"renjun!"

the ravenclaw turned around when his name was called, seeing two boys running towards him.

"chenle? jisung?"

"are you okay?" the smaller asked.

"we saw how you fell during the game."

renjun smiled at his two friends, his heartbeat accelerating at the thought of them caring for him.

"it's okay. thankfully someone was there to catch me." he replied, his cheeks heating at the memory.

"oh, that's good."

"renjun!"

the three boys diverted their attention to another ravenclaw player who was making his way towards them.

"hey shotaro, what's the matter?"

the boy smiled warmly. "i just wanted to check up on you. i saw your fall, and i was scared you had hurt yourself."

"oh, i didn't." renjun informed him.

"yeah, someone was there to catch him." chenle added, catching the attention of the ravenclaw chaser.

"oh, that's good!" he exclaimed. "i'm shotaro."

"i'm chenle, and this is jisung." the hufflepuff introduced themselves.

"nice to meet you guys."

"well done for the game." jisung spoke. "i saw you scored two of the three goals."

"thanks." shotaro blushed. "but we lost in the end."

"yeah, because of the asshole called na jaemin." renjun added.

"shotaro!"

the group of boys looked in the direction of the voice, the ravenclaw chaser smiling when he saw his best friend making his way towards them.

"hey sungchan. what are you doing here?"

"you told me you would meet me outside, but you never came."

"sorry, i needed to check on renjun." the Japanese male explained.

"renjun?" sungchan raised a brow.

"that's me." the chinese boy lifted his hand.

"your coach is looking for you, i think."

"oh thanks." renjun said. "see you later guys!" he added before running away.

"so... sungchan? is that it?" chenle asked once renjun had left them.

"yes. i'm a slytherin pure blood." he answered. "sho's best friend since forever."

"that's funny! jisung and i have also been best friends since forever." chenle replied.

"you're lucky to be in the same house!" shotaro told. "sungchan and i have been separated."

"it's no big deal. now hogwarts values diversity. having friends from other houses is good!" jisung explained, repeating the words chenle had told him a month before.

"you're right!" shotaro nodded.

the four boys chatted for a while, slowly discovering each other's personalities.

however, the grumbling of chenle's stomach made them stop their conversation to giggle as the chinese boy flushed.

"someone's hungry." jisung told.

"yeah..." chenle mumbled.

"we were planning on eating now with sungchan." shotaro informed. "would you like to share a meal with us to ensure house diversity among a friend group?"

chenle and jisung accepted immediately, and so, the four boys headed to the great hall, where they filled their tummies with tasty food.

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"oh my god, hyuck! you woke up!" jaemin exclaimed when he saw his best friend's eyes fluttering open.

"jaemin, i'm not dead. it was just hit by a bludger." donghyuck rolled his eyes, feeling his heart thumping inside his head.

"i was scared!"

donghyuck sighed, his heart warming up because of his best friend's hand that was caressing his sore shoulder.

"at least, tell me we won."

"duh, of course, we did!" jaemin exclaimed. "i caught the golden snitch."

"that's good. the other seeker didn't bother you too much? he was quite fast and agile during training."

jaemin shrugged. "he plunged into the gryffindor bleachers."

"i have a feeling you're not innocent in this." donghyuck furrowed his brows.

"he was about to make ravenclaw win!"

"jaemin!" donghyuck exclaimed sitting up and regretting it right after.

he felt his brain move inside his head, and his vision got super blurry, making him lose his balance.

he would have fallen on the floor if it wasn't for jaemin catching him and lying him back on the bed.

"hyuck, you're still dizzy, don't move too suddenly." jaemin said in a worried tone.

"how long will i stay here?" he asked.

"the nurse said you'll stay here for one more day. and after you'll go back to class, but you'll need to be careful."

donghyuck nodded, sighing loudly.

"i swear i'm going to kill the one who did that."

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"he was cute..."

"jeno, i understood that he was cute. can you try saying something else now?"

the muggle-born raised his head to look at his older friend.

"did i say that out loud?" he asked with panic in his eyes.

"you've been saying it out loud for the past hour." mark sighed.

jeno flushed red.

the chinese that had fallen from the sky right into his arms had been on his mind for the past hour, and jeno couldn't help but find his pissed face adorable. he also loved his fluffy brown hair with blonde underneath. and his cute little nose...

everything about him was cute.

"earth to jeno!" mark snapped his fingers in front of jeno's eyes.

"what...?" jeno asked, blushing more.

"how can you be this whipped after a 2-minute conversation?"

"i'm not whipped!" jeno protested.

mark stared at him with an eyebrow raised.

"you've been spacing out for the past hour, mumbling 'he's cute' now and then, and you haven't even realised that you wrote his name on your paper!"

jeno looked down at the sheet of paper he was supposed to fill for his next class, gasping when he noticed he had written the word 'renjun' instead of the actual answer to the question.

"still not convinced?" mark asked.

"is it problematic?" jeno asked, quite stressed about the situation.

"to have a crush on someone?" mark raised a brow. "no, it's perfectly normal."

"it's not a crush!" jeno exclaimed, making mark laugh.

"well, it sure looks like it."

"i just... find him cute..." jeno admitted, the tip of his ears reddening.

mark smiled at his friend's embarrassed state.

"it's okay. you'll see him around in the school.  i'm sure you'll be able to talk to him again."