"r-renjun...?" jeno stammered, not believing what he was seeing. "y-you... you stole the wand?"

renjun took jeno's wand from the man's hand before telling him to go away, which he did, right under jeno's eyes.

"who was that?" jeno asked.

"my father." renjun replied.

"your father?" jeno raised a brow. "renjun, why are you doing that?"

the chinese boy sighed, approaching jeno again and handing him his wand.

"i know how dangerous my situation is, jeno, but i can't bear seeing my mother dying. the deathly hollows are the only things that can help her live." renjun told.

"were you the one who stole it the other time as well?" jeno asked.

"yes."

this was a delicate situation.

jeno had heard renjun speaking about his sich mother.

lung cancer wasn't something easy to live.

and seeing your loved ones slowly dying under your eyes wasn't pleasant either.

jeno knew that if he was in renjun's shoes, he wouldn't hesitate to do the same thing.

if this meant saving his mother, he would do it without thinking twice.

so, he couldn't blame renjun.

"i won't tell anything, renjun. and i hope your mother's condition gets better." jeno said.

"oh my god, thank you so much, jeno." renjun said, tears of relief leaving his eyes as he jumped onto jeno, hugging his torso tightly.

jeno sincerely hoped that his heartbeats weren't too loud when renjun hugged him, because his whole body felt like exploding at such a contact.

he didn't hesitate to hug the smaller boy back, allowing him to cry in the crook of his neck.

"it's okay, renjun. everything's going to be okay." jeno whispered as he caressed the boy's nape with one of his hands.

"t-thank you..." renjun whispered.

"but you have to promise one thing."

renjun pulled out of the hug, looking at jeno in the eyes, and melting when he found so much comfort, love and compassion there.

"promise me you'll tell me next time you steal it or bring it back so that i can help you..." jeno whispered.

and these only words were sufficient for renjun to start crying hot tears again and cuddle into jeno's warm and comfortable embrace.

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"chenle?"

the chinese boy didn't hear his best friend calling his name.

he was too busy with his own thoughts.

well, he was too busy thinking about his best friend to hear him calling his name.

"lele?"

yes, definitely too busy, because he had missed this cute nickname.

"leleeee?"

the hufflepuff was woken up from his daydream when a mop of purple hair appeared in his vison field, and next thing he knew, his best friend was hovering him, face inches away from his.

"jisung?!" chenle exclaimed, sitting up on his bed, causing him to bump foreheads with jisung. "ouch... jisung, why didn't you call my name simply...?" the chinese boy asked with a cute pout.

"i did. a dozen times actually. you were too caught up with whatever you were thinking about." jisung replied, rubbing his own forehead.

chenle's thoughts wandered back to jisung land, causing a picture of the younger boy bare-chested to appear in front of his eyes while he was trying to control his blushing.

chenle slapped his own cheek to wake himself up.

"are you okay?" jisung asked, approaching his best friend and rubbing his red cheek. "why would you do that?"

"w-w-well..." chenle stuttered.

his brain refused to cooperate.

it was as if he was left in the wild, with nothing to help.

he felt lost in his feelings.

"chenle, you're scaring me." jisong let out, looking at his panicking boyfriend.

"i-i'm okay..." the chinese answered. "i just... need some fresh air!"

and with that said, chenle dashed out of their shared room, leaving jisung on his own, with a fast-beating heart and very confused.

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"where are we going?" donghyuck asked as he was being dragged away from the school by mark.

"to the lake."

donghyuck nodded, allowing the gryffindor to pull him there.

his eyes were focused on their intertwined hands, and the way they fitted so well together.

his heartbeat was accelerating each time mark tightened his grip on it, and donghyuck was enjoying it a bit too much.

"here we are." mark said after a few minutes of walking.

he pulled donghyuck next to him, not letting his hand go.

"woah..." donghyuck let out, admiring the beautiful scenery.

they were standing on the shore, a few meters away from the smooth surface of the lake.

they could see the hogwarts castle and hills behind the lake, and when donghyuck turned around, he noticed that they were standing at the limit of the forbidden forest.

this natural landscape was absolutely breath-taking.

"how do you like it?" mark asked, looking at the tanned male next to him.

"it's so beautiful..." donghyuck let out. "i love it..."

mark chuckled, his eyes never leaving the brunette next to him. "it sure is..."

donghyuck eventually looked back at mark, their eyes meeting for a second before they looked away, both blushing and with racing heartbeats.

mark broke the silence that had taken over them.

"huh... do you want to have a swim?"

donghyuck nodded, making mark smile again.

the two boys undressed, the only piece of clothing remaining on mark being his boxers. donghyuck was shyer, and so, he also kept the black shirt he was wearing.

"let's go?" mark asked, holding his hand out for donghyuck to take it.

the brunette gladly slipped his hand into mark's before they walked to the water together, sighing in unison when the cool water came in contact with their burning skins.

they walked until the water reached their chests.

mark was the first one to get in the water fully, shaking his head left and right when he got out of the water to set his hair in place.

donghyuck's eyes never left the older boy.

he stared at his flawless face, as mark was himself checking donghyuck out.

he stared at his bare chest, and the way the droplets of water slid against his skin.

he simply stared at him.

in his whole perfection.

"you're hot." he let out.

mark smirked, pulling donghyuck by his hand as the younger flushed red when he realised that he had said it out loud.

"really, i am?" mark asked.

his arms slid around donghyuck's waist, getting their bodies dangerously close.

donghyuck shyly looked into mark's eyes, nodding.

mark chuckled at the boy's cuteness.

"you're too precious, donghyuck..." he said, pulling the boy in a hug. "i want to keep you forever."

donghyuck's chin rested on mark's shoulder as his arms wrapped around his neck.

he was sure that mark could feel his heart beating so hard in his chest due to their close proximity. but he didn't care anymore.

all those touches... all those attentions... all those good memories...

it had to mean that mark returned his feelings.

both boys loosened their embrace to pull back from the hug, but their stopped in their movements when their eyes met as their faces were so close from each other.

mark's eyes wandered to donghyuck's lips for a quick second, and donghyuck was too busy asking himself if he should let himself go and kiss the gryffindor to see it.

"hyuckie...?" mark whispered in a low and hot voice, making donghyuck feel weak in the knee.

"y-yes...?" the tanned male tried his best not to let his voice break.

to donghyuck's surprise, mark's answer didn't come as a verbal response.

instead, the older boy bent down, allowing his lips to meet donghyuck's soft ones in a sweet and innocent kiss.