"Ouch!"
Dan pursed his lips. "Just hold still, almost done," he said, trying to sound less concerned than he actually was. With a gentle hand, he pressed the bandaid over his boyfriend's shin before giving it a kiss. He moved up to the kneecap, which was scraped as well.
"You know," Jack said,"you don't have to...waste your time doing this."
Dan wished his boyfriend weren't so self-conscious; it hurt his heart whenever Jack put himself down. Those bullies had done much more than just physical damage. The singer managed to look up with a loving smile, anyway. "Time spent with you is never a waste, Sean. Besides, it's the least I can do after what those jerks did to you." He reached up to cup Jack's cheek, rubbing his thumb over the split lip. "I'm gonna fix you all up."
Jack was always the victim of the bullies at his school. He'd sometimes get home with a black eye or sprained ankle, scrapes and bruises that ranged from mild to downright infuriating. Today seemed to be one of the worse days.
Jack smiled sweetly, though, as Dan pressed another kiss to his treated injury; the bandaid over his knee didn't help the sting much, but would keep it from getting worse.
With one final "fix-it" kiss, Danny cheered,"All better!" Jack gave a thankful smile. "So, you wanna go cuddle for a bit?" the singer asked. "I bet it'll make you feel better!"
"Alright," Jack murmured. Danny grinned and took his hand, guiding him towards the bedroom where the two collapsed in each other's arms on the mattress. The two shifted positions so that Danny was spooning Jack.
While Danny lay contently with his boyfriend, he could tell that Jack was still sad about the whole beating. He wanted to do something about it. But what was there to do to turn someone's entire mood around?
Danny pondered on a solution until he smirked, armed with the perfect strategy.
"Hey Jack~"
"What?"
"You still seem upset. So...I guess I'm gonna have to cheer you up!" Danny curled his fingers into Jack's sides, and the student let out a giggle before shooting up his hands to cover his mouth. Danny took the time to move Jack's hands away. "Ah-ah-ah, I wanna see that smile!" he said before he continued to poke and prod at Jack's tummy, leaving him in a steady stream of giggles.
"Dahahahahanny! Stahahahap ihihihihit!"
"Nope! Not until you're fully cheered up!" Danny kept his fingers moving at Jack's tummy and sides as he began shifting positions, moving from lying beside his boyfriend to straddling him. He leaned down and pressed his lips to Jack's, even though Jack was laughing into his lips.
Dan continued to kiss over the giggly man's cheeks and nose as he let his fingers skitter under Jack's shirt. The singer played with his shaking tummy and belly button, smiling at the bright laughter bubbling out of his adorable boyfriend.
"You're so cute when you blush!" Dan teased, smacking another couple obnoxious kisses over the reddening skin, never slowing his tickle attack.
As he placed kisses upon Jack's neck and his fingers skittered around his sides, his boyfriend's hands remained oddly still. Danny began to notice that not once did Jack try to defend himself at all. Maybe it was because he was weak and tired from his injuries?
His theory was blown out the window, however, when he dove his fingers at Jack's right side, scratching and elliciting hysterical laughter from the younger man, who thrashed, his hands gripping the sheets or pounding at the mattress- but still never defending his tickle spots. It didn't take long for Dan to put two and two together.
Dan slowed his tickling to simply tracing patterns over his boyfriend's skin. "Hey, Jack?"
"Whahahahat?" Jack giggled and squirmed, but just barely.
"I was just wondering why you don't defend yourself. I mean, if I didn't know any better...I'd say you enjoy it when I tickle you!" Danny simpered when Jack's face instantly grew bright red.
"Ihihihihi dohoho- NAHAHAHA! STAHAHAP IHIHIT!" Jack was interrupted by his own screeching as Danny wiggled a finger in his belly button.
"You do?" Danny teased, using his other hand to skitter over his tummy.
"NOHOHOHO IHIHIHI DOHOHOHON'T!" Jack howled.
"Well, that's a big fat lie and you know it!" he said, shifting positions so he was bent over Jack's belly. "Admit that you like it~"
Jack's face was an impressive shade of pink. "Noho! I don't!"
"Your funeral!" Dan shrugged before leaning down and nibbling all over Jack's belly, making ridiculous nomming sounds as he went. "OM NOM NOM NOM! Mmm! Tasty belly, Jackaboy! I wonder how well it'd go with some raspberries..."
"NONONONO-"
The wet sound of the raspberry was drowned out by the younger man's laughter almost immediately. "AHAHAHAHAHA DAHAHAHAHAHANNY!" Jack shrieked and threw his head back.
"Admit you like it and I'll stop~" Danny sang before blowing another raspberry and nuzzling the sensitive skin with his facial hair, admiring Jack's adorable scrunched up face as he laughed and pounded the mattress.
"PLEHEHEHEHEASE! IHIHIHIT TIHIHIHICKLES TOHOHOHOO BAHAHAHAD!"
"Aw~ You know how to make it sto-op!" Danny cooed as he reached his hands back towards Jack's knees. He began squeezing both of them without mercy, and the younger man bucked and squealed in laughter as his worst spot was assaulted.
"OHOHOHOHOKAHAHAY! OHOHOKAHAHAY! IHIHI AHAHADMIHIHIT IHIHIT!" Jack screeched. Danny lit up, his smile radiant.
"Admit what?" Danny kept up the tickling, knowing how near-unbearable it was for Jack.
"IHIHIHI LIHIHIHIKE IHIHIHIT!"
"Like what?"
Jack was red as a tomato. "I LIHIHIHIKE IT WHEHEHEN YOHOHOU TIHIHICKLE MEHEHE!"
The tickling stopped, then, and as Jack recovered, his boyfriend moved up to smile over him. "That's all I needed to hear," Danny said, and leaned down to press a kiss on Jack's nose. He almost cooed at how badly he was blushing, but instead let his hands wander to Jack's hips and begin fluttering lightly at the spot.
"Hehehey! I sahahaid ihihit!" Jack whined, unable to keep himself from giggling.
"Well you like it, so why should I stop?" Danny smirked. Jack let himself lay back, giggling to his little heart's content.
"You suhuhuhuuck!" he giggled. Danny just snickered at the response and continued. He leaned down and peppered Jack's face and neck with tickly kisses. Jack didn't once try to push Danny away or even squirm out of his grip; he just lay there and took it, giggling like a madman. The taller man's fingers kept teasing his hips, fluttering and tracing little shapes into the sensitive skin.
"Aw~ Aren't you cute? You're just so ticklish, it's adorable!"
"Shuhuhuhut UHUHUHUHUP!" Jack squealed when Danny started scatching at his hips.
"I don't think I will! Cootchie cootchie coo, Jacky! Is someone ticklish? It must tickle really bad if you're this giggly!"
"Fuhuhuhuck yohohohou!"
"Maybe later~" he winked, laughing when Jack covered his face with one hand, somehow able to be even more embarrassed than he already was.
Danny decided to get him squealing again. He slowed down his fingers to give Jack a breath before digging in, mercilessly scratching at the hollows of Jack's hips. Jack bucked and shrieked before dissolving into deep belly laughter; his wild cackling could have shaken the house with its sheer volume. Danny laughed along with his boyfriend, joyfully tickling at the spot and listening to the sound of his merry laughter.
When Jack started to wheeze, Danny slowed it down so he was only gently massaging his hip bones. Jack was left with a smile that wouldn't go away and a steady stream of giggles he couldn't stop.
Danny gave Jack one final kiss on his forehead before whispering,"Now we can cuddle."
