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Toga loved to tickle people. She just thought it was a fun way to bond with people and that didn't stop with her fellow league members. She loves to do surprise tickle attacks on them, she has gotten nearly every one of them on the ground as a tickle drunk mess. Yet Mustard was the only one who had yet to be a victim in her tickle attacks, always choosing to stay in his room so one day Toga had an idea.
That day Mustard had been more grumpy than usual so it was a perfect time to start her plan.
"Toga.Don’t.You.Dare" Mustard spat as Toga pinned him down on her bed.
“C-mon silly goose! It works on almost everyone here."
Toga had noticed Mustard being more grumpy than usual and she had an idea to cheer him up. So she asked him to help him with something in her room and he fell for the bait as she tackled him on her bed.
"I'm not even ticklish so what's the point? I'm already having a shitty day. I don't need one more thing to make it worse."
"Awwww~ come on little sweetheart, You've been grumpy all day I know just the thing to help you feel better!"
"Toga I swear to god-" Mustard seethed as he kept trying to wiggle out.
"Sorry Yuto, but I'm gonna make you feel better one way or another!"
Mustard honestly felt a bit scared of what Toga was going to do, she had THAT look in her eyes that just screamed gremlin. Thankfully Toga noticed and ruffled his hair, given him a look of reassurance that she would do in moments of comfort.
“Are you comfy?” she asked in a surprising soft tone.
"I mean I guess? But do you really have to be on top of me!" He asked.
"Yep!" She stated as if she was asked the most obvious question ever.
"Don't worry, I'm not gonna hurt you and…..but now I'm going toooo" She purred, building up anticipation Mustard tensed up mentally preparing himself for what's about to come.
"TICKLE YOUUU!"
Toga instantly started scribbling her fingers on his sides going in an up and down motion. Mustard yelped, trying to hide his smile and to resist the feelings, only releasing choked up snickers but he eventually gave in and let the most adorable giggles a 13 year old boy could make.
"Ehehehehehe tohohohogahahaha wahahahait" The younger boy managed to say through his giggles, squirming a tiny bit.
Toga continued to tickle his sides for a tiny bit more before stopping.
"Nuh uh cutie, you know what happens when you're grumpy around me. Now… lets see where else you're ticklish at~" Mustard bashfully batted his eyes away, he'd try to push her off but she was heavy and surprisingly strong for her height, being able to carry him bridal style while he was sick one time.
"Let's see if I can tickle you like….THIS! Tickle tickle tickle~"
Toga started squeezing Mustard's sides rapidly and was instantly met with bubbly laughter from the younger villain.
"Tohohohohgahahaha!!" Mustard tossed his head back and laughed freely as Toga went to town on his sides, letting out a toothy smile.
She took one hand off his side and slid her hand under his shirt and started scribbling her fingers on his belly earning more fresh bouts of laughter.
"Oh my goodness you are so ticklish! That is sooo cute!" Toga exclaimed happily, continuing her ticklish attack.
"Nohohohohoho I'm nohohohohot!" Mustard protested, flustered beyond belief yet he didn't attempt to fight back nor did he tell her to stop.
She wormed her way up from his hips to his ribs digging her fingers into them gently. Mustard wiggled and squirmed, he’d never felt this feeling in his whole life, sure he had been hugged and had his hair ruffled but he had never been tickled before. He squealed as she found more ticklish spots and tried to shield himself from Himko's nimble fingers to no avail, was he always this ticklish?
And why was he enjoying this?
"Awwwww such a ticklewish wittle baby are we? Citchie citchie coo~" Toga teased with baby talk, going back to squeezing his sides.
"Nohohohoh teehehehehesing eheheheheheyahahaha!" Mustard shouted, shaking his head from side to side, eyes squeezed shut with mirth.
Despite all the teasing, Toga made sure to go easy on Mustard. Normally when doing her "treatment" she'd reduce others members of the league to a giggling mess on the floor practically wheezing on the floor.
But with Mustard? She Viewed him as the little bratty brother and no matter how hard he tried to mask it, he was just a child just looking for approval. He was just barely a teenager when the league found him. A protective streak always flared up in her when he was around, he would always stick around Compress but overtime he would warm to the others. Ever since she found him crying during a thunderstorm she made it her mission to make sure he felt safe with them. So instead of tickling him till his lungs burned, she tried a more softer approach leaving the boy in hysterical giggles.
Toga managed to move his arms above his head and started massaging his ribs.
"Hahahahahahahaha ehehehehe!" Mustard continued to squeal and giggle, his blush had gone much deeper than before and all the while Toga's non stop teasing with all the "Citchie citchie coos" and "tickle tickle tickles" only made him more flustered.
"You have such an adorable laugh. Did anyone tell you that?"
"Nohohohohohot hahahahahaha yaahahahahaha!" Mustard tried to answer through his laughter.
Toga's smile went from a mischievous smirk to a soft, almost sisterly one. She had never seen Mustard look so happy before, not once did he try to fight back or even tell her to stop. She couldn't help but smile wider at how carefree and joyful he seemed at this moment. It looked like he was genuinely enjoying this, his laughter sounded just so happy and carefree that it melted Himiko's heart.
"Awwww you are just so cute I could just eat you up! Huh.. Wait a second." Toga paused her tickling as Mustard looked up at her.
Toga giggled and lifted Mustard's shirt up and wrapped her arms around his waist and moved her head down.
"Why am I saying I could eat you up when I could just do it right now!" She stated.
Mustard blinked.
"H-Huh? What the hell do you meEHEHEHEHEHEN AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" The boy exploded in belly laughter
Without any warning Toga started gently nibbling Mustard's tummy, her fangs and teeth softly scraping on his skin, it didn't hurt at all but it just felt so tickly and combining that with her going back to her kneading his sides drove him crazy.
"FUHUHUAHAHAHAHAH!NOHOHOHOHOHOHO!!" Mustard buckled thrashed like a madman, legs kicking behind toga, his sandy brown hair was now wild and fluffy as he shook his head around. Toga found it cute how mustard held his hands up like a dog on its hind legs.
"Om-nom-nom-nom-nom-nom but you're so delicious!" Toga teased again, before going back to nibbling on his tummy and moving up to his ribs.
Mustard didn't know what was more embarrassing, the fact that Toga was nibbling on his rib cage or the fact that he felt genuinely happy in this moment.
"AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAEHEHEHE IT TIHEHEHEICKLES SOHOHOHOH MUHUHUHUHCH HAHAHAHAHAHA!!"
“Oh you think this tickles? How about this?” Toga then took a deep breath and blew a few big raspberries onto Mustard’s tummy.
“PFFFFFT! PBBBFFFFFFFT!” She nuzzled her head into his tummy so her messy hair buns and bangs tickled him as well.
"HUUHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!"
Toga had never heard such bubbly and joyful laughter in her life.
"Hehe, okay okay I think that's enough for now." Toga said as she took her hands of Mustard and hopped off him.
Finally after what felt like eons to Mustard (which actually only lasted around 8 minutes at most) Toga's ticklish assault had finally come to an end. Mustard felt Toga's weight shift off of him and he curled into a ball on his side, still giggling and smiling. He felt Himko's hand softly rub circles on his back and she pulled a blanket over him, giving him a water bottle on her night stand.
After a few sips the younger villain sat up on the bed with his knees tucked into his chest.
"That…. was….humiliating..." Mustard mumbled, his face red as he turned away from her.
Toga's expression softened, she placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Hey.. did I go too far, Yuto? I'm sorry I should've asked before I-" She said before Mustard interrupted her.
"No..no I'm not mad, it's just….I've never been "tickled" before and I..never really got that much love like that before the league found me." Mustard moved his head up to look at Toga.
"I know, it's stupid, I'm supposed to be a villain and not some stupid giggling kid."
Toga started running her fingers through his hair and gave a reassuring smile.
"Y'know you don't always have to be a big scary villain all the time, you can just be yourself around us! I want you to feel safe with us and we don't want to cross boundaries and we care about you so much. I don't want you to be all sad and gloomy, so don't be afraid to be yourself, okay?" Toga spoke her mind.
Mustard let out a small smile and leaned in into Toga as she covered them both with blankets.
"Ok…I'll try. Thank you Toga… I guess."
They spent the afternoon watching videos and memes on Toga's phone on her bed, Mustard was cuddled up on her lap, letting him regain his energy, she was gently petting his hair smiling every time Mustard would rant about something that would happen in a video. They stayed like that for a while until Kurogiri called them down.
Before they left, Toga asked Mustard something.
"One more thing Yuto"
"Yeah?"
"Did you…like being tickled?'
Mustard felt his cheeks heat up at that and decided to give an honest answer. Despite all his struggles and squirms he did, he genuinely had fun.
"Yeah, I mean…I kinda did." He answered bashfully.
Toga giggled. It was Cute
"y'know if you're feeling down or sad, I'll be happy to cheer you up that way."
"Maybe."