Ticklish Morning

Kai blinked at her alarm clock; when she saw that it was only eight in the morning she groaned.

“Too early for you, princess?” Zane teased. He stood up from the chair in front of his desk and went to sit on the end of Kai’s bed, staring at her with an amused smirk. “Will you live?”

“Shut up,” Kai muttered. She stretched, tangling her fingers together above her head. The movement caused her t-shirt - which had ridden up sometime during the night - to pull up even further, exposing nearly her entire stomach. “I’m still tired.”

“Aw, need some help waking up?” Zane wiggled his fingers underneath Kai’s bare toes and she jerked upright with a laugh. “That seemed to do the trick.”

“No fair!” she exclaimed, prodding his leg with her foot. That only gave her boyfriend the opportunity to seize her ankle and scribble his fingers over her bare sole. “H-hehehehehey!” She squirmed around while she tried to free her foot, giggling softly. When she felt - and heard - her stomach grumble she said, “Zahahahane, stohohohop! My behehehelly-”

Before she could use the word hungry or breakfast, Zane grinned at her. “You’re right, I can’t just give your feet all the attention.” He moved to loom over her and pinned her wrists back above her head, then brought his fingers down on her stomach.

“Nohohohoho!” Kai squealed, twisting and writhing underneath Zane as his fingers wiggled rapidly over her exposed, sensitive skin. “Thahaht t-tihihickles!”

“What’s this?” Zane asked playfully, his hand hovering inches away from her navel. “Could it be… a ticklish belly button?”

Kai giggled nervously, her heart pounding as Zane’s fingers slowly circled her innie. “Plehehehehease-”

Zane shrugged. “Well, I wasn’t going to, but if you insist.”

He plunged his index finger into her belly button and swirled it around while Kai screamed with laughter. “Nahahahahahahahaha, no no nohohohohohoho, nohohohot my behehehehelly buttohohohohon! Pleeeehehehehease!”

Releasing her arms, Zane clapped a hand over her mouth. “Shhh, you’ll wake up the neighbors,” he said, shaking his head in mock-disappointment. Kai giggled through the makeshift gag, trying futilely to tug Zane’s hand away from her navel.

Zane bent down and let go of Kai’s mouth, only to cover it again with his own. She smiled into the kiss before laughing again when Zane’s finger pinched at the rim of her belly button.

“Jerk,” she said as her stomach gave another loud grumble.

Zane just patted her belly and helped her up off the bed. “Well, this jerk’s making you breakfast. Pancakes?”