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He took the pieces off of the board before walking behind her. He leaned over her shoulder whispering into her ear noting the goose bumps on her skin saying, "I am going to test your memory." He took one of the pieces, and put it in her hand asking "which one is it?" He took note of how tense she was, and how she shivered slightly. He wondered what she had been through to make her the way she was.
He watched as she looked over the piece it took her a few moments before saying, "it's the castle that you said was a rook." He took the rook from her hand and placed it behind her he didn't want her to guess based on the pieces left.
He leaned back towards her ear for the first time enjoying her natural scent. He whispered into her ear again saying, "Well done how about this piece?" This time, he slid his hand down her arm before placing the piece in her hand.
Naomi was torn between enjoying the attention, and fear of where this was going. She couldn't tell if she wanted it to continue or stop. His breath was warm on her ear, and cheek. Surprisingly it was very fresh, pleasant, and his voice was completely sexy. She looked at the new piece, and saw a horse she smiled saying, "This is the knight it wouldn't surprise me if the queen was sleeping with him as her king is completely useless."
Kaname chuckled lightly as he took the piece away before saying, "That wouldn't be too smart of the knight if the king ever found out he'd kill him." He leaned back towards her as he discovered that she was now a little more relaxed than when they started. He whispered into her ear saying "How about you name this piece?" This time, he avoided touching her, and he heard what sounded like a disappointed sigh when the piece went into her hand.
She was slightly disappointed yet relieved when he didn't touch her again. She looked at the piece in her hand saying, "It looks like a whistle but you called it a bishop." He took the piece from her realizing that she was smarter than he initially thought.
He decided then that he'd give her the king and queen together to see if she could tell them apart. That meant that he only had one piece left to give her he leaned forward whispering, "How about this piece my dear."
Naomi smiled at his words as she looked over the small piece in her hand saying, "I believe it's a pawn. I like the pawn I can trade it for other pieces." She gave the pawn back to him holding onto his hand a little longer than she needed, and gently squeezed it before letting go. She wasn't sure if she was reassuring herself or him that she was ok.
He took the piece putting it with the others before leaning over her whispering into her ear, "This time its two pieces see if you can tell which is which." He handed her the two pieces wondering if she'd be able to tell them apart as there wasn't much difference in the two.
She looked over both pieces carefully now that she could clearly see them. They were extremely hard to tell apart they look so much like each other. She finally replied, "I know they are the king and queen. I think the one in my left hand is the queen, and the other is the king."
Kaname replied, "You did well you got them correct it can be very hard to tell them apart at times." He was impressed although she did have a 50% chance of getting it right. He set up the chess board so that they could play a game before he had to head to class. He was about to sit down in the chair across from her when Hanabusa came in saying, "Kaname you're needed for an issue."
He growled softly so as not to scare Naomi who was sitting in front of him. He had wanted to stay with her and play at least one chess game to see how fast she learned. He said to her, "Naomi I must go see what the problem is, please make yourself comfortable in here no one will disturb you. I will be back when I have taken care of everything. If there is still time we will play a game otherwise I will escort you out so that you may join Yuki on patrol."
He went out the door letting Hanabusa lead the way towards the source of the problem. Naomi wandered around the room looking everything over before she started looking over the books on the bookshelf. She was reading the titles to each book that was kept in the same way the library would keep books. She finally found a book that looked interesting enough to take off the shelf when she heard someone ask, "What are you doing?"
Naomi turned around to see a woman at the door responding softly, "Kaname left to go take care of a problem. He told me to make myself comfortable so I thought I'd read while I waited." She felt nervous around this woman she didn't know why but she felt like a kid that had been caught with her hand in the cookie jar.
A predatory grin had appeared on her face before she said, "So you're his newest toy take my advice, and cut your losses before he tosses you aside. He will use you until you are left an empty shell should you let him."
Naomi looked at her confused replying softly, "He's just teaching me to play chess. I don't know what you think I am doing here. By the way, what's your name?"
She replied, "My name is Ruka, and you are truly a fool if you believe that you are here just to learn how to play chess. Heed my advice, and never see Kaname Kuran again save yourself the heartache."
