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“Try holding your breath and counting to ten!” Amitie cried, pumping her fists out in front of her.
Sig nodded, his chest rising and falling with another hic! before taking in a huge gulp of air. His cheeks puffed up and he closed his eyes while trying to relax his diaphragm. One… Two… Three… “ Hic!” He exhaled all at once, scrunching his face and pouting before letting out another frazzled stream of hiccups.
She folded her arms across her chest, trying and failing to look serious as she stifled a giggle and tried to think of another solution. “Did you try drinking a bunch of water?”
He nodded. “Al- hic! -ready tried that. Hic! Didn’t really hic! work…” he managed, slumping his shoulders slightly with a sigh. “Might just hic! be stuck this hic! way for- hic! -ever…”
She put her hand to her face and idly scratched at her cheek, letting out a low hum before snapping her fingers. “That’s it!” she cried, giving him a thumbs up. “Sig, I need you to look deep into my eyes, okay?”
He picked his head up and gave a quick nod before opening his eyes and looking directly into hers, his head bobbing slightly with every hiccup still rhythmically jumping through his body. “Amitie, what are you-” He paused as she leaned forward quickly, planting a single, short kiss on his cheek before springing back onto her heels. His eyes widened and he could feel his antennae-like hair on the back of his head standing upright. “Amitie?” he asked, unable to gather his thoughts to say much else.
“People say surprises can help get rid of the hiccups, so, I thought maybe that could surprise you enough!” She watched as he put his hand over his heart and his face started to blush and, with a laugh, added, “Do you think it worked?”
He felt his heart pounding in his chest as he tried to slow his breathing, quickly noticing the lack of hiccups. “Think they’re gone now,” he said, a fond smile quickly working its way onto his face. “Thanks, Amitie.” Without hesitation, he leaned towards her and returned the favor, kissing the top of her forehead.
As he leaned back, she put her hands to her face and felt her cheeks grow warm. “Aww, thanks! It was no- hic! ” She dropped her hands to her sides as her expression fell, another hic! shaking her body. “Oh, hic! no!” she whined, smiling despite herself. “Now I’ve hic! got ‘em!”