#ler!semi

SUMMARY: after the pentathlon, min-su feels a little shaky after being intimidated by nam-gyu. gyeong-su goes to comfort his new friend, and se-mi soon comes along to help

so so very sorry if it is sloppy!!! i genuinely had no ideas for this LOL (ill just make it up on the way)

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The games. The stupid games, the games where people die, the games where people can turn their back on you with a mere click. No one was safe here - no one was willing to lose themselves, so they resorted to killing others to survive. The stakes were high, the pressure was indefinitely unbearable and there was 45.6 BILLION Won over their heads.

Some people could handle this immense pressure - their own will and determination keeping them going - yet some people had certain... Supplements to help keep their heads 'clear' and their reflexes quick. It provided an unfair advantage, as always. But, life was unfair, wasn't it?

Yet, that wasn't the case for all. Some players, man or woman, had crumbled under the influence and the atmosphere of the game and their peers. One of these players were a man - a man who had the presence of a child - Park Min-Su. This man was so deeply afraid, so gravely shy, you'd think he would have died in the first game. But, no. He had prevailed - much to his favor - and had met a girl. This girl was named Se-Mi, and they had bonded quite quickly despite their opposing natures.

After The Pentathlon, Min-Su had immediately went to his stiff, rock-solid bed. The games' horrible circumstances had left him a mess, his ears ringing loudly, hands trembling and quaking.

Right. I'm dropping this formal act. Time to get into the story, yeah? Impatient people. Goddamn.

He began to grip his hair, pulling out of frustration and fear. Why was he so stupid?!Why did he call that number?! He didn't know if he could get through the next one - oh, but what would it even be? Did it involve fighting? Would he survive? Would Se-Mi survive? Surelytheyhadtofinda-

"Hey."

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..

...

Dead silence.

"Hey, uhm... Are you- Can you hear me?" A man with a soft voice spoke, looming over Min-Su. The troubled man slowly and cautiously looked up, his eyes meeting the other's. His player number read '256' and he instantly recognized him as Gyeong-Su, a superfan of that 'Thanos' dude. But.. What did he want? Surely it couldn't be anything good- Yes, he seemed nice but wHO REALLY KNEW HOW HE WAS?? HUH?? HE C- "I'm.. I'm Gyeong-Su, hah- We were teammates.. Y'know, in The Pentathlon? Are you okay? You seem quite shaken." Stop fucking interrupting me. My God.

"...I'm... Uhm- I'm fine, thanks.." Min-Su spoke timidly, watching as Gyeong-Su sat down next to him. "I'm Min-Su.." Still slightly uncomfortable, he hugged himself tighter. Yet, something about Gyeong-Su's presence felt.. Welcoming. Warm. Nice. He couldn't help but relax slightly.

"Min-Su, huh? Why are you so upset?" Gyeong-Su inquired, nudging Min-Su on the side slightly, causing him to flinch and cover himself. "Oh, sorry- Did I hurt you?" He began to gently rub the mark, earning a strained gasp from Min-Su.

"N-No- You're fine-" It takes a lot of will to keep his giggles in, but he does, yet a small smile lingers on his face. Gyeong-Su takes no notice luckily. "And.. Uh.. The games. They're.. I-I don't know how to explain-" The shy man feels tears well up in his eyes. Great.

"Hey- Hey.. It's okay. You don't have to explain if you can't- Just, uh.. Breathe in," Min-Su did so. "And breathe out." Wow. That actually.. Seemed to work? Min-Su felt himself relax, and he wiped his tears in his sleeve.

"I-I Uhuh- Thank you. As I was saying, the.. This. This is too stressful.." Gyeong-Su nodded along, understanding the man's fear. Who wouldn't? "T-There's a guy, Nam-Gyu, I think.. He was really harsh on me - I'm just a bit shaken."

"Ooh.. I get it.. You need some cheering up?" The SuperFan asked a bit awkwardly, then earned an equally awkward shrug. How would he cheer Min-Su up? I mean, yeah, he didn't know this man.. But - Oh! He was laughing earlier, but at what?

Maybe he enjoyed the rubs on his side?

Eeehh.. People don't laugh at that.

But he did.

Why?

Maybe he's just ticklish?

Yeah, yeah, that's it. And, tickling makes people happy.

That being Gyeong-Su's exact thought process, he snaked his hand around the quiet boy's side and dug in slightly, testing the waters. He couldn't help but admit to the fond smile on his face when he heard a delicate squeak come from his lee. "Ahaw- Dude, that was adorable!" He began to gently wiggle his fingers, moving his hand up and down Min-Su's side.

"Aha- Whahahat ahahare you dohoing?" Despite his confusion, he subtly leaned into Gyeong-Su. This was the first time he laughed freely in the games - heck, it had been so long since he had laughed period. I mean- Can you believe it or not?! This man has had a harsh life! Spare him some slack!

God, and you lot call yourselves miserable because no one's posted in your community tag. (first time ragebaiting plz be mad) Like, please. Grow up.

"I'm tickling you. It's working, obviously, you're leaning into me." Min-Su's face was instantly coated in a nice, red, visible hue. How embarrassing.

"Nahaha- I-I'm nohohot!" The Lee attempted to squirm away to prove a point. Gyeong-Su then moved his hands to gently squeeze at his stomach, the other starting to laugh hysterically. He was quite sensitive there - obviously, and was about to-

"Excuse me."

What in the living SHINDINGS is it with these stupid idiots interrupting me. Like, God.

"What are you doing to him, huh? Because if you are - I swear I-" Semi was cut off by Min-Su.

"Sehehe- Sehehe-Mihihi! Hehelp-" That made Se-Mi smile too, but she'd never admit it. She sat next to Gyeong-Su.

"Did you hurt him?"

"No. He seemed a bit upset, so I thought I'd cheer him up."

"Good. Here - let me help. Go for his hips."

Se-Mi began to hold Min-Su close, but the latter didn't fight her off this time around, only squirming lightly when Gyeong-Su tickled his hips. The spot wasn't all that bad - Se-Mi didn't intend for it to be. She wanted Min-Su to still breathe, yet have as much fun as they were.

"Aweee.. That's adorable. How'd you know?" The man asked, looking up at player 380. She only scoffed lightly with a small smirk.

"Lucky guess." She mused, holding player 125 tighter when she felt him kick out slightly.

"G-Guhuhuys! Guys- I'm rihihight hehehere!" The Lee whined, let was in bliss. Luckily no one else could hear or see them.

"Shh.. Just take it Min-Su. Breathe in, and breathe out."

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sorry if this is bad hehehe!! legit took me 4 hours </3 I started ts at 19:00 and it's 22:00

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“Hey, Shira-chan, what’s wro- OUCH! Why did you kick me?!” “I told you to NOT call me Shir- umm... Shira-ch... well, that, especially in front of everyone” the shorter guy sounded really mad, but who knew him well could tell he was more flustered than irritated. Semi decided to have a little fun with him “You wound me, my love... you’ve phisically and verbally hurt me” “Good, I hope I left a mark” replied Shirabu. “Yeah, suuure... you wanted to leave a mark so much that you didn’t even use half of your strength” the older one dared to say, even adding a wink! The audacity!

“Aaaahhh” the light-brown-haired guy sounded half-livid and half-defeated by the facts pointed out by his lover “j-just go away!” he exclaimed in a fit of rage. Semi didn’t catch what was wrong with his partner, so he decided to give him some alone time to calm himself down. He was going to talk about it with him later in his dorm room, where they would alone and much more comfortable.

If only he hadn’t forgotten that Tendou was coming to study...

When it came to his mind he felt so stupid. Just the perfect day to invite your boyfriend to stay the night, only to let him find you with your classmate studying! Shirabu had in fact come to Semi’s room hoping to get some attention, so when he saw the redhead he felt disappointed, and he usually expressed that disappointment with stinging sarcasm and grumpy vibes.

“Have fun with your study date Semi. I’ll go to my room and listen to music. Maybe I’ll fall asleep, but I honestly don’t know.” after saying that, the young setter went to his dorm room and closed the door, remaining completely quiet.

“Okay Semi-semi. Spill the beans, did you two have a fight? Did you do something bad to him?” the Guess-Monster was seriously more involved in that than in his algebra homework. “Believe me, I don’t know. I have no clue at all” the grey-haired guy grumbled. “Well, you’re at the presence of the one and only Guess-Monster right? Maybe we can guess what’s wrong together” Tendou was determined to not let that topic fall.

“I guess it’s worth a try” Semi was almost desperate, so he was willing to accept any kind of solution. “Hahahaha, you guess... nice pun” even though he just wanted to lighten the mood, the redhead got a death glare from his friend “Okay I’ll focus now. So, it must be something that happened yesterday. What did you do?”

“We just spent the afternoon together, he listened to me playing my guitar, we studied a bit and then we watched a movie” Semi answered, unfortunately still far away from the solution. “And did something unusual happen?” Tendou asked again. “While we were on my bed watching the movie, it seemed like he was trying to hold my hand or something. I smiled and asked him if he wanted to cuddle or something and he answered ‘HA! As if!’“ the setter was still not getting it. “And what did you do?” the redhead was already internally facepalming. “Nothing; he said he didn’t want cuddles so I let him be on hi-... oh God how could I be such an idiot?!” 

“Well, you know he never asks for what he wants, but I still think you should work on your communication” Tendou was surprisingly right. “Yeah, but I have to solve a problem at a time. First I gotta cheer him up and apologize. I have an idea, but I think I’ll need your help” there was a glint in Semi’s eyes that made his friend intrigued and more than ready to listen to the plan and put it in action.

Shirabu was surprised when he felt a knock on his door. There was no way Semi could be already done with homework, but he opened anyway, only to be picked up by said boyfriend, thrown over his shoulder and carried to the bed, where he was straddled and pinned (obviously not without a fight). Tendou was also trailing the couple, with a smirk that made the younger setter shudder.

“SEMI WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!” he was seriously at his limit, but then his lover whispered to his ear “Call me by my name if you want us to stop”.

After that he started scribbling all over Shirabu’s tummy, while the middle blocker got his knees. The effect was immediate. “Hahahahahahah whahat are yohohou doing hahaha” “I’m putting a smile back on my lover’s cute face” answered Semi, placing a soft kiss on the shorter guy’s nose.

“Ihihihi told yohohouhuhu to NOHOHOT cahahall mehe cutehehehe” it was incredible how Shirabu managed to control his pitch even when tickled. “Aaawwww I didn’t know that my kouhai was so adorable when in denial... why didn’t you tell me?” clearly Tendou couldn’t be left out from all the teasing. “SHUHUHUT UHUP!” the teasing made the whole thing much worse for the poor guy.

Tendou gasped dramatically “Shut up? How could you be so rude? Well then take this” after saying that, he moved to the setter’s feet. An amazing day to not wear socks. The redhead smiled wickedly, skittering his fingers all over the squirming soles. “Hahahahaahhahah nohohohoahahahaha stahahahahap” Shirabu was clearly more distressed now.

Semi also took advantage of the situation to start tickling his left underarm and his right side, alternating between those spots and left and right to keep him guessing and never let him get used to the sensation. “Ihihihihihihihihi hahahahaahhteheheheheh yohohohohohouhuhuhu bohohohohoth! Gohohohohoho awahahahahay ahahalreheheadyehehe” the kouhai was getting hysterical from the tickling, and there was no way that his two ticklers would let that comment slide.

“If you hate us already, we should give you a real reason to so so, don’t you think, Semi-semi?” the Guess-Monster was ready for the grand finale. He darted his hands right to the shorter guy’s thighs, squeezing and poking ruthlessly, while the silver-haired guy drilled in the spot where the ribcage meets the underarm, his death spot.

“HAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAH MEHEHEEHEHERCYEHEHEHEHE NAHAHAHAAHHA” Shirabu was pleading. “Do you still hate us, huh?” the guitarist asked “YEHEHEHEHEHAHAHAHAHAH VEHEHEHEHRY MUHUHUCH” uh oh... wrong answer. 

Hearing that, Semi changed tactics, switching from drilling in the death spot to lightly scribbling. It was rather peculiar, but he’d previously found out that harder tickles were worse for Shirabu, but his worst spot was an exception. He couldn’t handle light tickles there, in fact, he went completely ballistic!

“WAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA NAHAHAHAHAH EHEHEHEIHIHIHITAHAHAHA STAHAHAHAP” hearing his name, the guy stopped, giving a sign to the middle blocker, too.

“Well, I’m going now, don’t have too much fun, you lovebirds” and with that Tendou was gone, singing his ‘Baki baki’ song.

“So, are you feeling better now?” Semi asked showing real concern. Before his boyfriend could reply, he also wrapped him in the warmest hug ever, making him melt in his arms. “W-well... I j-just wanted attention, and when you didn’t give it to me I became frustrated and nervous” Shirabu was sincere and the older setter appreciated that.

“Thanks for telling me, and I’m sorry for not noticing, I know it’s difficult for you to say certain things. I’ll be more attentive, but could you also try to be more open about your feelings with me?” “I think I can try to work on that” answered the shorter guy.

After ending the “fight”, Semi laid down on the bed, settling his lover right on top of him, a hand rubbing his back and the other one scratching his scalp. Shirabu closed his eyes in pure relaxation and then said “I love you Eita, I love you so much...”

“Well, this is deflnitely a good training for your communication, good job” that comment earned him a death glare from the tiny guy. “Geez, I was kidding! I love you too, Kenji, more than you can imagine. Did you want me to say that?”

No answer.

“Really, again? I though we’d made a de-” Semi abruptly stopped his lecture. His adorable boyfriend was sound asleep. He chuckled, a fond smile plastered on his face. Then he pulled the comforter over their bodies, slowly drifting off to dreamland hoping to meet his partner there.