Author's Note: Hey Everyone! Please read this story first (https://tinysidestrashcaptain.tumblr.com/post/165869961112/hide-and-seek) as this one is a sequel to this one because I got inspired after reading her story. This story is also on her tumblr, so if you'd like to read it there you may! It's also titled the same. Here's a prewritten fic that I wrote almost two years ago. I was too tired to write last night, so I decided why not post in the morning. With that, hope you guys enjoy.

The Fire That Backfired

Ships: None

Words ~ 1,884 ~

Warnings: Swearing.

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It had been a couple weeks since any of the sides had shrunk and now they were all their 28-year-old selves again. Thankful that Roman had not gone on any Dragon Witch hunts for that period of time, everyone was finally able to return to their daily activities. Of course the things that happened while each side deaged still lingered fresh in their memories, but never brought up unless the aspect retelling the scene wanted to be adorably humiliated in any sort of way.

On this particular day, Logan must have forgotten this unsaid rule, because the way he went about looking for the now fully grown darker aspect wasn't much different, than he had when Virgil was reduced to a toddler.

After finishing a list of things Thomas needed to get at the grocery store, Logan leaned back in his chair and admired his handy work, trying to remember if there was anything he was forgetting. A moment of pondering went by, before deducing that Virgil would have a better idea if anything was missing. Logan grabbed the list and walked out of the room, searching for the darker aspect.

"Virgil? I need to speak with you about-" He stopped short once he found the kitchen was absent of his presence.

"Hmmm." He shrugged and proceeded to check other rooms.

"Virgil? Where are you?" Finally he spotted the darker aspect, under a pile of blankets sprawled out over a couch in the common area. As Logan approached the lump, he remembered a situation like this when Virgil had been deaged. A small devious smile tugged at the logical trait's lips. Anxiety did not stir under his hiding place when Logic had called his name, which must have meant his music was blasting, cancelling out any other noise. It was perfect for Logan's plan of attack.

The logical side slowly walked towards the couch-inhabiting side, only sitting on the arm of the sofa as to not alert him of his presence. Ever so quietly and carefully, Logan reached a hand down to what he made out to be Anxiety's side, but an arm shot out from under the blankets and grasped onto his wrist, foiling Logan's ploy.

"Don't even try it nerd." Came the muffled response from under the blankets. Logan's grin only widened as his free hand quickly slipped under the blankets to attack him. The blanket's began move around and chuckling in response, trying to get away from Logan's fingers. As Virgil's grasp weakened, Logan's other wrist wriggled free and joined his other hand in tickling the squirming blanket lump.

It didn't take long for Virgil to fall off of the couch onto his back, the blankets unfolding and sprawling out beneath him, revealing him in his pajamas, further enhancing Logan's tickling maneuvers.

"Logaahahahahahahn!!!" Virgil fought his tickler off as Logan managed to hop off the couch and trap Virgil on the floor.

"Yes Virgil?" He began to move his fingers inward, scuttering over his ribs and belly, driving the flustered Anxiety into hysterics.

"Stahhahahahahap!" Finally Virgil managed to pry Logan's tickling fingers away from his body as he locked them in a stalemate.

"But you seemed to enjoy the touch when you were a toddler." He strained against Virgil's hands smirking gently. Anxiety scoffed at his statement.

"Do I look like a toddler now Logan? Geez. Is your eyesight really so bad you can't tell if I'm full-grown or n-AAHH HEHEHEHEYYY!!!"

Logan's hands had broken free of Virgil's grasp and dove for his armpits. For a moment, all that rang in the commons of the mindscape was the joyous laughter coming from the darker aspect's mouth.

"I was only teasing Virgil, but I'd appreciate it if you didn't make-fun of my eyesight again." His fond eyes betraying the monotonous expression in his tone of voice.

It was at that moment that the Prince had walked out of his room, hands full of potions, to see what all the giggling was about. Roman was delighted as he rounded the corner to find the two normally sour and stoic aspects, participating in the activity normally reserved for when one of them was 'accidently' deaged.

"Oh that's so adorable. Where's Patton? He should see this."

"I would prefer if you didn't call Patton." Logan looked up at the fanciful side still tickling his counterpart on the floor, a small frown replacing his smirk.

"ROHOHOHHOMAHAHN!! HELP ME!!!" Roman looked down at his full arms, then glanced back up, shaking his head fondly. He must've been carrying about 20 potions.

"Oh hush it Virgil. You know you enjoy mama's tickles." He chuckled at the logical facet's scouring face, when a devious idea came to mind. "Hmmm." He quickly set his potions and picked up a dark blue one.

"Wait. Roman DO-" Before anyone had time to react, Roman had already chucked the dark blue potion at Logan's head, causing the flimsy glass to shatter and the contents to spill over him. In a second, it dried and began it's primary function.

Virgil felt the hands inside his armpits retract and the logical aspect that was crouching over him had lost his balance from the impact of the potion was now face-planted on the floor.

Logan shrunk before their eyes. His clothes following suit of his now smaller and chubbier body. With a huge struggle and little wobbly maneuvers, the toddler that was Logan managed to get to his feet. Suddenly realizing his size, he stomped angrily and folded his arms in the biggest hissy fit he could muster.

"Awww shwit!!" It took everything for Virgil and Roman not to laugh at the cutest cusser they had ever heard. It was a lucky save Virgil managed to get to his feet, and take charge of the situation much like Patton would have if he were there. He started with a playful gasp.

"Logan!! That word should've never come out of your tiny mouth."

Logan stomped his foot again. "I'm not twiny."

Roman chuckled and took a step forward, now scooping up the tiny professor into his grasp, ignoring the amount of wiggling he was doing. "Are you sure about that? Minors like you should not be speaking with such a filthy mouth. That seems like a...major issue."

Logan squeaked a groan at the pun. Virgil then grinned and walked over to where the Prince was holding his tiny hostage.

"He's right Logan. Such strong words calls for such strong punishment."

Logan shrieked as he wiggled to get down even harder in Roman's arms.

"No! Not twickles! No!" The littlest Logic now giggling uncontrollably with anticipation. "Sowwy Virgil!!!"

"Sorry not sorry Logan. If you didn't want your attack to backfire, you don't start in the first place." Roman caught eyes with Virgil as he slowly let the tot down to the ground. Kneeling with him, Roman caught his tiny hands behind his back and held them gently, signaling he was ready for Virgil's attack. Logan pulled and tugged in every which way. Even in the tiny state he was in, he knew he was getting what he deserved.

Sitting cross-legged in front of his adorable victim, Virgil reached his hands towards the giggling toddler, noticing how he shied away the closer he got. Anxiety frowned, not wanting this to feel like torture to the tiny tot he decided to boop his nose first, earning an adorable, cross-eyed look from Logan before beginning his attack.

Roman watched warmly as Virgil began inching a slow single finger toward Logan's neck, tickling gently. Logan squealed instantly, then settled back down into little giggles, the tickling finger inching along his neckline. Now that smiles were more genuine, Virgil regained his smirk and entered in each of his fingers into the fray one by one, noting how much louder Logan's laughter got as the digits added up.

Roman continued to hold Logan's hands behind his back as Virgil's fingers travelled to all the different tickle spots he knew the logical aspect to have, mostly focusing on his sides and belly. It wasn't long before the laughter Logan was eliciting turned into heavy squeals and shrieks, alerting another aspect to the commotion in the common area.

Patton ran from his room, hearing the adorable screams from down the hall, only to find Virgil tickling his fellow dichotomy. As much as Patton thought the situation was cute, he also knew that two on one was unfair. He giggled at the sight, but set a hand on both Roman and Virgil's shoulders, politely asking them to quit. Reluctantly, Virgil and Roman relinquished their torture, the tot now running straight into Patton's arms for comfort.

The moral aspect gladly picked him up and rubbed a comforting hand along Logan's back, the giggles muffling themselves into Patton's shirt as Logan cuddled into him.

"Well...he technically started it." Virgil shrugged, but couldn't deny the cute scene in front of him.

"It was adorable Patton. Logan was tickling Virgil first and we decided to get a little revenge." Roman stood proudly.

Patton chuckled. "Ah. So that's why there's potion remnants on the floor. Well, the least you can do is get our little guy here back to full size. He's embarrassed enough as it is." Patton gave a fond kiss to Logan's temple eliciting one last happy giggle from the normally stoic facet.

"Oh alright." Roman rolled his eyes half-heartedly and grabbed a white potion from his stash. He popped it open and poured it on the child's head without thinking.

"Wait until I set him down first...or not." It was quite a sight really. A flash of light enveloped the room and Patton was now struggling to carry the full-sized logical aspect.

"Ah!! Patton unhand me! Please!" The full-sized flounder Logan was using was much stronger than his previous wiggles, pulling both Logan and his carrier to the ground.

"Sorry...LO! Oof!!" Instantly Logan crawled with what strength he had off of Patton to get to his feet, only to find Virgil and Roman laughing hysterically at how red his face was.

"Want more tickles Logan?" Roman eyed him, his own face red with laughter. Logan blushed even harder, hiding his face in his hands as he ran to his own room, shutting himself up for the rest of the day. Patton jumped to his feet brushing himself off, frowning a bit as his dichotomy ran off.

"Aww guys, don't be mean. We all know how much Logan values his stoic appearance, at least apologize before the sun sets."

"Ugh...fine." Virgil rolled his eyes and mumbled to himself. "...even though he started it..."

"And Roman?"

"Yes Patton?"

"You are gonna clean up your mess...right?"

"What mess? This mess?" He pointed to the places where potion were spilled out over the floor, and the place where the glass shattered.

"Good! Thank you for volunteering!" Patton patted his shoulder with fondness leaving the royal slightly confused as he walked back towards Logan's room. "Now I'm gonna go comfort Logan, so he's ready to face you two again."

In the end, they both did apologize and Logan also apologized to Virgil, but this goes to show that bringing up past moments such as these do not come without their own bout of backfire. When teasing another person, always expect them to tease back.

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Author's Note Part 2: Okay, I've been debating this for awhile. But, I don't really know so I'll leave it up for people to vote: Should I add tabs to all my paragraphs? Would that make everything easirer to read? Comment 1 for yes, 2 for no. Also I plan on changing the cover soon. I want it to be something I created. Alright, that's it! Take it easy everyone! Love you.