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Jimin finished doing his daily reading, next to Yoongi, leaning against the enchanted cherry tree. He pressed his thumb against the page and chuckled, remembering how Jungkook had left the "The Dream Oracle" book on his bedroom door, with a magical note stating that Jimin might like it.
It was like a thank you because Jimin helped Jungkook with a transfiguration activity. It had been 12 days since the ball, 12 days since the first kiss and maybe a few hours since the last one. Jimin and Jungkook always found free time to escape between empty corridors and secret rooms to kiss.
This in particular had become Jimin's favorite activity and perhaps the second after Quidditch for Jungkook.
"We can try to see the unicorns, Ginny says they'll show up in the woods this weekend." Bartley Diggory, a Slytherin student in the same year as Jimin, said in a conversation with Yoongi.
Jimin kept laughing remembering Jungkook's reaction when he saw him wearing his pocket square on his wrist the next day of the prom. Since then, Jimin hasn't taken the blue cloth off his wrist.
“What is he laughing at? Is 'The Dream Oracle' that much fun?" Bartley asked, looking at Jimin and Yoongi sighed.
"He's been like this since the ball." Yoongi pulled the book from Jimin's hands and the Park heir finally faced his friend, confused "The boy from Ravenclaw really has you under his spell."
"Nonsense." Jimin took the book back.
"And then? Should we go see the unicorns this weekend?” Bartley asked.
"I can't, I have plans." Jimin got up and Yoongi frowned, following his friend, leaving Bartley behind.
“What plans do you have for the weekend?” Yoongi asked, watching Jimin smile like before again “my Merlin! You two will end up stuck together like this.”
“You sound like a hater.” Jimin teased and kept walking, with Yoongi following him “But I'll let you know because we're best friends and you have to have some privileges…” Jimin stopped and held Yoongi's shoulder, glaring at his friend “I'm going to meet his parents.”
"You are crazy." Yoongi said and Jimin laughed “Are you really going to meet them? Are you serious like that? Since when?"
"What you mean?" Jimin made a confused face.
“You guys are dating, right? like boyfriends.” Yoongi asked and Jimin stopped walking, with a thoughtful expression “Wait… Are you going to meet his parents without him being your boyfriend?”
“I think we are, I mean, that must mean it, right? I mean, we've never talked about it, but I think we both understand that we're together, like boyfriends, right?” Jimin asked innocently.
"Sometimes I wonder how you are a Slytherin." Yoongi rolled his eyes “Stop being innocent, you need to ask someone to be your boyfriend for him to be your boyfriend.”
“So I should have done it?” Jimin looked more confused “Wait, if he didn’t ask me does that mean he doesn’t want to be my boyfriend?”
“Jimin-ah, let’s be honest here.” Yoongi pulled Jimin by his coat sleeve, stopping his friend from walking “Are you really ready for this? I mean, make it a serious thing, you know what that means, right? Your mum tries to talk to you every night and you've ignored her since the ball, do you think she'd be happy to know that you used the weekend to go to the... the Muggle world and meet your half-blood boyfriend's Muggle mother?"
“She won't know.” Jimin says quickly and starts walking again.
“That is not the point.” Yoongi sighs “At this point she already knows you two are having a thing, the rumor has spread since the prom and you kind of keep giving each other that heart-eyes-look, it's not subtle.”
"We don't want to be, there's nothing to be ashamed of." Jimin said “And I know how my mom and dad will think about this, but I don't care…” Jimin turned around again, making Yoongi almost bump into him as he suddenly stopped “I really like him Yoongi, he's so cute and kind , he's also funny and so smart, not to mention he he's gorgeous, really, i can't take my eyes off him and he makes me feel good, ever since i found out he had feelings for me i feel so happy, he made me makes… he makes me feel like a good person.”
"Good Slytherin talk again." Yoongi rolled his eyes and Jimin sighed “I understand, I heard all that and ok, but Jimin, your father will hate to hear this justification for you wanting to be with Jungkook, in fact it will want to push you further away from him.”
"Let's not talk about my dad, we won't be seeing him any time soon." Jimin said walking back and almost tripping when some students ran past “Hey!”
"Sorry!" The girl, from the first year, apologized.
"What is happening?" Yoongi asked.
“The Ravenclaw team captain and the Gryffindor team captain crashed into each other during mid-air training, Captain Jeon even broke his own broom.” The girl said, then ran off towards the Quidditch pitch.
“Broke the…” Jimin blinked nervously.
"Let's go there!" Yoongi pulled Jimin by the arm.
On the field, Jimin could see Jungkook picking up two pieces of his broom, while Taehyung, the captain of the Gryffindor team, lifted a piece of the cloak he had torn off, showing it to a teammate.
“Jungkook-ah!” Jimin called, approaching Jungkook who stared at him, quickly lowered his head in embarrassment “Are you okay?” Jimin asked in a gentle tone and saw some small cuts on Jungkook's face and his arm was scratched, with some blood.
"I am fine." Jungkook replied, embarrassed and surprised when Jimin snatched the pieces of broom from his hand and took furious steps towards Taehyung, throwing the pieces of wood at the Gryffindor wizard's foot.
“Don't you know how to be careful? Look what you've done!” Jimin said furiously and Taehyung looked at the broom and then at Jimin, confused “You owe Captain Jeon a broom and an apology.”
"And I should do that because the Prince of Slytherin says so?" Taehyung crossed his arms “Look!” He held up the piece of torn cloak, “He should apologize too, right? Is he going to fix my cape?”
“Are you serious?” Jimin got angrier “This is not the same thing…”
“Jimin, let it go.” Jungkook tried to get closer but saw Jimin pull his wand, making him take a step back.
Even very kind, Jimin had a Slytherin aura when he raised his wand. The black wand scared everyone, it had its own personality, darker and more powerful than Jimin, so when he raised it, everyone imagined the unstoppable and irremediable spells he could do.
For a second, people remembered that Jimin was from Slytherin. That he was a Park. Pure blood of wizarding nobility.
Jimin cast a spell on Taehyung's cloak, slicing the cloth once, twice, three and four times. While Yoongi laughed, the Gryffindor students were offended and Jungkook sighed.
Even with such a powerful wand, Jimin cast the most innocent and harmless spells ever. As just a provocateur.
“Oops! I think I got the spells mixed up, but it looks a lot better now.” Jimin teased and Jungkook held Jimin's hand, pulling him away, while Taehyung cursed him from afar.
Jungkook led Jimin to an empty part of the garden and let go, watching the Slytherin boy cross his arms and pout.
“Why do you tease Taehyung like that?” Jungkook asked and Jimin was silent "You promised me you weren't going to cast spells at school to make trouble, there was no need to..."
“But he bumped into you, broke your broom, and look at you!” Jimin touched a cut on Jungkook's face "He hurt my pretty boy."
"He didn't do it on purpose, I was distracted and he was trying to catch the ball, it was an accident." Jungkook said and Jimin pulled out his wand, pointing at Jungkook's face to fix the bruises, ignoring the explanations because he knew Jungkook was too good to think it wasn't on purpose, but Jungkook lowered the Slytherin's hand "No need, I'm going to the infirmary."
“But I can take care of you.” Jimin asked, intertwining his fingers with Jungkook's.
“I know, but I prefer it that way.” Jungkook smiled “And as your favorite pretty boy, I want you to go back there and apologize to Taehyung, and fix his cape.”
"I'd rather be trapped in a dungeon with 100 ogres." Jimin said stubbornly.
“Jimin…”
"I am not…"
“That would make me very proud of you.” Jungkook said and Jimin sighed in agreement “You are the best!” He leaned over and kissed Jimin on the cheek, making his way to the infirmary.
Jimin prepared a new Gryffindor cape and handed it to Taehyung at lunchtime, in front of everyone, apologizing and receiving a grateful smile from Taehyung, who loved to tease him and keep the rivalry between Gryffindor and Slytherin alive.
Yoongi and the other Slytherin boys were a bit judgmental of Jimin for being such a heart, even though deep down they knew the boy had always been like that. Sitting at the table in his house, Jimin looked at Jungkook from a distance and smiled after lip reading Jungkook saying he was proud.
"Look!" One of the new Slytherin boys yelled, running over with a newspaper in hand and waving "Park Jimin, you're on the front page!"
Suddenly, some students approached while the boy walked between Jimin and Yoongi, throwing the newspaper on the part of the table already free of food. It was the latest issue of the 'Daily Prophet', with a magical photo of Jimin and his parents in the last family portrait at the end of last year.
'Park Jaewon, candidate for the post of Minister for Magic of the Ministry of Magic in Korea, is one of the names on the list of only three families in Korea that are truly pure blood, know the family lineage'
Jimin continued to stare at the image of him with his parents as the other students commented on the fact that Jimin is from one of the few pure-blood families in Korea.
“He is so exclusive.” A girl commented and Jimin sighed, pushing the newspaper aside and looking up, seeing everyone around him staring at him as another student read aloud the title of the article.
Jimin saw Jungkook's gaze, mixed with surprise and a bit of fear.
That night, Jimin didn't go to Jungkook's room to say good night. He just went straight to his room, dealing with the weight of being a Park. And meanwhile, in Jungkook's room, the young man was waiting at the door, looking around, and still waiting for Jimin to show up as usual.
*
The next morning, Jimin decided he was going to forget that that newspaper article ever happened and that everyone at school now seemed to be treating him more and more like he was a celebrity. Actually Jimin was really excited about breakfast because he had ordered a present for Jungkook.
And while he was sitting next to Taemin and Yoongi, who were discussing that he had been the true greatest wizarding name that had ever passed through Hogwarts, Jimin saw a white owl, a large Tyto Alba , fly across the hall, to the table where Jungkook was. seated. The owl, with a round face like a moon, was from Jimin's family, which his mother always left at Hogwarts with him in the hope that one day he would send a letter.
The owl dropped the large wrapped broom, a firebolt supreme i n dark brown, made of ebony wood with hazelnut trim and some gold details, one of the best on the market according to Jimin's research and after the object was thrown on the table , in front of Jungkook, the owl let out a hoarse cry, which resembled the noise of a fabric being ripped, before taking off again and leaving the way it had entered.
Everyone at the table crowded around Jungkook, who took the small note stuck to the broom, smiling and staring at Jimin.
Jimin felt satisfied.
And he felt even better when Jungkook pulled him at the end of morning classes to the Ravenclaw common room, promising that no one would go there at that time.
“Isn't that risky?” Jimin asked, crossing the blue hall and turning to face Jungkook who was smiling still leaning against the door “Did you bring me here to thank you for your present?”
“You are really special, Park Jimin.” Jungkook said and Jimin smiled.
Jungkook had this power to make him silly, passionate and light. The smile almost never left his mouth and he really liked that feeling. So when Jungkook walked over, pulling him down to sit next to him on the couch before kissing him, the Slytherin boy had already forgotten any pressures and issues that lay outside their bubble.
And after a brief kissing session, Jungkook started talking.
"I appreciate that you bought me a new broom, even though I didn't need it, I was going to buy something when I got back from my parents' house on Saturday." Jungkook said and Jimin smiled nervously “By the way, you will, right? My mom said she will make Kimchi even though she doesn't do it very often, you know she's not Korean so she kind of learned it because of my dad.”
“I forgot about that, she's not Korean, right?” Jimin laughed nervously and rubbed his hands on his uniform.
“And she's a Muggle, you remember, right? She doesn't do magic and sometimes she gets scared too when we do it at home.” Jungkook said and Jimin nodded "My friends are muggles too and they kind of don't know about magic, my parents say I go to an all-boys boarding school or something like that."
“Sounds like a good excuse.” Jimin said, looking around, avoiding Jungkook’s eyes as much as possible “About that dinner…”
"I also have to say that my dad won't be there, Mum says he has a bad case and is going to wizarding London for the weekend." Jungkook said and Jimin nodded in agreement “Are you nervous?”
Jimin felt Jungkook hold his hand and then he faced him. Those round dark eyes staring at him curiously, almost as if he wanted to read Jimin.
“It's just you know… I've never done something like this, I've never visited the non-magical world either and we, I've been thinking, I mean, Yoongi-ssi asked me about it and I was wondering what that meant and…” Jimin stopped. speak when the door opened and almost like a spell, Jimin jumped off the couch, while Jungkook just turned to face Eunwoo who was in the doorway.
“I was looking for you, Jungkook!” Eunwoo said and stared at Jimin, frowning.
“We are just talking.” Jimin said and Jungkook chuckled, probably thinking he looked cute pretending not to be nervous or scared.
“Or dating…” Eunwoo teased and Jimin widened his eyes.
“We…” Jungkook started to speak.
“We are not boyfriends!” Jimin said faster and Jungkook looked at him confused.
“I thought…” Eunwoo started to speak and Jimin crossed the room, approaching to reach the door.
“I have to go, don't take anything like… I'll talk to you after dinner, okay?” Jimin turned to speak to Jungkook who was still standing in the same spot “I need to go.”
Jimin left already regretting how he sounded saying that sentence.
*
At dinner, Jimin noticed Jungkook was missing. He decided to ignore that bitter feeling that he had screwed up, so even before the Slytherin Prefect told the students to retire to their dorms, Jimin was already crossing the corridors of the Ravenclaw wing, stopping in front of Jungkook's door.
One tap, two, three. It's nothing.
“Jungkook, I know you're there.” Jimin said and looked around, knocking once more on the door “I…” He thought for a while and started knocking desperately “Jungkook, someone is coming, open quickly!”
Jimin just felt a tug on his uniform, pulling him into the Ravenclaw boy's room. And then Jimin smiled, as Jungkook let go, rolling his eyes and walking to his own bed, sitting back down and picking up the book he was reading.
Jimin knew that there was an unknown war field, because Jungkook was transparent and it was visible that he was upset, but Jimin needed to understand the level of upset, maybe Jungkook would cast a spell on him turning him into a frog if he said something wrong or just he would say that he didn't want to see him even if he needed his help to defeat a dementor.
And in those situations Jimin would rather be turned into a frog if Jungkook in the end stayed with him, taking care of him like his pet.
The Slytherin boy took the opportunity to observe Jungkook's room, which he stepped into for the first time. He could notice the books stacked and on the shelves, Jungkook really was someone who loved to read and Jimin knew he was also obsessed with animals, so there were some miniatures and drawings spread across the table.
Jimin saw the green pocket square, which they wore as a couple, lying on the table. Without thinking too much, Jimin took the piece and wrapped it in his hand, waiting for the best moment to put it back on the Ravenclaw boy's wrist, so he continued to peek a little.
Jungkook now pretended to be reading, watching Jimin's movements out of the corner of his eye.
“Oh! You are reading Fantastic Beasts by Mr. Scamander.” Jimin took the book and opened it, peeking out at some of Jungkook's magical doodles, plus some pasted notes "Are you interested in Kappas?" Jimin asked, reading through some of Jungkook's notes.
“I was curious about them after we had a lesson on their ability to get water down the hole in their heads.” Jungkook said and Jimin nodded.
“They are peculiarly…weird.” Jimin said and Jungkook stopped reading, staring at him "My uncle has some at his lake house, I can take you there if you want."
"Are you sure he won't mind your friend going there with you?" Jungkook asked sarcastically and Jimin closed the book on the table and walked over to the Ravenclaw boy who was sitting on the bed, taking the seat in front of him and doing his best puppy face “What?”
“I know I was really stupid to answer that way but hey you can't blame me I was nervous and I was thinking about it I mean Yoongi asked me that and I thought we were dating but then he said that if you don't have a request we weren't officially dating and I was wondering if you thought we weren't too and…”
“I invited you to meet my mother!” Jungkook replied upset, closing the book quickly and crossing his arms.
“I know, I thought… I don't know about that, I mean, I didn't invite you to meet my parents, but to me we were dating.” Jimin said and Jungkook blinked in confusion “But after Yoongi said that I realized we hadn't talked about it and I didn't know if… I honestly didn't know if you wanted to date a guy like me.”
“Park Jimin, for a Slytherin boy you have so little self-esteem.” Jungkook laughed and Jimin wailed.
“It's just that I know we're different, I know it won't be easy, you know, people will judge and our parents… I don't know if your parents will like me or if my parents… I mean, I I didn't know if you were up for it and I didn't want to pressure or force you...” Jimin stopped talking when Jungkook leaned in and kissed him on the mouth.
The kiss was firm and lasted a few seconds, before Jungkook pulled back and smiled.
“You are so cute, Park Jimin.” Jungkook said and Jimin blushed “How is it possible that I got such a cute boyfriend?”
“So we are lovers?” Jimin asked, excited again.
“What else should we do for you to understand and become official? What did Yoongi say we should do?” Jungkook questioned.
"He said one of us should ask the other, but you know, that's not so important, I already felt like your boyfriend anyway." Jimin moved closer, bumping his knee against Jungkook’s knee “My pretty boyfriend .”
“Uh, I used to feel that way too.” Jungkook said “But, let's make it more clear now… do you want to be my boyfriend?”
“Does this kind of question offend me, am I not already obviously your boy?” Jimin laughed, moving closer and kissing Jungkook again “We are in the lovebird phase, as Yoongi says.”
“He seems to know a lot about love.” Jungkook laughed.
“He likes to pretend he knows.” Jimin approached again, kissing Jungkook once more, trying to hold it in longer, but Jungkook pulled away to speak and smile.
“So are you still going to my house tomorrow?” Jungkook asked, receiving only a nod before Jimin leaned in again to kiss him "And are you going to take me to see your uncle's Kappas?"
Jimin nodded, not paying attention anymore, just wanting to glue his lips to Jungkook's.
But Jungkook pulled away after a few minutes, getting up from the bed and rubbing his hands together, while Jimin watched him confused, sitting on the bed.
“I thought we were fine, didn’t we make up?” Jimin asked and Jungkook nodded “And why are you punishing me without kisses? Come here."
“What if someone comes in?” Jungkook said “Eunwoo will be back in the room soon, bedtime… I don't want you to have problems with…
“Then I will be able to say this time that we were dating.” Jimin smiled innocently "I want to correct this misinformation."
“You are making me fall more in love with you, Park Jimin.” Jungkook said, blushing.
“That's the plan.” Jimin smiled and extended his hand to Jungkook who held it, returning to sit on the bed and ready to kiss Jimin, until the boy pulled away very quickly and faced him “What?”
“If you like fantastic animals, you will love my house.” Jimin leaned over, dropping a kiss on Jungkook's cheek “You'll meet Misty…” Jimin kissed the other cheek “My mother's Kneazle and you'll meet Eobshin…” Jimin kissed Jungkook's mouth for a few seconds before pulling away and complete "My Father's Occami."
Jungkook widened his eyes.
“Does your father have an Occami?” Jungkook asked, fascinated and surprised.
“Our beautiful Eobshin was a gift from my grandfather to my father, she is one of the most beautiful creatures I have ever seen.” Jimin said, with a new sparkle in his eyes.
“Aren't they… scary?” Jungkook asked.
“They should, right?” Jimin laughed “But to me she is beautiful, you will fall in love.”
Jungkook smiled excitedly.
“And when will I be able to meet her?” Jungkook asked, trying not to sound like he was pressuring Jimin.
Jimin thought for a while.
“I promise soon.” Jimin said, smiling and Jungkook accepted that answer.
*
On Saturday, Jimin ignored yet another fire call that his mother tried to make, the boy dressed in his best clothes and waited for Jungkook at the main gate of the school. He had been given permission to leave school for the weekend, his mother was still hoping he would go home, but he had very different plans.
Crossing into the non-wizard world for the first time, Jimin grabbed Jungkook's hand as they crossed a passageway. The non-magical world was loud and chaotic, lots of cars and people screaming around Jimin, who smiled, trying to convey tranquility to his boyfriend, when he smiled and said, “Shall we?”