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A child's high pitched scream could be heard all the way from downstairs to the kitchen in which a couple sat doing some paperwork. Now normally, this could cause some form of concern and make parents rush to see what the noise was but these parents just sighed as if this was a regular occurrence, shook their heads and shared a fond smile before going back to their work.
The screaming continued and got louder closer as the source of the scream ran from his older brother.
"Momma. Daddy!" Ace yelled as he ran to hide behind his parents from his older brother.
"C'mon Acey. The tickle monster is going to get you." Jack Trapolla wriggled his fingers threateningly, advancing slowly as to both scare his brother but also give him time to run
"Daddy!" Ace cried as he ran to his father.
The man merely sighed and scooped up his baby when he came close enough and held him tightly to his chest, rubbing his back soothingly, whilst fixing his eldest son with a look that said 'really?'
Jack at least looked mildly sheepish and rubbed the back of his neck apologetically.
"Jack." Their dad sighed, disappointment in his voice "You know you're not supposed to do that." The man scolded his son lightly but both Jack and his wife could see the mischief in his eyes and Ace's mother shared a similar twinkle. "You're supposed to do it like this!" And the high pitched screaming returned, this time followed by childish giggling and hiccuping.
"Ooh, give me!" Pouted his wife reaching for their son to tickle him aswell and he acceded and gave him over, smiling apologetically when his son shot him a betrayed look.
"Come to mama!" Ace's mom laughed as she tickled his little stomach making the little one squeal once again and squirming to try and get away from the torture
Jack soon joined and Ace eventually conceded, and let his little self be tickled persistently by his family.
Eventually, they let him off and he hiccuped as he tried to get his breathing back under control. When a loud yawn escaped him, his family turned to look at him fondly and all chuckled at the adorable sight of the little one whipping his eyes with his pudgy little hands.
Jack gently picked him up from his mother's hold and held him tightly "Sleepy?" He asked gently and laughed softly when Ace merely nodded and whined out an affirmation. "Let's get you to bed then"
"Bye mama. Bye daddy." Ace waved goodbye to his parents as his parents waved back an image of calm and collected on the outside whilst on the inside screaming over how cute their baby was.
As Jack set his little brother down on his bed he couldn't help but place a loving kiss on his forehead. "You're going to grow up to be a little trickster one day for sure." And he seemed oddly proud of his little brother growing up to cause mayhem and chaos but I digress. "But you're still going to be this family's baby."
And with that the eldest Trappola sibling got up and walked out, not without running around and giving his sleeping little brother a soft smile.
Over the years Ace had been forcefully subjected to tickle attacks by his family and when he thought he would have been able to avoid it at Night Raven he had been deadly mistaken.
As Ace sighed for nth time Yuu felt their self control snap bit by bit.
When Ace sighed again, Yuu snapped their book shut and smiled sweetly at him, a dark aura surrounding them as they turned to their friend. The first year group winced whilst others smirked at the heart eyed boy. Things were about to get interesting.
"Is there something wrong Ace?" Yuu asked, voice saccharine sweet. Now, any normal person would recognise the danger in Yuu's voice but Ace's mind was on something else so he merely replied smart-ass as always.
"Yeah. All of us are way too bored and I know for a fact that you've just been staring at your text book not understanding anything for the past 10 minutes, Prefect." Ace replied, smirking as Yuu flushed at being called out so brazenly.
"Yeah well maybe I would be able to concentrate if someone didn't keep interrupting my concentration!" Yuu retorted as they poked Ace on his sides, not expecting the glory that would come out of that. Ace's face flushed into a pretty pink colour and he let out a squeak.
Everyone stopped their fake revising and turned to look at the first year, all with varying looks of disbelief.
"W-what?" Deuce looked like he had seen a miracle, looking disbelieving at Ace.
"It was just a sneeze!" The lie was so bold that a blind person could see through it.
"Oh really?" Yuu replied, mischief in their voice as they reached over and poked him again before he could react. Another squeak left him and he tried to cover his sides from anymore but it was already too late, Yuu had pounced on him.
"W-wait n-no! S-stop it!" He cried out as Yuu tickled him incessantly. He tries to fight them off but due to his weakened state he couldn't do much and was forced to let himself be mercilessly tickled.
Suddenly, he felt another pair of hands join in tickling him and he let out a shriek of laughter, his attempts at escape renewing as he tried to escape more hands but it was already too late.
By the time he had given up all of the first years had joined in tickling him and he had all become a limp noodle that can only let out high pitched laughter.
Eventually, they all ceased in their torture and allowed the redhead to breathe for a moment.
As they all stared at him they couldn't help but feel their cheeks flush at remembering how cute the other had sounded.
"Well then," Yuu interrupted their collective moment of appreciation "Now I know a sure way to keep you quiet" they said slyly, eyes full of revenge.
Ace gulped and crawled away ever so slightly and picked up a textbook and buried his face in it to hide his burning face from his friends whilst everyone just stared at the redhead, their heads already thinking of ways to take advantage of this newly learned information.
After that day Ace knew peace and safety nowhere and now had to look left and right because if he didn't he would get attacked. At least it was only the first years and his family, right? It couldn't get any worse than this, right?
Ha. Right.
Ace needed new friends and stat because the heathens he currently called friends were the spawn of satan out there to get him.
For the past week or so he'd been tickled, both in public and in private and he'd had too many close calls for his liking
"Hey Acey~" the traitors he called friends would coo as they would wiggle their fingers and head towards him, backing him up against a wall, trapping him and not allowing him to escape from their teasing.
This time it happened one lovely afternoon where he was lounging at Heartstaybul, completely innocent and minding his own business. In fact, he was so engrossed in doing his own little thing he hadn't noticed his senpais and Deuce approach him and he certainly hadn't noticed Deuce shush their senpai as he tiptoed closer and closer to him and he only noticed when a loud shriek left his mouth.
"D-deuce!" He cursed between breathless laughter. "I-I h-hate y-" he shrieked again as Deuce doubled his efforts.
"So mean Acey~" the fucker mockingly pouted, smirking that infuriating smirk he had when he realised he was a mere centimetere taller than him. "And I'm only making you laugh~" the blue haired boy's smirk only grew bigger when Ace just cursed again between laughter.
He felt their senpai's confusion slowly vanish as they all smirked at the oddly adorable scene in front of them, Ace laughing with tears streaming down his cheeks, making his normally pale face flush red.
They slowly walked over to the pair and one by one started tickling him as well.
"S-senpai!" Ace protested as he tried to escape from Riddle's hands as the small housewarden aimed for his neck and Cater aimed for his sides as well.
Trey smirked and laughed at his struggling kouhai "C'mon Ace. This way we're promoting friendly bonds between senpai and kouhai." However the shit eating grin on his face showed that he only found pleasure in bullying his mischievous little underclassmen. As an older brother he knew the greatest tickle spots out there and planned to utilise every bit of information he had.
"Yeah Acey~" grinned Cater. "You look so cute as well"
Riddle said nothing, merely focusing his efforts in finding out how high the younger laugh could get.
Deuce watched all of this with fondness in his eyes as he watched one of his best friends get utterly wrecked.
Ace truly was adorable when he wasn't being an utter terror.