Jeon Jeongguk is in love with Lee Jieun.

The gossip flows quickly within the Hogwarts castle, through dormitories and common rooms and the classrooms. By the time Lalisa arrives to the Great Hall by lunch, everyone had already forgotten their little Quidditch fiasco and is now focused at the new topic at hand: Slytherin Jeon Jeongguk and Gryffindor Lee Jieun's budding romance.

"Did you hear?" asks Seokjin before she even sits down beside him. He munches loudly on a piece of honeyed pork, uncaring of his spittle. "Jeon Jeongguk is apparently in love--"

"--with Lee Jieun. Yes, Seokjin, I've heard." Lalisa sighs and grabs a sad looking drumstick. Thankfully, her body pain has lessened that she can now move without hurting herself too much. "It's everywhere."

Their conversation back at the hospital wing still could not leave Lalisa's mind. She swears Jieun gave Jeongguk some kind of potion--most likely amortentia, judging by the way Jeongguk seems like a different person all of a sudden. Really different, with the way he acted and the way he spoke.

It's common knowledge that Jeon Jeongguk absolutely abhors the Gryffindor house and cannot even stand in a room with one of them without uttering a snide comment (Lalisa has been the receiving end of those comments most of the time), so for him to suddenly be in love with a Gryffindor, specifically Lee Jieun, is a miracle in itself.

"Yeah, I heard Jeongguk declaring his love to her outside the Gryffindor dormitory and..."

Lalisa's gaze drift towards the head of the table where the lovebirds are and her eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets because what the--

Jeongguk. Is feeding. Jieun. With his own utensils. Cooing and uttering sweet nothings while doing so.

Oh my Gods.

"That is so disgusting," she unconsciously mutters. She watches as Jeongguk feeds a spoonful of rice and smiling (SMILING!!!) when Jieun accepts it with a giggle. Looking at them both makes her so uncomfortable, yet the gaggle of students surrounding them both thinks otherwise. They ooh and aww every time they couple does something lovey-dovey.

"Why do you have a frown on your face?" asks Seokjin with a raised brow, stopping his previous chatter. "Are you alright? Do you feel unwell?"

"I've been here for several minutes and you just asked me how I'm doing now?" Lalisa scoffs, to which Seokjin only snorts and pats her head lovingly as his apology. "And I'm disgusted. Utterly grossed out. Just look at them."

"This is so odd," he comments in agreement. "I don't think I recall the both of them interacting before this."

"I know. Their conversation earlier this morning was the first and only time they interacted."

"What do you mean?"

If she could tell anyone, she knows Seokjin would be right person. He's smart, resourceful, and can think of ideas quickly, so Lalisa straightens up and faces him. "Jieun dropped by the hospital wing and visited Jeongguk a while ago. And, you want to know what she did?"

Seokjin instantly concentrates and nods vigorously. "What, what?"

She leans closer, covers her mouth with her hand. "She gave him three chocolate candies. When I woke up again, Jeongguk tells me that he loves her. Out of a sudden!"

When Seokjin lets out a loud gasp, Lalisa knows she hit the jackpot. "Does that mean... does that mean she used a love potion on him?"

"I guess so. There's literally no reason for Jeon Jeongguk to act like that--unless he had a change of heart or he was influenced by amortentia. And we all know Jeongguk is unable to change his heart. That boy already hated Gryffindors while he was still in his father's cum."

The older boy glances at the lovey-dovey pair again, frowning. "What are you going to do?"

She scoffs. "I'm going to help him."

* * *

"Just look at him. That's so--ugh, Seokjin, take me out of here!" mutters Lalisa for the nth time as they watch Jeongguk serenade Jieun in hallway of the Gryffindor dormitory like some lovesick idiot. She wants to vomit. She wants to scream. She wants to die.

The older Gryffindor snorts and bumps her arm lightly. "You've said that for the past ten minutes, Lali, and we're still here. Why do you want to help him, anyway? You guys are enemies, are you not?"

"And?"

"Aren't you supposed to be hating each other?"

The noise of the crowd thankfully distracts the both of them when Jeongguk leans down to kiss Jieun's hand and Lalisa just. She cannot believe this is happening. In front of her very eyes.

Seokjin shrieks dramatically, robes flying up as he covers his eyes. "My innocent eyes!"

Lalisa groans. "Innocent, you say. As if I haven't seen you sneak off with Hoseok from Hufflepuff three nights ago."

"We were... we were stargazing!"

"Stargazing without your clothes on, you mean?"

"Lalisa!" whines Seokjin. The younger giggles and rubs his shoulder for faux comfort. "We weren't-- oh, look! Jieun's coming this way!"

Lalisa's smile melts off her face and a thin line makes its way into her mouth. She straightens her hair, lifts her chin and strides towards her senior, who is currently skipping her way in the corridors. Seeing her so happy makes something in Lalisa burn.

How can she act like that when she tricked Jeongguk into her own bidding?

"Jieun, hi," speaks Lalisa with as much as fake enthusiasm as she could muster. "Could I speak to you for a moment?"

When Jieun sees her, her grin falls off, lips pursing. "Oh. It's you."

The indifference and the way she spoke makes her blink in surprise. "What do you mean by that?"

"What I mean is," huffs Jieun, "you're the seeker girl that can't seem to leave my Kookie alone, aren't you? You're always around him, surrounding him like some sort of pest. No wonder he finds you irritating."

At that, Lalisa's mouth falls open. "Excuse me?"

"I have no time for people like you." Jieun waves her off and walks past her. "I've got to go now. Gotta ready for Kookie and I's date!"

Lalisa stands there, dumbfounded. Lee Jieun is known as a sweet girl, but what she showed him definitely wasn't sweet. Seokjin comes to stand next to her with the same shocked expression and they both watch as the older girl rounds the corner.

"What a bitch," murmurs Seokjin.

"Change of plans. Follow me."

* * *

It was a rare occurrence to see the seekers of the two legendary houses clashing into each other inside the Hogwarts castle. The two mostly communicated in the Quiddith pitch, through rumors, and through whispers.

So when Lalisa grabs Jeon Jeongguk's wrist and drags him off to an empty corner, the gasps that echo through walls ring in her ear that she physically cringes. She manages to take Jeongguk to a private area without much of fight though, but the other seem to not mind their touching skin.

There's no complaints, no curses, no anything, Just Jeongguk looking dazed and in love and stupid.

"What is wrong with you!" whisper-screams Lalisa while he remains slack and idiotic. "Jeon Jeongguk!"

He ignores her and smiles wistfully. "I love her," mutters Jeongguk dazedly. "I love her so much. My moon, my sun, my stars--"

"You're not you at all!"

Merlin's beard, no matter how much of imbecile Jeon was, Lalisa still somehow misses his crude comments and ugly smirks. It's odd because she knows the boy irritates her to no end, but without his annoying presence her days seem to feel... incomplete.

(Alright. That was so mushy, it's embarrassing.)

Blushing furiously at the thought, she shakes her head and grips Jeongguk's face in her two hands. "You need to listen to me, okay? You're not yourself. You ate a love potion and--"

"Love." Jeongguk sighs and Lisa has to tighten her grip. "Jieun, love."

"Listen! I'm trying to help you here!"

Before he could even utter more pathetic comments about Jieun, Seokjin head peers into the hallway and he sighs loudly, instantly marching to where they're settled in.

"Lali, there you are! I was looking for you!"

She reluctantly releases Jeongguk from her grip and he falls back to the wall, his back cracking a little and she snorts. "I was trying to convince him. To let him see."

Seokjin huffs. "He's not in his right mind. I know someone who could helps us though."

"Who?"

"My twin sister from Ravenclaw. Jisoo."

TO BE CONTINUED...