jaemin stayed glued on his spot as he felt jeno's lips against his, and the boy's body pressing him against the wall.

the soft feeling of jeno's lips made him feel all sort of things inside his chest, and without noticing it, he started letting himself melt into the kiss.

his eyes closed on their own as he breathed in jeno's scent. jeno's hands slowly let go his wrists and slid inside his palms, pinning his hands on the wall, as their mouths moved in unison.

however, jaemin quickly reminded himself of where he was and who was facing him, causing him to open his eyes wide and push the boy away with all his force.

"w-w-why d-did y-you d-do t-that...?!" the slytherin boy asked, feeling completely lost.

jeno stared at him from a few meters away, being in the same state as the boy.

he knew why he had kissed him. it was to prevent him to tell he had stolen the wand out loud.

but he had no idea why he hadn't just pecked him.

he had no idea why he had tried moving his lips against jaemin's.

and he had no idea why he had liked it.

before jeno could think about giving an answer to the slytherin boy, jaemin ran away with red cheeks, a fast-beating heart and confused feelings.

but what was the most important was that he didn't say anything about jeno stealing the deathly hollow.

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"so, you two are together now?"

"yeah."

"since when?"

"three days ago."

"and i'm only told that now?!"

"shh!"

renjun turned around, bowing to the girl who was trying to study despite the loud noise he made.

"how did it happen?" renjun asked, looking again at his two friends. "i'm sure chenle confessed."

"well..."

"no... don't tell me..."

"i was the one to confess." jisung stated proudly, slipping his arm over chenle's shoulders as the younger chinese flushed.

"that's good, chick." renjun nodded in approval. "i knew i could trust you."

jisung smiled, looking down at his ex-bestfriend – now boyfriend – with heart eyes.

chenle lifted his head as well, giggling when his eyes met jisung's.

the two boys leaned closer, giving each other a light peck in the middle of the great hall.

"aw... aren't you cute together..." renjun cooed

"enough talking about us, renjun!" chenle said as he raised a brow. "what about your love life?"

"o-oh... huh... my love life..." the boy panicked a slight bit.

"do you still find the slytherin asshole attractive?" jisung asked.

"or did the gryffindor steal your heart?" chenle added.

"well..."

the two hufflepuffs looked at their ravenclaw friend expectantly.

but renjun was getting shyer every second.

"l-let's say... both?"

"what?" chenle asked in a dolphin voice.

"like, jaemin is still a hot piece of meal, and jeno did steal my heart too." renjun mumbled.

"oh my god..." jisung let out. "you like both of them?"

renjun looked at the younger boy with panic in his eyes. "is that wrong?"

"of course not, renjun!" chenle told. "it is very normal. and cute. i'd never imagine to see you in such a gay panic."

"this is not a simple gay panic, babe, this is a double gay panic."

chenle flushed at the pet name jisung gave him. "r-right..."

"so, you're going for the two?" jisung continued smoothly. "that's interesting. do they agree with you?"

renjun shrugged.

"they aren't very... fond of each other." he told. "they would slit each other's throats if they could."

"this much?" chenle asked.

"yeah. i'm not sure telling them about this crush is a very good idea." renjun explained, his brows furrowing when he saw that chenle and jisung were concentrated on something that was taking place behind him.

the ravenclaw turned around, his eyes widening at the sight of a panicked jeno trying to dodge people around but failing miserably.

"sorry... sorry..."

the gryffindor finally arrived at chenle, jisung and renjun's table, and he took a sit next to renjun, putting his nails in his mouth as soon as he sat down.

"huh..." renjun, chenle and jisung exchanged a glance. "is everything alright?" renjun asked.

"i think i did a mistake." jeno replied.

"why would you think that?" renjun questioned, pulling jeno's hand from his mouth.

"i kissed jaemin. on the lips."

the three other boys around the table froze after hearing the words that had just left jeno's mouth.

jeno and jaemin had kissed?

and what about the 'jaemin and jeno aren't very fond of each other'?

"wait, what?" jisung was the first to speak after a good minute of silence.

"like mouth to mouth?" chenle added.

"yeah. like my lips on his. and his on mine." jeno replied, looking at the two boys he barely knew.

he diverted his eyes to renjun who seemed to still be in a confused mode.

"renjun, is everything- "

"do you like him?"

jeno was taken aback by the sudden question.

he didn't expect that.

and now that he thought about it, he realised that he wasn't prepared for such a question.

the first and obvious answer would be no.

jeno hated jaemin's guts.

he hated his racist side who despised muggles.

he hated his complex of superiority.

he hated his demanding tone.

he hated his attraction towards renjun.

but now that he thought about it, he found himself finding excuses for jaemin.

his rejection of muggles was the way he had been raised.

jeno himself was the first one to have a complex of superiority.

his demanding tone was just a trait of personality.

and his attraction towards renjun was normal. the weirdest thing was the other boys' non-attraction towards renjun, because let's be real, renjun is a piece of art.

why had jeno started to find these excuses?

could that mean that in fact, he had feelings for jaemin?

in fact, he had initiated the kiss.

he had let it.

and he had liked it.

which meant that maybe, a part of him liked jaemin. at least, a bit.

but what about his feelings for renjun?

he was 100% sure that he liked renjun.

there was no doubt.

renjun was too much likeable for him not to like the chinese.

"j-jeno...?"

"i don't know." the gryffindor stated, looking into renjun's deep orbs.

"you don't know?" renjun asked.

"i'm feeling weird." jeno stated. "everything is confusing..."

renjun looked at jeno deep in the eye, in all seriousness.

a hint of sadness was visible too.

"jeno, tell me. do you like jaemin?"

jeno hesitated for a few seconds, but he answered nevertheless.

"i'm not sure i do... but i like you. and i'm sure of that"