the boy who lived and a love like no other.
THE BOY WHO LIVED AND A LOVE LIKE NO OTHER.
⇾ tvxq! | yunho/changmin
⇾ 2,309 words
⇾ PG
nishikida
"your robes are too short," a familiar voice drifts from close behind. yunho turns around and nearly bumps noses with shim changmin, head prefect of Ravenclaw. the prefect's eyes twinkle, and yunho immediately blushes.
"i'm sorry," yunho blurts. "i had a growth spurt over the holidays and my mother forgot to get me new robes-"
"it's okay," changmin interrupts. "i was just telling you. it's not as if i'd take points off Gryffindor or anything. besides, i think it's cute." he walks away with a wink.
yunho gapes after changmin with a highly unattractive look on his face.
"stop staring," junsu says, kicking yunho in his shin. "you look like a creeper."
yunho throws junsu an offended look. "shut up. let's go to class, we're late. snape's going to kill us."
"whose fault is that?" junsu calls after yunho as the latter picks up his pace, too-short robes fluttering around his ankles.
---
"i swear, i'd kill snape if i could," yunho mutters, the first one out of the class.
"wouldn't everyone?" jaejoong asks, "but let it go, it's lunch time. and it's friday. what could be better?"
yunho couldn't argue with jaejoong's logic and they make their way to the Great Hall, pushing their way through little First and Second years.
stepping into the Hall, yunho heads over to the Gryffindor table. but before he can sit and begin to stuff his face, he catches sight of changmin over at the Ravenclaw table, a horde of girl (and boys) around him. he seems to not notice, eyes on a book by his plate and his goblet in his hand.
"hold this," yunho says, and shoves his books into junsu's arms.
"where's he going?" he hears junsu ask jaejoong, who's already piling food onto his plate.
yunho has to force this way through the throng of people by changmin's table, and when he manages to cement a spot right next to the prefect, changmin looks up. he seems to register the people around him for a first time, turning slightly pink and waving awkwardly.
then he turns to yunho.
"hello," he says pleasantly. "can i help you?"
"yes," yunho says impulsively. "since tomorrow's a Hogsmeade day, i was wondering if you'd like to go together."
there's a collective gasp from the students around them; changmin's face turns stern. yunho gets a wild, paranoid thought - changmin doesn't want to go and that he embarrassed him in front of a whole group of students.
then, "if you students would be so kind as to disperse to your respective tables?" changmin asks, question phrased rhetorically. the students immediately pick up their bags and flee.
changmin waits till every last one of them have taken a seat before he looks back up at yunho. "yes, i would like to go with you," he tells him, smiling wide and brushing his bangs out of his eyes shyly.
yunho has a sudden urge to simply run his hand over changmin's hair, but he restrains himself from doing so.
"you would?" yunho's mouth asks before his brain could stop it.
changmin bites back a smile. nearby, a boy with the name of minho glowers at yunho. yunho swallows and looks away.
"why's that so surprising?" changmin questions lightly, spearing a head of broccoli with his fork and placing it daintily into his mouth.
"because," yunho says, and gestures around the Great Hall vaguely.
changmin suddenly places his fork down by his plate and sighs. "those people are shallow. they chase after me because of petty things."
yunho watches as changmin's bangs fall back in his eyes. "and i'm not like them?"
the corner of changmin's mouth lifts a little. "no," he says, "you're not."
---
yunho's early, waiting outside the doors for changmin. the sun's bright and cheerful, and yunho thinks nothing could be better. that is, until changmin walks out of the castle with a couple of his friends, waving bye to them as he breaks free from them and heads for yunho. changmin looks perfectly normal in jeans, a form-fitting shirt, and his hair seemingly glossier than yesterday, if that was even possible.
a simple outfit, a simple boy, but yunho thinks nothing's ordinary about him at all.
"hi," changmin says, a tad breathless, a little flush to his cheeks.
"hi," yunho manages to say, and managing to not sound a lovestruck fool.
"so what're we doing today?" changmin asks, tilting his head casually.
yunho watches as his hair sways to and fro like a sheet of silk. "um," he says smartly. "whatever you want?"
changmin breaks out in a grin. "you're so awkward it's cute. let's go to Scrivenshaft first, i need a new quill."
"okay," yunho says dumbly. "are we apparating or are we walking?"
"walking, silly," changmin says lightly. "it's such a nice day."
he promptly starts off down the path, grabbing yunho's hand as if it's an everyday thing to do. yunho feels his heart do a little dance and he carries changmin's hand in his as delicately as possible.
the walk to Scrivenshaft was enjoyable, light conversation being exchanged and yunho embarrassing himself more and more as time goes by. as they pass by Dervish and Banges, a few Sixth year students stick their heads out and wolf whistled, causing yunho to flush and changmin to snap.
despite that slight interruption, changmin's all smiles again when they reach Scrivenshaft. he lets go of yunho's hand - yunho resists the urge to pout - and bounds into the store, waving hello to the storekeeper and making a beeline towards a particular display shelf. yunho enters the store at a slower pace and watches as the storekeeper strikes up conversation with changmin easily.
"this your friend?" the storekeeper asks, pointing at yunho.
"yes," changmin says, peering at a silver-lined quill. "my friend indeed. how much is this?"
"i'll give it to you for free," the storekeeper says, "you're one of my best customers, and i'm in a good mood today."
"oh no," changmin says, looking up from the quill in surprise. "i can't accept that, you're a business!"
"take it!" the storekeeper insists. "isn't your birthday coming up?"
changmin opens his mouth to refute, but it seems the storekeeper's got him there. yunho hides a smile.
"fine," changmin says, relenting. "but next time i visit, i'm buying you a whole trunkful of licorice wands, because i know how much you like those."
yunho glances curiously over to the storekeeper; sure enough, there's a couple of licorice wands sticking out of his pocket. the storekeeper grins, nods his head in agreement, and waves the two students out of the store.
changmin pockets the quill, slides his hand back into yunho's, and begins to walk towards The Three Broomsticks.
"i feel like having Cherry Syrup and Soda," changmin says lightly, swinging his arm. yunho doesn't say anything, just revels in the warmth that spreads from changmin's hand, to his, and throughout his entire body.
they enter the pub a few minutes later, their long legs managing to shorten the distance by quite a fair bit. stepping in, changmin peers around out of habit and spies someone that he dashes to. stopping at the table, changmin turns and gestures to yunho.
"this is-"
"yunhoooo~" two voices come calling from the other end of the pub. yunho glances backwards, already knowing who those voices are coming from. sure enough, junsu and jaejoong are heading towards him, matching grins on their faces.
"hi changmin," they say in unison. yunho winces.
"i'm jaejoong," jaejoong says, bowing a little.
"and i'm junsu," junsu finishes, saluting.
changmin chokes on his laughter. "pleasure," he says, and he means it.
turning to yunho, he gestures to the person sitting at the table. "this is yoochun," changmin says, "he's the micky to my minnie."
jaejoong and junsu immediately slide into the booth, and yunho sighs, running a hand down his face. changmin laughs and grabs his wrist. "c'mon, i'm thirsty."
---
they spend a considerable amount of time in The Three Broomsticks, the five of them getting to know one another. jaejoong, junsu and yoochun are such devious people, yunho thinks, as he watches them scoot closer to both him and changmin; causing the entire side of their bodies to be flush against one another.
changmin doesn't seem to mind though.
at all.
suddenly, the three friends stand and bid them goodbye, disappearing out the door, stumbling over each other as they laugh. changmin watches their retreating backs in amusement and yunho feels rather embarrassed for no particular reason.
"d'you-"
"what-"
they laugh, changmin's laughter carefree and light, and yunho's full of wonder. it's a scene out of a movie, yunho thinks, a little dazed.
"you go," he says, and changmin shakes his head.
"no, it's nothing," changmin tells him. "what were you going to say?"
"i was just going to ask if you wanted to leave," yunho says. "go somewhere else, maybe."
"sounds like a plan," changmin says, finishing the rest of his Cherry Syrup.
a minute or so after they leave the pub, they find themselves under a tree in a field just a bit further down the road.
"oh, it's such a nice day," changmin says, stretching his legs out on the crisp, green grass.
"the ball's next month," yunho blurts.
changmin's eyes widen slightly as they come to rest on yunho's face. then the corners of his mouth begin to curve upward. "yes?" changmin asks, tone teasing.
yunho opens his mouth, willing something to come out. "welliwasjustwonderingifyouwantedtogowithme." yunho mentally hits himself on this head. that wasn't what he wanted to come out. now he sounds like an idiot.
changmin's smile doesn't get any smaller, and yunho's almost ready to die of sheer awkwardness and embarrassment when changmin leans forward and kisses him.
aklsjhgakljfg? his brain asks.
"if i'm not wrong," changmin mumbles, lips still against yunho's, "you asked if i wanted to go with you."
yunho thinks of a way to answer him. he settles for sliding a hand around the back of changmin's neck and pulling the boy closer to him. changmin's delighted smile against his own will forever be ingrained in his mind, yunho knows.
by the time they're due back at the castle, yunho's discovered a few things.
1. changmin's a very good kisser.
2. he's got a wicked tongue.
3. and addictive lips.
4. changmin's long frame seems to fit in perfectly with his own.
5. he likes that very much.
6. changmin's very affectionate.
7. in an adorable way.
8. yunho thinks he's in love.
9. he knows he's in love.
10. oh well.
---
the next morning at breakfast, yunho conjures a heart out of jello and sends it to changmin's plate. changmin's smile fills the whole Hall. jaejoong and junsu gag beside him as yoochun laughs his head off beside changmin. as he aims kicks at jaejoong under the table, yunho smiles down towards his plate. all is well.
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⇾ tvxq! | yunho/changmin
⇾ 2,309 words
⇾ PG
nishikida
"your robes are too short," a familiar voice drifts from close behind. yunho turns around and nearly bumps noses with shim changmin, head prefect of Ravenclaw. the prefect's eyes twinkle, and yunho immediately blushes.
"i'm sorry," yunho blurts. "i had a growth spurt over the holidays and my mother forgot to get me new robes-"
"it's okay," changmin interrupts. "i was just telling you. it's not as if i'd take points off Gryffindor or anything. besides, i think it's cute." he walks away with a wink.
yunho gapes after changmin with a highly unattractive look on his face.
"stop staring," junsu says, kicking yunho in his shin. "you look like a creeper."
yunho throws junsu an offended look. "shut up. let's go to class, we're late. snape's going to kill us."
"whose fault is that?" junsu calls after yunho as the latter picks up his pace, too-short robes fluttering around his ankles.
---
"i swear, i'd kill snape if i could," yunho mutters, the first one out of the class.
"wouldn't everyone?" jaejoong asks, "but let it go, it's lunch time. and it's friday. what could be better?"
yunho couldn't argue with jaejoong's logic and they make their way to the Great Hall, pushing their way through little First and Second years.
stepping into the Hall, yunho heads over to the Gryffindor table. but before he can sit and begin to stuff his face, he catches sight of changmin over at the Ravenclaw table, a horde of girl (and boys) around him. he seems to not notice, eyes on a book by his plate and his goblet in his hand.
"hold this," yunho says, and shoves his books into junsu's arms.
"where's he going?" he hears junsu ask jaejoong, who's already piling food onto his plate.
yunho has to force this way through the throng of people by changmin's table, and when he manages to cement a spot right next to the prefect, changmin looks up. he seems to register the people around him for a first time, turning slightly pink and waving awkwardly.
then he turns to yunho.
"hello," he says pleasantly. "can i help you?"
"yes," yunho says impulsively. "since tomorrow's a Hogsmeade day, i was wondering if you'd like to go together."
there's a collective gasp from the students around them; changmin's face turns stern. yunho gets a wild, paranoid thought - changmin doesn't want to go and that he embarrassed him in front of a whole group of students.
then, "if you students would be so kind as to disperse to your respective tables?" changmin asks, question phrased rhetorically. the students immediately pick up their bags and flee.
changmin waits till every last one of them have taken a seat before he looks back up at yunho. "yes, i would like to go with you," he tells him, smiling wide and brushing his bangs out of his eyes shyly.
yunho has a sudden urge to simply run his hand over changmin's hair, but he restrains himself from doing so.
"you would?" yunho's mouth asks before his brain could stop it.
changmin bites back a smile. nearby, a boy with the name of minho glowers at yunho. yunho swallows and looks away.
"why's that so surprising?" changmin questions lightly, spearing a head of broccoli with his fork and placing it daintily into his mouth.
"because," yunho says, and gestures around the Great Hall vaguely.
changmin suddenly places his fork down by his plate and sighs. "those people are shallow. they chase after me because of petty things."
yunho watches as changmin's bangs fall back in his eyes. "and i'm not like them?"
the corner of changmin's mouth lifts a little. "no," he says, "you're not."
---
yunho's early, waiting outside the doors for changmin. the sun's bright and cheerful, and yunho thinks nothing could be better. that is, until changmin walks out of the castle with a couple of his friends, waving bye to them as he breaks free from them and heads for yunho. changmin looks perfectly normal in jeans, a form-fitting shirt, and his hair seemingly glossier than yesterday, if that was even possible.
a simple outfit, a simple boy, but yunho thinks nothing's ordinary about him at all.
"hi," changmin says, a tad breathless, a little flush to his cheeks.
"hi," yunho manages to say, and managing to not sound a lovestruck fool.
"so what're we doing today?" changmin asks, tilting his head casually.
yunho watches as his hair sways to and fro like a sheet of silk. "um," he says smartly. "whatever you want?"
changmin breaks out in a grin. "you're so awkward it's cute. let's go to Scrivenshaft first, i need a new quill."
"okay," yunho says dumbly. "are we apparating or are we walking?"
"walking, silly," changmin says lightly. "it's such a nice day."
he promptly starts off down the path, grabbing yunho's hand as if it's an everyday thing to do. yunho feels his heart do a little dance and he carries changmin's hand in his as delicately as possible.
the walk to Scrivenshaft was enjoyable, light conversation being exchanged and yunho embarrassing himself more and more as time goes by. as they pass by Dervish and Banges, a few Sixth year students stick their heads out and wolf whistled, causing yunho to flush and changmin to snap.
despite that slight interruption, changmin's all smiles again when they reach Scrivenshaft. he lets go of yunho's hand - yunho resists the urge to pout - and bounds into the store, waving hello to the storekeeper and making a beeline towards a particular display shelf. yunho enters the store at a slower pace and watches as the storekeeper strikes up conversation with changmin easily.
"this your friend?" the storekeeper asks, pointing at yunho.
"yes," changmin says, peering at a silver-lined quill. "my friend indeed. how much is this?"
"i'll give it to you for free," the storekeeper says, "you're one of my best customers, and i'm in a good mood today."
"oh no," changmin says, looking up from the quill in surprise. "i can't accept that, you're a business!"
"take it!" the storekeeper insists. "isn't your birthday coming up?"
changmin opens his mouth to refute, but it seems the storekeeper's got him there. yunho hides a smile.
"fine," changmin says, relenting. "but next time i visit, i'm buying you a whole trunkful of licorice wands, because i know how much you like those."
yunho glances curiously over to the storekeeper; sure enough, there's a couple of licorice wands sticking out of his pocket. the storekeeper grins, nods his head in agreement, and waves the two students out of the store.
changmin pockets the quill, slides his hand back into yunho's, and begins to walk towards The Three Broomsticks.
"i feel like having Cherry Syrup and Soda," changmin says lightly, swinging his arm. yunho doesn't say anything, just revels in the warmth that spreads from changmin's hand, to his, and throughout his entire body.
they enter the pub a few minutes later, their long legs managing to shorten the distance by quite a fair bit. stepping in, changmin peers around out of habit and spies someone that he dashes to. stopping at the table, changmin turns and gestures to yunho.
"this is-"
"yunhoooo~" two voices come calling from the other end of the pub. yunho glances backwards, already knowing who those voices are coming from. sure enough, junsu and jaejoong are heading towards him, matching grins on their faces.
"hi changmin," they say in unison. yunho winces.
"i'm jaejoong," jaejoong says, bowing a little.
"and i'm junsu," junsu finishes, saluting.
changmin chokes on his laughter. "pleasure," he says, and he means it.
turning to yunho, he gestures to the person sitting at the table. "this is yoochun," changmin says, "he's the micky to my minnie."
jaejoong and junsu immediately slide into the booth, and yunho sighs, running a hand down his face. changmin laughs and grabs his wrist. "c'mon, i'm thirsty."
---
they spend a considerable amount of time in The Three Broomsticks, the five of them getting to know one another. jaejoong, junsu and yoochun are such devious people, yunho thinks, as he watches them scoot closer to both him and changmin; causing the entire side of their bodies to be flush against one another.
changmin doesn't seem to mind though.
at all.
suddenly, the three friends stand and bid them goodbye, disappearing out the door, stumbling over each other as they laugh. changmin watches their retreating backs in amusement and yunho feels rather embarrassed for no particular reason.
"d'you-"
"what-"
they laugh, changmin's laughter carefree and light, and yunho's full of wonder. it's a scene out of a movie, yunho thinks, a little dazed.
"you go," he says, and changmin shakes his head.
"no, it's nothing," changmin tells him. "what were you going to say?"
"i was just going to ask if you wanted to leave," yunho says. "go somewhere else, maybe."
"sounds like a plan," changmin says, finishing the rest of his Cherry Syrup.
a minute or so after they leave the pub, they find themselves under a tree in a field just a bit further down the road.
"oh, it's such a nice day," changmin says, stretching his legs out on the crisp, green grass.
"the ball's next month," yunho blurts.
changmin's eyes widen slightly as they come to rest on yunho's face. then the corners of his mouth begin to curve upward. "yes?" changmin asks, tone teasing.
yunho opens his mouth, willing something to come out. "welliwasjustwonderingifyouwantedtogowithme." yunho mentally hits himself on this head. that wasn't what he wanted to come out. now he sounds like an idiot.
changmin's smile doesn't get any smaller, and yunho's almost ready to die of sheer awkwardness and embarrassment when changmin leans forward and kisses him.
aklsjhgakljfg? his brain asks.
"if i'm not wrong," changmin mumbles, lips still against yunho's, "you asked if i wanted to go with you."
yunho thinks of a way to answer him. he settles for sliding a hand around the back of changmin's neck and pulling the boy closer to him. changmin's delighted smile against his own will forever be ingrained in his mind, yunho knows.
by the time they're due back at the castle, yunho's discovered a few things.
1. changmin's a very good kisser.
2. he's got a wicked tongue.
3. and addictive lips.
4. changmin's long frame seems to fit in perfectly with his own.
5. he likes that very much.
6. changmin's very affectionate.
7. in an adorable way.
8. yunho thinks he's in love.
9. he knows he's in love.
10. oh well.
---
the next morning at breakfast, yunho conjures a heart out of jello and sends it to changmin's plate. changmin's smile fills the whole Hall. jaejoong and junsu gag beside him as yoochun laughs his head off beside changmin. as he aims kicks at jaejoong under the table, yunho smiles down towards his plate. all is well.
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