𝙿𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎 *𝙻𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚡

*Winner*

*Request : Here's a request from Ana_0071, this takes place after season 3 and the whole party is having one last sleepover before the Byers and El move away to California. They all have a pillow fight and find out that Max is very ticklish. It's safe to say that Lucas takes advantage of it. I hope you like this!!

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Max and El laughed at each other, helping each other put on the matching pyjamas they'd bought at the mall in honour of their final sleepover for a long time. It was quite a sad day if you asked the two. They smiled into Mike's bathroom mirror, their blue and purple clothes complimenting their hair colours. "Bitchin," El laughed, eyeing their pyjama sets from her spot against the counter. "Totally bitchin'," Max agreed, laughing loudly.

Mike knocked on the door impatiently, wanting to spend as much time with his girlfriend before she left for California with the Byers. He groaned, "How long does changing into pyjamas take?" Max rolled her eyes at the sound of his whiny voice. "Pain is beauty Mike," She sang from behind the door, El dying of laughter despite not knowing what the expression meant. She had just simply enjoyed Mike's reaction. "What the fuck does that even mean?" Annoyed, he backed away from the door, throwing himself against the sofa.

Dustin shook his head at Mike's reaction, trying his best to be relatable, "Women, am I right?" Lucas winced at the curly haired boy, his head falling into his hands. Dustin most definitely did not know anything about women. Well, unless you counted Suzy, which he wasn't even sure was a real living being. The two girls stumbled out of the bathroom, laughing as they hopped onto the couch beside Mike. Will shot up, everyone now in the room, "We should do something fun!" After all, he wouldn't be seeing them till thanksgiving.

Mike furrowed his eyebrows at Will's words, El now wrapped beneath his arms. "But this is fun," He justified, Dustin grimacing at the pair. "Yeah, I guess it is. I-It's just, I want to spend my last few hours with you guys by-" Dustin laughed excitedly interrupting Will. He pointed to Mike's board game cabinet making everyone sit up now interested. Well, except for Max. She pursed her lips, "No. No! I'm not playing!" Lucas wiggled his eyebrows teasing his girlfriend, "Oh come on Maxy, it'll be fun." However, Max glared at him hating whenever he'd call her that.

Nothing against board games, Max just didn't like them. It hadn't always been that way, but since the group's last attempt at playing with her, that dislike for board games became a hatred. That's what happens when you're competitive and lose miserably against everyone. Dustin's lip folded, "Please?!" He begged. Though, Max still wasn't budging. "No, Dustin. Not after last time." He slumped, "But Will And El are leaving tomorrow, please!" Guilt wrapped around Max's throat. She looked away, a sigh escaping her lips, "Fine." "Yes!"

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Flipping the board over the table, Max pushed her chair back and stormed off. From across the room, she yelled. "He cheated!" Dustin sat stunned, still surprised at how he'd just won the whole game."Don't be a sore loser, Max!" Mike teased, he and will putting the remaining pieces back into the box. Max persisted, her arms crossed. "He just cheated in front of my face!" Dustin looked around the table, "I did not! You all saw that right?" They nodded, proving his point.

Max glared at Lucas, "You too?" He raised his arms up, "Sorry, it's the rules, babe," Will smiled as El giggled softly, "You know what comes next." Everyone braced themselves for Max's next move, but instead, she stayed put, sighing loudly. "Just do it!" Will frowned confused, he hadn't expected her to give up this easily. "Wow, really?" Max nodded hesitantly, "J-Just, get it over with!" Dustin smiled, jumping up and down "Ha! I won guys!" Still angry that she'd lost Max, the girl snapped, "Do it! Before I change my mind,"

Grabbing pillows, everyone looked at each other cheekily. Pillow held between his hands, Dustin gave Max a quick pat on the back.  "Well, Max, it was nice knowing you," Everyone else formed a circle around her, pillows tightly in hand. Eyes rolling, Max pursed her lips, "Thanks so much," She replied sarcastically. But, Dustin shook his head. She wasn't taking it seriously enough and soon she would regret it. Mike cleared his throat stepping forward, "As Paladin and leader of our party, I initiate the start of this pillow fight!" With that, everyone leaped at Max.

She fell to the ground, pillows smacking her in every direction. For some reason instead of screaming for help, she began to laugh, kicking her legs up and down as she tried to escape. Not used to hearing this laugh, the kids stepped away from the girl stunned. Mike ran a hand through his hair. "What the fuck was that?" He asked, oddly fearsome. "Come on, my laugh can't be that bad?" She joked, "No, what I meant was-" Lucas perked up, a large grin on his face as he dropped his pillow to the floor. "Wait... You're ticklish?" Max's eyes widened in surprise.

She thought perhaps she could hide her secret for a while longer. She had done her best to hide it throughout the years- knowing the group, she knew that if they found out, she'd never live it down. And here they were, using it against her. "N-No," She shook her head, hoping that would leave them convinced. Though, the slight shake in her voice only proved Lucas's remark. "You so are!" "No, no, I swear, I'm not," She tried, but before she could even defend herself she found herself being tickled by her boyfriend.

She cried laughing, everyone looking at the two in surprise. Who knew Max could ever be like this? "P-Please! L-Lucas!" Max yelled between laughs. She pushed and pulled, eventually kicking him off from her. "You are such an idiot!" She groaned, wiping her tears from how much she'd just been laughing. Lucas smiled, fixing his hair. "I'm going to use that so much," Max flipped him off, "Oh look it's a-" Lucas turned around to see what Max was pointing at. When he realized nothing was there he grew confused and turned back.

This sadly resulted in him being smacked in the face with a heavy pillow. "I'm going to use that so much," Max mocked, trying to impersonate him. Everyone tried to conceal their laughs but lost it when Max tried to sound like Lucas. "Alright, you win!" Lucas rolled his eyes, letting her win this time. It was the least he could do for her after her unfortunate losses today. He could almost say it was what she deserved for somehow managing to loose against Dustin. That was low.

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