#poketickles

Penny sat at her desk, typing away at the computer before sitting back and watching the code run while she took a swig from a nearby energy drink. Umbreon pricked his ears, his body only illuminated by the moonlight shining through the bedroom’s one window and dimly lighting the bedsheets. He yawned, trotting over to brush against his trainer, who in turn bent down to pet him before yawning herself.

“Hi, Umbreon… I’m almost finished with this project, don’t worry.” She cupped the dark-type’s head, stifling a giggle as he licked her nose.

A sudden stop in the command feedback caught Penny’s attention, and she groaned as she scrolled through the text.

“Guess it’s another all-nighter, then…” She mumbled, sipping the last of the energy drink from its can and tossing it in the recycling bin. Grabbing another one from the nearby mini fridge, Penny got back to typing.

What she didn't catch was Umbreon silently darting out of the room.

For a long while, the only sounds in the room were the whirring of the computer, fingers typing away on the keyboard, and the occasional sip from an energy drink. Then, a creak of the door caught the girl's attention and she swiveled around in her chair to find Sylveon, closely followed by Umbreon, coming through the entrance. The fairy-type walked right up to her trainer and butted her head against the chair. Penny only smiled, petting Sylveon’s head, but then almost immediately turned back to her work.

“I have to finish this. Sorry, Sylveon…” Her voice trailed a bit as she refocused on coding.

Well, that wouldn't do.

Sylveon hopped up onto Penny's lap, obscuring her view of the monitor and startling the trainer.

“Sylveon- Hey, I need to work! What's gotten into you?”

The fairy-type only let out a questioning sound, wrapping a few of her feelers around Penny's arm as a means to try and understand what her trainer was feeling.

Irritation. Okay, that was a given.

Desperateness. How long did she have for this project?

Nervousness- Wait, what?

Sylveon looked up at her trainer, taking in what looked like a strained expression. Her mouth twitched, her arm was stiff, and it looked like she was holding back some sort of noise-

Oh.

Sylveon let go, and watched as Penny noticeably relaxed.

The fairy-type hopped off her trainer's lap, looked at Umbreon, and motioned towards the door. Penny watched as the two of them left, a bewildered expression on her face.

Okay, back to programming.

Penny wasn't sure when the pair came back in with Flareon in tow. What she did know is the moment the fire-type came into contact with her, she immediately felt like something was up. Sure, she appreciated his warmth and presence, but something felt off with the way Umbreon and Sylveon were staring at her.

When she heard the sound of Sylveon trying to grab her attention again, she turned around in her chair and groaned.

“Okay, what are you two up to?”

In unison, the dark and fairy-types cocked their heads towards the bed. Penny sighed.

“I know I should go to bed, but I have to finish this- whOA!”

In an instant the programmer was jumped on by the two remaining Eeveelutions, and the chair spun around before depositing the four of them onto the floor, with Penny still lightly pinned in place by her Flareon that seemed content to continue laying atop his trainer. Penny, however, was not having it.

“If this is to try and get me to go to bed, it's not workING- Sylveon, plehease!”

The fairy-type in question only smiled as she flicked one of her feelers along Penny’s arm. If just asking wasn’t going to get their trainer to take care of herself, then Sylveon, Umbreon, and Flareon would have to make that happen themselves.

And so they got to work. Flareon’s throat rumbled with what resembled a purr as he got up and started making biscuits on Penny’s stomach. The trainer burst into quiet giggles, careful not to make too much noise and wake other students in the dorms. She resorted to pushing Flareon’s offending paws away with her own hands, but ultimately froze as Umbreon’s tail wormed its way beneath her chin and she bit back a squeal.

“Plehease, you thrEE- Gahahaha!” She twisted, pulling her arms in as Sylveon’s feelers came back to attack once more. Whatever had encouraged the group to use tickling as a ploy to get her to sleep was beyond her. But she had to admit, she was getting rather tired.

Penny’s laughter bounced around the room, and the three Eeveelutions attacking her relished in the sound. It wasn’t often that their trainer laughed, so they were sure Sylveon’s discovery was going to be used more than just sometimes.

“Okahahahay! Ihi’ll go toho behehed, plehehehEASE!”

As soon as the trio heard the genuine plea, they stopped. Flareon got off her chest, and Umbreon and Sylveon retreated a few steps.

Penny sat up, tucking in her legs and taking in large breaths as the tingling sensations faded and the previous sleepless nights caught up to her.

“I guess… I should probably go to bed. Just after one more trial-”

As soon as the trio heard that they immediately butted their heads against their trainer in the direction of the bed in protest. Penny let out one more quiet giggle at their antics.

“Okay, okahay. I’ll go to sleep. Promise.”

The programmer clambered under the bedsheets, yawning, before turning over and smiling at the fairy-type that stared back at her with a similar expression.

“Eevee?”

“Yeah, Syl?”

“Are you alright?” Sylveon asked. Eevee was curled up on a rock away from the family. Jolted was putting a bit too much pressure on Eevee to decide what they should evolve into. When Eevee didn’t answer Sylveon’s question she hopped onto the rock next to Eevee.

“Is it because Jolteon was pressuring you about what to be?” Eevee didn’t even turn their head. They just spoke out into the distance.

“Maybe I just wanna be an eevee…” They whimpered.

“Well thats perfectly alright.” She assured them.

“Tell that to Jolteon… And Leafeon…”

“Leafeon too?”

“Mm-hmm.” Leafeon could be a bit pushy and stern. Sylveon sighed.

“Come on. Let’s go eat some Oran berries together!”

“No thanks…” Eevee sighed, curling up even more. Eevee always wanted to eat Oran berries with their big sister! This was serious…

“At least give me some ideas on how to cheer you up?”

“I’m good…”

“No you’re not!” Sylvan poked at Eevee’s side with one of her ribbons to emphasize but instead of a groan or whimper like she expected she got a giggle. That gave her an idea.

“Was that a giggle I heard?”

“No…” They responded warily.

“Oh good. Because heres a thing about sylveons hun… These little ribbons…” She held up her ribbons. “They tend to use the move…” She leaned in close. “Tickle. And when they hear a giggle they can help but… well, tickle!” Eevee stiffened.

“Syl…” They said warningly.

“Yes?” She maneuvered her ribbons so they surrounded Eevee in a trap they couldn’t escape.

“Don’t!”

“Don’t what?”

“Tickle me!”

“Okay then! Tickle it is!” The ribbons quickly latched onto Eevee, tangling them up and brushing along their sides and tummy.

“Syhyhyhyhylvy!” Eevee squeaked and giggled hysterically. The nickname made Sylveon’s heart melt.

“Sylvy’s gonna getcha!” She brought Eevee closer to her and used her paws to rub at their tummy while the ends of the ribbons moved to their paws, one for each paw.

“NAHAHA STAHAHAP IHIHIT!”

“Nu-uh cutie! Not until you’re all cheered up!” Sylveon cooed when Eevee’s blush was visible through their thick fur.

“What’re you two doing?” A voice asked. Sylveon turned to see who it was.

“Oh. Hello there, Glacie! I was just cheering up little Eevee here. Jolteon and Leafeon were giving them a hard time again.” Sylveon said calmly like their wasn’t a cackling, squirming pokemon entangled in her ribbons.

“GLAHAHACIE HEHEHELP MEHEHE!” Eevee cried through their laughter. Glaceon smirked and walked up to the two playful pokemon.

“Id love to!” She promptly added her tail into the mix of tickling, rubbing it in the floof of fur around Eevee’s neck. They squealed and their laughter went up an octave, making the two sisters giggle at how ticklish Eevee was.

“My my you’re a ticklish one aren’t you?” Glaceon teased.

Eevee was going crazy from all the tickling! Light silky ribbons snuck across the pads of their paws and in between her toes. Sylveon’s tiny paws needed at their ridiculously ticklish belly and Glaceon’s cold but soft tail worked around their neck. Eevee had no hope of escaping the tangled mess of ribbons Sylveon had created. So they did the last thing they could hope to do. Glaceon was poised right behind them, so in a last ditch effort Eevee flexed their tail out and wiggled the large soft tuft of silky fur at Glaceon.

“Ah! Quihihit ihihit!” Glaceon took a step back to avoid the tickling tail. Eevee hatched a plan immediately. They started rocking in the ribbons while Sylveon was distracted laughing at Glaceon’s predicament. Eevee had begun to rock enough so her tail could reach Sylveon. As soon as they started wiggling the fluffy fur at her neck her ribbons whipped back to defend against the sudden tickle attack and dropped the Eevee.

“You girls are gonna get it now!” Eevee growled before launching at Sylveon, their paws outstretched for an attack. When they landed on the giggling pokemon their paws immediately went to work, needing, rubbing, and wiggling at her tummy and ribs.

“AH! NOHOHOHO! EHEHEHEHEEVEE!” She shrieked in laughter. Her tummy had always been her worst spot! Eevee laughed at how the tables had turned until they felt something snake around their waist and pull them off of their big sister.

“Thought you could get away with that, huh squirt? You forget it’s two against one!” Glaceon growled, Eevee squirming wrapped up in her tail. Two could play at this game! Eevee once again used her tail to tickle against Glaceon’s neck. She recoiled and dropped Eevee immediately, her neck being incredibly sensitive. They instantly launched at Glaceon, ready to forge another attack. Eevee used her tail to keep Sylveon busy, rubbing it up and down her belly while eevee scuttled their claws (Though careful not to hurt her) up and down Glaceon’s neck. Both the sisters were in hysterical almost immediately.

“NOHOHOHAHAHA! STAHAHAP IHIHIHIT! EHEHEHEHEVEEEE!” Glaceon cackled.

“WHEHEHE GIHIHIVE! WEHEHEHE GIHIHIVE!” Sylveon shouted through her laughter.

“Boom! I win!” Eevee stopped their tickling right away to bask their glory. Both the sisters were on the ground panting, mildly proud that Eevee was able to take on the both of them like that. Glaceon was the first to recover and pull herself off the ground. She ruffled the fur on the top of Eevee’s head.

“That was pretty cool. Who says you need to be evolved to fight. You did pretty well there Eevee.” Glaceon winked.

“Thanks Glacie!”

“How about those Oran berries now?”