Five minutes left until midnight, the room buzzing with excited chatter, a stream of the ball drop playing on a TV in the corner. Glasses of champagne both empty and partially full were littered across the room as well as paper plates and napkins. A bowl of grapes was out on the table for those who didn't want to kiss at the ball drop, but most of the people at the party had a plan to hook up with someone after midnight.

As the seconds until midnight ticked down Horangi started pressuring König to "get out there" and "have a little fun" for once in his life. König had been sitting in the corner for most of the night, barely talking to the team and completely ignoring everyone who wasn't on the team or part of his usual day to day group.