“God…It’s really slow today.” Jared complained. 

Shaun looked in Jared’s general direction as if he had 3 heads. “I don’t understand what you mean.” Shaun admitted. 

“There’s no one here. It’s quiet.” Jared told him. “We are in the office. Of course it’s quiet.” Shaun added. 

“No no no…” Jared sighed and rubbed his nose. “I mean the hospital is emptier than usual. There aren’t many patients and our next surgery isn’t for another 2 hours.” Jared told him. 

Shaun went quiet as he listened to the hallways for any sound. The only thing he could hear was the occasional nurse walking by. There were no blaring machines, no wailing children, and no TV’s on. It was quite silent. 

“That’s odd.” Shawn told him. 

“It really is. I don’t know how much more of the silence I can take.” Jared admitted. 

Shawn listened for anything else coming from the hallways. He can’t really hear anything besides a couple footsteps far up the hallway. Shawn listened to the footsteps. “Have you seen Dr. Melendez?” Shawn asked. 

“Not since we came here.” Jared admitted. 

Shaun nodded and checked through the duotang of patient files. The medical history, the most recent test information, and the blood work results were in it. Shaun flipped through the patient files one by one. “Hey Jared, did-” Shaun gave Jared a poke. 

“oOHGOD-” 

Shaun paused his words and looked at Jared with confusion. Jared was holding the sides of his ribs as he looked at Shaun with slight embarrassment. 

“...Did you see she has an iron deficiency?” Shaun finished his sentence. 

“I-Yes. Yes, I did.” Jared replied. 

“And she is taking medication for the iron deficiency.” Shaun added, lowering his finger and hand down to his own lap.  

“She could just need the medication upped a bit. That’s all.” Jared replied. 

Shaun nodded. “I know. Why did you make that sound?” Shaun asked. 

“What sound?” Jared said, acting dumb. 

“You said ‘oh god’.” Shaun replied, using his normal voice to ‘imitate’ Jared. 

“I…Okay, yeah…I did. But for good reason.” Jared admitted. 

“Why?” Shaun asked. 

“Because you scared me.” Jared replied. 

Shaun blinked. “Does poking make someone say ‘Oh God’?” Shaun asked. 

“If they’re jumpscared, then yes.” Jared replied. 

Shaun looked down at his hands, and slowly made a fist with his index finger sticking out. He looked over to Jared straight on, and lifted up his finger. “Where did I poke you?” Shaun asked. 

Jared widened his eyes and covered his ribs again. “My ribs! All you did was poke my ribs.” Jared told him, blushing slightly. 

“Did I tickle you?” Shaun asked. 

“Why would I tell you that?” Jared asked back. 

“Because it would explain why you said ‘Oh god’.” Shaun told him. 

“No it wouldn’t. You’re just gonna tickle me if I say yes.” Jared replied. 

“So it did tickle.” Shaun replied. 

“Yes! Okay?! It tickled. Happy?” Jared finally replied. 

Shaun lowered his finger down, and looked back at the patient file. “Okay.” Shaun said before picking up the file. Jared visibly relaxed as Shaun focused more on the files than on his ticklishness. He did NOT want Shaun to find out how ticklish he was. Because if he did, who knows how many people he’ll blurt it out to! 

Jared sighed and closed his eyes. 

*poke* 

Jared just about jumped 20 feet in the air! “GAHA!” Jared fell right onto the floor in surprise. “Shahaun!” Jared yelled, grabbing the bottom of the chair. 

Shaun smiled a bit and lowered his index finger. “I scared you again.” He declared before turning back to the file. 

Jared got up and sat down on the seat. But Jared didn’t visibly relax this time. Because the last time he did, Shaun scared him again. And he did NOT want to be caught off guard again. 

“Hey Shaun-” 

*poke*

“OhGEEZ- Shaun!” Jared yelled, poking Shaun’s ribs right back with 2 fingers instead of 1. “How does that feel?” Jared reacted. 

Shaun was giggling and curling his body away from Jared’s fingers. “Hehehehehe- Jared.” Shaun said. 

“Doesn’t feel very good, does it?” Jared teased. 

Shaun started poking Jared back, making sure to poke in the belly and ribs. While he was, he was able to imagine the general human’s inner abdominal area, and zoom in to show the many nerve endings in those particular spots. 

Jared was snickering often and guffawing occasionally as he struggled to gain the upper hand. “Shahahaun! BAHAAA! HAHAHAHA! NOTFAHAIR!” Jared yelled. 

“You hahave mahany free nerve endings ohon yohour behehelly.” Shaun explained, still giggling from Jared’s pokes back. Shaun grabbed Jared’s wrists and held them together with his left hand in front of him, while his right hand tickled his lower ribs. “Your somatosensory receptors are reacting to every touch I create with my fingers against your ribs. And the free nerve endings on your ribs and skin are sending signals up your spine, to the somatosensory cortex located in the parietal lobe of your brain.” Shaun explained. 

“Ihihihi KNOHOHOHOW THAHAHAT!” Jared yelled. 

Shaun stopped tickling so he could poke the upper back area of Jared’s scalp. “It is roughly here.” Shaun told him. 

“IHIhihi knohow thahahat tohohohoo.” Jared replied, slowly calming down. 

Shaun looked at Jared, almost staring at his ribs for a few moments. It was like he was scanning Jared’s body for more ticklish spots. But, of course, Shaun can’t do that. He’s a human, not a robot.

Or…so he’s convinced us to believe…

Jared was breathing somewhat calmly as he watched Shaun stare at him. He looked at his own hands. “Shaun…are you going to let-” 

Shaun suddenly dropped Jared’s hands. 

Jared let out a sigh of relief and moved his hands behind himself to push himself up. “Thank you. Now we- WAH- HEHEHEHEY! WAHAHAIT, NOHOHOHOHOHO!” Jared yelled suddenly, interrupting himself and flopping onto his own back as he instinctively grabbed Shaun’s hands. “HAHAHAHAHAhahahaha!” 

Shaun was smiling with his teeth now, looking almost excited as he tickled him somewhat mercifully. “You’re ticklish. You’re ticklish. You’re very ticklish. You’re so ticklish. You’re ticklish. You’re ticklish. You’re ticklish. Jared’s ticklish.” Shaun kept repeating over and over again as he kept tickling his ribs and belly. 

“Stahahahap repeheheheating thahat! Ihihihi knohohow Ihi’m tihihicklihihish!” Jared admitted, now wrapping his arms around himself to hide his ribs. But this just encouraged Shaun to tickle his belly instead. 

“You’re ticklish. You’re ticklish. You’re ticklish. You’re really ticklish. You’re ticklish.” Shaun kept repeating. His hands were dancing all over Jared’s belly, unable to contain any of the excitement. 

It was hard to tell if this was just a burst of excitement, or if this was Shaun’s way of teasing him. And unfortunately for Dr. Kalu, the ‘teasing’ worked wonders on him. 

“PLEHEHEHEASE STOHOHOHOP! IHIHIHI’VE NEHEHEHEVER SEHEEN YOHOHOU LIHIHIKE THIHIS BEHEHEFOHOHORE!” Jared admitted. 

“You’re ticklish. He’s ticklish. Claire, look! He’s ticklish. Jared’s ticklish.” Shaun said, looking towards the door. 

Jared took a quick peek over to the person at the door, and just about died of embarrassment. Claire was standing right there, watching with wide eyes and a dropped jaw. Apparently she was unable to fathom the reaction Shaun was giving him either. 

Jared moved his hands behind himself and tried to push himself up. “Lehet mehe-” 

“Jared is ticklish. See?” Shawn looked at Jared and tickled his now-vulnerable ribs. Jared’s balance completely broke and he flopped right onto his back again. “NOHOHOHOHOhohoho!” Jared laughed. 

“Oookay…Shaun.” Claire said. 

Shaun looked at Claire again, immediately stopping his tickle attack on Jared. “Yes?” Shaun replied, putting his hands together in front of his ab muscles like he usually does. “Maaaaybe this isn’t the place to be tickling people.” Claire explained. 

Shaun nodded as he stood up and walked a few feet away from Jared. “Okay.” He replied, sitting down on his chair again. 

Claire sighed and walked up to Jared. “Need some help up?” she asked. 

Jared nodded and took her hand. Claire, with quite a bit of strength, managed to pull Jared up onto his feet. But the moment Jared was on his feet, Claire started tickling his ribs. “Now don’t think you’re getting away without being tickled.” Claire teased. 

“BAHAHahahaha! Whahahat?! Clahahahaire! Hahahahaha- dohohon’t!” Jared reacted, struggling to once again cover up his ribs with his arms. 

Shaun looked at Claire with confusion. “You just said ‘maybe this isn’t the place to tickle people’.” Shaun told her. 

“That’s right.” Claire replied. 

“Then why are you tickling Jared?” Shaun asked. 

“Because I know Jared a lot better than you do, Shaun.” Claire replied. 

Shaun was confused as to what Claire meant by that, but decided to ignore it…for now. Maybe later he would ask Claire about their relationship. Shaun decided to look back at the patient files, and look for anything they may have missed before they do the surgery. 

“Shahahaun’s tihihicklihihish tohohoo.” Jared told her. 

“Oh reeeaaally?” She teased, looking at Shaun. 

Shaun widened his eyes for just a moment, and narrowed them together again as he went back to reading. 

[Family history: Diabetes, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Osteoarthritis, colitis, Crohn's disease-] 

“aaAACK!” Shaun shouted as he lost his focus and dropped the folder so he could hug his sides. 

Claire bursted out laughing at Shaun’s reaction almost right away, before turning Shaun’s chair. With Shaun’s body now facing her, Claire skittering her fingers all over Shaun’s sides again. “You ARE ticklish! Jared was right!” Claire reacted. 

Shaun doubled over and chuckled, trying to push Claire’s hands away. But everytime he pushed one hand away, the other hand would return to tickle him some more. It was a never ending battle between a determined surgical resident against a ticklish surgical resident. 

“Hahaha! Ohokay, ihi’m ticklihihish. Yohohou gohohot mehe to lahaugh. Tihihime to stohohop.” Shaun told her. 

Claire nodded and stopped her fingers. She sat down and watched as Shaun calmed down from the tickles. He shivered as the phantom tickles continued to plague him. “My nerves are tingly and…strange.” Shaun admitted. 

“It’s called phantom tickles, Shaun. It’s where your body feels phantom tickly sensations even after the fingers have been removed.” Claire explained. 

Shaun got up onto his feet, grabbed her hands, and placed them onto his own sides. “It felt nice. I like it.” Shaun told her. 

“You…You like it?” Claire gave his side a poke, and watched as Shaun jerked and giggled. 

“Hehehehe!” He started nodding his head as a blush showed up on his face. 

Claire was unsure what to do. She wasn’t sure if she wanted to tickle Shaun. She was too afraid to overdo it. She looked to Jared for guidance, but Jared just shrugged his shoulders and signaled for her to continue. “If he enjoys it, then why not?” Jared told her. 

Claire slowly started to tickle Shaun’s sides again. And naturally, Shaun reacted with wiggles and small fits of laughter. “Ihihi’m tihicklish! Ihihi’m tihihicklihihish! Ihi’m reheally ticklihihish!” Shaun started to repeat over and over again. 

“Here comes the excitement.” Jared warned with a smirk. “To think he’s been hiding this part of him from us for so long.” Jared added. 

“I can’t believe he has this much energy in him!” Claire admitted. 

Eventually, Jared walked up to the door and closed it. He locked it, closed the blinds and cracked his knuckles as he walked to Shaun. With everything all ready, Jared started tickling Shaun too. 

The two residents tickled him for about 10 minutes. Though, the residents kept on stopping in case any of those footsteps in the hallway were going to stop at their room. When the footsteps moved past the room, Jared and Claire would resume tickling once again. They knew it was somewhat risky of them to be doing this. But Shaun and Claire knew each other well. Claire and Jared knew each other too. And now, Jared and Shaun were getting to know each other better. 

Shaun was sitting at the table, reading up on some knowledge in his notebook that had been gifted to him by Dr. Glassman. He was bored, and waiting for Lea to come home from work.

Little did he know that Lea had arrived home early. She slowly opened the door as to not disturb Shaun, and closed it. She removed her shoes gently, and snuck her stuff to their room. Then...She started sneaking up to Shaun as quietly as she could.

Step...step...step...stop…

Step...step...step...stop…

Step...step...step...and…

“BAH!” She grabbed and squeezed his sides.

Shaun gasped and curled to the side as he felt his sides get tickled. “HAHHAhahahaha! Thahat tihihicklehes.” Shaun said through his laughter.

“Ahahaw! I gotcha!” She teased, poking his side again.

This time, Shaun saw it coming and blocked the poke. “You got me good.” He told her.

“I’m glad I did!” She told him. “I wondered if scaring you would be possible.” She joked.

“I was focused on my book. I didn’t hear you come in.” Shaun told her.

“I can see that.” She told him.

She walked up and sat down beside him. “I’m feeling playful.”

Shaun looked up in her general direction. “Really?” He asked.

“Really! I feel like playing. Like tickling someone.” She told him.

Shaun nodded his head. “I’d like that.” He admitted.

“Really? You’d like to be tickled?” She asked.

“Yes. Tickling is a good bonding activity for all relationships except for strangers.” Shaun told him. “My brother used to tickle me.” He told him.

“Aww...That’s cute.” She said kindly.

“Cute?” He asked.

“Yeah! Siblings playing together is cute to me.” She told him.

“Steve was very cute as a baby.” He told her. ‘

“Okay. Back on the topic of tickling. You wanna be tickled?” She asked.

Shaun nodded his head with a smile showing up on his face.

“Okay!” She walked up to Shaun, got him out of his chair, and started tickling his belly and sides first. “Tickle tickle!”

“HEhehehehe!” Shaun laughed as he doubled over.

“Iiii GOTCHA!” She started tickling his hips, to see if they tickled.

“HAHAHA! THEhehe hips are really ticklish.” Shaun told her outright.

“Ooooh! So sides, belly, hips…” She started listing off his ticklish spots. She went for the ribs next, smiling when he started laughing.

“Hahahahahahahaha! Lehehehea!” He laughed.

“Ribs are ticklish too! Tell me: how many ribs do you have?”

“Ehehehehveheryone has twehehehelve rihihibs ohohon eheheach sihihide. Sohoho-“

“24 ribs in total.” She did the math.

“Yehehehes!”

She tickled up the ribs. “One, two, three…four, five-“ suddenly, her hand slipped. “Damn…I lost my spot. Looks like I have to start all over again!”

Shaun shook his head as he tried to tell her ‘nooo!’ “Nohohoho!”

“Oh yes! I gotta make sure you have 12 ribs!” She tried to make an excuse.

“Ihihihi hahahave twehehehelve rihihibs!” He tried to tell her.

“Well I just wanna make sure!” She told him.

“Yohohohohou dohohohon’t neheheheheed tohohohoho!”

“I know, but I want to!” She told him. “Plus, this is a tickling game! Count the ribs to get more laughter out of the person!”

Shaun laughed and giggled through the tickles. His belly was filled with butterflies as his ribs were tickled more and more, the higher the fingers went up.

Shaun’s armpits were really bad, so he struggled to try and protect them.

“Ooooh! Are your armpits super ticklish? Is that why you’re clamping down so hard?” She asked.

Shaun giggled and shook his head.

“Oh? Your armpits are NOT ticklish?” She teased. “Well, it’s a shame I don’t quite believe you!” She teased further before lifting up Shaun’s arm.

“NO!” Shaun begged.

“Yes!” She started tickling Shauns armpits. This caused Shaun to burst out giggling and laughing.

“”NOHOHOhohohoho! Thahahahahat tihihihihihicklehehehes!” He laughed.

“Well I’d hope it tickles! Otherwise I would be very sad.” Lea teased.

“Tihihihihihicklyhyhyhyhyhy!” He laughed.

“Tickly tickly tickly!” She teased.

Shaun reached up and tried to tickle her back. But none of the spots he went for, like the sides, were effective.

“I’m not very ticklish, I’m afraid.” She told him.

“Whahahahat?!” He reacted.

“Yeah I know. Strange, huh?” She mentioned.

Shaun began to search for more ticklish spots to go for. He went for her armpits, which were a no go. He went for the belly next, which didn’t really work. Then, he went for the lower ribs.

“Hehehehe! Yohohohou gohohot mehehehe!” She laughed.

“I’ve gotcha! I’ve gotcha!” Shaun declared.

“HAhahahaha! Shahahahaun!” She laughed, falling onto him. Shaun picked her up and booped her nose. “Boop!”

She giggled and turned them around so she was on the bottom. “Your turn!” She told him.

“Okay.” He started with the bottom ribs and started counting. “One, two, three, four, five, six-” He pretended to slip a little. “Uh oh...I forgot where I was. I need to start again!” Shaun said, reiterating almost the same thing she said before.

“Shahahahaun! Yohohohou’re ehehehevihihil!” She laughed.

Shaun giggled. “You did the same thing I’m doing! And I didn’t call you evil.” Shaun mentioned.

“Shuhuhuhuhut uhuhuhup!” She laughed to him.

“Okay.” Shaun proceeded to be quiet while he tickled her.

It was another 5 minutes later when Lea finally said something.

“Ohohhokahahahay, sahahahay sohohomethihihihing!” She begged.

“Like what?” Shaun asked.

“Thahahahank yohohohou! Yohohohou wehehehent sihihilehehent!” She told him.

“You told me to shut up. So I shut myself up.” Shaun told her.

Lea grabbed his hands and stopped him. “Wahahahait wahait wait wait…”

Shaun waited.

“I said that because you were teasing me, and it was embarrassing. You don’t need to take it seriously if you don’t want to.” She told him.

“Okay. Your laugh is pretty.” Shaun told her.

“Awww! Thank you!” She replied.

Shaun smiled a little and booped her nose again. This made Lea giggle a little.

“Awww…” She reacted.

“What’s cute?” Shaun asked.

“You! You’re cute!” She told him.

Shaun didn’t know what to say… “Th-thank you.” Shaun told her.

“You’re welcome Shaun.” Lea replied.

Shaun looked around and back at Lea. “Can you tickle me again?” Shaun asked.

Lea nodded her head. “I’d love to!” She replied.

She started tickling Shaun on the sides as well as the hips to get it started. Shaun giggled and started to laugh almost right away. “HAhahahaha! AhahAhAHAHAH! LEHEHEhahahaha!” He laughed.

“Yes, Mr. Giggles?” She teased.

“IhihiHIHI’M NAHAhahahAHAhat Mr. gihihihigglehehes Ihihi’m ShahaAHAUN!” He told her.

“Well today, you’re Mr. Giggles.” She told him.

Shaun giggled more at that.

“Thahahat wohohohould behehe ahahan uhuhunprofehehessional nahahahame to hahahave.” Shaun told her.

“Yeah...but it’d be cute. And I would be called Lea Giggles!” She told him.

Shaun laughed more at that. “Leheheheahahaha gihihihigglehehes!” Shaun declared. “Leheheheahaha gihihihigglehehes!”

“HYeah! Hahah! Lea Giggles indeed.” She replied.

She soon gave him a break and allowed him to breath for a while. “You feeling okay?” She asked.

“Nehehever better.” Shaun admitted. “I’m tired, but I still want tickles.” Shaun added to his list of admittance.

Lea smiled at him and held his hand. “Maybe later we can do more tickle fights.”

And later on, they did indeed do another few more tickle fights! And the tickle fight chart just kept on filling.

Shaun and Dr. Browne were researching symptoms to a list of medications from the patient they had that day, so they could eliminate the possibilities and determine the allergic reaction they had arrived with. They had been working on this list for half an hour, and they were finally almost done.

"Alright. List off the last medication's symptoms please." Dr. Browne ordered.

Shaun scrolled down to the 'symptoms' column in the article, and proceeded to list off the symptoms.

"High blood pressure, red face, rapid heartbeat, head buzzing and shaking." Shaun read.

"Alright. Definitely not Atomoxetine." Dr. Browne said out loud as she crossed that medication name out. After she drew the line over the name, she dropped the pen onto the paper a little roughly.

"We're done. And good timing too, cause my hand was starting to get sore." Dr. Browne complained.

"You should've told me. We could've taken a break." Shaun said, slightly rocking in his chair.

"Well, when I want something done quickly, I take zero breaks." Dr. Browne explained.

Shaun shook his head slowly. "That's unhealthy." Shaun stated bluntly.

"Ya. I know." Dr. Browne replied, not caring one bit.

She put her hands together behind her head, and laid back in her chair.

“Careful Claire. Y-" Shaun managed to get out, before hearing Dr. Browne yelp as she and the chair crashed to the ground.

Dr. Browne had leaned back too far, which had made the chair slip out from under her. Dr. Browne slowly sat up, rubbing her poor head.

"You might fall." Shaun finished, stating the obvious after the fact.

"Ya, I got that." Dr. Browne replied.

Shaun got out of his seat and walked up to the fallen surgeon.

"You're hurt." Shaun said, kneeling down and reaching an arm out to help her up.

"I'm fine. I can handle it." Dr. Browne said and pushed herself up.

Shaun got up with her and noticed a red string, stuck to the side of her shirt. Shaun reached towards her shirt. When he had tried to grabb it, she twitched and took a quick step backwards, away from him.

She held her side in defense."What are you doing?" Dr. Browne asked.

Shaun walked up to her again. "There's a string on your side." Shaun said, pushing her hand out of the way and attempting to grab it. This time, she twitched and yelped, turning her body away from Shaun.

"Stop!" Dr. Browne yelled, scared.

"I didn't get it." Shaun complained.

"I'll get it." Dr. Browne said, reaching for the string. However, she couldn't see it and kept missing the string.

"It's right there." Shaun said and poked her side.

"Gah!" Dr. Browne freaked out. Shaun's hands flew up towards his ears, in sudden fear.

"Sorry." Shaun said.

"It's...fine. I'm just...nevermind. It doesn't matter." Dr. Browne said, attempting to avoid the subject and walk away.

Shaun grabbed her shoulder to stop her, and poked her side again for an experiment.

"Haha! Shaun!" Dr. Browne laughed, pushing him away. Shaun let out a laugh himself.

"Why?" Dr. Browne asked. “That feels weird!”

"You sounded silly." Shaun said, attempting to poke her again. This time, she slapped his hand away. Shaun's hand immediately came back out of pain.

"That was unnecessary." Shaun complained, rubbing the back of his hand.

"And that tickled! How would you feel if I poked you?" Dr. Browne asked, walking up and poking him as soon as she said 'you'. Shaun jumped back, giggling at the touch.

Dr. Browne started to question his motives. "That feels funny." Shaun reacted. Dr. Browne started to smile.

"You wanna be funny? Fine. I'll give you funny." Dr. Browne said playfully, and pounced on him. They landed with Dr. Browne on top of Shaun. She straddled his hips and started tickling his sides. Shaun bursted out laughing.

"Hahaha! C-Claire! Stop! Ah! Hahahaha!" Shaun reacted, squirming under her.

Dr. Browne started digging into his rib cage, and his laughter heightened dramatically.

"Hahahaha! Noho! Haha! Stop! Aaahh!" Shaun said loudly. Through his laughing, Shaun managed to visualize any ticklish spots on Dr. Browne, and immediately went for the sides. He used the two-finger tazer method, to catch her off guard.

"AH! HAHA!" Dr. Browne shouted, flopping right onto Shaun's body. Shaun pushed her off him and started tickling her sensitive sides.

"Stop! Nohohoho! Nahahat FAIR! Hahahaha!" Dr. Browne complained through her laughter.

"You tickled me, therefore it's my turn." Shaun replied to her accusation, and continued tickling her.

“Yohohohou staharted ihit!” Dr. Browne shot back.

“I did start it. And I’m going to finish it!” Shaun said proudly.

However, Dr. Browne's laughter was starting to calm down for some reason. Shawn tried tickling harder, but that just made Dr. Browne yelp in pain.

"Hehe...jokes on you shaun. Heh- tickling me on the sides only lasts a few seconds before failing." Dr. Browne said, slightly out of breath.

Realizing his situation, Shaun got up onto his feet and started running. Dr. Browne got up immediately after, and started chasing him.

"Good luck getting me!" Shaun said over his shoulder.

"Getting you will be a breeze!" Dr. Browne replied loudly back to him.

Suddenly, Shaun stopped and made the 'Tee' sign.

"What makes us ticklish?" Shaun asked.

"You...you don't know?” Dr. Browne asked.

Shaun shook his head.

“Okay. Well, a certain spot on your skin is ticklish, due to the collection of nerve endings underneath the skin." Dr. Browne explained.

Shaun nodded in understanding and stopped the 'tee' sign. However, he was too close to Dr. Browne, who pounced on him again.

"Ready for round two?" Dr. Browne asked.

Shaun's eyes filled with fear. "No." Shaun replied.

"Well, too bad!" Dr. Browne said, before launching another round of tickles.

“HAHahahaha! HAhaha- NOhoho!” Shaun laughed.

“No tickling?! But you started it! And this time, I’m gonna be the one that finishes it.” Dr. Browne told him.

“NOhohoho! uhuhunfahair!” Shaun whined.

“Unfair?! Remember what you did to me when I claimed it was unfair?” Dr. Browne asked.

“Yehehehes!” Shaun replied.

“You said ‘You tickled me, therefore it's my turn’. So HA!” Dr. Browne declared.

Shawn laughed. “Thahahahat’s nohot a goohohod ahahargument.” Shaun told her.

“I’m trying, okay?” Dr. Browne told him.

Shaun leaned up to her belly and blew on it. She giggled at him, afraid he was gonna do a raspberry. But...He didn’t. He just kept blowing on her belly!

“Wahahait...Are you trying to raspberry me?” She asked.

“I...Don’t understand how to do one.” Shaun admitted.

Dr. Browne bursted out laughing at that. “WHY WOULD YOU TRYHYHYHY THEHEHEN?!” She asked, cackling up a storm.

“I don’t know…” Shaun admitted.

“YOHOHOU’RE HIHILARIOUS!” She laughed. Then, she slowly started to stop. “THIS is how you do a raspberry.”

Dr. Browne leaned over and blew a BIG raspberry.

Shaun SHRIEKED and bursted out laughing, kicking his feet violently behind Dr. Browne.

“Now THAT’S a raspberry.” Dr. Browne told him.

“Ohohokahahay.” Shaun responded. “Oh!” Shawn reached down and finally removed the red string from Dr. Browne’s side. “I got it.” Shaun told her.

She giggled and hugged him. “My hero.”