No matter how hard he tried to keep calm, nor how many times Y/n had tried to tell him "it's okay, don't worry, we'll find them" – Seungmin still felt sick.

The thought of Minho disappearing so suddenly and so terribly, and of having no practical means of finding him other than the confusing words of a ghost whose only goal in life seemed to be that of complaining, was more than enough to keep him anxious.

"Are you sure we can trust her?" he had mumbled, directed towards the Gryffindor, the moment before crossing the door to the girls' (or rather, ghost's) bathroom. "I mean - I've never seen nor heard of her before, and she does not seem exceedingly nice... she could be just pulling a prank..."

Y/n had shaken her head. "You don't know Mirtyl, Minnie. She hates pranks – in fact, it was a prank that got her dead, or something like that, I don't really remember. Besides, you saw her: she does not need odd events to groan, she would've never come up with a story about a giant snake roaming around the castle even if she wanted attention. Now that you make me think of it, actually, she's also got a big ass fear for giant snakes. The Basilisk Lord Voldemort had placed here years ago had petrified her – maybe even killed her... Oh Lord, i remember nothing! – and I'm pretty sure she's not forgotten".

"You seem really informed" Seungmin had been both shocked and fascinated, but the girl apparently hadn't noticed. Instead, she'd already stepped inside and was already examining the room.

As a reply, she had simply scoffed. "Well, this is what you get for entering this bathroom by mistake during first year: you meet a ghost, you're like 'Oh, so cool! A ghost! Lemme talk to it for awhile!' and then you realise it's an annoying little piece of-"

Her words, however, had been cut off by a frightened scream. Be it because they'd just talked, or because it was a new topic to the boy, Seungmin had immediately recognized the scream as belonging to Moaning Myrtle. A second had followed shortly afterward: "Yellow! Oh, dear, me, what colors am I obligated to stare at, and so suddenly, completely out of the blue!"

"Oh, shut up".

That voice had sounded familiar not only to Seungmin, but to Y/n as well. The two had only had the time to exchange both confused and hopeful looks, that Felix's head had popped out from the corridor.

"Minnie! Y/n!" only by the tone he had used, his genuine surprise was obvious in his voice. "What are you doing here?"

"Ahem..." had started the girl, but taking the time to pause – probably to think carefully about what to say, which Seungmin had approved of completely. "Let's just say, we're looking for our friends?"

The Hufflepuff had furrowed his brow. "Which friends are you talking about, Y/n?"

The girl had rolled her eyes. "Jisung – obviously, who else. He apparently set after a giant snake thingy, the moron! We're trying to figure out where he went".

Felix, at that, had jumped as if hit by a sudden realization. "I saw them! He was running with some other guy, after a giant serpent! I mean – actually giant. Like Common Hall giant. Hagrid-sized. Old Slughorn round-"

"Yeah yeah" Seungmin had urgently cut him off. "And where did they go? What were they doing?"

"Well, I saw all three of them enter in here. I was about to reach them, but then I heard a voice – it was Innie calling me... let's just say we kinda had an argument; so I stopped to tell him to fuck off, but then this strange noisy ghost came and started yelling at me, so I thought it best to run for it and here I am" after concluding the speech, the poor Hufflepuff had stopped to take a very big breath.

Before anyone could say anything, the trio's small reunion had been interrupted by the abrupt coming of a forth and a fifth presence: Seungmin had immediately recognized Jeongin, and Moaning Myrtle.

"Lixie, listen, I am incredibly sorry! Please don't hate me, I didn't do it on purpose! How could I know he was gonna tell you that" had begged the young Ravenclaw, as soon as he'd seen that Felix was indeed there.

"No! Not here! Not in my bathroom! Get your yellow self out of this room, Merlin! Oh, poor me, always opressed, always unlucky, always despised!..." had instead screamed the ghost, in her typical high-pitched voice.

"SILENCE!" everyone had turned around, to see who had talked, and finally noticed Y/n, who had advanced and was now looking at a new area of the bathroom, – that where the sinks were located – that had a big and consequently rather visible hole right behind one of those.

"Do you think they passed here?" Felix had broken the silence, staring surprised at the wall.

"No, it was Moaning Myrtle who broke it by banging her head in distress", had thought Seungmin, but had restrained himself: that was not really the moment to be sarcastic. "Definitely. Look at the floor: there's water running and entering the hole".

"So... should we get in?" had suggested Y/n, impatiently.

Felix had gulped. "Ahem... sure. I'll go first" he'd offered.

"No no, don't worry. I can go first" had said Seungmin, just a few seconds later: Minho was down there, and he had to find the friend.

"Oh, shut up, the two of you" Y/n had peeked in. "Jisung is my best friend, and he's helpless. He needs me if he wants to stay alive, don't even question it. I'll go first".

The three of them had looked at each other for a brief moment, and then, suddenly, they had all started to rush wildly towards the hole.

Seungmin had thought – for a glorious second – that he was going to be the first one to reach the wall, but had been then surpassed by Felix. The ladder, similarly, hadn't had too much time to celebrate, because before he could stop in front of the opening, a tiny but extremely fast Jeongin had cut his trajectory, stumbling in the process and falling (unwillingly) in.

Felix, who had had little to no forewarning, had been taken so aback by the Ravenclaw's action that, losing his focus, had slipped on the watery surface of the flooring and fallen in, very like-wise to the younger guy.

A small scream had signalised that the Hufflepuff had gone to land directly onto the other's back – or near enough as to make no matter.

Seungmin had flinched automatically, and had looked worriedly at Y/n immediately afterwards: if the two boys had got injured, what were they going to do now?

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tan update: i don't look like a ghost anymore✌🏻😎

on another note, if you know any, please comment any fairy 🧚🏻💕✨ comments you know, bc I love them but, not having tiktok, I don't really see much of them lmao.

any ideas on who the next chapter should be on? (just know that it's not going to be neither sungie nor lino, i need to explain what happened to the two dumbheads first;))

Vic🌙.