"Fuck!"
He hadn't even managed to slightly damage the training dummy at all. If he wanted to get back at Jäger for embarrassing him at dinner yesterday, Jean would have to get stronger. He couldn't lose his place in the top ten to that bastard! Even if that meant he'd have to train for hours during the night.
He sent another unsuccessful kick towards the dummy's middle. His angry gaze fell upon the dirt beneath him. Was he really that much of a weakling that even Jäger would be able to surpass him?
"The way you stand is all wrong."
Jean turned around and locked eyes with Annie.How long had she been standing there?
"What makes you think that?" He asked while rolling his etwas as he turned back around and resumed kicking the wooden mannequin. As if she could do better...
Not answering his question the blonde crept closer until Jean could feel her small body press into his back."What are you doing?!" he sputtered out and tried to keep his balance as he almost stumbled over.
"I'm correcting your stance. It's a pain to look at, Kirstein!"
Her hands guided his arms and then his legs from the fighting stance the instructors had shown them into one somewhat similar to the one Jäger had used yesterday.
"You have to utilize your strength more. The default stance restrictions you from doing so. Now try again..."
He did as instructed and send a kick towards the dummy again while using the new technique.The dummy fell down with a crash onto the ground in front of them. He had actually done it."Thank you, Annie!"
But she was already walking back towards the girl's barracks leaving him alone at the empty training field.