"here you are!"

donghyuck turned around, seeing his best friend sitting in one of the silver armchairs of the slytherin common room.

he looked like a king sitting on his throne at the moment, and it unconsciously made donghyuck freak out a bit.

"huh... yeah?" he let out, walking towards his best friend.

"why is your hair wet?"

"i had a swim in the lake." he replied, omitting the biggest detail.

"and you didn't even invite me?" jaemin stood up from the armchair.

"you weren't there when i left."

"right."

jaemin walked back to his and donghyuck's shared room, the brunette following him.

he closed the door behind their backs and sat on his bed with a huff.

"is everything alright?" donghyuck asked his best friend as he noticed jaemin's odd behaviour.

"i don't really know..." he replied.

donghyuck sighed, taking a sit on jaemin's bed right next to him.

"tell me what's bothering you." he spoke slowly, his mind still in a daze because of the afternoon he has spent with mark.

"i don't know..."

"come on, jaemin... i'm sure you know."

jaemin looked at him for a few seconds before diverting his eyes.

"i feel weird." he told.

"why would you?" donghyuck raised a brow. "you're such a confident bitch."

jaemin glared at him.

"this is not helping."

"yeah, sorry." donghyuck smiled sheepishly. "what is the problem?"

"renjun keeps hanging out with the gryffindor mugblood."

"oh..." donghyuck nodded. "but... why is that bothering you?"

jaemin let out a loud whine before letting himself fall on his back.

donghyuck did the same a few seconds after to talk to his best friend easier.

"i have no idea what's bothering me..." jaemin told. "i just know that i didn't like seeing them together."

"so, you're jealous." donghyuck concluded, earning another glare.

"i am not jealous."

"jaemin. you've been bothered by the fact two boys hang out together, and not with you." donghyuck summed up. "that's called jealousy."

jaemin didn't answer.

he pouted, letting out another whine.

maybe, donghyuck was right.

"but the tougher part is knowing if you were jealous of renjun or of jeno." donghyuck smirked.

"don't say his name out loud." jaemin warned.

"sorry. your cute chinese boy."

jaemin hit donghyuck's arm repeatedly. "i wasn't talking about him!"

"what's wrong with jeno's name?"

"he's a muggle. i don't like it."

donghyuck sighed, just like he always did when he had to deal with his best friend's stubbornness.

"jaemin, you have to understand that origins don't define people. you could meet an asshole pureblood and a lovely muggle." donghyuck explained.

"yeah, but he's awful. an asshole, a stupid boy, a mugblood... he has nothing for him."

donghyuck stared at his best friend who was voicing out his hate towards the gryffindor boy.

"except the looks." jaemin said after a while.

"what?"

"he's quite hot, i have to admit."

donghyuck sat up, looking at jaemin with a wide smirk.

"he's pretty muscular, and handsome."

"so, you're jealous of renjun for hanging out with such a hot boy." donghyuck finally said.

"what?! no!" jaemin sat up as well, looking at donghyuck with panic in his eyes.

donghyuck burst out laughing at his best friend's red cheeks.

jaemin crossed his arms over his chest, feeling angry at his friend.

"stop mocking me!" he whined. "the fact that he's hot doesn't mean i'm jealous."

"but you are."

"i'm not jealous of a mugblood." jaemin repeated.

"so, you're jealous that renjun gets to hang out with such a hot boy when you'd like to have renjun for yourself." donghyuck said.

this sent jaemin into gay panic again.

his cheeks flushed red and he lied back on the bed.

"i didn't say i wanted him for myself." jaemin said in a low voice.

"you didn't phrase it like that, but that sure was the meaning." donghyuck laughed.

jaemin rolled on the bed, hiding his face against the mattress.

"well, he's a pure blood, he's cute, and he can be lovely."

"yeah, yeah." donghyuk smirked. "you found yourself a crush."

"but the mugblood is turning around him." jaemin groaned.

"which mean that you'll need to act twice as more like a gentleman around him to win his heart."donghyuck wiggled his brows.

"i guess so..."

𝓗

"how did it go?" jeno asked when he saw mark entering the gryffindor common room with his hair wet, and a wide smile on his face.

"so good..."

mark plopped on the couch next to him, his head high in the clouds as he sighed, resting his cheek on jeno's shoulder in a lovesick way.

"tell me what happened."

"i brought him to the lake, like you suggested. and we went into the water together. he was cute, he kept his shirt on because he felt shy." mark giggled. "and then we got in the lake and we kissed once."

"once? olnly?" jeno raised a brow.

"well, once in the lake. then twice after going out, and one last time when he left each other." mark told. "i even gave him my sweater to wear because his shirt was wet. he looks absolutely adorable in it."

jeno chuckled at mark's behaviour.

"look at you being so in love..."

"he's the best thing that happened to me." mark stated, feeling his heartbeat accelerating.

"lucky you." jeno said. "did you ask him out?"

"not yet. but i'm thinking about doing it soon." mark replied confidently. "what about you?"

"me?"

"did you ask renjun out yet?"

jeno shrugged, leaning his head against the backrest of the sofa they were on.

"i hung out with him today." he told.

"that's cool. did you have a good time?"

"yeah..." jeno mumbled. "until he started speaking about the slytherin asshole."

"jaemin?" mark asked. "why would he talk about jaemin?"

"perhaps because he likes him."

mark choked on his saliva.

renjun? liking jaemin?

this seemed surreal.

"you seriously think that renjun enjoys jaemin's bitchy attitude?" mark raised a brow.

"i don't know." jeno shrugged again. "but he couldn't stop talking about him."

"that doesn't mean he likes him." mark told.

"yeah, but that doesn't mean he likes me either."

"you're way more likable than this asshole. and i'm sure renjun knows it." mark said reassuringly. "don't stress yourself too much."