This fic is for ticklyfandoms on tumblr as they were the one to suggest the prompt: "Maybe something with Virgil and Thomas? Like they're having a bonding night while the other sides are busy, and somehow it leads to tickles."

I hope this fic turned out alright. I'm beginning to cut down my drabbles. Again, with all the story elements. Even though they help, they really stretch my word count. Ugh. But, I hope you all still enjoy:

Hour Game Night

Ships: (None)

Words ~ 1,570 ~

"Do not pass go, do not collect two hundred dollars."

"You said that about as sassy as Roman. Have the two of you been hanging out more or something?"

"Heck no! I'll die before I start acting like Prince Ed Sheeran."

Thomas chuckled as he moved his game piece to the jail square. Him and Virgil were playing a game of monopoly while the other sides went to go see a Disney movie. If Virgil was honest with Thomas, he would have rather gone with them, but the human wanted to spend some alone time with his anxious side.

Anxiety knew this was supposed to help their friendship, still this sort of 'bonding' experiment was outside of his comfort zone. Not that going to a movie was any better, but at least there were more people around and less chances for awkward silences. Speaking of which, there was one happening right now.

Virgil picked up the dice as the sound of them crashing onto the game board startled Anxiety out of the awkward silence. He shuddered in surprise and moved his game piece the correct number of spaces. He huffed in satisfaction as he was able to buy Park Place.

"Virgil. How are you feeling?" Thomas was worried for his anxious trait. He seemed more jumpy than usual.

"I'm not okay."

"Is there any way I can make you okay?"

"Pffffahahahaha!!! That's an even better joke than one of dad's puns!" Thomas looked at Anxiety as if he had just kicked a puppy. Virgil sighed. "Look. I'm glad I can help some, but I harbor your negative thoughts and fears. There will never be a day in that brain of yours when I'm okay."

"Well if maybe not a day...then how about an hour?"

Virgil looked back at Thomas to see a smile almost as bright as Patton's had formed on his face. The anxious trait couldn't help but reflect it to some extent. He felt a wall he had put up for so long begin to fall down.

"Heh...you win...you can try to make me okay for one hour."

"YES!!!" Thomas threw his fist up in the air. The human stood up and sat next to Anxiety to which the latter just scooted away.

"Woah woah woah! Personal space!" Virgil fell on his back and put his hands up defensively.

"What?" Thomas cocked his head at him and out stretched his arms. "I was just gonna hug you."

Virgil raised an eyebrow and slowly got off the floor. He felt himself lean into Thomas's hug as the human's arms wrapped around him. Slowly but surely, Virgil returned the gesture.

Okay, it had been about five minutes and the two were still hugging. Virgil was beyond done with the hug.

"You gonna let go of me?"

"Nope." Thomas stated defiantly.

"You're really gonna make me do this aren't ya?"

"Do what?"

"You're not an idiot Thomas. Don't play dumb."

"I'm not. I just thought you'd have seen the bad position we were both in and not try anything that would come back to bite you." Virgil felt Thomas's fingers wiggle close to his sides.

He suppressed the smile creeping onto his face. "Oh...it's on." Virgil attacked Thomas's sides instantly bringing laughter forth from his mouth, but Thomas retaliated back slightly poking Anxiety's sides testing the waters. With each poke Virgil shuddered and suppressed his chuckles, still tickling Thomas's sides. Seeing as how the darker aspect didn't intend on stopping soon, Thomas began to scuttle his fingers up into Virgil's armpits, scratching at his tensed hollows.

It was at that moment Virgil gave the cutest snort, before moving his hands up to Thomas's ribs! "Snrk! Uuuuuuugh! You're gonnna paaay for that!!"

"Awww Virgil. That was so CUUUHUHUHUHUTTEEE!!!" Thomas's movements were slowing as Virgil tickled harder and faster, getting an advantage over the human. He began to stand up and break out of the hug only to be pulled back down by Thomas.

Virgil lost his footing and fell on top of Thomas, but not before kicking out accidently with one of his legs, knocking the monopoly board and all the pieces everywhere.

"AAAAHhhh darn it Thomas! Look what you made me DOOOOHOOHOO!!! NO! NOT THERE!" Thomas was holding one arm over Anxiety's back keeping him from moving while the other snaked in between their forms and was tickling his tummy.

Virgil instantly reached out and grabbed at Thomas's neck, tickling as fast as he could manage through his laughter. The purple-haired human burst out laughing and his hands flung up to try to protect his sensitive neck. Virgil, in response, grabbed them and spread them out to the sides.

"Thihihihihs looohohohks WROOOOHOOHOHOHNG!!!" Without warning, the darker trait buried his face into Thomas's neck and gave him a couple soft raspberries, sending the human into hysterics. "STAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHPPP!!" After a couple more, Virgil was able to pry himself off of Thomas and sit back while the other lay back tired, happy laughter still bubbling out.

Virgil saw how exhausted Thomas had grown so he let the human use the short break as he moved down to the guy's feet. He was beginning to untie his shoes, when Thomas surprisingly tackled the side to the ground. The positions had reversed.

"Hey no fahahahir!" Virgil was smiling, trying not to enjoy himself, but failing.

"You left me wide open Virge. You forget how easily I can recover." He grabbed both of Virgil's hands and held them above his head.

"ARGH!! NO!!!" The darker trait jerked around, trying to free himself of his captor.

Thomas reached a hand down and began to re-tickle the darker traits belly. "Hehehehe! Good kitty."

Virgil hissed in between laughs. "IHIHHI Suddenly HAHAHAHAHTE YOUHOHOH!!!"

"I've decided! I like it when you laugh!!" Thomas chuckled as his hand found its way underneath Virgil's shirt. The sound that escaped Anxiety's lips as his bare skin was tickled resembled that of a school girl.

"Well Good for YOUHOHHOHOHOHOOO!!!" Virgil's thrashing became more violent as he desperately tried to get away from Thomas's hand. "STAHAHAHAHAHPPPP!!!" Eventually, Anxiety gained enough strength to roll out from Thomas's grasp, and kick him in the stomach, sending the human back to the ground. Before he could react much, Virgil quickly flipped Thomas over, sat on the backs of his knees, and resumed the removing of Thomas's footwear.

"No no no no no!!!!! I don't want it!!!" Thomas thrashed, but could not buck Virgil off for the life of him.

"Hehe." Virgil was as breathless as Thomas was. "There's a lot of things in life that we have to do, but don't want to. So deal with it." Anxiety grabbed a foot and began to scutter his fingers over the sole. If Thomas wasn't in hysterics before, he was now. Very shrill squeals escaped his mouth, when Virgil stroked his fingers under the bottoms of Thomas's toes.

But soon the squeals were transferred to the darker aspects mouth as Thomas's hands somehow reached behind and found their way to his sides once again, utterly surprising him. Virgil was now chuckling so hard he fell off of Thomas's legs and curled up into a giggly ball on the floor.

The human only found enough strength to roll over on his back. Try as they may, neither the human nor the aspect could get up for the life of them. They laid there cackling their heads off, even though no more tickles could be dished out on either side. Finally, Virgil turned his head towards Thomas, wearing the brightest smile the Human had ever seen on his face. This in turn made Thomas smile wider too. As time passed, their giggles became less and less frequent. Finally, for what seemed like an eternity, only panting could be heard.

Thomas was the first to get on his feet. After stretching, he offered a hand to Virgil to which the darker aspect cautiously took. The twinkle in each other's eyes just screamed "this isn't over!!", but the understanding look they exchanged confirmed the nonverbal truce they had made. Once Virgil was on his feet, he made his way to the kitchen and grabbed out two water bottles, handing one to Thomas. The human accepted the water bottle and the two drank together like thirsty dogs that hadn't been quenched in months.

After they had their fills and their heart rates had slowed, Thomas was the first to speak.

"So...how do you feel?"

Virgil smiled at him. "Heh. I think I'm okay."

Bonus:

The door opened and the light switched on in the living room to reveal Thomas and Virgil sleeping. Of course Logan would only be focusing on the huge mess they made with the monopoly pieces, while the other two were beaming at the pair on the couch. All of them knew that they needed the alone time and they were happy to provide it.

It took a couple shouting whispers, but they managed to stop Logan from picking up the pieces and making noise.

"Logan! Stop! You're going to wake them." Roman tried to restrain him.

"That does not matter. They need to get up anyway. It is bad for your spinal cord to continuously sleep in an upright pos-"

"Seriously Logan! Let them have their moment together. This is important!"

"What could be more important than proper sleep?"

Patton put a finger to the logical trait's lips and uttered a single word.

"Friendship."