people were supposed to sleep at night.

but it seemed like jeno and mark didn't know anything about that.

it was 3a.m., and the boys were sitting on their beds, packs of chips surrounding them, a soft music playing in the background, and they were talking.

well, mark was. jeno listened.

"i swear, he's the most perfect person i've ever met." mark stated dreamily.

"come on, i'm sure you can find better."

"better doesn't exist, jeno." mark replied. "lee donghyuck is already perfection."

jeno hummed and shrugged, placing a handful of chips inside his mouth.

sure, donghyuck looked good, but it was nothing compared to renjun.

in jeno's opinion, even jaemin looked better than donghyuck.

and jeno didn't like jaemin.

so, this meant that the boy wasn't this perfect.

"he's the sweetest boy out there." mark continued. "today chenle came to us. and he acted like an angel towards him."

"who's that?"

"remember the jisung kid who prevent you to end jaemin's life in the library a few days before?" mark asked. "chenle is his best friend."

"and he talked to you?"

"yeah." mark nodded. "hyuckie and i were in the bathroom and- "

"hyuckie..." jeno laughed.

"hey! it's my nickname for him." mark whined.

"that's cute, mark."

"that's because everything about him is cute!" mark told.

"sure, sure." jeno rolled his eyes. "whatever, keep going."

mark coughed before continuing his story.

"so, chenle was feeling weird, and he told hyuckie and i about it, and we explained to him that it was because he was in love with his best friend."

"wow." jeno said, not really phased by all this story. "and what's the link with your hyuckie there?"

"he was so caring towards chenle even if he didn't know him! and he gave him good pieces of advice! i wonder if he also uses them for his relationship."

jeno swallowed the high amount of chips he had in his mouth.

"see by yourself." jeno told.

"what?"

"what did he say?"

mark though for a few seconds.

"he explained that you couldn't be sure if the other liked you back. so, you needed to try things and see if he accepted them." mark started. "he mentioned about cute nicknames, small touches, little attentions..."

jeno raised a brow, looking at mark.

"and is 'hyuckie' doing those things with you?" jeno asked, emphasing on the nickname.

mark thought for a while.

donghyuck did try to look for a nickname for him.

the cutest he found was the first thing he used to refer to him.

mr gryffindor.

mark loved this nickname.

donghyuck also was quite touchy with him.

he often rested his head on his shoulder.

he also held his hand a lot.

and finally, donghyuck was very caring towards mark.

he sent him 'good morning' and 'good night' texts.

sometimes little hearts here and there.

and mark's owl had already brought him a handwritten letter from donghyuck once to encourage him for his day.

so, yeah, donghyuck did those things.

which could only mean one thing...

"he likes me back..." mark let out.

"good one, seagull brows." jeno clapped. "let me grab a pack of butterbeer for the occasion."

jeno stood up as mark kept mumbling 'he likes me back...' every now and then.

the muggle-born chuckled, grabbing his wand before exiting the dorm and heading towards the school's kitchen.

he knew doing this was forbidden, but mark and him had already stolen butterbeers a few times for their night activities.

it was quite fun.

jeno walked down the stairs the most silently possible, his wand held firmly in his right hand.

he didn't want to get caught at the time of the night, on his way to the kitchen.

when he arrived at the bottom of the stairs, jeno was about to turn left and head towards the kitchen when he heard steps. they were coming from behind him, meaning that someone was getting down.

jeno hid behind the guardrail, in order to still be able to see who was there.

he saw the person arriving, and the first thing he noticed was the wand he was holing.

it wasn't just a regular wand.

jeno had seen the wand a few times in some books.

it was the elder wand, one of the three deathly hollows.

and this meant that this mysterious person was stealing it again.

jeno couldn't see his face because his head was covered by a black hood, and his body by a wide cape.

the robber headed on the opposite way of the kitchens, and he got out of the school.

jeno thought for a few seconds before deciding that the butterbeers could wait, and that he need to catch the hollow thief.

and so, the muggle-born tightened his grip on his wand and followed the stealer.

he hid the best he could, following the mysterious person silently.

he gulped when he saw him approaching the forbidden forest, but followed him nevertheless.

to jeno's biggest pleasure, they stopped walking before penetrating inside the forest.

but to jeno's dismay, another person appeared inside the forest, approaching the wand stealer.

they were surely having a conversation, but jeno was too far from them to hear what they were talking about.

when he saw the stealer handing the wand to the other person, jeno panicked. he had to act right now.

he pulled his wand out, pointing it in their direction silently, but the noise of his foot stepping on a dead branch caught the two's attention.

the person who had the wand noticed jeno first, and everything happened so fast.

"expeliarmus!" he exclaimed before jeno could do anything, making jeno's wand fly right into his hand.

jeno's eyes widened as the wand stealer turned around, looking at him.

however, he still had his hood on, making it impossible for jeno to recognize him.

"i'm killing him." the man holding the wand stated, making jeno's heartbeat accelerate considerably.

"no, don't." the stealer replied.

"he'll report us. we can't leave him here."

"i'm sure he won't." the stealer said. "right, jeno? you wouldn't report me?"

and let's say jeno didn't expect to see this boy when the wand stealer took off the hood.

"renjun?!"