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- A-and then Remus said... – Breathing rapidly to resist laughing, Janus ended up snorting instead and slapped his hands over his face. – Oh my badness...
Patton chuckled with amusement. Others' giggles were always contagious to him, and today it was about JANUS! Who cares if he can't finish his own terribly funny story? This still counted as bonding, at least in Patton's opinion.
- Was that what he said?
- No, that was what I said, – Janus replied as he took deeper breaths, regaining a part of his formal attitude he'd nearly given up on maintaining.
Patton's eyebrows raised in disbelief.
- You said “oh my badness”?
- Well, goodness is more of your think, don't you thing? – The snake bristled as soon as Patton burst out laughing, ruining what would've been considered a jab in more serious conditions. – Ugh, what did I say?!
The moral side nudged his arm teasingly.
- Looks like your forked tongue... isn't serving you well today.
Janus choked at the wordplay, never getting used to how well their sense of humor matched.
On top of that, the angelman was right. He clearly wasn't acting like himself. Mustn't have taken that one glass of wine!..
- Oh how I wish Remus were here, what he'd say to this would be...
Janus didn't need to finish (and, honestly, didn't want to). Patton's laughter took a new rise, and a slightly pained tone, as he shoved the assumptions out of his pure little head. Janus, in turn, had to lean back on the couch, his hands already starting to clap. It had to have taken longer...
Patton bent in the opposite direction, faking a bow.
- Wohohow, thanks for the applause.
- SHUT UP! – Janus screamed.
- Why don't you shut me up?! – Patton screamed back.
Good question, let's give it a thought... maybe I like hearing you?
Janus did not say that aloud, just physically brushing the other man off.
The two sat side by side until the uncontrollable mirth slowly went down, leaving both of them huffing for air.
- That's it, no more, – Janus declared firmly.
- Alright, alright, keep it together, – Patton agreed as he blinked up at his mindmate.
It took one second of eye contact for their lips to tremble, then one second of holding back, and then they were cackling all over again. Despite how increasingly ridiculous the situation looked, Patton marveled at the sounds he was getting to hear from the serpent side. Janus only ever laughed that hard as a fake reaction to somebody's bland joke! Or when he was being t-...
When the snake practically stuffed his hands into his mouth, desperate to silence himself, Patton glanced at him with shining eyes.
- Hey, Jan... Do you know what I do to Virgil when he hides his laughter?
Janus froze and stared back at him, convinced that whatever it was, he wasn't going to like it.
- Now, now, I doubt you have to hold me to the same sanders... standards... – He groaned and went right back to his frustrated gesture as Patton squealed with glee. – THIS WAS NOT INTENDED!
- Oh, that's it!
Pushing all the weight of his love-filled body against Janus, he pulled at the edge of his shirtdress... and now Janus knew.
- Wait- wait, wait! Ahahaa!.. – In a second, it became worse, every single thing in the world tragically forcing him to giggle. The side he earnestly believed to be the weaker one effortlessly pinning him down (and if Janus wasn't exactly putting up a fight, that was an irrelevant detail). His stomach being exposed and observed. Hell, even the very anticipation of MORE GIGGLES!
- Awww, look at these tummy scales! – Patton cooed, enchanted. – They're like my freckles but cuter!
He nuzzled into one of the scale patches, above Janus' hip, and blew. How was anyone so dizzy with joy and a bit of wine supposed to resist that?
Janus roared with laughter, tears tingling the corners of his eyes. This man was being unfair. Not a single scale was staying unscathed by the scourge of his lips, they just kept coming...
Janus' face was about to split in more than two parts from smiling so wide. And his thoughts were so hazy he was finding it hard to be dramatic even in his head!
He hated it. He hated the goofy grin Patton shot him from above, when both of them were once again breathless – one from laughter, the other from raspberries and laughter.
- Oh, that's it! – Janus bellowed, mimicking Patton's voice from before so well the dog lover's heart skipped a beat. And immediately sped up.
The snake kicked his opponent off, using the brief blast of adrenaline to, in turn, overpower him. Patton gasped, his smile never fading, as they switched positions.
- I believe I heard you say your stomach has freckles? Why don't I see for myself.
The moral side twisted wildly as his polo was rolled up.
- N- nohahaha!..
- No? It doesn't? – Janus' eyes narrowed, the skin and the scales around them crinkling happily. – Oh, Patton, Patton. How dare you lie to me.
Curses. He could not keep up that villainous voice, it still cracked at the end. But there was always something he could do... He thought so as he lowered his face and delivered a raspberry of his own to Patton's navel.
- JAHAHAHAN! HAHA, MERCY!..
The snake paused but stayed where he was, glancing up at his mindmate as they giggled against each other.
- Sure, let us take breaks. It only means I'll take longer targeting every single one of those freckles. As a returned favor, you know?
Janus smirked vengefully at the sparkles in the other's cyan eyes, fear and excitement interflowing inside them. Yeah... maybe, just maybe, it didn't have to end yet.