The next night, Brad is resting on his on bed when he notices something...
"Tuukka? Where's Tuukka?" Brad gets up and hops onto the night table to get a good look at Tuukka's bed.
Tuukka is not on his bed; it's empty.
"Uh oh. Tuukka!" Brad hops down and speeds out of his room. He slides down the railing of the stairs, stumbling into the living room. There, he sees Tuukka sitting on the sofa in the dark. "Tuukka! There you are--!"
"Shh, Brad! Tuukka think..."
"You're thinking about what?" Brad slowly crawls up to Tuukka, leaping on to the coffee table.
"Uhhh...how do Tuukka say this? Ummm...I took Pony to vet, and um..."
"And what's wrong with the pony?"
"Nothing wrong with Pony--Pony has ponies!"
Brad blinks for a moment. "Wait what?"
"Pony is girl, Pony is small adult pony, Pony gonna have ponies!" Tuukka extends his arms out with an excited look.
"Wait, your pony's pregnant?" Brad has an odd look on his face.
"Yea!" Tuukka nods his head happily.
"Well, this is unexpected...and awkward..."
"But Pony needs help, Pony needs care, so Tuukka going to..."
"What are you gonna do?"
"Tuukka going to...end playoffs."
"End playoffs? You mean get eliminated from the playoffs?" Brad's eyes grow wide.
"Yea. For Pony. Tuukka can't care for Pony when playing, so Tuukka going to not do good to be gone from playoffs."
"Wait, what--NO!" Brad places his paws on his face. "Tuukka, no, no, no, no, NO! You can't do that!!! This is the playoffs! For the Cup! Don't you want the Stanley Cup‽"
"Yea...but Pony needs me..." Tuukka's happy expression fades.
"Tuukka, look at this!!! You are in the second round, you are so close to eliminating those Canadians--go on and get the Cup!!!"
"No, Tuukka can't." Tuukka turns away from Brad. "Tuukka don't want Cup. Tuukka want Pony to be happy and take cared."
"But, but..." Brad looks at Tuukka with a shocked look. "You would actually throw away your Stanley Cup dreams just to take care of some pony?"
"Pony is not some pony!" Tuukka turns back to Brad, shooting him a dark look. "I love Pony and Pony needs help! I get out of playoffs for Pony! You don't stop me!" He gets up and starts exiting the living room.
Brad turns around, facing Tuukka. "Tuukka! You're gonna upset the whole team! If they ask you why you're slacking off, are you gonna say its because you want take care your pony‽" He starts to feel his anger rising in him.
"Be quiet, Brad! You don't change my mind!" Tuukka starts going up the stairs.
"No, Tuukka! You can't do this! Not for your pet! The team always comes before your personal life! The team is relying on you! The Stanley Cup is way more important than the pony! You can't do this!!!"
"If team wants win, they score goals. But Tuukka don't want Cup."
"Yes, you do, Tuukka! The pony can wait, the Cup can't! I will make you not slack off!"
Tuukka turns around, facing Brad. "No you can't. You just honey badger. You can't do anything to stop Tuukka. Good bye." He turns around, walking up to his room.
"UGHHH!!" Brad walks around in circles with his paws on his head in anger. "This can't happen!!!" He grabs a goalie magazine and throws it at the ground. He then takes in deep breaths, trying to control himself. "It's alright... When he sees his team, he might change his mind... It's okay... I'll go to bed..." He jumps onto the sofa and curls himself in there, drifting to sleep.