It was dark outside so that the couple decided to turn on the light and play chess. Both the lady and the gentleman were people of the intelligent kind with John counterbalancing his body flaws with some extra philosopher-like mannerism. Linda was a chunky woman, who could not in the slightest be described as overweight. With her own body not really bothering her she was convinced the young man sitting opposite her appreciated first and foremost her skill to plane on his level. They were not even a couple; they had simply known each other for a couple of weeks. Initially it was Linda to feel the urge to feel sorry for John, who was not denying that it was hard for him to find the woman of his life.
In the course of time however Linda could not help but admit that she had been far too many times pleasantly surprised by how John weirdly manages his life, offering a deep mine with a wide range of solutions to several matters of his - and of hers. She had even become convinced that John would not be the person to become eager to detest her. John literally made her cherish the void. Her tall figure even helped her smile at John's attempts to create irrelevant problems. Ever since he had met Linda, John had been in the full swing of not wearing smelly shoes or sweaty shirts. At the table he was wearing black socks, blue trousers, a beige T-shirt and a dark pullover Linda suggested him to buy. He had been unshaved for three days but he was not urging fate. Linda was wearing a white short sleeve shirt and dark trousers. That time she had not made herself up because she had decided to regularly grant John the joy of makeup-free periods.
- Black or white? - she asked after taking out the pieces.
- Uhm, I'll go for white, if you don't mind - John replied.
He liked making the first step. Linda was ok with it and placed each black piece on its square.
- If I win, you'll kiss my vagina - she announced.
John replied with a confident smile on his face:
- Ok, you'll kiss my penis if you lose - he added.
John knew his friend was not unbeatable but he was not the best at chess either. Linda did not dare to confidently imagine defeating John because she knew about his scary strengths. The game itself looked like a wise occupation of elderly souls of two young people. John began the game by pushing forward the pawn placed in front of the king. Linda had found out about his idea and moved her second leftmost pawn. The next moving took about seven minutes, and so did nearly all the following ones. The game turned out to be a long, tough one, tiring brains and eyes of the rivals. The lamp engraved the high-contrast look of the chessboard into John's eyes. While waiting for Linda to move he was watching her strict look as if her face were a display of her fragile, girlie-like soul. Linda's immense thoughts were heating her face even to the extent of making a random move rather than dying of thirst. She was crossing her legs with her left foot touching John's left leg.
She pretended not to have noticed John's leg, further weakening her opponent. She moved her bishop to capture one of John's pawns and went out into the bathroom. John had already planned his next move, which he was going to make but he had got used to pore so that he took his time to realise that despite her brawny thighs Linda was not someone to get mentally swept away. After his mum suddenly came into his mind, John relieved himself by remembering that he has been an adult for a while and does not necessarily have to let her mother know he will arrive later.
Meanwhile Linda had come back, which finally resulted in John pushing forward his rook to threaten Linda's queen.
- Are you sure?! - Linda asked.
John did not see her point but he quickly noticed his queen has been hanging.
- Oh, sorry! - he reacted with a grateful smile of embarrassment and immediately changed his mind.
In fact Linda had gained enough impressions of John to willingly refrain from bleeding him white due to a calamitous error, ruining their fierce battle. John had intended to wow Linda with his severe intelligence, which he did achieve - but not the way he initially aimed to. Linda however was enjoying the option of keeping away if necessary. She was about to understand that John's sex drive was by no means as low as she had expected it to be, which somehow scared her. While John was not at all the man she wished to stand by for always, she was about to gradually get hooked on him. She had been named a long list of John's negative characteristics by himself, which made her believe her rival can not in the slightest be as bad as portrayed. The waves he caused in her thoughts made her both assume that after all it would be a pity to dump her partner and that he does not a bit deserve to have his fragile soul broken. Furthermore she had found none of the useless, non-viable, childish ideas in John she had seen in all the men she had met by then. She knew her life with John was a special needs relationship but at the same time John's enjoyment of Brahms felt extremely pleasant if dealt with correctly.
John had been thinking about the battlefield in front of him but he could not find any valuable solution. Since it had been a long time ever since their first moves and none of the players had achieved a perceptible result, John decided to suggest a draw:
- I don't know, it looks a bit it's settling down - he said.
- Yeah, you might be right - Linda nodded. - I can't think of anything else either.