#ler!basil

"Um- Hero? Do you know where Kel is? I need to ask him if he broke my camera..." Basil inquired.

"Oh your cameras broken? Don't worry! I'm sure Mari could fix it for you, right?" She nodded.

"Anyway, I think he's under the tree with the others!" Hero had a warm smile, as he turned back to Mari to finish baking their cookies.

Basil walked over to the tree Hero mentioned, & there he was with Aubrey & Sunny.

"Kel? Did you break my camera?" He asked.

"No.." (Lies)

"But why did i find a photo of you swinging around with it?" Basil interrogated.

"What...there's no photo.." The brunette had a very guilty look on his face.

"Then, what's this?" Basil pulled out the photo!

"That's-uh! Fabricated! Yeah! AUBREY DID IT!!!" He pointed to the young girl.

"WHAT?! I DID NOT, JERK!" she shouted, "Come on Basil let's get him!"

"Yeah!" The blonde laughed.

"AAAAAA SUNNY HELP ME!!!" Kel started to run as fast as he could as the others chased him.

Sunny ignored, claiming it was too "immature for him & carried on silently reading his book.

Being who he is, it was guaranteed Kel would fall at some point, & so he did, right in the middle of the field.

"….. need a minute..." Kel gasped, "God, you run fast..."

"Well we wouldn't have to chase you if you just gave up!"

"NEVER! UAHAHAHA!!!" He leaped up, "YOU'LL NEVER CATCH ME-ACK!" Aubrey caught him just before he got away.

"Time for your punishment!!!" She said with determination.

"What do you- Wait...nonoNONONO-"The boy burst out laughing before he could even finish his sentence.

He folded up like a chair as 20 fingers wiggled & squeezed all over his sides, "Nahahat fahahahir!!!

Thahat's cheheating!" He giggled.

"You lied to us!!!" Basil said.

"Maybe we'll stop if you tell the truth!" Aubrey added.

"IHI DIDNT BREHEAK IT I SWEHEAR!!!" He cackled & flinched at every poke the two sent to his stomach, the tingly feelings shooting across his body.

"WRONG!!!" They said in unison, "Gosh if only I knew you were this ticklish then, I would've definitely have won that play fight." Aubrey teased.

"SHUHUT UHUP- NAHAT THEHERE" Kel's obnoxious laughter raised an octave when Basil's hand snuck under his arm, he quickly shot them down & squeezed tightly.

"Ooh, look Aubrey! I think I found it!" He said innocently as Kel practically died of laughter.

"Good job! Take. THIS!" Kel flailed his arms about in a weak attempt of escape, & once Aubrey started to dig into the ticklish hollows, it was over.

It wasn't long before the boy's giddy laughter had silenced, so the two mischievous kids let up, &

Kel lay there in a messy pool of giggles.

"I gihive uhup...I didn't mehean to break it I swear!" He blabbed out.

"Oh, we're not mad. We just wanted to mess with you." Aubrey admitted casually.

Kel's mouth gaped.

"MARIII AUBREY & BASIL ARE BULLIESSS!!!" He yelled as he, once again, ran away, all the way to the house.

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Sunny stared right back at him, and for a second the fog of sleep cleared from his mind, making him too much aware of how hot his cheeks are and how crazy everything must sound to his friend. How embarrassing. What was he thinking? So silly. All of this was just so silly and embarrassing, and he shouldn't just go telling things like this without even thinking about, what was he thin-

"I don't think it's dumb."

Basil let out a loud squeak, making both boys freeze when Kel squirmed on the bed next to them, breathing stopping for a second before his snores began to fly in the air again. Sunny let out a relieved sigh, noticing how nor Hero or Aubrey's asleep form seemed to react to the blonde's squeal. Basil took a few deep breaths to clear his head. In for seven, hold for four, out for eight and repeat. The same routine for when the dark thoughts tried to be too much.

When his blue eyes opened they found concerned black ones. Basil held Sunny's hand and gently squeezed, a relaxed smile in his face showing the other that he was truly okay.

Sunny nodded. He scooted over, pressing their bodies together in the shared mattress on the floor, his words a whisper. "I think it's cute."

Basil's shoulders bounced as he held his flustered titters, the honesty on his friend's tune doing nothing to quell the blush slowly creeping to his neck. "Thank you, Sunny..."

The other looked at him then around the room, eyes unfocused as if he was pondering about something before nodding at himself and letting their eyes locked themselves together again. Basil wondered if he was going to share a secret, too.

They stared at each other. Sunny’s lips quirked upwards and for some reason Basil felt shiver run down his spine, making a wobbly tune take over his smile. Sunny just tilted his head, like a confused puppy, before slowly pulling both of his hands up, fingers wiggling in the air.

"Sunny!" A quiet gasp left his mouth, body instinctively trying to squirm away however failing as his back pressed on a cold wall, giggles already bubbling and jumping in excitement in his chest as the offending hands got closer and closer and closer to him. 

Sunny only grinned in response, feigning an attack and fishing a yelp from the other, who was quick to cover his lips with his right hand, using the other to try to bap the teasy fingers away in a silly fight that last less than a minute. Soft snorts began to paint his words. 

"I am going to wake them up, Sunny!" Sunny, the traitor, only snickered in amusement, deciding to finally attack the other's sensitive neck with a series of light scribbles and nimble scratches, being oh, so careful to go all the way up to tease for a few seconds the spot behind his ears before going back down and giving a bit of attention to his collarbone. "Sunny!" 

Both boys couldn't help their big smiles at the high pitched, muffled giggles that were quick to become quiet squeaks as that lovely spot right under Basil's chin was targeted, making the blonde bounce on the spot in an attempt to get rid of the giddy energy which seemed to spread across all his nerves, especially when Sunny changed his attack to softly prod and poke at his ribs, leaving a trail of tingles everywhere he touched. "Plehehehease!"

"Don't worry." Sunny stopped the tickles to adjust himself, pulling his friend closer so he would be able to hide his face on his chest, an opportunity Basil immediately took, muffling even more the snorts and yelps that blossomed on his voice. Sunny chuckled happily at the sight. "I will stop before you get too loud." He promised,  experimenting a light squeeze at his belly and deciding against tickling the spot when a bark of laughter momentarily filled the air, which led him to firmly rub the skin and to not only chase the remains of the ticklish feeling away but also make the other basically melt on his embrace. 

He placed the information in a folder and put it away for another day.

"I like your laughter." He pointed, his fingertips trailing on the ticklish skin of the other's back, tapping their way up and down on his spine, humming contently with Basil's snickers, "and I like that you like it. It's a good way to make you smile."

He squirmed a bit when his friend's hands rested on his sides, almost clawing at the ticklish spot, probably as he tried to keep his balance. Sunny felt his own attack become wobbly, being thrown away by the sudden tickly sensation. He squirmed a tad more, trying to dislodge the hands.

It didn't work.

"But do you know what I also like a lot?" Basil's voice, even though still full of bubbly laughter, held a hit of something else. Sunny looked down, wide eyes finding blue ones mischievously shining in mirth. 

Basil's joyful smirk only grew bigger at the redness that covered the tip of Sunny's ears, quickly nodding at his friend when said one shook his head in response, already knowing the answer for his question.

He decided to answer anyway. "Revenge!" He whisper-shouted, carefully pinching his usually quiet friend's sides, almost squealing in pure delight with the way Sunny became boneless at his touch, hands hugging himself and cheeks puffed out in his herculean effort to hold in all the laughter.

"You're so cute, Sunny." He almost didn't realize when the words left his mouth, his fingers spidering their way to the so guarded armpits, too much in awe with the titters that escaped from other's tightly pressed lips. It has been a time since they had a tickle fight, he almost forgot how happy they made him feel.

"You're both cuter when you're sleeping, though."

It took everything in the blonde to not scream and wake up the whole city at the new voice, his body immediately jumping and turning around to stare at the yawning Hero with a wide stare.

Hero chuckled, with a bite of tease, even, at them, eyes traveling between both, the light shining in them going soft at their happy expressions (especially now that Basil got some time to calm his heart). He lingered a bit longer on the image of Sunny's still giggly form on the floor, but ended up pulling himself up, searching for the other occupants of the room before tiredly walking at them.

"O-o-oh my god, Hero, I am so, so, so sorry for disturbing you! I-I, uh, I just got carried away and I am very sorry for this..."

Hero cut the blond's rambling apologies by ruffling his hair with a fraternal smile, not seeing mad at all. "You're fine, B'sil. It's 'kay. Tomorrow is Sund'y, we can survive sleeping more-" One more yawn, "-late than normal." 

Basil searched his face for something Hero's tired brain couldn't quite place, nodding when he seemed to find it, an embarrassed red still painting his cheeks.

Hero tsked, not unkindly, bending down and pulling both teens up in a swift move, adjusting them in his arms before walking to the part of the room he was sleeping, dragging some more pillows and blankets with him.

"H-Hero?"

"Nope, shh, it's sleep time now." Hero chided with the same tune his dad used at him and Kel when they did a prank that he also thought was very funny, but their mom was nearby. He lectured them, but his heart wasn't really in it. 

"Did we really wake you up?" Sunny whispered as the older one laid them on the big mattress, putting himself between both boys and adjusting the new pillows and blankets.

"Yes," he stared at the other's black eyes, trying to see what was happening behind them. "But it is not really your fault. I am just a light sleeper who happens to have very sharp big bro instincts that always know when one of you is doing some shenanigans." 

He booped their nose, feeling himself relax when Basil and Sunny chucked at his attics. 

"Now, shhh, growing boys need to sleep." His teasy words were received with a roll of eyes and a yawn. The two forms at his sides closing their eyes and beginning to nod off.

"G'night Hero. Nighty Sunny."

"Good night Basil. Good night Sunny."