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I'm Reading Your Lips (You're Speaking My Language) by some1_around
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
22 Dec 2025
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Rozanov cocked his head. “You speak Russian? Or just the curse words?”
“Yes, I speak Russian,” he snapped, defensive and angry. He knew that it had been a mistake to even try to be friendly with Rozanov. “Why? Do I not look Russian to you?” He scoffed.
“No, not really,” Rozanov said. Some of his teammates laughed, although they mostly looked surprised that Shane was speaking to them at all. Rozanov didn’t laugh, though. “Are you Russian?”
“Go fuck yourself.”
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Despite an inauspicious start, when Russia’s Ilya Rozanov learns that Canada’s Shane Hollander is fluent in Russian at their first World Junior Championships tournament, it changes everything and sets them on a different course. Instead of being branded as rivals from the very beginning, Ilya and Shane start off as friends.
And, after all, a little friendly rivalry never hurt anyone, did it?
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12 Apr 2026
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"And what if he asks me about you?" Chigiri yelled one last time, right before Nagi could walk away.
Reo asking about him? Reo? The same Reo that had no issue leaving him behind?
Reo, Reo, Reo.
“…You tell him the truth, that I’m doing fine. That with or without him, life goes on. And that I never won gold, but I doubt he doesn’t know that.”
Or: In the past, they couldn't call it love. Now, the only words that fit are rivalry and resentment. Has time healed all wounds, or were Nagi and Reo destined to bleed again?
Vietnamese version here