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[He gives Dirk a very calculating look. And then...experimentally tickles one side of his friend. Just to see if he's even ticklish.]

[The problem with being extremely ticklish is that reacting to it is involuntary. In other words, Dirk flinches away from Jake's hand the moment it touches him.]

Fuck-

[He's positively gleeful at this realization and tickles Dirk with wild abandon.

JAKE used TICKLE! It's super effective!]

[And Dirk is practically writhing, trying to get away.]

Jake- Jake, no I swear to god, stop- I will fucking end you-

[Jake is laughing himself, but mostly because Dirk laughs are contagious motherfuckers.]

Do I win? Do I?

Oh god fuck you!

[He tries to hold out, but he's laughing again within the moment, trying to protect his sides and push Jake's hands away at the same time.]

Okay, okay, you win, now stop it-

[Jake grins and he stops, getting off of Dirk while he does.]

English: 1, Strider: 0. I didn't realize you were so ticklish!

[Dirk just flops on his side and catches his breath. His hair is completely messed up. He hasn't noticed it yet.]

Jesus christ. You think I did?

[And Jake's not about to tell him that it's all messy.]

No, but now we both know! [And somebody's best friend is totally going to exploit it whenever the chance arises.]

You should laugh and smile a little more.

And I wish we didn't.

[He's going to stand across the room from Jake for the rest of forever.]

[But now it's time to get off the floor. He picks up one of the abandoned pillows and tosses it at Jake.]

I will never want to laugh that much again. God, my fucking sides hurt.

[But he's still kind of smiling.]

[Flailing as it hits his face. He tosses it away.]

That's because you're out of shape for laughing.

As if I need to be in shape for it. It wouldn't even be a problem if you weren't trying to tickle me to death.

If it gets you to laugh and smile, then it's worth it.

[Okay, he can't contain it.]

Dirk, I'm sorry to say it, truly I am, but...your hair...it's kind of messed up.

What?

[And he reaches up to check before he can even think to stop himself.]

Fuck. [Time to drop everything and fix it.]

[Jake can't help grinning. Oh, his poor friend.]

Dirk, it looks just fine!

[His perfect anime hair is a big deal, okay.]

It's messed up, that means it's not fine.

You're only making it worse, you know. Would you let me fix it for you?

[He's not about to let someone touch his hair, except without a mirror, he's really not getting anywhere with it, so...]

Fine. I guess you can't do any worse.

[He gives Dirk a mock huff.]

Really, you're acting as if you're attending the funeral of your hair.

[Jake moves so that he's in front of his friend and starts fixing it up. If anything, he's doing a fairly decent job until Dirk can get a mirror and be all "professional" on it.]

I'm hardly that dramatic.

[Really, there's nothing he can do except trust that Jake's doing an okay job. And watch his face as he fixes it. Really, it's a good thing he's wearing his sunglasses, and that Jake's attention is on his hair. Otherwise this would be pretty awkward.]

No, you're absolutely correct. You're far more dramatic than that.

[Yeah, Jake is pretty focused on this hair business. He sits back when he's got it at least straightened somewhat out to Dirk's normal style.]

There! That should hold until you can do it yourself.

[Jake is a tease and Dirk needs to stop putting himself in situations like this. Instead, he moves back and starts to turn away once Jake is finished.

Being a teenager with a crush is hard, okay.

He almost goes to touch his hair, but thinks better of it.]

You tryin' to compare me to Shakespeare, English? Sorry to say the only way I'm like the play is my sick mastery of language.

Thanks.

Well, so far, he's continued to be the greatest playwright and poet, so yes, I would pay you that compliment!

[And Jake needs to stop being clueless about these situations he gets them into.]

Anytime.

[God, Jake, you're going to make him blush.]

I'm flattered.

[Jake would pay a lot to see that. He grins at Dirk.]

I should head out to train. See you at dinner?

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