A man tries to break up. His girlfriend thinks he’s about to propose. | The Fool’s Mate

» Subscribe for the world’s best short films: » Get some merch: The Fool’s Mate is used with permission from Cian Llewellyn. Learn more at , and OMELETO ON SOCIAL Instagram: Twitter: Facebook: Fred and Holly have met up at the Nag’s Head, an eccentric pub in London. They’re casually dating and at a crossroads in their relationship, but hopefully for Fred, that’s about to change -- he’s there to break up with Holly, having met another woman he has fallen in love with. Holly, however, thinks Fred is about to propose, and she does anything to keep the conversation from getting serious, since she wants to keep things casual. But when the pub’s rules for required chess playing are enforced, Fred and Holly must play an impromptu