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Shane had a happy smile plastered across his face but JJ could see that he was on edge from the second Ilya Rozanov opened his mouth.
In the small time that ilya had been allowed to speak he had called Ryan and price and JJ both handsome. JJ noticed the twist in shanes face, it looked like jealousy but that couldnt be possible, Shane was really good looking ilya was just a dick and even though Shane has told him so many times that he and rozanov are friends JJ still cant get used to it.
It’s not natural, rivals being friends. Shane and ilya being friends. It was all too odd. But JJ did notice that Shane is suppressing his laughter most times that rozanov makes a joke. Good Shane still has standards and wont give ilya the pleasure of knowing he is funny. Which pains JJ to admit as long as you’re not on the receiving end of it, rozanov is pretty fucking funny.
But it would turn him into an even more of asshole is he found this out, so JJ swore he would take this to his grave.
They get on sure, but JJ hasn’t really noticed a difference in between how they look now and how they look before they said that they were friends. Oh well as long as rozanov doesn’t start tagging along with Shane to team events he couldnt care less
Shane bless his heart was not a very good coach but he tried, god he really tried. JJ took over from a complicated explanation and Shane looked relieved.
Ilya came over to talk to Shane, JJ pretended not to pay attention, focusing on the player in front of him who were running the drill. JJ couldnt hear the conversation but he could tell it was mainly full of jabs at each other.
That was when he heard rozanov say what sounded like ‘sweetheart’. JJ froze then shook his head, he must have been mistaken, ilya has an accent and is been quite anyway he must have heard it wrong. He shook his head to forget the memory and went back to coaching. Shane came and joined in again helping the children individually, which he was a lot better at.
It was lunch time and they were all sat around the table in a room that had a kitchen and a table, and was classed as the staffroom. Well all were there but Shane and ilya. JJ had just started tucking into his lunch when the pair walked in with shanes mom. Ilya and yuna were laughing and Shane was blushing violently.
Yuna placed the bag she had on the table and slid some food across to Shane and ilay where they had taken their seats next to Hayden.
Then yuna sat down with her food acting like she didnt just feed her son’s rival, which JJ had heard her slate a couple of years ago after Boston beat Montreal. Clearly they have made peace. JJ just shrugged and tucked back into his food.
They laughed and talked about how the morning had gone, everyone seemed happy but Shane. JJ felt sorry for him, he knew how much anxiety this stuff gave him, and that he only wanted it to go well.
Shane then spoke up, “okay so as I was telling il- rozanov this afternoon we have a local new reporter coming in.” JJ could see the visible anxiety on his face, god this has got to of stressed him out, a reporter on the first day of something that Shane cares so deeply about.
“This is good, we could increase intress for next year” yuna smiles at him, which relaxes him. Shane loves that kind of stuff and only what the charity to do well.
“So it will probably be in French and since ilya cant speak French for shit I will handle it.” Shane smirked, nothing calmed him down like taking jabs at ilya.
But JJs brain was still stuck on ilya. Ilya. since when do they use first names with each other. This is so fucking odd. JJ cant actually keep up.
“Russian is better I have no use for French”
“Tu vis dans un pays francophone, espèce de merde” JJ holler, ilya looks baffled and several people around the table let out a laugh.
“The fuck?”
“Exactly, learn French its not that hard” JJ smirked
“Hold up you cant speak any French?” Hayden asked piping up after being remarkably quite
“No.” Ilya says sounding slightly ashamed
“Neither can you dick” Shane laughs.
“Yeah but you know, you guys are…” he gestured between them, rozanov raised an eyebrow
“We are what?” Rozanov asks
“You know…” Hayden continues, rozanov is laughing and Shane looks on edge. What is going on.
“Ugh dont make me say it” he sighs, “ friends”
Ilya barks out a laugh, “pridurok” he mutters and Shane hits him in the ribs.
“What did he just say?” Hayden points at ilya, JJ is now laughing now as well. This whole interaction is too funny not to.
Ilya just shrugs closing his mouth tightly.
Shane sighs, “he called you a dickhead”
JJ is confused, still laughing though cause yet again ilya is quite funny. But Shane knows Russian.
“See Shane is a good… friend” Hayden says friend like a slur, “he knows russian but you dont know French.
“Oh no, I barely know any”
“Yeah he only knows things like” ilya rattles of something in russian and shanes face goes bright red.
“Ilya my mother is right there” Shane hits ilyas shoulder, “any way time to get back out there” Shane says getting up quickly an leaving as fast as humanly possible, rozanov gets up quickly calling after hollander. Yuna is sat chucking to herself.
What could rozanov have possibly said to get Shane to go that colour? JJ doesn’t really think about it much.
The afternoon starts off okay clearly rozanov has apologised but that doesn’t last for long because as Shane is in the middle of an interview rozanov skates over and flings a puck at the glass by his head. Ilya laughs, Shane doesn’t seem impressed from there it gets worse.
Shane is just ignoring rozanov now, spending most of his time attached to JJ at the hip all to avoid rozanov. Eventually JJ and Shane get separated and JJ skates over to Hayden, who is finishing up a drill with his group.
It’s time for a quick water break before they conclude for the day. “What the fuck is up with those two?” JJ asks Hayden looking at Shane and ilya, Shane has just skated away from ilya for the hundredth time that afternoon.
“Fuck knows, either way Shane looks pissed. I do not want to get involved with that argument.” Hayden says, JJ laughs in agreement.
“I still cant believe their friends” JJ laughs
Hayden nods in agreement, but JJ doesn’t miss the odd look that has come across his face. “Look at roz following Shane around like a puppy that has been kicked to the curb” JJ hadn’t really been paying much attention to rozanov since he is kinda a dick, but now Hayden says it he does look… hurt and sad. JJ just snorts at this.
“Jesus christ” JJ mutters looking back over to them, rozanov has finally managed to get Shane to stop skating away from him,”they argue like an old married couple”
Hayden chokes on his drink. JJ claps him on the back, “you okay buddy?”
“Yep im all good.” He coughs “Either way they need to sort their shit out, this is meant to be a peace camp.” Harden sighs.
Yuna comes out and stand on the other side of the boards by them, “how is it going boys?”
“It’s good. But hollander and rozanov need to sort their shi- stuff out” JJ stops himself from swearing he has no idea why, but shanes mom reminds him a lot of his mom and he would never swear in front of his mother.
“JJ I have heard swearing before” she laughs softly, she looks so like Shane when she laughs, JJ loves it. “And I’ll talk to my boys”
My boys? Must be a term of endearment, JJ assures himself that he is probably on of Yuna’s boys, well at least he hopes he would be.
“Please do they are pissing us all off” Hayden sighs, “or better yet, stop them from being friends”
“They are good when they both behave, Shane picks who he wants to be friends with, not me.” She smiles
“Yeah but rozanov?” JJ sighs
She laughs and walks around the edge of the rink towards Shane. Smiling to herself as she does.
Well her talking to them clearly worked because they came in the next day, chirping each other like normal. After not hearing for an afternoon JJ realised how much he missed shanes laugh. He misses his best friend even when they are next to each other. Yes Shane has been happier recently but he is secretive, JJ feels like he has missed so much from his life. Like he disappears for the summer, without any trace. he knows Shane is in his lake house but he never makes any effort to reach out and invite JJ around. He must be really lonely during the summers. Poor Shane.
The day went rather well, JJ was happy when Shane partnered them together, they were laughing like normal and having a really good time. JJ went home beaming that night.
Then the third day came along, there was a small incident at the end of the day nothing major just a cut, so Shane had to fill out an accident report, JJ told him to go and fill that out and he will tidy up. He turned away anyone who offered to help, he wanted a moments peace on the ice. He skated around picking up the discarded pucks and cones. Putting them all away in the equipment store before stopping by the office to say bye to Shane and maybe ilya if he was feeling nice.
It was only Yuna who was sat there,
“Oh hi JJ” she smiled
“Hi yuna, the rink is all clear and equipment is away” he smiles warmly at her
“Perfect, you go home ill finish up and close the rink”
“See you tomorrow yuna” he kissed her on the top of her head and headed towards the car park. Which is when he looked out the window to see Hollander and rozanov walking together? He blinked to make sure he wasnt seeing things, no he wasnt they were together. What shocked him even more was when rozanov got into th drivers side of shanes car. JJ never put much thought into where the non Montreal people were staying, clearly Shane had offered one of his spare rooms to rozanov. But it was the fact he let rozanov drive his car. There was so much ease in the way they walked together and sahne didnt even seem to put up an argument when rozanov climbed in.
That is so odd. JJ and Shane are best friends and he has never once driven shanes car. What on earth?
The next day JJs whole life was knocked off its axis. Shane had been hit with a rogue quite fast flying puck, they didnt have much gear on since it was only a kids camp and they weren’t really joining in with them fully. Shane had been with JJ when it happened, Shane went down in pain but recovered quickly. Rozanov looked over scared for a second until he sees Shane get up, JJ sees the relief cross his face and feels like he has been stabbed in the chest, how can one person feels so much for a person who they are barely friends with… unless… no it cant be. Yes Shane is gay, but rozanov is 100% straight.
JJ can see that rozanov is twitching to come over to check on Shane, but doesn’t, almost like he doesn’t want to draw attention to him. Odd.
It was then at lunch time the flood gate of questions opened. Shane, JJ, Hayden, Wyatt and Ryan price where all sat. Around the table, the others where sat with the kids making sure they were okay even though they did have lunchtime staff to handle that. Leah said something about wanting kids and this was a ‘test’, but the second wanting kids was brought up JJ zoned out.
Ilya came in while they were all talking about the afternoon plans. He had a bag in one hand and something that JJ couldnt quite make out in the other. Shane smiled at him and everyone else greeted him, ilya headed over to the seat next to Shane.
“Ice” he muttered to him.
“Ilya im fine” Shane obviously lied. Rozanov turned shoes chair to face his much to shanes protesting, he patted his lap gently and Shane winced as he stretched out his leg to rest on top of Rozanovs. He rolled up shanes trousers to revel a nasty bruise. Ilya gently brushed it with his fingers before gently laying the ice pack over it.
“Better sweetheart” sweetheart?! Okay hearing it once was okay but tech that cant be a coincidence
“Yeah thanks” Shane nodded, JJ cant believe what he is seeing
The scene was awfully domestic. They exchanged secret smiles before turning to face the group. Wyatt was smirking but other than that no one seemed to he shocked, which added to JJs shock level who was sat there mouth agape.
The conversation returned too quickly, they didnt even skip a beat. JJ noticed ilya rubbing gentle swirls on shanes shin. What the actual fuck? They continued like this, no one said anything about it. Not a single person and JJ sure as shit wasnt going to be the first in case he was the only on to notice.
Max poked his head through the door, “roz, Yuna wants you in her office” he smiled before ducking out.
Ilay gently layed shanes leg on the chair still outstretched, with the ice pack balancing on.
He then kisses Shane on the top of his head before walking out the door, Shane tracked him with his eyes giving what JJ could only describe as heart eyes.
Okay he was fucking sure no one missed that. What the fuck? JJ is so confused. There is no way they are together, thats not possible, ilya is probably just a touchy guy. No, JJ thinks back over the last few days it’s been heart eyes from Shane all over the place, no way they aren’t together. HOLLANDER AND FUCKING ROZANOVE TOGETHER?! NO WAY!. NOT POSSIBLE. But the heart eyes.
JJ is actually fucking pissed, because if they aren’t together then rozanov is leading his best friend on, not that he has been paying attention ilya all weekend put not once has he seen heart eyes from ilya. Ilya looking like a lost puppy was a one off thing because sahne was just annoyed at him, nothing more. Ilay is straight and now leading on Shane this is fucked up.
JJ leaned into to whisper to Shane, “Look, I know you’ve got this...thing...for Rozanov.”
Shane’s smile on hi face dropped.
“What do you mean?” Shane said broth hitching slightly
J.J. smiled sadly at him, oh poor shane. “ Having a crush on a straight man is no good, buddy.”
Shane looked confused
“Ilya isnt straight” Shane said instantly
He clasped his hands over his mouth quickly after he realised what he had said.
“Excuse me?” JJ dared, the fuck? Rozanov has a very public, extremely long list of hook ups and dates with girls
“No, no forget I said anything” shanes face was a picture of panic
“No you said rozanov isnt straight. How do you know this Shane?”
Shane just shrugged in response, JJ could tell he was hiding something
“Shane?” JJ asked again
“He is bisexual okay!?” Shane declared, “but that wasn’t my secret to tell”
Shane looks like he wants to pull out of this conversation and for once JJ isnt going to let him, he is going to press for once.
“So let me guess this straight, well it’s nothing about this is straight. You Shane Hollander are gay and Ilya Rozanov who you have thing fro is bisexual” `jj said
Shane just stared at him, the silence from him was deafening.
“Shane ia m going to give you one chance to tell me what I am missing here”
“Ilya and I are dating” he blurts out.
Even though JJ was expecting that answer it still hits him like a freight train, “fucking hell”
JJ was about to respond when ilya came into the room, he looked between Shane looking panicked and the shock on JJs face. He could instantly tall what the conversation was about.
“Finally told him moya lyubov?” Ilya asked smirked
Shane just nodded. JJ was still sat there clutching the edge of his chair, unmoved. What the fuck? His best friend and ilya fucking rozanov are dating.
Ilya strolled over kissed Shane quickly on the lips. Shane melted into it.
“Fuck you guys, you said that wouldn’t happen again!” Ryan Price sighed from the corner, deadpan, which only made Shane and Ilya laugh.
“I need to scrub my eyes out,” Hayden wailed dramatically, flopping over his chair.
JJ just sat there, mouth agape. His best friend. His best friend. And Ilya Rozanov. Together. And happy.
“Im going to need an explanation right about fuckign now!” JJ declared, he was annoyed.