Han's Tickle Therapy
A/N: shoutout to this anon for motivating me to actually write this, sorry it took so long!
Characters: lee!Han, lers Felix, Hyunjin, Lee Know, Changbin, and Bang Chan
Summary: inspired by a dream I had a few months ago...
Han had it bad. Real bad. Had what, you might ask? Well… Have you ever heard of a “lee mood”?
It’s a term coined by the tickle community. Yes, that’s a thing that exists. A “lee mood” is when a person, especially a “ticklee,” as in the one who is tickled in a ticklee/tickler situation, has such an undeniable, insatiable urge to be tickled that it consumes the mind for days, if not weeks on end. This is opposed to a “ler mood” where a person gets an urge to the same degree to tickle someone else. These feelings are very different, but can be equally all-consuming.
To someone outside the community, this can sound… insane, to put it frankly. But to those who know, this is a very common experience.
Now, Han is a switch, meaning that he experiences both lee and ler moods. But today, he was experiencing quite possibly the worst lee mood of his life.
He’d tried everything, every trick in the book he could think of to innocuously provoke the members, but nothing worked. Nothing! Even the easiest targets failed to indulge him. He slapped Lino’s butt during dance practice and ran away, which did get Lino to chase him, but with no payoff once he was caught (just a revenge butt slap). He poked Channie’s side when he was reaching up to grab something off a high shelf in one of the kitchen cabinets, but all that did was get Chan to squeak and shoo Han away. He even spent a solid few minutes messing up Seungmin’s hair while he was warming up his vocal chords for recording, to no avail.
At this point, he was going to have to ask directly if he wanted any chance of succeeding. He shuddered at the thought.
Then it hit him. Everyone knows that Felix is the group’s resident massage therapist, and tickling is like… it’s not THAT different… right? Regardless, he would definitely be the easiest person to ask.
The problem was that he just couldn’t seem to catch Felix when he was alone. But Han was getting desperate, and if he couldn’t get someone to tickle him today, he was going to spontaneously combust.
The next time he saw Felix was in one of the practice rooms, where Hyunjin, Lino, and Changbin were also hanging out. Fuck it, he thought. Now’s the time.
Han approached Felix on the couch. “Hi Lixie,” he said casually.
“Hey Hannie, what’s up?”
“I, uh… My shoulders are kinda stiff, and I was wondering if you could-”
“Oh, of course! C’mere!”
Smiling, Han plopped himself down onto Felix’s lap. Felix got to work massaging Han’s shoulders, expertly releasing any tension and only going a little too hard a couple of times (Han is pretty sensitive, after all). After a few minutes, Felix asked, “Would you like me to go anywhere else?”
“Um, you could do my lower back? And, um, m-my s-sides…?”
“...Your sides?”
“Yeah, uh, they’ve been um, like. Spasming. Yeah.”
“Alright, just let me know if anything hurts, okay?”
“Okay.”
And so it began. Felix began working on Han’s mid and lower back, which felt really good, but still wasn’t the kind of release he needed. Then, Felix’s hands grabbed Han’s tiny little waist and squeezed.
“Eep!” Han quickly covered his mouth with his hand. Lino shot a look their way.
“Sorry! Did that hurt?”
“N-no!”
“Then…?”
“It j-just, um-”
“It tickled,” Lino said nonchalantly.
“Oh,” Felix said. “Sorry, I’ll try to-”
“No! Don’t…”
“Don’t what?”
“Don’t try to… not do it…”
“I beg your pardon?”
“I mean, like, y-you can do that… if you want…”
“Do what, Hannie? Use your words.”
“Y-YOU CAN TICKLE ME! It’s okay, I-I don’t mind!”
Suddenly, Han caught all three other members’ attention.
“Do you… want me to tickle you?” Felix asked, a slight lilt to his deep voice.
“Yesplease,” Han said as quietly and quickly as possible.
“Okay, then! Tickle tickle tickle tickle~”
Felix started by squeezing Han’s waist again, but with much more intention this time. He then squished and skittered his fingers across Han's tummy, paying special attention to the area around his belly button.
Han was a squirming, squealing mess on top of Felix. He kicked his legs, shook his head, and meekly batted at Felix’s hands as the tingly sensations washed over him.
“Looks like someone’s enjoying himself,” Lino commented.
“He does look happy,” Changbin said.
“Yeah, I would have gotten up and ran away by now,” Hyunjin agreed.
Han’s cheeks, neck, and ears flushed bright red, but he didn’t care. He’d been waiting weeks for this.
Felix began roughly rubbing his fingers in between Han’s ribs, and Han laughed louder in return.
“EhehehAHAHAHAHA FEHEHELIX!”
“What? I thought you wanted this!”
“I-HAHA-IEEEEHEHE HAHAHAHAHAHA!”
“Do you guys want to help me hold him down? It’s getting kinda hard to keep him in place.”
Oh God. Oh no. Nooo no no no no this isn’t happening.
The three exchanged glances and began walking over.
It’s happening.
Felix stopped for a moment as the other members came over. He lifted Han so that he was laying across his lap. Changbin sat down to Felix’s right and Felix placed Han’s head in Changbin’s lap. Changbin grabbed Han’s hands and held them above his head. Han didn’t object, he just squeezed Changbin’s hands, bracing himself.
Hyunjin sat to Felix’s left, placing Han’s legs in his lap. Lino kneeled on the floor in front of the couch, looming over Han’s torso. He gave Han a knowing look.
“Y-you guys don’t have to-”
“Oh, but we want to,” Lino said.
“Ready guys?” Felix asked. “Hana…”
“Yeah?”
“Dool…”
“Oh.”
“Set!”
All Felix’s, Hyunjin’s, and Lino’s fingers descended on Han’s body at once. Felix went right back to digging into Han’s ribcage and Lino went for Han’s conveniently exposed underarms, thanks to his black tank top. Hyunjin quickly grabbed Han’s left ankle, wriggled off his sneaker and sock and started scratching all over his bare sole.
“AAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA NOOHOHOAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!”
“Naur? You literally asked for this, Hannie!”
“AHAHAHAHAIM GONNA DAHAHAHAIEEEEEEYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”
“You can’t hide from us~” Lino teased.
“This is hilarious, look at him!” Changbin said.
“He might even be more ticklish than me!” Hyunjin added, removing Han’s other shoe and sock.
Hyunjin trapped Han’s feet between his legs, using both hands to tickle all over his sole, heel, and up under his toes. He occasionally reached one hand under the edge of Han’s shorts to squeeze right above one of Han’s knees or skitter his fingers across or behind one of his kneecaps. Lino gently scritched Han’s warm ears and neck, then went back to tormenting his irresistibly smooth armpits. Felix lifted up Han’s tank top to expose his soft tummy and wiggled one finger in his belly button. With his other hand, he lightly squeezed Han’s inner thighs. Han could barely move an inch. He laughed and laughed and laughed, feeling more and more ticklish by the second.
At some point, Changbin wanted in on the action. He grasped both of Han’s hands with his left hand, gently scratching Han’s inner elbows with his right, also occasionally scritching Han’s ears and neck. Han smiled brightly, radiating pure joy. He couldn’t be happier.
“What’s all this racket in here?” It was Bang Chan.
“Han wanted tickles,” Felix said matter-of-factly.
“Oh? Is this true, Hannie?”
Han nodded, eyes shut, tears flowing down his cute round cheeks. He was still laughing mirthfully as the members didn’t stop for a second.
“Do you need a break?”
Han shook his head.
“Alright, then. Mind if I join~?”
Han only continued laughing in response.
Bang Chan kneeled down to the right of Lino. Felix’s hands were back on Han’s ribs, so Bang Chan took the opportunity to blow a raspberry right in the middle of Han’s tummy. Han screamed, went silent, and then laughed audibly again after a few seconds. Bang Chan did this a couple more times, each eliciting a similar response. Eventually Han began hiccup-laughing, his silent laughter becoming more frequent as the members continuously targeted his weak points.
“Okay guys, I think he’s had enough,” Felix said.
Changbin let Han’s hands go and Hyunjin released his feet. The other members slowed down and gave Han some gentle caresses to soothe him. Felix gave him a gentle scalp massage as well. Lino tenderly wiped his tears.
“Thank you… so much…” Han choked out.
“Aww, anytime!” Felix said.
“R-really?”
“I would love to! And I’m sure the other members would be happy to oblige as well. Right guys?”
“Yeah, that was fun,” Changbin said.
“I wouldn’t mind doing that again,” Hyunjin muttered.
“I love hearing your cute laugh, Hannie!” Bang Chan beamed.
Lino just smirked and wiggled his fingers at Han teasingly.
“Ehehe, quit it, Lee Know hyung!” Han playfully slapped his hands away.
“Should we finish that massage?” Felix asked.
Han sat up. “If you’re still up for it…”
Felix happily resumed his massage. The rest of the members gradually got up and left the room, saying they’d see the two later. Han melted into Felix’s touch again, slowly beginning to fall asleep. He was going to have the sweetest of dreams.
