"Hahahahahahahahhahahahaahha!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAAHHWKKHHHSHSSSSS!!! PLEEhehehehehhaahahahaahhasee!! STAHAHAHAHHAHAHAhahahahaahahahahhaahppppp!!"
All poor Izuku could do was laugh, whine, cry, and sweat into the thick landing mat that bore his shirtless, hogtied form. Unfortunately for Izuku, he was not alone in the office training gym: Hawks was seated on the mat next to him, having removed his gloves to caress the greenette's bare, upturned soles.
"Stop?" asked the villanous hero. "But this is your break, haven't you forgotten?"
He let the fingers of one hand curl, running the tips down the arches that Midoriya was desperately trying to scrunch up, an effort foiled by the toe ties that Hawks had not neglected to apply. That simple action was enough to prompt another bout of high-pitched cackling. "Before I let the feathers loose again..."
Izuku's laughter took on a panicked quality. Despite their universal association with tickling, feathers made quite the poor implement of induced hysteria in the vast majority of cases.
Izuku was not the vast majority of cases. Not only was he extremely sensitive, but he was cursed with the ability to feel the kiss of every single barb of a feather, a dubious talent that Hawks was currently exploiting in an attempt to extract the part of the code that the trainee had been tasked to protect.
Izuku knew that he couldn't just give up the code; but he also knew that he would not be able to make it through another round of feathers.
"NAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!!!! NAHAHHAHAT THEHEHEHEHEH FEEHAHHAHAHAHAHAtheheheheheheehehehehehehehehehsssssssss!!!! Plheheheheehhahahahaahahahahseeeeeeee!!!!! Hiahahahaiiiiiii CAHAHAHHAAHHHAHhehehehehehtttt!"
"So you'll give me the code, then?" asked Hawks, now scribbling all ten of his fingertips all over the upturned soles, scratching at the ball of each foot, then along the entire length of the arches.
"AAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHAahahahahahahahhHAHAHAHAHAHHahahahaahhaaAHHAAHAHA!!! IHIHIHHHHII-- I CAHAHahahahahahahahahahahnnnnnnt!!! HAhahaahahahahahahahahahaha!!"
"You can't take the tickles, you can't give me the code... You're so negative! I thought Sir had tickled it out of you? Have some faith!" monologued Hawks while focusing under Izuku's toes. "Guess you leave me no choice..."
"AAAAAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!!! NAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! HAHAHAHAwwwwwwkkkkkssss pleheheheehahahahahase!!! NonoNONONHONANAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"
And just like that, Hawks's fingers lifted off the sensitive skin to make room for a swarm of red feathers.
Izuku's scream was genuinely pitiful, but it fell on deaf ears. The principal purveyors of agony were unquestionably the dozens - dozens! - of feathers sawing between his toes, along their base and the stems, and all across his arches. There were more teasing the pads of the digits, the sides and tops of the feet, even circling his ankles; a mere annoyance individually, but their combined effect would have been enough to reduce Izuku to tears even without the much, much, MUCH worse onslaught on his soles.
Despite his enjoyment of the havoc the barbs of his feathers were wreaking for once, Hawks had learned from the previous round of tickling that the heels and balls of the trainee's feet were more receptive to the stern touch of the quill; so, he acted accordingly, making it a point to hide the entirety of Izuku's feet under a flurry of red.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHEHHEHEHEHEHHEHEHEKKKKK!!! EHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEEEEEEEEEEEEEHEHEHEHEHEHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAAAAAAAAA!!! PLHEHEHEHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!"
So polite, pleading even through torture. But even as he shrieked and writhed without being able to get away, Izuku was distinctly able to hear Hawks say, "Mh, I wonder how I can make it worse? Oh, I know!"
And the greenette shrieked again as more feathers were deployed to saw up and down his sides, the small of his back, his neck; under his scapulae, behind his ears...
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAA! KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!"
"The code?" asked Hawks as he repositioned himself, knowing full well that the trainee was unable to see where he was placing his hands, poised to strike...
"EH-- EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHEHEHEHEHHEEHHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEEEEEEE!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!!! NNNNNNNNNNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!"
"Ok. Talk to you again in ten minutes!" said Hawks before he latched onto Izuku's hips, his index and middle fingers digging right into the greenette's death spot.
All Might's successor let out the first of many, many desperate shrieks.












