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two boys sit together at the end of a long table, usually these tables were split by houses. the two were both prefects so they always chose to sit with each other regardless of the different houses they were in; taehyung was an intelligent ravenclaw and jeongguk was a hardworking slytherin. jeongguk stares into his best friend’s eyes, taehyung, with a thousand questions forming on the tip of his tongue but only one slips past his cherry red lips. “how do i get someone to fall in love with me?”
tae spit his pumpkin juice out, clearing his throat and wiping the remaining liquid off of his lips. “excuse me?” he tilts his head, his blond locks swaying to the side and his dangly earring moving with his head. “you’re really going to ask about love, right in front of my salad?” shaking his head in disgust, he rubs his hands together. remembering the topic of love in the form of a beautiful boy; the boy in question has fluffy pink hair that makes tae’s fingers twitch with anticipation, always wanting to play with the cloud looking hair.
“i’m serious, hyung. there’s this boy-“ before he can finish his sentence, the raven haired boy is interrupted by his nosey friend. “who is he?” jeongguk shakes his head at the question, embarrassment painting his face a rosy color. “c’mon lil ggukie, you know all about my crush on jimin, why can’t i know about yours?”
the younger of the two shrugs and puts his hands onto his flaming cheeks, “he’s way out of my league, hyung. he only knows i exist because he’s… the head boy… and i’m the prefect from our house that took his place.” he lets out a huge sigh just thinking of the boy. his ambition to become a leader that would match up to namjoon’s outgoing yet stern style as the other head boy.
“oh no, no, no. you can not be talking about min yoongi. you know he’s surrounded by rumors. you’ll just end up heart broken.” tae pushes around the food on his plate, remembering all the events of last year that caused the harmony of the four houses to erupt in chaos. “there’s rumors that he is either seeing seokjin, hoseok or namjoon.” he pushes a piece of turkey into his mouth, chewing thoughtfully. “maybe all three.”
the story of the war of the four houses was one for the books. namjoon was a regular slytherin student that wasn’t really accepted by anyone in his house, so prefect and ravenclaw seokjin befriended him. taking him in as a little brother and student, teaching him all there was to know about hogwarts. he also helped the younger wizard by introducing him to the other prefects. hoseok- a bright and hardworking hufflepuff, jimin – a loyal gryffindor, yoongi– a slytherin, and taehyung himself. all of them got along very well, a peace between all four houses was declared now that all their prefects were friends.
that was until… head boy and girl were announced at the end of last year. it was a special year since it was decided that there would be two head boys instead of a girl (the girl chosen had gotten expelled for some weird unknown reason).
namjoon was decided on to become head boy even if he wasn’t a prefect. and yoongi was chosen as the other. this left seokjin at a loss because he was sure that if he hadn’t brought namjoon into his world then he would have gotten head boy for his last year at hogwarts, along with his friend yoongi. he declared that namjoon stole the title from him, and stated that they would be enemies.
a war amongst houses erupted and the peace was broken. the only one caught in the middle was yoongi, he was close to seokjin but was also forced to spend time with namjoon since they were now head boys.
“i don’t care about rumors.” jeongguk looks over to the slytherin table where namjoon and yoongi sit, quietly eating their lunch. over at the hufflepuff table he saw prefects hoseok and seokjin. even though jin was in a different house, he chose to sit with his friend. jeongguk himself chose to sit at the ravenclaw table with taehyung over his own house table of slytherin. the only person he couldn’t find was tae’s long time friend and crush, gryffindor jimin. “i only care about what yoongi has to say.”
“i’d throw up but this lunch was so good, i don’t want to waste it.” tae fake gags.
“shut up, hyung. yoongi is just, he’s really nice to everyone. i want him to like me so bad.” he pouts. “i like him so bad. i want to kiss him and hold his hand and have him teach me stuff he knows and just—“
tae rolls his eyes, looking over to the slytherin table,“ then go tell him how you feel.”
“what? why would i do that?”
“because you like him and you want to know how he feels for you?” his best friend laughs.
jeongguk shakes his head furiously. “no way, can’t do that.”
“then what are you gonna do to make him fall in love with you? make a love potion?” he doesn’t say it seriously but jeongguk goes quiet for a moment that taehyung turns his head to look at his best friend. “jeongguk, i was joking. please, just be a normal person for once and go tell him.”
“i have so much homework for potions, i think i’ll go do that instead. i’ll head out first.” jeongguk stands from the table on a mission. he would create a love potion to make yoongi fall in love with him.
Ashwinder Eggs
the first thing on jeongguk’s list is ashwinder eggs, they were very common in love potions. so, he tries his potions class first. hoping no one was in there, but of course he always runs into some kind of problem.
sitting alone in the class was another student, from the back jeongguk recognizes the pink haired student immediately. “jiminie hyung?” at the sound of his name, the boy turns his head to show his profile then turns back to whatever he was working on. jeongguk walks over to the desk and glances down at the writing the other boy was so focused on.
‘I wrote about how my mind would have won in the Olympics because of how fast my thoughts were running.’ jimin shuts the book noticing jeongguk’s eyes on his intimate words.
“did you need something, ggukie?” he looks up and smiles at the boy warmly. placing his notebook into his bag.
the younger boy shrugs, wondering if he should reveal the reason he was really in that room and decides that he can trust jimin. “i’m looking for ashwinder eggs… for a project.” he gives the cotton candy pink haired boy a tight lipped smile.
“only a head boy or girl would have access to the cabinets with ingredients if a professor isn’t present. should i go get joonie hyung or yoongi hyung?” he questions.
shaking his head, jeongguk doesn’t want either one involved. but his wishes were never granted as the boy of his dreams walks into the room in a hurry. “jimin-ah! i’m so sorry i’m late-“ he stops in his tracks when he notices the other boy in the room. “oh, jeongguk-ah. hello!” he smiles, lighting up the whole room. he was the stars the moon and the sun for jeongguk.
the whole universe was built solely for yoongi. it was all created so that every atom helping him breathe and stand before him could mold him into this perfect being, it was so that he could exist. he almost forgets to breathe. or was it that his lungs were malfunctioning because his whole body was shutting down when yoongi was so close to him. “hi yoongi hyung.” he manages out.
a laugh almost sounding like music to him escapes his lips. “what are you doing here?” his eyes stay glued to his, the whole room disappearing around him. he even forgets that jimin is here to witness his whole demise.
“i was getting supplies for a project but.. the cabinet is locked.” scratching the back of his neck, a sense of unease hits him, a small lie was better than the truth- in fact, it was close to the truth.
“you’re lucky i’m here.” and jeongguk thinks, yeah i am.
jeongguk nods and answers. “yeah, or i wouldn’t have been able to get my assignment done.”
the slytherin doesn’t question him further and just digs through his bag for his wand. he walks up to the cabinet and casts a spell that was given only to he and namjoon to open the cabinets. turning back to him he waves jeongguk over. “here, jeongguk-ah. take what you need.”
i need you, he almost says. “th-thank you, hyung.” he quickly grabs the ashwinder eggs and some random supplies to thwart him from figuring out what he was doing. he runs out of the room before yoongi could assault his heart further.
Rose Thorns
“so you’re going to tell me what jimin was writing if i get you rose thorns for a potion that you’re working on?” taehyung questions his friend, wearily. he’s working on his project for professor sprout, he loves herbology but he felt as though jeongguk was taking advantage of him now and it was for some other reason than some project. “you know madame sprout trusts me with her greenhouse more than anyone and for me to take her rose thorns, i just don’t feel right about it.”
jeongguk pouts, his bottom lip jutting out, “no one will know but me! i promise, tae hyung!”
tae gets up from his seat, deciding that he doesn’t wanna see his friend sad so he would help him out. and if he got some information about jimin while he was at it, then no one had to know. he signals for jeongguk to wait for him as he runs into the greenhouse quickly.
“you can’t tell me that you won’t make the team, hoseok-ah.” yoongi enters the classroom with hoseok and seokjin on either side of him. almost as if they were his protectors.
seokjin nods, agreeing with yoongi. “even though your parents want you to play quidditch, i think the dance team would be the better choice for you since you’re so passionate about it.”
“you guys are- oh! jeonggukie!” hoseok smiles widely, waving at the youngest boy that resembles a bunny. “what brings you to the herbology room during free period?”
jeongguk stares at yoongi not taking his eyes off him as he answers his senior. “i’m working on a project with taehyung… he stepped away for a minute.”
yoongi hums lightly, appraising jeongguk, “you’re so hardworking jeongguk-ah, first a potions project and now you’re here working on something for herbology?” he looks over to the other two boys with him. “you two need to work that hard so you can graduate top of your class, especially you, jinnie hyung! since it’s your last year, i expect great things from you!” he smiles up at him and jeongguk’s chest swells with want for that smile to be aimed at him and only him.
jin nods, it seems everyone around yoongi is under his spell. they would do anything he asked. “let’s go. i’ll study for my N.E.W.T.S in a different class so as not to disturb our little prefects.” jin waves goodbye to jeongguk, grabbing yoongi by his wrist and pulling him out of the class.
hoseok stays behind to say goodbye separately, “jin has always had a thing for yoongi so it’s weird for him to see anyone else look at him the way he always has.” he shrugs, waiting for jeongguk to respond. when he doesn’t, he continues. “he was supposed to ask yoongi out when they both became head boys, when namjoon got it instead of him, he felt as though he had no right to stand by yoongi’s side.”
“but they’re still-“
“friends? yeah, yoongi wouldn’t have it, even when jin tried to distance himself. yoongi never abandoned jin for a second.” he sighs, “i’ve been friends with yoongi since my first year here and he has always put others before himself, especially seokjin.”
“are they-“ jeongguk shakes his head, not wanting to ask that question. he knew they weren’t dating. “does he like him back?”
hoseok laughs, “he did. I don’t know if he still does.” taehyung comes back covered in dirt, interrupting the conversation. “i’ll get going now and leave you two, goodbye jeonggukie. goodbye tae!” he waves to them, exiting the room.
“i got your rose thorns, i had to fight for them too so this gossip better be good!” jeongguk’s ears roar as if he were in the middle of a storm in the ocean, being carried away, left to drown in his own thoughts.
Refined Peppermint Oil
diagon alley was filled to the brim with wizards shopping for many different things that day. jeongguk being one of them. he came to buy refined peppermint oil for his potion. entering a shop called apothecary, he notices they sell potion ingredients. the raven haired boy quickly finds what he needs and exits the shop, running straight into someone’s body. “i’m so sorry!” he apologizes looking up at the boy before him.
namjoon smiles down at the youngest prefect, “it’s okay, gguk-ah. are you alright?” he takes in the sight of the frazzled boy.
“i’m f-fine. thank you.” he was about to walk away until the head boy stops him. “come eat with us, maknae. you never spend time with your slytherin hyungs!”
an apologetic smile hangs itself on jeongguk’s face, resembling a bunny, “of course i’ll eat with you but what do you mean us?” he looks around for the other person namjoon is referring to.
“great! i was just waiting for yoongi to finish paying for his things at madame malkin’s robes and we can head out.” he turns around just as the aforementioned boy comes out of the robe shop. “yoongi hyung! over here!” the head boy calls out just as yoongi begins to look around. he spots them immediately and runs over.
spotting jeongguk first, his face lights up, like the sun was rising for the day. “hi jeongguk-ah!” namjoon takes his bags, always a gentleman. jeongguk notices this action and internally hits himself for not offering first.
“hi yoongi hyung.” he scratches the back of his neck awkwardly. “i bet you’re hungry from all the shopping, should we get going?”
yoongi nods. he quietly thanks namjoon for taking his bags then moves to stand next to jeongguk. “let’s go.”
namjoon leads the way, leaving jeongguk to walk next to the boy he likes so much. “what did you buy?” he asks to make conversation.
“oh! jin’s parents are going to throw him a graduation ball, so i needed to get new robes for it,” he blushes lightly, shrugging. “he’s so handsome, it’ll be hard to match up with him but i thought a beautiful robe might help.”
“you two are really close huh?”
a smile graces yoongi’s face as he nods. “he’s my best friend. he’s also extremely kind for someone that can have the world at its knees. sometimes i feel like i’m competing with him but… i know there’s no competition.”
the jealousy that stems in jeongguk grows, but also a sadness for the boy before him. how could he think his beauty didn’t match up to seokjin’s? he was so beautiful and had no idea. “i think that a robe is only as beautiful as the owner…” he trails off, he was trying to be smooth but had no idea how to put his jumbled up thoughts into words. “what i’m saying is, you’re also handsome hyung, whether you’re in a fancy robe, your school robes or just pajamas. whether you’re standing next to namjoon, seokjin or hoseok.”
a laugh bubbles out from yoongi’s chest. “i appreciate it, jeongguk-ah. thank you.”
“call me gguk, or ggukie. that’s what my friends call me.” he smiles, his hand brushing against yoongi’s as they walk into the small café behind namjoon.
before they sit down, yoongi pulls jeongguk to the side, “i’m glad we ran into you here, ggukie.”
Moonstones
taehyung already acquired the moonstones that jeongguk would need for the love potion. it was the last ingredient and then he could give yoongi the potion and have the slytherin fall for him. he met up with tae in the library, spotting him sitting across from a certain cotton candy haired boy.
“oh, gguk-ah!” jimin looks up from his notebook and smiles at the younger wizard. “what brings you here?”
jeongguk could see how tense tae was, maybe because he was around his crush? the raven haired slytherin went to sit next to his ravenclaw friend, “just meeting with tae about a project.” he looks between the two boys, “i hope i’m not interrupting. i could come back…”
tae answers a bit too quickly, “no! definitely not! jimin was just hanging out while we both worked separately, you know, on our own work.” tae looks over at jimin with wide eyes, his crush looking back at him with an unreadable expression.
“right, yeah. i guess i’ll get going…” jimin trails off as he begins to pack his things up. “sorry to interrupt.” he gets up and walks out of the library in a rush.
jeongguk hits tae over the head, “why’d you do that for? he was happy just to be sitting with you.”
tae’s head moves to the side, looking at his friend fully, his eyes as wide as the moon. “i was scared.” his breathing a bit uneven. “i know we’ve been friends for years, but he hasn’t spoken to me in awhile. i was afraid since i have a crush on him.”
“who has a crush on who?” a voice calls out, the seat jimin had been occupying now taken over by yoongi. he smiles at the two boys before him. “i hear someone has a crush?” he smirks at the two.
tae sighs, “you can’t tell him but I’ve had a crush on jimin ever since he stepped into my compartment on the hogwarts express.” the love struck boy takes a deep breath trying to gather his thoughts.
“what made you fall for him?” yoongi crosses his ankles, listening intently.
“i was moved by his beauty at first, the way the ocean moves at the command of the moon. then, he offered me his chocolate frog, and i knew his heart was as beautiful as his outer appearance.” tae smiles at the memories. “there isn’t anything he can’t do. he can dance, sing, he’s great at school, plays quidditch, and he has my heart.” closing his eyes, he clutches his chest, “the most cowardly thing we could do is not tell the one we love that we love them. but how is it cowardly to want to protect your heart from rejection?”
yoongi grabs taehyung’s hand that was left on the table, “the bravest thing you could do is tell the one you love that you love them. you just have to find that bravery.”
“he’s the gryffindor, not me.” taehyung chuckles. “and what if i find the bravery and he rejects me? what do i do then?”
“whether your feelings are accepted or rejected, you were brave. the most selfish thing you can do is love someone with all your heart because that love is just for them. why wouldn’t anyone want that? to have someone’s true and genuine feelings belong just to them?” yoongi squeezes his hand as a sign of comfort. “you’d be surprised how much people hide because they are afraid.” sitting back in his seat he laughs humorlessly, “i’d rather take on a thousand dementors than face my crush.”
jeongguk stares in awe, not missing that he mentioned a crush. he knows what he needs to do. “i’ll be going first!” he gets up from his seat, heading to the prefects dormitory with the moon stones in hand. the rest of the ingredients waiting for him, waiting for his shot at love.
Amortentia
the day jeongguk decides to give yoongi the love potion, it’s valentine’s day. the bottle is adorned with small hearts and a note that he had written. he leaves it on yoongi’s desk, exiting the class before anyone could spot him. he was waiting outside of the class, hoping he had taken the potion. he disguised it as a protein drink to give him energy for the rest of yoongi’s classes.
“jeonggukie” a voice yells happily at him, his body was met with another body colliding into him, arms wrapping around his waist. “are you waiting for me?” he looks down at the culprit and discovers it wasn’t who he was expecting.
yoongi walks up to the two boys, smiling his usual gummy smile. “oh, ggukie! thank you for the drink-“
“it was nothing! i hope you liked it!” jeongguk smiles shyly, working himself out of jimin’s embrace. he walks away from him, heading to yoongi. his confidence grew as soon as he mentioned the drink, it was now or never. “i have a question for you, hyung.”
yoongi’s hands are behind his back, he’s swaying slightly, looking at jeongguk with a smile. “sure, what’s up?”
“i was wondering if you would like to go on a date with me?”
yoongi’s eyes grow wide, his head nodding on its own accord. “yes, sure, yeah, i would love to!” he smiles widely, walking until he was toe to toe with jeongguk. “i’ve been waiting for you to ask me.”
“y-yeah?” he blushes.
nodding, he places a hand on jeongguk’s chest. “it took you long enough.”
jeongguk smiles, the potion worked. he takes yoongi’s hand and laces their fingers together, he pulls on yoongi’s hand, “let me walk you to your next class, hyung?”
the whole day of classes went by just the same, jeongguk would meet yoongi outside of his classes and walk him to his next one. smiles on both of their faces, not caring whether the whole student body was looking at them. jeongguk was elated when he sat with his best friend at lunch.
“it worked! he’s into me!” his smile resembles a cute bunny, and tae was so happy for his younger friend. he wanted to be in his shoes, maybe a love potion would work for him too? thinking about his crush, he didn’t notice when the boy on his mind walks up to the end of the table that the two boys were at.
jimin stands before the two, his arms are crossed, a determined expression on his face, the next words out of his mouth set taehyung’s heart aflame, “go on a date with me!”
“i-“ tae begins before jimin interrupts him.
“i’m asking jeongguk, not you.” the gryffindor looks over to the ravenhaired boy, smiling earnestly at him. “i think you’re the cutest boy ever. i would be honored if you said yes, ggukie!” Mouth agape, jeongguk could only stare.
wordlessly, he looks to his best friend. he wants to pinch himself, was this a dream? wS this really happening in front of taehyung? It couldn’t be. “so, what do you say, gguk?” by the tone of his voice, he could hear that jimin was growing impatient waiting for an answer.
“he won’t!” tae stands up quickly, walking to where he was right in front of jimin, “who do you think you are?” he sneers, grabbing jimin by his robes, their noses barely brushing. “you know how i feel for you!” jeongguk’s eyes grow even wider if that was possible. when had his best friend confessed to jimin?
“tae-“ The younger boy tries to intervene.
the ravenclaw shakes his head, not breaking eye contact with Jimin. “i wrote it in your notebook. i didn’t have the courage to tell you, and like the words i wrote on paper, i was erased from your life. we went from bestfriends to nothing. you couldn’t even properly reject me. you just acted as if i was never a huge part of your life, you acted as if i never wrote those words to you.” tears race down his cheek. “i love you, jimin.” his hold on him loosens as jimin stares, eyes wide.
“i’m sorry- i love jeongguk.” jimin’s voice was definite.
at that moment, yoongi walks up. “what?” he looks between the three boys. the whole cafeteria is now watching them so yoongi points at the boys. “you three, follow me.” he leads them away from the curious eyes into a deserted hallway. “what the hell is going on?”
jeongguk goes to stand next to him, grabbing yoongi’s hand. jimin’s eyes follow the movement, he crosses his arms huffing. “that! that’s what’s going on!” tae points at jimin, calling out his action. “since when was jimin into jeongguk?”
“can you blame me? look at him! he’s the most beautiful boy in the world…” jimin sighs dreamily. yoongi has a look of confusion adorning his face. “he doesn’t belong with you yoongi hyung, he belongs with me.”
yoongi looks to the boy next to him, then to taehyung, lastly his gaze falls on his pink haired friend, “i am so lost. jimin-ah, you told me the other day in the potions class that you didn’t know how to properly confess to tae and now you’re into ggukie?”
“It’s always been jeongguk for me, i love him.” jimin says quietly.
taehyung’s frown changes, his lips part in shock when he registers what yoongi had just said. he still asks in disbelief though, “what? what did you say, hyung?”
“jimin is in love with you, not ggukie-“ he starts before jimin interrupts again. “no, i’m not i love-“
yoongi puts a hand up to stop him, “… so, i don’t know why he’s acting this way.” he scrunches his face, deep in thought. a tinge of annoyance present. “you know, it all changed when he drank the protein shake you made for me, ggukie.”
jeongguk’s head snaps up at that, his jaw falling almost to the floor, taehyung is giving him a look that screams anger. he guiltily steps behind yoongi to hide from his friend.
tae steps closer to yoongi, looking at jeongguk over his shoulder. “fix him! right now! fix him, jeongguk!” He demands angrily, wanting his jimin back.
“what does he mean by that?” yoongi looks between the two boys, he’s oblivious to the situation. “why would we have to fix jimin?”
jeongguk lets go of his hand, a little pout on his face. “i- uh.” he struggles to find the words but the daggers taehyung sends him spurs him on. “i may have made a love potion for you.. and jimin hyung may have accidentally been the one to take it.”
“a love potion?” yoongi asks with a shocked expression. “why would you need to give me a love potion? i already like you.”
“i know, i’m sorry i-“ he stops, his brain short circuiting at the confession. “wh-what?” jeongguk was about to ask him what he meant by liking him when tae interrupts them.
“so, which one of you is going to fix my boy?”
Antidote
their hands are intertwined, the stars out to play tonight. the moon is at its fullest shining down on the two. shoulders brushing innocently as they walk. they didn’t need to speak because a simple look, a smile or blush or even a giggle that bubbles up from one of the two was already a conversation. years of pining after each other, and now here they are. staring up at the sky, wondering how they were so lucky to get here. the infinite space spread out above them. making up stories about the sky in hushed whispers.
“you know, the most important star in the universe is right next to me.”
“and you have always been like the moon to me, as a star i am dull in comparison to you, my love.” they stare at each other, seeing stars in each other’s eyes before a voice interrupts the two.
“jimin hyung! tae hyung! hurry or we’ll be late!” jeongguk calls to the two boys that were enjoying each other’s company as he runs inside, colliding with another body. “i’m sorry!”
yoongi wraps an arm around his tiny waist, “don’t ever be sorry for being this close to me.” he smiles down at the younger.
looking up at the boy he loves, jeongguk feels himself fill with emotions. he feels like a vial, and he is bursting, filled with love for the boy before him. “you’re right, i am a rooted tree and this right here,” he points to yoongi’s heart, “is my home.” he leans down to plant a soft kiss to his lips.
”you’re so cheesey, ggukie.” yoongi’s heart swells at the words, even though he wants to poke fun at his boyfriend, he smiles instead. “i love it.”
jeongguk plants another kiss on his boyfriend’s lips, he wants to plant kisses all over his boyfriend like a garden, watch him bloom with love. “tell me again, what did the love potion smell like for you?”
yoongi rolls his eyes affectionately, this was the younger’s favorite thing to tease him about. regardless of his embarrassment though, he always gave an answer. “it smelled like the vanilla of your hair, like the day we sat under the big oak tree in spring and the scent of the flowers were all around us and it intermingled with your scent. that soap and vanilla scent. it smelled like something that would overtake me if i let it, and i wanted to in that moment just let it become all of me.” he stares earnestly at jeongguk. “because you have all of me, so i’d let you take all of it.”
”who’s cheesey now?” jeongguk leans in, their foreheads are pressed together, lips inches apart.
“still you.” yoongi breathes out. “always you. remember when you set up the forest with candles for me but we ended up having to run away from a troll?”
pouting, jeongguk leans away slightly. “how was i supposed to know a troll lived nearby?”
yoongi leans up this time, kissing jeongguk softly, slowly, telling him everything he doesn’t say. “that area is notorious for trolls, gguk-ah.” he says with a smile when he pulls back. “you’re lucky you’re so cute-“
“i love you.” jeongguk interrupts him. “don’t ever doubt that. like the light of the moon and the rays of the sun, my eyes will always be glued to you.” he takes his hand just as jimin and taehyung walk in, they all head into the grand hall for seokjin’s graduation. another year over.