𝐀 𝐇𝐎𝐆𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐒' 𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐘 (𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙮 𝙆𝙞𝙙𝙨 𝘼𝙐)

𝐆𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆

Chan hadn't looked this happy in a very long time, as Woojin was fast to discover.

Lately, the Hufflepuff had been so used to seeing the drained and tired face of the friend, that now to see a cheerful smile with joyful eyes felt almost strange.

When the friend had explained him the reason behind that sudden wave of happiness, Woojin had tried his best to act surprised. In reality, from the very moment in which he had grasped Yeji looking at Chan, he had immediately guessed that something was about to go down.

And, as always, he hadn't been wrong.

Overall, he was pretty content with how things had gone: a girlfriend was something the friend had a terrible need of – Chan had been so drained out that a distraction couldn't have but helped him. Besides, he had found out that the Gryffindor was much more treatable when in a relationship – he had even forgotten about the whole discussion with the Headmistress!

"It's such a nice night, isn't it?" Chan was suddenly finding everything nice. "So calm!"

Woojin nodded, but didn't answer: he had never been a man of many words, but Chan knew him well enough as to not get offended if his questions didn't always get a reply.

They turned into yet another corridor: their patroll didn't feel like anything new, and everything around them was so silent Woojin even found himself thinking that their presence there might not even be needed.

But the Head Boy was just only about to discover how wrong he was to believe that.

"Oof, I literally haven't felt this great in a very long time! We should celebrate, Woo, we really should. How about having a quick stop at the kitchens? The School's Elves should be already in there, cooking breakfast, and I bet they would give us a bottle of Firewhisky if we asked politely. What do you th-?"

Woojin, however, never got around answering the Gryffindor's question.

The sound of loud and very quick steps (it definitely looked like the people they belonged to were running), unexpectedly came from a nearby corridor.

The two friends sent confused looks to the other, but they were too seasoned to linger in the middle of the corridor, doing nothing, for too long.

Without even confronting one another, they changed their path to go towards the source of the noise.

"Binnie! No! I'm sure they're somewhere else! None would choose to patroll the Transfiguration corridor willingly!" they heard a voice saying – or rather, anxiously yelling.

"Well, come up with something then, Mr. Genius! It's not like they'll suddenly appear out of thin air, you know. The least we can do is to keep searching!" replied another voice, more irritated than anything but just as loud.

"What is going on here?" Woojin and Chan had basically reached the two students – and it was clear that it had been the two to make all that noise, as no one else was around.

The boy who had talked first turned around, and met the Hufflepuff's eyes. As suspected, it was Hwang Hyunjin: who else could've been around on a boring tuesday night, if not Hogwarts' best renowned pranksters? As he was facing the boy, Woojin had the chance to see every different expression his face took on: from shock, to fear, and then to pure delight – which struck him as highly unusual at first, as the two were usually very careful as to not get caught (he and Chan had actually never managed to), and seeking for the two Head Boys at past midnight was not exactly something a student would be eager to do.

"Binnie! Found them! See that I was not wrong? I knew we'd find them here!" he said excitedly.

The other one spoke up: "Hyunjin, you literally just said you didn't believe we'd find them here-"