6 - Chase
(belated) tickletober - these prompts
Summary: Roman thinks he can outrun the tickle monster? We’ll see~
Disclaimer: This is a tickle fic
word count: 430
Lee!Roman and Ler!Patton
Heart pounding to the beat of the thundering footsteps behind him, Roman skidded through the grand halls of the mind palace. Socked feet slipping at corners, he regretted every decision that led him up to this point. That stupid challenge, why did his pride not let him say no to bets?
With every turn he took, the sound of those horrible words got louder and louder.
“Tickle tickle tickle, Romiee~” A dark playful giggle followed, sending shivers down his spine, face flushing even redder as his legs faltered slightly in their sprinting. He quickly recovered, lips pressing tightly into a wobbly smile, just barely stopping the giggles from spilling out.
“Whoops! you better be careful there RoRo~” Another low chuckle, “If you fall, the tickle monster’s gonna getcha! He’s gonna tickle tickle you silly silly.”
That damn word being repeated over and over making Roman’s head fuzzy, paired with the butterflies doing somersaults in his belly, made the giggles that were building up finally flow out. He felt his knees weaken again but Roman was nothing if not a fighter. Determined to get away, he swiftly took another turn but slammed straight into a hard chest.
Disoriented, the flustered side looked up and saw Patton grinning evilly at him, wiggling his fingers in the direction of Roman’s armpits.
“Heya princypie, the tickle monster is ready to play with you~” Patton did a fake lunge towards the fanciful side. Roman shrieked before he turned tail and ran again, bursting into more giggles as the chase continued. “Nohohohoho Patton! Pleahehehese!” All he got as a response was a playful snicker and a “Coochie coochie coo~”. His face burned.
Then Roman saw the door to his room further down the hall, hope sparked up in him. He tried to pick up speed but suddenly arms wrapped their way around his stomach, hoisting him up in the air. Tickly nuzzles were pressed into the crook of his neck making him burst into frantic giggles, he shook his head, unable to protect the spot with Patton’s head in the way.
“Nahahahaha I wahahahas so clohohose dahahahamit!!” Roman squealed as Patton started squeezing his sides and lowered him to the ground.
“Awww, it’s okay, sugar.” Patton giggled along with Roman’s loud contagious laughter, moving his hands to squeeze at his stomach, “No one can beat the tickle monster after all.” The blushy prince, was too weak to even bat at the hands vibrating into the centre of his stomach, driving him into hysterics, teaching him that making deals with tickle monsters is always unwise~
