Surprise Tactics

Asuma sat back after putting his latest shogi piece in place, watching the sharp eyes from across the small table flicker up to match his gaze, and a thin smirk curled at Shikamaru's lips.

"You're getting rusty, sensei." He moved his hand swiftly, pushing one of his own piece a few spaces forward, taking out Asuma's own. "You walked right into that one."

The elder ninja gave a snort, tilting his head. "With you, I'm always rusty." Asuma slurred around his cigarette a moment before pulling it out and watching the chunin once again, waiting for the other to make another move. There was no way to surprise or sneak up on someone who was always ten steps ahead of you. And with Shikamaru's placements, that would be the only way to get him.

He paused, brows furrowing just slightly at the board before changing his gaze to Shikamaru again, who seemed to be contemplating his next move. The smirk was still pulling at his lips.

'...I wonder what it would take to surprise him.'

Shikamaru took his sweet time in moving his next piece, as he always did, and Asuma remained still, simply watching him. After another few moments worth of contemplating, Shikamaru reached and picked up his next piece, moving to replace it in a new spot when suddenly there was an arm covering the row he'd meant to put it on. "....Hey, sensei, get your-" He looked up in time for Asuma's head to surge forward, a mouth crushing against his own without any warning.

Frozen, the younger ninja opened his mouth slightly with a slight noise, dropping the shogi piece into his lap while his teacher's tongue slid over his bottom lip. His shoulders dropped, and his mouth went slack against the elder man's own, pushing his own head slightly forward, giving another noise when Asuma pulled away. Slowly, his eyes opened again, and his tongue darted over his lips, slowly as ever, and Shikamaru turned his gaze to his teacher, who had put his cigarette back into his mouth, eyeing the board instead of his student. "...H-hey, Asuma.. What w-"

Asuma grinned around the thing in his mouth, tilting his head again. "..You dropped your piece. My turn."