Unconventional retribution
🎂:Epic the musical
🧁:Hermes
🍫:Athena, Aries, Apollo, Artemis
Summary: Hermes pulls a prank on his siblings, and then tries to ask for tickles, but none of them agree.
A/N: I liked this idea, and thought it would be a great expression of how shameless of a lee Hermes is. Also an excuse to write sibling dynamics <3 don’t question why Hermes only chose to ask the people he pranked rather than the other gods on Olympus I don’t feel like thinking of a reason. Anyway, ENJOY! :3
Cw: mild swearing! Very basic binds! (Just hands tied together. Entirely platonic.) also pretty intense tickles, but once again he enjoys every second of it.
P.S: this is a long one! Buckle up, and grab a snack!
Unconventional retribution
Hermes was causing chaos. Again.
He was bored, and felt like pulling a bit of a prank. So, he waited until all his siblings, (and by all, he means a few. He has hundreds of siblings- ahem- Zeus.) were together, and-
He dropped a giant water balloon on their heads.
He was rewarded with gasps and scoffs and other various noises of annoyance and shock.
“Ugh! Hermes!” Athena stood, glaring at him. Apollo blew his dripping hair out of his face, trying to dry himself off.
“Ahahahaha- you guys should see your faces! Ahahahaha!” He laughs at their expense, earning glares from all of them.
“Oh, you’re gonna pay for that.” Ares growled, but before he could go after the messenger, he was stopped by a calm yet firm grip on his shoulder.
“Don’t chase him, Ares. You won’t catch him.” Apollo whispered. “I have a better idea.”
Hermes didn’t bother listening in on their conversation, he was far too busy giggling to himself over the fairly simple prank. Apollo gathered them together, planning revenge.
“What’s your idea, Apollo?” Athena asked, already trying to mentally piece together what he could possibly be thinking of.
“When he asks us to tickle him, we simply won’t.”
Ares groaned. “Ugh! I don’t want to wait for him to decide to ask us for something!”
Athena chimed up again. “Yeah, how do we even make sure he asks us? What if he doesn’t?”
“Oh trust me, he will.” Apollo paused for dramatic effect. “We’re gonna put him in a lee mood.”
Artemis raised an eyebrow and spoke for the first time this whole conversation. “And how exactly do you plan to do that?”
“Just follow my lead.”
He turned to project his voice towards the still giggling Hermes.
“Hey Hermes!”
Hermes paused his giggling, flying down to the group.“Yes, dear brother~?”
“That was a good prank! You really got us good, you little shit.” He punctuated his statement with a poke to the side, making Hermes flinch and smile as he expected Apollo to continue. But.. he didn’t. Hermes tried to act like it didn’t bother him, completely unaware that it was intentional.
“Ahahaha, thank you! Sometimes less is more, Y’know?”
“I couldn’t agree more, certainly tickled my fancy.” Apollo spoke smugly, and around him, his siblings started to realize what he was doing.
Hermes felt more giddy butterflies bubbling up at the words, his smile widening. He could just feel the impending wrecking that was radiating from his siblings, and it was making him excited. He could feel the beginnings of a lee mood sparkling in his chest.
“See ya round, Hermes.” The group departed, the idea of their revenge planted.
As the day went on, the four continued to tease him. Sometimes subtly, sometimes.. not so subtly. (‘Don’t worry, I’ll make you laugh so hard you forget your own name’, Ares had said at some point. That one sent the butterflies reeling.) it was driving him up the wall.
Hermes was in a full-blown Lee mood. He was giddy and giggly and excited, constantly thinking about laughter and squirming and tingles. He knew he needed to ask someone, and he wasn’t ashamed to do so. So first, he asked Athena.
“Atheeeennaaaaaa” He dramatically flopped himself across her lap, a hand to his forehead in a ‘woe is me’ pose.
The goddess rolled her eyes in response,pushing him off of her(to which he just flew a few inches back). “Yes, Hermes?”
“Will you tickle me?”
Athena raised an eyebrow. ‘Wow, Apollo’s idea really worked.’ “No.”
“Pretty pleeeease? With a cherry on top?”
“No.” She repeated, keeping her answers curt.
“Why noooooot?”
“With that prank you pulled earlier? You don’t deserve tickles.”
“Ugh. Boo, you’re no fun. I’ll just go ask someone else.”
Athena smirked as he flew away, chuckling to herself. “Good luck with that, Hermes.”
The next sibling he attempted to ask was Ares. He was usually pretty ruthless, which is exactly what he wanted right now.
“Hey Ares!”
Ares jolted and tried to act like he wasn’t startled. “Ugh, what do you want, Hermes.” He said it more like an aggravated statement than a question.
“Will you tickle me? Please?”
“Ugh, no.”
Hermes sighed. “Why not?!”
“I’m busy.”
“No you aren’t!” Hermes challenged, gesturing at the fact that Ares was literally just sitting there.
Ares smirked, enjoying the banter. “Yes I am, what are you talking about?”
“Uuuuughhhhhh fine! I’ll go ask Artemis!”
Ares smirked. This is fun to see.
“Hello Hermes.” Artemis didn’t even look up from waxing her bow to speak to him. “What do you need?”
“Gimme tickles! Pretty please!”
Artemis rolled her eyes and didn’t respond, which prompted a dramatic whine and pokes from the messenger. “Artemiiiiis. Don’t ignore meeeeeee”
“Go away. The answer is no.”
Hermes huffs, pouting slightly. At least there’s one more person to ask. “Hmph, whatever.”
He flew over to Apollo. “Heyyy Mr.sunshine!”
“Ah, Hermes. What can I do you for?”
“Will you pretty please tickle me?”
“Hmmm.. no.”
Hermes groaned loudly. “What is up with you guys!”
Apollo raised an eyebrow. “Whatever do you mean?”
“I’ve asked all four of you, and all of you said no!”
At this, the other three emerged from hiding in the same clearing where this whole thing started. Apollo spoke up, acting as the leader for this plan since he came up with it.
“That would be my idea, brother.”
“What?”
“After your little prank earlier, we decided to get revenge.. unconventionally. So, we aren’t going to tickle you. That is, until you apologize.”
Hermes groaned, pouting. “ughhhhh, I’m sorry, okay?! I’m sorry I dropped a water balloon on your heads. Now will you pretty please tickle me?”
Apollo chuckled. “Alright, fine. I’ll accept your apology. C’mere. Let’s get that pout off your face, hmm~?”
Hermes happily did so, and all four of the group circled him. Now that he was actually getting what he wanted, the pout completely disappeared, leaving a giddy smile in its place. It definitely didn’t help that Artemis used some of her hunters rope to keep his hands up while still allowing her hands to be free. Hermes was now downright giddy.
“And five, four, three-” Apollo drawled each word, to add to the growing anticipation he could see all over Hermes’ face.
“Dohohont cohount!” Hermes half-whined, but the anticipatory giggles littering the words definitely muddled the seriousness.
“Hey! Don’t interrupt me! Now I gotta start again! Five~ four~”
The other three joined in on the last three, adding to the playful energy. “Three, two-“ there was a pause, it probably only lasted a second, but to Hermes it felt like eternity.
“ONE!”
All at once, his nerves exploded with ticklish sensations, causing him to burst into giggles and gasps of laughter.
“Eeeehahahahaha!”
“Aww, such cute giggles~” Apollo teased, a singing lilt to his voice.
Hermes blushed at the teasing- he might not get embarrassed, but he sure did get flustered, and it just made it all the better.
There were electric sensations all across his skin- his belly, his sides and ribs, his neck, his back- he couldn’t focus on one feeling. Joyful, bubbly giggles spilled from his lips endlessly, his wide smile showcasing just how much fun he was having.
“Ahahahahaha-! Tihihihickles!”
“That’s the point, silly. Isn’t that what you wanted?” Athena smirked and raised an eyebrow.
Hermes nodded in response, the sensation being absolutely unbearable yet addicting at the same time. “Ehehehehe yehehehehes! Ahahahahaha-!”
“Is it too much? Hmm?” Artemis spoke, her usually quiet nature making it all the more flustering.
“Yehehehehehes! Ehehehehe!”
“But you love it, don’t ya, feathers?” Ares snarked in his gravelly voice.
“Yehehehehehes! Ihihits sohoho tihihickly! Ehehehehehe-!”
“I’m glad. You know, maybe these wings deserve some attention, yeah?” Apollo suggested, looking to his siblings. The other’s nodded, and Hermes protested through a giddy nervousness. “Nohohoho! Nohohot thehehere!”
“Why not~?” The sun god sang “don’t you love it there?”
Hermes didn’t know how to respond. He did, but it was also just so ticklish! He couldn’t stand it! “Ihihi-! Yehehehes, buhuhut-!”
“Sorry, I can’t hear you over your giggles!” Ares spoke, and then all four of them started to target his wings. Apollo got the ones behind his ears, Ares got the ones at his left ankle and Athena got the ones at his right ankle. (Artemis took up the task of holding him still. He was definitely gonna squirm.)
Hermes lost it. A joyful squeal ripped from him, followed by loud peals of laughter. He tried in vain to squirm, to flap his wings away, but he just couldn’t. He was in stitches, and happy tears formed in his eyes.
“Ahahahahahaha-! Nohohot thehehere- EEEE!”
“Aww, what’s wrong? The little messenger can’t take it?” Apollo cooed, taking each of his ear wings in his hands and scribbling and rubbing against them.
“Nohohoho-! Ihihi- ahahahahahaha!”
Hermes was breathless, in ticklish agony, and he loved it so much. The blissful torture was exactly what he wanted, his sides starting to hurt from how hard he’s laughing.
Then Artemis, still holding him down, started to add raspberries on his tummy, and he just broke. Endless, loud and giddy laughter echoed from his chest, his face dampened from tears, cheeks sore from smiling and sides aching from the workout. As much as he loved the feeling, he was starting to reach his limit, so as best as he could through his peals of laughter, he called, “OHOHOKAY- ST-AHA- STOHOHOP!”
Knowing that Hermes wasn’t one to protest unless he meant it, his siblings immediately took the cue and stopped. Artemis took off the rope from his hands and started to soothingly pet his wings to get rid of the lingering tingles, while Athena went to go get him some water.
“Are you alright?” Apollo asked softly.
“Y-yeheah.. ehehe.. thahat was ahawesome.. you Guhuys are the best..” he was loopy from giggles, and his true thoughts just spilled out, earning a collective ‘awwwww!’ From everyone, even Athena who was lucky enough to return just as he said it.
“Here you go, brother. Drink up. Make sure to go slow.”
Hermes nodded and gratefully took the water, taking a gentle sip to soothe his lungs and throat- ice cold. Perfect.
“Thahanks, Guhuys.. ihi lohove you.”
“We love you too, Hermes.”
And they spent the rest of the day talking and enjoying their time together.
———THE END———————————————————-
