This is a continuation kinda/inspired by bestie dove! 🫶 @sleepy--anon
Here's a link to her fic! I highly recommend reading it in general its amazing!!
I had to continue the Dae-ho portion because im the honorable mention Dae-ho account 🫡🤣 hes my favorite and Hyun-Ju is wife!!
The people in this: Switch!Dae-ho, Switch!Hyun-Ju (platonic)
(Im so down bad idk how im gonna get through this fic without a red face or Lee mood)
Anyway!
Tw: This is a tickle fic like all my fics are so if you don't like that please keep scrolling thank you! :] Also some cursing! Just a bit!
But yes I hope you all enjoy!
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The Cooler Sister
After the Mingle game Gi-hun's team and Hyun-Ju's team really got to know each other well. They knew of each other before and supported one another in their own ways, but theres something about teaming up and being shoved in a tiny room together through a game of life or death that really brings people together.
It was the next day, the calm before the storm, they finished another round of voting and ate dinner together, both teams combined into one corner of the dormitory. It was a pitiful dinner but they're not surprised anymore, everyone tried to make the most of it regardless. Even Gi-hun cracked a small genuine smile during one of Geum-ja's stories of Young-sik as a baby, earning a very overdramatic "Omma!!" From number seven himself. Hyun-ju smiled slightly as well getting momentarily distracted from what she was originally doing.
120 is an observer, she's guarded, for good reason, and careful, so while they did bond with this new team she didn't know them that well, she was taking in their dynamics and trying to gather as much as she could from these moments before she could let any of them get too close like she did with her group.
Her eyes kept landing on number 388...Kang Dae-ho, he was an interesting one to try and figure out. He's got a lot of energy thats for sure! But she could tell he also has a lot of anxiety, maybe some ptsd, she wasn't sure but definitely anxiety. He also might have a little adhd form her perspective but that's just at face value. Other than his personality she noticed him fidgeting with his hair, scratching it around his neck line, it seemed to her like the length was bothering him.
Once dinner was over she approached Dae-ho separately and spoke softly "Is your hair bothering you?" He jumped a little at the sudden voice, Hyun-Ju still intimidated him, her rank was way above his but shes also really tall and really cool, he didn't feel like he could compare.
"Ah! No worries its okay" he bowed gently out of habit trying to downplay it as his hair fell over his face proving Hyun-Ju's point even more. The ex-sargent giggled a little as she bent down to his level like someone would be speaking to a child, her voice soft but stern. "Let me help you, I have an extra hair tie!" He slowly lifted his head up to face her.
"A-are you sure! You really dont have to! I've gotten used to it all messy like this!" She smiled already getting ready
"I insist, it's nothing, really! I understand the uncomfortable feeling of hair on your neck, we are teammates now, I'll take care of it" He exhaled forever grateful for Hyun-Ju's kindness making his gratitude very known with his excitable behavior and bright smile.
"Is it okay if I sit behind you?" She asked with a smile as he nodded
"Of course! Whatever you need to do!" She positioned herself behind him sitting on her feet so her knees were on either side of him, he was sitting criss-crossed at a respectable distance between her, letting her knees keep him in place. She got started running his messy hair through her nails trying to be gentle while she pulled out some tangles.
"I cant wait to get a good meal and a nice shower when we get out of here!" His voice dreamily spoken as he imagined the good food on his taste buds and the hot water running down his hair and body.
Little things that he used to take for granted before he entered this place. Hyun-Ju hummed in agreement. "That will be so nice...you dont realize how important the little things are until they are taken away from you, having this experience will definitely make me appreciate every little thing a little more than I used to" they talked about anything and everything as she did his hair learning a lot about each other in the process.
"You're like my eldest sister but way cooler!" He giggled gently as she hummed while she made a braid in his hair to tie it into his classic man-bun.
"Thank you...I think?" She joked laughing a little awkwardly. He smiled and nodded "Trust me its a compliment! Your both really good with your hands! When I was little I used to think her hands had magic in them" Hyun-Ju smiled as she dropped the braid and used both hands to stop his head from moving.
"SORRY!" He apologized a little embarrassed "Its okay!" She smiled taking the braid back as he continued to talk
"She would always do my other sister's hair and my mom's sometimes too, and mine when it got long enough on occasions! She would do all sorts of fun things like different styles, flowers–" he went on and on but the words got lost to Hyun-Ju when she felt his hands draw circles on her knees. She tensed up slightly and bit her lip as her magic hands got a bit shaky. It tickled like crazy and she was doing everything she could not to let it show. It didn't get past Dae-ho though, he caught on and stopped apologizing again.
She exhaled and said it was okay but he did it again, this time with purpose, a goal in mind. She huffed finishing up his bun, the ticklish feeling getting more difficult to ignore. "Dae-ho..." she held back a giggle
He hummed innocently like he didn't know what was happening "You know whats funny Hyun-Ju?" He continued as she groaned trying not to laugh "what?" She spoke through her teeth as he smirked looking back at her;
"You're ticklish like my sister too~" without hesitation, with a burst of confidence, he squeezed her knees gently the electric feeling so strong she couldn't hold it back anymore.
"Ah!–" a soft scream left her lips before her legs twitched throwing her head back gently laughing. Her laughter was deep but soft, it was so cool! It fit her personality perfectly.
"NOHOHot FAhaHAIR!" she blushed a little from embarrassment lightly pushing him as he giggled
"Beautiful laugh like hers too you two would get along well!" Her laughter increased the more he tickled her, he was good at it from the many years of tickle fights with his sisters so he treated this the same
"You should smile more it suits you, giggly you is much better than stoic, gaurded you am I right?" He continued
"A smile makes everything better but laughter is the best!"
"Tickle Tickle Tickle~" he teased giggling with her as he gently pinched the tops of her knees where the knee and the thigh connect.
"AHAHAHA DAHEHEHE-HOHOHO!" she tossed her head from side to side trying to fight it as her own hair came undone in the process, the irony. He smiled more as he continued a little longer
"Whats the matter? It tickles huh? I bet! That's a good spot!" He continued on that spot a little longer.
"OHOHOF COURSE IT– AH! HAHAHA PLEHEHEHEHEASE!" it clicked for him and he immediately stopped gently rubbing that area so the tickles calm down quicker.
"I-I'm so sorry Hyun-Ju! I got caught up in the moment I didn't mean to!–eH!–" While he was bowing in apology Hyun-Ju wasted no time getting her revenge, her nails gently dug into his sides as she pinched the area right above the hips and right below the ribs.
"HAhAHaha! Hehey!!–" he fell forward his arms going down trying to protect himself
"NahAHA!" Hyun-Ju smirked as she spoke again her voice teasy and playful.
"I know your sisters have fun getting their revenge on you, you're so ticklish you couldn't even last a second!" She giggled
"Its like music to my ears" she continued on that area for a few more seconds before moving up to his ribs.
"Yohou caught meheHEHE off GAUHAHA- NOHOT THEHERE!" He squirmed gently trying to get away but not really fighting back much.
"Oh? Why not hmm? Ohh I know! It tickles doesn't it? Yeah it sounds like a good spot" she smirked imitating the teases he pulled which made him blush in embarrassment a little too still laughing so hard.
"SHIHIBAHAHAL! HAHAHA!" He gently hit her knee to tap out making Hyun-Ju smile giving him just a few more seconds of the feeling before stopping.
"Lesson be learned Dae-ho, don't mess with me" She gently pushed his chest
The younger collected his breath and giggles and nodded.
"Lesson be learned too Hyun-Ju, laugh more"
"Touché" She smiled softly and helped him sit up.
It was a good lesson for both of them, We all know that it will 100% happen again though.
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I hope you all enjoyed!! This was so fun to make!
And now im gonna let my Lee imagination run wild with these two as lers because omg I am doomed...
Who said that!?