Title: Ticklish
Universe: xxxHOLiC
Theme/Topic: Tickling
Rating: PG
Character/Pairing/s: Doumeki, Watanuki, Himawari
Warnings/Spoilers: None I can think of.
Summary: Watanuki asks yet another random question.
Dedication: You. :]
A/N: *gasp!* An update! I hope you like it, I had half of it written for a long time and just finished it today.
Disclaimer: I only own copies~
Distribution: Don't do it.

"Are you ticklish?" Watanuki asked.

Doumeki looked up from his specially made bento, his chopsticks poised at his lips. "Aa?" he questioned. Watanuki was in one of his moods. This one was called 'Let's Ask The Person Nearest To Me A Seriously Random Question'. Doumeki frequently wondered what was going through the other boy's mind.

Watanuki set his chopsticks down onto his lunch then looked back up to the archer. "So?" he said, tilting his head just slightly.

Doumeki took in that little quirk of Watanuki's then contemplated the question. He slipped the article of food into his mouth, "Dunno." He paused to chew and swallow the food, "No one has tried."

As Doumeki resumed eating, Watanuki took in the new information and felt an evil grin stretch his face. He slowly picked up a single chopstick and quickly poked the archer in the side. Doumeki jumped slightly and gave the seer a dirty look. Watanuki beamed, "Ah ha! You are ticklish!" he exclaimed in Doumeki's face.

He turned and deadpanned, "You startled me." He slipped another piece of food into his mouth with a huff.

Watanuki's smile turned into a smirk, "Yeah, sure, startled," he said mockingly. He poked the archer again, this time it caused Doumeki to drop the piece of food that was clinging to his chopsticks. A perfectly good piece of food, wasted. That was the last straw.

Doumeki reached and poked Watanuki in the sides while he was busy chuckling. The seer yelped and jumped away. A small but sly grin formed on Doumeki's face. He advanced on Watanuki, who had long since dropped his weapon against the archer, the chopstick.

"O-Oi Doumeki…" he stuttered. Watanuki spotted an opening on Doumeki, and like a trained something-or-other, dove for it and wiggled his fingers. Doumeki counter attacked.

Thus, a rolling tickle fight ensued. Watanuki yelped and writhed while Doumeki remained quiet.

Himawari rounded the corner, "Sorry I'm—" she stopped as her eyes met Watanuki straddling Doumeki, pinning him to the ground. They stared at her; their faces flushed and hair mussed from the exertion. "Um… sorry for interrupting," she murmured. She turned and walked away with a small smile on her face.

The seer jumped off Doumeki and flailed wildly, "She thought— We weren't—!" He was so embarrassed and horrified that he couldn't form a complete sentence.

Doumeki sat up, grass clinging to his back and hair. With an irritated look in his eyes, he stared up at the flailing boy. Watanuki continued flailing, yelling incoherently and basically making an ass out of himself.

But when the seer took one look at Doumeki's irritated face and disheveled hair, he burst out laughing. It was too much! He (unsuccessfully) tried to stifle his laughter with his hands but it came out anyway. He tried to speak while laughing, "That's— haha, oh man… That's—!" he paused, laughing a bit harder, "THAT'S PERFECT!" he yelled and doubled over in laughter once again.

Doumeki just stared at him, somewhat surprised the seer was laughing, and at him, no less. He was also slightly (very, very slightly) embarrassed. He did just tickle Watanuki, after all. He turned away, "What are you laughing at?" The laughing stopped and he turned back around to see Watanuki staring at him; he could tell the seer was trying to hold back his laughter.

"PFF!" Watanuki covered his mouth and spun around, his body shaking with laughter. When his laughter finally died down, he walked over to Doumeki and began plucking the grass from his hair. "You weren't going to do it yourself so I have to do it for you, you moron," was his reasoning for doing such a thing.

Doumeki sat there and let Watanuki pluck the grass from his hair. Watanuki was right; he wasn't going to do it himself. The archer blinked when he realized that he was eye-level with Watanuki's stomach. His eyes narrowed very slightly as he contemplated tickling the seer again; in the end, he decided to embarrass him first. "Never thought you cared about my appearance," he said.

Watanuki's fingers stopped in his hair but within a few seconds, they started moving again. "I just don't want to be seen with an even idiotic looking idiot," he explained with a huff. After he removed all the grass, he began fixing Doumeki's messy hair.

From the pause of Watanuki's fingers, the archer knew that he was formulating a lie. Thinking that Watanuki was thoroughly distracted, he moved to poke at his sides but the other boy moved away; Doumeki quickly dropped his hands.

"There," the seer said, admiring his handiwork with his hands on his hips. Doumeki looked up and noticed the tiny smile on Watanuki's lips.

He smirked, "You just wanted an excuse to touch me."

The other boy flushed and crossed his arms, turning away, "I would have just tortured you with tickling!"

"Sure."

"Shut up! I could!"

"Never said you couldn't," Watanuki raised a slim eyebrow, "but you won't because I'll tickle you back." He smirked.

Watanuki blanched. "Whatever!" He stomped back over to their lunch and plopped down; he grabbed his lunch and started eating again. Doumeki blinked at the seer then realized that returning to lunch was a good idea. He got up and plopped down in front of his own lunch and began eating as well.

They ate in silence for a few moments before they glanced at each other and their eyes met. Watanuki jumped and averted his eyes back down to his lunch while Doumeki continued to eat and stare at the seer at the same time. The archer paused and looked down at his chopstick. Swiftly and carefully, he reached over and poked the other boy in the side.

"ACK! Doumeki, you ass!" He dropped his chopsticks and dove at Doumeki's sides.

And it starts all over again... Bah, these boys. They're so childish sometimes. I'm going to try my very, very hardest to keep this updated!