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The day passed slowly. Lukas spent it mostly sleeping and Viktor spent it mostly waking Lukas up from sleep and just when they were about to rest together, it was 6AM. Game day. The bus ride to the arena felt unusually quiet, not because everyone was nervous but because everyone was asleep.Nikola had somehow folded himself across two seats. Sam was using a hockey bag as a pillow and Joshua was snoring loud enough to qualify as a public safety issue.Even Elias looked half dead.Coach stood at the front of the bus staring at all of them with visible disgust and disappointment.Then he sighed"Wake up." Nobody moved, and nobody reacted. Coach grumbled and repeated, "Wake up."But still nothing. Suddenly, Coach grabbed the microphone."THE BLACK BULLS ARE GOING TO EAT Y'ALL." Half the team shot upright immediately. Nikola screamed, Joshua almost fell into the aisle and Elias looked ready to murder somebody.But Coach looked very pleased."There we go.""I don't like you," Nikola whisp

The announcement came during breakfast—when nobody was paying attention.Nikola was trying to balance three pancakes on a fork, Joshua was arguing with Sam about whether cereal counted as soup, and Elias looked... like he always did.Coach stood near the television mounted on the wall and waited patiently, but nobody noticed him.Then he slammed a folder against the table, and the entire room jumped.Nikola dropped his pancakes and practically hissed,"This is a hostile work environment.""Good," Coach replied immediately. Then he folded his arms."The semifinal bracket is official."And suddenly everybody was listening. The room fell quiet. Phones lowered, food abandoned, and even Nikola looked interested.Coach nodded once."We're in."For a split second, nobody reacted... then the room exploded.Chairs scraped backward, somebody screamed, and Sam nearly knocked over his drink."WE'RE GOING TO THE SEMIFINALS!""YES.""THE ACTUAL SEMIFINALS?""THAT'S HOW TOURNAMENTS WORK.""OH MY GOD

The silence that followed felt impossible.The worst part was that Lukas didn't know if answering was the right thing to do.Viktor wouldn't have an issue either way.But it felt like a trap.Just like that, the entire room had forgotten how breathing worked.Nobody moved.Nobody spoke.The reporters remained frozen, their pens hovering halfway across notebooks. Cameras stayed pointed forward, and microphones hung suspended in the air.It was so bad that even Nikola remained quiet.Lukas stared at the woman who had asked the question, and for a second, he genuinely thought he'd imagined it.But no.The question was real.And the entire world seemed to be waiting for his answer.The school knew.The team knew.But that secret had died almost as quickly as it had spread.This?This was the entire world.It could ruin their chances of ever going fully professional.But lying would hurt their relationship.Viktor looked away.He wouldn't mind being denied if it was for the best.This was

The whistle shrieked. They looked down and suddenly, somebody lost a tooth, but nobody knew whose tooth it was. Players paused and stared at it in shock but the game didn't stop.The crowd screamed, blood hit the ice and somewhere behind Lukas a referee yelled something nobody could actually hear because three players were already fighting for the puck again."IS THAT A TOOTH?" Nikola screamed."PLAY." Lukas screamed back even louder."THAT'S A HUMAN TOOTH LUKAS!""PLAY THE DAMN GAME."Nikola looked horrified as he locked eyes with another player,"WHY IS EVERYONE SO CASUAL ABOUT THAT?"Nobody answered because Sam immediately threw himself in front of a slapshot and dropped to one knee. The entire bench winced, even the crowd gasped.Sam stood back up anyway."What the hell is wrong with you?" Joshua shouted."I DON'T KNOW." The puck came back but Sam blocked another one. Joshua stared in complete awe."SERIOUSLY?""I SAID I DON'T KNOW."The semi-final had completely stopped resemblin

Cold air slipped into the room. Birds chirped, and Coach screamed outside the door as he banged heavily.“Go open it…” Nikola kicked Elias, his toes slipping into his nostrils. Elias screamed and jumped off the bed, his eyes wide with fear and something that seemed like shock. His chest rose and fell unevenly as sweat dripped down his neck.“Why the fuck was your toe in my nose?!”“I was just trying to wake you up.” He wiggled his toes in the air, sending a shiver down Elias' spine.The banging continued and Elias looked visibly irritated. “I'll just go get it.” He stepped out and met Coach standing behind Klaire and Lydia. Sweat dripped down his face and his eyes, bloodshot red. Yet, he spoke calmly.“Did both of you happen to eat your phones?”“I overslept, Coach.” Elias answered calmly too and it made something violently twitch in Coach's head.“I also can't reach The Captain.” He paused and looked at the girls, “When you do, y'all should try to be quiet. I need to rest.” And he