08. The new DADA Professor

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Chilly winds blew their hairs and hems of robes as the students stepped into the village of Hogsmeade. Initially, Jungwon's grandmother had refused to sign his permission form. However, with her daughter's convincing that Jay would look after him, the woman had agreed.

"It's so cold!" Sunoo shrieked as the chilly December winds bit into his skins. Jungwon laughed, watching the Hufflepuff from the corner of his eyes. Usually Hogsmeade weekends would be boring to him. He had to hang with his brother and his friends in order to be safe from whatever Jay was protecting him from. However this year, he had a friend to hang with.

But seemed like Jay was reluctant to let him be. The said Slytherin and his group of friends consisting of Sunghoon,  Sim Jake (the Gryffindor team captain and the Gryffindor Prefect), Lee Heeseung (a fellow seventh year Slytherin, his brother Lee Seokmin had a book shop in Wizard London) and Nishimura Riki (a third year Slytherin) approached the boys. Although Sunoo was a bit too immersed in his rambling about how much he hates Astronomy Class, Jungwon noticed the small group.

He really wanted to take Sunoo's hand and rush away from the road they were walking on but before he could work it out, Jay had already approached him.

"Uh-huh, you cannot escape me. You do remember Gran's condition before she permitted you to Hogsmeade weekends, don't you?" Jay said with a smirk as he wrapped his arm around Jungwon's shoulder.

Meanwhile Sunoo had stopped his rambling and looked around himself. He had never been surrounded by so many seventh years. "Hello! You are Kim Sunoo, is that right?" A handsome and tall looking Gryffindor boy asked him with a smile on his face. To his right was walking another really handsome man in emerald robes.

"Right! Are you Sim Jake?" Sunoo said with enthusiasm in his tone. Jake nodded. Then he nodded towards the emerald robed man to his right. "This is my boyfriend, Lee Heeseung."

The Hufflepuff greeted Heeseung too when they all halted infront of a pub, The Three Broomsticks. 

"Butterbeers, everyone? ㅡ no worries Ni-Ki, I'm paying." Jay said when they all had found a table big enough for the seven of them. Seven bottles of the drink was placed infront of them minutes later.

There was a silence when everyone was sipping their own drinks, throwing glances at each other. Then, Ni-Ki, the youngest, had shot a question towards Jungwon which made him shift uncomfortably in his seat.

"I. . .I don't know ㅡ I don't remember speaking anything other than English." Jungwon said, voice cracking at the end as he watched his almost empty Butterbeer. Everyone had their eyes on him and suddenly, the drink seemed to be the most interesting thing to watch.

Jay cleared his throat. He had got the cue to bring all the attention to him. "The N.E.W.Ts are proving to be tough to study 'long with practice sessions, don't you think?"

"Right. Especially for the captains." said Jake with a scowl on his face. Ni-Ki joined in the conversation with Jay and Jake along with Heeseung but the other two stared at Jungwon who was still staring at his drink.

"Won-ie, it's OK, I'm certain he meant no harm by the question." Sunoo said in the softest tone he could muster when the boys headed to HoneyDukes.

Jungwon let out a shaky breath. "It's frustrating to know that you did something which's a bad sign, unintentionally ㅡ and nobody believes you a little!" He said, slightly raising his voice as tears threatened to spill.

The boy felt warm suddenly. A pair of arms snaked their ways to the boy's hips. Sunoo had hugged him. Jungwon hugged him back. However when he pulled apart, their cheeks were slightly red.

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