I just realized I haven't written for Aether in a while for someone who loves him a lot 🙃
So here's something with him. It's a part of my poly fics with Aether and his lovers. Though this one is less polished and not that long, as I was doing it on my phone, so don't mind the mistakes, I'll eventually polish it, but I just had the itch to write thanks to this post and lee Aether sounded good with this :) It's mainly ler!Heizou and lee!Aether with the rest of the boys having little interactions. Having a lot of characters to write for is a little hard, as you might see, with one character having more written than another. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it! Author's Notes below!
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It was peaceful in the kitchen until...
"I dohohon't knohohow."
"Oh really? Do I need to remind you about not messing with me?"
"I swehehear I dohohon't knohoHOHOHOW! NOHOHO, PLEHEHEHEASE! NOHOHOT THEHEHERE!"
"Can you believe this, Kazuhaaa?" Heizou whines. "The evidence all points to him but he won't admit it."
"I WAHAHAHAS- HEHEHEY DOHOHOHON’T!"
Kazuha sips his drink, watching the scene before him, hiding a smirk behind his cup. Aether, being tickled for something he didn't do. And how does he know this? Because he was the one that swapped his drink. He planted a strand of his golden boyfriend's hair to throw off his detective boyfriend.
"DEFEND MEHEHEHE KAZUHAHAHA!"
"I dunno- the evidence all points to you Ae. You are the primary suspect."
"Even Kaz agrees with me! Admit it, you swapped my drink."
"I WAHAHAHAS FRAHAHAMED! HAHAHAHA!"
"Likely story."
"Did Aether do something again?"
Kinich walked in, Gaming in tow, both with an amused expression on their faces and...their hair ruffled. And is Kinich’s bandana gone?
"Yup," Kazuha nodded his head, filing those observations for later.
"It's either Lyney or Venti that is making our Aether a mischievous one," Gaming shook his head.
"Those two are the pranksters," Kazuha agreed.
"You are a tough nut to crack aren't you, Ae?"
"IT'S BEHEHECAUSE I DIHIHIDN'T DOHOHO IHIHIT!"
"Then explain the golden strand of hair on the table then?"
Aether could only laugh and shake his head when Heizou delved into his navel.
"Nothing? I think I know who to definitely blame now."
"THAHAHAT'S NOHOHOT FAHAHAIR!" Aether managed to get out when Heizou moved elsewhere. "YOU WEHEHENT FOR MY WEHEHEAK SPOHOHOT! I COULDN'T SPEHEHEAK!"
"Sounds like a you problem."
Sethos and Scara then came in, Scara rolling his eyes at the scene.
"Tch, annoying."
They all know he doesn't mean it, especially when he had a small grin on his face.
"Don't be mean," Sethos says while firing up the stove. "What happened to you two?" He asked Kinich and Gaming, looking at their disheveled appearance.
"Nothing," they spoke in unison, a blush dusting their cheeks.
Before Sethos can question them some more, they heard some wrestling on the ground and saw Heizou straddled on top of Aether's back, digging into his sides with vigor.
"You thought you could just crawl away from me you criminal?~"
"IHIHI'M SAHAHAHAWRY! GAHAHAHAHA! DEHEHEHETECTIVE, HAVE MERCEHEHEY!"
"To a criminal like you? Never~"
"NAHAHAHA!"
"Are they...role-playing now?"
"Not sure but looks like they are having fun."
"FUN!? Without me?"
"Or me?"
They turned to see Lyney and Venti, mischievousness written all over their features.
"The troublemakers are here."
"Trouble, troublemaker, yeah, that's my middle name," Venti started to sing.
"Oh-oh," Kinich continued, starting to swing his hips, grabbing on to Gaming and swinging him around.
"I know you're no good but you're stuck in my brain," Gaming smirked tracing Kinich's lip with his finger.
"No," Scara groaned.
"And I wanna know. Why does it feel so good, but hurt so bad?" Kazuha and Lyney sang in unison with the latter throwing out confetti.
"You aren't even drunk yet Kazuha?! And you're already singing?! Don't encourage him Lyney!" Scara cried out.
"My mind keeps saying run as fast as you can," Sethos bopped his head to the beat while cooking.
"Not you too, bee," Scara just laid his head on the counter.
"Whahat's gohohing ohohon?" Aether asks feeling Heizou slow down and eventually stopping.
"Looks like everyone's singing and dancing. Wanna join?"
Aether pulls him into a kiss as an answer.
"Try to keep up~" he teases before gasping when Heizou pulls him up and pokes him on the side.
"It's not hard when you’re this ticklish~" Heizou teases back.
"Heizohohohou," Aether giggly whines in response.
"Come on. Let me hear that giggly singing voice of yours~"
"Ihihi sahahay I'm dohohone, but thehehen you pull mehehehe bahahahack-"
"I swear you're giving me a heart attack," Heizou finishes for him. "Archons, you're so cute Aether," he says before leaning in to kiss him.
"Mmpheheheheiz-mmm~" Aether giggled into the kiss.
"What is all this noise?" A grumpy, sleepy Xiao was the last to join the group.
"You cheeky Yaksha," Venti pouted, tickling under his chin.
Xiao giggled cutely, joining in with the rest of the group.
"Why don't you join in on the fun honey? You do have a beautiful singing voice~" Sethos spoke, handing him his finished cooking.
"S-Shut up," Scara blushed making Sethos laugh.
"It's like you're always there in the corners of my mind, eh?" Sethos grinned, gently elbowing him on the side.
"Yeah, I see your silhouette every time I close my eyes," Scara replied, leaning his head on his bee.
Sethos smiled fondly at him, planting a kiss on top of his head as they watched the rest of their lovers sing and dance their hearts out.
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Author's Notes: You ask me how I wrote this, I honestly don't know how it came to be. I just wanted to write Aether being framed for doing something he didn't and that's it but then I started adding in Aether's lovers and the more I thought about their interactions, the song Troublemaker just came into my mind and it turned into whatever you just read and I wrote 😆.
Same fic but separated from my previous post about my TomoKazu idea:
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"Why, Tomo? Why didn't you tell me you were going up against the Shogun?"
Tomo remained quiet in his mind for a little before answering.
"I-I didn't want you to get hurt."
"And look where that got me."
Tomo winced at the harsh words. The memories of Kazuha dealing with his passing floating by him. And looking through Kazuha’s eyes right now, seeing his fist clenched over his gray vision and tears falling. Tomo's heart broke. He realized now how hard it must have been for Kazuha.
"Maple."
Kazuha’s breath hitched at the nickname.
"You're the only one that calls me that."
Tomo chuckled sadly, wishing he could glide his hand over Kazuha's hair. Instead, he drifted around inside Kazuha’s mind, sifting through the memories as they were papers on a table.
"I'm sorry," Tomo started. "I-I never wanted you to get hurt, but I realize now how wrong I was to leave you alone. Th-"
He choked on a sob when he saw a memory of the two of them. Kazuha’s bright smile as he tickled him to pieces, and he could even hear his boyish laughter. That smile... that disappeared from the world.
"That... that was the painfulest thing I could have ever done to you," He continued. "I know you might not forgive me but I-I'm so sorry."
He started to sob and Kazuha let out his own tears. They were so close but unable to touch one another. The one thing they both needed.
"Momo."
The nickname was a soothing balm to his aching heart as his sobs quieted.
"Y-You're the only one that calls me that."
After a beat, they both laughed, their hearts warming up to one another again like those years ago.
"All I wanted was you to let me join you," Kazuha spoke after they calmed down. "To do it together like what we always did, as lovers do. To hear you say, 'Let's do it together.'"
"Kaz..."
"And there's no reason that I will not forgive you. There’s nothing you could do that would ever make me stop caring."
"What did I do to deserve you?"
"Your charming personality."
Your body. From your beautiful face, your chiseled chest and abs, down to your-
"GAH! Kazuha, you are such a pervert! I can hear your thoughts you know!?"
"Oh, you can? Whoops."
"You aren't sorry, are you?"
"Nope."
Kazuha burst out laughing, and Tomo smiled softly, imagining how Kazuha looked right now.
"I missed this. I missed you."
Kazuha happily sighed.
"I missed you too, Tomo."
They both went quiet, basking in the silence of being with one another again after so long.
Kazuha, then got an idea and started smirking.
Tickle tickle Tomo~ Coochie coochie coo~
He inwardly thought, hoping to get a giggle out of Tomo.
"Oh that's cute. But you forgot who was the ler out of the two of us~And that's me Ka-zu-ha~"
The last sentence was whispered as if Tomo was right at Kazuha's ears and the latter jerked in surprise.
"W-Wait," Kazuha backed away from nothing, and he was thankful it was only him on the beach. If Tomo can do what he did again just now then-
"Tickle tickle my Kazuha~ I always knew teases like this will get to you."
"Tomohoho!" Kazuha giggled, scrunching up his shoulders. "Stohohop teheheasing mehehe!"
"Why not? It's fun! Coochie coochie coo~"
"Ihit's unfahahair!"
"I think this is quite fair. If you are able to tease me with just your thoughts, I need to be able to get back at you, right? You're probably so flustered right now."
"Nohoho!"
"Uh huh. You're squirming, just like a worm. Oh, will you still love me if I was a worm, Kazuha? Will you?"
"Youhu sound lihihike a chihild."
"Answer the question, Kaedehera," Tomo growled playfully.
"Of coursehehe! Nohow stohohop! Plehehease!"
"Okay, okay. You're sooo weak to teases."
Tomo let up on his teasing, imagining a red-faced Kazuha along with red tinted ears.
"Hmmph."
"Heyyy, don't give me the cold shoulderr," Tomo whined. "You're just so cute when you laugh."
"I'm going to get you back one day," Kazuha mumbled under his breath.
Supposedly a short something for Xiao's birthday :)
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*Aether lays on Xiao's chest as they stare up at the night sky together*
"Happy birthday, Xiao. I love you more than you know."
Aether's eyes flutter close as he listened to the sound of his Yaksha's heart beat.
Xiao moved his hands from reaching to the crystalflys to glide through Aether's long hair, making sure it doesn't get in the water.
"Thank you for being with me all this time, Aether. You were the one who saw through me when no one else could. I-I..."
Tears glimmered in his eyes as he looked at his reflection.
When his eyes returned to look at Aether, his love was towering over him, framed by the starry sky and white moon.
"Hey, don't cry-"
Xiao pulled him into a kiss, locking their lips together in a soft exchange. The both of them melting into each other as they tangled their hands in each other's hair.
"I love you too, Ae. Remember that."
Xiao spoke softly, his eyes catching the moonlight as Aether looked at him, an endearing expression on his face.
"I love you more~" Aether cheekily replied.
Xiao stared at him in shock before shooting his hands up to tickle his sides, an adorable pout on his face.
"I'm trying to be vulnerable with you, and that is what you say?!"
"Waitwaitwahahait! Xiahahahao! T-The rahahahaft!"
"Mmm~"
"Xiaohohoho!"
"You called?~"
Aether was not expecting a playful attack from his love, especially his teasing.
Their wooden raft was rocking violently now and Xiao was laying there without a care in the world as he tickled his Aether to pieces, watching that shining smile of his and his hair cascading down and tickling the side of his own neck.
"Keep still, or we're going to fall in."
There was that teasing again, and Aether shook his head laughing, and through the tears threatening to fall from his eyes, he saw a faint smirk on that usual stoic face of his. And before he knew it, he felt a finger scratch in his navel.
"BWAHAHAHAHAHA! XIA-"
Aether tipped the raft over with the force of his flinch, causing the both of them to fall into the lukewarm water (thanks to Tubby).
When Aether surfaced, he saw Xiao just a couple feet away from him with a playful glint in his eyes as he waded towards him. Aether's heart skipped a beat. It was not over. He immediately started swimming towards shore, giddiness rushing through him.
When he reached shore, he forgot one small detail as he stared up at a smirking Xiao. His boyfriend can teleport. And before he knew it, he was being pulled up from the water into a ticklish embrace.
"You thought you can escape from me~" Xiao playfully growled, blowing a raspberry on his neck and going in for the kill right in his navel.
"WHEHEHEN DIHIHID YOU BECOHOMEHE SOHOHO TEHEHEASY??"
"Mmm, from you?"
Aether felt his face blush and that wasn't from the tickling that was already causing his face to flush.
"PLEHEHEHEASE! XIAHAHAHAHAO!"
"Please what?"
Aether couldn't respond back as he fell to the ground laughing and clutching his sides to fruitlessly fend off his love.
"This reminds me of how we confessed to each other those years ago back near Wangshu Inn. Though this time, you're the one laughing~"
Xiao continued tickling Aether, smiling fondly at his ball of sunshine. When Aether began to shiver, he stopped and teleported them to their house, right into the bedroom, where a pair of towels and fresh clothes were waiting for them on top of one of the beds.
Xiao mentally thanked Kazuha for thinking ahead for them as he quickly cleaned Aether and himself up.
"I'm the one supposed to be babying you," Aether pouted.
Xiao rolled his eyes, poking at Aether's side making him recoil back.
"I'm not a baby."
"But you're my baby."
Gaming walked in with a tray of food, cutting off whatever Xiao had wanted to say.
"Two bowls of Almond Tofu for the lovebirds?~"
"That will be for me and my baby bird~"
How the tables have turned as Aether began teasing Xiao.
Gaming had a knowing grin on his face as he set their food down.
"And there's one more thing for you, Xiao~"
Lyney appeared at the doorway looking ready to perform a magic trick while Heizou and Venti rolled in a cake, grinning from ear to ear.
"That's...for me?"
"Duh. Who else is it supposed to be for?"
Scara, the one who spoke, strolled in and rolled his eyes with Sethos trailing behind him. Xiao knew that look was something along the lines of "happy for you and love you."
The last two, Kazuha and Kinich, came in with the both of them carrying party cups and drinks.
With a snap of Lyney's finger, the cake appeared right in front of Xiao, candles lighting up.
Xiao's eyes widened in surprise but before he can question it, they all started singing 'Happy Birthday.'
At the end, Heizou and Venti let out confetti and Xiao was left awestruck by everything.
"It's just my birthday you guys. You didn't have to do all this."
"Your birthday is a special day to all of us," Venti started. "We'll do anything for our special Yaksha."
They all looked at him endearingly and Xiao felt his heart flutter.
"Let's eat!"
They all took their share of cake and Aether and Xiao enjoyed their Almond Tofu alongside their own slice of cake.
After they finished, Kinich, a smirk on his face, looked directly at Xiao.
"Now, how about those birthday tickles~"
Xiao's eyes widened, glaring at Kinich who just smugly looked at him.
Aether was the first to act, pinning Xiao down.
"Time for my revenge, don't you think?"
Xiao's heart did summersaults and the rest of the boys took their places.
"Nohohoho! Wahahahait!"
"We're not even tickling you yet," Sethos laughed.
"And you're already giggling~" Heizou finished.
Then, without warning, they smothered him with kisses and tickles.
"Hehehehey!"
Xiao giggled, shaking his head as he felt their sweet affection.
"Thehehere's nohoho need fohohor thihihs!"
A hum of disagreement sounded around him, and before he knew it, they were more precise in their movements.
And Xiao... Xiao felt warm and fuzzy inside, content with his life, and being with his lovers.
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Rough writing, but I hope you like it! I love Xiao, and since I didn't get his birthday message last year in Genshin, I wanted to give him the love I couldn’t back then.
Og idea: Xiao tickles Aether and the both of them fall into the water and Xiao laughs a carefree, bright laugh and Aether looks at him warmly, soft eyes as he laughs along with him.
New audio uploaded for fic, A Sleepy, Ticklish Aether, ;) Will link it eventually in the original fic too! Gotta do the same for My Honey, My Bee. Hope you enjoy listening ❤️
Gonna use #percival audios, as my tag for audio fics!
Yes, I did add some additional whining and begging among other things in the moment. That's what I like doing in audios, just adding things if I feel like it :) I love begging and whining 🫠
Here's the audio version of my fic My Honey ♡ My Bee. Sorry it took so long, kept doubting myself about my voice and felt embarrassed. Welp, posting it now before my lee mood ends 😅, hope you enjoy~ Lmk whether or not if I should do more of this ;) Open to improvements, critiques, and stuff. Please don't hurt me, doing this for fun 🙏 (Couldn't upload directly to Tumblr bc file too big. If I continue with this, it will be on Spotify!)
Sethos would definitely call Kazuha, Syrup. It matches along with Honey, as he calls Scara. They're both sweet :) I was just thinking of Kazuha and then the red in his hair and my mind went Maple. Then it went to Maple Syrup. Syrup, Honey, they're both sweet, yeahhhh??? That's literally how I came up with the nickname 🤣
Maybe Scara can call him Maple (still thinking of that tho). Kazu definitely calls Scara, Kitty.
Thought of pancakes just now...still thinking of how that can be used as a nickname or nicknames...
In Xiao's birthday art, can't help but think that his chest is a good pillow that Aether can lay his head on and cuddle with him as they float on the water, probably watching the moonlight and stars together.
Sorry I haven't posted my own tickling content in a while :(
Life happened...again. This time I pretty much don't have a job. "Pretty much" being I haven't worked for 2 weeks now while waiting for my work account to be reinstated. I got auto terminated by the system because someone didn't file my employment correctly. That's what they say but it's been too long that I'm looking for another job.
Honestly, stressful summer I had to date. I can't enjoy or have fun for a long period of time. School is actually more fun and less stressful because at least I can do something in school to either study, get things done by deadlines, or even write when I can. I have control. There's a routine but this *gestures to now* I don't have any control and on edge waiting for a phone call or email, I hate it. I don't like to use the word hate often because it's a strong word, so when I use it, I really mean it.
*sigh* I also really really feel bad to you all for promising some stuff and not delivering. And me putting it off more, makes me feel worse. I don't like to promise things for that reason so I don't say much even though I might have something I'm working on. But then I don't want my silence to stretch out too long but I'm not on hiatus and I...ughh.
A wise person once said that tickling is a hobby and you should have fun with it, don't turn it into a job. To please people, keeping an eye on the notes all the time. Just enjoy what you write and do what you want when you want. It's your passion. For me, I have trouble with being the people pleaser and caring more about others than myself. I think now that I've grown as a blog, people have expectations now and that thought overwhelms me to create something that you all enjoy. I guess it also ties in that I have an additional thing to lose in life. You all mean so much to me and I'll do anything to keep you all in my life. Same as my irl friends if any of them are reading this. I'm scared to lose the things I cherish so much. That's why I try to perfect and make the best fics that I can to please everyone. I do have fun writing, don't get me wrong but when I deem it "too short" I can't help add in so many elements that it becomes a pain. And when I'm lacking ideas of can't find the right words to convey what I'm trying to say, I get frustrated at myself. And looking at the amount of fics between this year and last year, I can't help but get mad at myself for not making as many fics.
I'm stubborn to not talk to anyone about this even my most trusted friends because I like to seem like I have everything under control and in check but inside I bottle everything up and eventually those bottled up things you can't hold back anymore. I always tend to downplay my feelings.
But yeah, that's how I've been feeling and what's been happening in my life rn. The latter parts being more about writing and this blog. Didn't mean for this to get so long but when I'm by myself and just typing like this, I do tend to ramble with being in my thoughts and all. Vulnerable if you may. I'm fine for the most part, I'm not going anywhere :)
Fics don't have a schedule 😓 but I'll get them out eventually.
