on opposite ends | vsoo

THE TASK AT HAND

CHAPTER ONE. 

The dark walls of the Auror's Office are unmistakable even if it has been a little over a year since the last time Jisoo has been here. On her last day in this office, which was the day of her resignation, she had foolishly thought it'd be the last time she'd ever see these walls and the Ministry but now here she was being dragged by her arms through the halls, her feet barely making contact with the cold tiled floors.

Jisoo tried to twist herself out of the men's iron holds but the attempt was futile.

There was a small nest of snow lying atop Seulgi's head but she didn't seem to notice. Her wand was pointed directly at Jisoo's face. "Don't take this personally, it's just in case you go and try something."

"Seulgi, don't you dare –"

"Confundo!"

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There's a speck of red floating across her vision, but her head feels too heavy for her to lift. Muffled sounds come from every direction and when she feels her head lolling to the side, she sees something green-colored dancing in the corner of the dark room and it was the only source of light.

Jisoo feels incredibly numb, like her nerves have been fried and her brain completely muddled.

"Seulgi, uncharm her."

Her surroundings suddenly become clearer and sharper; her 20/20 vision was restored and the rest of her senses were heightened back to normal. She sweeps her eyes across the all-too familiar office. The red speck from earlier was actually the Head of the Aurors clad in a crimson red suit as he stood in front of her, hands in his pockets and his chiseled face staring down at her.

Park Jinyoung had the nerve to crack a smile down at her, clearly amused at her predicament. If Jisoo hadn't been tied down to a chair by ropes, she would have smacked that smile clean off his face. "Nice seeing you again, Jisoo." He still sounds the same and he looks the same, but she's sure something in him had changed beyond mere physical appearances since a year had passed. She could say the same thing to Seulgi who stood beside him with her arms crossed.

"Let me go," she says with gritted teeth, eyeing the two of them spitefully. She struggled against the ropes but the more she did, the more it tightened its hold around her limbs which was painful. She saw no way out of these bounds by herself and she could no longer feel the length of her wand pressing against her sweater pocket but instead, she sees it on top of Jinyoung's desk.

"I'm afraid we can't do that just yet," Jinyoung leans against the edge of his desk, a few inches from where Jisoo's wand was. "We're not letting you go until you hear us out and we're your only chance of escaping those ropes." He says as if he read her mind. "Where did you find her?" This question was directed to Seulgi.

The other Auror still had flecks of snow littered across her hair and was wearing her coat indoors despite the green flames glowing brightly in the fireplace that kept the office eternally warm and at the right temperature. She didn't seem bothered by it though. "She was at a small, muggle town far off the countryside. Very remote area, it took us three days to counter her protection spells."