Chapter Five
Kunhang awoke as the sun softly beamed into his eyes. He raised himself from the ottoman he had fallen asleep on, looking up to see Youngho was still fast asleep in his bed. The younger boy stretched his limbs silently. He quickly showered and redressed once he was back in Youngho’s room. With one more glance at the older boy, he left the dungeons. His steps made little sound as he walked towards the Great Hall, smiling as portraits greeted him.
The slytherin was not prepared to be pushed into an alcove, nor was he expecting to be faced with the red and gold linings of robs and a handsome face of a boy, Kunhang belatedly matched to Jaehyun Jung, the gryffindor quidditch captain. The taller of the two dragged Kunhang into the darkness of the alcove, pressing him into a corner, faces barely an inch apart as Jaehyun stared down the chinese boy. “What are you?” he spat in Kunhang’s face.
He held his breath for a moment, unfazed by the disgust in the older’s eyes. “My name is Kunhang…” he whispered, eyes never leaving the gryffindor’s burning gaze. He held back a whimper as the older grabbed his jaw, pushing his head back into the stone wall.
“That wasn’t what I asked” he grunted, his grip was bruising, Kunhang felt his neck spasm. “You’re a half breed aren’t you? A filthy monster that seduces every man?” the younger boy tried to push the much stronger boy off of him, failing as his hand barely moved Jaehyun’s shoulder back as he pushed.
Kunhang couldn’t relax his rapidly beating heart, eyes closing as he held back tears. “I don’t understand what you’re asking…” he whispered, eyes slightly opening as Jaehyun's grip tightened even more, coaxing a yelp out of the younger.
Jaehyun bared his teeth as he growled, “You’re a veela aren’t you? An untrustworthy whore. Why are you seducing Lucas?” His breath burned Kunhang’s skin as the younger tried to dissociate himself. After a moment of silence, Jaehyun growled again, pushing Kunhang’s head farther back in a rough manner, smacking his head against the stone wall. The younger cried out, his body reacted by shaking as he held back his instincts.
Jaehyun’s hand disappeared, and for a moment Kunhang kept his eyes shut. He heard a scuff, and then footsteps moving away from him and out of the alcove. “Are you okay?” a voice asked quietly. Kunhang hadn’t realized he slid to the floor until he opened his eyes and was looking up at the red haired boy in blue lined robes. “Come on… it’s better to keep your head high then to hide.” he spoke silently as he reached down to pull the slytherin up on his feet. “I’m Yuta... I don’t know if Youngho spoke about me to you…” Yuta eyed him hesitantly.
Kunhang just took in a breath, straightening his posture. “Yuta?” He mouthed, quietly eyeing the older boy, “Yea… Youngho mentioned you.” He stated, his eyes softening when Yuta met his gaze. “Thank you,” he whispered. Yuta just shrugged.
“Jaehyun thinks he’s hot shit, sadly my friend Doyoung is still madly in love with him, so I deal with his dumbass everyday.” He laughed bitterly, taking a step back, “Breakfast?” He offered, Kunhang smiled, walking past the ravenclaw and out of the alcove, knowing the boy was following.
Lucas mixed his spoon into his porridge, quietly listening to his friends chat as they sat in the Great Hall. He fought to keep his eyes on his friends or porridge instead of the entrance where he was waiting for a certain slytherin to walk through, but he knew his friends would become suspicious. “Yo, Lucas. You seem real quiet, are you okay?” Mark questioned hesitantly, eyeing the taller boy. Yangyang just scuffed.
“He’s obviously waiting for his true love to walk into the hall.” Yangyang rolled his eyes, “This is why you’re not a ravenclaw, Mark Lee.” he sassed, smirking as Mark flipped him off. Yangyang glanced at the entrance, laughing sarcastically as he turned back to his friends. “He’s arrived, but with an unexpected new friend.” The group looked over, Jeno and Mark’s eyebrows raising as Lucas tilted his head in confusion.
“Is that Yuta Nakamoto?” Jeno asked, eyes widening as the ravenclaw sat with Kunhang at the slytherin table, across from Youngho Seo. “Oh shit… They are recruiting…” Yangyang and Mark shared a look before all of them turned to lucas. The taller gryffindor just shrugged out of his trance once he realized he was being watched.
Lucas looked up at the slytherin table, smiling excitedly when Kunhang met his eyes. He waved at the younger, who in return motioned for him to come over, a shy smile playing on his lips as he looked down. The gryffindor wasted no time in standing up and walked in a fastened pace to the other side of the hall, sitting beside Kunhang. “Hey” he grinned.
Youngho and Yuta glanced only for a moment before continuing to eat, Kunhang looked up through his eyelashes shyly, a playful smile on his lips. “hey…” the gryffindor held back his giddiness as the smaller boy turned slightly to face him more. “Thank you, for taking me to the infirmary.” he whispered, Lucas smiled widely as he grabbed Kunhang’s hand delicately.
“You don’t have to thank me.” he stated, a giggle leaving his lips when he saw the blush creep up the smaller boy’s neck. His eyes glanced in hesitance towards Youngho, unreadable eyes boring into his side profile as the older boy all but glared at Lucas. “What happened, when I came back to you, you were in a panicked state..?” Lucas’ eyes widened in worry when Kunhang just lowered his gaze to his lap.
A soft cough was the only sound made as Lucas waited for Kunhang to respond. He didn’t dare to look up longer than a second to glance at Yuta who was the culptrite. Yuta’s straight face was anything but calming as he glanced between the two of them with what seemed to be a slight annoyance. “Just tell him.” Youngho groaned as he didn’t look up while he sipped his water. Yuta smirked in a sarcastic way at Youngho as he turned his attention to the food in front of them once again.
Kunhang didn’t dare to try to make eye contact with the older slytherin who patiently spooned porridge into his mouth, eyes unnerving as they stared straight into Yuta’s. “I don’t do great with confrontation…” Kunhang whispered to Lucas, his sight lifting to where his hand was still being held by Lucas. “And when I am confined, I can’t control my anger that well… and I was unable to ignore the harsh and brash words of those girls…” he mumbled, a frown creasing his face.
The gryffindor’s face fell into what could be considered anger, “whatever they told you, or did to you, I think you’re perfect.” he used his hand that wasn’t occupied with Kunhang’s, to lift up the slytherin’s chin so they were eye to eye. He could feel the eyes of everyone around them watching him.
Kunhang hesitated, his eyes glancing quickly to Youngho, who just raised an eyebrow at the interaction. Yuta was anything but interested as he scrapped his fork against the plate, moving around the leftover foods. “I swear to god… you two radiate such sexual frustration, wait until you’re alone, or better yet. Go to a dorm room, and fuck, I don’t want to see it.” Yuta grunted as he glared at the two. Youngho snorted as he placed his cup down to eye Kunhang.
“Take him to the dungeons.” Youngho’s words seemed to strike a nerve as Kunhang nodded begrudgingly as he looked at Lucas, motioning for him to follow. Like a puppy on a leash, Lucas followed obediently. “How long?” Yuta questioned as he watched them walk off.
Youngho scuffed, “No clue, but I don’t care. They may do as they wish.” he scanned the tables surrounding them, “He has to talk to Lucas about the deal anyways. Might as well get it over, right?” he raised an eyebrow as Yuta rolled his eyes, locking them with Doyoung who was staring him down from the ravenclaw table. With the light touch of Youngho’s fingers to his hair at the back of his neck, Yuta closed his eyes. He didn’t see Doyoung get up and leave the hall.
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Yangyang huffed as he leaned against the wall. “Mark~” he whined loudly, “hurry up~” the other gryffindor boy just rolled his eyes with a smile on his lips as he finished placing the portrait Professor Yunho had asked him to put up. As he turned to give Yangyang a look of impatience, he was tugged behind a statue, hiding both boys from the sight of anyone in the hall. “What the?” Mark gasped, his mouth being covered by Yangyang’s hand. “Shh! Look!” he whispered.
Upon looking passed the corner, Mark and Yangyang caught Lucas following a somewhat distressed look Kunhang, who bit his lip silently as they walked down the hall. “What are you going to show me?” they heard Lucas say, a smile evident even in his voice as he grabbed Kunhang’s hand to hold as they walked. The shorter boy looked up at him with a slightly calmer face.
“I want to sleep… I thought maybe we could cuddle?” Kunhang spoke so softly that Mark and Yangyang had a hard time hearing. Lucas on the other hand had a smile split his face as he pulled the slytherin closer to his to wrap his arm around his waist, halting their steps. “Only… if you want to of course?” Kunhang stated hesitantly.
Mark and Yangyang held back gasps as they watched Lucas pull Kunhang by the waist, placing a delicate hand on the boy’s jaw as he kissed Kunhang. The slytherin boy froze slightly, but relaxed as he raised his arms to lay on the taller’s shoulders, looping around to place his hands on the back of Lucas’ neck, playing with the hair at his nape.
For a moment, it was quiet between the two as they slowly kissed, lips plush and eyes closed. Kunhang pulled away, staring into Lucas’ eyes with emotions that the taller couldn’t understand. “Was that okay?” he asked softly, hand still holding Kunhang’s face in a delicate way. The smaller boy nodded, words unable to leave his throat. Kunhang composed himself silently as he stepped back, taking the hand that was against his face, holding it as he began walking quickly to the slytherin common rooms.
Once the two were out of sight Yangyang gagged. “Oh god. Lucas…” he sobbed dryly. Mark just stared off in thought as Yangyang pulled him towards the gryffindor commons. “Come on, Mark! We need to talk to Kun, or Taeyong or someone! Lucas is being used by a veela.” Yangyang exclaimed. Mark just sighed as he followed his friend.