LEGATO TO STACCATO | Benny Watts X Reader

Chapter Twenty Three

"Right on time." Benny smiled. "Come on in, come on in."

"Good to see you." One of the men said as he hugged Benny.

"Y/N! So good to see you again!" One of the men exclaimed as he embraced the girl.

"Good to see you too Arthur." She smiled before pulling away.

"Y/N you get more beautiful every time I see you." The other man complimented.

"Aww...thank you Hilton." She enveloped him in a tight hug.

"Hey paws off." Benny said and took Y/N be the waist.

"Beth Harmon, this is Hilton Wexler and Grandmaster Arthur Levertov."

"The new champ." Arthur said as he shook Beth's hand.

"Hi." She greeted.

"Congratulations. Benny needed a second lesson in humility. His first was Y/N obviously." Hilton shook her hand as well.

Benny rolled his eyes.

"I'm already tops in humility."

"Y/N!"

"Cleo!"

Cleo greeted her with kisses on the cheeks.

"It is wonderful to see you again." Cleo smiled at the Y/H/C haired girl.

"The same can be said to you." Y/N grinned.

"Hello, Beth." Cleo walked over to the young red-head and kissed her cheeks.

"Uh... oh..." Beth was stunned at the gesture.

"I'm Cleo." She introduced.

"Hi." Beth greeted.

"Do you do problems?" Hilton asked, pointing to the chess board.

"No." Beth admitted.

"Never?"

"I always found them irrelevant." She explained. "Positions that never come up in actual games."

"Let me show you one you might like." Hilton smiled.

"Okay." Beth said, intrigued.

"Can I mess this up?"

"Go ahead." Benny answered.

"We are in for one long night." Y/N groaned.

Cleo chuckled.

Y/N tuned out most of the conversation between the rest of them and went on to prepare the food. Soon enough, Beth came and joined them.

"Are you here with Arthur or Hilton?" Beth asked Cleo.

"Both of them. Neither of them." She answered. "Two of them are better than one, if you know what I mean."

Y/N snickered at her friend's comment.

"Well I'll bring this board out first. Can you two handle the rest?" She asked.

"Of course Y/N dear. Go ahead." Cleo reassured.

Y/N nodded before walking away.

She placed the board on the table before moving to take a seat.

Benny on the other hand had another idea.

He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer to him, positioning her on his lap.

"Benny, what are you doing?" Y/N asked trying to get up.

"Harmon's here, so we have one less seat. Just thinking ahead Y/N/N." Benny smirked.