chenle and jisung were both hanging out together in the gardens.

sungchand and shotaro had left to go to class, but the two hufflepuff still had an hour and a half to be lazy before going to class.

and that was exactly what they were doing: being lazy.

jisung had his back resting on a tree, and chenle was lying on the grass, his head on jisung's lap as his hands played with jisung's tie. jisung was trying to control his heartbeat the best he could, as he combed chenle's hair with one of his hands.

"sungchan and shotaro are very kind." chenle said after a while.

they had enjoyed their meal together, and the hufflepuffs happened to have a lot of fun with the two other best friends. they had shared stories about their life before hogwarts.

they had learned that shotaro was a muggle as well, and that he had been taught everything before receiving his letter to hogwarts by sungchan.

their relationship was pretty much the same as chenle and jisung.

except that sungchan didn't have a crush on shotaro, jisung would add.

because he, park jisung, had a big fat crush on the chinese boy lying on his lap. he couldn't deny it anymore.

"they were cool." jisung replied.

"they're just like us." chenle commented. "it's funny."

"yeah."

silence engulfed them once again, but none of them truly minded.

they had spent the majority of their life together, and there were always moments during which none of the would talk. but it didn't bother them.

sometimes it was good just to lay back and think in silence.

jisung would have fallen asleep in a few minutes if it wasn't for chenle talking to him once again.

"i really had fun with shotaro."

jisung internally sighed as his heart felt weird.

chenle had spent the whole meal clinging to shotaro's side, and as much as jisung hated to admit it, he was jealous.

how come this japanese boy that chenle had known for an hour could make him smile like that?

how could he steal all of chenle's attention?

how could he make jisung's best friend so happy?

"if you say so." jisung mumbled, not really wanting to continue this conversation.

but sadly, chenle was in the mood to keep going.

"he's cute, don't you think? he looks like an otter." chenle giggled after pointing out the resemblance.

"you're cuter..." jisung mumbled, obviously not paying attention to the words that slipped of his mouth.

this caused chenle to sit up abruptly, making jisung open his eyes to see why chenle had suddenly moved when he was in a comfortable position.

"i'm cuter?" chenle asked, looking at jisung in the eye.

that's when jisung realized what he had just said, making his cheeks colour a deep red shade.

"h-huh... y-yeah?" he replied, very embarrassed by the situation.

"aww... i'm glad!" chenle smiled, lying back in his previous spot.

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"jaemin, my head hurts..." donghyuck whined as his best friend pulled him across the corridors.

"i know, but i need to show you something very important."

it was the middle of the night.

jaemin had sneaked inside the infirmary and woken donghyuck up to 'show him something very important', but the only important thing in donghyuck's mind at the moment was the sleep that jaemin was preventing him to have.

his head was hurting like hell, and his shoulder was still sore because of where the bludger had hit him.

and in addition to that, walking made him feel dizzy and want to throw up.

jaemin had been dragging him across the corridors, his wand in hand.

donghyuck was following with difficulty, often tripping on his own feet, and almost slamming his face on the floor. but thankfully jaemin was there for him.

in the end, the raven-haired decided to allow donghyuck to climb on his back as he ran across the corridors.

donghyuck couldn't really see where they were going because of his blurry vision, but he recalled them climbing lots of stairs.

jaemin came to a stop after what felt like hours.

"i want to throw up..." donghyuck whined as jaemin hushed him with his hand.

"hyuck, i'm sorry, but you need to listen to that."

donghyuck squinted his eyes, looking at the end of the corridor where the heads of each house were standing next to the principal. donghyuck could only see blurry figures, but he recognized the voices.

"this is not possible, no one is allowed there."

"i know, but i tell you it happened. it is missing."

"nobody can infiltrate into hogwarts like that. only students can roam freely around."

"but someone stole it."

"could it be a student?"

"the students don't know about it."

"every wizard family know that they are placed in hogwarts."

"it's the safest place for them to be."

"well, it doesn't seem like it now."

"we have to investigate."

"we can't go around and tell that the elder's wand has been stolen!"

"she's right! half of the school doesn't even know about their current location."

"telling this would make the students want to get the two other hollows."

"what do you plan on doing then?!"

"we have to search for it."

"secretly."

"that's completely stupid. the stealer could already be on the other side of the world."

"why would someone steal it in the first place?"

"because it gives you powers no one has!"

"but this is completely nonsense!"

"why?"

"why would this person take the wand, and not the stone and the cloak?"

"i don't have any idea!"

"something is going on. we have to find about it."

"and what do we do?"

"we stay silent. nobody speaks about this to anyone."

"if someone knows, we're in the big shit."

hearing footsteps approaching, jaemin took donghyuck's limp body into his arms as he ran down the stairs all the way back to the infirmary.

he laid donghyuck on the bed, handing him an empty bag as he saw donghyuck feeling nauseous.

the tanned male emptied the content of his stomach into the bag as jaemin looked at him with sad eyes.

he really needed to beat the shit out of the beater that had hurt him.

jaemin threw the bag away as he brought his best friend a glass of water.

"thanks..." donghyuck mumbled, eyes closing on their own.

"are you feeling okay?"

"better..." donghyuck nodded. "what happened? i didn't understand everything."

jaemin placed donghyuck under the covers, sliding in next to his best friend as the brunette begged him to stay close to him.

he wrapped his arms around donghyuck's frame as the boy placed his head above his chest.

"do you remember the deathly hollows?" jaemin asked.

"the three objects needed to become the most powerful wizard. the elder's wand, the cloak of invisibility and the resurrection stone..." donghyuck mumbled the words he had read in the wizardry books.

"exactly. and you know they are in hogwarts."

"because hogwarts is the safest place for them to be. they're hidden there, and no one really knows where they are, except the wizard families."

"one of the hollows has been stolen today." jaemin declared.

"the wand?" donghyuck cuddled more into jaemin's embrace.

"yeah. this means that we have our chance to get the recognition we deserve..."

"how...?"

"by finding who did this."