A Shock To Be Sure

[PacifistKit17 120]

Takashi and Mikko sit on their couch. Takashi is looking down at his hands and twiddling his thumbs. Mikko takes notice and places his hand on his brother’s shoulder
“Hey bro, come on, you’ll get picked for sure.”
Takashi looked up and stared at his brother. “You sure?”
“Yeah, I mean, I think all those interviews you did proves it, you’re strong, you got a good game, you’ll be on a team for sure.”
Takashi sits back and stares at the TV as the picks count down, watching as the first 8 picks are taken.
“Hey bro, I’m gonna use the restroom quickly.”, the younger brother told his older brother before getting up and making his way down his hallway. As he finished up, he went to go wash his hands when he heard his brother screaming from the living room. Takashi swung open the door and booked it into the living room and saw his brother holding his head and pointing at the TV. Takashi looked towards the TV to see his name on the board, taken at 9th overall.
“Oh my.”
Takashi took a hard seat on the couch and kept watching the TV as his name sat there, 15 places higher than his brother, 10 seasons ago. Mikko finally took his hands off his head and pulled up the camera he had on his side and turned it on, facing it towards his stunned brother.
“So we have our first post-draft interview with the 9th overall pick, Takashi Borisyuk. How are you feeling with your position?” Mikko said, a bit of a shake still in his own voice.
Takashi peered up at the lens and let out a sigh before adjusting himself, “You know it is quite a shock, a nice shock but a shock. I want to thank the Missasuga staff for giving me the chance and I hope I excite.”
“Do you want to give a little note to anyone else?”
“Yeah, I would like to give thanks to my agent for letting me get some hype up before the draft, thanks to the other GM’s for the interviews, although I wasn’t picked you, you guys made my intro in the VHLM fun and I want to give a thanks to my brother, for being here to support me, I’m glad I was picked higher than him, I hope to have a better career than him as well.” He let out a chuckle as he said those last words.
“Alright, that’s enough,” Mikko said, turning off the camera and putting it under his arm.
“Hey, I guess I have one question coming out of this.” Takashi said to his brother as he looked towards the TV again, “I never talked to Ace, why did he take me so high?”
Mikko looked at his brother and shrugged. “I guess your name got around.” He turned away from his brother and began to walk towards him room, leaving him alone in the living room with the draft still on.



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