NHL Imagines

Mitch Marner

"Hahaha, take that, Mitch!" You tease your best friend, Mitch Marner.

"I let you win," Mitch argues.

"Uh huh, sure you did. Tired of losing yet?" You ask.

The two of you have been hanging out all day. Currently, you guys were playing Mariokart. You had to be playing it for at least an hour now and Mitch has still yet to beat you in a race.

"Alright, one more race. I'm for sure gonna win this one," Mitch states.

"Bet."

"Okay. Loser has to buy a pizza tonight."

"Deal." You two shake on it.

"But, first," Mitch starts to stand up. "I'm hungry. I'm gonna go get us some snacks."

"Okay," you say, smiling as you watch him walk away.

You've had the hugest crush on Mitch for the longest time. You were never able to find the words to tell him, though. He gave you mixed signals. A lot of them. One time, you thought that maybe you could have a chance with him. But when you went to tell him how you feel, you found out he had gotten a girlfriend. He never felt that way about me anyways, you thought.

All of a sudden, you hear a knock on the door. "I got it!" Mitch says, walking out of the kitchen.

He opens the door. "Steph! What are you doing here?" You hear Mitch exclaim.

You look over your shoulder to see Mitch's girlfriend of almost three years, Steph, standing in the doorway. "I thought I'd come and surprise you," You hear her reply.

Your heart sinks at the sight of Mitch pulling her in for a kiss. Since his girlfriend is here, you figure you're not wanted over anymore. You get up off the couch and gather your things such as your jacket and phone. As you go to grab your purse, you hear Steph's voice say, "oh, Mitch, I didn't know you had company. Hi, Y/N!"

"Hey, Steph," you reply.

To be honest, you liked Steph. She was very nice and you could tell she genuinely liked you. The two of you weren't friends, but when Mitch would bring her around the two of you got along pretty well. The only thing you have against her is that she's your crush's girlfriend.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know you were over. I can come back another time," Steph suggests.

She knew that you and Mitch were best friends and she had no problem with it. But what she didn't know was that you had a huge crush on him.

"Oh, no! We have no problem with you being here, right, Y/N?" Mitch states.

"Yeah, no problem at all! I actually was just getting ready to leave anyways," you lie.

"Oh, that's too bad. Well, it was good to see you again, Y/N. Goodbye!" Steph says. With that, she walks into the living room and does her own thing.

You look at Mitch who's giving you a confused look. Instead of saying anything, you shake it off and continue to slip your shoes on. Just as your about to leave, you feel a hand wrap around your wrist. You turn around to face Mitch. "Where are you going?" he asks.

"I'm going home," you answer.

"But we haven't finished our Mariokart game yet," he argues.

"Have Steph play for me," you suggest.

"Are you mad that she came over? I swear, I didn't know she was gonna come over."

"No, I'm not mad that she came over. But she's here now and there's nothing we can do about it. I don't want to intrude on your guys's time together, so it's my time to leave."