𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 (Freya Hidalgo & Female Reader) │by zyskies

꒰♟️꒱﹒𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐂𝐊𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄 ﹒⟢

It all started at Intrams.

Freya Hidalgo - Higher Value International School's reigning queen bee, campus crush, and style icon - didn't choose chess. It chose her. Technically, she just didn't sign up for any intramural sport in time, and chess was the only slot left.

She didn't know the game, not really - but Freya never did anything halfway. If she was going to represent the school, then she was going to win. Within days, she learned chess as if it were as easy as picking up a pencil.

Meanwhile, you - Y/N Leonora Soledad Villanueva - proud prodigy and undefeated chess genius of Section E, were ready to collect another trophy.

Naturally, the showdown - especially since Section E and A have such a rivalrous tension - were all attended by the students of the sections the two represented. Halfway through the match, something shifted. Your fingers brushed at the timer-brief, but enough to notice. Freya looked up, and for a second, neither of you moved. She flipped her hair like always, but this time, you found yourself watching.

The game was intense, every move calculated, yet the glances you exchanged felt just as deliberate.

Unbeknownst to you both, Drew, the class clown with a gambling problem, stood up and whispered to both the sections. While you two couldn't notice the romantic tension, they did. Leading to both sections to bet twenty-five thousand pesos.

What was the bet?

Unang mahulog sa isa, talo.

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