the benches, dropping himself on top of it as he let out another frustrated sigh. Just when he was learning to get comfortable around people, to get to call them his friends… Why did he have to mess it up? To stir trouble again?
Looking up to the sky, Sakura was about to allow himself to sink deep into these thoughts. Part of him hoped that if he waited for long enough, things would be back to normal when he walked down those stairs and faced his friends again. But… that was not how people acted after an argument, right?
However, just as Sakura was about to close his eyes, a loud - extremely loud - voice called out to him, working like an anchor pulling him back down to the “ground”. “Sakura? What’re you doing over here?”
“U-Umemi- ahem,” he coughed, almost choking with his own surprise. Shit. Sakura wiped the corner of his lips before looking back at the other guy. He came to the rooftop to be alone, to isolate himself and because he knew (or, hoped) that no one would be around there by that time of the day.
Well, he was wrong. Awfully so, because, of all the people that could be hanging by the rooftop by the time he was at the verge of having a breakdown, it had to be…
“W-what are you doing here?” He hissed, almost too defensively.
Umemiya chuckled, flashing Sakura with his signature, friendly bright smile. “I forgot to water the crops yesterday and it doesn’t seem like it will rain today… I was worried they would get thirsty.”
“...Tsk,” Sakura held back his words, knowing he would be able to argue against that. He looked down, his head between his hands. Well, maybe having someone else there wouldn’t make that much of a difference, after all. He could just ignore and-
“You didn’t answer me,” Umemiya continued, his back now turned to Sakura as he was crouching down before some of the crops, putting up his best efforts into watering them evenly. “You look like you have a lot on your mind. Would you like to share it?”
“It’s- it’s nothing,” Sakura sighed, staring at Umemiya’s figure while trying to figure that guy once.
“It doesn’t look like it’s nothing,” Umemiya replied softly, pushing himself back up on his feet before he turned around to Sakura, tilting his head, “it looks like big trouble, if you ask me.”
Damn it.
Sakura clenched his hands and felt his words die at the back of his throat when his eyes met Umemiya’s. If he wanted to make out of it unnoticed, he would need to come up with a descent, convincing lie - but how could he do it when his senior was seeing right through him?
He averted his gaze, his lips pressing into a thin line while Umemiya slowly walked towards him, closing the distance between them. Before Sakura could say something else, Umemiya was already sitting by his side, trying to get a look at his face again.
“Maybe I can help you. That’s what we are here for, right?”
“I… I think I messed up, just that,” Sakura mumbled, sheepishly.
“Messed up as in a fight?” Sakura didn’t say a word back, just slightly shook his head, hesitating as he didn’t know how much information would be a proper amount to share.
“As in… a different fight?” Sakura nodded. “A fight… with your friends? Like, in an argument?” He nodded again and Umemiya let out a quiet ‘oh’, setting his eyes back forward as now they both stared blankly at the rooftop’s floor.
The only thing keeping the two of them to be surrounded by silence was the sound of the crops’ leaves ruffling and the gentle wind blowing past them. Still, it took at least a couple moments before Umemiya hummed something, as if figuring out a puzzle.
“You know, we can perceive things differently when we look at it a second time,” Umemiya started, fiddling with his fingers as he tried to turn his track of thought into a proper explanation, “sometimes it’s not as bad as we think it is.”
“...how?” Sakura arched his eyebrow, confused.
“Well, it’s- hm,” he stopped again, letting out a soft chuckle, “alright, I think I know how to make you understand.”
Sakura tilted his head and was about to talk back at that when he felt Umemiya’s hand latching onto his side. Before he could do anything about it, those fingers dug it in once, twice and, just like that, giggles rushed past his words, making it out of his mouth first.
“W-whahat are you- wahait, that’s- that tihihickles, damn it!” Sakura growled between his restrained laughter, grabbing Umemiya’s hand and trying to pry it off his side. “U-Umehemiya, stohohp!”
“Come on, you’re barely trying,” Umemiya teased back, pushing Sakura’s hands out of his way and making way for his own, now tickling both of Sakura’s sides. The other guy laughed, curling his body forward in a vain attempt to escape the older one’s grip.
Still, Sakura couldn’t quite figure out why he was being tickled now, of all times. Truth to be told, he never really understood why this kind of thing would happen, but this certainly didn’t feel like the time to be tickled or to think of tickling someone.
Then why was Umemiya doing it?!
Sakura noticed how he was cornered against the fence that circled the rooftop’s edge, but didn’t figure out what he could do about it. He was now holding both Umemiya’s arms, trying to stop his hands from climbing up his torso as he laughed and kicked his feet like a dork.
“T-thahat’s not- ahAhah, stohohop it!” He growled, trying to sound at least a bit irritated at his senior, but not even a child would believe him at that moment.
Sakura felt his cheeks warming up more and more whenever he caught a glimpse of Umemiya’s playful, bright smile shining at him. Was he having fun? It sure did look like it - and that made Sakura even more annoyed.
He brought up one of his knees, trying to get some more space between him and Umemiya, but it was another fruitless try. “W-why ahahare you- ahaAha, tihihickling me?! I thohought you’d hehehelp!!”
“Oh?” Umemiya hummed, grabbing one of Sakura’s arms and pulling it up a bit just to tickle the newly exposed spot, “helping you? I thought we were having a fight!” Umemiya cooed, almost as if he was mocking the younger teen.
And if Sakura wasn’t too busy laughing his head off and worrying about calling someone else's attention, he would’ve cursed or snapped back at Umemiya right there and then. Still, when the other’s fingers spidered and prodded at his ribs, oh-so-dangerously close to his armpit, a loud and high pitched shriek escaped his lips. Umemiya laughed fondly, focusing his efforts on that sweet spot that seemed to keep Sakura on the edge.
“U-UmeHEhemiya!!” Sakura squirmed violently, his voice cracking as he laughed between his lines, “nahAHahat thehere!”
“You know you can’t talk like that in a fight, right, Sakura?”
“FihiHIhight my ahAHahass!” Sakura hissed, wishing he could pull his arm just a bit, just so he could smack the other in his face. “T-thihihis isn’t a fihihight!”
Umemiya smiled at those words. Then, just like it started, the tickling stopped. Once tensed up and pressed against the fence, Sakura’s body slumped down as he was released from Umemiya’s grip and spared from a continuation of the ticklish assault.
“You’re right, it was no fight,” Umemiya nodded, giving Sakura some space before sitting down by his side. He chuckled seeing how the other jumped in his seat, fearing that he would be tickled out of the sudden again. “I was just messing with you.”
“A-and what does it have to do with anything?!” Sakura hissed, waiting a few seconds to lower his guard again. He eyed Umemiya up and down, double checking if it was actually safe to rest. He sighed, “I don’t understand.”
“You do”, Umemiya corrected, a proud expression taking place in his face as he looked at the younger teen. “You said you had a fight with the boys in your class, right? Maybe it wasn’t really a fight.”
Sakura frowned a bit, cocking his head as he stared at Umemiya. He was confused, but curious at the same time.
“Well, just because something didn’t end like we wanted or we said something we shouldn’t, it doesn’t mean it’s over or that there is no way back. Sometimes, it’s not even as bad as we think it is to the other people,” he explained calmly, smiling as some memories came to his mind.
Umemiya placed a hand on Sakura’s shoulder, shaking it tenderly as he looked at the other. “I’m not really sure what happened, but I know that there is no way those guys would turn their back to you.”
Sakura widened his eyes slightly, realization striking him as he slowly nodded. He looked down again, taking in a moment to reflect upon those words.
“Now, I need to finish watering the plants,” Umemiya said, springing back up and stretching his arms above his head before walking up. “If you need, you can still hang around for a bit more.”
“No,” Sakura muttered, smiling softly, “I think I see it now. I should go now.”
“Mhm!” Umemiya nodded, content with the answer. “See you later then, Sakura.”
“Yes, see you later.”
Umemiya turned his back to Sakura, just hearing as the boy walked away. As the sound of the rooftop’s door closing reached him, Umemiya let out a soft chuckle. He looked up, thinking of Sakura and the other guys in the 1st year. “Good thing they are all getting along, after all.”
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This is a tickle fic! And my first one too!
Fandom: Windbreaker
Ler: Suo
Lee: Sakura
Words: 1054 words
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“Sakura-san… are you still here?”
Nirei waved his hand in front of the teenager in front of him, but Sakura had already lost focus, his eyes darting towards the eye-patched guy sitting on the couch next to him.
Suo took one final sip from his tea cup and then gracefully leaned back into the couch.
Perfect.
Sakura smiled to himself, slowly inching towards Suo like a cat eyeing his prey.
“Sakura-san?” Nirei questioned his friend’s weird movements.
Yet Sakura ignored him, and couldn't hear him, in fact. His eyes were fixed on the spot next to Suo’s stomach.
That’s the spot, Sakura thought to himself.
One poke and he can get Suo to laugh. One poke and he can get his sweet, sweet revenge.
Swiftly but surely, his fingers aimed for the spot—
Yet right before he could reach the spot, a strong hand grabbed at his wrist.
Sakura tilted his head. This wasn’t part of the plan. He looked up at his captor, and saw his purple-haired friend playfully glaring at him.
“What do we have here? A trapped kitten? Hello there, Sa-ku-ra-kun~” Suo chirped.
Suo’s smile was ever so bright, but his eyes flickered with a hint of darkness, his smile mischievous.
Sakura’s heart flipped.
This is bad. Really, really bad—
He dares not look at Suo, who had a Cherise cat smile placed on his lips, his eyes glistening with mischief. He is sure he’ll die blushing if he looks at Suo, either from embarrassment or from the tickles yet to come.
There is only one word, one cry in Sakura’s mind. Abort mission.
Sakura tugged at his wrist, but Suo only held them a bit tighter.
“Let me go, you idiot!” Sakura fumbled.
Nirei looked up at the two. “Ohhh… so this is what it’s about.” He said.
“Yes, and I suggest you run if you don’t want to be next, Nirei-kun.” Suo grinned, and giggled to himself when Nieri bolted out of the room.
“Traitor!” Sarkura yelped, though his attempts were futile. No one is here to save him from the predicament he’s put on.
From behind him, Suo let out a soft chuckle, before turning his gaze back to Sakura.
“Ahh… so close. One more second and you would have taken your revenge.” Suo shook his head at Sakura.
“You ought to be sneakier, Sakura-kun. Like this.”
Sakura barely had time to register the words that Suo had said before he felt a finger poke at his stomach.
“Ah!” Sakura yelped, eyes widening, bringing his knees up to protect his stomach.
“Wait, that’s a cute sound.Do it again.” Suo’s words dripped with amusement.
The very next second, another well-placed poke to Sakura’s stomach sent him jolting again, the “Ahh” slipping out of his mouth.
Sakura heard his captor trying but failed to stifle a chuckle, and he felt himself blushing.
“Suo-san!!!” Sakura cried out. How dare he make fun of him! He was going to punch Suo so hard it will break his nose, and—
“Yes…?” Suo replied teasingly.
Just as Sakura was about to open his mouth and reply, long,delicate yet devious fingers scribbled gently but rapidly against his stomach,at the spot right below his belly button.
The electric sensation immediately overwhelmed Sakura’s brain, and he can’t remember anything but focus on the fingers playfully tormenting him.
The words Sakura was about to say were replaced by loud wild giggles.
“Hmm? What were you about to say, Sakura-kun?” Suo teased.
“You… hahaha…you’re a haha menace!”
“Me? A menace?I’m hurt, Sakura-kun. First you tried to attack me, and then you called me names? You need to be punished severely.” Suo smiled sinisterly.
And with that, Suo dove his hand right into the centre of Sakura’s belly button, watching in delight as Sakura let out a loud squeal and dissolved into cackles.
As much as Suo hated to admit, he liked seeing Sakura like this. Laughing and blushing instead of his usual scowling. Of course there is nothing wrong with his tsundere friend’s usual expression, it’s just that once in a while, he would like to see Sakura laugh with his friends because of something silly like this.
“N-not there!” Sakura screeched, flailing around, as Suo found his fingers dancing at Sakura’s upper ribs.
Suo smiled. He hit the jackpot. “Where? Here?” Without a warning, he dug his fingers into Sakura’s armpits.
The screech that Sakura let out was deafening.
Sakura thrashed around, loud laughter spilling out of his lips uncontrollably. This is unbearable, this is unbearable…
Luckily, just as Sakura was about to reach his limits, Suo retrieved his hand, leaving a panting mess of him laying on the arm of the couch.
“You act like I took the life out of you.” Suo grinned, scooting over to rub Sakura’s back to calm him down.
Sakura tensed when he felt the touch, but relaxed and leaned towards it when he felt that he wasn’t going to get another tickle attack so soon.
“You suck.” Sakura spat out one last insult at Suo, and Suo only laughed. Sakura isn't ready to take another round, but he will save this piece of information for tickle attacks another day.
“Really? You never asked me to stop, nor tried to grab at my wrists.” Suo asked.
Bingo. Sakura felt his cheeks flame up. He couldn’t think of a valid comeback, so he only turned his back against Suo.
So cute… Suo cooed.
“What… gave me away? Is it Nirei-kun?” Sakura asked.
Suo smiled at his friend’s confusion. Sakura was probably still in disbelief that Suo counter-revenged on his revenge.
Cute.
“Your eyes. You checked to make sure I’m in a good mood and in the right time and place before you pounce.”
Sakura only grumbled in response.
“Oh, don’t be sad~ I appreciate it. How you always look out for your friends even if it is just a tickle fight. You’re caring, kind, and…”
Suo snickered to himself when he saw Sakura get redder and redder with each praise. It wasn’t until Sakura held out a hand to cover Suo’s mouth did Suo burst out laughing.
“Just so you know, I’m getting you back next time. Tenfold.” Sakura threatened, looking at Suo with that competitive glint. And Suo returned that statement with a smirk.
“Looking forward to it.”
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Writer’s notes:
Ahhhh I finally wrote the fic that’s been on my mind for ages. Hope you all enjoyed it?
i def have more floating about in my head including those for characters not mentioned, so i dunno if I'll ever add those hfjdshk
some of these have been added by my bestest bestie, the genius themself @tickletr-ash
Team 7
tickle fights are like,,, insanely common with these goobers
like almost daily
Naruto and Sasuke go at each other at nearly any given moment and Sakura regularly is somehow roped in regardless of intention
Kakashi usually ignores them and just waits for them to flop on the ground from exhaustion so he can yap at them or something
they're all so honking loud that other teams have come by ready to break up a fight and its just,,, the three tickling the lives out of each other
Nart
canonically ticklish goober
tickle spots are his tummy and his footers
also uhhhh can i mention the seal?? like um chat what if that made him more ticklish i mean who said that what
he. is. so. SQUIRMY like brother canNOT sit still for the life of him
he flops around like a fish out of water
his laugh is so honking loud,,, he SCREAMS too omg
help he's probably won a few tickle fights from screaming so loud that the ler stops for a sec to cover their ears and he just. gets them HEFPEL
also,,,,, he snorts,,, sorry i dont make the rules
he couldn't hide his reactions even if he tried
he also like. canNOT focus on anything if he's being tickled fjjd thats a good way to distract him from something
he's like,,,, really feather sensitive too sobs
he's 50/50 with Kakashi tickle attacks, he loves it sometimes cuz it's fun and Kakashi is usually pretty goofy with them, but then other times he's like suspended in Kakashi's arms trapped in a tickle storm cuz he wasn't listening HFHSKJ
OMG ALSO Jiraya will do the same thing sometimes; he learned it from Kakashi
ler naruto is one of my favorite things ever omg
he absolutely uses his shadow clones to help him out (big old cheater)
he tickles sasuke and sakura almost daily - only for them to most often turn the tables on him
he loves doing sneak attacks - he's not super good at them, but he's gotten a few under his belt djkfhjk
he also finds chases rly fun,,, whether it be him chasing or being chased
he and Sasuke will tickle the life out of each other extremely frequently - Kakashi barely lets them actually spar so they just wreck each other when they both get hyperactive hjkdf
Sukra
eueuueue super ticklish
help i feel like when she was younger she'd be totally okay with admitting it but when she's older she's like girl what no way
tickle spots are her sides and ribs
shes. so. GIGGLY OMG
she has a super squeaky, squealy laugh,, Naruto and Sasuke make fun of it a lot
big kicker !!! watch out she's definitely conked a few in the back of the head
also she snorts too im sorry i think its just the cutest thing
ALSO OMG HER NOSE SCRUNCHES UP WHAT IF I SOBBED
okay she has completely different responses to either of her teammates tickling her
if it's Naruto, she'll fight back like crazy and try her absolute best to get the upper hand, but she barely ever succeeds
if it's Sasuke, she goes completely limp and kinda just accepts her death HELELFOEFKS
she low-key finds it super fun when Kakashi tickles her, he's usually pretty gentle with her cuz she's actually a good student most of the time HELPME
ler Sakura,,, oh my
similar to how she reacts, she has a different response according to whom she's tickling
if it's Naruto, she's honking EVIL,,, she knows his spots like the back of her hand and will not hesistate to tickle the life out of him. if it's Sasuke, she's a lot more playful and cutesy, but she doesn't rly tickle him without Naruto's help
she will not hesistate to yap abt their tickle spots to anyone who shows the slightest interest in that information
omg tickle fights with Ino are definitely a thing,, Sakura usually wins and she will gloat about it to no end
Susk
broski is so honking ticklish its not even funny
he will DIE before he admits it tho
tickle spots are under his arms and his hips
he's pretty good at hiding his reaction - to a certain extent - he at first will play it off like he's annoyed or just doesn't like to be touched
his giggles are very quiet and he usually tries to muffle them
but once the dam breaks… bro is LOUD
he'll explode into full on belly laughs… CACKLES even
he doesn't really squirm, he FIGHTS
he'll kick, he'll hit, he'll punch, he'll thrash around like crazy. he has absolutely punched Naruto in the face several times when he tries to tickle him
he and Naruto have tickle WARS. like. they attack each other and wrestle around and wreck each other until like one of them dies or something idk - neither one will stop if they have the upper hand
kakashi has literally had to yank them apart or off of each other cuz neither of them will stop or yield
also bro kakashi will not hesitate to tickle the life out of him
he's also got like plot armor cuz sasuke will try his best not to hurt him,,, unless he's dying, then all bets are off
never starts tickle fights, but finishes like maybe half of them
he's got good stamina, but not nearly as much as Naruto, unfortunately for him
the vast majority of Sasuke's lerness is saved for Naruto
it's a double-edged sword, however; it's a way to get him back for being annoying, but Naruto will for sure want to hurl it right back to him
he'll occasionally tickle Sakura, she doesn't do much to provoke him, but sometimes she deserves it HFKHKDHFKJD
Team 8
okay honestly i think tickle fights are very rare for them
pretty much the only ones i feel would actually participate would be Hinata and Kiba, but neither of them rly do it that often
i could see some playful pokes however !! and just them being cute and happy and SOBS I LOVE THIS TEAM
Hinata
EXPLODES omg very ticklish
why else does she wear that massive jacket /silly
tickle spots are her tummy and neck
she and Kiba share a tickle spot so they know what gets the other
she's super giggly and her laugh is super quiet and squeaky
she's very ticklish under her chin and Kiba takes advantage of that frequently jdsfhkj
she ABSOLUTELY hides her face omg and she goes beet red omg and she'll like pull her hood up over her face what if i crode
doesn't rly squirm, she just curls up in a ball and giggles like crazy
hot take but i think the only person she'd fight back against a tiny bit would be Neji,, like once they don't hate each other HELPME
she gets tickled by quite a lot of ppl, like Kiba, Shino, Neji, Naruto, and the girlies
bro omg if Naruto tickles her (which he does sometimes) she goes completely red and like faints within the first two seconds. like she doesn't even react to the tickling she's just GONE
almost never tickles others,, she will very rarely get enough courage to tickle Kiba or Neji
if she does, she is the most gentle tickler ever, the most she'll do is very gentle scribbles in very short bursts dhsjkf
the very very rare times that she tickles others, she knows their worst spots because of her Byakugan, but avoids them since she's not bold enough for that (@/tickletr-ash)
Kiba usually lets her tickle him for a bit, and she always immediately stops when he tells her to. Neji's a bit more prideful and will immediately turn the tables back on her dfhsjk
Kiba
pretty dang ticklish
will always deny it tho HELPLFKDS
tickle spots are his tummy and knees
very loud laugh, kinda like Naruto's
omg he's very yelpy and barky cuz doggie
he CANNOT handle teasing - a lot of ppl will do like a doggy voice when tickling him and he tweaks out
little Akamaru isn't much of a tickle threat other than little licks and nuzzles, but when he gets bigger oh dear he will tackle Kiba and nuzzle him to death JKDFHKJ
he doesn't often get tickled unless he joins a random tickle fight with other teams (which does happen sometimes fjhfgkj)
like many others, he will engage in crazy tickle fights with Naruto jkfdgfj - it's pretty 50/50 on who wins usually
he'll let Hinata tickle him sometimes cuz it's good for her confidence djfdfh sobs i see them as sibling figures
he's actually a pretty ruthless tickler,, unless it's Hinata hehe then he's very gentle
but bro he will wreck tf out of Naruto without hesitation
he and Naruto get into tickle fights quite often given the amount of times they interact dshfh
Shino
i don't often say this but like,,, i genuinely don't think he'd be ticklish at all
like, he's gotta be used to a tickly feeling if he's literally a walking bug nest
i mean,, at most i think i could see him being ticklish under his arms and on his footers cuz i mean i dont think there'd be bugs coming out of those areas dshkfjg
but yeah i love shino but i don't rly see him being very ticklish
doesn't really often tickle others,,, the most he'll do is a little poke to Kiba's tummy to shut him up or a gentle finger flutter behind Hinata's ear to cheer her up
Team 10
tickle fights are moderately common for them
most often targeting Ino
Asuma will sometimes give his students playful tickles cuz they're so honking precious
he's actually not that familiar with their tickle spots since he doesn't tickle them that often
since Shikamaru and Choji are so close they'll sometimes cook up a scheme to attack Ino and she knows they're up to something but can never figure out what
Ino
okay hear me out y'all
CRAZY CRAZY ticklish,,, like,,, a LOT
holy sigma she cannot stand being poked she will crash tf out
she will scream omg she's got a very screechy laugh
she absolutely lies abt being ticklish (@/tickletr-ash)
VERY flaily, she will conk her lers accidentally cuz she just tweaks out HELFED
tickle spots are her ribs and footers
she's tickled quite often, especially if she's being snippy
she tries to act super tough when she's threatened with tickles but completely loses it when it actually happens fdhjkhs
she'll often challege Sakura to tickle fights only to end up pinned to the floor cackling her head off
Shikamaru and Choji will not hesitate to tickle the life out of her if she is being grumpy (she will never admit it but she finds it fun)
omg also Sai will tickle tf out of her cuz he finds her reactions so funny
she actually really likes tickling others
she'll tickle Shikamaru and Choji pretty often, but she knows they are immediately going to get her back dkjhfkj
she tickles Sakura a lot, but, again, always ends up getting wrecked sdfhkj
she has tried to tickle Sasuke a few times, but he just slaps her hand away,,, the most she's gotten out of him is a yelp and a glare
Choji
underrated king omg
he's verrrrry ticklish
he will openly admit it, he doesn't really find it embarrassing at all
stop why do i hear him having like the sweetest cutest laugh ever
tickle spots are his tummy and knees
okay i feel like he'd actually not mind being tickled, he kinda just finds it fun, and his teammates aren't usually that mean,,, except Ino sometimesHEEKFES
is tickled most often by Ino cuz Shikamaru's a bit too lazy most of the time
okay so he's not a huge ler bUT he is very useful
he will use his partial expansion jutsu to like,,, pluck someone off the ground HELPMEJKDFHS why is that image so funny to me
he will suggest to tickle someone if it pops into his head but he won't rly do anything until someone else does cuz he's a sweetie
he will, however, just start tickling Ino sometimes to shut her up
Shikamaru
pretty darn ticklish too
help if someone asks him if he's ticklish he's just like yeah so what
tickle spots are under his arms and his footers
his laugh is pretty quiet and very,,, like snickery if that makes sense lol
he tends to avoid getting tickling cuz it's "such a drag" or "troublesome" for my sub friends
his defense mechanism is to just curl up in a ball HELFDSJ
Ino and Choji tag team him a lot,,, 9 times out of 10 he knows what they're up to but is too lazy to do anything about it pfff
Naruto also tickles him all the time, he's the only one rly able to get any loud reactions from Shikamaru cuz of how aggressive of a tickler he is HFJDSK
omg also. Temari will wreck tf out of him when she gets the chance
he's usually too lazy to tickle others, save for a few occasions where he'll join up with either of his teammates to attack the other
he will also help Naruto with his tickle schemes with his shadow possession jutsu
he's actually asked by a lot of ppl to use his shadow possession tickly purposes and he'll sometimes oblige
CHAT WAIT WHAT WAS HIS OTHER ONE THE UHHH SHADOW STITCHING JUTSU okay i know it's supposed to hurt but like what if he could use it for tickles
Team 9
FAV TEAM FAV TEAM
tickle fights are actually decently common with them
usually initiated by Lee and usually finished by Neji
Gai actually tickles his students quite often bc he loves them your honor
most often Lee, but he'll get Tenten and Neji a lot too
Rock Lee
eeee my fav my baby my best boy my absolute fav character
he's pretty ticklish, not insanely but yk a good amount
tickle spots are his hips and knees
he's so giggly oml HELP HIS GIGGLE IN THAT ONE EP WHAT IF I SOBBED
9 times out of 10 he enjoys being tickled and tickling others, he finds it fun and a good training technique for himself and others
okay when i say he loses almost every tickle fight i don't mean he gives up,,, he just NEVER admits defeat to the point where his ler literally stops on their own cuz they get bored jdshfkj
he's super wiggly and squirmy,, and he kicks like there's no tomorrow
he just cannot sit still like ever
Gai Sensei tickles him quite often, sometimes to get his attention when he goes off on one of his tangents hELLOGFJK
he's insanely strong but has a hard time getting the upper hand if he's being tickled,, he has a rly hard time focusing on anything else
he loves tickling others, he finds it so fun
he's always willing to accept the challenge of getting Neji to laugh or catching Tenten when she runs away from tickles
he's always encouraging when he's tickling others, for some reason he always sees it as training and he always says stuff like they can do it or they're doing well dsjfkh even if they're dying
TenTen
my underrated queen omg chat im in love with her
she's so honking ticklish omg
has the cutest dorky bubbly laugh ever n she squeals n she's so cute
she snorts too
omg also she gets so blushy and squirmy
she'll admit that she's ticklish but get really flustered about it sobs
tickle spots are her sides and under her arms
she's also got a very ticklish nose EEUUEUEE
she SQUAWKS if she's caught off guard and will like,, tweak out n flail everywhere fkkhjkg
she's kind of hard to catch cuz she's so squirmy and she's known to run away,, but Lee is always up for a challenge and WILL go after her until he catches her fjkfh
she'll sometimes get tag teamed by Lee and Neji, if Lee's able to drag Neji into doing it hdfjkf
she will not hesistate to help Lee in tickling Neji, they love to see him smiling and laughing
she will also help Neji turn the tables on Lee, and tries to keep the topic off of her gfdjjfk her being tickled is inevitable though
she'll tickle Lee on her own when he's being annoying, and sometimes Neji just to see him jerk away hehehe
Neji
he's honestly not super ticklish most areas of his body
if someone tickles him long enough, he'll eventually start giggling but he pretty much never lets anyone get that far
under his arms and his ribs are a bit more ticklish; those will give a slightly more immediate reaction
however, his absolute death spot is his back, right between his shoulder blades
it's the only place he can't really anticipate an attack, so tickling him there will definitely get him to shriek
if someone tickles him by surprise, his byakugan will accidentally activate
also he can't focus if he's actively using it while being tickled eueue
also. ticklish palms. need i say more?
his giggles are rly soft and quiet, but he tries to muffle them :(
his tickle laugh is also somewhat quiet, but it's a bit more open and also,, like,, neat?? idk for some reason i dont see him making like any weird noises or anything but like his laugh is very steady HFKSDJK
Rock Lee tickles him all the honking time - most of the time unintentionally only to get excited when Neji reacts and just Lee just attacks him lol
Tenten also joins in a bunch; it's pretty difficult for one person to tickle Neji, so she and Lee help each other out when attacking him
Neji does not tickle others often, but when he does… they're dead (not rly lol)
he usually finds tickle fights below him, but every once in a while, when Lee and/or Tenten are being extra annoying, he'll let himself go a bit and serve them their own medicine
he is a TERRIFYING ler,,, he's got the scary eyes, he's got them crazy speedy hands, he's cracked
Sand Siblings
tickle fights were very rare until Gaara started getting more comfortable with other ppl
Temari and Kankuro would get into tickle fights sometimes when they were younger, but the vibe kinda declined cuz of the little Gaara situationHELLO
OK BUT AFTER
they're not super crazy but they will tickle each other a bit more often
ofc Temari and Kankuro don't rly have filters with each other but ANYWAY
Gaara
ok he's like,,, really ticklish
he had absolutely no clue until he was older cuz the sand wouldn't let anyone touch him until he like started to let his guard down around ppl
he'd see temari and kankuro tickle each other and low key want to join so he started to let his guard down
at first, when ppl first started to try to tickle him, the sand would like shove them away before gaara was like wait this isnt so bad its kinda fun hello
he doesn't rly have any specific tickle spots, he's just ticklish all over fdhhjgfh
his laugh oml
its very quiet and kinda wheezy and breathy and giggly eueueue
he doesn't rly try to get away, he just gently squirms
i am so soft i love him omg
temari and kankuro tickle him sometimes - most often to cheer him up
naruto and lee do that too efhkj
he does not tickle others very often at all - he doesn't know how to and is kinda too scared to ask sobs
he will, however, use his sand to poke ppl and see how they react sjdkfhj he'll also help others out by holding down their lees for them
Temari
pretty ticklish
will deny it to her grave
she's not a huge fan of being tickled, she prefers to tickle others
she finds playful tickle fights with her siblings fun however
she has the cutest laugh tho, like super bright and happy sounding
tickle spots are her hips and footers
she also. hehehhe. does not mind. the rare occasions that Shikamaru tickles her
he's the only one she doesn't try to escape from hfjkdhg
she'll get tag teamed by her brothers somtimes, most often Kankuro but Gaara tries his best
although if Gaara or Crow is able to grab her she is toast
BIG BIG LER omg
ok this is probably so dumb but like,,, why do i see her tickling TenTen alot,,, I KNOW THEY BARELY INTERACT OTHER THAN THE EXAMS BUT LIKE IDK I JUST LOVE TENTENHDJKFH
she will not hesistate to wreck the life out of Shikamaru and tease him mercilessly all the while
she is probably the biggest tickler out of this team, since her brothers are better at restraining HELPME but Kankuro's really good too
she tickles Kankuro frequently, and gives Gaara sweet, gentle pokes and scribbles sometimes to make him giggle chat im sobbing
Kankuro
a little ticklish, nothing too crazy but still is
the only one who rly dares to tickle him is Temari, and very occasionally Gaara
tickle spots are under his arms and his ribs
not rly ticklish anywhere else tho
he's got a very raspy, barky laugh, kinda like Kiba's
scary scary ler omg
he can and will use Crow to chase, corner, and catch his lees
also. bro his fingers are experienced in puppetry so im sure they're good at tickling
chat what if he had a tickly version of the Black Ant (thas my fav puppet of his its so cool) BUT WHAT IF THERE WAS A TICKLE VERSION IM EXPLODING
im sure he could make one if he tried HUFHEUE
anyway he tickles Temari a bunch when she's being sassy as usual
and he will tickle Gaara or hold him still for Temari ueueueue
he can always tell when Gaara's had enough cuz the sand will push them away (the reaction time has gradually gotten longer and longer jdfskj)
