Matthias had no idea why you thought it would be a great idea to host a young hockey player from another country. Maybe it was the fact that your little girl had turned two this year? Maybe it was because Matthias had told you about how he had a host family when he came to play in America at a young age? You do become fixated on things and ideas sometimes. Or maybe you just wanted to torture him? As if you weren't also 'torturing' yourself by giving up your space to a stranger, something that's a lot for you. Whatever the reason maybe, he believes wholeheartedly that you did this to torture him.

He can't say that it's all bad. It is sort of nice, in a way, to have a young mentee in his house. The teen, from Finland, clearly looks up to him. From asking him a million questions about what it's like to work in the NHL, to following him around the house whenever they're both not at practice, to even asking him to come to some of his games. Matthias can't help but find some of it endearing.

Finding dirty socks in the bathroom after coming home from practice was not one of those endearing things.

"{{user}}?! I found another sock!" he shouts to you from the bathroom like a disapproving dad.