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As he listened to his mate, Achim took another big bite he hungrily gobbled up without chewing a whole lot. Also, he promptly almost choked on the pickles at the mental image that flashed in his head. “PFFFT-!” and that was it, he burst into a messy, heartfelt laughter. “Hahaha! S-Sorry, dude, i-i-i just-…!” more laughter. “I just had this image of you only shifting your head an-an-and-” another round of laughter, this time, strong enough to make him fall backwards unto the grass. “An-And your head it’s too big an-and you just-just…TUMBLE OVER! CUS’ IT TOO HEAVY!” his laughter is so strong it brings a high pitch to his otherwise neutral, boyish tone of voice. And honestly, it’s no ill intent at all, it’s just him and his wild imagination.
It’s only about a minute later when he manages to regain some composure, leaning up to sit upright again and wiping a tear from the corner of his eye. “Oh, boy…! Sorry, dude, it’s really cool that you thought of that, it actually is! But i couldn’t help it, man…!” oh man, it’s been a while since he got the giggles like that. He’d almost spilled the half eaten burger everywhere when he tumbled over. True, the hand holding it was now extra messy now, but whatever. Achim will resolve by his… wiping his hand unto the grass.
However, his mood drops a little when Theo asks him about his training. He should’ve seen it coming. “Eh, it’s coming along ok-ish.” he says with a bit of a shrug. “I mean, i’m still juggling what exactly triggers it, y’know? I can’t really find the-the… the thing that just makes me go woof!” hands gesticulate into the air, as if mimicking a small explosion. “It’s not exactly something i can train very well too. I only used it like…3 times? And each time it was a gut feeling. Like, i gotta go for it, right now, otherwise bad stuff will happen and i won’t be able to stop it.”
He just finished his first burger and suddenly Achim burst into a fit of laughter, making him raise an eyebrow at him confused. Moving his hand over to pat his friends back a bit to make sure he doesn’t end up choking or something, he did inhale that burger before losing it.
“Don’t choke on me, dude.” Theo continued patting his friends back a bit as Achim continued laughing while trying to explain himself at the same time. He couldn’t help but laugh loudly after his classmate finally got out what the hell made him lose his mind. “Bloody hell...! That would be something and be looking like I just had a mascot head on if I did that.” He pat Achim’s back a bit too hard one last time before moving his hand away, after he knew he wasn’t in any danger of choking.
Theo snickered lowly, unwrapping his second burger and took a large bite out of it as he listened to his friend. “Mmmm tis fine” He chuckled, glancing at Achim and made sure to swallow his food before speaking again, his Maw made sure he didn’t speak with his mouthful. Which he was appreciative of, even if he wasn’t exactly when he was a kid. “Thanks man! I haven’t quite... uh, got it down yet and I can for about? Thirty seconds right now before I either fully revert back or I completely transform. But hey! Even it lasting for thirty seconds could mean all the difference, right?” He grinned widely a moment, before his smile soon faded after seeing Achim droop down beside him.
Ah... shit, he wasn’t thinking. He knew this was still a sore spot for his friend, even if he hadn’t expressed it out loud.
“Ok-ish is better than straight up no.” He gently nudged Achim’s arm with his elbow. “I also know exactly what you mean, mine was kinda the same? Though I knew for sure, once I bloody realized it, that I’d transform when I was upset, or rather when I was pissed the fuck off. How I got my nickname, ‘ Hulk ‘ growing up. Since... you know, his whole thing was ‘always being angry’ and he’d transform when super pissed.” Honestly he didn’t hate the nickname after awhile and just went with it, and almost used it as his hero name.
“What I mean is that you’ll get it eventually I know it, it’s just taking yea a bit since it’s something that doesn’t happen a lot. Wish I could help you train it better, ya know? Plus you wouldn’t really do a lot of damage to me if I transform as I’m pretty damn resilient and tough.” He moved his arms up to flex his muscles with a large smile.
“But don’t feel bad, man! Trust me, it took me awhile to get the hang of transforming too believe it or not. I uh.... destroyed so many things after transforming as I couldn’t control my emotions either.” He smiled a bit sheepishly, moving a hand to the back of his neck to rub at it slightly.
