Again, sorry for the late update! I explained everything at the end of the chapter :).

Jisung was walking fast; he couldn't get late to the appointment, especially not when it had been Y/n to ask him to come.

She had in fact asked him to meet her on the Astronomy Tower, and had had the message delivered through Jongho, who'd done just so earlier that morning.

Ever since the quarrel they had had, Jisung still hadn't managed to apologize to her, because she always made sure to avoid him well and, whenever she couldn't, she would simply ignore him.

The poor boy had tried to talk to her, but she also was never alone either, and he categorically refused to reach out to her with other students as spectators: his pride prevented him from doing anything of the sort.

It had therefore been such a relief when he'd seen his House's Seeker come up to him after the Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson, when he was getting ready to move onto Transfiguration.

"Jisung! Hey!" Jongho had been running so fast that he had accidentally surpassed the ladder, and had had to turn back in order to face him.

"Hi Jongho" Jisung had not been exactly in the mood to talk, but hoping that he might get news from Y/n, he had been ready to hide that feeling.

The Seeker, slightly panting, had slipped a small piece of parchment in his hand. "Y/n gave it to me at breakfast, and told me that I had to deliver it to you. Okay, now I really gotta go – it's Potions, better not be late! Bye!"

And before Jisung could even thank him, the boy had already disappeared from sight.

Inpatiently, the Gryffindor had opened the parchment. It read: Jisung, I am sorry for taking so long, but I am no longer angry and I would appreciate if we could meet up today. Maybe this midnight at the Astronomy Tower? See you there! -Y/n.

Although a weird way to communicate, it had managed to uplift the boy's mood by a bit, and had given him the right motivation as to not break into an existential crisis in the middle of Transfiguration.

That was the reason why he was walking so fast – almost running: the meeting time was well over curfew, and Jisung had never been out dorm at midnight. He figured that if he were to walk very fast, there would be less chances for the various Prefects to find him – all but Y/n, obviously, because he knew that she was also in charge of the patrollings then.

Luckily for him, he met with none, and not long afterwards he reached the tower.

His steps were quiet and careful, as the boy was still afraid that someone else might be there, but he advanced nevertheless.

In the dim light the moon offered that night, he made out a silhouette standing alone against the dark background, almost unrecognizable.

Jisung was about to talk, but his steps had apparently preceded him, because the silhouette turned around abruptly, and asked suspiciously: "Seungmin?"

Jisung was taken aback: firstly, he was not Seungmin; and secondly, that clearly wasn't the friend's voice.

"Y/n?" Jisung felt very stupid asking that out loud, but he figured that through that question he'd get the stranger to reveal their true identity.

"Y/n?" the silhouette moved, confused.

As the stranger neared, Jisung was able to make out who they were – and almost passed out right on the spot. It was Minho.

"I- ehm- I mean" the Gryffindor couldn't help stuttering: out of all the people that silhouette might have belonged to, Minho was the last person he would've guessed. "No, I am not Y/n" he finally managed to say, and was so relieved that he had talked that he didn't even care about how stupid that affirmation had sounded.

By that time, the Slytherin had reached the spot where the Gryffindor was standing, so he had no trouble figuring out who the other person was by himself.

"Jisung?" he in fact asked, surprised. "What are you doing here?"

Cold shivers ran down the ladder's back: only now he remembered that Minho was a Prefect, and that he had therefore just been caught.

"I- ehm-" Jisung was unsure of what to say: he could've told the sheer truth, obviously, but he didn't want to drang Y/n into that. If she would only come soon... he found himself thinking.

But Minho spared him the effort of coming up with a decent excuse, because he said: "Don't you worry about detention – I'm not in charge today. I'm here because my friend Seungmin asked me to meet him here, but it was clearly meant as a prank or something, because it's already midnight when he told me to meet him at eleven thirty. And Seungmin is never late".

Jisung listened carefully, and couldn't help but notice just how similar Minho's situation was to his. The word prank especially stood out to him, with all its fishy meanings.

"Oh – w-well, I think it's the same for me. I-i mean, of course it was not Seungmin who I was supposed to meet, but my friend Y/n. And she told me basically the same thing. It might really be a rape..."

Only one thing he was not sure of: Y/n could have had great reasons to pull him a prank, as she might've still been angry at him – but Seungmin? Had he and Minho also quarreled?

"A-and w-why d-did" (that was a difficult thing to ask, because he feared the question might be too personal) "Seungmin tell you to meet him here?"

Minho simply chuckled: either the reason was very amusing, or he had found Jisung's words funny (or he had found the way in which Jisung had said them funny). "He said he wanted help with his Astronomy homework. I didn't really believe him, because he'd never break the School code intentionally unless it was some serious business, and besides he's great at Astronomy. But I had nothing else to do, so I figured I'd show up anyway" he yawned. "Well, I think we can go back to our dorms now. Don't know how about you, but this sounds too much a rape, and I'm starting to get a little but sleepy".

"B-but" Jisung was not too sure what he was saying, but he didn't want the Slytherin to abandon him that quickly.

Minho immediately stopped, and smiled warmly. "Yes?"

"Ehm-" by then, Jisung was starting to panick. What on earth am I supposed to say? "I was... simply... wonderingifyoucouldteachmehowtofly" he let out in just one breath, fighting with all his might the blush that he was sure had started to creep up his cheeks.

"You want me to dig you in a fight?" Minho lifted his eyebrows, in confusion.

"No – I said if you could teach me how to fly" Minho's answer had been so off topic that Jisung couldn't help smiling a bit.

The Slytherin dramatically slapped his hand on his forehead. "That makes so much more sense! I mean – sure, I'm down. When would you like to start?"

"I was thinking..." started Jisung, who hadn't thought about a thing. But his words were cut off by a loud scream, coming from somewhere near them – it was in fact very clear.

"EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF!"

Minho blinked, then paused a second. He seemed to be listening carefully to something, but Jisung didn't hear anything. Then he remembered the Slytherin was a Parseltongue.

"Minho, what is going o-?"

"There's a snake!" the Slytherin told him allarmedly. "And it wants water!"

The words were confusing, but there wasn't time to investigate. The Slytherin quickly grabbed him by the wrist, and started running towards the place where the scream seemed to have come from.

"Looks like we have a problem!" he yelled at Jisung, not slowing down even for the slightest second. "Go back to your dorm, just take the next corridor on the right!"

"No!" Jisung was not even sure about what he was saying, but of one thing, he was sure: he would not abandon Minho. "I'm coming with you".

The Slytherin didn't even think to make and objection, and started running even faster.

Sooner than Jisung would've liked, hand in hand, they reached the infamous corridor.

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soooo, i feel like there are just to many things to say i don't even know where to start?

so, first off, sorry for not uploading yesterday; a bunch of things happened at once & didn't really find it in myself to sit down and write this weekend. this chapter is a mix of things I wrote on monday & today, so I apologize if it's not as well written as my other ones, but I really wanted to put out an update, because I know how it feels like to be left on cliffhangers & it's just horrible lmao.

secondly, HAPPY BIRTHDAY YEJI!!✨🌷 she's my itzy bias & i love her sm okay i'll stop or i'll tear up🥺🖐🏻.

& last but DEFINITELY not least, we just got? and agust d comeback? and it is just? SO GOOD?

like i loved his first mixtape but this is on a whole other level of good, like DAMN that's incredible!!
i seriously love everything yoongi puts out, and that definitely didn't disappoint like the FlAVoUr-

(++ he looks so good w the black long hair like☠️).

but yeah, that's everything i guess.

se you on thursday </3

Vic🌙.