Hi, we're back already! Today we have another one shot about Jisung and Renjun but don't worry, next week is gonna be all about Seungjin because I'm sure you've missed them just as much as we have lol

I don't really know what to say lmao, so I'll just cut the rambling and let you read right away!

I hope you'll like it!

Ever since the Halloween party Jisung found himself running into Jeno more frequently.

The Gryffindor would constantly start up conversations with him, which was fine – they had somehow managed to become something like friends after their messy on and off relationship that had ended back in their fourth year – but Jisung wasn’t sure Jeno knew that he wasn’t into him anymore.

“So, are you seeing anyone? I heard you and Eunseo are over,” Jeno currently asked, as he and Jisung headed to Potions together.

Renjun wasn’t with them because he hadn’t been feeling up to Potions class after going to bed late due to one of his mysterious late-night walks. Jisung asked himself why the older never wanted him to come along.

“I have my eye on someone,” Jisung replied vaguely.

Jeno grinned, completely unfazed by Jisung’s response. “Whoever it is, I’m convinced that I’m a better fit.”

Jisung withheld a snort, not wanting to be rude. “You call constantly being on and off a better fit? Sorry, Jeno. I don’t see it...”

They reached the dungeons and Seungmin shot Jisung a confused look upon seeing him enter with Jeno.

“Anyway, I’ll go sit over there. See you around,” Jisung said, before making his way over to his best friend, sitting next to him with an exhausted sigh.

“You and Jeno, huh?” Seungmin pointed out.

Jisung frantically shook his head. “No, absolutely not!”

“Hey, he’s your ex, I won’t judge if you two start something again...” the younger told him with a shrug. “Just... be careful. I didn’t know you for a very long time back then, but it didn’t seem like the healthiest relationship,” he added, a tinge of worry laced in his voice.

Jisung was so touched by Seungmin’s concern that he almost forgot to assure him that nothing was going on between him and Jeno.

Almost.

“Nothing’s happening between me and Jeno. He’s just been trying to get back with me since Halloween,” he told him.

Jeno was a nice guy, but he hadn’t been the best boyfriend.

Maybe the reason had been their age, but Jeno had been overly jealous, glaring daggers at everyone who had even so much as looked in Jisung’s direction, always keeping a possessive arm around his shoulders as he did so.

They had kept fighting about the most trivial things, breaking up over more than half of them, only to get back together a day or two later. It had been exhausting and it was not something that Jisung wanted to get himself into again.

Besides, he had Renjun now, even though nobody knew about that.

“Where’s Renjun?” Seungmin asked, making Jisung’s head snap in his direction at the mention of his secret boyfriend’s name, startling out of his thoughts.

“What?” he asked.

“Renjun... where is he?” Seungmin repeated his question. Jisung breathed a sigh of relief.

Granted, Seungmin finding out about their secret relationship wouldn’t be the worst thing, but he would most definitely tell Hyunjin and then there would be two people who knew about them. The more people knew the easier it was for the secret to come out.

Shuddering, he remembered how fast the news of his friend Mina’s pregnancy had spread last year.

“He didn’t feel like coming to class today,” Jisung finally replied.

He figured that he should let Renjun know about Jeno’s flirting attempts. The last thing he needed was to get into a fight with his boyfriend over something as minor as this. But he figured that could only be avoided by being honest.

~

Potions class had been a drag, but Jisung met up with Renjun before his next class, which significantly brightened his day.

“Hey babe, did you rest up enough?” he questioned, half-jokingly. Renjun grinned and hooked his arm through Jisung’s, a gesture that seemed friendly to the unknowing eye.

“I did...”

“What is it with you and those midnight walks?” Jisung asked chuckling.

Renjun looked at him, his grin still wide on his face. “I will tell you about it soon,” he promised.

“How mysterious,” the younger commented. Jeno passed them, waving at Jisung with a bright smile.

“Right... there’s something I have to tell you about...” Jisung spoke up, following Jeno with his eyes until he was sure he was out of earshot. Renjun raised a questioning eyebrow. “You know how Jeno flirted with me at the Halloween party?”

“Sure, if you can call off-handed riding comments flirting...” Renjun replied with a slight hint of bitterness in his voice along with a small pout, that made Jisung want to squish his cheeks and give him a kiss. He managed to resist the urge, though.

“Yeah, he kinda wants to get back together with me. At least, I think he does. He’s been flirting with me and he keeps asking if I’m seeing anyone,” Jisung admitted, checking his boyfriend’s face for reactions.

“Well, get rid of him,” was all the older said.

“I’m trying, babe. But it’s kind of hard to properly turn someone down without breaking their heart. I mean, he’s still kind of a friend,” Jisung told him.

Renjun hummed in slight dismay. “Okay, fine. But you better keep turning him down. If he doesn’t leave you alone soon, I’ll break something other than his heart,” he warned.

Jisung laughed. He didn’t doubt Renjun in the slightest, but he still couldn’t help but find the threat endearing.

“You’re cute when you’re mad,” he said, quietly enough for only Renjun to hear, as they entered the classroom. The older blushed but didn’t reply and instead just wordlessly dragged Jisung to their seats.

~

“Jisungie...” Renjun spoke up that same evening after dinner when they were – once again – the only ones in the sixth year Ravenclaw dorm. They were cuddling on Jisung’s bed, curtains drawn, of course. Renjun’s head was resting in the crook of his boyfriend’s neck, Jisung’s right arm slung around his slim frame and their hands intertwined on Renjun’s belly.

“Hm?” Jisung’s response came out as a sleepy grunt.

“There isn’t anything I should be worried about, right?” Renjun questioned.

Jisung furrowed his brows. “What do you mean?” he asked.

Renjun exhaled, not sure if he should bring the topic up again, but he had already started, so there was no use in beating around the bush.

“With Jeno. I know how charming he can be, or whatever...” he trailed off, recalling his own history with Lee Jeno. Jisung squeezed his hand a little bit.

“I can assure you that I will never start anything with him again. He’s a friend and that’s it. Besides, who’s a better match for me than you?”

Renjun smiled a little bit at the answer. He trusted Jisung, it was Jeno he didn’t trust. His eye smile could land him a lot of things, which is why he was so popular among guys and girls alike. On top of that, he was a Quidditch player. And a good one at that.

Just like all of Jisung’s exes as Renjun realized.

He knew he shouldn’t let his mind go there, but now that he had dipped a toe into the insecurity pool, it was hard to come back out.

~

“Jisung, wait up,” Jeno called out to him on his way down to Care of Magical Creatures. Jisung waited for him, again not wanting to seem rude. “Man, I’m really not up to heading into the forest today,” Jeno said casually.

Jisung was almost relieved that he hadn’t started off with yet another pick-up line.

“Yeah, who knows what kind of horrible creature we have to deal with today,” he agreed. Jisung didn’t even know why he’d kept Care of Magical Creatures.

“I hope it’s nothing too bad...” Jeno said. He grinned brightly at Jisung. “So, how’s the whole Quidditch captain thing going?” he questioned.

Jisung couldn’t help but smirk. “Pretty good, considering how we beat you last time,” he said cockily, making Jeno laugh.

“That was one time,” he argued. They continued bickering the rest of the way, and Jisung found himself actually kind of enjoying Jeno’s company. It was so much easier to be around him when he didn’t try to flirt with him.

Unfortunately, though, Jeno’s demeanor didn’t last. After class, he accompanied Jisung back to the castle for lunch.

“By the way, have you thought about it?” The younger furrowed his brows in a questioning manner. “About us. You don’t have to play hard to get with me,” Jeno explained.

Jisung stopped walking and looked at him. “I told you I like someone else, Jeno,” he said, almost sternly.

Jeno pouted, though it didn’t seem like a real one. “At least go out with me once. Whoever it is you like, I’m sure you’ll reconsider once I take you out. We used to have so much fun on our dates...” he tried to reason.

Renjun walked up to them, from the direction of the big staircase. He raised his eyebrows at them but said nothing.

“Sorry, Jeno. I don’t think so...” Jisung declined. Renjun had reached them by now.

“Hey,” he greeted them.

“Hey, Junnie... can you please tell Jisung that we look amazing together,” Jeno said playfully wrapping an arm around the younger’s waist. Jisung slapped at his chest half-assedly and wiggled out of Jeno’s grip.

“Stop that. I’m not going to go out with you,” he said, before looking at Renjun. The oldest seemed less amused by the whole scenario than Jisung. “We were going to have lunch together, so...” Jisung trailed off, addressing Jeno.

“Sure, see you around,” Jeno said and went in, heading for the Gryffindor table.

“I kind of lost my appetite,” Renjun said his heel, walking away. Jisung needed a second or two to even process the turn of events before he hurried to catch up with his boyfriend.

“Are you okay?” he asked. “Are you getting sick?”

Renjun shook him off when he tried to place a hand on his forehead and just continued walking with a stoic expression. It didn’t suit him at all to be this serious and it kind of worried Jisung.

“Can you please talk to me?” Jisung asked after a while. They had reached the common room by now.

“I don’t think I’m going to class this afternoon,” Renjun said, not looking at Jisung.

The younger reached out to grab his hand. “That isn’t what I meant. What’s wrong?” he asked again. Renjun freed himself from his grip again.

“Nothing, I’ll just rest up a little...” he said, storming up the stairs and to their dorm.

Jisung contemplated going after him, but he figured that his boyfriend wanted to be alone right now. He had already figured that it might have had something to do with that whole Jeno thing just now, but he had already told Renjun that he didn’t have any feelings for him. He didn’t think he could do more than that.

~

Renjun felt like an idiot. He should have told Jisung what was really bothering him, instead of whatever he had pulled just now. But he couldn’t help it.

Can you please tell Jisung that we look amazing together?

As much as he hated to admit it, Jeno hadn’t been too wrong about it. Jisung had a history with him and they really didn’t look too bad together.

He mentally slapped himself for the ridiculous thought. His insecurities were getting the better of him. But how could they not?

The constant thoughts of ‘What if he likes Quidditch players more than scrawny idiots?’

Besides, people had been pretty supportive of their relationship back then, so he figured the gossip would be mainly positive and Jisung would be less scared of what they had to say.

He didn’t mind hiding his relationship with Jisung in the slightest, but what if the younger ever grew tired of having to hide and then he would go for someone he knew people shipped him with? Jisung didn’t seem too concerned about being seen with Jeno in public. What if he still had feelings for him?

With a frustrated groan he let himself fall back into the pillows. The only way to get this out of the way once and for all was to talk to Jisung, if he didn’t want to lose him...

~

Jisung hung out with Seungmin and Hyunjin for a bit after class and by the time they came back to the Ravenclaw dorm, Renjun was already asleep. Maybe he really was a little sick. He thought back to the older’s behavior this afternoon. He wanted to talk to him about it but figured that it would have to wait until tomorrow.

Needless to say, Jisung didn’t end up sleeping very well that night.

He kept thinking of ways to convince Renjun that he wasn’t going to start anything with Jeno. At the same time, he tried to figure out how to get his point across Jeno. He wasn’t interested, how was that so hard to understand? It frustrated him that he couldn’t talk about this to anyone.

Before he knew it, the sun was rising, and he scrambled out of bed to get ready for the day. To his surprise, Renjun woke up just as he had gathered all his washroom stuff. Then again, he had gone to sleep early the previous evening, so it made sense for him to be up this early.

“Hey...” Renjun croaked out, also climbing out of bed.

“Hi...” Jisung said. He waited for his boyfriend to also gather his stuff before they made their way to the washrooms together.

“So, about yesterday...” Renjun started, causing Jisung to perk up. He didn’t think Renjun would be the one to bring it up. “I’m sorry, I got so y...” the older said.

Jisung waved off. “It’s okay. We all have bad days,” he replied.

Renjun smiled a little but it didn’t quite reach his eyes. They quickly got ready in the bathroom and got dressed before heading to breakfast. Renjun looked like he wanted to say something, so Jisung asked him about it.

“What’s wrong?”

Renjun almost jumped at suddenly getting addressed and he really didn’t seem to want to talk about it.

He opened his mouth to answer anyway: “It’s about Jeno...” he trailed off. “The reason I was so pissed yesterday was because... he seems really into you.”

Jisung’s lips stretched into a line. “I already told you that I won’t get back together with him,” he said and Renjun sighed.

“I know, but he doesn’t seem to want to understand that.”

Jisung couldn’t help but get a little defensive. “I have it under control, Renjun. I’m glad that Jeno and I can be something like friends again and I really don’t want to ruin that.”

Renjun stopped in his tracks and whirled around to completely face him. His face looked a little angry. “You know just as well as I do that he wants to be more than friends with you!” he exclaimed. He ran a hand through his slowly growing out blonde hair – which still looked hot, but now was not the right time to get distracted – and then crossed his arms over his chest.

“Okay, I admit that he’s a little flirty–”

Renjun cut him off, his voice sounding exasperated: “A little? Eric is a little flirty. Hyunjin is a little flirty. I wouldn’t mind a little and I trust you with the both of them–”

“But you don’t trust me with Jeno?” Jisung asked, also cutting his boyfriend off mid-sentence. “Do you really think I’d start anything with him again, especially after I told you I wouldn't?”

He was exasperated by the silent accusation.

“That’s not what I’m saying,” Renjun said, though albeit less angry than before.

“That’s what it sounded like!” Jisung shot back.

A silence followed in which they were staring each other down, before Renjun walked away without further words. Jisung huffed, not really feeling hungry anymore, but still heading to the Great Hall.

He bumped into Seungmin at the entrance. The younger must have caught his sour expression.

“What’s going on?” he questioned.

“Renjun and I had a fight–” he started, but quickly cut himself off before revealing too much. “You know what, never mind. It’s no big deal,” he said, taking off before Seungmin could question him.

It was a big deal, though.

It was the first fight he had ever had with Renjun and therefore also their first fight as a couple and it had been about something like this.

What if they couldn’t recover from that?

Was this already it?

Jisung shook the thought out of his head. He wasn’t just going to give up after one fight. He liked Renjun too much.

But how was he going to fix this?

~

Renjun avoided Jisung all day after their fight.

It wasn’t the easiest thing to do, considering they shared most of their classes, but he didn’t know how to approach him. He hadn’t meant to make Jisung sound untrustworthy, because he knew that Jisung wouldn’t ever cheat on him.

It wasn’t cheating he was scared of. It was Jisung realizing that he liked Jeno more – or an equally as athletically inclined guy or girl – and leaving him to be with them instead.

At lunch, he sat alone. His gaze fell onto Jeno, who was over at the Gryffindor table talking to Felix and a few other of his Quidditch teammates. Renjun didn’t notice that he was picking around in his food while glaring until a voice ripped him from his thoughts.

“What’s got you glaring?”

It was Hyunjin, who had plopped into the seat next to his. He followed Renjun’s his gaze.

“Nothing...” Renjun answered bitterly, but to no avail. Hyunjin raised his eyebrow and stole one of his fries.

“Bull. You’re looking at Jeno,” he pointed out.

Renjun scoffed.

Suddenly, Hyunjin gasped. “Oh my god! Is he that mysterious crush? Again?”

Renjun downright snorted at that one. “Hell no.”

Hyunjin chuckled. “Aw, you did look good together, though. If it’s not him then who is it? You never told me. Is it really not Jeno?”

Renjun would later blame it on being upset and pissed off because of Jeno trying to steal his secret boyfriend, but he glared at Hyunjin and snapped at him: “Can you off, Hyunjin? I’m not ing interested in Jeno and I’m really not in the mood for your bull right now!”

Hyunjin’s face fell at his best friend’s tone and Renjun immediately felt bad. Hyunjin had done nothing wrong and he shouldn’t take his bad mood out on him.

“Damn, okay... I’ll leave you alone,” he said and got up.

“No wait...” Renjun called out to him, but Hyunjin was already walking away.

Great, now he had pissed off his boyfriend and his best friend, all within the span of six hours.

~

Seungmin immediately noticed his boyfriend’s pouty expression when they met up at the library. He cupped his cheeks and looked at him.

“What’s wrong, honey?” he questioned.

“Renjun’s in a bad mood and he snapped at me...” Hyunjin replied, still pouting.

For some reason, Seungmin didn’t look surprised. He let go of Hyunjin’s cheeks and took his hand instead, as they sat down at one of the library tables.

“Jisung mentioned that he and Renjun had a fight...” he said.

Hyunjin gave him a surprised look. “They did? What were they fighting about?”

Seungmin shrugged. “Jisung wouldn’t tell me. But he seemed really upset. They’ve been spending lots of time together lately...” he pointed out.

“Yeah... I guess that explains Renjun’s bad mood...”

“I really wonder what they could have possibly fought about...” Seungmin mumbled, more to himself than to Hyunjin.

“Whatever it is, they need to make up. Soon.”

~

Jisung had seriously contemplated skipping class for the rest of the day, but he decided against it. He hadn’t failed to notice the fact that Renjun was avoiding him and he figured it was best to let the older cool off for a while even though he really wanted to talk to him.

He knew that he should probably avoid Jeno as well, considering that he was kind of the reason Renjun was even mad at him. But Jisung just didn’t have it in him to tell his friend to go sit somewhere else during lunch, when the Gryffindor sat down next to him.

“What’s up with you?” Jeno questioned, clearly catching on to Jisung’s dampened mood.

“Nothing. I just didn’t have the best day so far...” he replied. Jeno gave him a sympathetic look. “Listen, Jeno, there’s something –”

Before Jisung could finish his sentence Felix showed up out of nowhere.

“Hey, Jeno. I’m supposed to tell you that there’s practice in two hours,” he said, acknowledging Jisung with a grin.

“Alright, thanks Felix,” Jeno replied with a bright smile.

Felix gave him a thumbs up and then wagged his eyebrows at Jisung before taking off. Did Felix think him hanging out with Jeno would result in them getting back together?

“I have to go...” Jisung said, getting up.

He felt the sudden urge to seek out Renjun and make up with him. He didn’t want Jeno. He only wanted Renjun. Unfortunately, though Jeno followed him out of the Great Hall.

“Wait, I figured we could go down to the field together and hang out before I have to practice...” he said.

Jisung stopped in his tracks and faced Jeno. “Okay, look, Jeno. I like hanging out with you–”

“Great, I like hanging out with you, too,” Jeno said with a giddy smile that made Jisung almost sorry for turning him down.

“That’s–”

“I know it was probably weird for you to talk to me again, after everything... but I’m glad you did. You know I still like you, right?” Jeno cut him off again.

Jisung remained silent. He had feared that Jeno would say something like that, making this harder than it already was. He didn’t have romantic feelings for Jeno, but he also didn’t want to break his heart and ruin their friendship. Jeno seemed to take his silence as a good thing, though, and leaned closer.

Jisung reacted just in time by turning his head away, so Jeno’s lips landed on his cheek instead. Jisung saw Renjun coming down the big staircase, stopping in his tracks when he saw his boyfriend with Jeno. Jisung pushed Jeno off, realizing how wrong this must have looked.

“Ren–”

He didn’t get much further, as Renjun already stormed off towards the main entrance. Jisung wanted to go after him, not even caring if anyone caught on that they were more than friends, but Jeno blocked his path. Jisung let out a sigh and looked up at his ex-boyfriend.

“I don’t have feelings for you, Jeno. And I won’t ever have them again. I’m sorry, but this needs to stop. I want to be your friend, but not if you can’t accept no for an answer...” Jisung told him. “Now, I really have to go...” he said and stormed past a speechless Jeno to go after Renjun.

It didn’t matter if Jeno figured out that the guy Jisung liked was Renjun. He just wanted to find the older and explain the situation.

He looked around in the courtyard. Some students were outside chatting or playing Gobstone, but there was no trace of Renjun anywhere. This castle was too big to possibly figure out where he had run off to, but Jisung didn’t care. He ran around half the castle, checking the best hiding spots he could think of, but Renjun was nowhere to be found.

It had already gotten dark by the time he decided to stop looking.

With a defeated sigh, Jisung headed back to the Ravenclaw common room, hoping that Renjun might be there.

~

“Have you seen Renjun?” Jisung greeted Seungmin about two hours later when the younger came back to the dorms.

Seungmin shook his head. “No, I haven’t. Have you two still not made up?” he questioned.

“I wanted to apologize to him, but I can’t find him anywhere.”

Seungmin sat down next to him on his bed. “Was it a really bad fight?” he asked.

Jisung shrugged. “It was more of a misunderstanding, I guess,” he replied. He had overreacted. Renjun had just been worried that he and Jeno might start something again – which was still ridiculous – but after today, the older must feel confirmed.

“I’ll go wait for him downstairs,” Jisung said and rose from his bed.

“Do you want me to come with you?” Seungmin questioned.

Jisung gave him a little smile and shook his head before heading out and down the stairs. The common room was almost empty, so he sat down in one of the blue armchairs by the fireplace and brought his knees to his chest.

~

Curfew came and went and Renjun still wasn’t back.

Jisung was beginning to grow worried. He knew that Renjun sometimes stayed out at night to take his mysterious late-night walks, but it was still unsettling, especially after that incident earlier in the entrance hall.

Besides, what if something had happened to him?

At this point, Jisung was about ready to go and look for him, even though he didn’t even know where he would start. Luckily, he didn’t have to go anywhere, because just as he’d gotten up, determined to search the entire castle, Renjun walked through the entrance of the common room.

Jisung let out a sigh of relief muttering an “oh, thank Merlin...” and practically tackled his boyfriend in a hug. Renjun made a surprised noise but returned the hug. “I’m sorry for everything! I was an idiot and I shouldn’t have let Jeno get the wrong idea. That thing you saw earlier was a huge misunderstanding,” he immediately babbled. He pulled back to look at Renjun, finding his eyes slightly puffy and reddened. He wanted to slap himself for being the cause of Renjun’s tears.

“I’m really sorry... I never would have let him kiss me for real. I only like you and I was so worried when I couldn’t find you after you saw that...” Jisung continued.

Renjun didn’t say anything for a few seconds, making Jisung worry that the older wouldn’t accept his apology. Eventually, he spoke up, though.

“You’re not the only one who needs to apologize. I acting being pissy and insecure. Given your past relationship with Jeno I figured that there might still be some spark between you two and I let it get to me...” he said. Jisung wanted to assure him that that wasn’t anything he needed to worry about, but Renjun already continued speaking: “Also... I realized that all your exes are Quidditch players, so I thought that you might come to realize that Jeno suits you better than I do...”

The younger couldn’t deny that he was shocked to hear that because he had never really paid attention to the fact that he had only dated Quidditch players before. It hadn’t once occurred to him that Renjun wouldn’t fit his “type” because of that.

“That doesn’t matter to me. The fact that my exes all played Quidditch is a coincidence...”

He reached out to take both of Renjun’s hands in his. “I actually think it’s kind of cute that you’re not good at flying,” he added with a small smile. “But seriously, that whole thing with Jeno got out of hand. I can tell you for sure that only want to be with you... if you’ll still have me that is...”

Renjun answered by pulling him into a hug. “Of course...” he answered. Jisung tightly wrapped his arms around the older’s waist, feeling relieved. He didn’t know what he would have done if Renjun hadn’t believed him or worse, broken up with him. He wanted this relationship to work out more than anything.

He buried his face in the crook of Renjun’s neck, noticing the way he faintly smelled of rain and the woods. He decided not to question his whereabouts and just bask in his warmth...

~

The next day, Renjun sought out Hyunjin first thing in the morning, apologizing to his best friend for snapping at him. Unsurprisingly, Hyunjin was quick to forgive him and they settled things with a hug.

Jeno decided to keep his distance from Jisung again, which was probably for the best, however, Jisung couldn’t help but feel a little sad about the fact that they couldn’t just be friends. He decided to be optimistic, though and just give it some time.

~

Jisung was fast asleep one night when soft shakes at his shoulder caused him to stir awake. It was Renjun, regarding him with a grin. He rubbed the sleep from his eyes and sat up in his bed.

“What’s up, babe?” he questioned sleepily.

“Go out with me,” Renjun said excitedly. They were both whispering, but Jisung looked around to make sure none of their dormmates could hear them.

“Um, I’m pretty sure I already am...” Jisung pointed out, but Renjun just shook his head and tugged on his arm.

“I meant outside.”

Jisung was confused, but gave in nonetheless, crawling out of his bed and putting on some warmer clothes before following his boyfriend out of the dorms, through the common room and ultimately outside.

The November air was cold, and it helped waking Jisung up significantly. He wondered where Renjun was taking him, but the older wouldn’t say a word.

Eventually, though, they reached the black lake and Renjun was facing him. “What’s going on, what are we doing out here?” Jisung asked.

“Well, usually, I take my walks a little closer to the woods, but for tonight, I figured that this would do,” Renjun told him. “There’s something I’ve been meaning to tell you... and since you’ve been asking about my walks, I figured I could just... show you,” the older said.

Jisung gave him a questioning look.

Had his boyfriend always been this mysterious?

“Um, okay... go ahead,” he said.

Renjun grinned. “Close your eyes.” Jisung was still confused, but complied, nonetheless. Nothing happened and Jisung couldn’t help but think that Renjun was pranking him somehow.

“Babe? Are you planning to scare me? Because it’s working...” he muttered, half expecting Renjun to giggle.

He jumped at the feeling of something soft brushing against his hand and his eyes shot open.

“Ren–” He cut himself off when he wasn’t met with Renjun but... a dog. His boyfriend was nowhere in sight. He furrowed his brows. He had seen this dog before. It was the wolf dog he had encountered at the end of last year right at this lake.

“Oh my god, it’s you, isn’t it...” he said once it had dawned on him. The dog looked up at him, the moon illuminating his face. He noticed the purple shimmer in his eyes that he’d seen in Renjun’s a few times before. “You’re an Animagus,” Jisung stated. Before he knew it, Renjun was standing in front of him again, looking at him sheepishly.

“Are you mad?” he questioned. Jisung still had a hard time processing that his boyfriend had just transformed into a dog and back.

“U-um... I don’t think so? No, I’m just really surprised. Why didn’t you say anything?” he questioned.

Renjun shrugged and sat down at the shore. Jisung followed suit.

“It’s a secret. I’m not registered, you know...” he explained.

“Wait, so you just... did it by yourself?” Jisung asked, still beyond baffled.

Renjun nodded. “I read about it in class and then I thought, this sounds pretty cool and I just kinda did it. It’s great for sneaking out,” he said.

“Wow... that’s...”

“Weird? Overwhelming?”

“No, actually it’s pretty cool. And you’re just about the most beautiful dog I’ve ever seen,” he told his boyfriend with a grin.

Renjun chuckled and leaned in to give him a chaste kiss on the lips. Now everything made sense to Jisung. The midnight walks and how his boyfriend usually smelled like the woods.

“Thanks for telling me,” Jisung said, reaching for his hand and lacing their fingers together. Renjun smiled.

“I trust you,” he replied. “You’re the only one who knows so far...” he added.

Jisung rested his head on his shoulder. “I’m honored...”

They sat in silence for a while, just watching the water like they had last year during the camping trip. Somehow lakes and bathrooms seemed to be their thing. The thought made him chuckle.

“What’s so funny?” Renjun asked.

Jisung looked at him fondly. “Nothing, I just feel like there’s always been this connection between us and it took me so long to notice it...” he explained.

Renjun laughed. “Yeah, you were pretty dense about it.” Jisung playfully slapped his thigh. “But I think you’re right. Like, how you got a tattoo of a paw... and I’m a dog. It’s almost like fate,” Renjun added, seeming more thoughtful. Jisung looked at his arm, rolling up the sleeve.

“Right...” he mumbled. Renjun traced it again.

“I want to try something,” he said and before Jisung could question him, his boyfriend was turning back into a dog. His paw rested on Jisung’s arm where his hand had traced the tattoo. It seemed to be about the same size as the inked paw on his forearm. Like Renjun had left a paw print there.

“That’s...” he trailed off. He had gotten the tattoo before he and Renjun had started dating; way before he had even realized that he liked him.

“Next level weird,” now-human Renjun finished his sentence. Jisung nodded. “But good weird, right? You don’t feel like you’ve got a pet instead of a boyfriend now, right?”

Renjun seemed uncertain. Like he was scared of what Jisung might think of him now. The younger felt the need to reassure him and laced their fingers together again.

“Of course, not. You’re still the same as before...”

“So, you’re really okay with this?”

Jisung nodded. “I’m really okay with this,” he confirmed.

Renjun gave him another kiss. Then he got up and pulled Jisung to his feet with him. “We should get back. It’s kind of cold out here,” he stated.

“Yeah, it is,” he agreed, as they took off, making their way back to the castle. “Hey, what kind of animal do you think I would be?” he suddenly asked.

Renjun looked at him, seemingly thinking. He broke out into giggles. “A squirrel,” he said.

Jisung fake pouted at him. “You’re mean,” he complained.

Renjun cooed and kissed his cheek. “It’s not my fault you’re so cute,” he stated matter-of-factly.

Jisung grumbled something incoherent.

“Okay, maybe you’d be like a lion or a tiger. Better?” Renjun questioned, still giggling. Jisung shook his head, laughing.

“As long as I don’t end up as a mouse or a cockroach,” he replied, causing Renjun to laugh as well.

“Aw, but you’d make the cutest little mouse,” he joked.

It was a miracle that nobody heard the two giggling and bickering Ravenclaws on their way back to their dorm, but they remained unnoticed the whole way. Jisung also refused to let go of Renjun’s hand until they were right in front of the sixth-year dorm.

“I’m really happy you told me,” he once again assured Renjun, who just smiled at him and pulled him into a hug.

“I’m glad you took it so well...”

Jisung returned the hug, just holding his boyfriend close for a little while.

“Now, we should really head to bed it’s the middle of the night,” Renjun stated. Jisung reluctantly unwrapped his arms from Renjun’s waist and followed him inside. He would’ve given a lot to cuddle the older all night, but he was definitely not up for Seungmin’s questions if he found the two of them in the same bed.

He settled for the good night kiss Renjun gave him when he made sure that nobody was awake and ended up falling asleep with a smile on his face nonetheless.