#ler!hunter

Camila's house was full of chaos since her daughter brought her witch friends from the Boiling Isles. Foot thumping, glass breaking, or ever cat screeches weren't an unusual sound in here. This time, something different could be heard tho...

Hunters eyes widened as he heard a scream coming from the downstairs.

"NONONONONO!! AMITY! NOT THEHEHEHEHERE!!"

He rushed downstairs, a little worried and mostly curious, about what could be going on there. He took a turn into the living room, just to see Amity pinning Luz to the carpet.

His head leaned sideways in confusion.

The blonde walked closer. The other two didn't seem to see him, obviously busy with their... Uh... Activity? What are they even doing?!

The witch girlfriend was sitting on the human's waist and squeezing her hips, as Luz squirmed left and right as much as she could, and whined with laughter. Hunter decided to approach them.

"Hey.... what are you two doing?" He asked

"AHAHAH!! HUNTER HEHEHEHELP ME!! AHAHhah!!" Luz shouted to him

"Oh-! Hi Hunter! I'm just teaching her about what happens when she calls me the cutest bully she's ever met." Amity replied, clearly not minding her partner's screams.

"I WAS KIDDING!! Ahahaha!!! It was a JOHOHOHOKE!! NOHOHO!!!" Luz replied

"Woah- well- that's funny. Doesn't it hurt her tho? Not that I'm worried, just asking, ya knowww" He was getting even more confused and concerned than he already was. He just wouldn't admit that lol.

"Hurt her? Nooo. I've tickled her more than that in the past, she can handle it" The witch replied.

"Noooo Amihihihityyyy, don't say thahahahat!!!" Luz whined, as her gf slowed the tickle down, now only gently spidering up and down her sides, causing her to giggle and squeak from time to time.

"Uhh, you did what?" Hunter asked, joining in on ignoring Luz and her silly noises.

"Tickled her? What about that?" Amity thought he just didn't hear her right.

"What's that?" He deadpanned

"What's what? Tickling?" The witch replied, still not believing that he understood her properly.

"Yeah, that. What is it?"

Amity froze and stared at him, as Luz laid flat, enjoying the fresh air as she took a few deep breaths and sat up.

"You... don't know... what tickling is...?" This time the human asked, still huffing from the attack.

"...should I?" Now Hunter was truly concerned.

"Well, it's not that you should, but still...* Amity said

The girlfriends just sat there in silence for a moment, wondering what to do with that piece of information. Then Amity got an idea:

"Well, do you want to learn about it?"

Hunter thought nothing of it, before replying. "Uhh sure? It did look a bit terrifying tho."

"Terrifying? Oh, there's nothing to be scared of, it's fun, I promise! Luz just has strong reactions, hehe~" She laughed at her girlfriend, as she groaned with fake annoyance.

"Here, try to tickle her!" Amity said as she pinned the other girl to the carpet again.

"Wha- Hey!" Luz protested

"Shut up, it's in the name of science" her gf replied, then got back to explaining as if nothing happened. "Go on! You can start here." she pointed at Luz's belly, classic spot.

"You mean, just kinda scratch her like that?" Hunter did the spidering motion he saw on the girl's sides earlier, curious and even a bit happy to learn.

"Yeah! Just, gently, okay?" Amity replied

"Oh, okay." He started wiggling his fingers on Luz's stomach, then he watched as she began giggling and squirming again. She just laid there and took it, it's in the name of science after all.

"Eek! Ahahaha!"

"Oh, I can see how it works now. You just touch her, and she laughs, right?" He asked, amused by Luz's reactions.

"Yeah, sorta. Let's go with it for now, you'll learn more later. Why don't you try changing up the spot now? We don't want Luz to get bored" She smirked at her lover.

"Ahaha!! Is it stihihihill in the namehehehe of science...? Hehehe!" The girl asked concerned

"It is, now moving on, you can pick the other spot Hunter." Amity replied quickly

"Uhhh... What about... Here?" He moved his hand up to her armpit, clueless of what's about to happen.

"AHAHAHA!! NOhohoho!! NOT THERE! AHAHhahahHAH!!" Luz nearly shrieked.

"Nice choice, going straight for the kill I see." The purple-head said calmly.

"Are you sure she's alright tho...?" Hunter continued tickling her hesitantly.

"Yeah, she actually loves it. But I think she's had enough, for now~"

Last giggles left Luz as she was let go by Amity, and Hunter had stopped the ticking.

"Good job babe." The female witch leaned down and kissed her partner's forehead, as her own pointed ears lit up with blush. All of this made Hunter roll his eyes at their romantic action.

"So... That's all?" He said.

"Oh nonono. You gotta experience it to really know what you're dealing with." Luz said after finally catching her breath.

"Yeah! Lay down." Amity added.

"Ummm I'm not sure if I wanna do that..." Hunter said carefully, clearly hesitating.

"Oh, you wanna sit? It's alright, we'll catch you if your back gives out and you fall behind on the ground" the human said, grabbing a few pillows and placing them behind Hunter so he wouldn't get hurt if he happened to fall. "Here! Now you will be safe even when you fall."

"okay...?" The grimwalker said quietly as he crossed his legs in order to sit more comfortably.

"Great. Now, put your arms up." Amity went on, while she and Luz positioned themselves on each of Hunter's sides. He did as he was told, putting his arms up in the air.

"We will start slowly, and we'll stop the second you tell us to. And also, don't be afraid if nothing happens, you could just not be ticklish." Amity continued. Then, she and Luz exchanged a quick nod and went in to gently skitter their fingers on each of his sides.

"EEK!!" Hunter screeched as he immediately pulled his arms down and threw himself into the pillows behind him.

"Woah, somebody is really ticklish here." Luz said with excitement.

"Whahahat, what was that? ehehe..." The ticklee asked quietly, surprised at his own reaction.

"Tickles. Funny, isn't it?" Amity said with amusement in her voice

"That was... weird." He replied

"Good weird or bad weird?" Luz asked gleefully, but seeing as blush spread across his cheeks and up his ears, she didn't need an answer.

"Aww, that's adorable." Her girlfriend cooed, making Hunter cover his face with his hands

"Shut upppp" He groaned into his palms. Why did he even get so embarrassed in the first place? He had no idea, yet he wasn't really complaining. It was fun.

"That's literally even adorabler. Adorablier? More adorable?" Luz struggled with words

"Cuter." Amity filled her in

"Oh it doesn't matter. Come here, we gotta get this boy some tickles ASAP" She nodded at her girlfriend signaling her to help her pick up Hunter, who is still laying on the ground. They both supported his back, pushing him, making him sit up.

"Wha- guhuhuys?! What are you doing?" The victim asked lazily - he was clearly enjoying his floor time - yet kind of with anticipation in his voice??

"Oh, don't worry about it. It's in the name of science." Amity smirked as she began tickling his side again, gently spidering her fingers. Her other hand, and one of Luz's hands served as his back support, not letting him fall back into the pillows again.

"Ah! Hahahaha!! Nooohoho!!" Hunter laughed, trying to lean away from the mischievous hand and push it away.

"Ack! None of that, misterrr!" Luz quickly went for his other side, since he so conveniently leaned right into her as he was trying to get away from Amity.

"HAHahaha!! Luzzz!! Hahah!" He squeaked

"Whaaat?" Luz mocked him "Too ticklish there"

"Yehehes!! Hehehehe!!!" He replied

"Oh my God, you're so cute!! I could literally get diabetes just from looking at you, you're that sweet. Hehe~" Amity joined the teasing

"Nohoho!!! Don't say that! EEK!! AHAhaha!!" Hunter squeaked as Luz moved her hand up to his lower ribs.

"But why not? I'm only saying the truth!" The purple-head backlashed

"But ihihit makes the thihihihing worse!! Ahahaha!!"

"It makes the tickles worse? Oh my Titan my heart is melting. You're too adorable." Luz said. Then, she whispered to Amity behind him: "he's growing tired fast, we don't want to kill him, don't we?"

"No, not now. One last thing and we're done k?" Amity replied

"HUHUHUHH??" Hunter immediately grew curious

"Nothing!!" The human chirped as she stopped the tickles. Then she grabbed Hunter's hand and put it over her head, and behind her back. Amity did the same and before the Golden Guard could gain awareness about his surroundings... Bam!

All three ended up in the pillows behind them, only Hunter's both hands were trapped under Luz and Amity.

"ACK!! WAIT- WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS! Hehehe!!" Some giggles already slipped from Hunter's mouth.

"Talk about what? This?" Luz said nonchalantly while she and her gf started tickling Hunters armpits.

Hunter squealed.

"AHAHAH!! NOHOHO!! NOT THEHEHEHERE!! AHAHAHAH!!!!"

He whipped his head left and right, and kicked his legs, but there was nothing he could do to stop the sensation. In all of this giggly chaos, he found himself not hating it.

Not even a few seconds passed before Luz and Amity stopped. They didn't want to kill the kid - they agreed on it earlier. Instead, they let go of his arms, and laid beside him, giving him time to calm down.

"Oh... ohohoh wow. You're... brutal" He stayed down for a minute or two, catching his breath. Then he tried sitting up, only to be pulled back by his two friends.

"Where do you think you're going? We won't let you just walk away, not after nearly tickling you to death." Amity stated

"Exactly! A nap after tickles is a must!" Luz said happily.

"Well, that's one way to put it. You're not wrong tho." Amity chuckled and put her hands behind head, making herself comfortable on the carpet.

"Huh, fine. I was going to go to sleep anyway." Hunter made himself comfortable as well and closed his eyes.

That afternoon all three clung onto each other. They peacefully relaxed, and eventually fell asleep, as the sun slowly began setting.

General:

I’m pretty sure the entire fandom can agree that he gives STRONG lee vibes.

He enjoys making his friends laugh sometimes, though, so I’m going heavy lee-leaning switch.

Can only say the t-word on rare occasions. More often than not, it’s adorable stuttering and blushes until you get the message.

With some proper motivation, he can admit that he likes it. It just flusters the hell out of him, so use this knowledge sparingly.

Lee:

SUCH a cute lee, no question

He blushes like crazy, squirms and wriggles like a worm on a hook, squeaks and hiccups if you get him going, just- ‎°｡⋆♡‧₊˚

He gets in a lee mood pretty frequently, and sometimes asks for what he wants. Usually he’ll go to Willow for, but Luz and Gus are close runners-up.

When he can’t ask, he’ll try his very hardest to provoke or tease his friends into helping.

Sassing people, sitting with his arms behind his head, slouching just right so his shirt slides up, and if he’s really gutsy, poking their sides. With these goobers, it works nine times outta ten.

If you don’t wanna get kicked/elbowed in the face, I recommend pinning him. Squirmy flailer boyo

Worst spot is his ribs. Will squeal, snort, thrash and blush like it’s nobody’s business.

Melt spots are his scars. If it’s someone he trusts and is comfortable with, he loves gentle traces (and kisses from Willow ( ,,^ᴗ^,, )) Airy giggles, gets all sleepy. If he’s having problems falling asleep, some light scar tickles will knock him right out.

Ler:

A soft ler for sure. He can go rougher, but he normally prefers not to.

It’s pretty easy to fluster him. Instant compliance, telling him to not stop/keep going, holding your arms up around him, asking him to do it over and over again-

Yeah, he’ll be a blushy boy in no time

He can tease though. It's a bit rare, but he tries.

"Oh, this tickles? Good, I was worried it wasn't working."

"You blush reeeeeeally hard when I squeeze here. It must tickle so much!"

"You've got a pretty cute laugh, ya know. Think I'll have to have you share more often..."

"I don't know why you don't like this adorable belly. It's so cute and squishy and ticklish; what's not to love?"

"You're squirming a lot, but you haven't told me to stop once. You like this a whole lot, don't you?"

"Hmm? Sorry, it's hard to understand you with all that giggling. Try again~"

This boy cannot ask to tickle anyone. Asking to receive is hard enough, but asking to give? Yeah, good luck-

Willow can normally pick up on his ler moods, and if she’s feeling it, she’ll offer her help

He’s super mindful of boundaries. Stops the moment you say to, checks in every once in a while to make sure you’re still having fun

Doesn’t normally pin unless you’re a massive squirmer. He doesn’t mind, just scared of pushing boundaries

"Get back here!" Luz shouted, running down the hall in pursuit of her not-brother.

"No!" Hunter kept running from the human, his ears and face pink as cotton candy. "I'm not letting you catch me!"

"You tickled me first!"

"That's unrelated!"

"No it's not!"

Hunter dodged around the corner, his golden guard training kicking in. He slid and rolled to make the turn quicker and bolted away.

Luz didn't have such training, so she slammed into the wall. She filled the void with pure vengeance and bounced off it to sprint after her target.

Vee was sipping apple juice in the kitchen when the whirlwind of insanity blasted in. She choked as Hunter dragged her chair back and put it between him and Luz.

"What's going on?" Vee asked, watching in befuddlement as the two circled around her.

"I require vengeance!" Luz stated, smirking at the witch across from her.

"No, you don't!" Hunter retorted, smiling nervously.

Vee blinked, chugged her juice, and sighed. "I'm gonna go join the others outside, and you two better not destroy the house." She said, side-eyeing them as she dropped her cup in the sink and left the house.

The duo blinked at the door, frozen in place. Luz turned towards Hunter and poked his ribs. He yelped and leapt over the counter, sprinting out the door they had just come through.

"Get back here!" Luz shouted, continuing the chase.

Hunter slid around the corner, deciding to hug the wall at the last second. He panted heavily and waited. As her footsteps grew louder, he grinned.

If she was so intent on catching him, he'd just have to get her first.

Luz rounded the corner and shrieked in surprise as Hunter dug his hands into her sides. He quickly brought her to the ground where he focused his attacks onto her stomach.

"HUHUNTEHER!" She thrashed, trying in vain to pry his hands away from her skin. "NOHOHO FAHAHAIR!"

"All's fair in war, human!" He said triumphantly, pinching the skin under her navel.

She squealed and thrashed harder, her muscles growing weak. There was no way she'd lose to him twice!

With the last of her strength, she grabbed his shirt and pulled him down next to her. He gasped, caught off balance, and hit the ground.

Knowing she only had a few seconds to strike, Luz grabbed his hand and blew a raspberry right onto his palm.

The poor boy shrieked and tried to flail away. Luz crawled forward and dug her fingers into his ribs before he could recover from her vicious attack.

"NAHAHO!" He cried, snapping his arms to his sides in a desperate attempt to halt her assault. She merely chuckled and squeezed one hand out to poke at his neck.

Squeaky giggles flew out of his mouth, his neck scrunching. That proved to be fruitless, as Luz simply switched her attack to the other side of her neck, making sure to flutter her nails across his ears for added torment.

He snorted at the feeling and rolled over, forcing her to remove her hand from his ribs. He tried to crawl away, face red as apple blood.

"Oho, no you don't!" Luz grabbed his hips, dragging him back while simultaneously squeezing that weak spot. "You should've ran while you had the chance!"

"IHIHI TRIHIED, DIHIDN'T IHI?" He retorted, curling up into a ball. "STAHAP!"

"Never!"

With tears in his eyes, he blindly grabbed at her. He was rewarded with a snort as his hand landed on her knee. She giggled as he continued to curl his fingers on the sensitive skin.

"Yohou cahan't wihin!" She huffed, moving her hands up his sides.

"IHI WILL!" He cackled, flipping around suddenly and digging his fingers back into her stomach. Luz screamed and leaned forward, retaliating by shooting her hands under his arms.

Vee came back inside to gather some snacks for the friends outside. She rolled her eyes as she heard her not-siblings cackling in the hallway. She sighed and muttered to herself, exiting the house again with a bag of pretzels.

"I might need to get Willow to go break that up…"

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Dressed in Belos’s clothing, she stood before her friends. Their eyes were empty, devoid of any sympathy or care for her. Willow, Gus, Hunter, and her beloved Amity. They all hated her. Luz was certain of it, and she was certain she deserved it.

“I’m sorry.” She said simply, lacking any real sorrow. “But for the sake of everyone you hurt,”

“Please, no!” Hot tears welled in Luz’s eyes like lava. She couldn’t even bring herself to say that it wasn’t her fault. She took a step back and squeezed her eyes shut, waiting to be hit by a glob of abomination goo, or a spiked vine.

“I challenge you to a witch’s battle!” Witch’s battle?

Luz peeked one eye open. “W-wait… say that again?”

“I said, I challenge you to a witch’s battle!”

Amity’s tone didn’t change at all when she repeated the phrase. It was robotic, as if the response had been programmed into her to say it exactly the same every time. She didn’t move from her defensive, fighting stance. 

“Witch’s… battle?”

She hesitantly approached her girlfriend, then gingerly squished her pretty face in her hands. “Bep.” She playfully flicked her ears. “Boop.”

She observed how Amity didn’t respond, and her fears began to melt away and were quickly replaced by a fuzzy feeling. She lifted up Amity’s arm and poked her, like she was a doll she could position and pose.

“You look like Amity, you feel like Amity, but you’re not Amity, are you?”

Luz’s face broke into a smile as she stepped back. Of course something was weird! 

“Ha! You’re not her! None of you are you!”

“How dare you? Of course we’re us!” Willow spoke, but she barely moved.

“It’s, ‘I challenge you to a witch’s duel,’ not battle!” She waved her finger at them, her confidence quickly returning. “And the Amity I know would never misquote The Good Witch Azura!”

She took a step back and smiled, Stringbean formed a staff in her hands.

“So come on, attack me. I know what’s going on now.” She watched as her friends readied themselves, charging right at her. She closed her eyes, waiting for the first hit, and- “No, no NO!” A childish voice echoed around the bridge. Luz opened her eyes, and her friends were frozen in place. Glowing wires were wrapped around their wrists and ankles, like they were little puppets. Floating above them all, was a very grumpy looking Collector. He had his arms crossed and was glaring down at the group with a pout. “You weren’t supposed to figure it out! This isn’t fair!”

“Collector?!”

“What am I supposed to do now?! Oh, you’re probably so angry with me!” They floated in circles and flipped himself upside down while clutching his hat. 

Luz’s eyes wandered from the Collector to her friends. They were starting to come out of their trance, and their eyes were shining again.

Suddenly, he was right next to Luz. He dramatically flopped onto her shoulder, nearly knocking her over. “You aren’t angry with me, right? For trying to scare you?”

“Uhm…” She quickly glanced at her friends, who were all giving her very hesitant looks. “No?”

“Really?” The Collector’s eyes lit up. Then they scowled. “Cause I’m still pretty mad at you for screwing up my fun!” “W-well, there’s other ways to have fun!” Luz stammered. She backed away from him, in between all her friends. “Like, um, maybe instead of scaring people, you should try making them laugh!”

The Collector tapped his finger to his chin a couple times. Then slowly, his lips curled into a mischievous grin. “Hm… y’know what, human? I think you’re right!” He snapped his fingers, and Luz’s friends went limp. The light in their eyes faded along with the glowing wires. The Collector giggled rather deviously and clapped his hands a few times. Luz’s friends sprang to attention, and grabbed her all at once.

“H-Huh?! What are you-”

“And I’ve got the perfect way to do it! Get her!”

Luz wasn’t quite sure what she was expecting to happen, but feeling the skittering, tickling fingers of all four of her friends definitely wasn’t it! She made a noise that was akin to a startled seagull, which quickly dissolved into confused giggling.

“What in the wohohorld?! Collector! Cuhuhuhit out!”

“Man, you mortals can never make up your minds, huh?” The Collector floated over to her, hovering inches away from her face. Personal space wasn’t much of a concern for a child of the stars. “First you want me to make you laugh, then you want me to stop? Come on, we’re having so much fun! You’re laughing aren’t you?”

Those dang fingers were everywhere! Poking at her sides and belly, scribbling up and down her neck and around her ears, Luz could barely focus on just one spot! Every time she’d flail in an attempt to protect herself, they’d just get her somewhere else. 

“This- this isn’t whahahat I meant whehehen I said- EEK! NOHOHO!”

Nails that unmistakably belonged to Amity made Luz’s sentence crumble when they spidered up her sides and into the hollows of her underarms. If it weren’t for her friends all holding her steady, she was certain her legs would’ve just given up.

The Collector just laughed right along with her. “Man, you were right! Making people laugh is way more fun than scaring them! Just listen to all the silly noises you make!” “COLLEHEHECTOR!” “That’s meeee! Hey! I should try this on your other friends, too! I’ll be back!” They clapped their hands, and they vanished in a puff of sparkly purple smoke. Luz was much too busy laughing her head off to even realize where he had gone, or what he had meant by that. It wasn’t like the feeling was bad, she’d always enjoyed tickle fights as a way of bonding or cheering someone up, but this was ridiculous! And not to mention the fact that it was turning her mind to mush! It couldn’t get much worse than this-

“Your laugh is just so sweet, I could listen to it forever!”

Nevermind. It could.

Amity had leaned over to coo teasing compliments in her ear. It had caught Luz so off guard her knees buckled and her friends all shifted to keep her up. 

“WAIHAIT! Nohoho, Amity, please! You know I cahahan’t take it-” “But it’s true!” Man, the Collector had really gotten her friends' personalities down. And it only became more abundant when the rest of them started teasing too. “Come on, Luz! I know you’re tougher than that!” Willow giggled as she kneaded Luz’s side at a steady rythm, making her squeal “You can take it!” Gus had a different tactic, constantly switching spots and jumping around so Luz could never tell where he was going to strike next. “Where’s the spot that makes her laugh the most again? Is it here- or here- or maybe heeeere?” “Man, if only I had known about this little weakness of yours when we were still enemies.” Hunter had a smug mischief in his voice that just dripped with the cockiness of an older brother messing with his younger sister. It reminded Luz of how he acted when they first met. “You would have been done for! Would’ve made our fights go by a lot faster, huh?”

That was really about all Luz could take. Her loud laughter was starting to turn into wheezes, and her friends finally let up. She sunk to the ground and curled up in a ball, still tingling with phantom tickles. “Collector… thahat… phew…” She looked up when she felt Amity’s comforting hand on her shoulder, and realized something she hadn’t before.

They had that light in their eyes. They had it since the Collector had disappeared!

“H-hey wait a minute! You’re you! Really you! You were tickling me on PURPOSE!” “Sorry…” Amity said with a giggle “I couldn’t help it, you’ve just been so down recently, we haven’t heard you laugh like that in so long.”

“You really needed it.” Willow said, crouching down next to her. “Seriously. And you better believe the nice things we said about you, or else.” Hunter tazed her side, earning him a loud squeak.“You guys are-”

But there wasn’t much time for Luz to finish. Her friends gasped when the puppet strings seized them again, jerking their limbs away from her.

“There’s no time to waste!” Shouted Gus. “You need to stop the Collector, you need to wake up!”

“Wait, but how?!”

Amity used the last of her strength to press a familiar glyph into Luz’s hand and offer her a warm smile.