"Hermann, I did it, man, I actually did it!" Newt said hastily pacing back and forth through the lab. Hermann's eyes rolled, already knowing he shouldn't ask WHAT exactly it was that his much too eager partner had done. "What could you possibly have done to result in such an uproar?" Hermann said as he turned around to see a bloody faced and red eyed Newt. *gasp* "What in the gods name has happened to you?" Hermann said angrily, but still in a fashion where you could tell there was worry in his fragile sounding voice. He'd never admit it, but he did care for Newt, who was constantly doing unsafe projects in the name of science. "I did it, Hermann! And I saw things, terrible, amazing things. I just...I did it!" Hermann now slightly annoyed "I'm on the verge of not caring if you don't tell me soon." He wasn't, he knew he was lying. "I told you I could do it! I finally drifted with a kaiju brain! Oh, Hermann, you don't understand how awesome it was!" Hermann's eyes light up with every emotion, but happiness. He grabbed Newt by the neck, one handed, and slams him up against a cabinet. "WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING!" Newt goes from excited to scared very quickly. He'd never seen that look in Hermann's eyes before. "YOU COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED NEWTON GEISZLER! I already lost Vanessa *voice starts to crack*. I can't...I CAN'T LOSE YOU! You're my best friend." With the one breath he could let loose, while Hermann's hand was still on his throat, "Aww, Hermann, you like m-" Newt quickly loses that breathe as Hermann grips tighter. "NO, NEWTON! This is NOT a joke! He dropped his cain and his frail hand balls into a fist and for the first time ever, full of rage, Hermann punched Newt in the stomach. Almost surprised with himself, Hermann stops a moment, and then slaps Newt across his face so hard that his glasses shatter and fall to the ground. Hermann let go of Newt's throat long enough for him to cry out, "Hermann, what are you doing?! I thought you'd be proud of me!" Hermann backs off. "Proud. PROUD! *he utters a few German expletives* Do you not realize how dangerous what you did was? Did you not for one fucking moment THINK NEWTON?!" Newt and Hermann's eyes both fill with tears, "Did you not think about how others might feel if something bad were to happen to you!?" Newt looked surprised, he didn't know his work partner even had emotions. "I...I didn't think..." Cut off by Hermann "That's right. You DIDN'T THINK! You didn't think about the effect it would have on anyone else but YOU!" Newt falls to the ground and Hermann limps and fumbles for his cain. Hermann, in a much calmer voice, "In all of our years working together, I wanted to hate you so much, but you are my best friend. You're all I've left besides my years of research. I can't lose you." Newt smiles through his bloodied face. "I'm so sorry, Hermann. I never knew you cared. I never meant to hurt you." Newt grabbed his partner and held him tightly, which lasted all of five seconds before Hermann pushed away and grumbled, annoyed, just like Hermann was used to. They both smiled and laughed. *Hermann ruffled Newt's hair like he was his younger brother*