"So that's what happened?" Nayeon asks groggily after Jeongyeon explains what happened.
"We told Professor Shacklebolt and literally everyone else we know so now they're doing a school wide search," Jihyo informs her.
"Oh wow..." Nayeon looks down at her hands before looking up again, cracking a smile, "All for me?"
"Ugh..." Jeongyeon and Jihyo groan at her ego as she cackles.
"Where are the others?" Nayeon asks.
"Chaeyoung and Dahyun are asking around," Jeongyeon recalls, "Sana, Momo, and Mina are looking in places where it could be."
"Oh okay...wait...where's Tzuyu?" Nayeon asks and the other two look at her before shrugging.
"We have no clue," Jihyo sighs, "Anyways, I'm going to go help ask around, see you guys around!"
And with that, the short fifth year jogs out of the infirmary, leaving the couple alone. It's a little awkward though, both of them don't really know what to say knowing how things were before this incident. Jeongyeon tries to come up with something to say but the more she thinks about what to say, the more nervous and sweaty she gets.
"I'm sorry," Nayeon's soft voice cuts through her thoughts like a knife through room temperature butter.
"I...I'm sorry too," Jeongyeon says and she wipes her sweaty hands on her pants before holding Nayeon's left hand.
"You don't have anything to apologize for," Nayeon says, "I was being dumb and over bearing. I know you wouldn't cheat on me or leave me without saying anything but seeing her all around you made my blood boil."
"I know that and I'm apologizing because I didn't do as much about that before," Jeongyeon explains, "I wouldn't welcome her advances and I thought just ignoring them was enough but it clearly wasn't."
"No, no, it's alright," Nayeon squeezes her hands, "You ignoring her is enough, you don't have to do anything crazy. I've been getting a handle over my emotions...it's just that...I've never been jealous of another girl like this before."
"Really? Hm, I'm a little surprised," Jeongyeon chuckles, "Thought you might've been jealous of Tzuyu or Mina or someone at some point."
"Nah, they're our friends and Tzuyu is my family," Nayeon says, "We all have each others backs and knowing how some of us act among each other makes me glad that we all have differing personalities. I have nothing to be jealous about when you and the others give me all that I could ever want."
"Friendship?" Jeongyeon asks.
"Family," Nayeon answers. "I'd literally do anything for you and the others."
"I'd do the same," Jeongyeon smiles and bends down to hug her.
"...off topic question, kind of not, but," Nayeon runs her hand through her girlfriend's short blonde hair, "Where is Tzuyu?"
"Anything for them," Tzuyu whispers as she peaks around the corner.
The youngest of the little rag tag group, Twice, is in the dungeons. Waiting. She's been there for about an hour, waiting for Alexander Nott to leave Slytherin House Commons. Her waiting is finally over. Alexander exits the dungeons with a sour look on his face and stalks down the corridor. Tzuyu whispers a tracking spell and points her wand at Alexander's figure that is about to turn the corner down the hall opposite of her. When it hits, she takes out a piece of paper: a map of the castle and points her wand at it. A second after she does this, Alexander's name appears on the map and she watches his name go around the corridors.
"Alright...cool," Tzuyu whispers, she waves her wand and the statue illusion spell she set up disappears, and she runs down the corridor up the stairs to the Grand Staircase.
As she reaches the main area, she spots Chaeyoung and Dahyun. She runs over to her two best friends and they turn to greet her.
"Hey, Tzu," Chaeyoung smiles brightly at her, "Where have you been?"
"I've been watching Alexander and his friends in case they say anything or do anything about the box," Tzuyu says and takes out the map she has.
"What's that?" Dahyun asks.
"A map I'm using to track Alexander," She explains, "I will check every place he has been. I can't go in the commons but the teachers will search the commons of each house and school anyways."
"Hm, that's very smart but it's also dangerous," Dahyun says, "Where'd you even learn this spell?"
"Read it in a book from the restricted section," Tzuyu says and they begin walking, to the lake probably.
"Look at you being a genius," Chaeyoung giggles and squeezes her friends shoulder.
"It's not powerful and will only last a week so I have to find out by Sunday," Tzuyu whispers, "I could just keep doing this spell up until the next event but we still need to figure out what the clue is as fast as possible."
"True," Dahyun strokes her chin, "Wait, let's go to Nayeon and tell her what we know."
"Good idea," Chaeyoung says and they all make a sharp change of direction.
When they arrive at the infirmary, they just swing the door open and walk in.
That was a not good idea.
"My...eyes..." Dahyun mutters and Nayeon screams.
"WHAT THE HELL? DON'T YOU GUYS KNOCK? Nayeon yells as Jeongyeon hides her face. I think you have an idea of what has just transpired.
"This is the infirmary! No one walks in here expecting two people to be snogging!" Chaeyoung waves her arms in the air and the couple in front of them looks down.
"Anyways, I will erase that sight from my memory," Tzuyu points her wand at her head.
"Oh please, don't be so dramatic," Nayeon rolls her eyes and Tzuyu shows the tiniest sliver of a smile as they get closer to the two.
"Hm, uh, anyways," Jeongyeon clears her throat, "What's up you three?"
"Well, we wanted to tell you that some Hufflepuffs saw two Beauxbaton students run past them," Chaeyoung explains, "And they seemed to have met up with a Slytherin at the end of the hall before disappearing. The students said they don't know where the Beauxbaton students came from but they didn't seem to have anything with them."
"Speaking of Slytherin, I spent sometime spying on some Slytherins and I put a tracker spell on Alexander Nott," Tzuyu says as she takes out the map, unfolds it and reveals Alexander's name in the Great Hall. "I'm going to write down the places I've seen him in and we can check them out."
"Oh wow, good job all three of you," Jeongyeon looks at all three of them impressed.
"Hm...can I talk to Tzuyu in private?" Nayeon asks and the rest nod, Tzuyu shoots her a curious glance.
"...Tzuyu, don't do anything brash," Nayeon says quietly after the Infirmary doors close.
"I won't, I'm just tracking him," Tzuyu whispers and Nayeon slowly nods.
"I know and I am grateful for what you're doing but I want you to be careful," Nayeon whispers, "If someone was following me, they'll probably be keeping an eye on all of us to make sure we don't figure out anything."
"I know, I made sure no one followed me as I was spying on Alexander," Tzuyu says, "I used illusion spells as I stood at the corner of the corridor in the dungeons."
"That's very smart of you but now they're probably onto us," Nayeon says, "Just like we're onto them."
"I got that down too," Tzuyu says, "We can check out these locations at a separate time from Alexander and if I get confronted or anything, I'll keep a level head."
"I trust you, Tzuyu-ya but I also care about you," Nayeon says with a smile, "I'll say this a million times: be careful."
"I will," Tzuyu smiles, "I, in fact, am the careful one between the two of us."
"Ya know, Tzu," Chaeyoung says as the two walk to the lake from the nurses office after departing from the others, "I wish I was as smart and as tall as you sometimes. You came up with that tracker idea and everyone stares at you in awe when you walk by."
"I...why though? I'm not sociable the way you are," Tzuyu says with a sad smile, "You're friends with a lot of people meanwhile, people know me but I'm only actually close with you and the other unnies."
"That's fine though, Tzuyu-ya," Chaeyoung says, turning to her, "You don't need a bunch of friends to feel loved or accepted; you just need people or a person you can trust almost completely."
"Do you trust me almost completely?" Tzuyu asks, a little nervous about her best friend's answer.
"I trust you completely," Chaeyoung says, stopping in front of her.
"I trust you completely too," Tzuyu says, "You don't have to be smart or tall, you're perfect just the way you are, Chaengie."
"You really think so? You're just saying that cause we're best friends," Chaeyoung says, clearly blushing at the compliment.
"I really do think so and it's because we're best friends that I can say that," Tzuyu steps closer a little bit, "If I wasn't, I wouldn't be able to say that."
"I...wow," Chaeyoung whispers as she looks up at her bestfriend, speechless by her way with words.
"I'd do anything for you," Tzuyu smiles as she hugs her friend, causing the smaller girl's eyes to widen in surprise. Tzuyu rarely initiates the hug.
"I'd do anything for you too," Chaeyoung hugs her back. "Be careful."
"Heh, like I said to Nayeon-unnie," Tzuyu pulls away to look down at her, "I'm the careful one between the two of us."
"Heh, yeah right, Miss Challenge-Someone-To-A-Duel-In-My-First-Year," Chaeyoung squeezes her forearms.
"I had a just cause," Tzuyu reasons before making them walk again, "Anyways, Alexander was at the Owlery, let's go there."
"Alright, I have something I want to send to my parents anyways," Chaeyoung says as she slips her hand into Tzuyu's and they make their way through the chilly corridors of the large castle.
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I wish kpop fandoms could completely get along...or at the very least, if people don't like a group or fandom, we could just respectfully ignore each other. It's so sad and stressful to see the nonsense that happens. This kind of stuff deters people who are curious about kpop.
Anyways,
Thank you for reading!