CH 15: Tickle Fight

Sensing a pure magical force in the air, Slathilia slowly woke up with a frown. Looking up, he saw Jinx spinning in her chair happily, with the device now modified and working perfectly fine as sparkles of blue magical energy danced in the air around the center of the giant fan.

"Jinx?" He groaned out, slowly walking up as she got up and excitedly came to him :"Baby!" She shouted happily, immediately hugging him without hesitation :"It worked! I made it work just fine! Now we can use Hextech ourselves!"

"Huh? Oh, is that what this is about?" He mumbled, accepting her hug as she hummed happily, rubbing her face against his chiseled chest. Stroking her back, he spoke softly :"Jinx, are you alright?"

For a moment, it felt like the entire world went silent for her. However, it didn't feel bad. She just cut off the entire world to understand all the love and care of her lover all over again. Because even after such an achievement, something that would've taken a very long time, and something that can benefit them so much, instead of being greedy or shocked, he asked for her well being instead.

She just had to kiss his chest with a loving smile :"Hm, I'm fine." Before moving up and happily kissing his lips :"Me and Silco had a talk, with him giving me one of his dialogues and all hahaha, and everything got solved!"

Slathilia :"Mind giving me some details?"

Jinx :"Sure, whatcha wanna hear? The long story or the short one?"

Slathilia :"Short one first, please."

Jinx :"Well, Silco said that if I wanna grow stronger, I gotta let Powder die. So, that's what I did! Now, all that's left here is Jinx, and Jinx only."

Slathilia, stroking her cheek :"Too short, huh? More details please?"

Jinx, chuckling :"Fine, fair enough. *Calming down* Silco said that I can either let that betrayal break me, or forge me into something greater. And for that to happen, I have to let Powder die, just like how he had let the past Silco die when Vander betrayed him. So that I won't be afraid of pain again. So that I won't be controlled by it anymore. And well, that's what I did! I listened to pops, and now I'm a new me! You know what they say, new year, new me. But well, I guess the new year came early for me hahaha!"

Slathilia, chuckling and stroking her cheek fondly :"I guess it did. *Calming down* But did it bring something good? Something happy?"

"Hm, it did. You saw it yourself. Heck, it's still on hahaha! Now, with the past me gone, I'm stronger than ever!" She laughed at the blue sparkles, before trailing off, her voice growing nervous :"But... do YOU think I did the right thing...? You still love me even with Power gone, right...?"

Gently grabbing her hand, he kissed her red lips reassuringly, before pulling back and taking her cheek into his hand, letting her lean into his loving warmth :"Baby, Jinx, Powder, it doesn't matter what your name is, or what aliases you take. For me, what is important is you. No matter what you name yourself, I will always love you with all of my heart. Always remember that, okay?"

Smiling happily, she dived into his neck, smelling and kissing his exposed skin :"Hm, always! I love you too, Thilia. Love you a whole lot!" She giggled loudly, making him chuckle :"And I love you, Jinxy. Even more than you."

Jinx, smiling smugly :"Ooh, no, no, no, no, now that's where you're wrong. I love you more!"

Slathilia, smirking down :"Nope, I love you more."

Jinx :"Don't even try in this fight, pretty boy. You ain't got no chances of winning this one! I love you more!"

Slathilia :"Nope, I love you more."

Jinx :"No, me love you more!"

Slathilia :"Me."

Jinx :"Me!"

Slathilia :"I said, me."

Jinx suddenly smirked mischievously as her fingers started wiggling dangerously :"And I said, me!" Before they descended to his sides, making him burst into laughter as she got on top of him :"You heard that, you sexy bastard?! I love you a whole lot, lot, lot more! You understand, my beloved bitch?!"

"Hahahaha! N-no wahahahay! I-I love you mohohohorr!" He laughed, trying to guard his sides against her cruel fingers. But that only seemed to spur her on even more. Her smile widened as her lips descended to his ticklish neck and ears :"Oh you're in for it now! I'm not letting you go till you admit I love you more!"

"Nohohoho wahahahay!" He laughed loudly, not even bothering to fight back and just letting her enjoy herself. And as far as he could see amidst his laughter, she was really enjoying herself :"Then don't even think about me letting you go till you admit it!"

And true to her words, she really didn't stop tickling him. Jinx knew he was very ticklish, so she would always make the best out of it. And everytime, she would enjoy every second of it. She only stopped tickling him when he finally wheezed out in defeat :"Hahahaha a-alright! Alright, you wihihihin! You win, so pleahehehese!"

Achieving her victory, she flashed him her adorable smug smile. Huffing out smugly, she smirked :"That's what I thought." Before laying her head on his panting chest :"I love you. Love you a whole lot."

"Me too, baby." Amidst the chuckling, he stroked her head, smiling teasingly :"But I love you more-" But when she raised her fingers threateningly, he quickly stopped with a smile :"Okay, okay! You win. You love me more."

"Yup, that's right." He giggled happily, hugging him and smiling lovingly :"I love you. I love it when you're so cute too. All panting and giggling makes you so cute." Making him roll his eyes :"Yeah, yeah. Whatever." But he couldn't fool her. Because she saw his light blush.

"What, I'm telling the truth!" She stated as a matter of fact, sitting on him and grabbing his rosy cheeks :"You're so freaking adorable like this! Just makes me want to gobble you up." Causing him to look away shyly, a small smile on his face :"You dork."

Giggling, she placed her hands on his chest, and set her cheek on her hands, a live drunk smile on her beautiful face :"Yeah, I'm a dork. Your dork." Making him smile lovingly :"Yeah, you've got that right." And kiss her with just as much love.

(A/N: Cries in single.)

Jinx, legs swinging behind her :"Wanna do something?"

Slathilia :"Do what?"

Jinx :"I don't know. Preferably something destructive!"

"Hmm..." He hummed, before smiling mischievously :"How about we go and wreak havoc in the zoo? Blow things up and have fun with the animals." Causing her to perk up excitedly :"Ooh, now that's an awesome idea! Maybe we can paint on the animals too! Oh, I'd love to paint on a rhino!"

"Then what are we waiting for?" He smirked mischievously, proving it to be contagious for Jinx as they both chuckled evilly :"Let's get going already then! This is gonna be one awesome date! Wait, doesn't this make it our first zoo date?"

"Hmm, now that you mention it, you're right." He nodded, before kissing her :"Guess this is going to be one hell of a first zoo date, huh?" Causing her to break into a fit of happy laughter :"You betcha!"

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"Hahaha, did you see those monkeys?! They were so funny running around with those zoo keepers running after them!" Jinx laughed happily, holding and swinging Slathilia's hand :"Did you see the paint job I did on that rhino? She looked hella sick! Hahaha, riding her around was sooo much fun!"

Slathilia, chuckling :"Yeah, poor thing was so calm while you were painting it too."

Jinx :"By the way, Thilia, have you noticed something? It feels like there are fewer guys around here than normal."

Slathilia :"You think so?"

Jinx :"Yeah, feels way too quiet around here. Let's go find out what's going on!"

As they made their way to The Last Drop, they entered the quiet bar with such quietness and speed that the bartender, Thieram, didn't even notice them. Poor dude only noticed them when Jinx, sitting on the bar stool, called out loudly :"Chuck!" Causing him to drop the metal cup.

Slathilia :"What's up, Thieram?"

Chuck, chuckling awkwardly :"Thieram, that's the name. Thieram."

Jinx, playing with a Hextech Gemstone :"Nice try, Chuck. And you, babe, don't confuse his name. His name's Chuck! Good old Chuck. So, Chuck, what's all the hubbub?"

Chuck, pouring them drinks :"Uh, boss wants to grab someone up."

Jinx, still playing with the Hextech Gemstone :"Someone? Anyone? Who are you grabbing?"

Chuck :"Some girls."

Slathilia :"Girls?"

Chuck :"I mean- I mean I'm not grabbing girls. Oh, other than the... those ones... I guess."

Jinx, throwing the Hextech Gemstone in her drink :"Focus. Who are they? Why weren't we invited to the party?"

Slathilia :"Gee, I wonder why, baby? Probably because Silco wanted them in one piece?"

Jinx, playing with the Hextech Gemstone with her straw :"Oh, c'mon. I'm not that destructive... I think."

Chuck :"Uh, I-I don't know. They-they got into a fight with Sevika. They did a number on her."

Jinx, still playing with the Hextech Gemstone with her straw :"Oh, really? Which number?"

Slathilia :"Jinxy, it's a figure of speech."

Jinx, snickering and not sparing the Hextech Gemstone :"Oh? What figure?"

Slathilia :"*Rolling his eyes playfully*"

Chuck :"It's like a saying..."

"You're doing great, Chuck!" Jinx suddenly hugged him, tapping him on the back :"Here, for your trouble." and letting go when a squeaky sound was heard as she grabbed her drink and they both walked to Silco's office. Fortunately for Chuck, it was nothing lethal and only meant for pranking and giggles. So when it exploded, it just dirtied him with some paint.

"Silco?" Slathilia knocked on the door, but Jinx wasn't patient like him. She simply opened the door and walked right in, not bothering to hear a response. "He's not here either. Where is everyone?" Jinx frowned curiously, walking in the office and looking at the corners, under the chairs, tables :"Silco? You here? Sevika? Nah, she wouldn't be able to fit in these kinda places."

"And Silco could?" The noiret amused as he walked over to the desk, curiously looking at the papers and documents. He already knew what was going on, and for his awesome, dramatic and hella fun plan to completely work out, he couldn't interfere much. And besides, he was way too busy choosing if he wanted to go all out villain mode or antihero at most when it was time to execute said plans.

"Hahaha well, Silco isn't really the buffest of the bunch!" She giggled, pushing him and forcing him to slump on Silco's chair before sitting on his lap right away :"I'm pretty sure he can hide in places like these." She hummed, playfully twirling his soft hair :"Hehe not that I think we can ever catch him doing that though."

Slathilia, snickering and hugging her waist :"Yeah, not until his life depends on it."

Jinx :"Well, I don't think he'd need to be that desperate. I'm pretty sure there are easier ways to make him do that."

Slathilia :"Really? Like what?"

Jinx :"Hehehe maybe he'd do it if we were playing hide and seek?"

Slathilia :"You think so?"

Jinx :"Yeah! Don't you remember how he used to play with us all the time when we asked?"

Slathilia :"Haha yeah, I remember how he would always try to help you by focusing your attention on games. Remember how he was even willing to tea party with you and even drag Sevika into it?"

Jinx, laughing loudly :"Yeah, I remember! She always looked so grumpy because she was forced!"

Slathilia :"Yeah, good times, huh? By the way, what are we gonna do now? We just gonna wait for someone to walk in and interrogate them?"

"Yup, that's the plan!" She chirped before jumping off of him :"And now that you reminded me, there's a very important thing I forgot to do." Smiling mischievously, she began to set up a trap with a bomb that would only knock people out.

Slathilia :"... Really, Jinx? That's what you wanna do?"

Jinx :"Yeah, why not? It's gonna be hella fun! When someone walks into this trap!"

Slathilia :"What if Silco walks in instead of one of his goons?"

Jinx, faltering and chuckling nervously :"... I'm pretty sure that won't happen... at least I hope..."

Slathilia, leaning on his fist :"Yeah, let's hope. Cause this is entirely your plan, and I'm not willing to listen to that nagging because of a silly plan."

Jinx, pouting :"Wow, traitor."

Slathilia :"Uh, remind me who was it again that ran out on me when I accidentally ate some of our own guys because of not paying attention because of your smoke bombs, which caused Silco to nag the hell out of me?"

Jinx, giggling and slumping on his lap :"That was obviously me!"

Slathilia, playfully rolling his eyes :"Idiot."