Truth be told, it's more like Tenna insisted he'll watch over Lancer for King without him even asking. Lancer enjoyed hanging out with his TV dad anyway.

"It's time to go to bed," Tenna announced after he checked the time, "It's getting late,"

"Aww, but I wanna see if the princess will beat the knight in the fight!" Lancer pouted.

"We can watch again next time," Tenna reassured him in a gentle tone, "But, you need to go to sleep before midnight,"

"But why? What happens before midnight?" Lancer asked.

Neither of them heard King enter the room and standing behind them and watching silently. He had been curious how Tenna acted when alone with Lancer. The kid does adore the ruler of TV World. If it was the old Tenna he could understand, but the new Tenna was a real grouch.

"If you stay up after midnight, the tickle monster will grab you and tickle you silly!" Tenna growled playfully as he wiggled his claws.

"Eeek! Not the tickle monster!" Lancer squealed before laughing. He paused for a moment to look at his TV dad seriously, "But, won't the tickle monster get hold of you?" "Oh, I'll protect you against the tickle monster," Tenna declared proudly.

The TV didn't notice King sneaking up from behind him and wiggling his fingers before suddenly tickling his sides, a wide grin on both his face and stomach.

"EE! Hahahahh!!" Tenna immediately started laughing adorably, which shocked both Lancer and King. The show host quickly shot up to his feet and turned around, looking angry before hugging his sides to protect them.

"You're ticklish?" King asked before grinning when he noticed how the TV started to blush.

"Not a word," Tenna growled before turning to Lancer, "Go to bed, young man,"

"Okey-dokey!" Lancer grinned before he ran off to his room. Tenna and King both stared at each other in silence.

"Not a word to anyone," Tenna growled.

"Don't see the big deal," King shook his head in amusement, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone,"

"Good," Tenna nodded.

King was curled up in the new Owl House’s couch. After Luz and everyone had gotten back, and The Collector had fixed the damage he caused, things had been pretty relaxed. He was happy that his family was back together, it had even gotten bigger with the additions of The C.A.Ts, Hunter, Camilla, Vee, and The Collector! Things were finally going well for them, and King couldn’t be happier. “Heeeeey King!” The Collector called, appearing next to King, but the titan baby didn’t flinch. He’d gotten used to the star child appearing and disappearing at will. “Oh! Hey Collector buddy! Heh, good to see ya.” King greeted, stretching and yawning as he looked at his friend. The Collector floated around King, holding his feet in his hands, “I’m boooooored, I wanna play! All anybody seems to want to play here is boring old “normal” games. I’m sick of hide and seek and tag. There’s gotta be moooore! You know other games right?” King stood, “Well… there’s board games? Or card games?”

“Boriiiing!” he groaned, falling back into a flip in the air. “I want something fuuuuuuun!”

“Something fun, huh?” King hummed, tapping his skull and looking out. “...Well… there are some games I like to play with Luz and Eda. But… I don’t even know if you can play them.” “What games?” he asked, flipping in front of King’s face. “I can play! I’m sure I can! Oh pleeeease can we play?” King rubbed the back of his skull, “Well… I just don’t know, I mean… you can feel stuff, right?”

“Feel?” The Collector asked, before he giggled, “Of course I can feel! I can feel anything I want to! I can feel pain, or cold, or hot, what do I need to feel for this? I can do it!”

“Can you feel… ticklish?”

“Can I feel what now?”

King blinked, did they not… “Do you not know what that is?” The Collector shrugged and floated upside down, “Never heard of it. How do you feel it?” “Uh… well, it’s when someone tickles you somewhere, and it makes you laugh! A lot! Luz and Eda tickle me all the time! It’s like a… tingly kind of feeling? It’s silly, and you can’t not laugh when you're being tickled!” King tried to explain, “And there are lots of games you can play when you’re ticklish! You’d definitely like it! A lot of them are rhyming games!” A gasp from the child, “Rhyming!?” He laughed and spun up into the air throwing out his arm and legs in glee, “I love rhyming!” he quickly zoomed back in front of King with pleading eyes. “Oh please, please tell me how to play!” “Ok ok! Well… come here, I’ll show you how Eda does it!” King chuckled, cracking his knuckles in preparation.. He quickly knelt in front of King, bouncing excitedly. “So, what do I do?” “You lay down on your back and don’t move.” he instructed, waiting for the cosmic boy to follow the instructions before he began. “Ok… One, two, three.” he tapped on his knee, “Tickle babies knee!” he gently wiggled his claws under The Collectors knee, looking at the boy for a reaction. One that he definitely got. The kid let out a squeal and zoomed up onto the ceiling, “W-what was that!?” “D-did it hurt?!” “No! It felt… weird!” King giggled and waved him back down, “Then it tickled! That’s a good thing! It means you have ticklish knees!” “Ticklish knees… I love ticklish knees!” The little star boy cheered, zooming in a circle in the air before going back down, and laying flat for King. “Do it again! Do it again!” “Oh! But don’t you wanna see where else you could be ticklish?” King asked, crossing his arms with a playfully smug look. The Collector gasped and sat up with starry eyes, “There can be other ticklish places?!” “Yeah! There can be lots! Knees, feet, your tummy, I mean… I think people can be ticklish just about anywhere!” he shrugged, “I guess we’ll have to find all of your ticklish spots!” The Collector grinned, and curled up, floating up into the air and kicking and punching the air in joy. “Yes yes yes! I wanna find all the ticklish places! Then we can keep playing and having fun! Right?” “Of course! Tickle games are some of my favorites!” King laughed, tail wagging excitedly. “And we can even mix and match games with tickles! Like… tickle tag, where if you get taught you get tickled! Or tickle hide and seek! Oh! Oh! Eda plays this one with Luz and I all the time! She calls it “tickle bugs”, it’s where she’ll pretend there's a bug on us and she’ll have to get it off, but really it’s just her tickling us!” The Collector was bouncing faster and faster, grin getting wider and wider with every word King spoke. Their freckles were even glowing till they finally burst, little stars and sparkles shooting off them in their excitement. “Yes! Yes yes yes! I wanna play them all! They sound like so much FUN!” King hopped up excitedly, “Then let’s go! Which one first?” “Well, I wanna finish the rhyming game! Then tickle bugs! Oooooh! I can make REAL tickle bugs!” He giggled, squeaking excitedly. King let out a nervous “Weh.” Actual tickle bugs? Oh geez… Sometimes he forgot that The Collector was basically all powerful. “Well… alright! Let’s finish the rhyming game first!” He nodded and laid back down, grinning excitedly at King, “Well? What are you waiting for?” “One, two, three!” tapping on his knee, which already had the star child giggling. “Tickle baby's knee!” wiggling fingers under his knee once more. “Eehehehehehe!” he giggled, covering their mouth as little stars shot off him. “Four, five, six!” now tapping on his tummy, making them gasp and squeal. “Pick up sticks!” scribble at his tummy. “AHAHAHAHA! TIHIHIHINGLY! EHEHEHEHE!” they squealed, squeaking happily at the tickles. “Seven, eight, nine!” he tapped The Collectors chin, “You’re all mine!” He then pulled the kid into a hug, though he still tickled at his sides.

The Collector squeaked and giggled, hugging King back. “Eheheheh! I lohohohove this new gahahahame!”

King booped his nose with a giggle, “We can play them all the time then! Tickle games are the best games in my opinion!”

“Then let’s play more! I wanna use the tickle bugs!” they grinned, floating up into the air.