"I am so better at Mario Kart than ye!" Archie cackles, laughing harder when he sees Maxie staring at him, shocked expression and all.

"Oh really? Would you like to place a bet on that?"

He raises an eyebrow at him. "Are ye bein' serious? This should be good.. alright, what're the stakes?"

"If I win, you have to give me a 10 minute back rub every night~" He grins.

Archie rolls his eyes. "I shoulda known it'd be something like that, ye dork. Fine. And if I win, ye won't be able to protest or complain when I distract ye from work. Ye'll have to stop EVERY time with no arguments."

He looks at him with a glare. "Of course.. I should have expected that. Alright, fine."

They shake on it.

They go to choose their characters, carts, and then the race track.

"Alright, Dolphin shoals-"

"Hold it right there." Maxie stopped him. "I don't think so, mister. I'd rather do grumble volcano."

"Oh for the love of- of course ye do! But I hate that course!" Archie laughs.

Maxie laughs with him. "And I hate Dolphin shoals, so we have a problem."

"Ok ok, rock-paper-scissors for it?"

"Pffft- you are such a 10 year old! Alright, fine!"

It didn't take multiple rounds, Maxie's rock beat Archie's scissors.

"Aw, damn it!" He glares as his husband sticks his tongue out at him playfully. "Who's the 10 year old now, ye nerd? C'mon, I'm ready to kick yer ass no matter what course it is!"

It starts, and immediately, they get super competitive. Maxie laughs at his husband every time he falls into the lava, which was about 5-6 times.

"Son of a BITCH!!" Archie yells over Maxie's hysterics. "Oi, shut it! Stop laughing! I'm right behind ye!"

He eventually passes him, and is about to hit the finish line.

"Bwahahah! I'm about to win, babe!"

"No you're not!" He replied.

That's when a blue shell comes out of nowhere and knocks Archie's cart off the track, back into the lava.

"What?! NO! SHIT!!"

That's when Maxie's cart takes first place, while Archie's took last.

"Damn it!" He growls. "That's not a track, that's hell itself!"

Maxie was too busy laughing at him for getting so mad. "And The Great Maxie wins~"

"Oh my- ye threw that blue shell, didn't ye?"

"I don't know what you're talking about~" He teases.

Archie grumbles, sitting back down on the couch. Maxie scoots next to him, trying to cuddle.

"Oh, don't be mad, love~" He coos. "Not everyone is good at this game, like me~"

Archie took offense to that immediately. His grin was getting bigger. "You little-"

"-We made a deal~"

Smirking, Archie watches as his husband lays down on his lap, nuzzling his knee.

"You promised~"

"Mmmhmm. I did." Archie slips his hand under his shirt and starts running his fingers along his back, getting him to retract and squirm.

"Ahahahah- Ahahahrchie!! Wait- ahahahaahahah!!! St-Stohohohop thahahaht!! Ahahehehehe!!! Ihihihihi sahahahahaid ruhuhuhub my bahahahack, not tihihihickle!!!"

"Oh, but I am, Max. I just do it a little different than ye." He grins. "This is for throwing that blue shell at me and taunting me, love. Tickle tickle tickle tickle~"

He tries to squirm out of Archie's embrace but fails. "Ahahahahahah- *snort* Dohohohohon't! It tickles!!!AAAH!" Archie's fingers flutter under his shoulder blades. "NOOO! NOT THEHERE! ANYWHERE BUHUHUT THEHEHEHEHRE!! STAHAHAP!!"

"But the ten minutes aren't up, Max! I'm just doing what ye said!"

"IHIHIHIHI CAN'T STAHAHAND TEHEHEHEHEN MIHIHUHINUTES OF THIHIHIS!! IHIHIHIHI'M GOHOHOHNNA KILL YOUHUHUHUHU!!"

"Oh yeah?" He sneakily trails his tickly fingers to his sides.

"NAHAHO!! THOHOHOSE ARE MY SIHIHIHDES, NAHAHAT MY BACK!! *SNORT* QUIT IHIHIHIHIHIHIT!!!"

Archie smiles at him. "Oh, I'm sorry. My bad, Max." One hand tickles his back, while the other tickles his side, eventually making its way down to his hip, then around to his belly.

"NOHOHOHOHO DAHAHAMN IHIHIHIHIHIT THAHAHT'S WORSE!! THAHAHT'S NAHAHAT WHAHAHAT IHIHIHI MEHEHEHEANT!! AAAAH!! DOHOHOHON'T TOUCH MY ST-STOHOHOHOMACH!! STAHAHAHAHP IHIHIHIHIHIT!!!!"

"Hehe! No way, babe! I'm just holding my end of the bargain! Gitchi gitchi goo!"

"HAHAHAHAH- N-NO!! NAHAHAHT THEHEHERE!!!" He screams as Archie wiggles his fingers along the sides of his stomach. "TH-THAHAT REHEHEHEEALLY TIHIHIHICKLES!!!"

"Aww, does it?" He squeezes both sides of his belly, sending his husband into a fit of laughter. "God, yer the cutest, Max."

"PLEHEHEHEASE!! GOHOHOHO BAHAHACK TOHOHOHO MY BAHAHAHAHCK! I'M BEHEGGING YOHUHUHUHU!!"

"Oooh! This MUST be a bad spot if ye want me to go back to yer back~ Ye've got such a ticklish tummy, babe. Oh, lemme try both! I'm sure ye won't mind!"

"AHAHAHAHRCHIHIHIHIEE!!"

This went on for the remaining 8 minutes. Archie stops tickling and lets Maxie breathe.

It took a few minutes, but it wasn't long before the red haired man gathered his strength back and started going after his burly husband.

"No wait! Hahahah- Maxie, baby! I'm sorry! Don't chase me!!"

"When I catch you, I'm going to destroy you!" He growls.

"No! L-Leheheheheave me alone! C'mon!! Baaaaaabe!!!"

Archie knew that when Maxie catches him, he's done for. It took a grand total of 30 seconds of chasing around the house before Maxie pinned his husband to the floor and got his well deserved revenge.

"BWAHAHAHAHAHAH!! AHEHEHEHEHEHE!! MAHAHAHAX!! NOHOHOHOHO!! PLEHEHEHEASE NOHOHO TIHIHIHIHICKLING!!!"

Maxie never let up. His thirst for revenge was very strong. His fingers crept into Archie's armpits.

"NAHAHAHAHAH- EHEHEHEEHEE!! NOT THERAHAHAHAHAH- *SNORT* PLEASE!! HEHEHEHE-MAHAHAXIE NOHOHOHO!!!"

"Maxie, yes!!" He replied, blowing a raspberry on his neck while he tickles his armpits. "PFFFFT-"

"BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! AHAHAHHAH- NO!! NAHAHAHOHO MOHOHOHORE! IHIHIHIHI CAHAN'T TAHAHAKE IHIHIHIT!!" He cackles, kicking his legs out and squirming relentlessly in his husband's arms. "M-MEHEHER-MERCYEEHEEE!!!"

"Awww, is someone ticklish? Hmm?? Coochie coochie coo~"

"MAHAHAHAHAX!!! AHEHEHEHE- IHIHIHIHI'M SAHAHAHARRY! PLEHEHEHEASE GIHIHIHIHVE MEHEHE MEHEHERCY!!"

"Not until the 10 minutes are up~"

"NOOOOOHOHOHOHOHO!!"

He tickles him for 10 minutes before he lets him go. Archie heaves forward, giggling his head off. Feeling a little guilty, Maxie helped him sit up and wrapped his arms around him.

"Hehehe.. Heh.. hehe.. I'm gonna gehehet ye back.. I love ye, Max." Archie giggles, unable to get any more revenge from being so worn out.

*chuckle* "I love you too, giggles." He snickers.

"Hey, that's yer nickname, not mine." He smirks, poking his belly.

"Hey- N-Noho!" He grabs his wrist. "Don't."

He brings his other hand up to spider his fingers at the redhead's stomach.

"ARCHIE-! Dahahahamn ihihihit!" This makes him let go of Archie's other hand, so said man twists himself behind his husband and uses both hands to tickle his tummy. "W-WAHAHAHAIT! HEHEHEHE!! NOT TH-THEHEHERE!!"

"Yes, here!" He snickers, stopping his assault while pulling him into a hug and kissing his cheek. "Hehe, yer so damn cute."

"Hush~" Maxie hugs him close while he recovers and looks at the wii. "Another round tomorrow?"

"Heh, yer on, mister Mario Kart champion! And if I win, I get to give ye a 'belly rub' for TWENTY minutes."

"Oh, shush! That is NOT going to happen, I can't handle that!"

"We'll see about that, love~"

They pull each other close and their lips connect in a kiss.