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"It's on! Hufflepuff against Gryffindor, the final match and the winner gets 200 points!" the chosen Ravenclaw student to commentate the quidditch game spoke excitedly over the mic.
The stands were filled with excited cheering and chatter. The players were anxiously waiting inside the tent, talking amongst themselves, after all, it's been a while since Hufflepuff got to the finals.
"Psst, Yunho" the tall beater frowned and looked around, trying to find the source of the whisper. "Here"
He saw a little piece of hair through the back opening of the tent that he would recognize anywhere. He smiled widely and quickly sneaked to the back.
"Hi, love" San showed his dimpled smile and hugged the taller.
"Hey" Yunho chuckled and pecked San's lips.
"Just came here to wish you good luck, and be careful" San looked worried, and that didn't go unnoticed by Yunho.
"Are you alright?"
"Yeah, just had a bad feeling, I hope I'm wrong though"
Yunho smiled and caressed San's cheek with his thumb, the younger leaning into the touch.
"I'll take care, I promise"
They shared another kiss and Yunho had to go back inside as the Hufflepuff players were announced to enter the field.
San went back to the stands and sat with his friends. Jongho was also playing as a seeker for Gryffindor so they were just supporting their friends and not exactly rooting for any team, except Wooyoung of course.
The game started and everyone cheered. Gryffindor chasers were going towards the hoops, trying to mark their first points, but Felix, a hufflepuff chaser, took the Quaffle and flew in the opposite direction. He didn't notice when the Bludger went his way, but Yunho was quick to help him and beating it thowards Gryffindor. Hufflepuff did manage to score the goal, the stands going wild.
Halfway through the game and its was a pretty close match, 50 for Hufflepuff and 60 for Gryffindor. Jongho was chasing the Snitch with the other seeker now that they found it, a pretty intense chase at that, but was interrupted as Yunho threw a Bludger in Jongho's direction. The boy noticed and escaped it, but lost the Snitch in the process. He huffed frustrated and looked up at the beater who was smirking at him. Jongho only playfully roled his eyes and smiled, their group never held grudges against each other when playing.
Gryffindor scored two more goals, and now all Hufflepuff players were in for a counterattack. Yunho hit a Bludger before it could hit one of the chasers but...
Suddenly he couldn't feel his broom under himself anymore.
It felt like his heart had stopped, his broom just vanished and he started falling toward the ground, screaming.
"YUNHO" San screamed in terror as he saw his boyfriend falling rapidly.
They watched as Felix tried to catch him, managing to hold his hand for a few seconds, but Yunho's uniform sleeve made him loose his grip.
When he hit the ground, Yunho heard a cracking sound before he was overwhelmed with pain and his vision filled with black spots. The game stopped and all the players gathered around him on the ground, but he couldn't hear them, it all hurt too much.
"Everyone, make space" McGonagall came hurriedly towards them, looking horrified.
"Yunho!" San came running as well, being followed by all his friends. He kneeled beside the now unconscious boy and shook him slightly "wake up, please" he was silently crying by now.
"Mister Choi, please, let Madam Pomfrey check on him" McGonagall said sympathetically, she knew about the boys dating.
Seonghwa gently pulled San back a bit, making the boy aware everyone was watching, so he quickly got up and roughly cleaned his tears. Everyone waiting for Madam Pomfrey's examination.
"He broke his leg, I need to make a more thorough evaluation in the hospital wing. Mister Lee, you saved his life, he would have fallen from a longer distance if you hadn't held him" the woman said and motioned for Hagrid to take the boy with her.
Felix smiled a little, a mix between a relieved and sad smile. He wished he could have completely prevented the fall, but thankfully Yunho would be okay anyway. He looked to the side and saw San sniffling softly, trying his hardest to hide how scared he was. Yunho talked about him a lot, so Felix knew San cared about his reputation and how he hated to seem vulnerable around strangers.
"The match is cancelled, no points will be considered and I hope you know I'll investigate to understand what happened here today" McGonagall spoke loudly for all the students to hear and went back inside the castle with all the teachers following.
"San, he'll be fine" Wooyoung said softly only for the boy to hear.
San looked at him and nodded slightly, but he looked broken. The mere thought of losing Yunho scared the shit out of him, and he did have a bad feeling, he should have been prepared.
"Let's go, we can find out if we can see him" Hongjoong said when he noticed a lot of people were looking at their group, especially at San, and he knew none of them wanted that attention right now.
The group then went inside the castle as well, going straight to the hospital wing, where they found Madam Pomfrey giving Yunho a potion for his injuries and his leg propped up and bandaged.
"Oh hi, boys. It would be best for Mister Jeong to rest, he also got a broken rib and a concussion" she explained to them with a sympathetic smile.
"Please, can I stay?" San said softly and shyly.
Madam Pomfrey seemed hesitant, but she liked San and trusted him with Yunho.
"Okay, but the rest of you wait until he is awake and willing to get visits, please"
They all agreed and bid their goodbyes to San, who just after they left pulled up a chair next to his boyfriend's bed.
"When I find out who did this I'm gonna hex the fuck out of them" San angrily whispered to himself while sitting down.
When he looked at Yunho's still face, he let go of his tough side, there wasn't anyone in the hospital wing anyway, so he just started tearing up. Yunho was quite literally San's emotional support person (dog really, but nobody needs to know he is an unregistered animagus). The older knew San has been through a lot with his family, so he made sure to be there for him. Yunho was there every time he got a howler, or every time they boarded the train and San was fighting back tears from a lecture he received, or sending letters during breaks to remind the younger he would be able to leave the house soon and see each other again.
Yunho loved San way more than he could describe.
So it hurt him when he slowly opened his eyes and saw San crying next to his hospital bed.
"Sannie, what's wrong?" He said a little hoarsely, holding back a wince from the shooting pain on his chest.
San perked up and didn't bother wiping his tears, he was okay being vulnerable with Yunho.
"I thought I would loose you..." he sniffled and held the older's hand, intertwining their fingers.
"I'm okay, see? No need to worry, love, I'm not going anywhere" Yunho extended his other hand to wipe the younger's tears with his thumb.
~Time Skip~
"McGonagall found out what happened" Mingi said as the other six guys entered the hospital wing that night.
They didn't come to visit before as Yunho had fallen asleep again, but once he woke up, Madam Pomfrey took the liberty to get the other boys when she met them at the great hall, during the meeting the director organized when she figured out what had happened at the game.
"Actually, I'm not even sure we were supposed to tell you, the professors will probably tell you everything again. Anyways, uhm..." Seonghwa started, looking around at the others carefully, like he was asking for help, making Yunho and San very confused.
"What is it?" Yunho asked and tried to sit up a bit with San's help, as he was sitting next to him on the bed.
"It was a fifth year, Vince, and he... used the evanesco charm on your broom to make it vanish... because you're gay" Hongjoong explained, clearly trying to hold in his anger and an eye roll.
"Homophobic, can you believe it? I mean I know we write with quill and parchment and send letters with owls, but we are still in the 21st century for merlin's sake" Wooyoung said sarcastically with a hint of anger as well.
Yunho held San's hand looking for a little comfort, also sensing the other getting really mad. He couldn't believe someone just tried to kill him just for being who he is. It's not like he's harming them, hell he didn't even actually come out to everyone, he and San just started dating and decided they didn't want to hide the relationship.
"He got expelled, he's going back home tomorrow morning" Yeosang said crossing his arms.
"Just expelled? That was attempted murder!" San almost yelled, getting a squeeze on his hand from his boyfriend trying to calm him down.
Yeosang made an 'exactly' face, he had literally pointed the same thing out when McGonagall made the announcement.
They kept chatting a little more, mostly how absurd it was that Vince wouldn't get a harsher punishment, and also how Yunho was feeling. They got a few noise complaints from Madam Pomfrey, but oh well.
It was getting late and soon the boys had to go have dinner. San didn't want to leave his boyfriend's side, but after that cute puppy face Yunho made saying San had to eat something, he melted and agreed easily.
Yeah, San was very grateful Yunho was alive.