Lately, Peta and Chimera's relationship has been a bit rocky. By this point in the relationship, only Phantom and Candice know that the two are together. Every time Peta tries to get intimate with Chimera, she pulls away and makes an excuse. The first times, Peta truly believed her, but as it went on, he began to suspect something was wrong. Before the excuses came, Peta started acting strange around Chimera.

He spoke more often, which those that knew him knew that he kept mostly to himself unless with a friend or when he was assigned to teach new recruits. After spending a few hours with Peta, the new pawns learned not to anger him or they're lives would be taken. Peta had also been spending a lot of time daydreaming. Sometimes some one would have to nudge him during a conversation because he had drifted off into La-La-Land.

After the last excuse, Chimera suggested that she and Peta should take a few days off from each other. Three days at the most. Peta agreed and returned to his own room after kissing Chimera lightly on the cheek. Lately, it looked to Chimera like Peta had something he needed to say but every time he would open his mouth, he would close it and or fake a cough.

After walking down the Knight's Corridor for a few minutes, Peta finally got to his room. He unlocked the door and once in, he slammed it shut, blowing papers off of his desk. He locked the door once more and kicked his boots off which then hit the wall with another loud thud. Peta then plopped himself down on his king-size bed. The bed had been made earlier that day in case Chimera would spend the day or night in Peta's room. The deep red covers became a mess when Peta spread himself on one side of the bed (which he could hardly cover with his body being so thin).

"I…am such an IDIOT!!" Peta shouted and pounded his fist against the stone wall to his left. "Should've said something…anything!!" He punched the wall again, almost breaking his fist with all the anger he was using. He turned his body to face the wall. Right at eye level was a stone block with his and Chimera's initials carved into its surface. It read, 'P + C'. A heart was drawn around the '+'.

I think this time we may just break up…I don't want that. This time…feels different…

There was a sudden knock at the door.

"Step away from the door." Peta growled. The person behind the door ignored him and came in a different way, realizing the door was locked. A bright green light appeared in front of Peta's door. A tall man, not as tall as Peta, stepped out of it. He had short silver hair and his left arm was bandaged. "Get out, Phantom."

"And let you mope around in your room?" The man was Phantom, leader the Chess's combat force and Peta's best friend. He pulled Peta's big armchair, the same color as his bed covers, near the bed and sat down. "Nope. Not without hearing what happened tonight and not until you're in a better mood than now. And tell me the whole story." Phantom sat back in the chair, arms folded across his chest, and waited patiently for Peta tell him what happened. There was no answer. The two sat in complete silence for what seemed like an eternity. Time seemed to inch by slower than a snail in summer. Five minutes passed. Then ten minutes…now thirty minutes. Peta finally sat up.

"You're still here?!" He glared over at his friend, who sat with a half smile half smirk that said, 'I'm not leaving until I get what I want'.

"Tell me what happened." Phantom answered. After another five minutes of utter silence, Peta said something. Phantom smiled more. He knew that he could break Peta with the silence of guilt.

"Alright. I was trying to…"Peta began but stopped.

"Trying to get intimate?" Phantom asked.

"Yeah…but she made the excuse, 'It's too soon' and we've been together for about a few months. I don't want to make her do anything but I just want to show her how I feel about her. Oh, and she wants us to take a three day break from each other."

"Well, now it's obvious what you need to do." Phantom said. He stood up and pushed the chair back to where it originally was. He turned to face Peta once more. To most people, Phantom looked intimating and unless you knew him well, you would never be able to tell what he feeling. Actually, no one really can tell what he's going to say or do. But it was best not to get him mad. He'd stare you down, whether you were taller than him or not. He'd stare you down until you finally gave in to whatever the situation was. Most of the Chess admired his stubbornness but others found it annoying (mostly because they wished they could be like him). "You need to confront her."

"Now?"

"Yes. Now, go." Phantom made a gesture for Peta to leave. He had tilted his head and glanced at the door.

"She's probably asleep." Peta answered. He also stood up.

"Wake her up."
"She'll get mad."

"Why do you care?"

"We're taking a break from each other."

"Oh, well." Phantom had answered each question quickly. He knew he could wear Peta down to the breaking point. He always could. "Go…now"

Peta sighed. "If I do this, can I please go to bed?"

Phantom nodded. Peta walked to the door and once again unlocked it except this time he did not slam the door.

"By the way, if we break up because of this, you're dead." He started walking towards Chimera's room. Phantom laughed.

"We'll cross that bridge if it comes up." Phantom walked in the opposite direction of Peta, back towards his own room where his lover lies sleeping, waiting to be woken by Phantom.