Hassan Martin

>    *"Don't worry. One door closes, another one opens. It's time for me to seek some offers elsewhere, such as China or Europe-I believe there's always a place for me."*
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Hassan is a major supporting character and Zahra's love interest.

### Background

Hassan is an university student and basketball player. His life-long dream involves him entering the NBA and playing basketball professionally. He is 21 years old at the start of the story, and appears to be wealthy enough to have great equipment and an expensive car.

### Physical appearance

Hassan is brown-skinned, tall and built. He has brown hair styled in a modern cut, brown eyes and thick eyebrows and lips. His casual attire is composed of a blue shirt over a white top, and in nighttime activities he wears a bomber jacket over a white top.

### Personality

Hassan is friendly and outgoing, having no trouble in approaching Zahra after breaking up with his girlfriend, and quickly befriending Freddie afterwards. He's also passionate about his dreams and optimistic. When it concerns to his basketball career, he's humble and driven, and often recognized as a star and a great team player.

## Story

#### Zahra's POV

Hassan is introduced as one of the top players in the Wildcat team, competing in the NCAA. After the finals, Hassan attends a house party with his girlfriend, Jessie, with whom he breaks up because of her disloyalty. He realizes their conversation has been overheard by Zahra, who he recognizes as his classmate in his Psychology class. He immediately asks her to tutor him, and she agrees.

Hassan and Zahra become friends and he asks her to be his plus one at the team's championship ceremony. During the event, Jessie approaches Hassan with the intentions of getting back together, but Hassan replies that he already has a plus one. Confident in her chances, Zahra takes the opportunity to confess her attraction to Hassan, but he rejects her by arguing that he hasn't been single for too long and he wants to stay friends in the near future.

#### Freddie's POV

Freddie introduces himself to Hassan and Zahra during their study sessions in the library, asking if he can take part of the discussion. Hassan recognizes him for his nickname "Weird Freddie", but apologizes and ends up inviting him to a basketball practice. The trio grow closer as friends, although Hassan begins to feel jealous of Freddie once his teammate James points out that he and Zahra hang out together a lot. Hassan takes the decision to call Zahra and accidentally confesses his desire to be with her. They both agree to reunite with Freddie in a pub to discuss the situation, assuming that Freddie is into Zahra as well.

In the pub, Freddie surprises Hassan by confessing that he's into him instead, and they come to Zahra to solve the situation. Zahra undresses herself in front of Freddie to prove if he's into women or not, and after Freddie says he'd "...prefer Hassan like that", they conclude that Freddie is gay. However, Hassan is straight and has no option other than to reject Freddie.

#### Zahra's POV

A year after the events, Hassan has graduated and he's eager to see if he will be drafted to the NBA. However, his name doesn't come up, and he cheers both himself and Zahra by saying that another opportunity will arise. Sure enough, Hassan gets an offer from a team in Barcelona, Spain. He and Zahra discuss the best way to continue with their relationship, and they agree to try long-distance as long as they visit each other when able to.

#### Wiley's POV

Wiley's research into his new algorithm tells him that Hassan is a very underrated player in his team, and given that his manager doubts his calculations, he takes the decision to visit Hassan himself. He and Jane meet him on his trip to the Alps, and Hassan, moved by Wiley's passion about his project, offers him to become his agent instead. Wiley accepts and moves to Barcelona.

## Trivia

* Despite being a substantial character in the story, Hassan doesn't get a POV in the entirety of the game.
* Hassan is one of the only characters in the game to get a first and last name.
* He wears the number 34 in his basketball jersey during his stay in university.

1. ↑ Hassan: *"Sure. I may not get chosen, but playing in the NBA has been my dream since I was 5 years old."*
2. ↑ Layla: *"Yep, he's the star player. Hey, do you like him?"*
3. ↑ Wiley: "Wait, and according to the results, three players dominate this share: Alan Bekins from Real Madrid, Rudy Felnandos from Lyons, and Hassan Martin from Barcelona. [...] Their stats are quite ordinary, so they've been overlooked by our analysts, but according to this algorithm, they're the real heroes of the team."
4. ↑ Hassan: *"Haha. I'm always doing poorly in class due to training. And I've always wanted to ask if you'd be interested in tutoring me, but I was too scared."*
5. ↑ Hassan: *"But as you know, I just recently got out of a relationship and need some time before jumping into another one."*
6. ↑ Hassan: *"Is it all right for us to be friends first?"*
7. ↑ Hassan: *"The Weird Fre... Oh, I'm sorry!"*
8. ↑ Hassan: *"Hey Freddie, would you also be interested in joining us for our basketball training tomorrow?"*
9. ↑ Hassan: *"It's weird having to say this through the phone. But yes, I do want to be with you."*
10. ↑ Zahra: *"Freddie, do you feel anything?"* Freddie: *"I...I'd prefer Hassan like that."*
11. ↑ Freddie: *"Thanks a lot, but I'm a bit sad because the man I like...is straight."*
12. ↑ Wiley: *"Look. I've designed a new algorithmic model to calculate the players' win share. It can find their contributors to the win more accurately, instead of stats like points they scored per game... [...] according to the results, three players dominate this share: Alan Bekins from Real Madrid, Rudy Felnandos from Lyons, and Hassan Martin from Barcelona."*
13. ↑ Hassan: *"You know what, maybe you can. Do you want to be my agent, sir?"*