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Mango sits there watching the kids play with one another, he turns his gaze and then snaps it away. His smile falls and his expression is nervous as Herobrine floats over. His students are nearby and are quick to go to the Colorgang who seem very happy to start playing with them as well.
He can see out of the corner of his eye how Herobrine just floats next to him. He's tempted to call Purple over and to leave but he doesn't because he knows they would say yes even if they want to say no. He tenses as Herobrine floats even closer.
He purses his lips and his leg starts bouncing, he goes to stand only to squeak as his side is poked. He flinches and snaps his gaze to him immediately. The two stare at one another. Herobrine stares with amusement whereas Mango stares with growing embarrassment.
“Hello King.”
“...Herobrine.”
“You know, the children have said I should stop acting so…distant. You’ve clearly changed and I should get to know you is what they tend to say, even my kids.”
Mango nods, holds his hands together as he stares.
“Okay…is there…a…”
His eyes stare at Herobrine’s wiggling fingers.
“And you know, I've noticed some…things about you, so why not bond a bit~?”
He stares and his face feels far too warm. He can't look away, he tries to speak but nothing escapes his mouth.
“My eyes are up here King~”
He finally gets his eyes to stare into Herobrine’s eyes and sees the evil smile painted on his face. He raises a brow.
“So, would you like to bond?”
“Herobrine-!”
He jerks backwards when Herobrine gets too close, he falls off the chair and then gets up swiftly. He pulls his hands apart and puts them up.
“N-now now, there's no reason toO-sTaP StaP-!”
He yelps as Herobrine teleports too close and he smiles, his smile is wobbly and he's trying to force the soft giggles away. Herobrine hums.
“Stop what?”
“Y-you knOW-HeEroBriNe!”
His hands quickly grab Mango’s sides and rest there, Mango tries to pull away but he's just followed. He giggles nervously, tries to push him away only to grab his wrists when his fingers dig into his sides.
“Hmm, you must be very ticklish.”
“Whehey? We-!”
“We~? Gonna finish your sentence~?”
He squeals and curls in on himself as his sides are gently poked and molded, he squirms and Herobrine moves himself to hold him and make sure he doesn’t hit the ground. He slowly lowers him while digging his fingers into his sides.
“It seems you enjoy being tickled as well, I figured.”
“EHWahhHehhehe! GEhehaHAeht OehhaheHEhahahehff!”
“No thank you, I deserve a bit of revenge. Besides, this is a good way to bond, you enjoy being tickled and I enjoy tormenting you.”
“NOhohoho!”
Herobrine gently tweaks his ribs and scribbles in between them getting a squeal and frantic thrashing as Mango lays on the ground now. He jerks when Herobrine moves to straddle his hips, his hands frantically push at him and then move to grab his wrists.
“If I had done this during the fight I think it would have been much faster.”
His face heats up at that and he desperately wants to bury himself alive and die underneath the ground. Herobrine just continues tickling him, listens to the peals of laughter that came from the frantically squirming man. One of his hands gently skitters, maneuvers up and up forcing Mango to let go before darting to tickle his armpit. He slams his arm down and tries to turn but can’t, shakes his head as he hiccups and kicks.
“HEORheHEoarbRieheahnE! PELHehahEHHeheahHAhsE! NOHOehaHEAHT THEAHaehHErehreheHE!”
“Not there? You’re highly ticklish everywhere, if I tickle you anywhere you would say that anyways.”
“EHeiEIHEAhehaehhe! IEhahEHHAHehehehE CahaHAhAn’t! ItEHHEahHE t-tICH-!”
Mango shakes and just lays there, Herobrine snorts.
“You can’t say tickle can you?”
He doesn’t respond as he’s mostly too busy laughing but when asked again followed by Herobrine darting his other hand into his other armpit he frantically nods. Herobrine stops tickling him but keeps his hands there and Mango titters, shakes and squirms as he has the biggest most nervous smile he’s ever seen.
“Say it.”
“Iehehahe cahHEhan’t…”
“I believe in you, just say ‘please tickle me Herobrine’.”
Mango bristles at that and seems to be getting more and more embarrassed as he giggles and sputters. It’s annoyingly adorable.
“Nohoho Iehe can’t-HERO-!”
He squawks as Herobrine scribbles for a moment and then stops, he hiccups and giggles frantically and nervously.
“Come on, you can say it. You know how to.”
Silence sounds out as Mango just lays there, he can’t stop nervously giggling and he sure as hell can’t get himself to say that sentence. If steam could come out of his ears it probably would as he all but stays there repeating how he can’t and trying to only to go back to giggling nervously.
“Do it one word at a time, come on, you can do this. What, you can fight and defeat me but you can’t ask for tickles~?”
Mango groans and looks everywhere but Herobrine, he covers his face as he keeps his arms clamped down though he hasn’t been able to force himself to pull away.
“P-pleasehehease t-ti…tic-t-I can’t!”
“Clearly.”
“STahehep teasing mehehe…”
“I can’t help it, it makes you more embarrassed.”
He uncovers his face and flips Herobrine off only to scream and start thrashing.
“I guess that works.”
“EHWHAHEHAOhaOEHUAHE!”
The group watches the two mess around with one another, they turn their attention away to mess around with one another though they snap their gazes back after a few minutes when Mango screams and starts cackling.
“You know-” Green hums “-we could totally get revenge by tickling him as well.”
Blue nods. “That’s not the worst idea.”
Purple snorts and shakes their head. “It’s actually a bad idea, he likes tickling, it’s not revenge if he enjoys it.”
“Wait wait dad likes tickling!?” Red gawks and makes frantic hand motions. “Why didn’t he tell us!?”
“Because it’s embarrassing I bet.”
Second shrugs and then yelps as he’s tackled by Warden, the two start play fighting again. The group quickly goes back to play fighting with tickling Mango on the back burner of their thoughts.