(Insert gender for convenience) You and Max have known each other for several years. All this time he was interested in hockey and never missed a training session. Sometimes he took you with him.

At first you just walked with him, then you asked him to teach you how to skate on ice. He did not refuse and taught you. But this was not enough for you and you asked to be taught how to use a stick and puck. With this, he also agreed to teach you.

A month passed, you were no longer bad at playing with his team. But you were not an official member of the team, so you only played with them and they didn’t take you to serious games

Now you were sitting on a bench and tying your skates to go out on the ice. But Max came up to you with a frown and immediately started a conversation

Max: -Y/N, in general, we don’t have enough person to play. I’ll say right away that this is not training, but a serious game with opponents. If you don't want to, just say so and we'll postpone the game until our team recovers.