#ramshackles

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“Okay you guys! Close your eyes!” Skipp said as he hid behind a trash can, his huge smile evident in his voice.

“You’ve been hyping this costume up all day, man! Just show us already!” Vinnie replied impatiently. Stone even hummed in agreement to his friend. Even he was excited to see the blond’s costume.

“Okay, okay! Just don’t get too scared!” Skipp giggled as he came out from his spot behind the trash, revealing his costume. It was an old bedsheet stained with God knows what, with two eyeholes — probably carved out with Vinnie’s knife — thrown over his head, swallowing his whole body. “BOO!” He exclaimed, shaping his hands into claws and shaking them in front of himself.

Vinnie and Stone didn’t react like Skipp expected them to. Instead, the girl yelled “Awww!” And ran over to give her friend a tight hug as a way to relieve her adoration. Stone just mumbled “cute” as he took a hit of his cigarette.

Skipp’s smile faded from under the sheet. “What? Guys! This isn’t supposed to be cute! I’m supposed to be a ghost!” He wined, stomping his foot in anger (which didn’t help his argument).

“Yeah you are! An adorable ghost~!” Vinnie borderline baby-talked, squeezing Skipp tighter.

Said blond tried to push her away while saying, “No! Not adorable! Scary! I was supposed to be scary!” He groaned out of annoyance when Vinnie giggled and ruffled his hair even with the sheet dividing the contact. The act caused the eyeholes to move, so now Skipp was blinded, and frustrated.

“Vinnie get off!” He shouted as he finally got out of the girl’s grip. He threw off the costume and put it in the trash bin. He then sat down on the pavement with his knees to his chest, turning his back to his friends

The others looked at each other confused. “Dude, we like your costume, but it’s just not… Scary.” Stone bluntly said as he took the costume out of the trash bin and sat next to Skipp.

“Yeah man! We didn’t mean any harm!” Vinnie said, taking a seat on Skipp’s other side. She put her arm around Skipp, but the blond continued to stay silent. The brunettes knew they had to do something about their friend. After a second, Vinnie finally knew the best way to cheer him up.

After taking Skipp’s costume from Stone, she threw it over the boy in tn the middle before tasing both of his sides. Skipp shrieked as his elbows immediately went down to protect his sides. Stone also looked surprised, not expecting this to be her solution.

“Oh no, Stone! There’s a ghost in the ally!” Vinnie said playfully, this being kind of out of character for her. But still, she continued, “But it’s a good thing this one has a weakness! It seems to be a little ticklish!” She ended her sentence with some rough squeezes to Skipp’s sides, causing him to twist from side to side to dislodge his friend’s fingers,

“Vihihinniehehe!” Skipp giggled. His squirming eventually landed him into Stone’s lap. Only his eyes visible, he looked up at his laid-back friend. That didn’t stop Vinnie, however, as she just climbed onto Skipp’s legs, effectively pinning them under her as she sat.

“You hear that, Stone? I think this ghost isn’t only a little ticklish, I think it’s very ticklish!” Vinnie said as she dug claw-shaped hands into Skipp’s stomach, the latter shrieking once again as he grabbed at Stone’s shirt and shook him.

“SOHOhohone! HehehEHEHelp!” Skipp begged as he hiccuped out laughter.

Stone took one more hit of his cigarette before tossing it to the side. “Fine, I’ll help.” He deadpanned before reaching both of his hands to Skipp’s ribs, “I’ll help Vinnie cheer you up. It makes me more depressed than usual to see you sad.”

The blond snorted again as his laughter turned hysterical. “NOHOHO! HEHEHELP MEHEHE, DUHUHUMMY!” He threw his head back onto Stone’s lap as happy laughter spilled out of his mouth. As he did that, he noticed Stone’s open armpits. In a spontaneous turn of events, Skipp quickly scribbled over Stone’s worst spot.

“AH! Skipp!” The usually stoic boy yelled as he retracted his hands in order to protect himself.

Satisfied with the reaction, he moved his hands from Stone’s armpits to Vinnie’s thighs, rapidly squeezing and pinching the limbs. Vinnie shrieked in surprise as she quickly got off her friend.

Skipp wasted no time before getting up and tackling Vinnie to the pavement, squeezing her thighs and knees again.