It's the next morning and Branch can only imagine what part of him is going to transform today. First it was his fur then it was his teeth,King Peppy did say they had claws too so maybe that's next?

Sitting up he takes a look at his hands and his brain takes a full minute to process what he was looking at. "Are those.....pads?" He asks himself becuase right there on the tips of his fingers and the palm of his hand are the beginning of what appear to be pawpads. They aren't fully complete but they were there albeit barely. He could tell cause they were a darker shade of teal than his fur. Also was it him or did his fingers look a bit rounder? He tries wiggling them and they respond easily enough so he let's it go for now.

Luckily this wasn't painful only uncomfortable at most but it was tolerable and he can even ignore it if he wanted to. "Seems like I'm catching a break today" he says with a slight smile hoping he doesn't jinx himself.

He then hears a large growling noise his ears perk up as his fur fluffs out in alarm only to realize its just his stomach since he hadn't eaten anything yesterday due to his fangs growing in. Though he now knows he fluffs up when scared great just great.

Speaking of fangs he runs his tounge over them and he realized they are longer than his other teeth,not by much but still. Luckily they don't stick out of his mouth that wouldn't be pleasant.

Getting up with a yawn he puts on his robe and he begins to make some actual breakfast being some eggs and toast along with a apple. He happily eats his food without any complications the only thing that was off was how easily he could bite into the apple it required very little force in order to do so but other than that everything was good.
It did feel weird to bite into something with fangs but it's something he will have to get used to though.

While he would love to leave right now and go do something he really doesn't want to unless he has no other choice because he wants to wait until this whole transformation thing is over.

He decides he should get back to reorganizing his bunker he wasn't able to continue it before due to obvious reasons but today he can handle it. There's no pain only mild discomfort and that is tolerable. With a grin he cracks his knuckles ready to start when he hears frantic knocking at the entrance.

It might be Poppy again coming to check on him today and he doesn't mind the company at the moment since he is in a pretty ok mood. He peeks through the entrance to see that once again he is correct in that his girlfriend is there.

"Hiya Branch how are you this morning?" She asks happily waving her hand. "Uh good I guess? Today is a mostly ok day transformation wise" He replies and let's her in without her needing to ask.

"So uhm what's transforming today?" She asks shuffling on the heels of her feet. Branch notices something is a bit off with her body language,was it him or was she more fidgety than normal becuase she is moving alot more than she usually is.

"Just these" He says showing her the pads growing on his hands and his fingers that are definately getting a bit rounder he can tell. She gently takes one of his hands "Oh my gosh Branch this is the cutest thing I have ever seen your growing pawpads!" She squeals at the evident cuteness.

Blushing a bit he allows her to gently press her fingers into his pads and it feels weird he has never felt something like this before but it wasn't too bad he can handle it. As she is having fun messing with his pawpads he can see that she is shuffling her shoulders alot more than usual.

The elevator finally reaches the end and Poppy finally let's go of his hand.....paw? He isn't too sure yet what to call it he needs to wait to see the end result before he can determine.
"So uhm Branch there's something I want to ask you" Poppy says putting her hands behind her back. "What?" Branch asks tilting his head.

All of a sudden Poppy begins to scratch herself  like crazy "HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THIS ITCHINESS?!" She yells out at she begins to scratch herself. "Poppy?! What happened?! Are you having an allergic reaction? Did you come in contact with a plant that's causing this?" He begins to fire off rapid questions going into both protective boyfriend mode and survival mode.

"No I'm not having a allergic reaction and I didn't touch any plant that caused this though I might have eaten something that is causing this" She says with a sheepish grin.

Branchs mind is going through multiple scenarios as to what she might have eaten but one in particular keeps standing out but he doesn't want it to be true.  "Poppy please tell me you didn't eat that fruit" He says putting his hands on her shoulders only to feel certain parts of her fur are indeed a bit longer than usual.

"Uhmm I might have eaten some more of it" She says grinning. Branchs mind seems to freeze at her words. She ate more of it why?! Why did she do it she knows what that fruit does to trolls! I mean look at him right now! He lost 4 of his teeth and is currently growing pawpads out of his hands! She got lucky the first time so why go back for more?!

"Why Poppy? Why did you do that?" He asks his ears lowering in sadness. "Because Branch I felt so bad for you going through this becuase of me. So I decided you shouldn't be alone in this so I ate some more and joined you!" She exclaims happily as if she hasn't just permanently changed her life.

"But- but" He tries to say something but his mind and mouth aren't properly working at the moment. "Branch" She puts a finger to his lips stopping him from saying anything else. "This is my decision I knew what I was getting into. I willingly ate more nobody forced me to this was all me" She says to him gently and he nods and he just hugs her as a way of saying thanks for doing this.

To be honest he probably should have expected this. This seems like something Pippy would do. "So uhm back to what I was asking how do you get rid of the itchiness?" She asks going back to her scratching.

"Well to be honest I don't know much as I might have slept most of it off" He says not wanting to admit he cried himself to sleep like he was a trolling. "Though water can sort of help but it makes your fur very uncomfortable but if your willing to deal with it,it's a temporary solution otherwise you just have to deal with it" He says scratching his cheek a bit emberassed that he has no solution for this but then again it's not everyday your fur is growing due to a very rare exotic fruit.

"I don't care! Just please make it stop!" She almost yells which truly shows how much this is affecting her. He guides her to the bathroom where the shower was and leaves her be for privacy purposes. He decides to go back to reorganizing for the moment as his ears twitch when he hears the sound of the tub running. He thought Poppy would be a shower type of person but he guesses in this case a bath would be better to both relax and stop the itchiness.

He guesses she is in there for a good hour before she leaves the bathroom, happier than when she came in. "Ahhh that felt so much better it took a bit to get comfortable but wow it was worth it. Thanks for the advice Branch" She thanks him as she goes to take a seat on the couch and try to relax and maybe even take a nap. "No problem if you want you can try and take a nap maybe that will help a bit" He suggests since sleeping did help him even if it wasn't a pleasant sleep.

"Good idea a nice warm bath always helps me fall asleep" She says before yawning and turning over on the couch and lays down. In a few minutes his ears twitch as he hears her soft breathing. Another weird thing is that his ears have been twitching and moving more than usual. Must be a new mini transformation, they didn't look any different but they were definitely more reactive than usual so that's a thing.

Looking over at his gf he takes in her appearance. Much like with him her fur is definitely growing although alot of it seems to be around her neck as it's sure fluffy compared his. He can only imagine what it would look like when fully grown.

There are tufts already appearing on her ankles,knees, elbows and wrists. To be honest the longer fur makes her look even more cuter than she already was and he didn't think that was possible before but looks like he was wrong but he was glad he was.

He goes back to reorganizing and he finally manages to finish right around dinner time as Poppy had slept for a good few hours by then. He hopes this won't mess up her sleep schedule though he does have some sleeping medication just in case as he sometimes has trouble sleeping himself.

"Wow that was a good nap" Poppy says as she stretches while waking up. "You slept for a long while it must have been" Branch says with a chuckle. "Yeah I don't usually nap for that long" She says a bit surprised before she groans and gets ready to scratch herself when she is stopped as Branch gently grabs her hands. "I think you shouldn't scratch as usually it just makes it worse" He says being a total hypocrite cause that was all he did when he itched.

"But Branch I don't want to itch anymore its so annoying!" She whines wanting to scratch herself. "Just don't think about it how about we have some dinner maybe that will get your mind off of this" He suggests to which she nods. 

Over the few hours that Poppy has been napping his pawpads have grown out some more and his fingers have become more ound almost completely resembling paws but he could move them just fine like they were his normal fingers to which he is glad as he had no idea what he would do if he lost the ability to move his fingers.

He makes a simple dinner for both him and Poppy to which she enjoys but then again she enjoys alot of stuff. "So you might want to head back to your pod it's starting to get dark" He says although he wished she didn't have to leave to which she nods albeit a bit sadly. "Oh before you go here" He says handing her a pill "Its to help you sleep easier for tonight" He says with a smile at wanting to ease his girfriends troubles however he can.

"Thank you so much Branch!" She says before she once again hugs him and heads back to the elevator "See you tomorrow!" She says as she heads up waving him off to which he waves back. He is glad she is coming back tomorrow he loves her company even if sometimes he wishes he could be alone Poppy has learned to respect his wishes to be alone if he has been having a bad day.

He gets read fit bed himself as he does his nightly routine of brushing his teeth along with his new fangs and putting on his sleeper shirt and taking off his pants. It's his bunker he can do whatever he wants to including not wearing pants!

Getting into his bed he lies down as he wants for sleep to claim him "Wonder what's going to happen tomorrow" He says to himself as he takes one last look at his hands now turned paws before he turns over and sleep begins to take him.

Bonus

When Poppy woke up that morning the first thing she was aware of was that she was ITCHY! "Holy sugar this is bad! No wonder Branch was going crazy this is unbearable!" She says scratching herself like crazy but her fingers barely do anything to help. She even gets a backscratcher but that also barely helps any. She knew what she was signing up for when she ate more of the fruit but WOW!

She can't go out scratching herself like crazy the village would definately know something was up and they get a little bit crazy when something is wrong with her. So she has to manage to walk through the village without scratching herself.

"This is going to be harder than I thought" She says outloud before resigning herself to her fate and makes her way to Branch's bunker and she litterally has to hold herself back to not scratch herself so she decides to mover her body as much as she can without attracting attention as it kept her mind off of the itchiness.

She soon makes her way to Branchs bunker and yeah she might have knocked a little more frequently than she normally did but she needs to know what he did to stop this itchiness otherwise she is going to loose her mind.

The elevator scene
Poppy:So cute! *plays with branchs pads*
(*ELEVATOR PLEASE HURRY UP IM GOING TO LOOSE IT!*)