Your king clattered to the table for what must've been the fifth time, knocked off by Dazai's attempt at a dramatic checkmate.

You wanted to kill this stupid man.

Dazai convinced you to play a game of chess with him. Something along the lines of "I'll go easy on you, I promise. Just one game."

He lied.

"Ooh. Okay, come on, try again,"

He prompted with a smug grin, already regathering his pieces-- lining them up along his side of the board.

"It's really not that difficult. Maybe don't waste your pawns so much this time, yeah?"