#ticklish!hunter

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“Oh Hunter~! Can I see you for a second?”

The tone of Willow’s voice shot a chill down Hunter’s spine. Oh Titan, what did she want now. Still, he shouted, “Coming!” as he turned off his stitching machine and ran outside where the girl was calling from.

Willow waved to her friend to come over to her. “I wanna show you a new spell I learned!” She explained.

Hunter was still skeptical as he reached Willow. The latter noticed this and quickly eased his nerves that it wasn’t a harming spell. Not that Hunter was scared Willow would ever want to harm him, but you just never know with the young witch.

“Okay then. What’s the spell?” He asked impatiently. He loved Willow and all, but he really wanted to get back to making his 5th wolf hoodie.

Willow smiled as she made some quick movements with her hands. While she did, a blade of the red grass grew abnormally long.

Hunter was a little confused. “That’s cool, Willow, really. B-But couldn’t you… uh… already do that?” He stumbled over the question, trying his best not to accidentally insult her.

“Well I mean, yeah, but I was never able to do it one blade at a time though!” That’s when the ex-guard noticed that there were 9 more singular blades of grass surrounding him that reached just about his height.

Hunter looked at the tall grass in awe. It always impressed him whenever Willow did something new. “Not only that, but watch!” Willow then moved her pointer finger up and down, making one of the blades of grass look like it’s waving at Hunter.

The latter chuckled and waved back at it. “Woah, neat!”

Willow’s smile turned more into a smirk as she said, “Thank you! And best of all, I can do this!” She said as she used the magic to make 2 blades of grass quickly go over to Hunter’s ears, tickling them lightly.

Hunter was not expecting this. He gasped as he tried not to laugh, but the tickling on his ears making it difficult. “Willow! Cuhu- Cut it ohout! That tihi- hehehehey!” he stuttered out. He shot his shoulders to his ears and swung at the plants.

“Ah, ah, ah~! Can’t have you doing that, Hunter!” Willow curled her other fingers, making the remainder of the grass blades wrap around the boy’s arms and hold them out to his sides, so he was holding a “T” position. Doing this also left Hunter completely exposed.

The sudden vulnerability made Hunter incredibly flustered as his cheeks burned bright red, the colour quickly moving to his ears. And what good of a friend would Willow be if she didn’t use this as an opportunity to fluster him further?

“Aww, Hunter! Your ears are red! It’s like they're screaming at me to tickle them!” Willow cooed, using the grass to trace around his pointy ears, occasionally dipping it into the blond’s ears, making him cringe at the feeling.

“WIHihihillow! StahahahAHAP IHIHIT!”

“Why should I? Because it… tickles?” Willow giggled when her friend let out a gasp at the word, as if attempting to hold his breath would stop the word from making his face heat up further. “It’s hilarious how much that word gets to you! Like come on, Hunter, it’s just a word! A very cute, and fun word!” Willow chuckled, clearly enjoying this just as much as Hunter was, “come on Hunter! Say it with me! Tickle tickle tickle tickle tickle~!”

“ShuhuhUHUT UHUHUP- Wihihillow! Mahahake them stohohoHOHOP!” Hunter shook his head to try and dislodge the plants, but to no avail.

Willow let out a few more giggles, not even bothering to try and hold them back to seem ‘more menacing’. Hunter just had the most contagious laughter, how could she not?

She moved the grass to now tickle all around Hunter’s neck, paying special attention to under his chin.

Now Hunter shrieked.

“WIHIHILLOHOHOW! NAHAHAHA- QUIHIHIT IHIHIT!” Hunter’s laughter went up another octave as Willow used two more blades of grass to go up his t-shirt and tease his ribs.

“Oho my titan! Hunter, how high can your laughter go? Every time I think it’s peaked, there’s always another level! Maybe it’s because you’re so ticklish! You might just be more ticklish than Luz!” Willow giggled, “Tickle tickle tickle!”

Hunter didn’t know how much more he could take. The light tickling of the grass over his neck, ribs, and now stomach making him squirm and cackle.

After around another minute of loud laughter, and teasy remarks, Willow stopped after she saw Hunter smacking the grass around his arms as a way of tapping out. As soon as Willow let him go, the blond fell to the ground, one of his arms immediately wrapping around his torso, the other up at his neck to rub out the residual tingles.

Willow sat down beside her friend, using a blade of grass to tap Hunter’s shoulder, “Hunter? Are you okay?”

Hunter let out a small squeak at the feeling of the grass and immediately scooted away, “Gehet thohose menaces ahawahay from me!” He yelled, not actually mad at the situation as his smile was still wide, showing off his tooth gap. Still, Willow listened, and reversed the spell, causing the blades of grass to shrink down to their original size.

“Whahat was that fohor anyways?” Hunter asked as he finally sat up to look at Willow.

Willow’s cheeks flushed a little, and she began to play with one of her ponytails. “Well, I noticed you’ve been pretty stressed out recently. I thought it would be nice to hear you actually laugh again. For both of us.” the brunette explained, fixing her glasses, “You know you don’t have to be scared anymore, right? We’re back home now, and we’re under the creator’s protection. On top of everything, we can visit the human realm whenever we want! Which means we can see Luz and she can see us whenever we want!”

Hunter’s smile faded slightly, “I know, I guess I’m still a little scared that I’ll end up like…” he sighed, as if the words were physically painful to say, “like my uncle.”

Willow’s hands cupped Hunter’s face. “Hey, you’ve proven so many times that you are nothing like him.” Hunter’s smile returned, much softer than the toothy smile before, but still just as there.

“Thank you, Willow.” Before the girl can respond, they heard thunder from a nearby cloud. Willow got up, offering her hand to Hunter as she helped him up.

They spend the rest of the day together, the rest of the gang joining after the acid rain settled.

It’ll take some convincing to prove to Hunter that he isn’t a dictator like his uncle, but Willow was willing to prove it to him, time after time until it finally clicks. And it doesn’t matter how long it’ll take.

“You see, Luz here is quite ticklish. Never fails to put a smile on her face!” Camila explained to the grinning witch teens as they watched on.

Luz’s face burned with embarrassment as she laughed and laughed, until finally her mother pulled back a minute later with a proud grin on her face. “Tadaa—Smiley Luz!”

“Moooom.” Luz whined through lingering laughter as she covered her face.

“Did you kids have this in the Demon Realm?” Camila asked next as Luz caught her breath.

Willow and Gus nodded with a familiar smile.

“My dad sometimes used to do that when I was growing up.”

“My dads too.”

“Heh, my parents never would have done anything like that, but, the twins...” Amity responded with a shudder at the memories. “They were pretty mean when it came to tickling growing up.”

“Oh, I’m sorry to hear that, it’s not very fun when someone takes it too far.” Camila assured her. “Luz doesn’t mind as long as—”

“Mama! Please!” Luz protested with a nervous smile.

One of the group continued to watch on confused, a strange smile working its way onto his face at the unfamiliar display of affection and sudden laughter.

“What, um…” Hunter spoke up a few moments later. “What is that?”

“Whaaaaaaaat?” Gus gasped dramatically, spinning to face Hunter. “Are you serious right now!?”

Hunter blushed a little at the attention as eyes converged on him. “Yeah, I uh, I’ve never seen someone do that before.”

“So you don’t know if you’re ticklish?” Willow asked gently.

“If I’m..? No...” Hunter looked to Luz, who had mostly returned to her normal composure and breathing. “Is it… Fun?”

Luz’s cheeks blossomed with redness at his question and she looked away. The whole group chuckled at that.

“Yes, it’s just a way of playing or bonding with someone. Lots of families or friends do it.” Camila explained, placing a hand on his shoulder. “I bet some of your friends here can help you find out.” She winked.

Everyone was smiling as she stood and announced. “I’m going to go make some popcorn and snacks for the movie, okay mijas?” Then, she made her way to the kitchen.

“Well, what do you think, do you want to try?” Willow asked, grinning at Hunter as she moved in closer on the couch.

Hunter swallowed, looking between her and Gus, who gave him a similar look. “S-Sure.”

Luz smiled at him reassuringly, then scooted out of the way so that Willow and Gus could get closer on either side of him. She turned to Amity, who was watching her with a blush of her own.

“A-Alright. What should I..?” Hunter looked between his two friends. Each got in close on one of his sides.

“Put your arms around us, like a hug!” Willow suggested.

Hunter blushed further, but then did as he was told.

“So.. there’s a few general hotspots that most people are ticklish.” Willow explained as she brought one hand up into view to get Hunter’s attention. “For example.” She brought down a wiggling claw hand, just over the middle of Hunter’s stomach.

Hunter jumped at the contact, a strange, unfamiliar sensation that made him want to shout. He reeled back with a wide grin, tightening his grip on his friend’s shoulders to keep from pulling his arms in. She kept tickling, light but persistent. Hunter couldn’t hold back the giggles long as they formed in his throat. Laughter still felt somewhat foreign on his lips, but this felt almost natural. “Wha-whahat- hehe- what is thihihihis?”

“Looks like you’re ticklish, buddy!” Gus cheered with a grin.

“Here’s another spot a lot of people are ticklish.” Willow pulled away her tickling hand, only to bring it back to poke into Hunter’s ribs. He jumped away from the touch, his body flinching toward Gus. Soon, he was met with a poke from that side as well as the other witch joined in the teasing.

“Ehehehhe it feheheeheels weheheird!” Hunter said through his laughter.

“Good weird? Or bad weird?” Willow asked.

“I-hehehehe I’m not suhuhure yehehhet!” He answered honestly, a little overwhelmed at the potency of the sensation.

“Here’s another spot a lot of people are ticklish.” She wiggled two fingers under his arm and Hunter yelped. His arm tugged back and slammed into Willow’s shoulder where she had him lightly pinned to the couch.

Gus moved his own hand up and started to poke around the other armpit, and Hunter laughed outright.

“Ahahahaha! Wahahaha- not thehehehere!” He gasped, wishing for a moment he could crawl out of his skin to escape the strong, intruding buzz of ticklish sensation.

The two of them stopped. “Sorry, too much?” Willow asked.

“No, just… that was a bad spot, I guess.” Hunter replied. “It’s fine.” Then, he continued, assuring them. “It was kinda.. fun. Is there… other spots people can be ticklish?”

Willow’s smile brightened. “Of course! Let’s try somewhere else. Let us know if it’s too bad a spot again, okay?”

“Okay..” Hunter nodded. “Hey, why are you grabbing my feet, Gus?”

…

Meanwhile, as Luz turned to Amity. “So, you said the twins were pretty bad, huh?”

Amity’s blush grew. She looked at the ceiling. “H-heh, yeah.”

“So I guess that means you’re pret-ty ticklish.”

The blush covered her entire face.

“Don’t worry, I don’t wanna do anything that makes you uncomfortable.” Luz leaned in, whispering. “But if you’d be okay with it, I’d love to try it some time.”

Amity giggled in anticipation. “T-That would be fine. I trust you.”

“Like…. Maybe now?” Luz smirked, giving her a playful look.

Amity nodded, already letting out small laughs. And Luz pounced, only to bring one slow, gentle hand down to poke at her twitching tummy.

General:

I’m pretty sure the entire fandom can agree that he gives STRONG lee vibes.

He enjoys making his friends laugh sometimes, though, so I’m going heavy lee-leaning switch.

Can only say the t-word on rare occasions. More often than not, it’s adorable stuttering and blushes until you get the message.

With some proper motivation, he can admit that he likes it. It just flusters the hell out of him, so use this knowledge sparingly.

Lee:

SUCH a cute lee, no question

He blushes like crazy, squirms and wriggles like a worm on a hook, squeaks and hiccups if you get him going, just- ‎°｡⋆♡‧₊˚

He gets in a lee mood pretty frequently, and sometimes asks for what he wants. Usually he’ll go to Willow for, but Luz and Gus are close runners-up.

When he can’t ask, he’ll try his very hardest to provoke or tease his friends into helping.

Sassing people, sitting with his arms behind his head, slouching just right so his shirt slides up, and if he’s really gutsy, poking their sides. With these goobers, it works nine times outta ten.

If you don’t wanna get kicked/elbowed in the face, I recommend pinning him. Squirmy flailer boyo

Worst spot is his ribs. Will squeal, snort, thrash and blush like it’s nobody’s business.

Melt spots are his scars. If it’s someone he trusts and is comfortable with, he loves gentle traces (and kisses from Willow ( ,,^ᴗ^,, )) Airy giggles, gets all sleepy. If he’s having problems falling asleep, some light scar tickles will knock him right out.

Ler:

A soft ler for sure. He can go rougher, but he normally prefers not to.

It’s pretty easy to fluster him. Instant compliance, telling him to not stop/keep going, holding your arms up around him, asking him to do it over and over again-

Yeah, he’ll be a blushy boy in no time

He can tease though. It's a bit rare, but he tries.

"Oh, this tickles? Good, I was worried it wasn't working."

"You blush reeeeeeally hard when I squeeze here. It must tickle so much!"

"You've got a pretty cute laugh, ya know. Think I'll have to have you share more often..."

"I don't know why you don't like this adorable belly. It's so cute and squishy and ticklish; what's not to love?"

"You're squirming a lot, but you haven't told me to stop once. You like this a whole lot, don't you?"

"Hmm? Sorry, it's hard to understand you with all that giggling. Try again~"

This boy cannot ask to tickle anyone. Asking to receive is hard enough, but asking to give? Yeah, good luck-

Willow can normally pick up on his ler moods, and if she’s feeling it, she’ll offer her help

He’s super mindful of boundaries. Stops the moment you say to, checks in every once in a while to make sure you’re still having fun

Doesn’t normally pin unless you’re a massive squirmer. He doesn’t mind, just scared of pushing boundaries

"Get back here!" Luz shouted, running down the hall in pursuit of her not-brother.

"No!" Hunter kept running from the human, his ears and face pink as cotton candy. "I'm not letting you catch me!"

"You tickled me first!"

"That's unrelated!"

"No it's not!"

Hunter dodged around the corner, his golden guard training kicking in. He slid and rolled to make the turn quicker and bolted away.

Luz didn't have such training, so she slammed into the wall. She filled the void with pure vengeance and bounced off it to sprint after her target.

Vee was sipping apple juice in the kitchen when the whirlwind of insanity blasted in. She choked as Hunter dragged her chair back and put it between him and Luz.

"What's going on?" Vee asked, watching in befuddlement as the two circled around her.

"I require vengeance!" Luz stated, smirking at the witch across from her.

"No, you don't!" Hunter retorted, smiling nervously.

Vee blinked, chugged her juice, and sighed. "I'm gonna go join the others outside, and you two better not destroy the house." She said, side-eyeing them as she dropped her cup in the sink and left the house.

The duo blinked at the door, frozen in place. Luz turned towards Hunter and poked his ribs. He yelped and leapt over the counter, sprinting out the door they had just come through.

"Get back here!" Luz shouted, continuing the chase.

Hunter slid around the corner, deciding to hug the wall at the last second. He panted heavily and waited. As her footsteps grew louder, he grinned.

If she was so intent on catching him, he'd just have to get her first.

Luz rounded the corner and shrieked in surprise as Hunter dug his hands into her sides. He quickly brought her to the ground where he focused his attacks onto her stomach.

"HUHUNTEHER!" She thrashed, trying in vain to pry his hands away from her skin. "NOHOHO FAHAHAIR!"

"All's fair in war, human!" He said triumphantly, pinching the skin under her navel.

She squealed and thrashed harder, her muscles growing weak. There was no way she'd lose to him twice!

With the last of her strength, she grabbed his shirt and pulled him down next to her. He gasped, caught off balance, and hit the ground.

Knowing she only had a few seconds to strike, Luz grabbed his hand and blew a raspberry right onto his palm.

The poor boy shrieked and tried to flail away. Luz crawled forward and dug her fingers into his ribs before he could recover from her vicious attack.

"NAHAHO!" He cried, snapping his arms to his sides in a desperate attempt to halt her assault. She merely chuckled and squeezed one hand out to poke at his neck.

Squeaky giggles flew out of his mouth, his neck scrunching. That proved to be fruitless, as Luz simply switched her attack to the other side of her neck, making sure to flutter her nails across his ears for added torment.

He snorted at the feeling and rolled over, forcing her to remove her hand from his ribs. He tried to crawl away, face red as apple blood.

"Oho, no you don't!" Luz grabbed his hips, dragging him back while simultaneously squeezing that weak spot. "You should've ran while you had the chance!"

"IHIHI TRIHIED, DIHIDN'T IHI?" He retorted, curling up into a ball. "STAHAP!"

"Never!"

With tears in his eyes, he blindly grabbed at her. He was rewarded with a snort as his hand landed on her knee. She giggled as he continued to curl his fingers on the sensitive skin.

"Yohou cahan't wihin!" She huffed, moving her hands up his sides.

"IHI WILL!" He cackled, flipping around suddenly and digging his fingers back into her stomach. Luz screamed and leaned forward, retaliating by shooting her hands under his arms.

Vee came back inside to gather some snacks for the friends outside. She rolled her eyes as she heard her not-siblings cackling in the hallway. She sighed and muttered to herself, exiting the house again with a bag of pretzels.

"I might need to get Willow to go break that up…"

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"Plehehease just get on with ihihihit!" Hunter pleaded, stuck underneath Darius on the couch.

"Get on with what, little prince?" He asks smoothly, pulling up the kids shirt.

"Dahaharius!" He whines, putting his hands on his face.

"Hm?"

"Plehehehease juhust- juhust dohoho ihihit!"

"Do what?"

"Yohohou knohohow whahahat!"

"Mm... do I?"

"Yehehehes!"

"Maybe you should tell me what I need to do. To get on the same page." Hunter whined, and Darius smiled at his dramatics. "Oh, come on, kid. It can't really be that bad."

"Dahaharius!"

"Maybe you're having trouble pronouncing it. Tickle. Ti-ckle. Tickle. You try."

"Ihihi hahate you sohoho muhuhuch!"

"Well fine." Darius feigned offense. "I won't tickle you then."

"Wait nohoho!"

"Okay, I'll give you a choice." He says. "You either ask me, or, you count down from 5." Hunter whined, desperate for Darius to just tickle him already.

"Plehehease?"

"Please what?"

"F- five." Darius raises his hands into a claw, slowly lowering his hands, getting closer to his tummy. "Four."

"Good job."

"Three... two... I can't."

"You've come this far, little prince."

"One." Darius nods, fingers nearly touching the skin. Hunter took a deep breath. "Go!"