#ler!cherri

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husk had been in his hotel room most of the week, only coming out to work. and even then he didn’t speak to anyone, just sliding them their requested drink and turning his back to them once more

I mean— can you blame him? the person he loved after DECADES of being unable to left him. he should’ve known better than to get his hopes up anyway. he wasn’t fit for love, and he knew it. he wasn’t worthy of any kind of it. platonic or romantic.

he stared down the booze bottle he had in hand, barely having the energy to drink it. and that was one of the only things he was ACTUALLY good at.

he really was worthless, huh?

he tossed the half full booze bottle to the side, watching it roll off of the bed and hit the floor with a crash. fuck. nothing was going how he’d like it to.

he pulled his knees to his chest and tucked his head into them, his tail wrapping around his ankles and his arms wrapping around his knees as his claws dug into his calves.

he held back the urge to just— honestly start sobbing. that’s all he was able to do aside from sit in silence and claw as his forearms till he bled.

his ears were flat against his head, he just sat in the far corner of his bed that was pushed against the wall, sniffling a little as he held back tears.

however— he lifted his head when he heard his hotel room door open slightly.

“aaaye.. uhm-“ a familiar australian accent called out. “..can I come in?”

husk huffed and put his head back in his knees. “charlie send you?” he said in a blunt tone.

“no, actually.” cherri pushed the door open a little more so that she could walk in, holding fat nuggets in her other arm. “came on my own. wanted to see what you were bitchin’ about.” she said sarcastically, trying to lighten the mood a little.

all that was earned back was a weak growl before the room fell silent.

yeesh.. awkward.

cherri shut the door behind her and locked in for privacy, holding fat nuggets close and walking over to husks bed.

“you can’t sulk forever, mate.” she started.

“you challenging me?” husk replied gruffly.

cherri sighed surprisingly softly, sitting down on husks bed. “it won’t make him come back any faster.”

..

husks claws dug into his pant legs, his shoulders tensing.

cherri’s gaze turned to the broken glass on the floor, along with the splattered booze. she swallowed, looking back at husk. “..I know how it feels.”

“really?” husk snapped, lifting his head just enough to glare at cherri.

“it’s happened before.. before you came along. this is the third time.” cherri fidgeted with her nails, still holding fat nuggets who was looking up at her as she spoke with a small sad look.

cherri looked down at fat nuggets, taking a deep breath before speaking again. “he never stays gone for long. he’s just— ..he’s trying.” cherri gently scratched fat nuggets on the head. “he wouldn’t want you to isolate yourself like this.”

husk’s eyes got glossy, he quickly hid his face in his knees and wiped his eyes on them.

“..he’d hate to know you were.” cherri looked back at husk. “though— can’t say I wasn’t the same the first time.”

husk looked back up “are you seriously trying to bond over this bullshit??” he furrowed his brows.

“I’m trying to relate so you don’t feel so pathetic.” cherri narrowed her eye at him.

“it ain’t fuckin’ helpin’?!” husk hissed, his eyes looking down at fat nuggets after yelling. fuck. feeling water weld up in his eyes, he let his head fall back in his knees again.

cherri groaned quietly, clearly sucking at the comforting thing. she set fat nuggets down on the bed and tried to think of something else. she was sick of that sour ass expression.

fat nuggets stood up on the bed, gaining balance on the soft surface before waddling over to husk.

he sat down at husks feet— paws? paws.

husk’s head stayed tucked away as he wiped his tears on his knees yet again.

the pig’s eyes saddened once again, he let out a soft oink to try and get husks attention. why wasn’t he looking at him?

husk stayed quiet, still hiding his head.

fat nuggets oinked again, using his snout to nudge at husks paw.

husk flinched slightly, the wet and coldness of the pigs snout gaining some reaction. though the flinch wasn’t really a pained or irritated one.

cherri looked over and saw husks reaction, tilting her head and furrowing her brow.

fat nuggets perked up at the movement, nudging husks paw again. though thing time, he nuzzled his snout into the side of husks paw.

husk pulled his paw back and looked up from his knees and down at fat nuggets. “quihit.” he spoke quietly to the pig.

cherri watching from the edge of the bed, a smirk forming on her lips.

husk rested his forehead on his knees, not fully tucking his head.

cherri quickly snatched fat nuggets and stood up quietly. “nuggets, you fuckin’ genius!” cherri exclaimed in a whisper, earning a happy oink from fat nuggets who had NO fucking clue what she was talking about.

now, cherri definitely sucked at words of affirmation or whatever. but— she didn’t suck at one thing. tickling.

hey, it worked with angel! ..usually. why not give it a go with the embodiment of depression?

cherri stepped over the broken glass and sat right beside husk, holding fat nuggets with one arm. “..I heard that noise, by the way.” cherri commented with that shit-eating smirk.

husk turned his head to her. “what noise?” he cocked a brow.

“the giggle you made when nuggs nudged ya! I ain’t fuckin’ stupid.”

husk tensed, shit— did he actually giggle?!

“wh- I didn’t giggle?!” husk said with a panicked voice crack.

“yeheah, you did! was pretty much a stereotypical “teehee!” too- pffssh-“ cherri snickered.

“fuck off!” husk snapped once again, though this was more of a flustered one than just a bitchy one.

cherri cackled at his reaction. “must have quite the weakness, eh?” she teased.

husk groaned and hid his face in his knees for the millionth time, not out of sadness this time. “I don’t! I’m not fuckin’- ..that.” oh, this was pathetic.

cherri scooted closer, placing fat nuggets back down on the bed. “that? really? can’t even say the word?”

husks ears flattened against his head in embarrassment. “go back to your shitty relating bullshit!” his voice cracked once again.

“nah, this gets a better reaction.” cherri grinned, prodding at the side of the cats rib. “cmon, you’re not what?”

husk tensed, his paws immediately moving up to block off his rib. “goho away!-“

“what’s the fun in that?” cherri moved her hand to squeeze husks hip.

husk yelped and spun to where his hip wasn’t facing the other— but the front of his body was. fucking dumbass I tell you.

cherri’s stupid smirk was enough to make you giggle in anticipation, but husk held back,

“didn’t think that move through , huh pussycat?” cherri teased, moving to sit on her knees and crawl closer to husk.

husk rolled his eyes at the name, looking ANYWHERE but at cherri. “fuck you!”

cherri grinned once again. “bold for the one who’s cornered.”

fuck. he was basically cornered.

husk glanced at the one way escape to his right, gulping before attempting to make a run for it. but— fat nuggets blocked his way as soon as he got ready to bolt, sitting and staring up at husk with his beady black eyes as husk was in full sprint form.

“oh, cmon, you fat fUHUCK!-“ husk yelped as cherri grabbed him by the torso and yanked his ass back.

she flipped him on his back and pinned him to the bed, looking so proud of herself for manhandling him like that.

husk on the other hand was in shock, grunting softly as he was slammed onto the bed. “get the FUCK OFF’A ME!!-“

“not a chance. thanks, nuggs. you’re a real one.” cherri fist bumped fat nuggets lightly on the snout.

“fuckin’ cornbAHALL-! NAHA-!” husk yelped as he felt the nails on one of cherri’s hands dig into his armpit after using her other hand to pin his paws above his head.

“I didn’t ask for your opinion on my one-on-one with the pig, privacy is policy! or however that stupid shit goes..” cherri narrowed her brow at the thought.

“YOU brohoke into my fuhuckin’ room, ahasshole?!-“ husk exclaimed with attitude.

“I ASKED!! you didn’t fuckin’ reply!” cherri argued back, scribbling down husks side. husks snickering turned to giggles as she moved spots, turning his head away. “oh, now you wanna be quiet?” cherri tilted her head, squeezing husks side.

husk yelped again, this time with a snort followed behind it. “yohou fuhuckin’ sUhuck!”

“heh- you sound like fat nuggets! I didn’t know you snorted?” cherri giggled herself.

“yohou weren’t supOHOsed tohoho!-“ husk whined.

“wooowww, you were gonna keep this ridiculously adorable detail from me?” cherri said dramatically.

“IT’S NOT ADOHORABLE!!” husk yelled.

cherri snickered, then cleared her throat and mocked a serious face and tone. “oh- right, right. just pathetic then!”

“kihill yoursehelf!-“ husk growled, more playfully than anything.

cherri gasped dramatically, digging her fingers into husks left hip. “and IM the asshole?! the NERVE.”

husk squeaked, kicking his paws out and accidentally kneeing cherri in the back as he giggled.

“OW- fuck!” cherri reached behind herself to grab one of husks knees, letting go of his wrists.

“sohorry-!” husk giggled out, panting a little.

awh.

wait

AWH?? no fucking way an “awh” came to her mind.

..well. he did look a little cute. for such a grouch anyway. seeing him so— vulnerable? was kinda endearing.

not like she’d say that to his face or anyone else’s, yknow how gay that sounds? that was for her and herself only to know.

ANYWAY.

cherri let go of his knee and put her hands on her hips. “hmm.. where to now..” she thought out loud like some cartoon character.

husk just waited, not a word came out of his mouth.

and cherri immediately noticed. “what? no come back? “fuck you”? nothing?”

husk groaned and his paws(hands) covered his face. “shut up.”

cherri looked a little surprised. normally, she got a reaction like this for angel when he wanted her to keep…. going. no fucking way.

“you like this, don’t you?” cherri cocked one side of her brow.

fuck.

shit.

FUCK!!!

husks face flushed a shade of pink before he quickly tried to run again, but he was pushed back down by cherri.

“you fuckin’ like this shit!!” cherri exclaimed.

husk stuttered. “sh- yo- fuckin’- I- UGH! DAMMIT!!” the only word he could get out.

cherri huffed out laughed, shaking her head slightly. “oho- thihis is too fuckin’ good!”

husks face grew warmer by the minute. “fuck OFF.” he grumbled.

“no chance, sourpuss.” cherri rested her hands on husks wings.

husk tensed. “nOHoho-!“ he screeched and tried to squirm away once more to no avail.

cherri grinned and scribbled her nails into his wings, earning yet another screech that was 10 times louder.

“CHEHEHERRI!!!-“ he shouted, kicking his paws out and attempting to shove her away.

but— she didn’t move a muscle.

and honestly? husk was okay with that.

he didn’t really mind the tickling at all, it was almost comforting in a way— aside from the BRUTAL wrecking(/silly). he felt safe. which was weird. he hated this bitch literally a few months ago??

then again— he noticed she had gotten a little softer. more open, slightly gentler. her attitude didn’t change, obviously. but he knew something did. she wasn’t that bad.

“aye! get outta lala land, fucker! I’m tryna get reactions here.” cherri snapped him out of his thoughts with her shout and movement to one of his ears. “got this spot from angie, heard it was a great one.”

husk squeaked in response, tilting his head back to try and get her hand away. but it didn’t help. “yOHOU bIHIhitch-!” he insulted.

“that I am, fuzzball.” cherri spoke proudly, moving to husks neck. using both hands to gently scritch at the sides. two fingers to tickle, two to hold husks chin up so he couldn’t tuck his head in and block off her hands.

husks laughter died down to soft giggles with the occasional snort, but it still really fucking tickled. “y- yehehe- gohoddammit..” he mumbled.

he looked up at cherri, his face immediately heating up again at the look on her own. fuck— he was NOT used to her looking soft.

“cat got ya’ tongue, scrooge?” cherri leaned down a little closer.

“eheat shihit and dihie.” husk replied defensively yet playfully. cherri just smiled back. “I’ll pass.” she lifted her hands, patting husks head mockingly then looking over at fat nuggets

the pig had been watching the whole time, his little beady eyes filled with joy. he stood up from his sitting position and waddled over to them both.

husk was panting softly, following cherris gaze to fat nuggets. his eyes softening a little. “hey, bud.” husk reached a paw out and brushed it over the pig’s head.

fat nuggets oinked happily, waddling over a little more and stepped onto husks torso. husk grunted and huffed a little “uurgh- watch your step, nuggets.”

cherri snickered. “he must like you.” to which husk replied— “yeah, a little too much. fuckin’- hEHEY!-“ husk yelped when he felt the pigs snout nuzzled his bellybutton, holding back everything so that he didn’t buck the pig off.

cherri’s eye lightened up. “I knew I was missin’ a spot!” she scooted back a little, sitting on husks thighs.

“oh hehell no! shit- nUHuggehehets!- yohou’re killin’ mehe-!” husk tried to fend cherri off, but it obviously didn’t work.

“whaaat? he’s my lil helper! ain’t that right, nuggs?” cherri cooed at the piglet.

husk attempted to gently push fat nuggets away, but it just made the pig more eager and clingy. fat nuggets waddled his happy ass up to husks ribs, sitting down and staring at husk.

“why’re you looking so damn hard? BLINK.” husk leaned back a little from looking up.

fat nuggets looking down at husks ribs, scooting back a little. husks eyes widened. “don’t you fuckin’ dare, you little shit.” husks voice wavered.

the pig looked back up at husk, almost taunting him before leaning down and nuzzled his snout into husks lower ribs. husk let out a surprised cackle and snorted. “fAHahack!-“ he smacked the bed so he wouldn’t smack fat nuggets.

cherri walked her fingers along husks hips, making her way up to the sides of his- “I wihill slap the shit ohout of yohou.” ..belly. damn, he felt her fingers! darn…. /sar

“awww, whhhyyyyy?” cherri whined sarcastically. like she gave a shit if he slapped her.

“behecause! gehet your fuckin’ pihig!” husk demanded.

“he ain’t mine! he goes by his own rules.” cherri nodded, looking down at fat nuggets and whispering. “I would get off though, he might buck your lil ass to the ceiling when I do this.” “dO whAhahat?-“ husk interrupted.

cherri gently picked fat nuggets up and placed him at husks paws/feet, then cracking her knuckles. “this!” cherri immediately began digging into husks furry tummy, making him absolutely shriek.

“I HAHAHATE YOHOHOUU!! *snrk* HEHEEHEHAHAHAHHA!!!” husk cried out, shaking his head.

“ohh, this must be your worst spot, huh? that why you threatened to slap me, giggles? mm?” cherri taunted, cooing at the older one as she scribbling her nails into the fur on his belly.

husk could only nod, tearing up from how hard he was laughing. cherri hadn’t seen anyone more ticklish in both her life and after. this was absolutely fucking adorable.

cherri perked up when she heard a light tapping against the bed, looking behind her to see that husks tail was WAGGING??

“your fuckin’ tail WAGS??” cherri exclaimed without a second thought, making husks blush even brighter.

“SHUHUUT AHAHAHAP!!!-“ he laughed out, slamming his fist into the mattress and throwing his head back.

cherri grinned evily as she got an idea for a final bow in the tickling fashion.

she randomly paused, putting her hands on the mattress and taking a DEEP deep breath.

fuck.

fuck

FUCK!!

husks eyes widened, he didn’t even have time to get a “no!” out before cherri blew the LOUDEST raspberry onto his tummy. his shriek practically echoed through the hotels halls, his laughter the most childish it could get.

literally. he let out a whole squeal, “hehe” and everything! the cutest thing EVER is that his tail started thumping against the mattress even faster.

cherri grabbed his hips to keep him steady, blowing another raspberry onto his side. husk smacked the back of her head as he cackled, unable to hold himself back for that one as his paw IMMEDIATELY recoiled in fear. the playful kind, not genuine horror.

cherri lifted her head and “glared” at husk after the backhanded slap to her head.

“s-sohorry-?” his shoulders scrunched up a little in anticipation.

cherri looked back at fat nuggets, who blinked at her then looking at husks paw. scooted up a little and nuzzling his snout into his pawpad which made husk let out a surprised giggle as he wasn’t expecting it.

cherri looking back at husk and narrowed her eye before taking another deep deep breath and blowing a raspberry right into husks bellybutton. nuzzling her face into his tummy aswell.

husk screamed like a little girl, covering his face with his paws this time and laughing as loud as he possibly could.

after about another minute of that, cherri rolled off of husk and took fat nuggets with her to lay beside him.

husk panted, wiping his tears and sitting up on his elbows. huffing and pulling himself together. “fuhuck.. yuugghh.. eheh-!.. huh.” he calmed himself down, then looked back at cherri and fat nuggets

cherri waved teasingly, smiling like a fucking moron. “have fun?” “you fuckin’ suck.” husk grumbled as he flopped back down on the bed, turning his head to fat nuggets and petting him on the head. “you too. evil piece of shit.”

cherri chuckled. “feel any better?” she asked and husk hummed. “..yeah, actually.” he nodded. “thank you.” he looked at cherri.

cherri nodded back. “‘course. gotta make sure you don’t end up killing yourself.” cherri shrugged after her blunt comment.

husk cocked a brow. “why? you’ll miss me?” he smirked.

cherri cleared her throat and looked away. “I’ll miss your.. drinks! yeah, you make them better than the shitty club down the road. those taste like ASS.” cherri complained, but mostly to cover up the fact that she would infact miss him. she already lost pentious, she didn’t need to lose another loved one.

husk chuckled. “you’re such a whiner.” he nudged her side with his elbow.

cherri jerked, her shoulders tensing a little and her lips quivered. ..huh.

husk tilted his head. “did I nudge too hard?” he asked, placing his hand on where he nudged.

cherri shook her head, jerking away from his touch and biting her lip.

ohhh..

husk grinned. “and I’m the “super ticklish” one? fuckin’ bullshit.” husk sat up.

cherri tossed fat nuggets onto the mattress and went to make a break for it— but, husks reflexes were on point. he grabbed her leg and jerked her back like she did to him in the start of all of this.

“OW!- you fuckin’ cunt! let me go, dickhead!!” cherri argued, trying to shove husk away with GREAT strength. but— husk was determined.

husk pinned her on her back and grabbed his wrists, holding them about her head. “nice try, dipshit. you really thought I’d let you get away with allat?”

“you fuckin’ loved it!! why am i being hated on for HELPING A FRIEND OUT.” cherri kicked her legs in frustration.

husk huffed, rolling his eyes at her statement. “WHATEVER.”

cherri looked up at her wrists being pinned. “you don’t exactly have any hands to tickle with, mate. fresh outta luck! HAH.”

“hands? who needs hands?” husks wings flared out before curling forwards and brushing against cherri’s underarms, making her jolt with a surprise laugh. “hands are overrated.” husk added.

cherri shrieked. “WAHAHAHAIT!!!-“

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Cherri couldn't see very much from her end of the call, just a view of a ceiling and a sliver of Pentious's hood.

"-this blasted thing. Just gotta reroute the... activate the..."

"Uhhh Pentious? Can you hear me?"

He looked around wildly for a moment, stupidly, as if Cherri could be standing right next to him. He seemed to realize she was speaking from the tablet and suddenly all Cherri could see on her end were two ginormous glossy eyes. "Wha-oh. Oh! Miss Bomb! Hello! Can you hear me?"

"Yeah, yeah, I can hear you-"

"Can you hear me?!" Pentious shrieked, peaking the microphone unpleasantly.

"Yes! Pentious, I can hear you. Stop shouting."

His hood shrunk a little as he blushed. "Right. Sorry about that. I've been having trouble getting this thing working all morning."

"How have you-"

"So how have you-"

Cherri gave him a nod. "You first."

"No no, you first, please."

"How have you been? It's been a couple weeks since... you know, the whole Heaven-Hell war bullshit. Things settle down up there yet?"

"Oh, yes, Heaven is quite alright. There is some lingering concern about the whole mass extinction threat, but that means more souls participating in Group Therapy. More company for me, haha.

"How are things down there? Is Hell still pissssed at Heaven?"

Cherri considered her answer. "I don't think so, no. A lot of people are still just really shaken up about Vox's superweapon. There have been a lot of mourning families visiting the hotel to pay their respects to all those who died that day. But I guess scared is better than angry- Oh my gosh wait! You'll never believe this! There's more sinners here at the hotel than ever before! 'Parently you caused quite a stir when you made that big speech to all of Hell."

Pentious smirked. "What can I say, I am quite the inspiration."

You sure as hell are, Cherri thought to herself.

"Are you-"

"How are you-"

Cherri barked a laugh.

Pentious rolled his eyes and smiled bashfully. "Oh dear..."

Cherri continued to laugh, a little sweeter and sappier than she meant for it to sound. It sickened her how this buffoon made her act.

Pentious seized that moment to get a word in. "How are you doing, Cherri?"

Her breathing evened out, and she replied. "Better now that you invented a way for us to talk. It's... It's boring as fuck down here without someone to pummel. It's not the same without you here..."

She noticed then, from his silence, that Pentious was concerned.

She tried lightening the mood. "But hey, I'm alright, all things considered. The hotel's not actually that bad. Comfy rooms, nice people; I can see why you liked it here. Don't worry about your egg down here, by the way, we've all been keeping-"

"My WHAT?! Are you- Are you saying one of my egg boys survived?"

"Oh yeah! He's safe and sound. Misses you though."

"AAAUGHHH!" Pentious wailed with joy. At least it looked like joy.

She thought they would get at least fifteen minutes in before he started crying.

Pentious sniffled. "Oh- Do tell my little egg that I love him! And that I miss him!"

"I will, I promise."

That seemed to calm Pentious down. He sighed.

"You have no idea how happy I am to hear that. I want so terribly to come down there and see all of you. The Seraphims are worried that me wandering around down there will cause a disturbance, but I don't even care. Seeing you face-to-face, Cherri, would be worth any risk."

Her heart panged in sadness. She wanted him here too. Along with the pang also came a not-unpleasant flutter. Pentious had gotten braver in his affections since ascending, and Cherri still wasn't quite used to it.

"I know. I miss you too. But it'll happen one of these days, you'll see. Maybe you'll pop down here for a spell and visit me, maybe I'll grow a pair of fucking wings and join you up there in Heaven, I don't know, but it'll happen."

She could practically see the bravado return in Pentious. "That it will, Miss Bomb, that it will."

A squeal rang through the call and Cherri winced at the tone.

She watched as Pentious look to someone at his right as she made out a small voice on the other end.

"-you get it working? Is that Cherri?"

That sounded like Emily. No one else in the universe could rival Charlie's spirited demeanor to such an extent.

The angel's face popped into view.

"Oh my gosh hiiii! It's so good to see your face again! I'm glad Pentious got this thing working! He's been raving about you nonstop, I'm glad you two are talking!"

Even from her small screen, Cherri could see Pentious blush.

"'Nonstop' is a bit exaggerated, don't you think?" He mumbled.

Emily kept on, losing herself in her eagerness. "He'd go on and on about how much he missed you and how worried he was about you, and then he'd get all sad and then we'd need to tickle him to make him smile again, not that we mind but-"

"Okay! Thank you, Miss Emily, that's enough! I think we'll be taking this conversation to the roof, ta-ta!" Pentious fumbled over his words, trying to talk over the angel before she could do any more damage.

Cherri watched the camera wobble as Pentious picked up his tablet and flew off with it.

Emily's still-cheerful voice became but a hum in the background.

"Oh okay byyyee!"

The camera was then stationary again as he repositioned himself on the roof.

"Sorry about that. She just gets so excited, you know." His face was unusually flushed and Cherri could make out beads of sweat falling down his forehead.

It was plain to see he was embarrassed. About which part of Emily's rant, she wasn't sure. Was it the fact that he talked about her to others, the fact that he got lonely without her, or that he apparently could be cheered up by getting tickled?

The idea was so precious, it was nauseating. Like taking that first bite of a cupcake that's only icing.

She could imagine him sulking around enough until Emily and whoever else she was referring to had no other choice but to scratch and poke at his sides and get him laughing.

Her stomach prickled at such a thought.

"She seems sweet. Good to know you've got someone up there looking after you."

"She really has been a tremendous help, yes."

"I mean, since none of us are there to tickle you better, at least she is."

"Ohhhkay, there it is." Pentious pinched the bridge of his nose with his pointer and middle finger.

"So like do you have to ask her to do that or does she just do it for you?"

Cherri knew how much she was bothering him. It was the only thing about this whole situation that felt familiar.

Pentious scowled. "I will have you know that she does so of her own volition, and that I, make no effort to ask her for it. She takes it upon herself and I don't protest."

"Because it makes you happy."

"Cherri."

Cherri laughed. "What? It's cute! I'd be up there tickling you right now if I could."

She had never seen anyone look more like a deer in the headlights as much as Pentious did in that moment. His jaw hung dumbly while he stared at her, eyes frighteningly wide.

He tried to say something then, only whatever it was died in his throat as he let out a... like a choked-squeak sound. He cleared his throat.

"Don't tease me, Miss Bomb..."

And that was the starting gun. An old switch flipped in her head and now she wasn't his friend, or his teammate, or his special someone. She was his nemesis.

"I mean it! I'd walk right up there, sit you down, and give your sides a good squeeze. You are ticklish there, yeah? Most people are, but then you're not most people."

Pentious didn't seem to have anything to say.

Cherri continued. "And then you'd start laughing, and then I'd go what's so funny, and then right as you'd go to say something I'd squeeze them again harder."

The corners of Pentious's lips turned upwards just a little. He looked like he was straining himself to not smile, but it wasn't working as well as he hoped. He shook his head a little, almost to himself, as if that could erase the flustering image in his head like an Etch-N-Sketch.

"I'd walk my fingers up, up, up your belly, and then slooooowly slide them back down, and walk them back up again. I'd make it so bad that you wiggle around, and I'd let you, because I'd just get the tickles to follow you everywhere you went. You could struggle as much as you liked and it'd still tickle just as bad. And I'd remind you through all of it that you weren't stopping me."

"Sh-Shut up!" He whined with a slight giggle. He couldn't hold still anymore, shifting in his seat. His entire face was burning red at this point, from the top of his hood all the way down the length of his neck.

Cherri didn't know if she'd ever seen him this uncomfortable in all the years she's known him.

"And then you'd tell me to shut up, because you'd be embarrassed and because you'd think that's what you're supposed to say. But I'd know that you were having fun. And then I'd walk my fingers up your belly one more time, but then I'd keep going. Up, up, up to your neck, where I'd tickle and tickle and tickle all up and down your hood, burrowing my nails in there when you'd try to close it to keep me out."

Pentious couldn't even look at her anymore. He focused on some foreign object out of Cherri's sight, and squeezed his eyes tight with a titter. His shoulders bounced with what had to be more suppressed laughter, and he shrugged them up to meet his ears. It was as if he could already feel what she spoke of.

"I'd keep that up until you were laughing so hard you couldn't fucking see straight. I'd tell you how adorable you are; I'd maybe call you Sir Precious."

The snake scoffed at the ridiculous pet name.

She chuckled. "I'd then walk my fingers down behind your hood, down to your shoulders, and then alllll the way down your back, crawling along like a spider down to the tip of your tail. I'd take it in my hands and brush it so softly. I'd tease and tickle and pinch and scritch every nerve ending until you couldn't take it anymore."

Pentious grabbed both corners of his hood and wrapped it around his face like a blanket. "You would do no such things!" he cried.

"But right up until you tell me to stop, I'd be drinking up every single little laugh. I'd just sit and listen to every adorable noise you make. Every single giggle you'd try to hide or cover up, I'd hear it all. And I'd tell you how much I want to hear more of it. I'd let you know just how cute and silly you were. Your laughter would echo off of every surface in Heaven and then all the world would know that Sir Pentious is just a tickwish wittle baby."

"I WILL TERMINATE THIS CALL!" Pentious shrieked from underneath the hood.

Cherri lost her mojo for a second, laughing at his struggle. She took a pause and then spoke, tone softening.

"And then you'd know exactly how much I would do for you, and that I adore you."

That last part got Pentious to peek out from under his hood, his eyes big and shining as he gave her a heartfelt smile.

There was that pang in Cherri's heart again. She liked it, though. It kept her believing that she would, without a doubt, find a way to see him again.

Pentious purred. "I adore you too. Very much."

Cherri hadn't realized they had been just sitting in silence staring at each other until a soft beep broke the silence.

Pentious blinked. "Oh shit. The battery is about to die. I'll have to hang up now."

"Oh. Okay. You will call tomorrow though, yeah?"

"Most certainly. As long as you keep those tantalizing words out of your mouth" He warned.

"What, you mean like how I'd cootchie coo you or..."

"Okay, I'm hanging up now!"

---

“Oh the contrary, my friend,” Alastor said, placing both his hands on his cane, “in this hotel, we celebrate every occasion under the blazing hot sun! Including birthdays!” 

The p*rn demon looked over towards the pile of presents on a table. Huh, maybe this won’t be that bad. He just forgot how it felt to have a birthday. 

“Do you wanna open your presents?” The princess said, probably more excited than Angel. 

“Yeah sure, why not,” Angel said with a shrug. Charlie cheered and ran over to the present pile as everyone sat down in a circle. 

The spider then began to open up present after present. A dead roach from Niffty, a new box of popsicles from Vaggie, a picture of everyone in the hotel framed in glitter and hearts from Charlie, a SPA coupon from Sir Pentious, some eyeshadow from Cherri, and even Alastor got him a nice old-fashioned jacket. Angel was thankful for every one of his gifts. 

When the demon looked back at the table for Husk’s gift, however, it was empty. Oh. Husk didn’t get me anything, Angel thought, well that’s ok, not like he’s my literal boyfriend or anything.

The group then said happy birthday and the actor blew out the candles on his Red Velvet cake. When the group was done eating, Charlie stood up and gathered the attention of the hotel. 

“Hey everyone!” She started, “I wanted to announce a new tradition that we will be starting at the hotel! It’s one me and my dad used to do, and I thought it would be a great and fun trust exorcise! However, anyone can drop out of this if they don’t feel comfortable. Is that good with you?” The nods and “yes”s she got from the group erred her to continue. “Perfect! So it’s called “Birthday Tingles”!”

The group looked a little confused, but Angel was the most skeptical, not knowing where the princess was going with this. “Basically, depending on the person’s age, that’s how many seconds they get to hide! So if they’re 5, they get 5 seconds, if they’re 30 they get 30! Once the others count to that number, they all have to find the birthday boy or girl! Once they do, they get to tickle them until they tap out!” 

Everyone giggled at the idea, however Angel’s face went bright red. Does he really need to be the first one to undergo this new “tradition”? He raised his hand, “Uh, that’s totally unfair! I only have 33 seconds to hide?” 

“What, scared you’ll get caught?” Husk said smugly, poking his boyfriend’s side. 

“No! I’m just the first one, and I don’t wanna play the game wrong!”

“I dunno, it’s a pretty easy game, Angie.” Cherri shot from her place across the circle, “sound’s to me like you’re a little pussy.”

Vaggie saw Charlie and her worried face. “Guys, stop!” The fallen angel said, “God, Charlie just said not to force people to do things they’re not comfortable with! If you don’t want to, Angel, I promise no one’s going to think of you otherwise. Unless they want me to hurt them.” With that last sentence, she glared at the rest of the staff.

“I don’t feel forced, don’t worry,” Angel chuckled, the blush still on his face still evident, “and who knows, it could be fun.”

Charlie let out a breath she didn’t know she was holding in. “Great! Well, Angel, you better start running~!” She teased with a few wiggles of her fingers. With that, the spider got up and ran.

He ran through the hallways and up to the second floor. He opened the first door he could find; it happened to be the hotel bathroom. Angel was about to turn back, but he heard Alastor’s voice counting down from ten through his microphone. Echoing throughout the hotel. It both terrified and excited Angel. 

He shrugged and closed the door to the bathroom, hiding behind the shower curtain.

“Ready or not! Here we come~!” He covered his mouth as he let a giggle escape him. They were still far enough for anyone to hear if he accidentally made any noises. At least I’ll have some time till they all find me-

Angel’s thought was cut short when he heard Vaggie say, “Split up! We’ll find him faster that way!”. Oh crap. 

He was able to stay hidden for around a minute, which in his books was a win. That was until he heard the door open. He looked out from the bathtub and saw a short, cat silhouette. Oh FUCK-

“Angel! Had a feeling you’d be in here,” Husk said, opening the curtain fully, “of course you would hide in the first door you see.

“Huhusk- Husk, please- Don’t tell them I’m in here!” Angel said, giggles mixed with his plead. He tried to cover his sides, but panicked when his boyfriend grabbed one of his wrists.

“Oh baby, I won’t tell them you’re in here,” Hus started, shooting one of his hands to his lover’s neck, “you are.” “HEHehehehey! Wahahait wait WAHAHAIT!” Angel squealed very loudly, causing everyone in the hotel to stop looking and immediately follow the sound. Everyone “aww”ed when they saw Husk being able to take down the spider almost twice his height with just a few pinches to his sides.

“Shuhuhut thehehe fuhuhuck uhuhup! Ahall ohohof- YOHOU-” Angel squealed again when he felt something pick him up off of the ground. It turned out to be one of Alastor’s tendrils (or tentacles? No one knew what they really were). It carried the spider out of the bathroom and onto the floor in front of the door. “Guhuhuys! Gohohoho eheasy ohohon a friehend, yeah?” He squealed again when six mini tendrils wrapped around his arms and legs and pinned him to the ground. 

“Don’t worry, Angel! We won’t go for your armpits, we don’t wanna torcher you!” Charlie said Angel’s worst spot so casually as if it was nothing. That caused the spider’s face to heat up more.

“You guys have your fun, I did my part.” Alastor said, conjuring up a chair and a cup of tea.

“You’re not joining us, Al?” Charlie asked.

“Oh no, my dear. I will just be enjoying the show!”

“Alright, suit yourself,” the princess said while kneeling down next to the captive birthday boy, “ready, Angel?” She smiled when Angel nodded, squeezing his eyes shut. 

On a silent count of three, everyone started “attacking” Angel. Vaggie and Cherri were scribbling along Angel’s sides and ribs. Niffty was lightly scratching along Angel’s stomach and hips. Husk when more towards Angel’s lower body, squeezing up and down Angel’s thighs and knees. Sir Pentious and Charlie, not wanting to overwhelm the poor demon, stuck to scribbling around Angel’s wrists, forearms, and neck. 

Angel. Shrieked. 

“AHAHAHA! GUHUHUYS! IHIHIHIT’S NOHOT FAHAHAHAIR! WAHAHAIT!” He screamed. Cherri motioned for everyone to stop, and they did. Angel was grateful for the break, but surprised that it was over that quickly.

“Guys, let's have some fun with him,” Cherri said, smirk evident in her voice.

“What do you mean missssss. Bomb?” Sir Pentious asked, and everyone (including Angel) looked at her confused. 

“Watch how bad this gets him,” Angel didn’t like how Cherri talked like he wasn’t even there, and was scared about what she would do to break him. “Princess, Pentious, you two start again.”

On their que, they started to tickle Angel’s arms and neck again. “Hehehey! Dohohon’t lihihisten tohoho heheher!” Angel giggled, shaking his head. 

“Awww! Angel! You’re so cute like this!” Charlie smiled, “We gotta tickle you more often!”

“Nohohoho! Ihihi’m nohohohot!” the p*rn demon thought he was going to die of embarrassment. All of his friends were watching as he lost his shit at not even his worst spots! 

“Okay, now let me and Vagina-”

“Vaggie.” Angel spat out a laugh at that. “What, you think that’s funny?” 

“Wehell, if thehe shohohoe fihihits!” Angel teased as Charlie and Sir Pentious ceased their actions.

“That’s it-” Vaggie said as she squeezed Angel’s left side and set of ribs. 

“AHAHahahaha! Vahaha- Vahahahaggie! Wahahahait!” “That’s the spirit!” Cherri cheered as she skittered her nails up and down Angel’s right side. 

“WAHAHAIT! WAHAhahahait! Guhuhuys!” 

“Aww, what’s wrong, Angie? Does it tickle?” 

“YEHEHEHehehes!” Angel shook his head as the group “aww”ed again for the millionth time. “Ohohoho shuhuhut thehehehe fuhuhuHUHUCK UHUHUP- VAHAHAGGIE!” the spider started to squirm more when the “bodyguard” found a spot right below Angel’s last rib, dangerously close to under his lower set of arms. He was thankful when they stopped to move on to the next spot.

“Ooh! Ooh! Is it my turn yet?!” Niffty asked, practically bouncing on Angel’s stomach, “I wanna turn! Please?” “Go for it, tiny!” Cherri sat back, finding it fun that she was in control of the group’s actions.

“Yay!” After letting out an evil little giggle (that Angel didn’t like at all), Nifty got to work, quickly scribbling and scratching all over Angel’s stomach. 

Unlike the others, the cyclops’ movements were very sporadic and spontaneous, basically tickling anywhere she could reach. That somehow made it worse for the demon. He couldn’t figure out where she was going to attack next, and anywhere he squirmed ended up with him just leaning into wherever she tickled. 

“Nihihiffty! WAhahaHAHAIT! Nahahahat thehehehere!” It wasn’t until Angel’s shirt rode up a tiny bit until Niffty saw the pink streak beginning to go up his stomach. She curiously scratched at it, very happy that it made the actor squeal under the nimble fingers. “What’s this?” the maid asked out loud before reaching her hand under Angel’s suit to skitter across his bare belly. 

“NahaHAHAHOHO- NIHIHIHIFFTY! GEHEHEHET OHOHOUTTA THEHEHERE!” Angel shrieked, his squirming picking up a bit as he kicked his legs in his restraints.

“Easy Nifft, we don’t wanna kill him,” Charlie warned the girl, starting to grow worried at Angel’s increase in volume and squirming. Not to mention how red his face was. 

“But he’s so cute!” Niffty whined, taking her hands back and crossing them across her chest. 

“Ihihi- I thohohought yahaha lihihiked bahahad bohohoy’s?” Angel questioned while taking in gulps of air. He was so happy that Cherri suggested this method. If they all went at him at once, he wouldn’t be able to take it, and that wouldn’t be fun.

The maid giggled, “Oh, I do. But, you’re an exception!” Niffty crawled up to Angel’s face and booping his nose. She then got off and sat on top of Alator’s head, willing to just watch with him.

“Ohohokay, ya hahad your fun.” The actor said, starting to try and get up, He squealed when he felt a squeeze on his knee.

“Oho, not so fast, honey,” Husk said in a low tone. He didn’t let Angel respond before continuing to squeeze up his thigh, up to his hip, and back down to his knees, “did ya really forget I was here? Damn, well that’s rude.”

“HUHUhuhusk! Stahahahap thahahahat! Ihihit tihihickles!” “It’s supposed to, Angel!” Charlie said, not being able to hold her adoration for the spider and began to tickle his neck again.

“CHAHahaharlie! Whyhehehe!” Angel honestly thought this was the end of him. Angel Dust, double dead due to embarasment. All of his freinds watched him as his boyfriend tickled him to bits with a few sueezes, and now Charlie too? God.

“Ohohokay! Ihihi’m dohOHOHONE! STAHAHAP!” At Angel’s words, the two stopped their actions, and the tendrils disappeared. The actor laid there, taking in a few breaths. “How was that, Angel?” Charlie asked, a worried smile on her face, “We didn’t go too far, right?” Cherri and Husk laughed, remembering when they tickled Angel for much longer than this. “Don’t worry princess, the bitch is fine,” Cherri said, getting up. 

Charlie let out a sigh of relief, getting up with Vaggie, the rest of the participants following. “Let’s get to bed, everyone! We have another exercise panned at 10 am!” The group let out lots of “ugh”s as they went to their rooms, leaving Angel and Husk in the hallways. 

“So, I noticed ya didn’t get me a present,” Angel said bluntly, not really knowing how to ask Husk about it. Husk smiled as he extended his hand, “Oh I have, you just haven’t seen it yet.” Angel raied an eyebrow at his boyfriend, taking Husk’s hand and letting him lead the to the stairs leading to the roof to the hotel. 

When they got up to the top, Angel couldn’t believe his eyes. Husk put together a candlelit table with rose petals surrounding the area and food sitting on the plates. “Husk- I- I don’t know what to-” He was cut off as Husk pulled him in for a kiss.

"You slippery little fuck!"

Up until recently, Sir Pentious would have been scared out of his skin right now. Cherri was chasing after him through the hotel lobby like a jaguar on a hunt, and he was hightailing it the fuck out of there.

But things were different now. He had fallen in love with her. And she had loved him back.

That second part was what surprised him the most.

Their dynamic had changed a lot since he ascended to Heaven, and yet it almost feels like nothing has changed at all. The thud of his heart still battered his ribs like a ram in her company, sweat still dotted his brow when he made eye contact with her, and his stomach seemed to do somersaults when they touched. How funny it is that romance and hateful bloodlust felt so similar.

He had made a promise to himself to behave whilst visiting Hell. He was a changed man, a fuller man than the one who died burdened by shame. He had friends now, and some sense of agency over himself. Now that the Seraphims had granted him access to both Heaven and Hell as he pleased, he had the freedom to live the best of both worlds.

And he stupidly chose to indulge in that freedom by ticking Cherri off.

He couldn't help but tease her just a little. He honestly didn't know how else to speak to her. Anytime he tried to open his mouth, no words would come out. Just nervous babbling that left him feeling more like a mouse than a snake. So, he pushed her proverbial buttons. He had to admit, reformed as he was, being a little prick was quite fun.

Cherri was gaining on him. "Get back here, you little shit!"

Pentious turned back to blow a raspberry, and like always, his hubris would be his downfall.

He hadn't been watching where he was going and slammed face-first into the hotel's wall.

"Ssshit" he groaned. The race of his heart grew faster as he felt Cherri scoop him up off the floor, carry him over to the lobby's couch, and flop him down like he was an emaciated rat.

"So," Cherri huffed, still catching her breath, "still think bugging me was worth it?"

Not really, no, he thought to himself.

Stubborn, he smiled coyly up at her. "All I did was help you with your exercissse! I'd say a thank you is in order."

"You were playin' keep-away with my MP3 player."

"Well, it got you moving, didn't it?" he quipped, smiling like a doofus. Perhaps she would lose interest in killing him if he looked cute enough.

Cherri looked down at him in disbelief. This pesky little fucker was so annoying. Annoying and fun, and sweet, but definitely still annoying. Whatever. She could handle him easy.

Popping a foot up beside Pentious's head, she leaned in and cracked her knuckles exaggeratedly.

"Any last words?"

It was a good quality of an opponent to know when you've been beaten. To throw in the towel, on the off-chance that you will be granted mercy for complying. Now was not the time to be cheeky. Now was the time to apologize politely for taking her belongings and offer to leave her be.

"You've gotten sssslower" he hissed, staring death in the face.

At first, Cherri said nothing. Only steadied herself and adjusted her weight to keep her balance.

Pentious thought for a moment that she had bluffed, that maybe the fight just wasn't in her today. How foolish he still was.

It was in that moment that Cherri had chosen to squeeze sporadically up and down his sides (or wherever sides would be; it was difficult to tell with him being a snake and all).

Pentious shrieked in surprise, wriggling around like a worm on a hook. Her touch sent jolts of laughter coursing through him, heightened by his serpent-like form. Being an animal with so many abdominal muscles is not very advantageous when tickling is involved. In fact, Pentious would go on record to say that it was quite the opposite. It just meant more parts to tickle.

He could hear his own giggles echo out in the otherwise empty room, and while it did mortify him that he was caught sounding so child-like, Cherri's accompanying laughter put him a little at ease. If he wanted to share this moment with anyone, it was her.

He also needed her to stop tickling him there goddammit before he threw his back out.

Neither need was mutually exclusive.

"Anywh-any-" Pentious gasped.

"What?" Cherri chuckled.

"Anywh-ehehe-re else!" shrieked.

"Ohhhh, I get it. You want me to tickle somewhere else."

"Yes!"

In retrospect, he probably should have known that that wouldn't work.

Cherri paused for a moment, just long enough for Pentious to venture a look up at his torturer. "Whatever the bossman wants."

With her hand, now fashioned into a claw, she skittered and crawled up to the snake's neck. Front and back, side to side, up and down; there wasn't an inch of skin that didn't jump wildly under her nails.

The other hand, went right back to squeezing his side.

Pentious let out a rather long squeal, and very nearly headbutted his nemesis with the force with which he folded inward. The sounds that he made were hard to describe, as they were ones he had never even heard before. It sounded like someone was torturing a chicken.

His hood, while it would be most effective staying shut, was so overwhelmed with this giddy panic that it started to rapidly open and close, making for a rather unintimidating display, like a bird dancing for a potential mate.

Cherri snorted at the sight.

Pentious couldn't really blame as her, as the stupidity of the moment was making him laugh too. Damn his reptilian reflexes.

"You alright mate?" Cherri smiled, eyebrow raised.

He couldn't exactly answer at that moment, so Cherri slowed her attack just enough to bring his breath back, just enough to keep him giggling.

Pentious's crazed laughter died down as he laid there helplessly, finally opening his eyes to meet Cherri's.

"You alright?" she repeated, softer this time.

"Mhm" Pentious nodded, with a dreamy look in his eyes that made Cherri's insides melt, because even after being tickled to his wit's end, he still looks at her like he's the happiest sinner in the world, if only when he is with her. Transformed was the man who was once her rival. It was like there was a whole new person looking up at her.

Oh, what the hell! She couldn't resist.

Cherri leaned down to gingerly nose Pentious's neck. "Your face is all flushed" she hummed. With tender care, she planted little kisses all over the ticklish skin she had just attacked.

That, and the puffs of her breath, tickled very pleasantly, and Pentious couldn't help the way his shoulder bounced. "I wonder whose fault that is."

"Obviously yours, for picking a fight you couldn't win" Cherri stated.

"I told you, I was helping you work out."

"I don't believe that for a second."

"Good, because I didn't mean a word of it."

Cherri inhaled and blew a raspberry on his neck, right where it met the shoulder.

"EHEHEhehehe!" Pentious giggled, sounding much more like a mouse than a snake. "Not those infernal blueberries!"

"They're called raspberries, you dingbat, and you know you love them."

Pentious's words cut out in some places due to the huffs of his laughter. "About as much as I love a heart attack."

"Tickle you long enough, and I might just give you one."

"You wouldn't."

"Yeah, you're right. I wouldn't."

The shifting body underneath her prompted Cherri to raise her head to find Pentious leaning in for a kiss. A kiss she very happily accepted.

Cherri's body had started to melt in her lover's embrace, finally taking the chance to relax against him.

Which was what he had been waiting for.

He brought his lips to her ear. "I might."

Her jellied arms hit the floor as Pentious grabbed her and rolled them both onto the floor, with Pentious now sitting atop her.

Even with her brute strength outmatching his, the angle was too awkward, and there wasn't enough surface area to build up force. She was stuck.

Cherri growled defeatedly. "Oh you little bastard!"

"You didn't expect that I would simply get up and walk away, did you?" Pentious laughed his signature evil laugh, basking in his victory. "You see, your choice of words 'picking a fight I couldn't win' implies that I get a turn."

In that moment, Cherri gazed up at her boyfriend and glimpsed now remnants of the man whom she had once battled with. The Sir Pentious with a warship birthed from his own two hands. The Sir Pentious with a dangerous mind that had routinely nearly brought her to her knees. The Sir Pentious with the sinister glimmer just beyond his eyes. There was a lust there, a crave, a predation, for the calculated destruction he wrought. Something Cherri had not seen in any other sinner, that level of glorious rampage.

Pentious was a good man, but he was also a mad one.

"This, my dear, is my turn" he hissed.

Cherri had just enough time to gasp before she felt his claws spider over her protruding hip bones.

Her laugh came easily, loud and exuberant and full of snorting, as she kicked out fruitlessly trying to get out from under him.

Pentious, meanwhile, had melted instantaneously. He had put on a tough face for the game of it, but he had to deny his every instinct to let out a great big awwww!

He couldn't help it, he was soft. That was something that had regularly gotten him overpowered in the fiery tussles of hell.

He was a sap and they both knew it, so he allowed himself a moment of sweetness.

"Did it hurt when you fell into hell? Because you- wait no" he stuttered. "Did- did you- did it- when heaven-"

"You're SUCH a dohohork!" Cherri mercifully interrupted his trainwreck, shouting through her laughter.

"Alright fine, maybe so," Pentious regained his composure, "but I've got you here squirming around on the floor.

"And I can tickle tickle tickle you to my heart's content."

To illustrate his point, he raised his claws up to the top of Cherri's belly and slowly dragged them down to the pudge at the bottom.

And still, he did not stop taunting. "I could have you smiling all day long. How does that sound, Miss Bomb?"

Fuck, he was disturbingly good at teasing, Cherri grimaced.

Obviously she couldn't let him know that. With some struggle, she raised a single finger to her boyfriend's face.

Pentious promptly ignored it. "Oh my! What's this I've discovered here! A button, for me? I have no choice but to press it, of course."

He then wiggled a single claw over Cherri's bellybutton, following after it as she tried to worm herself away.

Cherri cackled with her whole throat, head thrown back. "YOU'RE EHEHEVIL!"

"You started it!"

"You did!"

"Oh, right."

As Cherri lost herself to her wild laughter, Pentious smiled warmly down at her, and moved his claws to scratch gently at her ribs, a place where he knew wasn't excruciating but would at least keep her twitching in place.

Cherri was certainly grateful he had abandoned her stomach, and wheezed out some giggles.

Pentious lowered his face down-

Oh fuck, Cherri blanched.

-and nibbled his teeth onto her midriff.

It drove her crazy, the gentle way he glided his fangs along her skin, incredibly careful not to puncture.

Pentious was still grinning the whole time, which admittedly made his task more difficult, but it was working anyway.

There were few things in this realm that he loved more than the wonderful sound of his sweet Cherri's laugh. He meant what he said earlier, although he said it to be threatening: he would have her smiling all day long if he could, if it wouldn't kill her twice over.

Cherri Bomb was well worth waiting for; well worth fighting for, well worth dying for, just about anything really.

He could've kept on losing to her in battle for a thousand lifetimes, if that was what it took to remain by her side.

Fortunately, he didn't have to fight anymore.

Pentious turned his head so that his cheek was cushioned by Cherri's quivering belly, and stayed there. Fingers stopping, eyes closing. His entire body cuddled up to her and her warm blood, cozying himself against the fire of her love.

Realizing the tickling had stopped, Cherri placed a hand at the back of Pentious's head and rubbed it, the way one would to comb through someone's hair.

There they laid, not a word spoken between them. There was nothing to be said that wasn't already made apparent.

I love you, and this is where we belong.

What a wonderful life to live.

Cherri spoke first. "You do know I'm going to tickle you again, right?"

"Yes, I figured as much."

The pig snorted again at the sound of the giggles. It started to nuzzle deeper, going all the way to its owner’s sides. Angel clenched his hands into fists and shook with effort not to push the friendly animal off. “Fahahat Nuhuhuggets! Thahahat thihickles- AYE!” Angel squealed and shot his arms down when Fat Nuggets found under his lower right arm. “OHohokahahay! Thahahat’s ehenough,” Angel laughed, grabbing the small pig with his upper set of arms, sitting up and looking it in the eyes.

Angel’s smile widened a little more as he hugged the pig. “Thanks for waking me up, buddy.” Angel’s heart ached when the pig snorted once more, resting into the spider’s fluffy body. The only good thing that came from Val working with Val was this pig who’s been by his side since forever, and Angel never hesitated to show Fat Nuggets how much it meant to him.

While Angel was walking towards the hotel lobby, he couldn’t stop thinking about the interaction between himself and his pig. Angel hasn’t felt this way in a while, probably not since he signed the contract with Valentino. That freak took lots of things from Angel for the longest time; his personality, his view towards men, and his enjoyment of tickling.

However, when the p*rn demon came to this tacky hotel, he was slowly getting all of that back. Husk helped get his personality back, which he was forever grateful for. That same cat also was in the process of helping Angel with his view of men; showing him that not all guys want a quick fuck then leave him.

Husk has helped Angel take back so many things that Val has taken away. The one thing that he never went to Husk for was the tickling. It was way too embarrassing!

However, while the spider was eating his breakfast, the incoming want to be tickled was consuming his thoughts. And he knew just who to go to.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

“Angie! Wanna have some fun?! There’s a bar down town that went out of business, it’s perfect!” Cherri Bomb was staying temporarily at the Hotel. Not because she cared about changing or anything to do with redemption, but because she wanted to spend time with her best friend. Said best friend was lying on the couch, on his phone.

“I don’t know, I’m really tired right now,” Angel put his phone down and stretched his arms up, resting his upper pair behind his head.

“Come on, don’t be a little bitch!” Cherri said, starting to get impatient, “You have the day off, so why waste it doing’ nothing?”

Angel smiled at the idea he got in his head. “Well, it’s not like you can make me go,” he closed his eyes with a cocky smile on his face.

“Oh yes I can!” Cherri rolled up her imaginary sleeves. Angel’s hands came down, protecting his underarms, expecting the worst from his best friend.

What the spider wasn’t expecting was to suddenly get picked up bridal style as if he weighed nothing, and dropped outside the hotel. “There, now come!” Cherri said as she grabbed Angel by the hair, dragging him towards the town.

“Ow ow ow- ok! I’ll come! Just- let go!” Angel shouted pulling his head back and fixing his hair as he followed his girl bestie.

Angel was slightly disappointed. He really thought that Cherri would take the bait. Oh well, he thought, there will be more opportunities.

~~~~~~~~~~~

“Ya want your usual?” Husk said as he put down the glass he was cleaning behind the bar.

Angel wore a teasing smile, “Ya talkin’ as a drink, or in the bedroom~?”

Husk rolled his eyes, “You know I was talking about the drink, dipshit.”

“Ouch, what an insult,” Angel said, putting a hand on his forehead, “I didn’t know you were into degrading like that, Husky~”

“Ugh, will you please-“

“Please what, sugar? Get a taste of more than just the drink~?”

“Angel!” Husk said, slamming his hands (or I guess paws) on the bar counter, “Just let me make your drink in peace so you can piss off.”

Angel smiled, surly this will work. “Oh? And what if I don’t stop? What are ya gonna do about it, baby~?”

Husk rolled his eyes again and put Angel’s usual martini in front of him. “Threre, now leave me alone.” Husk then turned his back to Angel to clean some other glasses.

The actor narrowed his eyes, but got up and went towards Charlie and Vaggie.

What he didn’t see was Cherri sitting down at the bar after Angel left.

~~~~

The rest of the day consisted of Angel trying and failing to provoke Cherri and Husk. Yes, he could have gone to Charlie or Vaggie about this, and they would have easily been open to helping with his little “mood”, but that was no fun. He liked trying to get the ler mad enough to tickle him with all they got. And.. well.. he felt bad being mean to Charlie. I mean come on, the sweet princess would break down crying if Angel said anything rude to her, if he meant it or not. And Charlie and Vaggie are always together, so they were out of the picture.

And he didn’t even wanna try to provoke Alaster. That smile freak demon would just kill him.

So, the spider settled on focusing on Cherri and Husk. He changed into a cropped tank top and his usual shorts. He constantly stretched his arms above his head. He would make dirty jokes, and flirt like his life depended on it. He even laid down on Cherri’s lap. Still nothing.

Angel was starting to get a little annoyed. How are they not taking any bait?

By now, the whole hotel staff was finished eating dinner. Angel was back on his phone on the couch, scrolling through hell’s equivalent to twitter (not "X"), when he felt eyes on him. He looked up to see his two best friends looking at him. “Yeah?”

“You really couldn’t make it more obvious, huh legs?”

Angel’s eyes widen at Husk’s words. “Wha- huh?”

“Oh don’t play dumb Angie,” Cherri smiled, putting her hands on her hips, “We all know that you’ve been wanting to be tickled all day!” Angel just froze, so Cherri continued, “I noticed it right away, but honestly I expected Husk to get ya before I even told him” she chuckled looking over at the cat.

“Wait- you TOLD HIM?!”

“Yeah! Of course I did! Obviously you wanted him to tickle you too~” Cherri laughed again, “now we’re gonna be nice and give you 10 seconds to run and hide.”

“Wait-“

“10.”

Angel has never ran so fast in his life. He ran up the stairs and passed a mildly annoyed Alastor, almost bumping into him. “Angel! I believe Nifty just mopped-”

“I don’t have the time, don’t tell Husk or Cherri that I passed ya” Angel panicked, looking towards the stairs.

“Angie~! Where are you~?”

Cherri’s tease brought red to his cheeks as he ran into his room and into his closet. Angel could hear Alastor telling his two best friends the whole interaction they just had. Great. Thanks Alastor.

“We know you’re in here Angel~,” Husk said bluntly as he and Cherri made their way through the door, “might as well give up cause we’ll find you eventually.”

The poor spider had to cover his mouth to stop himself for giggling. He suddenly heard a snort from inside the closet. He looked down and saw the glow-in-the-dark pink spots of his beloved pig. He put his finger to his mouth, indicating for the pig to be quiet.

However, Angel panicked a little more when he felt the feeling at his side, one that can only be described as a cold, wet pigs nose.

Cherri and Husk were slightly annoyed that they couldn’t find Angel. They felt like they checked everywhere! They were about to leave, but then they heard giggling from the closet. They smirked at each other before Husk opened the closet, revealing Angel who had all four hands covering his mouth as Fat Nuggets trotted all along his belly.

“AH- hehehehey, noho fair! Fahat Nuggets cheheheated!” Angel whined as he finally got the pig off of his abdomen.

“Well, we found you!” The spider shrieked when Husk grabbed his arm and pushed him onto the bed.

He giggled again, “Harder, daddy~” Angel covered his mouth. The joke slipped out! He couldn’t control it!

Husk pinched the bridge of his nose. “Nope. Not today, legs. Ya pissed me off enough already,” he said with a chuckle. And like it was nothing, Angel was pinned to the bed with Cherri sitting on his upper two arms above his head, and Husk straddling his waist with his two lower arms pinned to his sides by his knees.

“Nonono- plehease! Cahahan’t we tahalk?”

“Oh yeah, sure, you could talk~” Husk said, wiggling his claws above the spider’s stomach, however not touching quite yet.

“Go on, Angie, what would you wanna say?” Cherri said, copying Husk’s movements with her fingers, turning them into something similar to a claw machine and slowly lowering them to just above the squirming demon’s ribs.

Angel didn’t know what to say. He could practically feel the fingers on him already. “Juhuhust dohoho it ahahalready!”

Cherri and Husk shared a smirk before both attacking their designated spots. They both flinched slightly at the shriek that came out of Angel’s mouth. “Thihihis is sohoho unfahahahair!” He cried, shaking his head and pulling his wrists, “IhI cahahahan’t eheheheven mohohoHOHOVE!”

“I dunno, this seems pretty fair,” Cherri said, a grin growing on her face when she attacked the rib below the spider’s armpit, “considering you literally asked us to do this.”

“Ohoho fuhuhuck ohohoff!” Angel’s face was pink, and his heart was full. He still couldn’t believe this was actually happening to him! He loved the attention from his best friends. It was a very nice cleanse from the usual sexual attention he got from Val.

No. We’re not thinking about that fuck face Valentino at a time like this.

Angel just wanted to think about how loved he felt. Being touched and actually enjoying it.

“Angel? You good?” Husk asked as he saw the spider spacing out a little, “maybe this’ll wake ya up!”

With that being the only warning, Angel’s voice went up a pitch when Husk lightly traced the heart pattern on Angel’s stomach with one hand, while simultaneously squeezing his hip with the other. Both spots completely open due to him wearing his crop top and shorts.

That certainly snapped Angel back to reality.

“AH- NAHAHOHOHO!! Husk- HUHUSK!” Angel shouted and shrieked and shook his head to help deal with the sudden, intense sensations on his stomach.

“Hey, I’m here too, bitch!” Cherri scoffed, now targeting Angel’s armpits.

“CEHEHEHERRI! IHI’M SOHOHORRY! I DIHIHIDN’T FOHOHORGEHEHET, I SWEHEHEAR!” The poor actor was in hysterics, and loving every second of it.

After Angel’s laughter went silent, the two slowed their tickling. Husk now gliding his claws up and down the length of Angel’s forearms. While Cherri moved to his neck, feeling her heart swell up a little as Angel leaned into the side she was tickling.

“Are ya alright, Angie?” Cherri smiled as the giggle pile in front of her nodded.

“Are you good if we continue? Or are ya all tickled-out for the day?” Husk asked with genuine concern in his voice. However he shared a smile with Cherri as Angel blushed slightly at the dreaded word.

“Pfft- wahahas thahat really ahall yohohou gohohot?” Angel smirked, managing to flip his hair despise still laying down, “Whahat do you tahahake me fohor, some kinda puhuhussy?”

Cherri couldn’t help but laugh at the spider’s confidence, “yeheah, ahand this is coming from the guy who was begging for us to tickle you,” Mrs. Bomb moved to Angel’s shoulders, “but if you insist we continue, then what’s stopping us?”

“Hey Angel,” Husk’s teasy voice caused Angel to blush even more, which didn’t go unnoticed from the cat, “wow, already blushin’ and I haven’t even done anythin’ yet.”

“Shuhuhut ihihit, ahahasshohole!”

“Jeez, maybe speak a little nicer to me now will ya?” Husk chuckled, moving to Angel’s sides and giving them a few good squeezes, causing the spider’s laughter to go more squeaky. He stopped his tickling and singled for Cherri to do the same, giving the p*rn star a well needed break. “Anyways, have you heard of the story of “the old lady who swallowed a fly”?”

All of Angel’s eyes went wide when he heard that. Oh no.

“YES! Yehehes I hahave!”

Cherri smirked, knowing where the cat was going with this, “Actually, I haven’t. Would ya mind telling it to me?”

“NO-”

“I would love to tell you!” Husk could help but giggle himself as Angel’s giggles grew more frantic, with a few panicked “nonono”s in there. “Once apon a time, there was an old lady who swallowed a fly,” he looked at Cherri and smiled when she took one finger and scribbled it all around Angel’s torso, starting from his shoulders, going up and down his arms, a quick swirl under his upper set of arms, and going down to his first rib. “I don’t know why she swallowed a fly, perhaps she’ll die!” Husk finished, just enjoying the show.

Angel squealed with his lips pressed shut, pretending like it didn’t tickle as much as it did. However, Husk and Cherri knew that this quicker, lighter method made Angel wanna squirm like his life depended on it. And that’s exactly what he did.

“Such a wiggly little thing, huh Angie?” Cherri laughed as Angel puffed his cheek to stop his laugh from escaping. “What happens next?”

“Well, the same old lady then swallowed a spider,” Husk raised his claw, wiggling it above Angel’s stomach.

"MM! MM-MM! Mm-mhmhm!" The cat smirked at Angel's panicked responce to the bug.

“It wriggled and wiggled and tickled inside her!” He said, scribbling his claws all over Angel’s fluffy midsection.

Finally Angel let his laugher out, snorting before throwing his head back, “HHUHUSK! Thihihis ihihis sohoHOHO STUHUHUhuhupid!” Angel complained, the red on his cheeks still evident, “pluhuhus, ahaharen’t I suhuhuppohohosed tohoho behehehe thehehe- SPIDER! CHEHEHERI- WAHAHAIT!” Angel squealed when Cherri dug under his armpits.

“Shut up, bitch! I’m tryna hear a story!” The pink haired girl said, stopping her attack to look at Husk.

“She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,” on her que, Cherri started scribbling around Angel’s torso again while Husk kept the movement at his stomach, “I don’t know why she swallowed a fly! Perhaps she’ll die!”

“HUHUHUSK!” Angel squealed out, another snort escaping him as he wiggled around to try and dislodge the cat’s paw.

“Fiiine, one last ryme, then we’ll move to something… else. Got it?” Husk said, him and Cherri stopping again momentarily. And Angel did not miss the pause in the bartender’s voice.

“Whahahatehehever, just gehehet ihit ohover with.”

Husk smirked even wider. “That same old lady then swallowed a bird!” Husk once again emphasized the animal as he opened his wings, positioning them near Angel’s sides.

“Ohohoho nonono- Huhuhsk, dohohon’t!” Angel pleaded like he actually wanted it to stop, but he didn’t. He was still loving every second of attention he was getting, and the two other demons could see that his smile wasn’t just there because he was getting tickled.

Husk responded to Angel’s plead by moving his wings up and down the lengths of the spider’s sides. Angel shrieked for probably the 10th time that night and fell into hysterical giggles, his body practically melting to the bed.

He cursed Husk and those damned wings. He also cursed Cherri for probably being the one to tell Husk that he’s feather-sensitive. Not only that, it makes him melt!

But God he loved Cherri for telling him that.

“She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,” Husk then resumed his previous actions with his claw on Angel’s stomach, not stopping the movement of his wings, “who wriggled and wiggled and tickled inside her! Huh, at least the wigglin' and tickling part's true, right Angel?”

“StahaHAHAhap sahahaying thahahat!”

"What? Tickle?"

"YEHEHehehes! Ihihit mahahakes ihihit wohohorse yohohou dihihick!"

"Damn, what did I say about being nice to me?" Husk moved back to the heart pattern.

"NONO- IHIHI'M SAHAHAHARRY! IM SOHOHO SOHOHORRY!"

"Holy shit, you love this spot, huh?" Husk chuckled as Angel's blush grew darker.

“Angie could never handle his tummy being tickled, whenever I needed ta’ cheer him up, I’d go there, and he’d crumble in minutes” Cheri giggled as Angel aggressively shushed her.

“DOHOHOhon't cahahall it thahat eheheitheher!” Angel giggled as if he was drunk (surprisingly he wasn’t), “Gohohod, I’m nahahat fihihive!”

“Good to know, thanks Cherri,” Husk said, looking down at Angel and admiring him and his sweet giggles. “She swallowed the spider to catch the fly, and we will never know why she swallowed that fly, perhaps she died!” With a few more quick scribbles from Cherri, the two decided another break will be needed. They both got off of Angel so he could curl up.

Angel was grateful for the break, but he didn’t want his fun to stop yet. And considering Husks words earlier, he felt like that won’t be an issue. He held his cheeks which were beginning to ache from smiling so much. While he held his cheek, Angel felt the blush on his face. He wined and hid his face in his hands.

Husk and Cherri couldn’t help it anymore and cooed at the cute spider. They both had such a soft spot for the demon. They would do anything for him.

“Awww, bahaby! Aren’t ya just the cuhutest little thing ever!” Husk said, a hand coming up to cover his wide smile.

“Shuhuhut it!”

Cherri was kinda surprised Husk let his guard down in front of her. In front of Angel, sure. But she didn’t think Husk thought that they were close enough. However, now she felt like there was a sense of trust between the two of them.

“He’s right!” The girl said, her smile just as wide as Husk’s, “like- I just can’t describe it! The more we tickle ya the cuter you get!”

Husk, on the other hand, didn’t even think before he started fonding over the actor so openly. And even after he realised, he knew Cherri won’t ruin his reputation with the hotel staff. Plus, like said before, he couldn’t help it.

Angel was bright red, flipping over on his stomach to hide his face into his pillows.

“You good if we continue?” Husk asked with only genuine kindness in his voice, “or would you like us to stop now?”

The p*rn star giggled again, wiping a tear from his eye, “ohohobviously! Ahagain, ihi’m not a puhussy!”

“Ok then…” Husk said as he sat on Angel’s calves. Cherri then grabbed the spider’s lower set of arms and stretched them out to his sides. She was about to pin them with her knees, but then took a look at the pig on the other end of the bed. The cute little animal was just watching with a smile on its face, happy to see his owner so happy.

“Fat nuggets! Come ‘ere, boy!” Cherri called, patting Angel’s back. The little pig snorted happily and trotted over.

“NO! Thahat little shihit got me into thihis mess!” Angel giggled out, the anticipation killing him. And if he got tickled by his own pig?? Gosh that would be so pathetic.

Angel suddenly remembered what he was wearing. Both spots that were going to be tickled had absolutely no protection! That thought made butterflies appear in his stomach. He was so ready for this.

“Again, are you sure you want us to continue?” Angel really appreciated Husk asking him, but got it flustered him so much.

“Dohoho yohohour worst, I cahan handle it,” Angel smirked, knowing that what he was about to say would dig him a deeper hole, “Whiskers~”

Husk blushed slightly as Cherri couldn’t help but giggle. “That’s enough out of you!” Husk growled. He then pinched behind Angel’s thighs. At the same time, Cherri taped under Angel’s lower armpit, and Fat Nuggets got to work, nuzzling into the hollow. Cherri also used her free had to scribble under Angel’s other lower armpits.

Angel screamed.

The contrast between the three tactics and the spots being completely open were too much to handle. “AHH- CHEHEHERRI! NAHAHAHAO! *snort* HUHUHUSK WAHAHAIT- GUHUHUHUYS!” Angel pounded his free fists into the bed, burying his head into his pillows.

“You said do your worst!” Husk chuckled, switching to scratch his claws up and down the backs of the spider’s legs, dragging them from the middle of his calves to his lower thighs.

“UHUHUGH I KNOHOHOHOW! SHIHIHIT! *snort* FUHUHUCK- NUHUHUHUGGS!” An array of curse words flew out of Angel’s mouth, causing his best friends to laugh along with him.

They kept this up for around 30 more seconds (all three (four including fat nuggets) of them were surprised he even made it that long) before Angel weakly tapped the bed, “OHOHOKAHAY- IHIHIM DOHOHONE! STOHOHOP!”

As soon as the word “stop” came out of his mouth, the two let up, Cherri scooping Fat Nuggets into her arms. They let Angel breathe, watching him lovingly as the actor giggled, rubbing under his arms.

“Yohou twohoho are ruhuhuthlehess.”

“We didn’t go too far, did we?” The pink haired girl said, passing Fat Nuggets to Angel. He took the pig and hugged it tightly.

“Nah, yohou stopped right whehen I needed ya to.” Angel said.

Husk gave a mental sigh of relief. The last thing he wanted to do was to make the demon uncomfortable. “So, ya like being tickled?” Angel blushed again, nodding shyly. “Don’t worry! I honestly think it’s cute that Angel Dust, Hell's most known power bottom, loves being tickled to bits!” Husk said, ruffling Angel’s hair as the spider glared at him through his flustered smile.

“It's soho not, it’s… weheird.”

“It is not weird, Anthony,” Husk said, resting a hand on one of Angel’s. The latter suddenly felt warm at the mention of his real name. That showed him that Husk was being genuine with his words. And Anthony knew that now. It was reassuring.

“Eugh, do you guys really have to flirt in front of me?” Cherri said, catching the pillows Husk and Angel threw at her.

They all chuckled. “Thanks you guys.” Angel said, holding the back of his neck.

“No problem!” Cherri exclaimed, getting off the bed and stretching, “you bitches wanna get popsicles?”

“Ya read my mind,” Angel said, also getting up and placing Fat Nuggets on the bed again.

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it was late at night… 1am maybe?

cherribomb was laying upside down in a random hotel room that she stayed in since Angel convinced her to stay the night at the hotel, just to see if she’d enjoy being there.. newflash! she hated it.

cherri groaned, trying to think of something to do, then she heard a loud *BANG* from the next room over.

cherri sat up, getting off of the bed and opening the rooms door to see what the noise was.

then she heard it again, except it was like a.. power drill?

now either the wall’s were thin, or she had GREAT hearing, because apparently no one else heard it.

“the fuck..?” cherri mumbled

she shut her bedroom door, entering the hallway, following the sound which led to sir pentious’s room, of course he was the one making the noise.

cherri debated on wether or not she should enter his room, but eh, fuck it.

cherri twisted the knob on sir pentious’s door, which was surprisingly unlocked..

the second she shut his door when she walked in, a random metal gear was thrown at her head.

she ducked in time so it hit the wall, but followed along with it was an irritated yell form the snake himself.

“DAMN IT TO HELL!!” he yelled.

cherri held back a snicker at the yell, it was fucking hilarious seeing sir pentious be angry.

cherri snuck up behind sir pentious, peeking over his shoulder to see what he was screaming over.

all she could see was a fuuuucked up pile of rubbish, which was APPARENTLY supposed be some invention that failed.

sir pentious put his elbows on his desk, putting his head in his hands with a long groan.

cherri stayed quiet, scanning over the snakes body.. damn.. WAIT- NO? WHAT.

cherri shook off the dirty thought, then got another family friendly idea to fuck with pentious.

sir pentious huffed in distress, not even noticing the cyclops behind him.

cherri grinned, then wrapped her arms around the snakes waist.

sir pentious shrieked, turning his head to see who was there, to his surprise he was met with the last person he expected to see.

“o-oh! uhum.. hello.. missss bomb!!” pentious greeted.

now that he was actually noticeable to what she was doing, he blushed as he realized her arms were around his waist.

“I heard ya yellin’ from the other room, thought I’d see what you were over exaggerating about.”

cherri grinned.

pentious huffed, looking back at the destroyed invention on his desk.

“ugh.. apologies. I didn’t mean to wake you just- was frustrated i-is all.” he stared at his desk in disappoint.

cherri honestly kinda felt bad.. in a way.. deep down under her cocky self, then she finally went with her plan.

cherri slipped her hands under sir pentious’s coat, her nails met with his slimy, scales, and slim sides, which caused the snake to tense up, snickering a bit.

“whahat ohon earth are you dohoing??” pentiosu asked.

“helpin’ you relax. now hold still!” cherri demanded.

the cyclops scribbled her nails up the snakes sides, causing him to squirm as giggles slipped through his teeth.

“ch-cheherri!-“ pentious whined.

“stop squirmin’ so goddamn much! do i need to hold you down?” cherri threatened.

cherri moved her hands to the snakes tummy, scribbling her nails over it, earning a high pitched squeal from the snake, also another squirm.

“CHEHERRI!- NOHOHO!-“ pentious yelped.

“i said quit- okay yknow what?” cherri huffed.

cherri then pulled pentious back a bit, pushing him onto his bed he had made on his floor, she didn’t push him hard(surprisingly), just enough to get him down there.

cherri knelt down, sitting on the snakes tail and grabbing his wrists, putting them above his head, using her free hand to unbutton his coat, pushing it down but not off, now having access to his whole torso.

“nonono nohoho! cheherri dohont please!-“ pentious pleaded.

“beggin’ ain’t gonna get ya out of this one, old man.” cherri replied.

she then skittered her nails up and down the poor snakes tummy mercilessly.

“NOHOHO!!- CHEHERRII!!-“ pentious shrieked with laughter, giggling his heart out.

cherri couldn’t help but slightly smile at the scene before her eyes, it was honestly adorable.

but she got back to what she was doing, scratching and skittering her nails up and down the snakes tummy, slowly making her way up, going for his armpit.

“NONONONOHOHOOO!- I CAHANT!- MIHISSSS BOHOMBBEHEHAHAH!!-“ pentious cackled out.

cherri snickered to herself, moving her hands to pentious’s neck, doing the same thing there.

sir pentious nestled screamed when he felt her nails on his neck, his head tilted to the side, clamping it down against Cherri’s hand, unfortunately for him, her hand was small enough to be able to still lightly scratch at the snakes neck, which was TORTURE.

“chehehe!- cheherr!- ihihi!-“ pentious whined again.

“hm?” she answered as if she were doing nothing wrong at all.

pentious tried to respond, but the only thing that came out of f his mouth was laughter, and a snort.

“does it tickle, old man?~” cherri teased.

“dohont tehease mehehe!-“ pentious argued.

cherri removed her hand from pentious’s neck, going back to pentious’s tummy, making him squeal.

“i just gotta! i mean your just soooo ticklish I can’t resist.” cherri grinned.

pentious blushed, turning his head away as he cackled.

“SSSSHUT UHUHUP!-“ pentious yelled.

“tiiickle tickle tickle!~ kiiitchy kitchy kooooo!~” cherri continued to tease.

“CHEHERRIIIII!- STOHOHOP IHIT -“ pentious screeched

cherri snorted, moving her hands down to pentious’s tail, which made him jolt with a squeal once more.

“EEEEHAHAHHA!-“ was all the snake could get out.

his tail was probably one of his WORST spots.

“bad spot, hm? tickle tickle!~” cherri mocked.

cherri continued tickling the snake for about another 2 minutes before finally stopping, crossing her arms while still sitting on the snakes tail.

“you alright, old man?” cherri smirked with a cocked brow.

sir pentious was trying to catch his breath, then he finally spoke up.

“y-yehessss, I’m alright.. ehe..” pentious answered.

“still bugging about your shitty ass machine over there?” cherri teased.

“rude!” pentious pouted.

“you cant even argue with me on that! I mean look at that ugly fucking THING?!-“ cherri yelped.

sir pentious had flipped them both over, now leaning overtop of cherri.

“how many timesss do I need to tell you not to insult my creations! they are masterpieces some just- need some work..!” pentious defended his pride.

“oh bullshit! It looks like a pile of rubbish! it’s SHIHIT!!-“ cherri yelped at the sudden ticklish feeling on her hips.

pentious dug his claws into cherri’s hip bones.

“I’ll show you “bullssshit”.”

“NOHOHO!!- PENENTIOUS!!-“

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it was a boring day at the hazbin hotel, cherri was visiting and since angel was too busy flirting with husk.. she decided why not go annoy pentious? that’ll be fun

cherri made her way to the hotel lobby where surprisingly only sir pentious was(along with keekee on his lap), cherri walked over and poked sir pentious’s side to get his attention, only for sir pentious to jump and quickly look behind at cherri, the jump making keekee get off his lap and walk off

“o-oh! hello misss bo-bomb.!” - he said nervously, trying to switch subjects

cherri smirked and walked around the couch, infront of sir pentious, cocking her head to the side and putting her hand on her hip

“what was that?” - she smirked, teasing sir pentious about the jump he did.

“I- I don’t know what your talking about..” - he smiled awkwardly

“ya jumped when I poked ya.” - she pointed out the obvious

“y-you ssstartled me! th-that’s all..” - he said, hoping she believed it.

but ofc, cherri isnt stupid. she walked closer to sir pentious, standing right infront of him, her legs touching his tail

“so, if I do it again, ya won’t flinch?” - she grinned slightly, then leaned forward and poked his side again

“pfft- ch-cherri-!” - he let out a small snicker, biting his lip

“ohoho! are ya ticklish, old man?” - she grinned, teasing him once more

“what?! no! ofc not! that’s preposterous!” - he snapped back at cherri, clearly panicking

“then why are ya so anxious all of a sudden?” - she replied

sir pentious didn’t know how to reply.. so instead, he quickly jumped off the couch and slithered away as fast as he could

cherri watched him run off than quickly ran after him

“aye! I ain’t done with you, coward!” - she snickered

sir pentious didn’t reply, he slithered quickly up the stairs and took a sharp turn down a random hallway, not really thinking

cherri followed along, it was kinda hard to catch up since he was a snake.. but luckily the hallway had a dead end

sir pentious quickly stopped before he hit the wall, then slowly turn to see cherri at the other end

“ch-cherri- w-we can talk about thisss!” - he sounded panicked, putting his hands on the wall

cherri slowly got closer and closer till she was right infront of him

“sure you can talk!” - she put her hands to his sides

“I’ll tickle.” - she grinned before her fingers started dancing on his sides

“cheheherri!- wahahahaait!-“ - he began snickering, but surprisingly not falling into a fit of laughter yet.

“damn.. for someone who’s “not ticklish” ya sure are giggly!” - she smirked

“dohont tehehease mehe- KYAHAHAHAHHA!!-“

sir pentious then bursted into a fit of laughter when cherri moved her hands to his stomach, causing his back to arch

“hoholy shit!- ya really are ticklish huh?”

“IHIHI AHHAM NOHOT!-“

despite his fit of laughter, he still denied it.

“hm, then I guess I’ll just have to keep goin!”

cherri’s hands slid down to his hip’s, causing him to hiss, but also squeal

“CHEHERRI!- KYAKAKAHAHAHA-“

his laugh was certainly not the normal type.. though cherri found it amusing

“hah! nice laugh ya got there, snickers!” - she mocked him

“DOHONT CALL ME THAHAHAT!-“ - he tried to argue, but his clap back formed into giggles

“what? snickers? whadda bout, giggles? or.. cackles?” - she kept listing off laughing related nicknames just to piss him off.

“NOHOHONE!- CHEHEHERRIIII PLEHEHEASE!-“ - he pleaded, not exactly telling her to get off

“hmm, let’s see.. what other places could ya be ticklish in..”

she took her hands off of him for a second to think

“I- Ihihim nohot tic- KYAKAHAHA!-“

sir pentious hissed and squeaked both at once as cherris hands met his snake tail, which was oddly sensitive.

“what were ya saying, snickers?” - she teased

“STAHAH- STAHAP CALLING ME THAHAHAT- SHIHIHIHIT-“ - he was practically loosing his shit.

“awhh but it’s fun! don’t ya think?” - she tilted her head to the side, acting innocent

“SHUHUSH- KYAKAAHAHA!-“ - he cocked his head back

“oh calm down I ain’t killin ya” - she rolled her eyes playfully at his “dramatic” act

“YOHOHOU AHAHAREE!-“ - his eyes welted up with tears form laughing to hard.

“well ya sure aren’t stoppin me, it’s almost like your enjoying this~” - she teased him once more, which just added onto the whole situation

“SHUHUT UHUHUP!-“ - he didn’t deny it..

cherri smirked then after a few more minutes, she let go, giving him a chance to breathe

“hah.. eugh.. ugh.. y-your.. evil.!” - he fell down to the floor, just sitting there

“I try my hardest!~” - she smirked down at him

sir pentious blushed slightly, looking away to avoid eye contact with cherri.

cherri noticed but didn’t comment on it, after a moment of sir pentious being non verbal.. Cherri felt the slightest bit of concern, though she’d never admit it.

cherri knelt down to where sir pentious was and tapped on his shoulder

“are ya dead?” - she raised her eyebrow

“phisically? yess. mentally? no.” - he answered dramatically

“pfft- drama queen.” - she snickered

“oh silence you!” - he rolled his eyes, laying on the floor

cherri sat down beside sir pentious, and out of curiosity she reached over and placed her hand on the inside of his hood, causing him to jump up and hit her hand out of reflex

“woah- bad spot, huh?” - she smirked at his reaction

sir pentious blushed again, and glared at her

“n-no! I just- dohont want you touching me ahat the moment.” - he came up with a lame excuse

cherri scoffed, then crawled a bit closer to him

“why are ya already giggling? I haven’t touched ya!” - she pointed out the obvious

“I just- uh- I-Iss it hohot in here?? hah..” - he tried changing subjects, blushing even more

“we’re in hell dumbass, it’s gonna be hot.” - she rolled her eyes, not fazed by his sorry ass excuses

cherri then grabbed sir pentious’s wrist and yanked him closer, just making him even more flustered and/or nervous

“ch-cherri?- whahat are you-“ - he was cut off by the sound of his own laughter when he felt her start to scribble her fingers on his hood

“dahaammn.. your hood thing is sensitive as shit!” - she snickered

“STAAHAHAP!- CHEHEHERRI PLEHEHEASSSSE I CAHAHNT-“ - his tail squirmed around and his eyes watered up again

“chill out it’s just tickling! dramatic much?” - she teased, knowing she was driving him insane

cherri’s hand slid down to pentious’s armpit which made him squeal in the highest pitch he could, bursting into loud laughter

“WHAHAHAIT!- KYAKAKAHAHA!-“ - tears rolled down his rosey red cheeks

“wait? for what? hm?” - she lifted her chin and raised her eyebrow while smirking

cherri then slider her hand up and lightly rubs the crook of pentious’s neck

“NOHOT THEHEHERE!- WAHAHAIT-! KYAKAKAHAH!-“ - he squirmed again

“yeah.. I thought this would get ya goin”

she then scrambled her fingers on his neck, her free hands fingers began tracing up and down his tail, making him begin basically wheezing

after about 2 more minutes she finally stopped for good, sitting beside him, watching him recover

“hah- hehe.. huh.. that- wasn’t.. terrible..” - he was panting repeatedly, looking at the floor while blushing like hell

“oh yeah? ya into that shit?” - she raised her eyebrow and snickered

“what- n-no!!” - his head snapped towards cherri and his blush got brighter by the second

cherri put her hands up

“cahalm down! I’m just fuckin with ya!” - she laughed at him

“yohou shohould see yahah fahace!” - she fell over and kicked her feet while laughing

“it- it isn’t funny!” - he yelled in embarrassment

“ya were sure as hell laughing a second ago!” - she teased

“shut up!” - he covered his face

“hah.. what a silly discovery..” - she shook her head and snickered

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