Hockey

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Request for winterdarknessXD who asked for: "hmmmm a one-shot? how about ivan and matthew? o.o"

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Hockey

This was tradition to them. They'd meet at either his house or his friend's house. The guest would bring the booze; the other would provide the food. There was nothing to question about this.

I

"How'd it feel, Matvey, to lose to your brother?"

"Not as bad as you'll feel when you lose to me."

"Hmm… we'll see."

"I'm not letting you win!"

"You saw the commercial."

"Yeah? And I heard it too. You're not gonna win."

"I thought this was for fun."

"It still is. It's going to be fun seeing you lose." Ivan said nothing. Maybe Matthew had a point; Team Canada was leading.

"If you win, then you have to promise to beat your brother again if he makes it too; da?"

"You bet. Now, watch the replay, you missed by fourth goal."

II

"So we meet again."

"Ready to lose again?"

"Such confidence; but are you sure you can beat me again?"

"Of course. This is going to be the year; I'm telling you."

"Well, we'll soon find out. Good luck; you'll need it."

"…"

"…"

"… fuck."

"Now you know how I felt last time."

"This is shameful. This… how?"

"Do not worry. It happens. Disgrace happens all the time. They are young."

"They're my future!"

"Then hopefully, they will have learnt from this."

"I'm embarrassed."

"Like many. Now, shake my hand."

III

"… I'm sorry."

"It is okay. Things like this happen."

"Still… it's a pretty crappy way to go."

"I hope they did not suffer too much."

"Yeah… what about the other guy?"

"He is suffering."

"Ah…"

"It happens… there is always a risk."

"Yeah, I guess."

"They were good men."

"I'm sure they were…"

"…"

"If you want, we can postpone."

"No, no, there is a game on. We have a deal. Come."

"Yeah, yeah, you're right."

OWARI

Based on three hockey events. The first, the 2010 Olympics when Canada beat Russia spectacularly. The second, the World Hockey Juniors finals where Canada was leading 3-0, third period and Russia ended up winning 5-3. The last one is when a hockey team from Russia died in a plane crash.

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Started writing: September 27th 2011, 10:10am

Finished writing: September 27th 2011, 10:21am

Started typing: October 10th 2011, 3:59pm

Finished typing: October 10th 2011, 4:09pm