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You step into the water. It chilling your ankles and feet as you force yourself through the unknown oblivion of what passes your feet below. From a few inches seemed like miles. Door 54. You mumbled to yourself. Your hair being brought closer to your neck by hand, as the dangerous muck filled ocean brewed with your blood beneath your legs. Suit damp. Eyes shot on the door. You climbed up and out, seething your teeth as your wounds burned. A endless cycle of dying and coming back again starting from Door 100. Sebastian always had his remarks at your deaths too, though you started to get a little closer to the guy, you still wanted to kick his teeth in at the same time as well.
You trudged through the next levels, it seeming easy enough, you soon got caught up in finding a keycard once again. Re-tracing your steps constantly. "Oh, great." You muttered through teeth, eyes rolling and holding your suit closer to your skin in hopes to warm you.
It finally didn't take too long as you reached Door 50. Halfway there, a victory boomed in your chest. You dashed quickly into the vent which then held the secret room of Sebastian's shop. The 'Saboteur', to be more specific.
Or—so you thought. You ended up getting half your leg ripped off by a Wall Dweller before you heard gunshots coming from the large fish man. Silencing the other entity and slid you with his tail further into his shop.
Blood gurged out of the side of your leg as a reflex,
you screamed. "What? What is it?!" He growled. His voice gruff and bold. Before realizing, he accidentally ended up shooting your leg. "Shit.." he mumbled under his breath. Low and unsteady, he then proceeded to grab you in and sit you down with the top of his large whale tail. "Ugh- Sebastian!" You bit. He silenced you with another flack on your face with that damned tail. His large body slithering and gets a medic kit to stitch you up. "Fuck. I'm sorry."
"It's fine."
"What even happened to you anyway? This is like the 8th time you've—"
"No..shut up Sebastian."
"Then whats going on?"
"Urbanshade hates me I guess."
Sebastian finally finished cleaning your leg as he then sat you down. "Hey, I get that its hard i do. But atleast you made it here."
You nodded slowly before wiping tears from your eyes. "I cant keep doing this, Seb, i- I'm so stupid for dying these ways! I can't retrieve the crystal i cant–"
"Hey! HEY! Hush. Shh. It's fine okay? Just relax for a second now would ya? Urbanshades hard on everyone. Don't blame yourself for their messed up doings."
"I suck at this." Tears streamed warm from your face as you cried silently. "I'm sorry -"
"Shh." Sebastian broke. He growled a little, turning his head and mumbling Spanish words. Chilean. That's right. He kept cursing under breath before he then gave in to a hug. Sebastian was not at all a fan of physical touch, no, but he did sure want to make sure you as the Expendable you are knew that he atleast cared for you....somewhat.
"Hey. Cheer up, ey, kid?" He then proceeded to grab you quickly upwards. "WH- SEBASTIAN! HEY!"
"Shut up. Do you want comfort or not?" He remarked quickly. You rolled your eyes, surrendering to escape from his grasp. You held your breath as he then began to rub his hands through your hair and purring gently against your face. It was an odd sensation, yes, but that doesn't mean it wasn't at all cute in any kind of way.
Sebastian then proceeded to look back at you. A snarky look on his face with a large, crooked toothy grin. It spread long across his face as he shook his jet-black hair a bit, the esca in his way, blinding you a bit.
He then moved his hands to your chest and then down to your belly. "Hm." He huffed. Then, without warning, he tickled you. Your face burst into a roar of laughter. Blush streaming across your face as he let out low laughs as well. Tickling your stomach, refusing to stop and listen to your desperate pleas. He kept on as his tail gripped on you harder so you wouldn't escape. "HAHAH!! NO SEBASTIAN!!! AHGSH AHAHA- SEBAST–SEBBY STOOAHAHAHAOPPP!!!"
Then, his long clawed hand moved to your palms. You stopped imminently. Your eyes darted to his. "What are you doing?" You shot. He looked at you and raised an eyebrow, smile dropping a bit. "What? Think I don't know all your and your expendables' most sensitive spots?"
"Well..not many of us 'expendables' are ticklish on our palms."
"Aren't you?"
"..."
You shook a bit, head jolted to the other side to hide the undeniable blush that grew from cheeks to ears. Swallowing hard. "M-Maybe."
He growled low, an alien like sound that came from the depths of his throat as his fingers teased you a bit. Your stomach muscles tensed as he then tickled your palms. As odd as it was, he held your wrists still by a large grip but not enough to crush your bones. He had to be careful. Tears pricked at your eyes as you screamed almost, crying and desperate to breathe from your hidden laughter.
"Who's so sad now?" He teased. Moving his head lower to your height and esca rubbing against your face, you blew raspberry to get it out. His large whisker like sensors tickling your nose too as you began to sneeze and hiccup.
He finally stopped after about roughly 10 minutes of tickle-torture, though you'd have to admit, it was enjoyable.
He let you down from the immense height you were held at with his tail, and you collapsed on his big body. Your face buried into his stomach. "You're such an idiot."
"Yeah, and also a genuis." He sighed. Flipping a finger twirling around his hair then behind his ears. It failed, though. His webbed ears were too large for that anymore. He rolled his light blue, meeting at your y/c.
"Thanks, Sebastian."
"Don't mention it."
You then were pushed off and brought to the hard ground. "Now get the fuck out of my shop."
...."Seesh..okay. See ya loser!"
Sebastian growled once more. "Mm..see ya."