12-29-2017, 06:15 PM
[align=center][div style="width:500px;text-align:justify;margin-top:10px;color:#000;font-family:georgia;font-size:10px;line-height:120%"]EXCERPT FROM CHAPTER TWO OF THE EXO x HARRY POTTER AU COLLABORATION FIC I'M WRITING WITH ARIELLE, AYUMI, HAYATO & NAT
except this portion is all written by myself and ayumi (mostly ayumi, since this is mostly kyungsoo's pov.. i just provided baek's parts)... since i'm writing baekhyun's parts and ayumi's doing kyungsoo's. they are both slytherins in this fic.
i will just... drop this here. i still need to see if there's anything i want to change in baekhyun's dialogue.. ayumi added a thing at the beginning.....her kyungsoo is so mean to my baek smh...also i need to make sure i follow the plot outline... i should probably keep that up in another tab when i write. i can't give away anything too early because that.. ruins it, of course. it's supposed to build up slowly.
Kyungsoo had three types of roommates in his dormitory. The first kind, “Dumb and Proud” – Robert Archer and Florian Maddux, two brave souls with not an ounce of muggle blood in them (and not an ounce of intelligence in their bull brains either, regrettably). The second type, “The French Plague”: this was the fifth year student more commonly known as François Putieux, prone to extreme grooming that involved a complete siege of the bathroom on a daily basis and entertaining solely for his coffer of French proverbs and maxims that never quite seemed to apply to the right situation. Lastly, the third type was the “Very Hazardous Leprechaun”, otherwise known as specimen Byun Baekhyun. Not truly a leprechaun by height actually, considering that this roommate was actually slightly taller than himself (by a deplorable difference of a centimetre that Kyungsoo still denied every so often), but sharing many qualities with the mischief-loving creatures all the same. Secretly, the Very Hazardous Leprechaun was also called the “Tolerable One”. Because no matter what terrible things could be said about Byun Baekhyun’s eccentric person, ‘boring company’ certainly wasn’t one of them. And God knows, Kyungsoo needed distraction in his life...
On that fine morning, the Slytherin spent his free period by one of the windows in Slytherin’s Common Room, when Baekhyun walked in, looking slightly ruffled but unquestionably pleased with himself as he sauntered in and passed a hand over his tangled hair. Kyungsoo looked up at the sound of the wall opening and caught sight of him from the corner of his eyes.
Alert. Alert. Type three idiot approaching from the left. Take cover.
He buried his head into his book and pretended to read, but soon heard the dipping of the cushions on the sofa next to him and a second later, Baekhyun’s hand pulled down his book to reveal two glinting, predatory eyes.
“Hello there.” the prefect said suggestively.
Kyungsoo sighed deeply, giving up his cover to cock an eyebrow at him.
“Hey...What’s up with the hair? Were you outside?”
“Yeah, I went to send a letter and came back. Your family owl,” Baekhyun pointed at the scattered feathers all over his jumper, “very kindly said hi to me.”
A rictus came over Kyungsoo’s face.
“Did Aucturus kick your ass again?”
“You need to educate your bird better...” Baekhyun sniffed and dusted himself off. “He is an uncontainable mass of brown feathers that pecks, claws, and hates my guts. That’s just a sign of bad behaviour and bad training.”
“Oh, who says I didn’t train him to beat you to a pulp each time he sees your face?”
Baekhyun feigned shock.
“You wouldn’t do that to your best friend!”
“You’re not my best friend.”
“No, you’re right. I’m your only friend.”
Kyungsoo mimicked hitting him with his book, and Baekhyun simply darted out his tongue at him, which he ignored. The prefect soon leaned over his shoulder.
“So what are you reading?”
“Hmm, something boring...about...trees...and the Alps.”
“If it’s boring, why are you reading it?”
“To pass the time,” Kyungsoo sighed genuinely, placing the book down on his legs. “Sometimes it’s just so difficult to entertain yourself.”
“Let’s think about Christmas.” the other boy grinned, a hand on his cheek.
Kyungsoo stared dejectedly at him.
“It’s October.”
“I know that, thank you very much. But it’s never too early to think about Christmas, so what kind of present do you want this year, dear friend?”
“I don’t know. I don’t care... Bloody Hell, it’s not even Halloween yet, how do you want me to think about Christmas gifts?”
“It’s never too early to-”
“You’re an embarrassment to your house, shut up.”
No respectable Slytherin should be that giddy about Christmas. It was ridiculous. But suddenly, Baekhyun let out a chuckle as he sprawled himself over the sofa:
“Look. Going out to buy Christmas presents means going to Hogsmeade.”
Kyungsoo turned the sentence once in his head.
“I would think it is rather the oppos-”
“Just listen to me, you little twat. Our first week-end to Hogsmeade comes right after Halloween, and our second outing, a few weeks after that...I want to buy my presents at a much more interesting place than Hogsmeade this year. We’ve had two years to go through all the shops in that village and we know everything that it has to offer – which is really nice, but a little short on strong emotions, don’t you think? We should try something new.”
“Something new, as in...?”
“As in sneaking into Knockturn Alley for example.”
Kyungsoo snorted before he could stop himself. He closed the book for good and stared deeply into the elder boy’s eyes.
“You’ll get caught before you can put a single foot out of the village, you idiot.”
“Ouch. So little faith...”
“Let’s be realistic. The only two ways to go to Knockturn Alley are by floo powder or by apparating. But you are a prefect. If you parade into the Three Broomsticks and ask for floo powder to get to Knockturn Alley, you can be sure that Yifan and the other prefects will be onto you within two seconds and you’ll be suspended from Hogwarts indefinitely. Secondly, apparating...”
He stopped, as an incongruous and slightly unpleasant thought crossed his mind, making him frown at the other boy with newfound interest.
“Did you study apparition without a license?”
“Err…I may or may not have.”
“Seriously?”
“Shhh.” Baekhyun held a finger to his lips, smiling deviously as he peeked behind him. “See what I’m saying now? A trip to Knockturn Alley is totally feasible once we get out of Hogwarts grounds, and if we’re discreet, we won’t even get caught. Think of all the cool stuff we could get there. The books there wouldn't be about the Alps, for one...”
Kyungsoo had to admit that he was highly tempted. On the other hand, relying on Baekhyun’s untested and somewhat doubtful apparating skills did not seem like a very smart thing to do, no matter how confident the other boy seemed to be about his own talent. Plus, what would be the benefit of the effort? Buying a few innovative Christmas presents? The profits did not seem to outweigh the risks.
“Are you sure you can safely apparate into Knockturn Alley without losing a limb or leaving us in some wretched place in the middle of nowhere?”
“Hey, I mastered that theory all the way through summer vacation; even got practical advice from my brother…” Baekhyun sat up straight. “Don’t you trust me?”
“Sorry. You can’t blame me if some of us aren’t reckless.”
“That’s not being reckless, that’s having fun.”
“I’ll consider it.”
“I bet you’re going to chicken out at the last minute...”
“Don’t be silly.” Kyungsoo smirked. “If I don’t take part in the plan in the first place, it can’t be considered as ‘chickening out’ anyways.”
Baekhyun was about to retort something dry, when suddenly a white ball of fur jumped at him from behind the sofa, dragging an astounded yell out of him before softly landing on the floor with an intimidating hiss. The initial surprise gone, Kyungsoo widened his eyes at the source of the commotion.
“Hydra!”
“That stupid cat of yours again!” Baekhyun tempered, holding his arm. Three angry scratch marks were now visible on his pale skin, glaring tenderly under the dim emerald lights. Unaffected by his fury, the white cat simply looked at him with disdain and mewled, hopping onto Kyungsoo’s armrest to nestle herself under her laughing master’s arm.
“Why are you laughing?” Baekhyun protested. “Your cat just mutilated my arm!”
“Calm down, it’s just a scrape.” he said. “I’ll give you some of my murtlap essence later to soothe it if you want.”
“That’s not the point…Why do all of your stupid animals hate me?”
Under Kyungsoo’s caresses, Hydra mewled again and closed her eyes, as if immensely pleased with herself.
“Hydra’s a clever girl. She knows what kind of person I should hang out with and what kind I shouldn’t even bother talking to.”
“Clever, my ass.” Baekhyun rolled his eyes. “She’s just vicious.”
“Be grateful she didn’t scratch your face, you prick. Anyways, is the Knockturn Alley invitation still on?”
“For sure that it’s still on...you’re the one who doesn’t want to take part in it.”
“I said I’ll think about it.”
The prefect shrugged. “We all know what that means.”
As he distractedly passed a hand over Hydra’s hoary fur, the Slytherin student contemplated his options and concluded that he would go with the proposal, but only if he could be sure that Baekhyun’s skills were reliable and if their backs were properly covered during the escapade. If that second part proved to be too hard to pull off, he would rather give up the plan and discourage Baekhyun from executing it altogether. It wasn’t that Kyungsoo was scared of dangerous ventures in general. But he would certainly not be stupid enough to jump into them without a prudent evaluation beforehand.
He should take things slowly, he thought. As of now, the date of the first Hogsmeade outing was still far and there were already too many concerns to cogitate.
He certainly did not want to find himself with too much on his plate.
except this portion is all written by myself and ayumi (mostly ayumi, since this is mostly kyungsoo's pov.. i just provided baek's parts)... since i'm writing baekhyun's parts and ayumi's doing kyungsoo's. they are both slytherins in this fic.
i will just... drop this here. i still need to see if there's anything i want to change in baekhyun's dialogue.. ayumi added a thing at the beginning.....her kyungsoo is so mean to my baek smh...also i need to make sure i follow the plot outline... i should probably keep that up in another tab when i write. i can't give away anything too early because that.. ruins it, of course. it's supposed to build up slowly.
Kyungsoo had three types of roommates in his dormitory. The first kind, “Dumb and Proud” – Robert Archer and Florian Maddux, two brave souls with not an ounce of muggle blood in them (and not an ounce of intelligence in their bull brains either, regrettably). The second type, “The French Plague”: this was the fifth year student more commonly known as François Putieux, prone to extreme grooming that involved a complete siege of the bathroom on a daily basis and entertaining solely for his coffer of French proverbs and maxims that never quite seemed to apply to the right situation. Lastly, the third type was the “Very Hazardous Leprechaun”, otherwise known as specimen Byun Baekhyun. Not truly a leprechaun by height actually, considering that this roommate was actually slightly taller than himself (by a deplorable difference of a centimetre that Kyungsoo still denied every so often), but sharing many qualities with the mischief-loving creatures all the same. Secretly, the Very Hazardous Leprechaun was also called the “Tolerable One”. Because no matter what terrible things could be said about Byun Baekhyun’s eccentric person, ‘boring company’ certainly wasn’t one of them. And God knows, Kyungsoo needed distraction in his life...
On that fine morning, the Slytherin spent his free period by one of the windows in Slytherin’s Common Room, when Baekhyun walked in, looking slightly ruffled but unquestionably pleased with himself as he sauntered in and passed a hand over his tangled hair. Kyungsoo looked up at the sound of the wall opening and caught sight of him from the corner of his eyes.
Alert. Alert. Type three idiot approaching from the left. Take cover.
He buried his head into his book and pretended to read, but soon heard the dipping of the cushions on the sofa next to him and a second later, Baekhyun’s hand pulled down his book to reveal two glinting, predatory eyes.
“Hello there.” the prefect said suggestively.
Kyungsoo sighed deeply, giving up his cover to cock an eyebrow at him.
“Hey...What’s up with the hair? Were you outside?”
“Yeah, I went to send a letter and came back. Your family owl,” Baekhyun pointed at the scattered feathers all over his jumper, “very kindly said hi to me.”
A rictus came over Kyungsoo’s face.
“Did Aucturus kick your ass again?”
“You need to educate your bird better...” Baekhyun sniffed and dusted himself off. “He is an uncontainable mass of brown feathers that pecks, claws, and hates my guts. That’s just a sign of bad behaviour and bad training.”
“Oh, who says I didn’t train him to beat you to a pulp each time he sees your face?”
Baekhyun feigned shock.
“You wouldn’t do that to your best friend!”
“You’re not my best friend.”
“No, you’re right. I’m your only friend.”
Kyungsoo mimicked hitting him with his book, and Baekhyun simply darted out his tongue at him, which he ignored. The prefect soon leaned over his shoulder.
“So what are you reading?”
“Hmm, something boring...about...trees...and the Alps.”
“If it’s boring, why are you reading it?”
“To pass the time,” Kyungsoo sighed genuinely, placing the book down on his legs. “Sometimes it’s just so difficult to entertain yourself.”
“Let’s think about Christmas.” the other boy grinned, a hand on his cheek.
Kyungsoo stared dejectedly at him.
“It’s October.”
“I know that, thank you very much. But it’s never too early to think about Christmas, so what kind of present do you want this year, dear friend?”
“I don’t know. I don’t care... Bloody Hell, it’s not even Halloween yet, how do you want me to think about Christmas gifts?”
“It’s never too early to-”
“You’re an embarrassment to your house, shut up.”
No respectable Slytherin should be that giddy about Christmas. It was ridiculous. But suddenly, Baekhyun let out a chuckle as he sprawled himself over the sofa:
“Look. Going out to buy Christmas presents means going to Hogsmeade.”
Kyungsoo turned the sentence once in his head.
“I would think it is rather the oppos-”
“Just listen to me, you little twat. Our first week-end to Hogsmeade comes right after Halloween, and our second outing, a few weeks after that...I want to buy my presents at a much more interesting place than Hogsmeade this year. We’ve had two years to go through all the shops in that village and we know everything that it has to offer – which is really nice, but a little short on strong emotions, don’t you think? We should try something new.”
“Something new, as in...?”
“As in sneaking into Knockturn Alley for example.”
Kyungsoo snorted before he could stop himself. He closed the book for good and stared deeply into the elder boy’s eyes.
“You’ll get caught before you can put a single foot out of the village, you idiot.”
“Ouch. So little faith...”
“Let’s be realistic. The only two ways to go to Knockturn Alley are by floo powder or by apparating. But you are a prefect. If you parade into the Three Broomsticks and ask for floo powder to get to Knockturn Alley, you can be sure that Yifan and the other prefects will be onto you within two seconds and you’ll be suspended from Hogwarts indefinitely. Secondly, apparating...”
He stopped, as an incongruous and slightly unpleasant thought crossed his mind, making him frown at the other boy with newfound interest.
“Did you study apparition without a license?”
“Err…I may or may not have.”
“Seriously?”
“Shhh.” Baekhyun held a finger to his lips, smiling deviously as he peeked behind him. “See what I’m saying now? A trip to Knockturn Alley is totally feasible once we get out of Hogwarts grounds, and if we’re discreet, we won’t even get caught. Think of all the cool stuff we could get there. The books there wouldn't be about the Alps, for one...”
Kyungsoo had to admit that he was highly tempted. On the other hand, relying on Baekhyun’s untested and somewhat doubtful apparating skills did not seem like a very smart thing to do, no matter how confident the other boy seemed to be about his own talent. Plus, what would be the benefit of the effort? Buying a few innovative Christmas presents? The profits did not seem to outweigh the risks.
“Are you sure you can safely apparate into Knockturn Alley without losing a limb or leaving us in some wretched place in the middle of nowhere?”
“Hey, I mastered that theory all the way through summer vacation; even got practical advice from my brother…” Baekhyun sat up straight. “Don’t you trust me?”
“Sorry. You can’t blame me if some of us aren’t reckless.”
“That’s not being reckless, that’s having fun.”
“I’ll consider it.”
“I bet you’re going to chicken out at the last minute...”
“Don’t be silly.” Kyungsoo smirked. “If I don’t take part in the plan in the first place, it can’t be considered as ‘chickening out’ anyways.”
Baekhyun was about to retort something dry, when suddenly a white ball of fur jumped at him from behind the sofa, dragging an astounded yell out of him before softly landing on the floor with an intimidating hiss. The initial surprise gone, Kyungsoo widened his eyes at the source of the commotion.
“Hydra!”
“That stupid cat of yours again!” Baekhyun tempered, holding his arm. Three angry scratch marks were now visible on his pale skin, glaring tenderly under the dim emerald lights. Unaffected by his fury, the white cat simply looked at him with disdain and mewled, hopping onto Kyungsoo’s armrest to nestle herself under her laughing master’s arm.
“Why are you laughing?” Baekhyun protested. “Your cat just mutilated my arm!”
“Calm down, it’s just a scrape.” he said. “I’ll give you some of my murtlap essence later to soothe it if you want.”
“That’s not the point…Why do all of your stupid animals hate me?”
Under Kyungsoo’s caresses, Hydra mewled again and closed her eyes, as if immensely pleased with herself.
“Hydra’s a clever girl. She knows what kind of person I should hang out with and what kind I shouldn’t even bother talking to.”
“Clever, my ass.” Baekhyun rolled his eyes. “She’s just vicious.”
“Be grateful she didn’t scratch your face, you prick. Anyways, is the Knockturn Alley invitation still on?”
“For sure that it’s still on...you’re the one who doesn’t want to take part in it.”
“I said I’ll think about it.”
The prefect shrugged. “We all know what that means.”
As he distractedly passed a hand over Hydra’s hoary fur, the Slytherin student contemplated his options and concluded that he would go with the proposal, but only if he could be sure that Baekhyun’s skills were reliable and if their backs were properly covered during the escapade. If that second part proved to be too hard to pull off, he would rather give up the plan and discourage Baekhyun from executing it altogether. It wasn’t that Kyungsoo was scared of dangerous ventures in general. But he would certainly not be stupid enough to jump into them without a prudent evaluation beforehand.
He should take things slowly, he thought. As of now, the date of the first Hogsmeade outing was still far and there were already too many concerns to cogitate.
He certainly did not want to find himself with too much on his plate.