Delphini Diggory
5th April, 2023
She wasn't just angry.
Ever since that incident, Ivy has completely stopped talking to me. She comes to the dorm late at night and leaves early in the morning. Everytime I try to speak to her, she turns on a blind eye to me.
She just continues to spend her time with Caspian. Caspian is avoiding me as well.
I've lost the only friends I had ever made in Hogwarts. During the breakfast, lunch and dinner, we don't sit together anymore. I observe from afar that Caspian is always doing stupid shit to cheer up Ivy who always seems to be in a bad mood and loses no chance to hex anyone that bothers her even the slightest.
On the other hand, I have grown quiet.
Hexing people just isn't as fun as it used to be when I was joined by Caspian and Ivy.
We're not concealing our relationship anymore. So, we spend all the time together when we can. However we don't attend most of the lessons together nor we're in the same house. So... All those times I'm just alone.
It feels too late to make new friends.
I had been expecting Ivy to inform my mother about me and Taehyun. But she hasn't done it.... Though, I can't help but fear a letter from home every breakfast.
However, none arrives.
Taehyun is the only one I have now. I know it sounds cheesy. But it is what it is. He knows it and thus, pays all the attention to me whenever he can. The days passed with him aren't that bad.
"Did anyone see you?" Taehyun came into view as soon as I exited the common room. "You scared me!" I whisper-yelled, alarmed.
"No. There's just 7th year students revising for NEWT." I shrugged. Taehyun nodded slowly.
"Let's go!" Taehyun ushered the way. I tagged along after skipping a few steps to match his pace. "Where are we going?" I stared up at him, curiously.
He had notified me to be prepared at midnight.
And that he'll be meeting me just out of the Slytherin common room. However, he didn't bother to rely any further information to me.
"I want you to meet someone." Keeping his eye forward, he offered me his hand which I gladly took. He interlocked our fingers. Interlocking our fingers as we hold hands out of nowhere has become an usual routine for us.
"Who could you be wanting me to meet in the middle of the nig-" Suddenly it comprehended in my mind. I gasped. "Delphini?"
Taehyun nodded.
I've been insecure of Delphini. Ever since I've lost Caspian and Ivy. I've built the trepidation of losing anyone close to me. Though I try not to showcase it, maybe I couldn't actually hide the fact that I am insecure of Delphini.
"No! I'm not meeting that bitch." I tried to break free.
However, Taehyun had a resilient grip. I couldn't get away. "She wants to meet you as well." He said, calmly. "Well, guess what? I don't. That minger." I muttered.
Though uninterested, I found myself traipsing along with Taehyun to the Astronomy tower.
There she stood. That girl in her twenties, with bright silver and blue hair that shone in the dim light. The weird tattoo of some bird was faintly visible through her hair on the back of her neck.
She beamed as soon as she saw us.
"You finally brought her!" She exclaimed as we approached her. "Had no option." Taehyun replied. I stubbornly pulled away my hand from his grasp and folded my arms.
"Nice to meet you, Y/n, I am Delphini. Delphini Diggory." She extended a hand.
I rolled my eyes and stood by my posture. "Can't say the same." I snapped. "Y/n!" Taehyun said, warningly. However, Delphini let out a little chuckle as she pulled away her hand. "She's fierce."
"Yeah..." Taehyun acknowledged.
"You're really pretty, Y/n. Just as Taehyun talks about you." Her sentences were dipped in honey. She was so sweet that it was suspicious. "I know." I snarled.
She chuckled again.
"I heard you're having a wrong idea about me and Taehyun." She finally got to the topic.
"I'm just reacting how anyone would react if the one they're dating sneaks out to meet another woman in the middle of the night." I shot a glare at Taehyun who was alarmed right away.
"Y/n...I know this sounds a little weird. But Taehyun is just trying to help me. As you're probably aware of the fact that Cedric was my cousin. His father has gone insane after his death. The family is in great turmoil. Taehyun is doing nothing but helping us out. You see, we've got to meet to discuss out the plan....the plan that can't really be revealed right now. But Taehyun insists that he'll inform it to you after it's executed and is successful and you see we can't really meet during the daytime owing to the huge crowd of students. We have no choice but to meet at night. Please try to understand.".
Her sugarcoated words almost softened me a little.
I pulled myself back together.
"Taehyun really likes you, Y/n. He always brings up this girl he had liked for years now and how he has finally won her and how he's cherishes her and-" Taehyun interrupted Delphini. "Okay, shut up,now."
I suppressed a giggle as I could see the pink blush on Taehyun's cheeks even though it was dark.
"There's really no need to worry Y/n. Taehyun is a kind person. He's just helping out me and my family." Delphini smiled.
"Whatever." I rolled my eyes.
"If you still have any doubt, you can always accompany Taehyun in our meetings!" She suggested. "I have better stuff to do." I acted as if I didn't interest me. However, in reality I am very much interested in knowing exactly what they're scheming.
"Nah, it's too dangerous for her anyway." Taehyun said.
Dangerous?
I turned to him. "Dangerous?" "Yeah..." He sighed out. "If it's dangerous, then, why are you doing all this?" I questioned. "You'll understand." Taehyun said, lucidly.
"Okay then, Taehyun, Y/n. I shall take my leave." Delphini said. "Today, I had especially paid my visit to meet you."
"Whatever." I replied, sternly.
"Okay, Taehyun. You remember, right?" She turned to Taehyun. He nodded slowly. Suddenly a question arouse in my mind. "Wait. How do you even get in? You can't apparate inside Hogwarts and there's no way you're allowed to come through the gate."
"You're smart." She chuckled lightly.
"Well... It's a secret." Delphini winked at me. Ew. "Pathetic." I muttered. But Delphini didn't seem to care about the slander.
"Okay then." She nodded to Taehyun. He nodded back. "Shall we leave then?" Taehyun suggested to me. "Yeah whatever, this slime ball disgusts me anyway." Rolling my eyes one last time, leaving Delphini standing there, I went back with Taehyun.
"Honestly though, how does that bitch even get in?" I ask Taehyun once I made sure that we were our of Delphini's earshot.
"She tells me it's a secret." He shrugged. "She's suspicious." I couldn't help but express my feeling about Delphini. "She's a nice person." Taehyun uttered.
I scoffed, loudly.
"Excuse me? You're complimenting another woman right in front of your girlfriend?! This is wretched." I argued.
Our feet were still leading us forward. Taehyun seized my wrist, making my steps come to a halt. "What?" I snapped as we stood, facing each other.
He tried to subdue a smile. I was shorter than him, hence, he leaned in so as to come to the same level as me, his hands inside his pockets. He stared into my eyes. These little acts of his are enough to give me butterflies. "Are you jealous?"
I scoffed, sarcastically. Taehyun pulled back, grinning.
"Me? Jealous? Jealous of who? That filthy hideous grandma? Even if I burn away my face while making a dangerous potion I would still look much better than that cunt. She's just a-"
Taehyun shut me up.
With a kiss...
I taken out of the blue. With shocked eyes, I looked up at a grinning Taehyun. "You speak too much."