TickleTober 2022/Day 2 - Drawn On
Eighty-Six - Theo x Shinen
Despite taking Theo a stupidly huge amount of effort, he managed to convice Shinen. All the other remaining members of the Spearhead Squadron agreed in letting the blonde practice some bodypainting technique he found while looking for art books, all but one. However, things were just about to change.
Shinen sighed, not exactly distressed, but also not the most excited person with the idea. He knew he should play along and it wouldn’t be bad to do something different, but as Raiden said on other occasions, Shin could be “a little grumpy” sometimes.
Taking his jacket off, Shinen sat down, with his back turned to Theo, who was already waiting for the brunette. After all, he wouldn’t leave Shinen waiting for a single second because he couldn’t risk letting the boy change his mind.
Just like the rest of the squadron, they both agreed on painting the old Undertaker’s personal mark and, maybe under a symbolic reason, Shin chose his neck to be Theo’s canvas.
“I’m going to start now, ok?” Theo said, pulling the other shirt’s collar down a little to have a little more skin exposed.
“Alright, go on.” He answered, keeping his gaze distant as he let the other do as he pleased.
Theo couldn’t hold back the excited smile on his face. Nodding, he picked up the pencil, making sure it wasn’t too sharp, and decided to first trace some rough drafts and, later on, start making the outline of the mark.
But things weren't really working as he planned. At the very first line, Shinen fliched, slightly scrunching up his shoulder.
“Sorry, did it hurt?” Theo asked with a pinch of worry.
“Not really.”
“I’ll keep going then, alright?”
“Mhm,” Shin hummed and the blonde couldn’t help to hear as he sighed again, as if trying to relax himself.
Placing his hand on the back of his colleague’s head to stretch, Theo decided to be a little more gentle while tracing over his neck. Maybe his skin was more sensitive around his scar, so he should be careful as he drew on him.
But Theo had barely managed to finish a circle before Shin started trembling. There definitely was something off about it.
“Shin?”
“Y-yes?” He huffed, coughing as he tried to ‘fix’ his voice tone, “is something wrong, Theo?”
“I need to hold still, I can’t finish the draft like this.”
“Sorry, it tickled,” he tried to admit as naturally as possible, maybe trying to not spark the other’s curiosity, but it was unavoidable.
“It what?” Theo gasped, even stopping for a moment.
“I’m not repeating myself,” Shin snapped back, letting out an embarrassed huff.
“Right… Just try to bear with me a little longer, okay? I won’t tell anyone,” Theo giggled quietly before resuming the drawing.
Shinen closed his eyes shut as he tried to focus on something else, controlling his breath and letting his body as loose as possible. But as soon as Theo resumed, the feeling seemed much other than before.
“P-pfft- Theheheo- mhmph- it tihihickles…” The undertaker giggled, making the blonde slightly blush behind his back.
“”I know, but you are doing well…” Theo replied, trying to hold the other in place as he continued to brush the pencil over his friend’s neck, “I will be done in no time, trust me ~”
Just as predicted, the lines ended up as messed up as they could. Not a single straight line in sight and all the round ends were roughly sharped. Shinen struggled to not giggle during the whole process and they had to stop constantly to let the boy calm down before the blonde would resume drawing on his neck.
Despite the many obstacles in his way, Theo managed to make a nice (and rough) looking mark on the brunette’s neck.
“Alright, we are done with the draft,” the boy cheered, placing the pencil down.
“Ah, so we are over?”
“Ahm, not really. That was only the draft. I need to draw the final outline and paint it…” He explained and Shin could feel the pleading-puppy-eyes staring at his neck.
“Alright,” he sighed, biting his lip as he mentally prepared himself, “go on.”
“Heh, as you say ~” Theo said, not really putting effort in making his tools feel less ticklish on his Shinen’s skin. After all, if he ever asked the blonde about it, he could easily claim it was all about making the artistic process more… enjoyable, for both of them.
A/N: Second day, let’s go! I always wanted to write something for them and I just have to say thank you for my dear friend @wertzunge for the hcs that inspired me to write this ~