double, double, toil and trouble

Chapter 37

Yukhei laughs as he mounts his broom and Jaemin swiftly follows his lead. They don't want to waste any time, especially as the Slytherin Quidditch team will be here for their own training session in just over an hour. Jaemin internally groans.

They push off quickly, hovering just a few feet off of the floor as they ready themselves for a few warm-up laps.

"How was your alone time with Jeno this morning?" The Gryffindor asks, adjusting his weight accordingly on his broom before throwing a wink Jaemin's way, "Get any action?"

To which the Slytherin just laughs, "Oh yeah, Buttercup almost body slammed me for touching her precious salamander, and the Firedrake set the sleeve of Jeno's robe on fire", which has Yukhei shaking his head, emitting a similar laugh as he wasn't referring to that kind of action, "What about you? Any progress with Renjun?"

The Gryffindor Keeper just smiles smugly as he lifts his chin up, proud, "I've been invited to the astronomy club's next meeting."

"Look at you go", Jaemin whistles, to which that smug look on Yukhei's face gives way to a slight blush.

Renjun had never shown romantic interest in anyone all throughout his time at Hogwarts. He usually just grumbles about immature boys and too much homework. Still, seeing how happy both him and Yukhei have been recently, Jaemin is incredibly happy for both of them.

"Three laps, then we start?" Yukhei offers, and Jaemin doesn't respond verbally. He doesn't need to because one moment they're hovering patiently, mid-conversation, and the next they're racing each other around the pitch, soaring through the air.

Due to their ongoing conversations, the two Quidditch players only spent around half the time they were meant to going through warm-ups and a select few drills until their time was up.

It was fun, easy, and when Yukhei asks if Jaemin wants to make this a regular thing, he accepts without hesitation. But as soon as they touch back down onto the ground, Jaemin had to screw his captain head on as he sees the first few members of his team nearing the pitch.

He bids Yukhei goodbye and quickly goes over the plan for this training session in his mind.

Ironically, they were training for their next match- Slytherin against Gryffindor and even though the team were warming up to the idea of Chenle playing with them, there was still a lot for them to go through in preparation for the game.

But there was one saving grace, one thought that eased his mind regardless of how training goes... and that was his date with Jeno later.

He's still smiling like an idiot when the team gathers on the pitch, waiting for him to snap out of his daydream.

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"Okay, wait, so no looking..."

"I'm not looking."

"Okay... Are you sure?"

"Positive", Jaemin laughs, his hands over Jeno's own as they're placed against Jaemin's face, shielding his eyes from what's in front of him, "Don't make me walk into anything- or trip!"

"I won't", Jeno promises, his breath dangerously close to Jaemin's ear, "I've got you."

And Jaemin blames his erratic heartbeat on the loss of his vision rather than the warmth he feels radiating from Jeno standing so close behind him.

"You could at least tell me where we're going..." He grumbles, but Jeno only continues to diligently lead Jaemin down a corridor.

The Hufflepuff had planned their date and had told Jaemin nothing about it. It was a surprise, and Jaemin loved surprises, but he was also extremely curious.