House of Cards - A BTS x Hogwarts AU

4. Shadows

'Are you sure?' Taehyung's brown eyes looked intently over Hoseok.

'I was sure...' Hoseok adjusted himself on the infirmary bed. Taehyung immediately helped him up, setting his pillow right. 'But... I heard Pomfrey mentioning my... mental issues to Sprout. They think I hallucinated it and now I'm doubting myself,'

'But you've not... you've been well for a long time,' Taehyung said. 'Something should trigger the hallucination,'

'Nothing trigger worthy has happened,' Hoseok shrugged.

Taehyung gulped. Hoseok says someone attacked him... and he felt Hoseok was right. But was this just his paranoia speaking? Because the Slytherins attacked him as well? To torture a secret out of him which he didn't even hold.

'Tae are you not telling me something?' Hoseok's eyebrows knitted together at the younger's thoughtful expression.

'Huh?' Taehyung blinked at him. He trusted his friend Hoseok with his life. After this incident, maybe he should confide in him. What if danger still lurked around them? Was someone else going to be attacked too?

They heard a knock on the door and their headmaster walked in, his light blue robes shining in the moonlight.

'Ah Taehyung,' Dumbledore looked kindly at the boy. 'Past your curfew isn't it? Its nearly midnight,'

'Yes Professor,' Taehyung stood up from the bed. 'Sorry I just wanted to see him once,'

'That's alright,' Dumbledore nodded. 'But head back now,' he smiled at the boy and Taehyung left without another word. Dumbledore turned his attention to Hoseok. His eyes were warm as he gently sat at the foot of the bed.

'How are you Hoseok?'

'Much better,' Hoseok smiled slightly. 'Wounds are almost healed. I can move around now,'

'Good... Hoseok, Madam Pomfrey tells me, you saw something when you apparated. What did you see?' Dumbledore's blue eyes looked at him intently.

'Some faces... a hand moved, pointing a wand at me,' the boy answered.

'Did you recognise these faces?'

'I...' Hoseok hesitated and sighed. 'No,'

'I don't think there is any need to worry Hoseok,' Dumbledore said. 'These things happen during apparition,'

Hoseok nodded. Dumbledore smiled and left him. He knew this was going to be the outcome. Maybe... they were right. His mind told him that, but his heart was still unsettled.

Yoongi was pacing up and down the corridor near the infirmary. He felt like he should check up on Hoseok but couldn't make himself face him again. What would he even say to him? They weren't friends. They were quite the opposite. From the moment Hoseok had upset him by stepping on his foot on the Hogwarts express five years ago, Yoongi had found him annoying. Annoyingly happy, loud and animated. He was all the things Yoongi disliked.

Had he grown some sort of attachment to the vexation he felt for Hoseok? He probably had... or else why would he be here, wondering if Hoseok would be ok enough to attend classes tomorrow... well, Yoongi needed something to entertain himself and teasing Hoseok was as entertaining as it gets.

'Mister Min,' the Headmaster's voice made him jump.

'Sir,' Yoongi cleared his throat. 'I was... I was just making the rounds. Prefect duty,'

'I see,' Dumbledore nodded. 'If I were you, I'd move quietly. People are sleeping in the infirmary,'

'Oh,' Yoongi nodded, not meeting Dumbledore's eye and the headmaster left with a slight smile.