Summer had never been great with crowds. Sure, she loved talking to others and being extroverted but she always found ordinary stuff that girls liked dull. What she really loved was a good book or a good mystery to solve.
That was why she'd been so bummed despite the dancing dragons, delicious food, and good cheer. She hoped her mom would finish her errands soon and she could go back to finishing her novel. Knowing quite a bit of mandarin, the 'exotic' nature the event tried to sell didn't impress her.
"Why, if it isn't Ms. Ting?" Summer watched in dismay as her socialite mother fluttered to the other woman, surely extending their stay at least an hour.
The blonde sleuth yawned and sauntered away. She was surprised to find her wanderings bring her to a pretty Asian girl lying belly up on a glass table, barefoot, in a red and gold cheongsam that was really too tight on her.
"Pao?" Summer asked. Her rival's face went red with embarrassment as Summer stepped closer, taking in the Chinese girl's helpless, prone form. "What...oh I see." She bent down under Pao's bare feet, appraising the robotic gadget's tentacles. "Great job, genius," she teased. Summer lifted the box and whistled at the weight. "Looks like people have been having fun."
"Shut up and let me out," said Pao.
A quick scan of local TikToks revealed funny clips of Pao Ting screaming with laughter as locals tickled her body all over. Summer focused on the clips as the audio made Pao's face grow redder and redder. Having only heard the evil genius curse Summer or tease her after capturing the sleuth, Summer was surprised at how smooth Pao's mandarin was. She replayed a few clips over and over.
"Hey!" said Pao, her face tomato red. "Ha ha. This time I'm the one who got captured. Now, let me go already."
"I don't think so." Summer couldn't resist. She leaned down and wiggled her fingers over Pao Ting's helpless, stretched body. "Where do I tickle first?"
"AHHHH!" Pao screamed as the blonde gently cupped her side, not even applying pressure. "I know the anticipation gets you more than the tickles," said the detective. "So here I come, cootchie cootchie coo." She spidered her fingers up Pao's bare armpits making the helpless Chinese girl howl in laughter. "I'm gonna get ya!"
Pao Ting shook the table with her struggles. To be tickled by her most hated rival in such an embarrassing state! She hoped that by yelling loud enough, either of their mothers would hear her. But Summer, being equally canny, quickly saw through this and clamped a hand over Pao Ting's mouth.
"No no no," said Summer. "I'm going to take my time breaking you." Her other hand wormed underneath Pao's cheongsam, pressing against her hot skin. "MMMMMMM!" Summer's strong fingers played Pao's ribs like a fiddle (which she knew Summer was quite good at playing).
"Remember that time you captured me and my friends on that field trip and let those Germans tickle us for an hour?" Summer tickled her neck, then her collar, then both armpits in quick succession. "Do you know how infuriating it was trying to beg them to stop when they couldn't even speak English?"
A ping sparked Summer's phone and she showed the screen to Pao. Pao growled in frustration. It was a TikTok of her bare soles that Claire had taken. "I like this one. I think I'll save it." Summer stood up and tugged Pao's cheek. "Let's see."
A second later, she returned with a flag from the temple behind them. Summer grabbed Pao's chin and forced her jaw open before stuffing the red flag into her mouth. "MMMMPH!" "Just be grateful I'm using my socks." The former girl scout tied a perfect knot behind Pao's head and patted her cheek. "Now for a test."
Pao screamed into the gag as Summer dove her fingers into her bare soles. The Chinese girl poured a stream of mindless syllables into the saliva soaked gag as the blonde girl ran her fingers up and down Pao's sweaty soles. "Do you like my manicured nails? I got them extra long on a whim." Pao evidently did not as those nails found ways in between her bubbly toes.
Summer drew elegant figure 8s across Pao's soles, starting from her heel up to her arch where it was the worst, then to the ball of her foot, earning her some respite, then into her toes briefly, then all the way back down again. Pao Ting was crying with laughter. Summer was right: knowing what was coming was far worse. The Chinese girl slammed against the table every time she felt the second half of the 8 come down again.
"Or that time you stole my diary and used all my secret tickle spots against me." Summer slapped Pao's soles lightly. "You used that brush on my feet remember?"
"You detherthed it," said Pao, gasping. She squealed as Summer pressed one nail perpendicularly into the center of her sole. "Why? Because I did better on that math test?" Pao glared back. "Just admit, I'm better at calculus, Pao." Summer scratched her long nails roughly down Pao's bare feet. Pao screamed in defiance. After ten minutes of nonstop foot tickling, Pao yelled out "Your Bether! You're Bether!"
"Was that so hard?" Summer smirked, stroking Pao's toes. She darted a glance at the sky - it was almost sunset. "OK, you've had enough, rival." With that, the detective pulled apart Tickler 10000's restraints.
"I'm going to get you back for this," shot Pao as soon as she was free.
Summer raised an eyebrow. "And here I thought we settled on a truce."
"Once my robot is complete, I will crush you, and then the world."
Summer sighed and leaned in and tickled Pao's sides through the cheongsam. Pao howled. "OK OK sorry! Please I'll do anything!" "Put your feet on the table!" Summer ordered. Pao, seeing how tired and helpless she was, did so, presenting her petite size 5 feet to the blonde detective. "So you never forget," said Summer, uncapping a pen. Grabbing her ankle, she wrote down 'Summer's Tickle Toy' all over both soles as Pao giggled and laughed. "Spread your toes, wiggle them, and look at my phone." Pao did so, feeling defeated.
Afterwards, Pao looked at her soles, frowning. "This is..."
"Don't worry, I wrote it in mandarin so not everyone will know," said Summer. "I'm not that mean." Relief coursed through Pao but Summer snapped her fingers, enjoying the power dynamic. "But I want you to walk barefoot ahead of me, lifting each sole up so I can enjoy the view with every step. And dont you dare walk too quickly."
Pao sighed. "Fine." She hesitated. Summer had at the end of the day been the only one to show her mercy today. She had to call a spade a spade. "Xia Xia," she said one last time, blushing.
Summer laughed, poking her back. "Bu Kuh Chi. Now get walking, tickle toy."
Pao Ting sighed, walking barefoot towards the end of the festival. She was already thinking of new ways to improve Tickler 10000. 'I'll chalk today up to a draw between us,' she decided. In the end, she'd have her revenge.
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