#tickler!eda

"Happy New Year!" They all yelled as the countdown got to zero.

There was lots of noise and celebration, a whole year had passed! Luz, Amity, King, Hunter, Willow and Augustus all had noisemakers. Eda, Raine, Darius, and Alador all had New Year's glasses and headbands on.

As the commotion settled, the adults decided it was best if the kids went straight to sleep.

"But why?" Luz whined.

"You're gonna be cranky in the morning if you don't. That's why." Eda says. Luz groans, but goes upstairs. Willow, King, Amity, and Augustus follow her.

"That means you too, Hunter." Darius said.

"Wait, what?"

"You heard me."

"That's not fair!"

"Go." Hunter sighed, but went upstairs as well.

"You guys can go to bed too. Me and Raine will clean up." Eda says.

"No, I can help!" Alador insists.

"C'mon you sleep deprived... person." Darius says, not wanting to break his New Year's resolution of not cursing as much this early. Darius drags him upstairs to the guest bedroom, which always has a couple of mattresses on the floor.

Eda and Raine stay downstairs to clean up the mess of drinks and food.

"Happy New Year's, Eda."

"Happy New Year's, Raine." She replies, poking their side playfully. They yelp and jump away. There was a moment of silence.

"Are you still ticklish?"

"No." They deny, feeling heat rise in their cheeks. They try to focus on putting the sodas back in the fridge, but they could feel Eda looking at them.

"Oh, that's awesome."

"Eda, no." Raine backed away from her, recognizing that tone of voice.

"Eda, yes!" She says, backing them against the wall, before skittering her fingers against their ribs.

"Nohoho- wahahait- you're gohonna wahahahahake- Eheheda!"

"Oh, come on, Raine. You really think they fell asleep? No way. It's New Year's eve."

"Edahahaha!" They giggled, sliding down to the floor and curling into a ball. Eda let them, but she stayed standing and took her hands away.

"Awe, Raine. You are still ticklish!"

"You're sohoho mehehean." They put their face in their hands, but she could see that their ears were red.

"Come on. Let's get you to bed." Eda extends her hand, offering to help them up. Raine eyes the hand warily, before taking it and standing up.

Eda was petting Raine's hair. They were leaning against her, eyes closed at the pleasant feeling. It always used to calm both of them down, and they both deserve a little bit of calm. She stroked her hand down a little too far and accidentally brushed their neck, which caused them to squeak.

"Oh, sorry." Eda removes her hand, in fear she has hurt them.

"You're fine!" Raine blushes and clears their throat. "Just, um... tickled, a little bit." There was a pause.

"You're still ticklish, Rainestorm?" She smiled, her gold tooth showing.

"Um..." They crossed their arms over their chest protectively. "Yeah?"

"Awe. You know," Eda moves her hand down to tickle their armpit, which wasn't a horrible spot. Raine pressed their lips together to prevent any laughter from spilling out, cheeks going red. "I once met a brave and strong witch."

"Eheheda."

"And their laughter was just adorable," Raine started to curl into Eda. She, in turn, started walking her fingers down their ribcage. "So I liked to tickle them to hear it."

"Wahahait, Ehehedaha." She took her hand off of Raine, hovering it in the air.

"Are you okay with this?" Raine looked up at her, and then buried their head into her shoulder.

"Yeheah." Eda placed her hand on their side, which was their worst spot.

"Do you know what their name is?" Eda asks, causing a lot of giggles to pour out of the flustered person burying their head into her shoulder. "Why, it's you, Raine Whispers!" Her fingers dug into their side, making tingly sensations run all the way to their core. Raine screamed, their sides were always their worst spot.

"EHEHEHEHEDAHAHA!" Their hands clung to her shoulders in an effort to not try and push her away. "NOHOHOHOHO!"

"Oh come on. You love this!" Their laughter became incoherent, and Eda lightened up a little, going back to their ribs. Raine didn't even try to say anything, just letting the laughter pour out of them. "Awe."

"Ehehe- nohohohahahahaha!" Eda moved her hand to rub their back soothingly, as giggles poured out of the bard. "Ehehe... Ehehedahaha."

"What is it, Raine?"

"Ihihit- ihihit tihihickled."

"That's kind of the point." Eda kept rubbing their back until all of the giggles were gone, and they turned to lean on Eda, like they were before.

"I'm tired."

"Then go to sleep. I'll be here when you wake up. I promise." She starts to pet their hair again, and within a few minutes, they were off to dreamland.