-- teenager in which jess meets saebom for the first time
a/n: this is based on a true story
she’s never been one for skinship.
it’s just a fact of life, honestly. if anyone knew her at all, they would know that jessica nguyen the first year slytherin, absolutely hates hugs.
which, of course, is all the more reason for her friends to try to sabotage her and harass her in public places. keyword: ‘friends’. the number one perpetrator of this is none other than her so-called best friend, megan.
they’re standing in the entrance hall, stalling before dinner starts as they’re all done class, waiting to go in when the ravenclaw decides to strike, the younger slytherin not having the slightest chance to even protest before the older girl is on her.
“hey!” jess protests, struggling in megan’s hold and it’s a testimony to how unsuspecting she had been to the upcoming attack that she’s completely stuck in her arms. she wiggles and attempts to twist and turn, leaning down to try to bite or lick the older girl’s arms through her robes. but her efforts are in vain -- really unable to get free. she changes tactics to twisting and yelling for help, glancing upwards.
only to make eye contact with a slytherin boy. he’s a year above her, she thinks, but she’s not sure.
“nuna, what are you doing?” he asks, holding eye contact with her before his gaze drops to her best friend. she had been staring at him, unsure of what the fuck he was talking about, until it clicks that she’s not the one that he was speaking to.
her best friend doesn’t even let go, despite her attempts to be set free now that the older girl was distracted, grinning up at the boy.
“i’m harassing jess,” megan says, her tone matter-of-fact, as if this was a normal occurrence.
the boy’s eyes slide back and forth between the two girls, settling on the ravenclaw again and still looking very confused.
“why?”
“why not?”
“can you stop just standing there and fucking help me?” jess grits out, struggling again before the boy laughs softly, looking very confused at their antics before he helpfully unwinds megan’s arms from around the younger girl, jess seeming very satisfied with the situation.
“thank you dude,” she high fives the guy, who reciprocates it, before she sticks her tongue out at her best friend, only to do a double-take back at the boy next to her. “wait, who are you by the way?”
the ravenclaw perks up at this, grinning as she slings her arms around the older slytherin instead, much to jess’ relief. “jess, this is saebom, my baby cousin. saebom, this is jess, my best friend.”
the younger girl raises an eyebrow, having heard about this ‘cousin’ but never having really met him or discussed him in any way and she nods, shrugging. “nice to meet you,” she grins, reaching out to shake his hand.
and that was the beginning of a beautiful (?) friendship ..