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Jun. 3rd, 2009 06:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eastofthemoonAlmost done my first week of my on-the-job training. It was a bit overwhelming at first, but now I feel I got the hang of it. It's just so nice to come home and not have any homework to do. ^_~
Fanficwise, I've been working on Slayers Gears and also a fic for the Gender Switch Challenge over at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
ameliazellove community.
But I did manage to write a drabble that I've been wanting to write for awhile.
Title: Chess Game
Series: Slayers
Rating: G
“Daddy, will you play with me?”
Zelgadis glanced up from his paper work. His son was staring at him with big hopeful eyes.
He sighed. “Zack, I’m busy with work right now. Why don’t you play with Nama?”
He pointed to the oversized puppy, curled up in a sunny spot beneath the window.
“I’ve played with her all morning, so now she just wants to sleep.” Zack folded his arms. “I asked Mommy to play, and she said I should ask you.”
Zelgadis sighed. “What game did you want to play?”
The boy smiled. “Chess.”
The answer surprised Zelgadis. “Chess? Since when have you wanted to play that?”
“I saw Rowen play it with Aunt Lina. So, can we play, Daddy?”
Zelgadis bit his lip. He was proud that his son took interest in such an intellectual game, but it wasn’t a game to take on lightly. “Zack, you do know that I won’t go easy on you? I’m not going to let you win.”
The boy rolled his eyes, as if he had heard this before. “I know, I know. I’ve played this game before and I haven’t won yet.”
“And this doesn’t bother you?”
“No, so will you play with me?”
Zelgadis pushed his papers aside. “All right but just one game.”
2 hours later…
Zack knocked over Zelgadis’s king. “Daddy, I win…again.”
Zelgadis twitched. “I can see that.”
Zack frowned puzzled as he kicked his legs under the table. “I thought you said you weren’t going to let me win?”
Zelgadis bit his tongue. No, he had never planned on letting Zack win. In fact, he had been playing hard against his son. Yet, for some reason, Zack kept winning. They had just finished their fifth game and the boy had miraculously won again. Zelgadis was proud of his son’s accomplishment, but he didn’t want to admit outright that a child so young was beating him so easily.
“Daddy?” Zack asked, sounding confused.
Zelgadis coughed, in an attempt to avoid the question. “Zack, I thought you said you’ve never won a game before.”
Zack nodded. “That’s right, you’re the only person I’ve beaten, Daddy.”
Zelgadis shook his head. He couldn’t understand it. How could Zack become so good in such a short amount of time? He hadn’t seen a player like this since… The chimera paused in mid-thought.
Fearing the answer, Zelgadis asked “Zack, who else have you been playing chess with?”
“Mommy,” Zack replied, as he put his knight back on its starting square. “She’s really hard daddy. She never lets me have any take backs.”
Zelgadis sighed. Like mother, like son.
Fanficwise, I've been working on Slayers Gears and also a fic for the Gender Switch Challenge over at
ameliazellove community.But I did manage to write a drabble that I've been wanting to write for awhile.
Title: Chess Game
Series: Slayers
Rating: G
“Daddy, will you play with me?”
Zelgadis glanced up from his paper work. His son was staring at him with big hopeful eyes.
He sighed. “Zack, I’m busy with work right now. Why don’t you play with Nama?”
He pointed to the oversized puppy, curled up in a sunny spot beneath the window.
“I’ve played with her all morning, so now she just wants to sleep.” Zack folded his arms. “I asked Mommy to play, and she said I should ask you.”
Zelgadis sighed. “What game did you want to play?”
The boy smiled. “Chess.”
The answer surprised Zelgadis. “Chess? Since when have you wanted to play that?”
“I saw Rowen play it with Aunt Lina. So, can we play, Daddy?”
Zelgadis bit his lip. He was proud that his son took interest in such an intellectual game, but it wasn’t a game to take on lightly. “Zack, you do know that I won’t go easy on you? I’m not going to let you win.”
The boy rolled his eyes, as if he had heard this before. “I know, I know. I’ve played this game before and I haven’t won yet.”
“And this doesn’t bother you?”
“No, so will you play with me?”
Zelgadis pushed his papers aside. “All right but just one game.”
2 hours later…
Zack knocked over Zelgadis’s king. “Daddy, I win…again.”
Zelgadis twitched. “I can see that.”
Zack frowned puzzled as he kicked his legs under the table. “I thought you said you weren’t going to let me win?”
Zelgadis bit his tongue. No, he had never planned on letting Zack win. In fact, he had been playing hard against his son. Yet, for some reason, Zack kept winning. They had just finished their fifth game and the boy had miraculously won again. Zelgadis was proud of his son’s accomplishment, but he didn’t want to admit outright that a child so young was beating him so easily.
“Daddy?” Zack asked, sounding confused.
Zelgadis coughed, in an attempt to avoid the question. “Zack, I thought you said you’ve never won a game before.”
Zack nodded. “That’s right, you’re the only person I’ve beaten, Daddy.”
Zelgadis shook his head. He couldn’t understand it. How could Zack become so good in such a short amount of time? He hadn’t seen a player like this since… The chimera paused in mid-thought.
Fearing the answer, Zelgadis asked “Zack, who else have you been playing chess with?”
“Mommy,” Zack replied, as he put his knight back on its starting square. “She’s really hard daddy. She never lets me have any take backs.”
Zelgadis sighed. Like mother, like son.
