#a premove WILL do that to you every time

[dozydawn]

Chess master falls for a scholar’s mate and can’t stop laughing (while defeating the next two opponents.) Original video.

[lcnelyinthesky]

a/n: hi!!! sakusa comfort fic!! hc that his guilty pleasure is chess oooo lmao this is it this is what we write now im ellie and i barely know chess but last night at three am i listened to the guy i like explain a chess game to me and it was nice... but like im pretty sure im shadowbanned or smth my engagement is DOWN pls interact 

genre: fluff, comfort fic

warnings: none

word count: 1k

enjoy~

It always felt strange to wake up in the morning. Cracking your eyes open to the new day felt like the descent further into hell, and there was really no way out of it. This was just life, and maybe someday it wouldn’t fucking suck.

The actions of the day just proved it more. The way you fell into the shadows proved something in your head you didn’t want to believe. Nothing ever made you feel more alone. So as you sat, staring up at the ceiling after a day full of numbness and pain, your head wondered who would still be in your corner. 

Sakusa Kiyoomi wasn’t exactly your type. He was far too brash and blunt and some little habits he had would live their lives on your nerves. He was so different from you, but it’d be a lie if you said you didn’t admire him--in some unexplainable way. You hadn’t known him for long, but you were angry about how quickly he became all you thought about. How quickly he ended up as the thing that kept you smiling late at night. He wasn’t kind and he wasn’t light. He would never pity you. You knew that, even when you called him with tear filled eyes. 

“Hey,” your voice broke over the phone, cracking under the pressure of piles of worries.

“What?” He really wasn’t very kind.

“I just-” you didn’t mean to stutter or stop, but your body wouldn’t allow you to do anything other than cry.

“y/n?” 

“Can you just talk to me, please?” Instability dripped from your words as saltwater dried on your cheeks. He seemed to get it though, sort of.

“Okay,” Kiyoomi’s brain was swimming with ideas, but there was some deep worry nipping away at the wonder. He wasn’t used to consoling people. He didn’t know what you wanted, but he figured he’d fill in the gaps somehow. “How much do you know about chess?”

The out of pocket question startled your wilting sanity, slowly peaking your interest once again. “What?”

“Chess.” 

You made a light placeholder noise before responding with a quiet “Not much, I guess.”

“Well,” You could hear typing through the phone, “I’m about to start a game. I’ll explain my moves.” 

And that's what he did.

“I typically start by moving the pawn in front of my king to D4, because you can move pawns two places on their first move. Most people do this, if they know anything about chess.” It was almost one in the morning. Everything about Kiyoomi would make anyone assume he slept early and deeply. He never stopped surprising you. You hummed in response, stifling a breath. “The person I’m against did the same. My knight is going to F3 now. We’re still staring out, but it's the best move for this part of the game.”

“The knight’s the horse-looking one, right?” your voice was still very soft. Every word seemed to be dripping. He let out a low giggle.

“Yes it is.” The sounds of the game were light and calming, even if they were artificial. The prerecorded noise of plastic hitting wood echoed in your head. “He moved his Bishop to B4. If I move my pawn at D2, I’ll be in check. He might be trying to take my other knight, if I move it to C3. Glad I didn’t premove that one. Pawn to G4 instead, huh?”

“What does that do?”

“Nothing, really, but if he moves his Bishop to take the pawn at D2, which wouldn’t be a good- oh he did it anyway. Knight to D2, taking that Bishop.”

Your eyes shut as your body sank into the mattress below. Kiyoomi’s voice was softer than you’d ever heard it before. He seemed to be tiptoeing around you to make sure nothing provoked the deep depths of your brain, but at the same time wasn’t thinking of you as worthless. Before you knew it, you were drifting.

“He's really not very good at this.” Kiyoomi’s voice was light, like he was suppressing a giggle. It was strange to hear him less serious. “Bishop to B5.”

“What do you mean?”

“The game, or this one anyway, only lets you make certain moves sometimes, and all of his are just making it easier for me to win.”

“Oh.”

“Yeah, he’s” Kiyoomi laughed, “He’s, really bad. I’ll go easy on him,” more than once, “I won't take his queen this move. I’ll castle.”

“What’s that?” His laugh felt forgein. It felt wrong; it was something you thought no one would ever hear. It was something you didn’t know he could do.

“If your rook hasn’t been moved in a game, you can switch it with your king. That’s castling. The rook goes to F1 and the king goes to G1. usually it puts your king in a safer position, guarding it better.”

You let out a noise to tell him you understood and closed your eyes again. 

“Damn, he took my Bishop.” That was the last thing you heard before you went to bed. Your brain shut down to the sounds of fake chess clacking and light humming, all mixed together by quiet explanations by a deep, smooth voice. Potentially the best way to fall asleep.

The panic of the day had worn off hours ago, seconds after he started taking the lead, but it came back the second you woke up the next morning. Spiralling thoughts persisted, wondering if you annoyed him or woke him up the night before, until those subsided too.

From Sakusa: You seemed to have passed out. I hope you’re doing better, Y/N. Thank you for listening.

From Sakusa: Don’t tell anyone I’m into chess.

A small smile crept to your lips, sleep-deprived muscles moving slowly and achingly but without your consent. 

To Sakusa: your secret’s safe with me ;)

You dropped your phone onto the bed below and sat up, thinking about all the ways you’d quietly tease him about how Sakusa Kiyoomi was a chess nerd.

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