He hadn't been expecting it. Not for one second. Not THAT. Not from SOPHIE BROWN. Whom he TRUSTED.

Toby was still looking back over his shoulder, then leaning right back instead so he could watch Airey all upside-down and everything. Hehehe. Hi Flamste-

"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The effect was immediate. Toby was deathly ticklish, and it took only the slightest touch to the ribs to send him into hysterics. But with the angle he was at, and having not expected it at all, Toby let out a strange mixture of a GASP, a SQUAWK, and a SQUEAL. The tickling didn't last for very long, but it was long enough for Toby to collapse into weird gasps of laughter, trying VERY HARD not to be OBVIOUS whilst LOWKEY BABBLING AT SOPH TO STOP.

"ASKHDskksdkshkSOPhaAHEHEHEE!" Oh. OH. SHE HAD ALREADY STOPPED. Oh. Oh. Okay. He could breathe. Doing that now. Okay. Just... gonna stand back up again, and... ahem. Nothing to see here. Only Toby was definitely gonna get Soph back for that. Later.

As for right now, he kept his arms PINNED to himself in case of further attack, and gave a shudder. Merlin.