Crows Feather!
Pairings: Rax x Lili
Warnings: None!
Lee: Raz
Ler: Lili
This is a sfw Psychonauts tickle fic. Scroll if this ain't your thing!
"So, has this got anything to do with psychonaut training?"
"Nope!"
The two little psychonauts sat in the tree fort at the dead centre of the Questionable area. Lili had managed to drag Raz away from Sasha's "intriguing" lectures after a little convincing. Raz furrowed his brows and stared blankly at Lili.
"Then why are we even here? Is this one of those moments you keep telling me about?"
Lili burst into a fit of hushed giggles and shook her head, leaving the goggle-wearing psychic even more perplexed.
"No Raz, this is to do with a… test!"
"A test, huh?"
Raz looked unconvinced. This wasn't the first time his girlfriend toyed with his expectations. He gave Lili an awkward grimace and gestured for her to explain.
"Yeah! A test to see if we have similar reactions."
Okay, now Raz was confused.
"Lili, all people have different reactions. I mean, your reaction to a difficult situation is arson."
Lili shrugged with a laugh, to which Raz giggled. This was true of course and she knew it. But this… test was a little different. It was something she had been waiting a long time to do.
"Shut up moron."
"Oh yeah? What are you gonna do about it? Burn my goggles?"
The two giggled for a while before Lili reached into her bag. Raz looked curiously over her shoulder before she pushed him away.
"Hey! What gives?"
Raz pouted slightly and crossed his arms. Whatever Lili was getting had better be worth it or else he wouldn't be leaving Sasha's lab for these "trips in the woods" anymore. Lili pulled the object out of her bag and hid it behind her back.
"Don't be such a drama queen, Raz."
"I wouldn't be if you just showed me what you're hiding!"
Raz moved a bit forward and reached for Lili's hand, but she quickly moved out of reach. She grinned and shook her head, leaving Rax to roll his eyes and sigh in defeat. This girl… What about her Raz found cute was beyond him. She giggled. Oh wait, now he remembers.
"Raz, do you remember that time at Whispering Rocks—"
"There were many times at Whispering Rocks Lili."
"No, the one where you were using an object to get information out of people?"
Raz looked frankly amused, leaning back lazily on one of the walls.
"That still doesn't narrow it down."
Lili pulled the object out from behind her back and twirled it around between her fingers. Raz went red in the face.
"Oh so you remember this crow's feather, do ya?"
"I— Y-Yeah. I used that to—"
"Tickle me?"
Raz shifted uncomfortably against the wall and tried to bite back a nervous giggle.
"No! I used it to—"
"Tickle other people?"
Lili looked like she'd won the lottery and honestly? In this situation she may as well have. Raz, unfortunately, had gone bankrupt. The pyro-girl looked fondly at the silky black feather shining dully in the gaps of light.
"I'm not ticklish Lili."
Raz was avoiding Lili's triumphant gaze and instead chose to look at a nearby bird, perched on one of Bob's thick vines. He didn't notice the large, transparent hand gliding towards his legs. With a yelp he was pulled up into the air by his feet, his hands swayed limply alongside his head and torso.
"Oh really? Well, let's just test that theory."
"It's not a theory! It's aAEE—"
Raz jolted harshly and swung back, away from the black feather. In the rukus of being strung upside-down, his turtleneck had shifted up to reveal his pale, yellow belly.
"What was that Raz? It isn't a theory?"
Lili swirled the feather teasingly around Raz's naval, making him buck and whine. There were moments where the feather dipped into the naval, causing the junior psychonaut to squeak in protest.
"Lili please!"
"No, no, I think you're right. It isn't a theory. It's a lie~"
She pulled back the bottom of the turtleneck and slid the feather up and down the little guy's side. He twisted around, holding his breath and biting his tongue. No way is he gonna break. Psychonauts don't have weaknesses like this! Well, maybe Psychonauts don't, but he wasn't too sure about Junior Psychonauts.
"L-Lili— gheehe— st-stop it!"
"Hehe~ It tickles, dosen't it Raz?"
He nodded involuntarily and closed his eyes. This was a bad decision. With Raz's attention based solely on holding back his giggles, it left Lili with the opportunity to add in a few helping hands.
"ghhnnnahaha—! waitwaitwait! Don't use your haahahaands! Liliiii!"
Lili knew it was unfair. After all, Raz didn't tickle her like this. But then again, this was adorable. Watching your boyfriend squirm around and cover his face in an attempt to salvage his dignity? Now that was a sight Lili couldn't pass up. Not for the life of her.
"Why not Raz? Gimme one good reason—"
"C-Cause I diiihihihidn'— gosh please! I didn't dohoho this to yooohohohohou~! Ahahahahaaaha!"
Lili's hands made their way down to Raz's armpits and she grinned. A horrible winning grin. Panting, Raz shook his head in desperation, his cheeks alight with colour. Why would she do this? It was so embarrassing! The fingers dug into the hollows and Raz barked out a loud laugh.
"Tickle tickle tickle Raz~ Somebody's way too ticklish for their own good."
"Noooo! Don't dooohohohoo that! Don't tease meeehehehee! Please!"
He thrashed around in his girlfriend's hold and tried to pry her hands away. Well, this wouldn't do. Lili wanted no obstructions to her "playtime", and these hands were proving to be quite the problem. A second large, transparent hand joined the first, grabbing Raz's wrists roughly and pulling them above his head.
"L-Lili, d-don't! I'm sorry for tickling you that day!"
Slowly, the little psychonaut was turned the right way up. He was grinning nervously down at Lili, clenching and unclenching his gloved hands. Lili squeezed his sides and watched as Raz's knees raised in a desperate attempt to block the sensation.
"Alright Raz, I'll give you a fighting chance!"
Raz looked perplexed as Lili readied herself in the position to lunge. He was dropped with a loud thud, before being tackled by the smaller. Her hands dug into anywhere she could reach and Raz screamed.
"Stoppit! Stooahaha—! Ahahahaaa!"
The amount of "coochie coos" and "kitchy-kitchys" was unbearable! Too bad Lili was having the time of her life, unable to see her boyfriend's gradually increasing embarrassment. He pushed at her shoulders but that just left his hollows open for further assault. Except, Lili didn't go all the way up…
"If you keep struggling like that, I'll have to bring back the hands!"
"Nonono! Anything b-fuuuheheheee—!"
Lili didn't even know Raz's voice could get this high. Until now of course. She paused briefly to examine which area she had drilled into.
"Oooh~! Looks like someone's got ticklish ribs!"
"Y-You should know by now that I'm ticklish everywhere."
Raz admitted this with an air of respect. To what about this situation he respected, he wasn't entirely sure. For all he knew, Lili was just really, really good at revenge-tickles.
"I thought you said you weren't—"
"I was obviously lying."
With a squeak and another hysterical push at Lili's shoulders, the young psychonaut's ribs were assaulted with scribbling fingers. Oh how wonderful. By now Raz's laughter had caught the attention of Nona and Cruller, who were now standing at the bottom of the tree.
"Now what're you kids doin' up there?"
"You're not doing anything bad are you pootie?"
The tickling ceased immediately and the pair hastily separated. Raz was blushing an intense shade of red and Lili was sporting a bashful yet noticeably smug grin.
"N-No Nona! We were just—... Uhm…"
Lili was staring at Raz still wearing the smug grin. His train of thought crashed and burned, leaving his voice to fade part-way through the sentence. Lili decided it would be better to calmly sort the situation out. Sike.
"I was tickling Raz"
Raz let out an audible shout of indignation, followed shortly by a sharp squeak.
"Lili! Stop!"
"Wha~at? It's just Ford and Nona?"
"Yeah that's the main reason why—"
Nona said something briefly to Ford and the kid's went quiet.
"Kinda deserved after that whole crow's feather situation."
Ford said this as if he remembered it like it had happened yesterday. Lili let out a laugh of triumph and Raz, now mortified, covered his face. Seems like even Ford remembered that stupid crow's feather. Jeez, he was never gonna live that down…
"You really aren't Raz."
"Yes, it seems like your girlfriend is intent on reminding you that pootie."
Great and now they were reading his mind.
"It's annoying isn't it?"
"Yeah."
"Just like the crow's feather."
Raz groaned in exasperation and held his face in his hands.