chess and muffins
ok so firstly i promise chapter 12 of mastermind is coming pls bear w me; secondly ive been watching the olympics and you guys. literally why does everyone look like models like they're GORGEOUS esp steven nedoroscik and armand duplantis like yummmm
also can we talk about the muffins pls bc they’ve had a chokehold on me for way too long now like pls i need to recipe rn
anyways a friend of mine, @curaheehee , asked for this one and girl i really hope this lived up to what you wanted bc guys i tried my best and i lowkey hate it but i hope it was okay for the ask😭🙏❤️
The chatter of the audience around the stadium hums behind me, accompanied by multiple news reporters and retired athletes, everyone giving their opinions on the past events today.
Simone, Suni and I are standing around the sidelines, chatting away trying not to “psyc ourselves out” as we wait for the officials to finish prepping the equipment before we can compete.
“I really wanna try one of those muffins Henrik keeps posting about, they look so delectable” I say, imagining the muffins I’ve seen everywhere but still havent had the chance to try.
“No you really need to, they’re soo good” Simone adds as Suni nods along,
“How long do you guys think they’re going to take? Like its already been almost an hour, I’m getting so bored” Suni says impatiently as we look around and still see the officials fiddling around with the equipment.
“Who knows, the french overcomplicate everything” I say, making the girls laugh as we look around for anything else interesting to keep ourselves entertained during the wait.
Simone spots a rubiks cube under a chair and picks it up saying excitedly, “Hey Y/n didn’t you say you could solve one of these things?”I smile, taking the cube from her excitedly, “I don’t know honestly I think the last one I solved was like two years ago.”
“Try it, I’ll time you” Suni says getting her phone out as Simone reshuffles the cube.
I shuffle the cube around as quick as I can and finish in 7 seconds, yelling out along with the girls as everyone around us looks at us strangely as we jump up and down out of excitement.
“Okay, on the plane back home you have to teach me how to do that” Simone says.
I open my mouth to respond but before I can, I feel someone tapping me gently on my shoulder and I turn around to see who it is.
I had seen him earlier this week in the mens pommel horse event and I couldn’t stop giggling over him during and after the event when Simone and Suni kept showing me edits of him.
I try to keep my cool as he speaks, “I think I dropped my rubiks cube somewhere here earlier, have you seen it?”
“Oh! Yes of course,” I’m broken out my trance as he finishes asking his question and I turn around to take the cube back from Suni as she hands it to me with a smirk as Simone tries to repress her giggles, seeing me so flustered.
“Thanks,” He says with a smile looking down at the solved cube, “Who solved this?”
“Oh I did, sorry I didn’t know it was yours.” I say, slightly embarrassed.
“Don’t worry about it, how long did it take you?” he says, making me feel a lot better.
“Seven seconds” I say proudly as he raises his eyebrows in surprise,
“No way! The fastest I’ve solved one in is eight seconds” he remarks, making me laugh.
“Hey how long do they take to set these things up?” I ask putting a hand on my hip and the other pointing to the stage.
“Don’t even get me started, I had a whole nap in my event”
I laugh along with him, “I might just have to start doing that too, but I’m not competing for another week after today so I’ll probaby just spend the rest of the week hunting down the chocolate muffins and playing chess.”
With this Stevens eyes lit up, “You play chess too?” he said exictedly
“A little bit, not like competitively but my dad taught me when I was younger” I say, smiling at his interest.
He goes to reply but is cut off with a thick french accent over the speakers announcing,
“Everyone who is not a gymnast or a coach, please exit the area; the event will begin shortly.”
Before he leaves, Steve asks, “Hey if you’re not doing anything tomorrow morning, would you want to meet up at the dining hall and play a round?”
I’m stunned at first but quickly recover once I hear another announcement over the speakers, louder this time.
“Yes. I’d love that” I say, smiling broadly as he lets out a held breath and nods before leaving, almost tripping over a chair behind him making me laugh.
I scan the trays of pastries in the breakfast section in search of the chocolate muffins before giving up when I couldn’t find any and taking a pain au chocolat and water instead and making my way to where Steve was carefully placing chess pieces on the board.
“Good morning,” I say, taking a seat in front of him causing him to look up and smile,
“Good morning,” he says, pushing his glasses up slightly, “I saved you a chocolate muffin they were about to run out”
He hands me a chocolate muffin, still warm, “Oh my gosh stop, I was so heartbroken like two minutes ago I thought Henrick took them all, thank you so much” I laugh, blushing slightly.
“Of course! Shall we start?” he laughs, blushing and motioning to the board.
“No hold on,” I say after a bite of the muffin, “What does the winner get?”
“Hmm…” he thinks, “How about if you win, I get you muffins every morning for a week,”
“Mhm okay I like where this is going”
“And if I win, you go on a real date with me” he looks up nervously through his glasses catching me off guard with wide eyes.
It takes me a minute but I respond, “Okay”
I’ve never tried harder to lose.
again like i lowkey hated it uughh but guys please feel free to send in any requests about anyone bc im rotting away until september 6th and ive got literally nothing to do❤️❤️
