#ler!jinx

[as-the-crows-feather-falls]

Some things never change, it seems <3

First piece on my new tablet wahoo

[otomiyaa]

Smile | Ekko x Jinx

Random drabbles 3/?

He held both her hands, she didn't refuse.

She closed both her eyes, she didn't complain. Or cheat.

Ekko slowly walked backwards, guiding Jinx further and further towards his surprise for her.

He couldn't believe that he needed his experience in another universe to be reminded that Powder wasn't lost. That he didn't want her to be lost.

And even though he knew Jinx wasn't going to be the same after all she went through, there was something else he believed: with time, and with love, warmth, and friendship, he might be able to see glimpses of her.

"Alright, open your eyes."

Jinx opened her eyes and she immediately gasped. Ekko stood proudly next to his artwork of Isha.

"What do you think?" he asked smugly, but the smile he had hoped to see, or even the smug giggle while acting like she wasn't impressed at all, they both didn't come.

Jinx sank through her knees and touched the wall art.

"......Isha."

Tears fell from her eyes. Shit shit shit. Ekko felt like an idiot. He foolishly staggered around before he knelt down beside her.

"Sorry - Jinx. I didn't want to make you upset or anything, I just..." Ekko fell backwards when suddenly she wrapped her arms around him in a full, heavy hug. Losing his balance, Ekko toppled back clumsily, but that didn't stop her from holding him.

"She's beautiful," Jinx whispered. "Thank you."

Jinx was still as unpredictable as ever. Startled by her emotional reaction, Ekko lowered his hand and touched her back.

"Y-you're welcome," he said awkwardly. Jinx wasn't sobbing or crying a lot. She just held him tightly. When that took a little while, Ekko wondered if she was okay.

"Are you alright?" He tried to move, but damn, her hug was quite strong.

He didn't want to push her away, that would be a bit cold. But she was almost choking him now and he wasn't sure if she was ever going to let go.

"H-hey, maybe if you let go, we can..." Jinx only tightened her hold on him. Oh. Okay, okay. She wanted that hug.

Ekko made a little gasping noise and he coughed, trying to act like she was really choking him, but she still didn't let go.

Just as he reconsidered forcefully throwing her off, a memory struck him.

In the other dimension, when he was working on the Chronobreak device with Powder, and when he spent a lot of time with her there... Something happened between them that sparked a childhood memory he had long forgotten. Powder was ticklish. Which means... Jinx should be ticklish.

"Jinx..." Ekko said, but he wondered if he should really warn her for what he was going to do. He already wanted to try it anyway. He slowly lowered his hands and hesitated just briefly before he tickled her sides.

"Aiiihh!" Jinx made a funny noise, but instead of letting go, she only tightened the embrace. Well, if Ekko was going to die anyway, heh. He started tickle her for real. A lot. And the surprised cackles that suddenly came from her, they sounded like music.

"Are you letting go now?" Ekko asked with difficulty. She finally did. Jinx released him from her killer hug and before she could retaliate, Ekko caught her arm and started to tickle her more. Bold move, but effective.

"Hehehey no! Nonono! You ahahare so- AHh!" Jinx sang hilariously. Her laughter was so funny and melodious, and although her voice was the same as Powder in the alternate universe, because this was Jinx, it felt like a completely new experience.

Ekko caught himself getting distracted by the sound of her laugh and Jinx saw her chance. With little effort she managed to flip him over and she ended up straddling him.

"You've got some nerve," she said breathlessly, but she was still smiling. "What made you think you could get away with that?"

Ekko was about to give her an honest reply, but to his surprise, Jinx already started to tickle him back.

"HOHOHO-HANG AHaha hahaang on a-aaaahhhah!" Ekko's own loud voice startled him. In the other universe Ekko had only tickled Powder, but she didn't tickle him back, so the last time he was tickled like this...... He could barely remember. It must've been when he, Powder and Vi were still kids.

"Ho ho ho, no I won't hang on. You did it first," Jinx taunted. She had a smug, wicked grin on her face, and tears were still sparkling in her eyes.

Ekko could only be relieved they were no longer enemies. Her fingers skilfully played him like a failure of an instrument, making him shriek and howl uncharmingly. This was Ekko definitely not at his best.

"AHAHA I'm sohhorry! I'm sahaharry - gaahhhhah!"

She was merciless, but in the end the tickling did come to a stop, and Ekko greedily sucked in some air. Jinx got back up and went to admire the art again. She brushed it softly with her hand, emotion still visible in her eyes as she studied it.

"Thanks, Little Man. For making me smile again."

She then walked away again, leaving Ekko to catch his breath there beside the painting.

Wow. Well there was one thing he knew for sure: she liked it. And he wasn't sure if she was referring to him making her smile by making that surprise artwork - which in fact made her cry instead, or to the fact that he dared to tickle her and make her laugh.

Jinx was still a mystery, but no longer a mystery Ekko was going to avoid. "You're welcome," he mumbled with a smile, even though she was already long gone.

Right. Since he got away with it, with only a mere scratch to his ego, Ekko was determined to tickle her more later. He wasn't just going to make her smile. He would make her laugh.

[radio-navlee]

Still that same ol’ Echo, Ekko

Lee: Ekko

Ler: Powder/ alt dimension Jinx

Summary: Ok dude I know this sounds crazy, but Ekkos only been tickled a few times and only by Benzo, Powder, and Vi, but they never actually tickle him it’s kinda like a poke to the side here and there. Now that Ekkos traveled dimensions, he doesn’t realize Powders tickled him before, if you get what I’m saying? PLEASE?

“I’m…” Ekko sighed as Powders expression turned to unamusement.

The boy have pulled Powder aside into a room, he was planning to tell her that he was not from her dimension. The thing is, he couldn’t get past the part of actually telling her. He stumbled and beat around the bush, and Powder had began to grow frustrated.

“Spit it out Ek!” She threw her hands over her face. Ekko paused at the nickname, quickly shaking it off.

“I’m not your Ekko!” He said, finally he crossed his arms and examined Powder for a reaction.

Powder stared, before bursting into laughter, “Thahat- That’s a good one Ekko!” She held her stomach, looking back up at the white haired boy, but he wasn’t laughing.

“You’re serious? What does that mean?” She asked, it didn’t make sense, what did he mean by not her Ekko? He WAS Ekko!

Ekko nodded, “I am not from here, I’m from another dimension where-..” he froze, should he tell her? Or should he leave it at that?

“Another dimension?” Powder raised her voice, clearly angry, “I don’t like plaything these games Ekko, is this about one of your dreams again?” Ekko jumped at the sudden change in her tone.

“W-what?! No! Look-” He threw his hands in front of himself, trying frantically to explain. He spouted information about Hextech and the firelights, how the under city wasn’t and hadn’t been the same and how his own family ended up leaving. Powder could tell this ‘dream’ had taken a toll on him.

“It’s not real! Look, I’m still here!”

“No! It wasn’t a dream!… believe me!” He begged, looking into Powders eyes, she always had that same pouty look, it was creepy.

Powder sat back on the bed next to Ekko, “If I were to believe it is real, you won’t make fun of me?” She gave in, and Ekko lit up.

“Yes! I mean- No! I won’t make fun of you!” Powder giggled, but took in everything Ekko told her.

“Huh..”

“Yeah..” Ekko laid back, holding his hands over his face, Powder watching still a bit astonished. As Ekko fell back on the bed, part of his dapper suit rode up against his shirt, exposing a bit of his stomach.

Powder instantly noticed, deciding if she should do what she really wanted to do. It couldn’t hurt? But how good will ‘Ekko’ take it? What if he gets mad? I’m sure it will be fine!

The blue haired girls swiped a finger across his exposed stomach, giving her the perfect reaction. Ekko jumped up holding his stomach, he shouted his confusion.

“WhaT! What was that!” He shot her a look of surprise, as Powder laughed.

“Your still sensitive Ekko,” She sighed, her expression softening as she examined her next victim.

“W-what?” He watched as the girls face change to mischief. Powder pounced on him, pushing his shoulders down and sitting on his lap.

“Ticklish Ekko!” She pronounced with a ‘I thought you knew this’ tone.

“Tickling? No, no, I’m not ticklish!” He protested, holding onto her wrist.

“Uh? Yeah, you are!” Powder grinned as she quickly broke the hold Ekko had on her wrist, shooting down to squeeze his sides. The response was instant.

“GahAHAhaa!! Jihi-Pohohowder!!” He threw his head back giggling, quickly using his hands to cover his mouth.

“Oh no! I don’t think so! Let me hear that laugh!” She teased, moving higher to his ribs.

“W-wahahHAHAit! Nohoho!” His laughter raised an octave and became more frantic. Powder couldn’t help herself but to giggle along with him.

She admired his laughter, it wasn’t her Ekkos laughter but it was still nice to hear. Ekko squirmed from beneath her, this sudden new sensation he hadn’t felt is years all hitting him at once. Sure he did lie, he WAS in fact ticklish, but he never thought of it as being insanely ticklish.

He remembered as a kid back when he would hang around The Last Drop, Vi would sometimes give him a poke to get his attention, and Powder would blow in his ears to startle him, but he hadn’t thought of that since… since he last saw Vi.

“Gosh, you still have the same spots as my Ekko” Powder mumbled, thinking for a second giving Ekko a break.

“Y-yohou! F-f-fuhacking evil!” Ekko panted holding a finger to Powders face.

“Evil? You haven’t seen what I’m about to do to you next..” Powder sang, biting her lip to hold back her giddiness as she watched Ekkos face become confused.

“W-what…” he questioned himself, panic setting in, what did she mean next? I thought that was it?!

As quick as Jinx was, it felt like Powder was faster, darting for the spot between Ekkos ribs and armpits, leaning down and blowing soft air and whispering into Ekkos ear and along his neck. The boy bursted into shocked laughter before falling into cackles.

“FUHUHUHAHAHACK!!! JIHIHIN- GAHAHAHAA! P-P-POHOHOWDEHER!!” He tried scrunching his shoulders to block her out but it only cause her to become closer.

“Jinx? Oh please you’re confusing me with somebody else!” She teased blowing air along his neck, causing an adorable squeak and snort to come out of the boys mouth.

“GAHAHA-snort- AHAHA! WAHAHAIT!” Ekko pleaded, trying to use his strength to push Powders shoulders, but also trying to protect the spot Powders had been torturing.

“God, you still have that same old echo in your laugh,” Powder sighed, still whispering into his ear causing an ungodly squeak to come out of the poor boy.

The space bunned girl decided to let up, slowly loosening up of her tickling but still staying close to his neck.

“P-pohoOWDEHER!” He snorted as another wave of air hit his ears.

“Ok ok ok!” She backed off her hands, falling into a hug with Ekko on the bed, neither of them bothered to push each other off.

As Ekko processed what had just happened, giggling freely over the shoulder of Powder, he gently wrapped his arms around the girl laying on top of him.

“You know, ‘Ekko’, you’re very similar to my Ekko.” Powder admitted, speaking softly.

“How did you know?” Ekko said sleepily

“Know? Know what?” Powder sat up a bit to look at the boys face, flushed a bit from laughing and smiling.

“Know where to-… to get me?” He sighed and gave a goofy laugh showing embarrassment.

“Oh Ekko,” Powder giggled back “I’ve tickled you loads of times, I learn.” She laid her chin back into his shoulder, whispering the last 2 words.

Ekko snickered scrunching his neck, “Maybe in your dimension, in mine nobody’s tickled me in the past 10 years.”

Powder paused, it made her a bit sad to know that Ekko had never play fought in his dimension, let alone tickle fights.

“Yeah?” Powder replied, “it-it’s fun, I mean, I didn’t necessarily hate it…” Ekko mumbled, waiting for Powders reaction.

“…” silence filled the room. Crap, was that not the right thing to say? He was just thinking out loud, he didn’t really mean it! Ekko panicked thinking of ways he could back himself up or explain himself when he felt a soft touch to his sides.

“You liked it, huh?” Powder teased, spidering against his sides.

“Pohohowder!!”

(Navy out-)

[saturnzskyzz]

𝐿𝑒𝑒! 𝐸𝑘𝑘𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑟! 𝐽𝑖𝑛𝑥

𝙰/𝙽: 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘐 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵. 𝘌𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺! 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥! :]

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"Wahahait, wahahait! Ehehehaha."

"Hold still will ya!"

Upon the earlier facade, Ekko and Jinx quickly reunited their bond to come up with a plan to help out with this coming war.

Talking about routes, transportation, strategies,, appearance.

Jinx had thought of a clever idea to make a grand entrance like how she usually does with past, all were regrettable, missions. To help stop this war for good, Jinx had thought that making an eye sore appearance was the way to do it, so Ekko agreed.

Up until now.

"Dohoho we reheheally have toho dohoho this?!" Ekko panicked.

Jinx was using her paints and brushes to formally "mark" Ekko with her usual grifiti art. She did it on his arms and his clothes-which they agreed to switch with each other's.

They both didnt expect for this act to be really tickly.

"C'mon Ekko! It's just an X." Jinx couldn't help but the small smile to form on he face by the encounter.

"Ihi'm sohohorry, ihit just tihihickles.." Ekko shyly confessed.

She was done with the first stroke, and was on to the second. Going from her right, down to her left until she was briefly stopped.

"WahaAHAIT! Eheh.. Whahat if I just doho the rest?" Ekko pleaded, holding onto Jinx's wrist that had the brush in hand.

Jinx just looked at him and scoffed.

"Yoho truly are the boy savior, even for yourself, huh?" Jinx said before handing Ekko the brush.

Ekko sighed in relief, and took the brush in silent victory.

"But can the boy savior really save himself from a jinx?" She said suddenly, glancing at Ekko who all but looked back with a confused expression.

".. What's that supposed to- AAH!" Ekko tumbled to the ground with a big "oof" before he Looked up to see Jinx towering above him.

"Jihinx, dohon't do what ihi think you're about to doho." Ekko quietly pleaded once again.

"We still have time on our hands from what you've gathered." Jinx said before darting her hands to Ekko's sides.

"AAH! NOHOohohoahaha! Jihihihnx wahahait! H-hohohold ahahahahon."

Yeaaaah, these two definitely have time on their hands.

[smilingangel582]

Still sensitive, sis?

Nauuur, I love these guys! I finally finished Arcane, and too bad there won't be a season 3. I also figured that Isha deserves more and she couldn't even bond with Vi... so why not? Jinx being a little shit as always!

Spoilers alert!

Enjoy this second fic as this takes place in episode 5 during that silly little sibling fight with Jinx and Vi. Instead of a bitch fight its a tickle fight.

Warning: cute siblings, tickles, spoilers for arcane up s2 ep 5, swearing

"Seriously Jinx, what tricks are you up to this time?" Vi grumbles as she follows Jinx and Isha through the tracks whole hearing the faint clapping to light the mushrooms.

Jinx is getting slightly annoyed now, she turns to her sister with a scoff. "Ugh... I told you! Vander is alive!"

"Delusional..." Vi snorts.

"Honestly," this time her attention the little girl walking in front of them, Isha, "She used to be cooler than this... well I did kick her butt..."

The smirk triggered Vi, who spoke in a soft yet menacing voice, "Don't test me, Jinx... you know very well that I'm stronger"

"Oh yh fat hands?" JIinx teased now, "You got too cocky because you got some bitch-mittens that..." she murmurs the last part mockingly, "you didn't even build your self"

That does it...

Vi's hands relaxed, realising the gauntlets now letting the fall. She lifted her bare bandaged fists now, glaring, "I don't need these to fight... unlike you who need your gadgets to-"

Slap!

Vi star struck, her foot taking a step back due to the surprising move as Jinx slapped her nonchalantly. She smirks, "You were saying?"

Then it starts.

Vi pulled Jinx by the hair now, but Jinx tackles her down, attempting to pin her sister down.

Isha concerned etched wanted to step in but remains back for now in case things get serious.

"Last chance to surrender!" Vi flips Jinx, who's skinny legs began to kick as Vi tried to pin her down despite the punches weakly hitting her.

"Never far hands!"

"I am stronger!"

Jinx grunts now then gets an idea, she swiftly slides beneath Vi, so her hands could slip beneath open black jacket where Vi's bare waist was, giving a gentle tickle.

"Gaha!" Surprised but electrical sensation she falls to the side now glaring, "Hey!"

"Aww, still sensitive, sis?"

Vi couldn't help blush as she grabbed Jinx hands before they could tickle her again, firmly keeping them away from her sides, "F-fight fairly you idiot"

Jinx grins now despite being physically overpowered she won the battle.

"Yh? Watch me!" Jinx smirks, now calling over Vi's shoulder, "Alright, kid, go for her ribs!"

Before Vi could protest (or better react to anything), she felt Isha's small fingers instantly tickling the back of ribs through the thin bandages. Perhaps her old jacket could've saved her sensitive skin.

"Eeek! S-stop that!" Vi never imagined she would let out such an awful squeal of surprise. Jinx laughed at that now freeing herself she began to pin one of Vi's arms down sneakily going for her armpit.

"Uh oh sis, you're in trouble," Jinx sneered, being the little evil she is even as a child when she was Powder. Vi usually hid her sensitivity from the others, but Vander and Powder really got her good as she had her guard down around them.

It's been a while since she faced pure humiliation.

"Gahaha cuhuhut thehehe crahahahap! Hahaha, J-Jihihinx! S-Stahahap!" Vi couldn't keep her limbs controlled when she felt twenty fingers tickling her ribs, armpit, and waist.

"Wow Vi, your bandages are so thin..." She grins menacingly. "Such a shame, it makes you an easy target"

"Ahahah, G-gohoho ahahahawaay!" Vi tried shoving Jinx, but Isha would be stepping into distract her, and she couldn't hit the sweet child.

"Ahah -EHE! NOHOT THERE!"

Jinx tickles her stomach much gentler now, but mercilessly, "Ahh, still the same tickle spot! You should laugh more, sis... It looks nice on you"

"A-AHAHA! J-JUHUJUST SHUT THEHEHEHE FUHUHUCK UHUHUP!" Vi shrieks into wild cackles now when Jinx continues to mercilessly torture her firm six back middle. she curls to a ball to defend herself, but it doesn't help at all, especially since Jinx.

"Isha~, try the knees too. My sister gets super screechy there!"

How the hell she remember those??

"N-noho! D-do-!"

Isha grunts, not really listening to Vi, but understanding that Jinx's orders are absolute... then she crawls towards Vi's failing knees, which were easily grabbed. Vi panic when she feels the softness of her fingers under the knees through the ripped leather jeans, "AAAH! EEEE SHIT! GAAAHAHA! NOHOO MORE! OHOK FUCKING HELL -NOHO!"

Her worst spots were attacked, so... she had to submit.

"Hmm? What was that Vi?" Jinx giggles now, slightly happy that she gets to mess with her older sister again, "You sure you want a swear when you clearly knows you're losing"

"I-I... EEEH!" The surprise tickle to her stomach caught her. Vi uses her free hand to cover her lips, embarrassed that she actually squeals. "F-Fine! Fihihine! You win wihihin!"

Jinx grins, getting and even pulling Isha to her lap, who didn't want to stop tormenting Vi

"You always were weak to this sis," despite her attempts to tease her, she sounded nostalgic and soft. Vi pants, now sighing but also softening.

"Ok... we're leaving..." she gets ul putting on her gauntlets. Jinx chuckles, enjoying Vi's red ears, as she moves ahead, grumbling.

"Good to have you back, sis." Jinx smiles fondly as Vi is already ahead, and Isha runs too now, dragging Jinx with her. Somewhere in her features, Vi had a soft smiling playing on her wrists.

[thatcheesyler]

Blue Justice

Summary: Only a few months after being taken in, Powder Jinx is already causing trouble for her new guardian, Silco. Not too knowledgeable on how to deal with children, Silco assumes that she will obey like his lackeys if he scolds her enough. Sadly, Jinx isn't nearly as scared of Silco than he thought, and is quick to serve up some laughable revenge.

A/N: This is a SFW Arcane tickle fic which is basically my interpretation of this art from one of my previous posts, if you do not like that, pls dni. Also there is swearing, but this is Arcane so duh, and I'm sorry if I mischaracterised someone. Enjoy!

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It was a regrettable choice on Silco's part, buying a fresh new set of oil crayons for Jinx so that she could preoccupy herself, whilst he got his work done in (mostly) blissful silence, with the occasional smoke break to relieve some tension.

However, it all went South quite rapidly as the new leader of Zaun took note of pink and blue scribbling all over the walls in just the next hour. Turned out, Jinx loved to draw, but she would much rather use anything 𝘣𝘶𝘵 paper. Which is what led up to her officially crossing the line around five days later. Clearly, the little devil had grown very comfortable around Silco, and thought of no repercussions when she scrawled various patterns and shapes all across Silco's ashtray.

Which, to be fair, he dismissed after a few minutes of staring at it, figuring that if he let her get it all out of her system, there'd be no more vandalism of his personal belongings. Oh how wrong he was.

And on this day, five days later, Silco came to that truth very angrily. She had doodled all over his jacket!! That was it, he didn't care if she was still just a child, such acts could not go unpunished. That afternoon, after scaring off a few smug underlings that dared to scoff a chuckle at the unwilling alterations of his jacket, he had Sevika drop Jinx off in his office, making sure he wouldn't be interrupted until his next meeting a couple hours later.

A sigh, the first sign of his disappointment in the small girl innocently gazing up at him. "Jinx." He started, standing up from his desk chair and walking around to where she was sitting. "I don't suppose you have some kind of reasonable explanation for the pure disrespect towards my reputation and fearful appearance?"

Looking at Silco like he was speaking another language, Jinx tilted her head to one side in confusion, those weirdly modest eyes boring into him and eliciting another short sigh, mainly to keep away any consideration about giving in to her pouty little expression. That was weird, why did he even get that feeling? Whatever.

He shook off the thought, and instead brought some light to what he was going on about, outstretching a pointed finger to the jacket that was slung over the back of his chair, pink and blue lightning bolts and monkey faces in crystal clear view for little Jinx. At the revelation of finding out her actions were wrong, her face contorted into a more irritated and obvious pout, looking to the side as she huffed through her nose.

Good, she knew she was caught. Though, Silco was expecting more of a fear response, instead of subtle arrogance. He had assumed this would work out in the same way that it would when he gave a scolding to some random poor criminal that worked for him. But no, Jinx instantly took the path of not seeing what she had done incorrectly.

Yes, previously he had just offered an honest lecture whenever she acted out a little. However, she wasn't messing with his stuff at that time. Now it was personal, not so easy to brush off.

"Oh you cannot be serious. You know you did this, and yet you don't even care to be guilty. Why's that, hm?"

"..Ugh, I didn't think you'd mind so much, Mr. Silco. I mean, you liked my additions to your ashtray and your walls! Hell, you 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 didn't say anything when I accidentally blew up to the paperwork that was being delivered to your office the other day!" Jinx argued, not even realising what she had just admitted to. It had been a pretty damn significant pile of contracts and work sheets that was lost to flames.

That.was.𝘩𝘦𝘳?! Oh if he wasn't mad before, Silco was definitely fuming now. He held no concerns for her young age and tendency to make silly mistakes, that was unacceptable. "What?! You were the one that burnt up dozens of highly important papers?! Oh for ffff- do you even feel any remorse for that?!!"

The girl in question was taken off guard by his lack of knowledge on the fact that it was her fault. Opening and closing her mouth in an attempt to say something, she instead wound up staying silent with that pout from before, a little bit guilty now, but refusing to show weakness. After a few moments, however, she found her voice again, and took the first chance to use it.

"Yeah well, it was an accident, I didn't mean to! I'm sure your old fart assistant, Sevika, can get you replacements for the paperwork." She countered, getting a bit angry now. She was tired of accusations against her. Oh, 'Jinx is always the one messing up', 'she can't be trusted with 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨'. Well she was having none of that anymore.

Silco wasn't having any of this either, his frustration only rising to dangerous levels at her backtalk. Maybe he could forgive her for the jacket at this point, but that stack of information and deals was 𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. At least, as far as he knew. "No, no she can not get me replacements! What the hell were you thinking?!"

"I was 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 that I could harmlessly test out my new monkey bomb on the wall of an alleyway! But stupid Sevika passed by just as I threw it, wasn't my fault, you don't have to be so 𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 at me for an accident!"

"𝙅𝙞𝙣𝙭!!"

His voice was fully raised, Jinx having stood up from her seat by this point. She never responded well to yelling, it either scared her half to death or made her feral. In this case, I believe it's safe to assume the latter. Considering just a few seconds after Silco had shouted her name, she began building up some kind of territorial roar in dominance. In an instant, Jinx pounced on her new makeshift parent, both of them tumbling down onto the floor.

"Jinx what in Zaun has gotten into you- ack!" Silco was cut off by yet another war cry and the newfound sensation of ten fingers rapidly clawing at his midriff. It was Jinx's 'tactic', to try and scratch her way out of a fight, but since her fingernails had been so chewed on due to her thinking about, uh, 'the incident', her digging caused a very different reaction from the older man.

It tickled, oh it tickled real bad. Silco had to immediately bite down on his bottom lip to stifle any and all laughter, writhing beneath the blue haired demon child that was attempting to somehow hurt him. One hand frantically swatted at any part of Jinx he could reach, while the other went straight to covering his mouth instinctively. Smiling and laughing were a sign of weakness, weakness that he couldn't afford even at the best of times.

"Stopthismadnessrightnowyounglady!" Silco warned through gritted teeth, though it was muffled by his hand, so Jinx barely heard a word and continued her attack, a lot of pent up anger being released in this moment. A moment that, unfortunately, could probably last a longer time than either of them would manage. She was so concentrated on 'ripping apart' his abdomen, that she almost missed the sharp flinch and barely held back giggle.

...Her digging slowed to a brief pause, ever curious about Silco's strange response to the 'violence'. The second her fingers broke contact with his clothes, he wasted no time to indulge in a few relieved breaths, the hand clamped around his face falling limp on his chest and revealing a blink-and-you'll-miss-it smile beneath that disappeared as soon as she caught a glimpse.

Now, she was a child, children knew these kinds of games like the backs of their oddly skillful little hands. At least, Jinx sure did, the mischievous git. So it was only so long before the dots connected like beautiful clockwork in her brain, and her anger dissolved slightly with a smirk. "What's wrong, Mr. Silco? It doesn't look like I did any damage to you, so why are you catching your breath like that?"

Dammit, she was actually very intelligent sometimes, Silco almost forgot with his fit of rage. It was his turn to be taken off guard, any verbal articulation running away from him. But he didn't get the chance to get it back anyway, since Jinx was already digging into his stomach again by the time he had just about built a reasonable excuse. However, she was much more informed this time, and her clawing changed from blind rapid attacking to precise rapid tickling, softening her touches just a tad as well, to see if that pushed him closer to breaking.

And of course Silco already had that same hand back over his mouth again, but he wasn't so lucky with his resolve, as the change in her tactics did absolutely work on him. A couple giggles slipped out here and there, albeit to his embarrassment. Though, Jinx started to think about what had gotten him to flinch so harshly the first time, and then obviously made it her number one priority to find out his weak point.

Jinx was having a great time, learning more about the lead criminal of Zaun than quite a lot of people in an impressively short time. It was exciting. Maybe, if there was a promise of excitement like this every day, maybe she'd find herself at home here, after all. The little girl had some giggles of her own for the silly situation, finding his suffering hilarious and relishing in the way his legs kicked almost pathetically behind her, since despite everything, Silco didn't want to hurt the tiny menace by accident.

But then, she found it. Completely not on purpose, she found his weak spot. One finger made touchdown with the space on his side that lay just beneath his bottom left rib, and it was all over. The normally stoic man practically 𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘥 behind his hand, the dam of laughter breaking at last. "Ahack! S-stohohohop thihihis, you detehestable nuisance! I am 𝘯𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘵 going tohoho tolerate this behahavior, Jihihinx!!"

"Oh, well I wasn't asking for you to tolerate it, so great! Hey, could you hold still for me? I'm in the mood to draw something." She replied cheerfully, keeping one hand occupied with skittering around that weak point of his, whilst she reached the other far beneath Silco's desk and grabbed her emergency stash of crayons. Her victim tried to scowl through his unyielding chuckles at the realisation of what she was planning.

Grinning wide, Jinx picked out her favourite pastel blue crayon and thought about what to draw for a minute, before seeming to clonclude that thought stream and going straight to drawing the outline of her 'masterpiece' yet to come. It was unbearable for Silco, since she just 𝘩𝘢𝘥 to start her art next to the bottom left of his ribs, combined with her free hand still idly spidering across his midriff in unpredictable directions.

"Yohohohou ahare in so muhuch 𝘧𝘶𝘩𝘶𝘩𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 trohouble, I swehehehear!!" He cursed, honestly so focused on deterring her verbally, that he pretty much forgot that he could struggle against her, aside from relentless squirming and the occasional swat at her arms. Truth be told, he hadn't been tickled for so long, that his mind was at an utter loss on deciding what to do when the feeling overwhelmed all his senses.

"Yeesh old man, don't you know not to swear in front of a kid?" Jinx reprimanded, that same shit-eating smirk eating away at her cheeks as she chose to take it a step further, the wandering digits of her available hand suddenly shoving themselves underneath his shirt and spreading their cold state along his torso through merciless tracing and skittering, all while continuing to scribble all over the opposite side of his shirt. Silco was going mad with hysterics.

"Ah fu-UHUHUHUCK, GEHET YOUR FIHIHILTHY GRAHABBERS 𝘖𝘏𝘖𝘏𝘖𝘜𝘛 OF MY CLOHOTHIHIHING!!" All this, and his body still didn't know what to do with itself, stuck between defending himself from the Blue Justice on top of him, and diverting his energy purely to keeping his dignity intact by covering his mouth with both hands.

Jinx saw his struggle with ease, her rage basically vanishing at how funny he looked when in such a confusing and helpless position. Thankfully, she was almost done with her crayon picture, adding a few finishing touches solely for stalling purposes. "Okay, almost doooneee! You didn't keep still, like, at all. But that's fine, I like messy art styles anyway!"

"YES WHAHATEVER, LOOK- I'M SOHOHORRY THAT I WAHAS UNNECESSARILY AHAHANGRY AT YOHOU! CAN YOU STOHOP NOHOHOHOW?!!" Apologies weren't Silco's strong suit, but he had a bit of a feeling that it was the quickest way out of this humiliation, without resorting to bribery. Though as soon as the 'sorry' came out his mouth, he was pretty damn sure that bribing Jinx would have been much easier. But he couldn't take it for any longer, that hand under his shirt was freely torturing him and he hated it.

Jinx was a bit surprised at his remorse, as not many people actually felt bad for being angry at her. She couldn't mess this up again, so with the final detail to her drawing, she finally let up, picking herself up into her feet and waited for him to regain his stamina and do the same, since he was too big for her to help up.

With greedy and eager inhales, Silco merely laid there for a short while, embracing his poor abdomen and huffing out any excess mirth. Until at last, he had come to his wits, and followed suit in standing up, only to instantaneously be spun around to face the office mirror, so that he could see the picture she made with her crayons. And damn did his heart practically melt when he saw it, two stick figures holding hands that resembled Jinx and him, a lopsided smile on her face while a neutral frown rest on his, with vaguely coherent words beneath it all that read 'thanks for tolerating my bullshit for three months <3'

It didn't show on his facial expression, but it was with that sweet message, he officially decided to see her as 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳. Not Vander's stray, not the cause of a disastrous warehouse explosion, not a singular-purposed part in his grand plan, but his child. Was this how Vander felt when Violet was taken under his care? It was..an indescribable emotion.

However, he eventually came to terms with the fact that he had definitely been staring at the mirror too long, as Jinx was beginning to give him a weird look through the reflective surface. Flustered, Silco cleared his throat and idly checked the time as a distraction, only to whisper "shit.." as he saw that his meeting took place in a couple of minutes.

The picture on his shirt, while incredibly wholesome, would destroy his reputation entirely, so he was swift to cover it with the vandalised jacket, though he didn't mind that so much, as it was all miscellaneous patterns rather than anything specifically embarrassing.

And with that, he gave a goodbye hair ruffle to Jinx, and was off. Within his meeting, Silco did learn that those destroyed papers were actually replaceable and he got mad at Jinx for nothing. Though, if it hadn't happened, they wouldn't have had that...crazy bonding session, and he wouldn't have made the mental decision to never yell at her ever again. Both because he was now a tidbit scared of her wrath, and because she had already been yelled at enough times in her life.

And he'd be damned if he was going to let anything happen to his little menace from now on. Of course, he got some light revenge later on, but it was all in good fun.

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Wow, I haven't written a full fic in fuck knows how long..

Uh, anyway, hope any lee!Silco fans out there enjoyed this stupid and probably mischaracterised oneshot, soyeahthanksbyyyeee <3

[papermoonashsurix]

Day 1 - Anticipation

“Kichi kichi koo~” “Shuhuhuhut uhuhupp!!”

[otomiyaa]

Die with a Smile

Ekko x Jinx

A/N: Postponed this one long enough but it's done!!

Summary: Although he has a long way to go, Ekko is taking baby steps to getting closer to Jinx, and more importantly, to making her happy again. Baby steps are better than no steps at all. (Also on AO3)

Warnings: Mentions of suicide

Word Count: 1.7K

It wasn't going to be the same. It never would be.

War had left its nasty marks all over Piltover. Benzo was gone. Vander was gone. And so was Silco. The bar they were supposed to be running, the way Ekko saw it, was nothing but a dark, rotten place.

Looking back at his experience in the alternate timeline, it had been nothing but a wild dream. But the fact that his current timeline wasn't as much as the fairy tale it could have been, didn't mean it was a bad one.

War was over. Vi was alive. And Jinx was... waiting for him.

"Took you long enough. Busy doing your makeup?" she asked sarcastically with a cute smile on her face. Ekko had asked her to visit the spot together where... His chest fluttered. Where he had kissed Powder, once upon a time, in another universe.

"I thought we agreed to meet down there and walk together," Ekko argued, unable to hold back his own grin. He had been horrified when Jinx wasn't at the place where they promised to meet up. But coming up by himself, he was relieved to find her here, waiting for him.

"Do I ever listen?" Jinx said proudly. Ekko rolled his eyes.

"Joke's on you, I almost went home."

"Bad joke then. 'Almost' doesn't count. You're here now, right? That counts."

Jinx flashed him a smile that made Ekko tingle. He enjoyed to see her be her goofy self. She wasn't Powder, but sometimes he saw a glimpse. She wasn't the sad Jinx he encountered when she tried to die alone, and unfortunately, Ekko thought he saw glimpses of her too. The Jinx who wanted to leave this world and thought they were better off without her.

Even though they were at peace, and her relationship with Vi was restoring, as well as her bond with Ekko which was growing stronger, Ekko was certain that the thought crossed her mind sometimes. He could see it in her eyes. She preferred to die. Selfish enough, Ekko didn't. He did not want her to die. He did not want to lose her. Not again...

"So, what's next?" Jinx asked, her voice teasy and cocky, yet curious. Ekko shook his head fondly.

"We sit."

Her eyes twinkled with mischief. "Oh." He could see she was looking for a snarky comeback, but there was none. They sat together and enjoyed the view. She nodded slowly.

"It's nice," she said. Ekko sighed softly and nodded as well.

"Right?" He had wanted to come here with Jinx for a while now, but their relationship was still developing slowly. But now being here, it surely did not disappoint.

While Jinx continued to stare forward, Ekko glanced at her hands that were folded in her lap, in a bit of an awkward position. Heh, feeling shy Jinx? Ekko wanted to tease her but he still felt a little shy himself.

Their relationship that had gone from childhood friends to enemies to friends to almost lovers had been quite the ride, and if it weren't for his experience with Powder in the other timeline, he might've still been oblivious of his blossoming romantic feelings towards her. A thought he hated ー it took him an unnatural out-of-this-world experience to be reminded of how much he wanted to save Jinx. How much he wanted to be with her.

"Spill it boy." Of course she noticed he was staring at her, and Ekko coughed in surprise.

"No, nothing. I mean... Uh... I was just wondering...." Ekko paused and swallowed.

I was just wondering... How you are doing. If maybe deep down you hate me for stopping you that day. If you still wish to die. What I could do to make you want to live again. What I could do to make you really smile, or even laugh again.

"If you're still ticklish."

Jinx blinked. Ekko did too. Well that was not really what he was wondering. Surely it could answer the last question he thought of, but he was surprised his mouth spoke these words of all things he could come up with to mask the much darker questions he had in mind.

"What?" Jinx asked. Ekko felt lame to never-mind it now, so he smirked as if this had been his plan all along.

"Don't you remember? I beat you in tickle fights all the time."

Jinx let out a spontaneous laugh. Cute... "No you didn't," she said. Ekko shrugged.

"I'm sure I did." He didn't even reach for her, but he could see she was getting giggly and squirmy, just from the memory.

"Are you challenging me now?" Jinx asked.

Ekko shrugged again. "No, I was just asking." He turned to face her better and he smirked when she flinched.

"Unless you want me to tickle you, of course."

Jinx gasped in surprise and all of a sudden pounced on him. Before Ekko could react, she pinned him down and straddled him.

"Bold move," Ekko said, and he thought he was the bold one for stepping out of his earlier inner fear-zone to tease Jinx like he wanted. To flirt with her.

"To answer your question: I don't know if I'm still ticklish. But I know that you are."

Bluff, Ekko wanted to say. They hadn't had tickle fights since they were kids. But she knew now. Jinx reached for his side and squeezed. He was unable to hold back his laugh, and she smirked.

"See?" So smug and proud. Ekko would've responded if he wasn't giggling like a loser.

"Okahahay! I gehehet it," he giggled uncontrollably and he tried to catch her hands to make her stop.

Jinx shook her head. "I don't think you do. You don't get it. You ask me if I'm ticklish, so I tickle you first. And I won't stop, Little Man."

Ekko blushed and gasped when she clawed at that awfully ticklish spot between his ribs. He had always known he was ticklish from when he, Vi and Powder used to tickle each other when they were children, or when Benzo would tickle him, and even alternate timeline Powder had managed to make him laugh a few times in the time they spent together. But despite all these experiences, he had no idea he could be this ticklish.

Having Jinx as his attacker was really something else.

"Jihinx! I sahahaid I gehehet it! You cahahan stohohop now!" he laughed, feeling the tiniest bit of panic rise when it tickled a lot and he feared she might think he was a loser for getting this weak and out of control.

"Did you now? And I said I won't stop. Does it tickle that much?" she teased. Her wandering fingers found their way under Ekko's arms, and he tried to clamp them down to no avail. He jerked heavily and threw his head back.

"NAHh! Ahahalright mehehercy!"

"Nah."

Jinx was right, he started it. For some reason the are-you-ticklish question had been the first thing he blurted out when he tried to not confront her with the heavy stuff. But to think it resulted in this. If Ekko would've told himself he'd get tickled to death today by Jinx, he wouldn't have believed it.

"Ahhhahaha Jinx hehe! I'll d-diehehehe!" Ekko howled. Jinx rolled her eyes and shook her head with a smile.

"A little dramatic aren't we?" She dug her thumbs into Ekko's underarms and he spasmed and shrieked in the most humiliating way.

"Plehehease! S-stohohop!"

Ekko tried to make eye contact but it was a little hard. He was laughing too much. Jinx was strong, and he wasn't necessarily a weak one, but he was when the sensations of tickling overpowered him like this.

He caught Jinx staring at him. The look in her eyes was soft and warm, and he sensed some emotion and lingering feelings as she moved closer as if she was going to...

"HA!" Ekko managed to flip her under him in a quick movement. If she was going to kiss him, he had officially ruined it. But something told him she wouldn't have done it. Besides, he saw the opening and he got it.

Jinx appeared a little caught off-guard as she stared up at him, but soon her smirk was back.

"You'll tickle me back now? Nice."

Ekko raised his eyebrows. "I'll die with a smile at least," she said. He noted the teasy tone in her voice, but also the soft flicker of sadness in her eyes and... He swallowed and instead of tickling her, he crashed down on top of her in a suffocating hug.

Her joking words stung Ekko more than they should've, and as his body still recovered from her merciless tickle attack, Ekko held her tightly.

"That doesn't tickle...." Jinx mumbled, but she didn't shove him off her. Ekko only tightened the embrace.

"No... You win today. Let's... Let's come here again, another time," Ekko said.

Jinx hummed. "You'll tickle me then?" The way she asked it made him want to tickle her right now, but...

"Yeah. I might tickle you then. I still want to win."

As much as he wanted to tickle her, he also wanted to give her reasons to stay. Anything. Even if they were just excuses like this. Promises of future tickle fights, for real?

Jinx relaxed in his arms and patted his back. "You disappoint me," she said, but her tone was still teasy and playful. She placed her hands on Ekko's back, returning the hug.

"But... lost your chance boy."

All of a sudden her fingers curled and she wiggled them down Ekko's back. Tickled like hell.

"GAHhh!" He arched his back and yelped, but Jinx continued to tickle him, scribbling at his ticklish lower back, sliding a finger up and down his spine, and sometimes clawing and squeezing at his exposed sides and ribs.

"Jihihinx nohoho!" Ekko cried, but he couldn't help but embrace the feeling of her tickling him to death all over him again.

If someone was to die with a smile, figuratively, it was going to be him. And he would like to hold on to his words from earlier. Next time he was definitely going to tickle Jinx and pay her back for this!