#switch!grace

Grace tilted his head out of the pillow to look up at Adrian, trying with all his puny human strength to roll away. "Plehehehease, Adri let me gohohoho! Mhm need to breheathe!"

Adrian let up, both claws now in Grace's hair.

Grace relaxed, his chuckles dwindling down to contented hums at the gentle petting.

"How Grace feel now, question?" Adrian pulled their claws back, settling onto the floor near Grace's bed. Being as large as they were, Grace was still able to see most of their upper carapace.

"Not as good as I would feel if you'd just gave me a normal massage." Grace sat up to twist his torso to assess the condition of his back. He had to admit, he was, somehow, a bit more relaxed than he was before the "massage."

Adrian chuckled and leaned forward until their xenonite suit hit Grace's bedframe, "Grace complain much, much, much. Adrian see why Rocky Grace get along so well. Rocky Grace complain much all the time."

Grace scoffed, sitting up and crossing his arms. "You'd complain too if you got tickles instead of a well-deserved massage, so don't even give me that "you complain too much" speech."

Adrian's voice rose a bit in amusement to Grace's "annoyance." "Adrian not ticklish. Could not be tickled, even if Grace try."

Not ticklish, they say. Rocky said the same thing, but he was probably the most ticklish Eridian alive. Surely Adrian must be lying.

It was like Adrian could read Grace's mind, because they stood up and stepped back from the bed. "Grace want to try, question?" An amused trill came from them when Grace's mind visibly reset itself.

"Wait- What? You're gonna let me?" Grace tilted his head, "you're not gonna fight at all? Not even try to run?"

Adrian shook their carapace. "Adrian not fight, not run. Grace try to tickle Adrian."

It took a second for Grace to process this, Adrian actually was letting him try to tickle them, but once he did, he was up out of the bed and standing before Adrian.

"Okay... but I'm warning you, I'm a great tickle monster." Grace smirked and wiggled his fingers in Adrian's direction. Unlike Rocky, Adrian didn't even flinch, which did give Grace some doubt, but not enough to stop him from trying.

Grace first tried his joints. If Rocky were in Adrian's position, he'd be wiggling around and screeching. Adrian, however, didn't make a single sound.

Grace hummed, a little confused. Okay, so their not ticklish on their joints.

He then tried Adrian's vents. This would have practically killed Rocky, but it did absolutely nothing to Adrian.

"Are you for real? You're not ticklish!? How is that fair at all? You can tickle me, but I can't even get you back?" Grace's frustrated rambles were silenced when Adrian suddenly tensed, their legs moving closer to their carapace.

"Back! Back! Rocky back!" Rocky called, letting himself into the room. His toolbelt was still on from working, he must have just got off shift (or whatever Eridian's called working hours.) "What Grace Adrian doing, question?"

Before Grace could answer, Adrian moved and pushed Rocky back towards the door. "Grace Adrian no need Rocky. Rocky have much work do. Adrian watch Grace more, Rocky finish work."

Rocky scuttled away from their pushing, trilling in confusion. "Rocky done work! Rocky can stay. Adrian not want Rocky to stay, question?" Rocky's upset tone made Adrian move forward and wrap themselves around their mate.

"Adrian love, love, love Rocky. Always want Rocky to stay." They assured Rocky with a loving pat to the top of his carapace when Rocky leaned into their hold.

"Then why Adrian try to push Rocky out, question?" Rocky asked, tilting his carapace up at Adrian.

Adrian went quiet, just holding Rocky for a moment, then they trilled an answer so quiet that Grace could barely hear it be said. "Scared Rocky tell Grace tickle spot. Ruin joke."

Grace gasped. "Wait, so you ARE ticklish!?" He moved forward, a grin making its way onto his face.

Rocky "looked" from Adrian to Grace, then back to Adrian with a cheeky trill. "Adrian trick Grace, question? Mean of Adrian. Rocky help Grace because Adrian mean, mean, mean." Rocky wiggled out of Adrian's hold and stood by Grace.

Grace grinned, watching as Adrian shook with nervous anticipation. "Where are they ticklish? I tried the normal spots, and nothing happened."

"Adrian very rare case. Only ticklish in one spot. Not normal Eridian tickle spots." Rocky fidgeted excitedly and approached his mate gleefully.

Adrian tensed up again, his legs held as close to their carapace as possible when Rocky extended a claw and tapped firmly on the underside of Adrian's carapace.

Grace jumped back in surprise when Adrian completely collapsed, falling onto their side. This move seemed detrimental, because this only gave Rocky better access to the bottom of their carapace.

"Spot very ticklish. Adrian like." Rocky paused and held a claw out to Grace. "Grace try. Very intimate spot. Gentle. No touch middle."

Grace walked closer, being mindful of the large limbs that could probably end him with a single wack. He crouched down to let Rocky guide his hands to the right spots to target.

"They're not gonna hate me for this... right?" Grace asked, half joking, half not. He tapped the rim of the bottom of Adrian's carapace with a little less force than he would tickle Rocky. Gentle, to Eridian standards.

Adrian squealed, their legs twitching, but other than that, they seemed almost paralyzed.

Rocky trilled, happy to see his mate get a taste of their own medicine, as humans would say. "No, no, no. Adrian never hate Grace. Adrian love Grace."

Grace accidentally stopped tickling to just let that resonate. Adrian loved him. He probably already knew that, deep down, but hearing it out loud made it feel real. Which, it was. Adrian did love Grace.

Grace felt a large claw on his back, a small pat from Adrian, who was still giggling and shaking. He yelped when they pinched his ribs. "Alright, that's it." Grace went back to tapping and scratching at Adrian's carapace, causing the claw on his back to fall to the floor and twitch with ticklish energy.

Rocky tapped the floor, trying to get a better look at Adrian. He loved his mate so FREKING much and it made him so happy to see them all giggly.

Adrian let one of their legs kick, being careful to keep it away from Grace and Rocky. "Grahahace Rohocky mean, mean, meheheehhean to Adrian." They accused, knowing what it would lead to. Honestly, though, they wouldn't have it any other way.

Rocky's claws joined Grace's hands, making Adrian's laughter go up an octave.

"Grace Rocky not mean, love."

"We're very nice. In fact, I'd say we're down right delightful."

"Rocky agree."

About 20 seconds went by before Adrian willed one of their legs to gently push Grace and Rocky away. Both took that as a sign to stop, backing up.

Adrian let their giggles die down and got up on shaky legs. They moved closer to the two, pulling them both into a tickle drunk embrace. "Adrian very happy. Love, love, love Rocky Grace." They trilled contentedly.

Rocky snuggled closer while Grace closed his eyes, both bodies thoroughly cuddled.