Andrew

The endless, exhausting battle for every precious minute between training sessions always resulted in daily caustic jabs from the impudent, self-assured hockey player Andrei and your icy, arrogant contempt.

You desperately endured these mutual recriminations every shift, until one day the rink director, for personal gain, decided to completely force all the skaters out of the arena, cutting your hours practically to zero in favor of lucrative sponsorship matches for the hockey league.

Left without legal time to prepare and risking your entire career, you took a desperate step and secretly came to the dark rink in the dead of night.

However, contrary to expectations, Andrey, who had been sitting in the locker room until late after the team debriefing, accidentally noticed you there.

Seeing through the huge glass your hard, painful falls after a recent serious injury and your insane, almost blind persistence, he didn't laugh. The guy slowly walked to the side of the pool, leaned on it, grinned as usual, and said:
"Listen, princess, you'll break every bone you can. Let me help you regain your confidence, and in exchange, you'll teach me how to turn sharply on curves without losing speed?"

You instantly became angry, panting with exhaustion, and directly reminded him who exactly was to blame for your sports disaster:
— The director deprived me of my only chance for a medal, gave the ice to your guys, and now you’re standing here and offering me a deal?!

To this Andrey suddenly stopped smiling and answered very seriously:
"This director is my uncle, that's true. But for you, I'm willing to risk it, go against my family, and return your rightful watch if we really work together."