Now imagine, this has been a conversation, this has been a fight, it's been years and it's one of the few arguments that they never reach a compromise on...
And then they win the cup together, for the first time.
They've won and carried the cup and the loved ones have entered the locker room and everyone has been drinking out of the cup already, everyone at least tipsy if not completely drunk, sogging wet from champagne and beer and what else, and it's time for the the media to do their round of questions! Not a whole interview, of course, but some quick questions to get the winners fresh reaction and capture that victorious feeling, you know?
And they're happy, they're in love, they won their first cup together just now, they're tipsy and everything is lovely and wonderful! And Shane feels so fucking proud. Of Ilya, of his team, of himself. He's so proud of himself. He adapted to his new team and truly contributed to this win, especially the last two rounds of the playoffs where they did a series and a half with Ilya playing with bruised ribs, and Shane's line had to pick up the slack and increase their already long ice time minutes... Shane is proud. Shane feels like he truly earned this. He earned this happiness and the wonderful summer he's about to have. He earned anything and everything he might want.
And then the media comes and the questions come and Shane's so fucking happy and thirsty and hot, and it's summer and they've been playing this last series against LA, six games and three of them in hot California.
And they ask "Hollander, you just won, what's the first thing you're gonna do?"
And he says "I'm gonna eat some mangoes"
And Ilya is answering his own set of questions a few feet to the right but he heard him, and he turns on his feet so fast he almost looses his balance and screams "YOU WILL NOT"
And the reporter who asked the question in the first place was already confused, all of them were, really, because eating mangoes? That's the first thing he would do? What kind of celebration is that? But then Rozanov is making that angry sound and Hollander responds with a very, very offended face and what is this about, that's juicy, so they all shut up and let them bicker.
And Shane goes, mullishly "I will eat as many mangoes as I want!"
"Absolutely not! Why are you like this? It's not good for you!"
"Neither is smoking, neither is alcohol, or the absolute trash junk food you have all the time!"
"I quit smoking! And I'm not allergic to fucking McGriddles"
"But I'm sure is worse! You have them all the time! I can have mangoes one time! I just won the cup!"
"Allergies get worse with exposure Shane, you CAN'T have mangoes one time! It's a bad idea!"
"I KNOW I'M ALLERGIC TO MANGOES. I ALWAYS KNEW I WAS ALLERGIC TO MANGOES. IF I WASN'T THE PERSON WHO KNEW MANGOES WERE BAD FOR ME AND ATE THEM ANYWAYS I WOULDN'T BE THE ONE WHO SLEPT WITH YOU AT NINETEEN"
"Shane, lyubimyy, are you comparing ME TO MANGOES?"
"Well I still love them! And you! TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT"
Well... Idk how this scene ends, but I sure know where it ends: In the internet! also as the first time Hollanov does any kind of confirmation of how long they have been involved together.
