A/N: In which Tori has the hiccups and Jade has to think of a way to help get rid of them,,
Tori's hiccups had come on as suddenly and as randomly as ever, and at first it was funny. To Jade, at least; hearing her girlfriend's words being interrupted every few seconds by another hiccup had given her a few chuckles, until they had gotten so bad that Tori was barely able to finish a thought before the next one came.
Then, it wasn't so funny anymore.
"Jade, we have to hic do something," Tori whined.
"First things first, try some water," Jade said, as she handed Tori a water bottle she'd grabbed.
"Okay," Tori said, opening the drink and bringing it to her mouth. She took a little sip, but quickly dropped it when she felt the next hiccup coming, just on time. Jade shook her head.
"If that didn't work, the next thing is to try to hold your breath."
Tori nodded and took a big breath, her cheeks puffing out as she did. She stared at Jade (who had to stifle a chuckle at how ridiculous Tori looked), but this trick didn't work either, as Tori's hiccups continued.
"Alright, I'm going to have to try to scare you then," Jade said. "That's the only other thing I know that can help hiccups."
"No, don't scare me, I'd rather just keep having hiccups," Tori whined. "Besides, I know you're going to do it so it won't work."
Jade groaned. "It would still work. I won't do it right away so you'll forget I'm going to do it."
"My memory isn't that bad," Tori replied.
"Whatever you say," Jade said. "Hey, can you go grab my phone from the bedroom, I want to look something up."
"You can use my phone," Tori said. "It's hic right there on the counter."
"No, I want to use mine, yours is...well, I just want mine, please."
Tori made a face, but nodded anyway. "Okay...be right back, I guess."
As soon as she'd gone out of sight, despite what she'd said, Jade grabbed Tori's phone and pretended to be using it when Tori came back. As soon as she heard Tori coming back down the hallway, Jade let out a dramatic gasp.
"Tori, bad news. They're closing Nozu."
"They're what?!" Tori asked, her footsteps getting louder as she came quickly back into the kitchen.
"They're closing down Nozu, because of some health violation or something?" Jade said, squinting her eyes at Tori's phone screen. Tori came by Jade's side, the panicked look still on her face. It only took her a moment to see that Jade was just staring at her dark phone screen.
"You're messing with me," she said, frowning at Jade. "They're not closing Nozu."
"Guilty," Jade said, placing Tori's phone back down on the counter. "You know why, though?"
A beat passed between them, and it took Tori a moment to piece things together.
"You tried to scare me to get rid of my hiccups," she said. "And it worked."
"That's right," Jade said with a smirk. "Now, what was that you were saying about your memory not being that bad?"
Tori's smile faded slightly. "Well, it's not fair if you try to mess with me about our favorite restaurant closing down. We had our first date there and you know it's special to me."
"I know, and I'm sorry, but it got rid of your hiccups, didn't it?" Jade asked, and Tori nodded. "To make up for scaring you, why don't we go for dinner tonight? As a date?"
Tori's smile returned and she nodded. "It's a date."
A/N: Thanks for reading!