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“I'm so sorry Jimin,” Taehyung looked at his friend with an apologetic look in his eyes. “It was just a slip of the tongue. It was not on purpose."
Jimin looked for the tenth time in the mirror, studying his head in concentration. Taehyung wanted to practice casting spells on changing color hair and really, who was Jimin, to refuse his puppy eyes. What could have gone wrong?
Well… it could.
Jimin watched a small mistletoe levitate above his head with disbelief and shock in his eyes. He was completely not expecting such a turn of events. It was supposed to be a simple spell to change the color of his hair, how did everything turn in that direction?
With every move of his head - to the right, to the left - the mistletoe was in the exact same position, as if ridiculing Jimin.
"How did you mess up such a simple spell?! Taeee,” he sighed heavily, trying to process in his head what to do. He can’t go to the lessons looking like that, it's completely embarrassing.
"If you want, I can enchant you a hat to cover it somehow," Taehyung suggested, and Jimin shot him a murderous glare.
“I don’t need a fucking hat, I need you to take it off my head, or rather, over my head. It follows me all the time” he whined and threw himself on the bed with force, covering himself with the pillow. "I look awful"
"Not at all. You look good like always, just with a little bit of Christmas vibe" if looks could kill, Taehyung would certainly be on the ground already. It's not that Jimin was angry at him, he just couldn't find the humor in the situation he was in. He was supposed to have a beautiful pink-salmon color on his head instead of blonde, and now, not only that the color was still the same, there was an additional element on his head. He looked ridiculous at best and probably would burn with shame if anyone from school saw him in such a form - especially Yoongi.
It was obvious to most of the people around him that Jimin has a big, fat crush on Yoongi. Well, everyone except the mentioned boy, or so he thought. It's not even that Jimin was hiding his feelings from the other. He was bold and tried to flirt with him on every possible occasion. He was very open with what he felt, sometimes maybe a little bit shy in his actions, but it doesn’t change the fact that apparently it wasn't enough since they were still in the realm of good friends and Yoongi didn’t see his efforts, or maybe didn’t want to see.
Jimin planned to confess his feelings to him before the upcoming Christmas break. Most of the students were going home for the holidays, leaving Hogwarts for this period of time. In Jimin's mind, this seemed to be the perfect opportunity. If he gets rejected, he will be able to cry into a pillow at his home and get a grip on himself during the Christmas break, so that when he returns back to the familiar walls of the school, he will not be so sad. If, on the other hand, everything goes according to his plan, which had long lived in his mind for free, he will return to school even more willingly after the Christmas break, with new hope and a light heart. The plan was perfect.
But now that his head was adorned with the levitating mistletoe, he could forget about his plans. There was no way he could show himself to Yoongi like that.
"How about a hat like that?" he heard Taehyung's question and cast a glance in his direction. He was holding a red Santa Claus hat with a large white pompom in his hand.
He hoped his eyes would answer for him once again.
"Don't make such a face, or you will stay that way," he said shortly and reached for another hat. This time he was holding a red beret. "What do you think about this?"
Jimin internally lost any will to fight. He hid his face in the pillow, wanting the problem to resolve itself.
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The problem did not disappear itself, and Jimin paced down the winding stairs of Hogwarts in a red beret on his head. Hiding the plant flying over his head under the cap was not as easy as it had seemed at first. He had to make a good effort with this magical mistletoe to finally hide it under his hat.
He still looked a bit funny and couldn't help feeling that everyone knew what was under the beret, even though the thought was completely nonsensical.
"New style?" he heard a familiar voice behind him, without a shadow of a doubt knowing who he would see behind him.
"Yeah, kind of" he turned towards Yoongi, who as usual, despite the morning hours, took Jimin's breath away. His hair was slightly disheveled, as if he had only recently woken up (which was probably not that far from the truth), and slytherin's black and green robe matched well with his bleached hair. Yoongi always looks great.
"Suits you. Why red?" his watchful eyes darted from Jimin's face to his beret.
"Oh, you know, Christmas is coming so I thought it will go well with its spirit," he replied, smiling at the boy.
It was still far too early in the morning to be able to function normally and decently, but for Yoongi, he could always make an exception and infect him with good humor while showing him a broad smile.
"I hope that the boy I like will also like my new style," he said suggestively and wink, trying to tell Yoongi with this gesture as much information as he could. However, the expression on the boy’s face remained unchanged, and even if for a second it seemed to him that there was a certain brightness and glint in his gaze, it faded as quickly as it appeared.
"Oh, I think he should like it. If not, ignore him. Don't worry about him if he's just an idiot "
Jimin looks at Yoongi with a dumbfounded expression on his face. Is Yoongi really that oblivious or he is teasing him again?
Maybe he should tell him his feelings, even if he had to do it with that strange mistletoe over his head. At this rate, Yoongi will never understand that he likes him. It has to work. Otherwise nothing will ever happen.
"Are you coming?" he asked suddenly, knocking Jimin out of his thoughts. He must have stopped in the middle of the corridor while they were walking through the school together, staring at Yoongi with his mouth open.
"Oh, yes. Sorry, I was just thinking” Yoongi only glanced at him curiously, but didn't say anything else.
They walked together shoulder to shoulder, exchanging words with each other from time to time, and Jimin only hoped that the color of his cheeks did not match the red of his beret in any way.
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The whole day seemed to be going much slower than the usual. In addition, he constantly felt like being watched, as if someone's watchful eyes would not leave him even for a minute. Taehyung, with whom he shared his Defense Against the Dark Arts lessons, dismissed his strange feeling by saying that he was just being paranoid and 'no, no one knows about the mistletoe under the hat.'
However, before the day was over, Jimin caught Yoongi watching him several times while staring at the back of his head. He tried not to worry about it too much. After all, his gaze was not the only one following him during the lesson. Many other people also paid attention to him, especially considering the change in his daily outfit. But something about Yoongi's intense gaze and the burning feeling he felt on his back told him that there might be more to it than he thought.
When he told Taehyung about it, his friend rolled his eyes playfully, thinking that once again Jimin’s crush on the boy is taking over and he is seeing things that are not really there. For a brief moment, he himself began to question what he had seen during the last lessons, and ultimately decided to forget about the whole situation, or at least pretend that nothing like this had happened. He had far more important things on his mind to wonder about what he saw and what he didn't.
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Jimin made his way through the corridors towards his room, dreaming of throwing himself on the bed and hiding under a pile of blankets. Each day of study at Hogwarts was difficult and tiring in its own way, but this one belonged to a special category.
Although quite a few people praised his new style, thus drawing attention to the red beret, but with each comment Jimin felt his panic rise. He knew that this was a slight exaggeration on his part and no one could actually see what was under the hat, and yet his stupid thoughts prevailed over him and it seemed to him that everyone knew his secret for a long time. No wonder he felt a lot more tired than usual.
He was walking down the empty corridor when suddenly something grabbed his arm and hammered him into the wall at a bend. He felt the wall chill behind him, and his eyes widened even more as he saw that it was not something , but someone . Clearly the last person he had expected.
Yoongi stood dangerously close to him, looking at his eyes with a little curiosity. Jimin felt his heart beating much faster than it should, and his legs seemed to bend under him with every second.
“Yoongi wha-”
“Shh…” Yoongi put his fingers on his lips, implying to not speak anything than necessary. “Follow me” he grabbed Jimin's wrist leading him in the completely opposite direction to which he was initially going. He made no resistance as he trudged through the empty corridors. Jimin was intrigued and curious what this might be about.
"Can you tell me where we're going?" he whispered, not wanting to fully break the silence that reigned between them.
"One more moment" was all he got in response before the two of them continued to walk.
Jimin was confused and was unable to think of what exactly was going on. He felt his cheeks turn red at the very thought that Yoongi's hand was wrapped around his wrist.
They stopped against a wall and only then did it get to Jimin where they had been going all the time.
The Room of Requirement.
When Jimin wanted to ask a question once again, Yoongi turned towards him, nodding his head to make him enter first. Jimin never had a chance to find the Come and Go Room, only heard about its unique place from the older students.
The room was cozy, bright and quite spacious. There were a couple of leather sofas, and a big piano nearby. The room was decorated with Christmas decorations, and a Christmas tree was in the corner with a big star placed at its tip. There was a slight hint of herbs and something sweet in the air, which unfortunately he could not define properly. In any case, the smell was pleasant and nice. Jimin stepped inside, feeling a huge smile growing on his face. Christmas time always cheered him up, even if they were only small decorations.
He turned to Yoongi, completely surprised by the whole situation.
"Before you say or ask anything, let me say something first, okay?" Yoongi put his finger on Jimin’s lips once again when he saw that the blond boy was going to ask something. Jimin only nodded, looking at the boy for his next words.
“I've been gathering courage to tell you about this for a long time, but something kept getting in the way all the time, usually my own insecurities. But now it's Christmas time and I know how much you love Christmas and everything about it, so I thought it was the perfect time to finally confess my feelings for you”
Jimin's head was working at full capacity to wholly process all the new information.
“Wait, confess? Yoongi, I’m also-”
“No, no shh. Please, let me finish” Jimin stopped and smiled lightly.
“Okay, go on then”
“Right, so as I said. We know each other for sometime and I know it will probably sounds stupid, but every time I look at you..."
Jimin looked at him expectantly.
“You’re beautiful Jimin”
Okay, that was not what Jimin expected.
“No only on the outside, but also on the inside. You are always joyful, you smile at every living being and do not hesitate to help the other person. I really like spending time with you and well… I like you?
“Is that a question?” Jimin asked, amused.
“No fuck, no. I’m serious. I like you. Really”
Though Yoongi seemed impossible to read on a daily basis, and all his feelings - both positive and negative - were kept in neutral nothingness by him, but now because of the sight of Yoongi being mixed up with his own words and the sincerity emanating from him Jimin couldn't stop smiling. At the same time he felt the entire contents of his stomach do a merry turn. He still probably couldn't wrap his head around what the words were saying in his direction.
Yoongi likes him.
He really likes him .
“Good, because I really like you too”. Though under normal circumstances, when he would have confessed his feelings to Yoongi himself, he would have been shy and utterly confused, now that he finally knew what he was standing on, he wasn't afraid to be more brave in his actions. He had to make it clear to the boy that their feelings were standing on exactly the same page.
Yoongi looked at Jimin, not quite believing in the boy’s words. For a very long time he didn't say anything, and Jimin decided to take the matter into his own hands.
"Do you know that tradition where you have to kiss the person you're standing with under the mistletoe?"
Yoongi seemed to be even more confused.
“Yeah…?” he looked at the ceiling and other places, but didn’t see a hanging plant in any corner "There is no mistletoe here"
"Look again" Jimin pulled the red beret off his head, showing the mistletoe hovering over his head. However, before Yoongi could say anything, Jimin pulled him closer and kissed him.
Even if the kiss was a bold move from Jimin's side, it was gentle and slow. They were in no hurry to go anywhere, and the world around them could wait. At first Yoongi was completely surprised, but after a short while he also began to kiss him back. He placed his hands carefully on Jimin's waist, stepping toward him which brought them even more close to each other. They can feel the pleasant warmth emitting from their bodies.
Jimin thought of nothing but the satisfying feeling Yoongi's lips left on his. At the same time, he still couldn't believe that they'd been chasing each other full of affection all this time, without even the slightest idea that they were reciprocating. Just thinking about it, Jimin smiled. He felt Yoongi's lips curve into a smile as well.
"Jimin-" Yoongi began to speak between pauses to breath.
"-Shh" Jimin interrupted him, placing a finger on his lips, the same way Yoongi did to him earlier "We can talk about this later" he looks at Yoongi's eyes with lust. "Now, just kiss me"
Yoongi didn't have to be told twice. He shortened their distance in the blink of an eye, then returned to savoring the taste of his mouth again. He could feel Jimin's cherry lip balm.
They were both so carelessly preoccupied with each other that they did not even notice when the magic mistletoe disappeared from over their heads, still kissing with feeling without seeing the end.