[ For just a second, as Hide's hand clapped him on the shoulder and his friend grinned at him like that, it almost felt just like it had been prior to him becoming a ghoul. So nostalgic it was enough to make him relax just a touch despite the task they were about to engage upon, a slight smile replacing his otherwise previously defeated one.

As usual it did seem that the blond could always make him feel more at ease when he was tense or upset, knowing what to say at the right time. Were his thoughts so easy to read? ]

Ah... I wouldn't call it 'working out' as it is training and actual fighting but... yeah. If anything, doesn't that mean you'll have to try harder to keep up with me, Hide?

[ Slipping back into that side of him where he teases Hide just seems to come natural; smoothly as if nothing changed between them. ]