𝐀 𝐇𝐎𝐆𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐒' 𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐘 (𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙮 𝙆𝙞𝙙𝙨 𝘼𝙐)

𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐒

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.