#ler!tree

Fanny trudged behind Tree, following him as he walked aimlessly around the fields.

He didn't really understand why she was following, but he also didn't mind much. She was being quiet, at least. Maybe someone got her mad, and so she wanted to just get away for a little bit? Who knows. Maybe she has something to complain about to him and will start yelling soon.

Tree eventually stopped in his tracks and looked up at the sky with a small smile. He saw the crack in the sky that black hole was dealing with, and his smile faltered a little when recalling the events.

"...why'd you stop?" Fanny asked, just waiting behind him. Tree turned to her. "Why are you following? I'm not forcing you to stay with me." Tree said, not necessarily with any sass or attitude, but Fanny got a bit irritated. "Cus I'm bored and I think everyone else wants me away from them. They all think all I do is yell about what I hate, I swear..." Fanny grumbled.

Tree tried to hold in a snicker at her claim.

Tree exhaled lightly. "Hm," He turned away from her, but decided to just sit on the grass while watching the clouds. Fanny sat next to him.

He passed her a glance.

He has always been physically affectionate and close with people. It's nothing new. Fanny wasn't necessarily surprised when he put an arm around her and pulled her a little bit closer. What she WAS surprised by was him gently rubbing his finger on her side. It was only subconscious, but Fanny sure as fuck felt it.

She hunched over slightly and held in the giggles and snrrks that threatened to come out. Tree noticed her position.

"..you okay?" He asked, a little worryingly.

Fanny nodded. "Fine- I'm fine." She said.

Fanny gave her a skeptical expression. "You can tell me if somethings wrong?" He said. "I can let go of you?.." Tree offered, his finger still rubbing her side. Fuck, why did it tickle so much?!

"No-! No, it's fine." She tried to sit up and act normal, but a shakey smile began slowly forming on her face. She tried to fight it, but it was nearly impossible.

Tree took notice, which, of course, he did. Yet, he didn't say anything. He tried to silently study her to find whatever issue there was.

Quickly, he saw his hand, and he stopped rubbing for a moment upon putting the pieces together. He found it rather endearing, honestly.

Slowly, he began rubbing again, just a little firmer.

Fanny could realize Tree must've been doing this on purpose now, and she couldn't hold it together much longer. She hunched over in an attempt to protect her side, and to her demise, a small giggle was able to get out.

Tree covered his mouth. This discovery was more than adorable to him. He wouldn't have guessed that Fanny was ticklish. "Aww.." He murmured. Welp, Fanny just gave up. She tried to hide her face in her knees as the muffled giggles kept spilling out.

Tree stopped rubbing and just began tickling the pole connecting her head and her base.

"Gah- fuhuHUCHACK-" she threw her head back, laughter spilling out freely.

Tree couldn't help but giggle a little at this. "I wouldn't have guessed you were ticklish!" Tree exclaimed, pulling her closer. "Uh.. mind if I continue?" He asked, stopping the tickles for a moment. He didn't want to overstep her boundaries or overwhelm her.

She went silent as soon as she stopped laughing, as if pondering how to respond. Tree would've assumed her to just yell at him and trudge away with some "I hate tickling!" thrown in there somewhere, but she just seemed like she was asked how to cure all disease.

Tree smiled a little as she clearly was stuck trying to answer. She opened her mouth, but was still silent for a second. "...a-alright. You can continue." She mumbled, her voice a little softer and quieter. She wrapped her cord tail around herself, almost in preparation, pulling her legs close.

Tree was a little shocked by her giving permission, but he was still happy about it. "Alright," He positioned his hands. "If it becomes too much, say... algebra, and I'll stop. Alright, Fanny?"

Fanny nodded.

Tree quickly but gently began tickling her pole again, just a little higher up towards her head. "Hehe-" She tried to hide her smile, becoming a giggly mess. He kept one of his hands tickling the same place, but the other one went up and began tracing behind her actual fan-head-thing.

"Snrrk- gahehe- T-Tree!" She stomped her feet and practically snorted. "Not there, stohop!" She laughed. Her cord tail swung behind her, almost hitting Tree on multiple occasions.

Tree smiled widely at the adorable sight. In a moment, he removed his hands, giving Fanny a short breathing break. When he continued, though, he repositioned her, holding one of her feet up, a gentle but firm grip on her ankle.

Fanny already knew what was coming.

He used his free hand to run a single finger down her sole. Her breath hitched, and a giggle escaped. "Hehe, you're being adorable." He said. Fanny grinded her teeth. "Shush.."

He began running his finger down her sole on repeat, chuckling as she laughed her heart out and curled her toes. Her cord tail swung around rapidly, hitting the ground behind her.

"Trehehe! TREHEHEEE!" She fell and squirmed on her back, stomping on the ground with her free foot to try and distract herself from the tickles, but she knew she didn't actually want to. She loved this as much as he did.

"What? What am I doing?" Tree said in a teasing tone. He began just using one finger to gently scratch at the middle of her foot. She almost cackled. "TREHE I FUCKING SWEAHAHER TO WHATEVER LOHORDS ARE LISTEHEHENING, WHEN I GEHEHEHET OUT I'M GONNA KIHILL YOU! BAHAHAHA- STOHOHOPPP!" She hollered.

Tree playfully scoffed. "Threatening me? Well, how dare you! I'm not even doing anything," he said, upping the speed of his scritches.

Fanny tried and failed to pull her foot away, but Tree could tell she wasn't trying as hard as she tried to act like.

"STOHOAHAHHAHP IT, PLEAHAHASE! I HATE THIS! I HAHATE THIS!" She yelled.

Tree chuckled. "Almost wish there was a word you could say to make me stop instantly." He said sarcastically. "SHUHUSH, NOHOHO!" She tried to curl in on herself to hide her flustered expression, failing.

"It's almost as if you dont actually need- or want- me to stop. It's almost like you enjoy this, hm?" He teased, still scratching her sole lightly.

"JUHUST- DAHAHAMMIT, TREHEHE, CUT IT OUT!-" She cackled. "ANYWHEHEHERE BUT THE FOOT! STAHAP!" She pleaded. Tree was merciful, slowing his scratches and letting her foot go. She pulled it away, pulling her legs close and catching her breath.

"Oh, and I almost forgot," Tree said. "wha- huh-" Fanny was confused.

Tree gently picked Fanny up, and before she knew it, Tree began gently nibbling her stomach [aka, her pole still]. "HOHOOLY FUHUHAHAHAHAHA," Fanny almost tried to kick Tree, but failed anyway.

Tree made exaggerated nom sounds with his voice as he acted like he was biting Fanny dramatically. Fanny threw her head back and laughed loudly, kicking anywhere she could. Her cord tail was wagging faster than Tree was "biting".

"Nom, nom, nom!" He said enthusiastically before blowing a large raspberry.

"GHAHAHAHAHAH- TRHEHEHE! ALGEBRA! ALGEBRAHAHA-" Fanny hollered.

Tree stopped almost instantly, pulling Fanny away from his face and sitting her in front of him. He giggled a little.

She caught her breath and leaned against him, sighing after.

"You alright, Fanny?" Tree asked, gently rubbing her head. Fanny nodded. She curled up as she leaned on him, her breath softening, and she soon fell asleep.

"Must've been tired out, hm?" He asked the sleeping fan.