#ler!gus

[fluffomatic]

Gus was bound to get Spectra back. Let's be real. As soon as Gus pulls down those wires and overpowers Spectra, he's gone. Poor guy is gonna have to deal with a full day of tickles as punishment~ I'm sure he's soooo mad about that~

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(My art,don't repost, but please reblog)

[thebest-medicine]

could I get some lee hunter owl house tickles with 24 “Sounds like someone needs a visit from the tickle monster” ?

Prompt 24 - “Sounds like someone needs a visit from the tickle monster."

A/N: omg poor baby hunter NEEDS a visit from the tickle monster

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“You’re really grumpy today, did you pinch yourself with needles too many times sewing?” Gus asked, sitting on the arm of the couch.

“No. Don’t know what you’re talking about, I'm fine. I’m perfectly happy.” He replied, notably unhappy sounding.

“You don’t sound very happy.” Willow’s voice came in from the top of the stairs. She made her way down toward them.

“Yeah. You know what you sound like?” Gus said, a small smirk growing on his face as he caught eyes with Willow.

“What?” Hunter asked a little sharply.

“You sound like you need a visit from the tickle monster.” Gus found himself fully smiling by the end of the sentence. He locked eyes with Hunter for a moment as it sank it what he said.

Hunter’s eyes went wide, his cheeks pink, his ears warm. Suddenly, whatever inner turmoil he’d be ruminating over all day seemed to be nothing, gone with a few simple words.

“Wha.. Gus.. Y-you can’t be serious..?” He broke eye contact and turned to his other friend, swallowing hard before he continued. “W-Willow?”

“I think you’re right, Gus.” Willow teased, hopping over the back of the couch through the side of the stairs on Hunter’s other side.

“Guys… wait a second…” Hunter protested, a giddiness bubbling from within.

“Okay.” Willow said. “One second!”

“Listen! I think I hear one now!”

“Yeah it’s close! You’d better watch out Hunter…it’s closing in!” Willow said ominously, wiggling her fingers into menacing claws and further boxing him in.

Hunter brought his legs up to his chest at the teasing, curling into a ball and smiling already, troubles long forgotten.

“Oh no! It’s here!” Gus proclaimed in faux distress, then he leapt toward him and wrapped his arms around Hunter’s waist, pinching and tickling and scribbling into the fabric of his shirt.

“AHH hah- nohohoho- guys! HahahaHA!” Hunter laughed, free and unabashed. Willow joined in the tickle monster attack shortly after, grabbing for his wrists and quickly taking his flailing arms out of the equation. “Wahahahait! HeheheEE NAHAHA! No fahaHAIR!”

“The tickle monster doesn’t play fair, sorry Hunter!” Willow teased. Once she had him wrestled against the couch, she used one hand to tickle along his neck and collarbone, making him squeal through his laughter. The two of them continued their playful attack for a few minutes longer, until their cheeks started to hurt from smiling so much.

Hunter wouldn’t be keen to say it, but he appreciated his friend’s occasional little tickle-monster attacks when he was feeling down, and today was no different. That didn’t mean, however, that he wouldn’t get them back.

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[user-16s-world]

Title: Lilith’s Weakness

It was a peaceful afternoon at the Owl House—well, as peaceful as things ever got. Luz, Amity, Gus, and Willow were sprawled out on the floor, playing a competitive round of Hexes Hold ’Em, while King paced around, acting like an overexcited commentator.

Meanwhile, Lilith sat gracefully in an armchair, sipping her tea and trying to pretend she wasn’t surrounded by absolute chaos.

“I raise you two snails and a teleportation glyph,” Luz declared dramatically.

Amity smirked. “Bold, but I counter with an illusion spell.”

Gus leaned in. “Ohh, things are heating up.”

Eda sauntered into the room, tossing an apple in the air. She glanced at her sister and suddenly smirked. “Hey, kids, wanna see something funny?”

Luz perked up. “Uh, obviously, yes.”

Eda cracked her knuckles. “Watch and learn.”

Before Lilith could react, Eda reached over and gave her a quick poke to the ribs.

Lilith jolted so hard she nearly spilled her tea. “Eda!” she snapped, shooting her sister a glare.

But it was too late—the kids had noticed.

“Wait a second…” Luz’s eyes widened.

“She’s ticklish!” Gus gasped, grinning.

Lilith’s face went pale. “No, absolutely not. That was merely an… involuntary reaction.”

Willow smirked. “Oh, that’s exactly what a ticklish person would say.”

Luz slowly wiggled her fingers. “Soooo, Lilith… if you’re not ticklish, you wouldn’t mind if we just… tested that theory?”

Lilith shot up. “Absolutely not—”

But before she could escape, the kids pounced. Amity grabbed one arm, Luz grabbed the other, while Gus and Willow darted straight for her sides. King cheered them on from the sidelines.

“NO—WAIT!” Lilith shrieked as the tickling began. Within seconds, she was in absolute hysterics, thrashing and laughing uncontrollably.

“Ohhhh, wow,” Luz teased, scribbling her fingers under Lilith’s arms. “You are so ticklish, Lilith!”

“Pffft—HAHAHA—CEASE THIS AT ONCE!” Lilith howled, trying to kick her legs.

“‘Cease this at once’?” Gus repeated, laughing. “Wow, even when she’s being tickled to death, she still sounds like a fancy old lady.”

Willow grinned. “Aw, what’s wrong, Lilith? Can’t handle a few little tickles?”

“Yeah, I thought you were supposed to be all serious and intimidating!” Luz teased, squeezing her sides again.

“I—I AM!” Lilith tried to argue, but the giggles ruined any chance of sounding threatening.

Amity smirked, lightly skittering her fingers over Lilith’s ribs. “Doesn’t sound like it.”

Lilith’s face was turning red, her laughter now silent as she gasped for breath. “E-Eda! HELP ME!”

Eda leaned against the wall, casually munching on her apple. “Nah, I think I’ll let this one play out.”

After another solid minute of relentless tickling, the kids finally let up, collapsing into laughter themselves as Lilith slumped back into her chair, a mess of giggles and exhaustion.

Gus wiped a tear from his eye. “That was the best thing I’ve ever seen.”

Amity nodded. “Agreed. We should do this way more often.”

Lilith sat up, trying (and failing) to regain her dignity. “You are all insufferable.”

Luz grinned. “And you, Lilith Clawthorne, are extremely ticklish.”

Willow giggled. “Guess we know your real weakness now.”

Lilith crossed her arms, trying to look menacing. “You will all regret this.”

Eda chuckled. “Oh, I highly doubt that.”

And from that day forward, Lilith was never truly safe from the occasional, mischievous tickle attack.

[coolbananas143]

Coming Soon…

Here are a series of fics I’m working on for the next little bit :)

Disclaimer: this is not the order of the fics and when they’re gonna come out, I’ll probably start with whatever is easiest for me to finish, and I’m gonna be spending a lot of time on writing for tickletober. There’s also no guarantee that I’ll be able to finish all of the tickletober prompts I want to do, and that’s okay

Lee!Langa Lers!Reki and Miya

Langa accidentally provokes Reki, and he calls Miya to help him. He doesn’t help in the way Langa was expecting though.

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Switch!Vox and Alastor

Vox and Alastor’s fight takes a turn no one expected.

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The Stanley Parable HCs

Tkl and non-tkl!!

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TICKLETOBER!!!

I switched up some of the pairs I said I would write for, I’ll post the updated list soon!!!

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Lee!Hunter Lers!Gus and Willow

I don’t really have a plan for this one I just finished the series and really wanna write for lee!hunter LMAOO

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Surprise!! I was your secret Santa!! I love this pair so much so I jumped to draw them 🫶🏾🫶🏾

[squishy-squishy]

Hey can you do a toh tickle fanfiction for me please you know about watching and dreaming with Luz's nightmare instead of Amity, Gus, Hunter and Willow fighting Luz thay tickle Luz.

I FINISHED IT! I apologize for such a long wait, I am so bad at getting things done, but ITS HERE! This was a fun write, even though I could only get it done chunk by chunk over a long amount of time. I hope you enjoy, and thank you for the request!

Summary: Luz realizes she’s having a nightmare and the Collector is not happy about it. He decides to take his anger out in a childish way.

Luz could feel her heart hammering in her ears as she stood on the bridge outside the Emperor’s palace. This couldn’t be happening! This wasn’t right!

Dressed in Belos’s clothing, she stood before her friends. Their eyes were empty, devoid of any sympathy or care for her. Willow, Gus, Hunter, and her beloved Amity. They all hated her. Luz was certain of it, and she was certain she deserved it.

“I’m sorry.” She said simply, lacking any real sorrow. “But for the sake of everyone you hurt,”

“Please, no!” Hot tears welled in Luz’s eyes like lava. She couldn’t even bring herself to say that it wasn’t her fault. She took a step back and squeezed her eyes shut, waiting to be hit by a glob of abomination goo, or a spiked vine.

“I challenge you to a witch’s battle!” Witch’s battle?

Luz peeked one eye open. “W-wait… say that again?”

“I said, I challenge you to a witch’s battle!”

Amity’s tone didn’t change at all when she repeated the phrase. It was robotic, as if the response had been programmed into her to say it exactly the same every time. She didn’t move from her defensive, fighting stance. 

“Witch’s… battle?”

She hesitantly approached her girlfriend, then gingerly squished her pretty face in her hands. “Bep.” She playfully flicked her ears. “Boop.”

She observed how Amity didn’t respond, and her fears began to melt away and were quickly replaced by a fuzzy feeling. She lifted up Amity’s arm and poked her, like she was a doll she could position and pose.

“You look like Amity, you feel like Amity, but you’re not Amity, are you?”

Luz’s face broke into a smile as she stepped back. Of course something was weird! 

“Ha! You’re not her! None of you are you!”

“How dare you? Of course we’re us!” Willow spoke, but she barely moved.

“It’s, ‘I challenge you to a witch’s duel,’ not battle!” She waved her finger at them, her confidence quickly returning. “And the Amity I know would never misquote The Good Witch Azura!”

She took a step back and smiled, Stringbean formed a staff in her hands.

“So come on, attack me. I know what’s going on now.” She watched as her friends readied themselves, charging right at her. She closed her eyes, waiting for the first hit, and- “No, no NO!” A childish voice echoed around the bridge. Luz opened her eyes, and her friends were frozen in place. Glowing wires were wrapped around their wrists and ankles, like they were little puppets. Floating above them all, was a very grumpy looking Collector. He had his arms crossed and was glaring down at the group with a pout. “You weren’t supposed to figure it out! This isn’t fair!”

“Collector?!”

“What am I supposed to do now?! Oh, you’re probably so angry with me!” They floated in circles and flipped himself upside down while clutching his hat. 

Luz’s eyes wandered from the Collector to her friends. They were starting to come out of their trance, and their eyes were shining again.

Suddenly, he was right next to Luz. He dramatically flopped onto her shoulder, nearly knocking her over. “You aren’t angry with me, right? For trying to scare you?”

“Uhm…” She quickly glanced at her friends, who were all giving her very hesitant looks. “No?”

“Really?” The Collector’s eyes lit up. Then they scowled. “Cause I’m still pretty mad at you for screwing up my fun!” “W-well, there’s other ways to have fun!” Luz stammered. She backed away from him, in between all her friends. “Like, um, maybe instead of scaring people, you should try making them laugh!”

The Collector tapped his finger to his chin a couple times. Then slowly, his lips curled into a mischievous grin. “Hm… y’know what, human? I think you’re right!” He snapped his fingers, and Luz’s friends went limp. The light in their eyes faded along with the glowing wires. The Collector giggled rather deviously and clapped his hands a few times. Luz’s friends sprang to attention, and grabbed her all at once.

“H-Huh?! What are you-”

“And I’ve got the perfect way to do it! Get her!”

Luz wasn’t quite sure what she was expecting to happen, but feeling the skittering, tickling fingers of all four of her friends definitely wasn’t it! She made a noise that was akin to a startled seagull, which quickly dissolved into confused giggling.

“What in the wohohorld?! Collector! Cuhuhuhit out!”

“Man, you mortals can never make up your minds, huh?” The Collector floated over to her, hovering inches away from her face. Personal space wasn’t much of a concern for a child of the stars. “First you want me to make you laugh, then you want me to stop? Come on, we’re having so much fun! You’re laughing aren’t you?”

Those dang fingers were everywhere! Poking at her sides and belly, scribbling up and down her neck and around her ears, Luz could barely focus on just one spot! Every time she’d flail in an attempt to protect herself, they’d just get her somewhere else. 

“This- this isn’t whahahat I meant whehehen I said- EEK! NOHOHO!”

Nails that unmistakably belonged to Amity made Luz’s sentence crumble when they spidered up her sides and into the hollows of her underarms. If it weren’t for her friends all holding her steady, she was certain her legs would’ve just given up.

The Collector just laughed right along with her. “Man, you were right! Making people laugh is way more fun than scaring them! Just listen to all the silly noises you make!” “COLLEHEHECTOR!” “That’s meeee! Hey! I should try this on your other friends, too! I’ll be back!” They clapped their hands, and they vanished in a puff of sparkly purple smoke. Luz was much too busy laughing her head off to even realize where he had gone, or what he had meant by that. It wasn’t like the feeling was bad, she’d always enjoyed tickle fights as a way of bonding or cheering someone up, but this was ridiculous! And not to mention the fact that it was turning her mind to mush! It couldn’t get much worse than this-

“Your laugh is just so sweet, I could listen to it forever!”

Nevermind. It could.

Amity had leaned over to coo teasing compliments in her ear. It had caught Luz so off guard her knees buckled and her friends all shifted to keep her up. 

“WAIHAIT! Nohoho, Amity, please! You know I cahahan’t take it-” “But it’s true!” Man, the Collector had really gotten her friends' personalities down. And it only became more abundant when the rest of them started teasing too. “Come on, Luz! I know you’re tougher than that!” Willow giggled as she kneaded Luz’s side at a steady rythm, making her squeal “You can take it!” Gus had a different tactic, constantly switching spots and jumping around so Luz could never tell where he was going to strike next. “Where’s the spot that makes her laugh the most again? Is it here- or here- or maybe heeeere?” “Man, if only I had known about this little weakness of yours when we were still enemies.” Hunter had a smug mischief in his voice that just dripped with the cockiness of an older brother messing with his younger sister. It reminded Luz of how he acted when they first met. “You would have been done for! Would’ve made our fights go by a lot faster, huh?”

That was really about all Luz could take. Her loud laughter was starting to turn into wheezes, and her friends finally let up. She sunk to the ground and curled up in a ball, still tingling with phantom tickles. “Collector… thahat… phew…” She looked up when she felt Amity’s comforting hand on her shoulder, and realized something she hadn’t before.

They had that light in their eyes. They had it since the Collector had disappeared!

“H-hey wait a minute! You’re you! Really you! You were tickling me on PURPOSE!” “Sorry…” Amity said with a giggle “I couldn’t help it, you’ve just been so down recently, we haven’t heard you laugh like that in so long.”

“You really needed it.” Willow said, crouching down next to her. “Seriously. And you better believe the nice things we said about you, or else.” Hunter tazed her side, earning him a loud squeak.“You guys are-”

But there wasn’t much time for Luz to finish. Her friends gasped when the puppet strings seized them again, jerking their limbs away from her.

“There’s no time to waste!” Shouted Gus. “You need to stop the Collector, you need to wake up!”

“Wait, but how?!”

Amity used the last of her strength to press a familiar glyph into Luz’s hand and offer her a warm smile.

“You turn on the light.”

[gaybananabread]

Hey can you do a toh tickle fanfiction for me please you know about watching and dreaming with Luz's nightmare instead of Amity, Gus, Hunter and Willow fighting Luz thay tickle Luz.

Of course! This one took some brain juice, but I got it done. I hope this is what you meant, Enjoy!

Lee: Amity

Lers: Gus, Amity, Willow, Hunter

Summary: The Collector's nightmare for Luz takes an unexpected turn.

Warnings: Owl House spoilers. This is a tickle fic, so if you don't like that, scroll away!

All of her friends surrounded her. They looked angry, disappointed, upset. And it was all her fault. Why does this always happen? Why does she cause these things?

Amity came for her with a yell, holding her staff out. Luz dodged, trying to reason with her. It fell on deaf ears. Gus came up behind her, grabbing onto her sides. She couldn't help the surprised squeak that escaped her.

Her friends froze for a minute, and Gus kept his hands on her sides. She tried to pry them off, but his grip was solid and immovable. He squeezed her sides experimentally, and she cursed the yelp that came from her.

The Collector felt the shift in his illusion. He looked into it, and found out what happened. He had Gus squeeze her sides a few more times, and Luz giggled. When people giggle, they're happy. So they went with it, and instructed their puppets to continue with the strange movements. Maybe if she's happy, she'll stay...

Gus wiggled his fingers into her sides, a smug smile on his face. Luz tried not to giggle, pushing at his hands. Stringbean floated near his head, nudging his face. He didnt react, continuing to tickle Luz. The others unfroze and approached the pair, grinning.

Willow summoned some vines to hold Luz's arms above her head. Gus sped his fingers up, scribbling across her sides. She tugged at her magical restraints, but they held strong. "Guhuys, wait! Wh-what's gohohohoing on?!"

She did not get a response. Hunter poked at her armpits, eliciting squeaky laughter from the young witch. "HUHUhuhunter! Whyhy are yoUHUHUhu guhuys DOHOHING THIHIS?!"

Luz had emotional whiplash. They were upset and angry at her a few moments ago, and now they're tickling her? What on the Isles was happening?!

Willow sent a few vines to her legs, wiggling them behind her knees. Her legs gave out, the vines now the only thing holding her up. She was so confused, trying to make sense of everything.

Amity fluttered her fingers on Luz's neck, a blush forming on the latter's cheeks. Stringbean was floating nearby, curious as to what was going on. Luz seemed okay, but why were her friends acting like this? Best to observe and find out.

Gus moved his hands onto her stomach, clawing at the sensitive flesh. She yelped and dissolved into loud, squeaky belly laughter. "NOHOHO! COHOHOME ON, WHYHYHY?!"

The vines on behind her knees dug in, pressing harder and bringing her laughter up an octave. Gus was going at her poor belly, roughly tickling her. Her laughter was loud and bouncy, in no short supply.

She was so, so confused. What was happening? Why were they doing this? Why were they all acting so weird? "GUHUHUYS! WHYHY ARE YOUHUHU T-TIHIHICKLING MEHEHE?!"

They gave her no response, just smiled smugly and kept tickling her. It was like talking to brick walls. They wouldn't respond, almost like they were... OH TITAN!

"COHOHOLLECTOHOR! STOP IHIHIT! LEHEHET THEM GOHOHO!"

All the fingers tormenting her froze, going stiff. She panted, trying to regain her breath. Looking around, all of her friends' faces were frozen, unblinking, wearing that smug grin.

Suddenly, glowing pink wires revealed themselves, connecting to each of her friends' limbs. Their faces unfroze, and the vines holding her up withered. They all wore a similar, concerned expression.

Amity was the first to speak, struggling to move her hands up to Luz's cheeks. "Luz, you have to wake up! We aren't really here, we were all collected! This is a nightmare the Collector trapped you in. You need to break out, come and save us!"

The human's eyes widened. She had gotten through to them, but by the strained looks on their faces, it wouldn't be for long. She hung on Amity's every word, trying to form a plan. "How do I help you guys? I don't- what do I do?"

Amity smiled, and forced her hand down to hold Luz's. "What's the first thing you do when you wake up from a nightmare?"

Her friends started to be lifted away by the strings. Luz tried to hold on to Amity, to say something, to help, but there was nothing she could do.

"You turn on the light."

With that, they were yanked into the sky, up and away from her. She looked at her palm, seeing the light glyph. The illusion around her started to melt away, trying to right itself.

She look a deep breath and activated the glyph, ready to come and save her friends. No matter what

[ticklishbeans4]

If you're taking prompt requests, would you be able to write Hunter getting tickled by Gus? Hunter isn't familiar with affection and Gus takes it upon himself to show Hunter good forms of physical contact? Poor guy probably didn't get much affection from anyone while he was with Belos so he needs love and his little brother is more than willing to give him that :)

Don't feel pressure to write this of course, if you don't want to that's absolutely fine <3

Hiiiiii friend! Sorry it took so long! I've been super tired, plus dealing with life stuff. But! Here you are! Hope you enjoy!

This is also my first two prompts for Laughust! Hands and Feathers!

Hunter sat on the couch in Luz’s house, looking at his hands. Camilla had all but forced him to give her his gloves, they were falling apart at the seams and smelled horrible, she promised to hand wash them and sew them back up good as new. But in the meantime… he was left to sit with uncovered hands for the first time in… well he didn’t know how long. 

He stared at the myriad of scars on his hands, left there from years of abuse. Not just from Belos even, missions, spars, kitchen accidents. There were a million ways he’d hurt his hands, and each one left him feeling… insecure, at best. He didn’t like how his hands looked, as ragged and worn as his gloves really. He also didn’t like the feeling of them out of the gloves, it was like pins and needles. He tried to wear other gloves around the house, but none felt right. It was… frustrating.

“Hey man!” Gus exclaimed, bouncing next to him on the couch, startling Hunter out of his reverie.

“Oh! Uh… hey Gus. What’s up?” he asked tentatively, subtly trying to hide his hands from view.

“Just wanted to see how you were doing. …Plus I’m super bored. Willow’s in the garden, Luz and Amity went for a “romantic walk” and thus here I am. Poor little Gus-Gus, left to fend for himself!” the younger boy whined dramatically, flopping over Hunter's lap, a hand to his forehead. His theatrics made Hunter giggle a bit, “Oh you poor thing. But I’m afraid I can’t help you much, I’m not really doing anything interesting at the moment.” “That could change though! Come on! Let's have a guy day! You and me! Taking on the human world!” Gus grinned, bouncing back up and looking at Hunter with wide expectant eyes. Hunter looked away, his brief jovial mood souring. “Sorry… I can’t right now. I’m… a bit stuck here. Till Camilla gives me my gloves back.” Gus tilted his head like a curious puppy, “She took your gloves? Why?”

“They were getting gross apparently.” he shrugged, hands hidden under his thighs. “Oh… ya know I don’t think I’ve ever seen your hands.” Oh no. “They’re just… hands.” Please don’t ask. “Can I see them?” Noooooooooo. “I… they’re kinda…” he started, not really sure how to explain without sounding childish

“You don’t have to if you don’t want to.” he said earnestly, shocking Hunter. He was still getting used to this… freedom, so to speak. He didn’t have to do a lot of things nowadays. He didn’t have to go on patrols, he didn’t have to do all the chores, he didn’t have to get up at 4am every morning, he didn’t have to make his own food, heck he didn’t even have to eat all his food if he didn’t want to! It was… so strange, and new and weird. But… he found himself nodding, and lifting his hands up for Gus to see. He looked away though, not wanting to see his friend's reaction.

“Whoa… did… did He, do that?” he asked softly, and Hunter nodded again.

“Sorta… some was him, some was just… normal wear and tear from my job.” he mumbled, hugging himself.

Gus sighed, “I’m sorry you had to live with that.” 

Whether THAT was Belos or his old job, was up for debate.

“Yeah… me too.” he sighed.

“...Is it ok if I touch them?”

Hunter thought for a moment, but hesitantly shook his head no. He was… getting used to saying no to people. Sure when it was an underling, or someone he used to see as “lesser” it would be easy. But now… he saw his friends as his equals, so it was certainly harder.

“Ok! That’s fine!” Gus smiled, holding his hands up in front of him. “…Can I hug you though?”

“I… guess?” hugs were still odd to Hunter. His friends were always hugging each other, and they tried to hug him a lot. Mostly Gus, Willow, and Luz, but still. He didn’t mind the hugs. Especially the tight “bear hugs” Willow gave.

Gus’s grin grew and he wrapped his arms around Hunter, hugging him tight. His face nuzzled Hunter’s neck a bit, making the teen squeak involuntarily. Gus pulled back a bit and tilted his head again, “Dude, you ok?” Hunter rubbed his neck, a weird feeling without his gloves. “Y-yeah… when you brushed my neck it just felt… weird.” “Weird?” “Weird.” “Weird… how?” he asked, scooting a little closer.

He shrugged, “I don’t know… tingly? I guess?” 

Gus hummed and smiled again, this seemed… mischievous. “Can I do it again?” Hunter narrowed his eyes but nodded, lowering his hand and tilting his head to give Gus better access.

Gus brushed his fingers over Hunter’s neck, fluttering them a bit. This made Hunter squeak again, a few involuntary titters leaving him as his shoulders scrunched up. “Hehehe! W-what the heck is that?!”

Gus laughed as he pulled his hand back, “I can’t believe it! You’re ticklish!”

“I’m… what?” he blinked, “I’ve never heard that word before.” “Ticklish! It means that basically there are some spots on you that are ticklish! Like your neck! Someone pokes you, or does what I just did, and it makes you laugh! Some people like it, some hate it, some people are ticklish, some aren’t. It’s different for everyone.” Gus explained, “My dad used to tickle me all the time, it was a fun bonding thing for us! Plus, Willow and I get into tickle fights a lot, same with Luz!”

“Huh… so is it just necks that are… ticklish?” he asked.

“Nope! There are lots of spots! If you want, we can find out if you’re ticklish in other places! It’ll be fun!” he grinned, practically bouncing on the couch cushion.

Hunter looked at his friend but eventually shrugged, the… ticklish feeling on his neck hadn’t been unpleasant. Besides, it wasn’t like he could be that ticklish in too many places. Surely he’d know about that by now if that was the case.

Gus pumped his fist in the air and raised his hands, forming claws with his fingers. “Alright… let’s see… where to start. How about we go from the top down?”

Hunter shrugged again, “I doubt I’m that ticklish.”

“That’s what they all say.” he chuckled, his fingers lightly scratching behind Hunter's ears.

Hunter immediately jerked forward with a squeal, holding his ears and looking shocked. “EEK! W-what the- How- What- I-” “Whoa! Dude, your ears are crazy ticklish! That’s hilarious!” Gus giggled, moving closer and scratching behind his ears again.

Hunter honest to titan shrieked, his ears wiggling as he tried to keep still this time. “EHEHEHEHEHE! IT-IT TIHIHIHIHIHICKLES! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!” “Well that’s the point! Oh! Oh! I wanna try something!” Gus then drew a spell circle in the air, a feather appearing in his hand. “Ok, this might tickle more, let me know!” Hunter was still fizzling out giggles when he felt that horrible, soft, bristly, torture device on his ears. “AAAAAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! NOHOHOHOHOHO! W-WAHAHAHAHAIT! GUHUHUHUS! OH TITAHAHAHAHAN! I CAHAHAN’T TAHAHAKE IT! AHAHAHAHA!” Gus snorted, “Dude I just started! How ticklish are you?” “V-VEHEHEHEHERY! STAHAHAHAP! PLEEHEHEHEHEASE!” he shrieked, shooting his hands around his ears as soon as Gus moved the feather away. The Gus in question just giggled at him, “Maybe we should take a breather. LEt you get your bearings.”

“W-whyihihihi dohohoes it tihihickle so muhuhuch?” he asked, still giggling as he tried to rub away the lingering ticklish feeling.

“I don’t really know, it just does.” Gus shrugged, “We can find more of your tickle spots later. We’ve already got ears and neck. So that’s a start!” Hunter nodded, he felt… better honestly. Lighter even! It was… nice to laugh a bit, he hadn’t even thought about his gloves, or how weird his hands looked or felt. “Yeah… I’d like that.”

Gus beamed at him and hugged him. “Heck yeah! Just beware, when the others find out your ticklish, there’ll be no stopping them.” Hunter scoffed and pulled Gus into a noogie, “I can take ‘em!”

The pair laughed, both quite happy at this new discovery, and both excited for the next experiment.