Hund may look grumpy and super intimidating on the outside, but usually, he doesn't think before he eats.

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Whenever Hund did any hanging exercises, he always needs extra weight. Before he would let his girlfriend, Tanu, sit in his belly to fulfill that requirement. Today was different. After Hund gulped down Tanu, Hund rested himself on a bench. Neltas watched with amazement at the globular extension from Hund’s torso.

“Wow, is that the biggest your belly can get?!” Netlas exclaimed.

Hund, in his emotional ineptitude, interpreted Neltas’s question as a challenge. “You think I could go bigger?!” Hund growled.

“That wasn’t what I meant….” Neltas sheepishly tried to explain but Hund was too worked up to listen.

“Grab me a dumbbell!” Hund commanded. Neltas scurried off to the weight rack, grabbing the lightest weight he could carry.

“What are you going to do?” Netlas tried asking but Hund simply grabbed the dumbbell from Neltas and plopped the gym equipment in his mouth. With an audible “GULP!” the weight traveled down his throat to his stomach, just barely hitting Tanu in the head. Neltas stared in wonder at what Hund just did, but his befuddlement was cut short.

“More!” Hund commanded, causing Netlas to scurry away back to the rack. Ten pounds, twenty pounds, thirty, forty, fifty… all went down Hund’s throat, crowding Hund’s belly. Throughout all this Tanu was doing the best she could to dodge the metal hailing down on her. Once the weight rack was cleared, Hund belly hanged heavily from his frame.

Neltas, not learning from his mistake, made a second comment related to Hund’s belly. “I really don’t think you should be doing this Hund, you are going to have a really bad stomach ache after this.

“Agreed!” Tanu said more annoyed by the dumbbells clustering her usually spacious area. Even Hund’s belly let out a slight “gurgle” hinting at the indigestion Hund will soon experience if he continues.

Once again, Hund was thinking more with his belly than his brain. “Neltas, can you come closer?” Hund asked, trying his best not to sound suspicious.

“Oh boy…” Tanu remarked, already knowing what’s about to happen. Obliviously, Netlas walked forward, as Hund tried lifting himself from the bench he was sitting on. Despite the weight, Hund still stood tall in front of Neltas, towering over the poor sortori menacingly. Hund, grabbed the sortori from the sides and lifted him above his head. Opening his maw, Hund first dropped Netlas’s dangling feet into Hund’s maw. Neltas was more concerned for Hund’s belly than terrified by his predicament. Gulp after gulp, the sortori made his way down to Hund’s overcrowded belly. Tanu knew this was a bad idea. Usually, she was Hund’s primary workout partner. But now not only does she have all those weights cramming up her space, but she also now has an extra body smooshed up next to hers. With his head framed by Hund’s jaw, Neltas let out his final words, “Are you sure this is a good idea?”. Hund simply responded by rolling his eyes. He just did this with Tanu, how is this any different?

With a loud clatter, Neltas plopped down into Hund’s belly, dropping the furry ball down to Hund’s feet. Hund’s face briefly turned green, his cheeks puffing out like a chipmunk. His belly gurgled more intensely due to all its contents.

“Its ok to burp big guy.” Netlas spoke calmly.

Tanu merely rolled her eyes, murmuring “I knew this would happen.” Not wanting to show that maybe he has overstepped his limits, Hund waddled himself and his massive gut to his first exercise, the pull-up bar. Standing by the posts of the bar, Hund looked up.“Is the bar higher than usual?” He thought, considering now his approach to reaching the bar. Squatting low, Hund brought his rear close to the ground and prepared himself to jump.

Neltas noticed the disturbance asking, “What are you doing?”. Tanu immediately knew what is up. “I’d suggest spreading your arms and legs out across the dumbbells." In a massive burst, Hund shot up like a cannonball reaching for the bar. Meanwhile, Netlas and Tanu used their limbs to keep the dumbbells on the belly floor, trying to avoid a rogue dumbbell flying into their heads. As Hund grew closer and closer to the bar, he noticed his momentum slowing. When it seemed like Hund is beginning to fall back, he managed to wrap a few fingers on the bar, causing a shockwave through the posts that may have cracked its foundations.

Hund inched his hands apart from each other, preparing to do his first pull-up. Dangling below the bar, Hund flexed his thick muscular arms and engage the muscles in his torso. Hund gritting his teeth, exerting as much force as he can to lift his head over the bar.

“You can do it big guy!” Neltas said, cheering Hund on with a fist pump.

“You really shouldn’t have swallowed those dumbbells,” Tanu said, playing music from her phone to hide her concern.

Through heavy panting, Hund slowly lifted his head up to the bar. “One” Hund gritted holding his pose. As Neltas continued cheering, Tanu’s feigned apathy turned into concern. Neltas noticed the shift.

“What’s wrong?” Netlas asked. “Is it because I am in here with you? I know that this is normally a thing Hund does with you, and I don’t want to step on anyone’s toes here”.

Tanu turned her head to Neltas. “You’re fine. I was just thinking... how are we getting out?”.

Neltas was confused. She has been in Hund before and came out the way she came in: his mouth. “Hund is just going to upchuck us, right?”. Hund’s belly rumbled ominously around them, an indication of Hund’s nausea.

“Normally he would do that, but you saw how heavy his belly was with the dumbbells and me.” Tanu explained. As Hund began belching out air, the stomach walls compressed around them. Normally the contraction would cause Hund’s prey to fly to the opening of Hund’s belly leading to his esophagus. Instead, Neltas and Tanu heard a dumbbell falling into the opening below them. Both looked at the floor of Hund’s stomach and then back at each other.

“Do you mean we might be leaving that way?” Neltas asked, now beginning to grow worried.

Tanu shrugged, “Maybe, it has happened before, and I’ve hated it every time. Or maybe his stomach will lighten up as weights begin leaving through that ‘other opening’ and he can upchuck us like normal.” Tanu and Netlas felt a jolt as Hund dropped back down to do another rep. Neltas tried to push away the thought by continuing to cheer, though his face showed unease. Tanu continued looking down at her phone, also trying to keep her worry at bay. On the outside, even Hund held back a wince as he felt one of the dumbells move to another part of his system. At this point, all three members of Hund's workout party knew this workout will really test everyone’s limits.


Thanks again to  Neltas for being such a good workout partner and for  WhiteIronWolfBuck for doing an internal. Reach out to him while you can, cause I see him getting real popular in the future.