Day 22: Tickle Attack
Lea and Shaun reunite back at home, and have some fun together.
For FailureIsSweet on AO3.
Shaun was sitting at the table, reading up on some knowledge in his notebook that had been gifted to him by Dr. Glassman. He was bored, and waiting for Lea to come home from work.
Little did he know that Lea had arrived home early. She slowly opened the door as to not disturb Shaun, and closed it. She removed her shoes gently, and snuck her stuff to their room. Then...She started sneaking up to Shaun as quietly as she could.
Step...step...step...stop…
Step...step...step...stop…
Step...step...step...and…
“BAH!” She grabbed and squeezed his sides.
Shaun gasped and curled to the side as he felt his sides get tickled. “HAHHAhahahaha! Thahat tihihicklehes.” Shaun said through his laughter.
“Ahahaw! I gotcha!” She teased, poking his side again.
This time, Shaun saw it coming and blocked the poke. “You got me good.” He told her.
“I’m glad I did!” She told him. “I wondered if scaring you would be possible.” She joked.
“I was focused on my book. I didn’t hear you come in.” Shaun told her.
“I can see that.” She told him.
She walked up and sat down beside him. “I’m feeling playful.”
Shaun looked up in her general direction. “Really?” He asked.
“Really! I feel like playing. Like tickling someone.” She told him.
Shaun nodded his head. “I’d like that.” He admitted.
“Really? You’d like to be tickled?” She asked.
“Yes. Tickling is a good bonding activity for all relationships except for strangers.” Shaun told him. “My brother used to tickle me.” He told him.
“Aww...That’s cute.” She said kindly.
“Cute?” He asked.
“Yeah! Siblings playing together is cute to me.” She told him.
“Steve was very cute as a baby.” He told her. ‘
“Okay. Back on the topic of tickling. You wanna be tickled?” She asked.
Shaun nodded his head with a smile showing up on his face.
“Okay!” She walked up to Shaun, got him out of his chair, and started tickling his belly and sides first. “Tickle tickle!”
“HEhehehehe!” Shaun laughed as he doubled over.
“Iiii GOTCHA!” She started tickling his hips, to see if they tickled.
“HAHAHA! THEhehe hips are really ticklish.” Shaun told her outright.
“Ooooh! So sides, belly, hips…” She started listing off his ticklish spots. She went for the ribs next, smiling when he started laughing.
“Hahahahahahahaha! Lehehehea!” He laughed.
“Ribs are ticklish too! Tell me: how many ribs do you have?”
“Ehehehehveheryone has twehehehelve rihihibs ohohon eheheach sihihide. Sohoho-“
“24 ribs in total.” She did the math.
“Yehehehes!”
She tickled up the ribs. “One, two, three…four, five-“ suddenly, her hand slipped. “Damn…I lost my spot. Looks like I have to start all over again!”
Shaun shook his head as he tried to tell her ‘nooo!’ “Nohohoho!”
“Oh yes! I gotta make sure you have 12 ribs!” She tried to make an excuse.
“Ihihihi hahahave twehehehelve rihihibs!” He tried to tell her.
“Well I just wanna make sure!” She told him.
“Yohohohohou dohohohon’t neheheheheed tohohohoho!”
“I know, but I want to!” She told him. “Plus, this is a tickling game! Count the ribs to get more laughter out of the person!”
Shaun laughed and giggled through the tickles. His belly was filled with butterflies as his ribs were tickled more and more, the higher the fingers went up.
Shaun’s armpits were really bad, so he struggled to try and protect them.
“Ooooh! Are your armpits super ticklish? Is that why you’re clamping down so hard?” She asked.
Shaun giggled and shook his head.
“Oh? Your armpits are NOT ticklish?” She teased. “Well, it’s a shame I don’t quite believe you!” She teased further before lifting up Shaun’s arm.
“NO!” Shaun begged.
“Yes!” She started tickling Shauns armpits. This caused Shaun to burst out giggling and laughing.
“”NOHOHOhohohoho! Thahahahahat tihihihihihicklehehehes!” He laughed.
“Well I’d hope it tickles! Otherwise I would be very sad.” Lea teased.
“Tihihihihihicklyhyhyhyhyhy!” He laughed.
“Tickly tickly tickly!” She teased.
Shaun reached up and tried to tickle her back. But none of the spots he went for, like the sides, were effective.
“I’m not very ticklish, I’m afraid.” She told him.
“Whahahahat?!” He reacted.
“Yeah I know. Strange, huh?” She mentioned.
Shaun began to search for more ticklish spots to go for. He went for her armpits, which were a no go. He went for the belly next, which didn’t really work. Then, he went for the lower ribs.
“Hehehehe! Yohohohou gohohot mehehehe!” She laughed.
“I’ve gotcha! I’ve gotcha!” Shaun declared.
“HAhahahaha! Shahahahaun!” She laughed, falling onto him. Shaun picked her up and booped her nose. “Boop!”
She giggled and turned them around so she was on the bottom. “Your turn!” She told him.
“Okay.” He started with the bottom ribs and started counting. “One, two, three, four, five, six-” He pretended to slip a little. “Uh oh...I forgot where I was. I need to start again!” Shaun said, reiterating almost the same thing she said before.
“Shahahahaun! Yohohohou’re ehehehevihihil!” She laughed.
Shaun giggled. “You did the same thing I’m doing! And I didn’t call you evil.” Shaun mentioned.
“Shuhuhuhuhut uhuhuhup!” She laughed to him.
“Okay.” Shaun proceeded to be quiet while he tickled her.
It was another 5 minutes later when Lea finally said something.
“Ohohhokahahahay, sahahahay sohohomethihihihing!” She begged.
“Like what?” Shaun asked.
“Thahahahank yohohohou! Yohohohou wehehehent sihihilehehent!” She told him.
“You told me to shut up. So I shut myself up.” Shaun told her.
Lea grabbed his hands and stopped him. “Wahahahait wahait wait wait…”
Shaun waited.
“I said that because you were teasing me, and it was embarrassing. You don’t need to take it seriously if you don’t want to.” She told him.
“Okay. Your laugh is pretty.” Shaun told her.
“Awww! Thank you!” She replied.
Shaun smiled a little and booped her nose again. This made Lea giggle a little.
“Awww…” She reacted.
“What’s cute?” Shaun asked.
“You! You’re cute!” She told him.
Shaun didn’t know what to say… “Th-thank you.” Shaun told her.
“You’re welcome Shaun.” Lea replied.
Shaun looked around and back at Lea. “Can you tickle me again?” Shaun asked.
Lea nodded her head. “I’d love to!” She replied.
She started tickling Shaun on the sides as well as the hips to get it started. Shaun giggled and started to laugh almost right away. “HAhahahaha! AhahAhAHAHAH! LEHEHEhahahaha!” He laughed.
“Yes, Mr. Giggles?” She teased.
“IhihiHIHI’M NAHAhahahAHAhat Mr. gihihihigglehehes Ihihi’m ShahaAHAUN!” He told her.
“Well today, you’re Mr. Giggles.” She told him.
Shaun giggled more at that.
“Thahahat wohohohould behehe ahahan uhuhunprofehehessional nahahahame to hahahave.” Shaun told her.
“Yeah...but it’d be cute. And I would be called Lea Giggles!” She told him.
Shaun laughed more at that. “Leheheheahahaha gihihihigglehehes!” Shaun declared. “Leheheheahaha gihihihigglehehes!”
“HYeah! Hahah! Lea Giggles indeed.” She replied.
She soon gave him a break and allowed him to breath for a while. “You feeling okay?” She asked.
“Nehehever better.” Shaun admitted. “I’m tired, but I still want tickles.” Shaun added to his list of admittance.
Lea smiled at him and held his hand. “Maybe later we can do more tickle fights.”
And later on, they did indeed do another few more tickle fights! And the tickle fight chart just kept on filling.
It got to the point that every day winded up being tickle day till the day she got sick of it. But Lea never got sick of seeing Shaun in his happy place. It was a real honour to be able to be Shaun’s girlfriend. And this was one of the royal privileges of being his girlfriend!