Checkmate: Word called out by the victor when making the conclusive move.

Her golden eyes were filled with concentration while she stared at the chess board. Finally deciding on what to do, she lifted her hand to move the piece when-

"I wouldn't do that if I were you. A rather important piece is at stake"

She stared at her opponent, or rather, her senpai. A small smirk was planted on his lips while his eyes gleamed with amusement. How she wanted to throw the chess piece at his smirking 'Pretty Boy' face.

Kahoko really didn't know why she agreed to play chess with Azuma Yunoki. Let alone be with him when no one else was around. Maybe because the others decided to go home early. Or because Azuma had such an amazing skill on persuasion. Or because her friend, Nami Amou, dragged her up the roof and just decided to leave her there when she saw the lavender-haired senpai. Or maybe because it was just simply her own free will. The real reason? No one will ever know.

She sighed. Either way, she was still stuck there up on the roof top, playing chess with Azuma, trying not to blow up and push him off the roof or maybe, just maybe, smash the absurdly large chessboard on his lavender head.

Now looking at her hand, Kahoko decided to brush off his warning and moved her piece anyway. Which resulted in the removal of her Pawn? No it was too easy too remove. The removal of her Rook? No something more important. Her little action which resulted in the removal of her Bishop, who by the way, was guarding her queen. Annoyed, she looked at the now chuckling Azuma.

"I did warn you, Kahoko." He said, still smiling.

She stuck out her tongue and glared. She was now about to pick up another piece when Azuma stopped her.

Again.

"You're not going to do that."

She twitched. "And why not?"

"Because," he paused "I'm going to steal your queen."

She again ignored his warning and moved the piece. After the move, she heard another small chuckle escape her senpai's lips. Clearly annoyed, she crossed her arms and stared at him. Maybe smashing the board on his head wasn't such a bad idea after all.

"Must you always ignore my warnings? I already told you what I'm going to do."

"What if I asked you not to?"

"I'd still take her." he stated matter-of-factly and moved his queen, thus removing Kahoko's.

Azuma laughed lightly when Kahoko huffed and looked at the chess board.

"Well," she picked up her king "my king is still pretty active, you know."

Azuma shook his head. "Still, this game is over. Once the queen is gone the king is rendered useless."

Kahoko's brows knitted with confusion and cocked her head to the side.

"Really? Why's that?" she asked.

Azuma opened his mouth to make a witty reply but closed it. Just now did he just realize that even he didn't know why. It just seemed like that to him, at least in his experiences. "But of course," he thought "that answer wouldnt be enought to satisfy the annoying, troublesome, clumsy, stupid and-"

He noticed Kahoko was now leaning closer towards him. Her big eyes filled with curiosity and her rosy lips formed into a small pout. Oh how he tried his hardest not to blush.

"And amusing, cute, alluring, sweet and utterly clueless Kahoko."

He shook his head. "To answer your question, I don't really know why. But I think it's because..."

She moved her piece and looked at him.

"It's because?"

Like a lion attacking his prey, Azuma pinned her on the floor and held her wrists down tightly, making her unable to do any damage with her fists. Despite her struggling and protests he leaned down, making Kahoko's spine tingle.

"Because the king is just too tired, too depressed to fight due of the death of his beloved queen."

He didn't wait for her to reply and just placed his lips on hers. Kissing her with so much passion and desire, desperately wanting for her to respond.

Luckily for him, she did. And Azuma decided that he would never let his precious queen get stolen.

"Checkmate."

A/N: Okay...well that came out good...I think. Anyway, thank you for the reviews and to The Last Vampire 1982 for pointing out my grammar mistake. And also to MoonFyre12 for editing this chapter. Hope you guys liked this chap and thanks for reading.
P.S: Just a tiny question; does anyone know when Hino's birthday is?