#ticklish aether

“No, no! I’m fine. Just let me help.” Aether insisted as his sister groaned, exasperated. It had been going back and forth and back and forth like this for almost an hour and Lumine had enough of it.

“Fine? You’ve been sneezing over and over again!”

“Lumine, you don’t have worry. I really am- ah—choo!” Aether stopped, his sneeze interrupting him and he stayed silent at Lumine’s disapproving look.

“Aether. Bed. Now.” Lumine glared down at her brother, watching him swallow hard. He nodded as a bead of sweat glided down his forehead.

“Yes ma’am.” Aether muttered without a second thought, scurrying to the teapot because everyone, including Lumine, knows Angry Lumine is not someone to mess with.

Lumine sighed contently, as she began to make the meal for them.

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“Ah, finally. I’m done. Now, I should get this meal to Aether.” It had been a couple hours since her brother had been sent to bed but Lumine had finally finished dinner.

She entered the teapot, making her way to Aether’s room in the mansion. She knocked on the door, once then twice but heard no answer. She took this as a sign that her brother was asleep so she quietly let herself in.

She sighed when he realized she was not asleep, though, but just pouting.

“Aether, you’re not mad at me, are you?” He didn’t even look at her, pretending as if he didn’t hear her. “I made dinner. Do you want it?” No response.

“Well, since you don’t seem to want it… I guess I could just throw it out.” She said, turning to walk from the door, hiding a knowing smirk on her face. She distantly heard Paimon in her head shout indignantly at her later. “… or give it to Paimon.”

“W-wait!” Aether shouted, his voice slightly raspy. His sister turned back to look at him, a smirk on her face. It almost made Aether want to tell her never mind. But he knew nothing good would come out of that and he would just be hungry.

“Yes?”

“I’m.. a little hungry.” Aether admitted, shyly and Lumine laughed.

“You could’ve just said so then!” She said, innocently handing her his plate to which he scarfed down almost immediately, almost surprising her. “Now, do you mind telling me why you were upset?”

Aether looked at her with no particular expression on his face as he took another bite. She couldn’t tell if it was just her or if Aether was chewing more obnoxiously than usual. She sat down on the bed with him, waiting for him to finish the food.

When he did, she spoke up again. “Aether?” Aether was ever the stubborn one— he always had been between the two of them, so it wasn’t unusual that he just crossed his arms and continued his brooding from before she entered the room. “Should I cheer you up?”

It was mostly to herself, like a rhetorical question somewhat. Aether was obviously upset about being bedridden, so it was up to her, as the amazing twin sister, to cheer him up, right?

When she didn’t get a response from Aether, who had resorted to giving her the silent treatment, she opened her mouth to speak once again. “I know how to cheer you up..!”

“…How?” Yes, she got his attention! All that was next was to go through with her idea.

“Close your eyes and I’ll show you.” She smiled. Aether shot her a suspicious look, but after jesus rating, he did what she asked. Immediately, her hands moved to his tummy as he flinched at the contact.

She slowly, in a rubbing sort of way, tickled his tummy. It caught Aether off-guard, but he didn’t seem to be against it. It fact, it seemed he might have even been leaning into the touch.

“Ehehehe, Luhuhumine? Whahat are y-youhuhu doing?” He giggled, shyly.

“Cheering you up, of course!” She replied, instantly. She skittered his fingers to his sides, a few more raspy giggles bubbling up.

“Ohohohokahahay.” Was all Aether said, telling her that he was actually fine with this. To keep going, she brought her other hand to his waist, rubbing his tummy.

It wasn’t the first time she had tickled him, and it usually was more of a tickle attack, but she figured light and gentle tickles were the way to go. Especially if he were sick.

“Hehehe, ihihit tihihitckles!” His soft squeals were enough to make Lumine melt. But no, she had to keep her composure! She couldn’t stop until her brother was all happy again!

“Of course it does, silly!” Lumine laughed, scratching under his chin. A few shocked gasps left his lips. He was rarely ever tickled there, but be found that it wasn’t bad at all.

“Tickle, tickle~” Lumine whispered teasingly, still tickling his side and tummy with her hands. Aether usually would move a lot more, but since he was exhausted and because the tickling wasn’t so intense, it was only squirming. In any case, he gave her a lot of access to allow tickling him.

“Hahahaha Luhuhumine!” He smiled, and it didn’t even feel so forced despite the tickling. After a few more pokes and scribbles to his side, a quick but sharp raise in his voice, she stopped tickling him.

“Have you been properly cheered up now, Aether?” She asked, already knowing the answer. Aether was more exhausted than earlier because of the tickling, so she knew she shouldn’t stay long.

Aether nodded as a response.

“I wanted to say something else,” Lumine decided, as she stood up and picked up Aether’s empty plate. “I know you’re upset because you couldn’t help much today. We all get sick, you’ve always done the same for me when I’m sick. You’ll just have to make it up to me when you’re better, alright?”

Aether visibly brightened. Huh, so it was true that he had been guilty. “Well, Ill leave you to rest now. Goodnight, Aether.”

“Goodnight, Lumine…” Aether replied, tiredly. She looked away, walking to the door. When she turned back to look at her brother one last time, his head had already hit the pillow. He had fallen asleep instantly. The tickling really did exhaust him, didn’t it?

he pondered for a while before an idea arose in his head, the best way to get intimate but not too intimate. all his previous exhaustion dissipated in a moment as he grew excited to try it out on albedo, already making his way towards dragonspine. it was late so he should be finishing up his work soon.

after what seemed like ages to aether, he finally could see albedo’s camp and his step became just a little bit bouncier and a little bit quicker. he caught sight of his boyfriend who was organizing some files, smiling fondly at his concentrated stare. 

“hi, albedo.” aether greeted, quietly as to not disturb or cause albedo to lose focus. he gave a gentle and small wave, watching as the alchemist turned his head.

“aether...” albedo whispered, letting a warm smile fall onto his face as aether walks over to him. “what brings you here, my love?” 

aether blushed a little at the nickname. albedo has begun using it a while ago, since they began dating, but it never calmed down the warmth in aether’s chest whenever he was called that. nonetheless, he couldn’t dwell on it and shook his head. he has a mission. 

“i just wanted to see you. i missed you.” aether replied, as albedo stood up. aether was slightly shorter than the alchemist, so he had to turn his gaze upwards to look him in the eyes. 

aether held his arms out, hinting that he wanted a hug. albedo understood immediately, not noticing the mischievious grin on aether’s face as he was about to implement his master plan. 

they finally made contact and aether stopped for a moment. what would happen if it backfired? what if albedo wasn’t ticklish? that would be really embarrassing... but he pushed those thoughts away, deciding there was no better way to find out than trying it out himself. so he curled his fingers around albedo’s ribs, since that’s where his fingers were closest to. 

he heard a light gasp and a failed supressed giggle, and aether felt a burst of confidence, grinning excitedly. it had worked! albedo was ticklish! the monotone seemingly emotionless alchemist was... ticklish! aether started giving out more vicious attacks on his ribs, relishing in albedo’s poor attempt to contain his giggles. 

“a-aether! whahahat ahahare you d-doing?!” he manages to cough out and aether hummed, happily. 

“i want us to get closer! we’ve been a couple for a few months but haven’t done anything intimate at all! so, come on, albedo, laugh!” aether explains, somewhat hastily. albedo’s eyes widen before he stops supressing his giggles, letting airy and carefree laughter escape his lips. 

while aether was poking and prodding at his ribs, he decided to start lightly squeezing at his ride rib and his tummy. if albedo was loud before, he was way louder now as he cackled. 

“a-aehehehether! ah-aHAHAHahAHA!” he howled and aether chuckled along with him, though for different reasons. aether enjoyed this, and he hoped his boyfriend did too, seeing as he wasn’t exactly resisting. 

“you’re a lot more ticklish than i thought. it’s pretty shocking~” aether noted, aloud, not missing albedo’s blushing face both from the tickling and at what aether just said. hm, it’s nice to learn albedo became flustered at teases.

“AHAHAHA AEHEHEHETHER!” albedo gasped, unable to stop the panicked cackles and laughter. his squirming increased, but the alchemist tried to limit it so he wouldn’t accidentally hurt aether. 

aether kept going at those two spots. they already had large reactions, so he was sure they had to be some of his worsts. so he kept his focus, barely adjusting his fingers. until a soft hiccup left albedo’s lips and aether almost stopped, surprised. aether’s face grew red and all he could think about was how cute that was. 

however, that was a mistake because as he was distracted, albedo used it to his advantage to turn him and cause him to fall back onto the chair albedo was sitting on earlier. 

“ah! albedo? what are you doiNG?!” he started before he felt a tight poke at his sides and he yelps. 

“what? did you think you could get away with ticking me?” albedo asked, grinning slightly and aether felt a flash of fear course through his body at the mischivious and evil glint in the alchemist’s eye. 

“nohohoho!” aether cried, trying to escape but found that he was too weak to. he wrapped his hands around albedo’s wrists, but it didn’t stop the ticklish onslaught.

“you said this was to get closer, no? then, shouldn’t you get a turn, as well?” albedo let a small smirk slip onto his face. 

“w-wahahait! i wahahas j-just gonnahaha tickle you!” aether sputtered, giggles pouring from his lips. he twisted, trying to stand from the chair but albedo caved around him, leaving no room to escape.

albedo, who was still squeezing at his sides, starts gliding his fingers up to aether’s tummy. aether’s eyes widen, throwing his head back. he tried to pry the alchemist’s hands off his sensitive torso but before he could, albedo had begun raking his fingers in random patterns all around his stomach.

aether screamed. loudly. god, why did he have to be so ticklish? albedo flinched at aether’s reaction, nearly stopping his attack.

“what a reaction. it is interesting how sensitive you are.” he observes, both in a teasing but curious manner. aether blushed, his face feeling even hotter than it already was.

“I a-aM NOT SEHEHENSITIVE!” aether defends himself despite knowing very well that he was definitely contradicting himself.

“oh? is that so? can you prove it?” albedo finally let a full smirk show on his face. he began teasingly circling aether’s navel, slowly. he watched as aether’s loud laughter became frantic giggles, anticipating what was going to come next.

“a-albEDOHOhoho!” aether ignored albedo’s mocking words, only able to focus on the finger dangerously close to his bellybutton. he could tell that he was going to be tickled there soon. he was both excited and terrified. how would he be able to handle it?

after a few moments, though, albedo kept repeating the same movement, lightly dragging his fingertips. he chuckled inwardly at aether’s embarrassment and confusion. he was waiting for aether to let his guard down and attack when least expected.

and after a bit, he did. while aether still giggled a lot, the frantic tone calmed down. albedo mad a hmph sound, before digging in.

the alchemist pressed his finger inside aether’s navel, scratching the inside of it at a terrifyingly fast rate. aether’s back arched and he bucked his hips, not expecting the sudden movement. he flailed around trying to find an exit to the ticklish sensation.

“WAHAHA A-ALBEHEHEDO! W-WAHAHAIT!” aether struggled with his words. he was unable to think and at this point, he was only acting on reflexes. he was deathly ticklish in his navel and even after just a few seconds, he wasn’t sure how long he could take.

“STAHAHAP!” he shrieked out, and luckily, albedo did. he leaned on the table beside them, leaving aether a panting mess in the chair.

“are you okay?” albedo asked, genuinely. he was sure aether was, but he wanted to make sure. he smiled at aether’s small nod. “and do you feel closer to me? that was your original goal, correct?”

“i do.” aether nodded again, still trying to regain his breath. the two watched each other in silence before the alchemist broke it.

“you look very happy like this. i think i’ll sketch it.” albedo said to himself, already pulling out his sketchbook. he ignored his boyfriend’s returning reddening face, even though he had just gotten it to go away.

“w-what?!” aether stuttered, before sighing when he realized how determined albedo was to do this.

before finally digging into her skin, watching her yelp in surprise. lumine whipped her head at aether, who still had his hands on her sides, but now wearing a triumphant grin.

“a-aehehether! whahahat is the meaning of this?” lumine giggled, losing her balance and falling back on top of her brother.

“i’m getting my revenge!” aether replies, a smug grin on his face, squeezing at her sides. she twisted to escape aether’s grip but to no avail. she blushed, she had always been the stronger sibling so how could tickling make her so weak.

“a-aehehether!” she laughed as he moved up to her sides. he poked and prodded at her ribs, careful to not miss any. lumine giggled, frantically trying to escape but aether wrapped his legs around her so she couldn’t. “waHAhA!”

“what’s wrong, lumine? can’t take it?” aether teased, mimicking the teases kaeya always used on him. lumine’s hands flew to cover her face out of embarrassment for both the teases and the sound of her laughter. unfortunately, that idea was quickly shut down when her brother used it to his advantage to scribble at her armpits.

“shuhuhut uhuhuhup!” lumine’s arms clamped down at her sides and aether hummed.

“how am i supposed to stop when you’ve trapped my hands?” he asks, mockingly. lumine debates on whether it’s a good idea to free his hands or protect herself. though soon after realizing what she was doing was just amplifying the sensations, that question was answered by itself.

“aether, y-yohou’re sohoHO mEhehean!” lumine gasped, aether pulling her into a ticklish hug. “pleHEheASE!”

aether, being the kind soul he is, decided he would stop. but not before ending it with a big finish. leaning over her, she stroked her shin. he was lucky, she normally had the covered but her boots had gotten dirty after fighting numerous hilichurls, she had taken them off to wash and dry them.

lumine’s eyes widened, realizing what was coming and she shot her eyes towards aether’s teasing fingers.

“w-wahahahait, plehehease!” lumine shouted as a last resort, but aether ignored her. after around the fifth stroke, he just went for it, scratching at her sensitive shins.

“NahAHAHAHA A-AETHERER!” lumine squealed, kicking her legs out reflexively. still, her brother did not falter, relishing in lumine’s satisfying laughter.

after a few moments, her wheezing became obvious and very noticeable so he finally relented. lumine sprawled on the ground, gasping for breath while aether wore a proud grin, happy to have victoriously and successfully gotten his revenge. or so he thought…

“aether…” lumine started, finally having caught her breath. her voice sounded… sinister. aether didn’t like that. he could tell that under that blank stare of hers, she was hiding something more mischievous.

“y-yes?” the boy stuttered out, nervously, disliking the way lumine could cause a pit on his stomach just by her tone of voice.

“you didn’t think you could tickle me and get away with it, did you?” she finally let her true intent show. aether gulped, immediately standing up and preparing to make a run for it. but so had lumine, tackling aether and pinning him to the ground.

“oh aether… how could you have not seen this coming?” lumine spoke, smoothly. she casually lifts her hand, placing them on his stomach. not tickling him but enough for him to begin giggling with both nervousness and anticipation.

“lumine, it was just revenge! i’m sOREHE!” aether shrieked without warning upon feeling lumine move her fingers, scratching at his tummy. it was a weak excuse and yet he still believed it would work. “NAhAhaha luhuminEHEHE!”

aether tried arching his back, but fell back down when he got the highest he could. he squirmed, trying to curl into a ball. he was starting to regret ever seeking revenge… but at the same time, it was so worth it.

his sister’s finger danced around his navel, causing aether to giggle lightly instead of hysterically laugh. aether knew that did not mean she was done, though, for lumine did not seem to know the definition of mercy.

“plehehehease…” aether pleaded, as a last resort, knowing full well that it wouldn’t work. it wouldn’t hurt to try, though.

“hmm.. i don’t recall you showing me mercy.” lumine answered simply, dipping her finger into his navel, scratching and poking the inside.

“wAHAHAHAHA!” aether screamed. while he knew it was coming, he hadn’t prepared for it. he cursed himself, why did he have to be so ticklish?

“this is hilarious, this isn’t even your worst spot!” lumine snickered, watching a rosy blush blossom on her brother’s face. “aww, are you embarrassed?”

“shuhuhuhut uhuhup luhumine!” aether, who was still laughing his head off, shook his head wildly. he tried grabbing at lumine’s wrists, but it was easy for her to shake his hands off. “sOMEWHEHERE ELSE!”

“somewhere else?” lumine asked, before humming in thought. “you mean like.. here?” she pointed to his hips and his eyes widened, already regretting asking for another spot.

“lumine, i changed my mind! don’t change spots!” aether stammered, frantically. he could never handle being tickled on his hips and lumine always made sure to exploit it.

“but you already said to change it! it’s too late now.” with that, lumine squeezed his hips as aether jumped, a panicked squeal already escaping his mouth.

“AHAHAHA PLEHEHEASE!” aether cried and lumine smiled casually.

“please what? could you elaborate? i can’t understand what you’re saying.” lumine asked, feigning cluelessness despite aether knowing it was complete, utter bs.

“LIAR! STAHAHAP!” aether bucked his hips, trying to wiggle his way out of lumine’s grasp. tears were beginning to form in his eyes. how embarrassing, just from a few tickles from his hips can make him act so wildly.

“what’s the magic word~” lumine cooed, laughing as aether tried to grumble but ended up just making a strange gurgling, growling sound.

“PLEHEHEHEASE!” aether shouted, the tears now running down his cheeks. lumine, if it hasn’t been emphasized before, was evil.

“i didn’t hear you, could you repeat that?”

“PLEHEHEHEASE STAHAHAP!” aether screamed as loud as he could muster, sighing with relief when the movement on his hips came to a halt. “you’re evil…” he panted out, still smiling.

“you started it.” lumine giggled as aether’s pout. “did you have fun?” she asked, waiting for his reaction. he blushed, turning away for a moment.

“yes… it was fun..” he admitted, quietly. lumine laughed at that.

“even the part where i tickled you?” she continued, as aether nodded after a moment of hesitation before turning back to her. they made eye contact, staring at each other in silence for a few moments before the two of them burst out in childlike laughter.

when the two settled down, lumine stood up, remembering the meal she was cooking. she stretched before she walked back towards the pot, cursing when she realized that the fowl she was cooking had been burned.

“it’s such a beautiful night, isn’t it aether?” lumine sighs, turning her head to look at her twin brother. his eyes were closed and for a moment, she thought he had fallen asleep until he turns his head to look at her as well. 

“yeah.. it really is.” he turned his gaze back to the sky with a smile on his face. “lumine, what do you think the next world will be like?” the worlds the twins went to were always a surprise. sometimes, it was a peaceful world, like this one, with new animals they hadn’t seen before. sometimes, there wasn’t any life. and sometimes, which both twins didn’t enjoy, was a hellish, violent world whether it be harsh weathers, war, or just overall chaos. 

“i hope it’s like this one. i enjoyed it here.” aether silently nods in agreement. and they’re silent again. they enjoy stargazing, especially since it’d be the last time they’re seeing them from this world. they hadn’t been at the world for long, only a few weeks, but it was long enough to know they’d miss it so they wanted to make the most of their last day. 

“remember when we first went to a new world, lumine?” aether laughed, both of them recalling what he was referring to. when they both went to this world, they saw an animal who looked something like a large frog with wings right in front of them when they used the entrance pad. it was harmless, but it startled lumine so bad, she screamed and went tumbling down a hill. 

while it didn’t hurt much, lumine was embarrassed by how much her brother was laughing when it happened. it had been such a surprise that after they made sure she was alright, lumine joined her brother in hysterical laughter. it happened quite a while ago, they still joked about it time to time. 

still, lumine made a show of pouting and glaring at aether, who chuckled at lumine’s reaction. 

“hey! it was a long time ago!” she defended herself, trying to hide her smile. 

“sure, sure.. i still remember it like it was yesterday. you’re so graceful, lumine~” aether was originally laying with his hands to his sides, but he moves them so he can rest his heads on his arms, leaving him exposed.

lumine grins, mischieviously as an idea popped into her head. the siblings spent a lot of time together, but they rarely ever played around. they got older and busier, so it became an uncommon thing. but there were a few occassional moments, moments where they allowed each other to mess around. lumine sits up, to which aether looks at her, confusion obvious on his face. 

“lumine? what are you doING?!” aether is interrupted when lumine tackles him and pokes at his armpits and he tries to clamp his arms to his sides, but it doesn’t work because lumine’s fingers are already prodding the inside of his armpits. 

“that was mean, aether! still teasing me even though it happened so long ago?” she glared, playfully, moving one of her hands to his tummy. luckily for lumine, he always wore a croptop, making it easier to scratch at his sensitive skin.

“wahahaHAIT luhumine!” aether giggled, squirming to escape her gentle touch, but his attempts remain unsuccessful. aether was surprised by how ticklish he was, not having been tickled in years. to be honest, he had almost forgotten all about it. and he was so extremely sensitive, he didn’t know how to feel. 

lumine didn’t answer him, just humming in response. she pretended to be angry at the teasing, but she really wasn’t angry at all in the first place. but her and aether hadn’t let themselves play around like this in so long, a little bit longer couldn’t hurt. she bites her lip, determined to not smile and ruin her act, watching her brother giggle under her wiggling fingers. 

“wow, i can’t believe i almost forgot how sensitive you were!” lumine teased, watching aether barely manage a pout. finally, she broke her act and laughed at his reactions. she was having fun, and given that aether hadn’t asked her to stop, she assumed he was too. 

he turned to lay on his stomach, regretting it instantly because it allows lumine to reach his navel much easier. her fingers dance around it, slowly at first but increasing speed before she pokes the inside of his navel and wiggles her index. 

aether literally screamed before bursting into loud, hysterical laughter. lumine nearly jumped, startled by his reactions before letting out a cackle, amused. 

“your scream was so loud!” lumine exclaimed, almost unable to compose herself as aether blushed in embarrassment. he covered his mouth with his hands to hide his embarrassing laughter, but quickly shot them back down when lumine used it as an opening to dig into his armpits. “don’t cover your mouth, dear brother! i want to hear your laugh!” 

aether, cackling uncontrollably, didn’t know how much longer he could take. not only that, but lumine was very obviously a very merciless tickler. knowing her, she’d find one spot to finish him off before letting him go. while he was very ticklish on his tummy and navel, he knew it wasn’t his most ticklish spot and it was very obvious she knew that, as well.

“LUHUHUMINE!” he squealed as lumine nodded, thinking to herself. she smiled mischieviously before stopping her attack. aether’s laughter died down and he made a noise of confusion. was she really done? that wasn’t like her at all.  

she doesn’t pay any mind to his confusion, though. this made aether a bit fearful, nervousness crawling into his voice when he spoke again.

“lu-lumine? are you d-” he’s interrupted by her aha as if she had come to a conclusion about something, which doesn’t settle aether’s nerves at all. she looks aether straight in the eye.

“aether, if i remember correctly, your tickle spot is right... here!” at that, she presses her fingers into his hips and squeezes. she watched her twin brother’s eyes widen in shock at the sudden intense sensation before he cries out in laughter, which was so loud, lumine was almost tempted to cover her ears. 

“THIHIS ISN’T FAHAHAIR! LUHUHUMINE!” lumine smiles down at her brother, joy plain on her face. aether didn’t notice, although he would have if he wasn’t losing his mind at the moment, but his eyes welled up with tears and his laughter became more frantic. 

lumine knew he wouldn’t be able to last much longer so after a few more seconds of pinching and squeezing at his incredibly sensitive hip, she finally put a stop to her ticklish torment, allowing aether to breathe. she waited as his laughter died down until it finally came to a halt and only his staggering breaths remained. 

“that... was really cruel of you, lumine...” he panted, exhaustedly, turning his head to look at her. she giggled, crawling off of him. 

“you had fun though, right?” she asked, genuinely. she had fun and she was sure aether did too, but she wanted to confirm that her entertainment wasn’t actually one-sided. aether didn’t say anything for a few moments before he opened his mouth to speak.

“yeah... i had fun.” he admitted, smiling at his sister before pulling his lips into a smirk. “next time, it’ll be you on the receiving end, though.” 

lumine stared at him blankly before she burst out in laughter, wiping a fake tear from her eye. she crossed her arms, looking down at aether with an amused glint in her eye. 

“oh yeah? i’d like to see you try!” she challenged before the two scooted closer, once again gazing at the stars, letting the view seep into their minds. 

Aether:

Lee:

ahhh he’s so freaking ticklish, dude, it’s crazy lmaoo

he has a really sensitive back ahaha you know when you hug someone and they like, rub your back? when someone does it to aether, he’s squirming and trying to conceal his giggles and omg it’s so cute

he has the little breathy yet shrieky tickles and... if it gets really bad, he’ll let out a few snorts here and there

he squirms a wholeeee lot, he cannot keep still.. but seriously, who could when you’re as ticklish as him?

he doesn’t mind though, he finds it fun and he likes to laugh so why not?

he CANNOT handle teases, he gets to red in the face and he just can’t handle it ahaha, when kaeya tickles him, god it’s the worst

because of being tickled so often, he often wants to be tickled, so at first he used to be embarrassed to ask for it, but now he just goes for it because he always gets what he wants lol

there is not a single spot on his body where he isn’t ticklish, even his scalp is ticklish lmao so if you rub his head, he’ll giggle softly

he gets tickled for everything and i mean everything. he’s feeling sad? tickles. he did something wrong? tickles. he sat there looking adorable? tickles.

he’s also the victim to a whole lotta sneak attacks ehehe

Ler:

aether is barely ever a ler but when he is, everyone is surprised at how good he is at it, he’s gotten a lot of practice when he and lumine traveled together

he can actually tease pretty well, maybe it’s from learning from kaeya but he’s really good at it

he’s kinda a rough tickler tho, usually squeezing at the skin rather than scratching and whatnot

he will tickle you only after you’ve tickled him at least once, he will never be the one to start it.

he usually only tickles those who has a fair chance at winning, he would never dare tickle kaeya unless he wants 2x more revenge ahaha

this also means he tickles.. bennett, xiao, and noelle the most ehehe

he’s gentle, though, so he’ll try not to make you unable to breathe and whatnot, he just wants you to giggle, even if you’re not the same when tickling him

he’s really sweet so when he’s done, he’ll make sure you’re okay, maybe even bring you some water so your throat doesn’t hurt later.

he loves tickling people, even though he doesn’t get to do it often, so when he does, he always makes sure to make the most of it

Lumine:

Lee:

lumine 100% has ticklish shins, but the top of her feet and toes are pretty good spots too ahaha

she’s has those kinda,, raspy gasps for her laughter, lots of people are surprised because it doesn’t sound like her at all

but because of that, she’s a little insecure about her laugh so she gets a lot of tickles to prove her wrong!

she’s a solid 8 on the ticklish scale ahhh so she’s actually pretty ticklish, despite contrary belief

she twists and turns rather than squirms because most people tickle her sides when they tickle her. why? because they’ve yet to find out that her shins are her death spots and her sides give the most reaction out of the ones they tried

not aether, though, he’s the only one who knows about her ticklish shins ahaha how do you think she found out they were her death spots in the first place?

she, unlike aether, doesn’t ask for tickles. not because she’s embarrassed, but she doesn’t ever really crave it, preferring to be the ler instead

if you’re tickling her, she’ll tease you and be like “that’s all you got?”

she’s not ticklish on her thighs or armpits, she loves seeing the look on peoples’ faces when they tickle her in those spots and see no reaction

she doesn’t hate being tickled, she actually kinda likes it, it’s just some nice, old fun, yknow?

Ler:

god, she’s such a good ler, like no one can not die laughing at her hands

she’s so freaking teasy too, she leaves her victim so red in the face, you can’t help but be a little worried lmaooo even though, they’re fine

also, she does those little childish teases like “tickle, tickle~”, “coochie coochie coo!”, and “i’m gonna getcha!” it works wonders tho lmaoo

brooo, her technique is like, precise and coordinated, so she knows exactly where to tickle you to make you go insane

she can also figure out which kinda tickles work on you best, if it’s rough tickles, that’s what she’s gonna do and vice versa

mercy? what’s that?

she’s really good at tickle fights, usually on the winning end, she’s always got a whole bunch of tricks up her sleeve ahaha

it’s kinda funny because after she’s done, she’ll be like “you okay?” then when you say yes, she’ll laugh at your face and make fun of you

basically, she’s a different person when it comes to tickling, which a lot of people don’t expect. at. all. they meet her brother and is like “oh, they must be similar!” yeah... no.

Aether & Lumine:

these two got into tickle fights on the daily, please at least one of them would get wrecked (usually aether) once a day from each other

when they were younger, they always played tickle tag and they loved it, even as they’re older, it happens every once in a while lmao and lumine is usually the one to start it

aether, although deathly ticklish, has won a few tickle fights against lumine through lots and lots of practice

one time, he wrecked her and got her really good and he was proud of himself for the rest of the day

but he wasn’t the only one getting practice, lumine was trying out new techniques that worked well on her brother, it usually failed though because all of them would get him laughing hysterically

lumine always teases aether because she finds his flustered ness hilarious

lumine was usually tickled by aether whenever she was feeling sad, lumine didn’t tickle him when he was sad often because she’d rather comfort him with words