His Queen

He looked just like a kid that had just found a new playmate after being left alone in his bedroom without any company for far too long. Unfortunately, I was that playmate that he found.

“Gomoku…?” I repeated that alien sounding name in a murmur as I stared at the board he had placed on the table between us.

“Never heard of it before?” the prince guessed quite correctly.

“Never,” I replied in short.

“Good. You’ll at least learn something new tonight. I’ll teach you,” the prince offered excitedly.

I stared at the board before I directed my gaze and started staring at the prince’s handsome face. When he brought me to his living quarters and then to his bedroom, I honestly didn’t think that he was seriously going to be playing a game with me in the most literal sense of the word.

“These black and white colored round pieces are called ‘Go’. The objective of this game is actually quite simple. We will take turns placing one Go piece each. Whoever manages to place five of their Go pie