"Hey, Brother?" asked Al, flopping down on the hotel bed.

"Hmmm?" said Ed, flopping down next to him.

"Um, what now?" asked Al.

"…I don't really know." Said Edward. "I hadn't really planned on what to do after we got our regular bodies back. Eh, we'll just wing it and see what happens."

Ed was suddenly in a playful mood. "Hey Al? Do like being able to physically feel?"

"Um, yeah. Why?" Asked Al, noticing that Ed's hands were getting very close to his sides.

"Because I haven't gotten to tickle you in the longest time." He poked Al in the side and that did get a giggle from him.

"What are you trying to get away from?" Ed feigned innocence. "There's nothing topanic about. Unless…" He slid his hands under Al's shirt. "Unless you're as ticklish as I remember you being. Than you are in some trouble." He flicked his fingers up and down Al's sides, getting small fits of giggles from him.

"N-No! That's n-not f-fair! Ha ha ha! C-Come on Ed, HA HA HA!"

Al tried batting his hands away unsuccessfully and Ed took the opportunity to flutter his hands in Al's very sensitive underarms.

"No not there!" Al gasped.

"Well that doesn't really give me many options Al." Ed paused his tickling assault for a second. "It's either here or your sides and I think this calls for some underarm tickling!" He tickled him under the arms slightly mercilessly.

"Ehehed! No fahahahair!" Al tried clamping his arms down but it didn't work as his fingers were practically glued under his arms.

Ed smirked at him. "Well tough! I'm older than you and I say it's fair!"

"W-well IHAHAHA I'm t-taller than youHAHAHA!"

"You'd better watch it Al." Ed warned going back over his ribs, sides, and stomach.

"Sh-short!" Al gasped defiantly.

"Oh, now you've done it."

His hands were everywhere tickling him with no mercy, sending Al into fits of hysterics and it was slightly worse as he had already been tickled.

Al tried to protest but Ed tickled him more and harder making hard to speak.

"Tickling you is so much fun." Ed said. "Don't you want me to have some fun?"

"Y-yes! B-but not at m-my expehehense!" Al was now feeling tears of laughter prick at his eyes and he could remember them getting into tickle wars when they were younger. Ed had tickled him pretty bad back then but this was worse.

But if he remembered correctly…

Al poked Ed in the sides causing him to jump and stop flicking his underarms.

"Ah! N-No. I'mthe tickler, you're the ticklee remember?" Although Ed seemed slightly nervous now.

Al took the opportunity to continue poking him in the ribs, sides and stomach causing him to get off him and the bed, jumping away with every poke.

"A-Al! St-stop! Ah! W-When did this turn into-uh! Into T-torment Ed?" He didn't seem to notice that he was being backed into the wall.

Then he noticed.

Oh. Heck.

"You're right Brother, tickling is fun!" Said Al, sliding his hands under Ed's shirt.

"Al, Don't.You.Dare." Ed said.

"Oh, I dare." Said Al, beginning his assault.

"AL! hahaha! Y-You are s-so g-going t-to re-regrehet this l-lahater!"

"I highly doubt that Brother." Said Al as he found a particularly sensitive spot beneath and behind his rib cages, the middle of his sides, and stomach, which succeeded in sending Ed into fits.

"In fact, I know I won't." Said Al, attacking Ed's underarms and sending him into another fit.

"Y-You! –Gasp-quit it! Hahaha!"

"I don't wanna." Al whined playfully.

He continued his merciless assault until Ed seemed to be having trouble catching his breath and he let up a little.

"Al! –Pant- you-! Y-You're gonna pay later! –Wheeze-

"So will you." said Al, getting a glare from Ed although they both knew they loved it.

Wirny came in then, unnoticed by Ed or Al but she left after seeing that Al's hands were still under Ed's shirt and Al was still on top of him.

That was the last time she came into a room with those two in it without knocking.