quidditch is life
gryffindor vs ravenclaw : in which rina leads her team to victory while the squad watches from the stands. note: when the commentary is being made, ★ is daehyun & ☆ is youngjae!
“listen up, team,” rina hollers, broom in hand.
the loudness in the locker room quickly dies out as the members of the gryffindor quidditch team listen to their captain’s pep talk.
“we’ve done great thus far. let’s not break our streak to those ravens,” she says, eyes twinkling and a hint of mischievousness in her tone of voice.
she scans the faces of her team, staring at every single one of them affectionately. she’s worked them to the bone this season, thus making a promise of treating them to honeydukes whether they win the inter-house cup or not.
“aw, check out how she’s looking at us,” coos wonshik, running, and almost tripping over his uniform, and looping his arms around her shoulder.
“gross. get away from me.” hakyeon joins in on the embrace, pressing his cheek to hers. she will murder them both after this game, she thinks.
the rest of the team cheers, holding their brooms up, the bottom of their scarlet quidditch robes swaying back and forth. a beautiful sight, truly.
rina is released from her teammates grasp and grins, “time to kick ass. let’s go.”
- - -
the stands are full of excited students and teachers waiting to watch the much anticipated game. many have their binoculars in hand to get the best view of the players.
“hello everyone. this is commentator jung daehyun reporting. alongside me is youngjae. say hello ~”
“don’t tell me what to do. anyway, hi folks. today’s game is ravenclaw vs gryffindor! i can smell the anticipation in the air,” youngjae speaks into his mic enthusiastically.
“it’s funny, isn’t it? our houses going head to head. i don’t know about you guys, but i feel like youngjae will be biased as alwa-- OW! you shi--”
“mr. jung! language!”
“he literally HIT me!”
“yoo, hands off.”
“yes professor mcgonagall,” youngjae turns to smile at her, only to lock eyes with his girlfriend sitting behind her. he blows a kiss and sends a wink her way before facing forward again. mcgonagall says nothing though you can tell by her expression that she’s unamused by his ‘romantic’ gestures. are all teenagers this greasy? heavens save them all.
nadine, who’s cracking up with laughter because damn she really loves that idiot, is sitting beside jessica and hongbin. behind those three, mei, arazely, and jongup are, too, seated. “excited to watch taekwoon play?” arazely playfully nudges mei. the pinkish tint that sprouts on the girl’s cheeks doesn’t go unnoticed. she opens her mouth to respond until jess beats her to the punch.
“she sure is. didn’t stop reminding me about the match all week!” “that’s right,” hongbin jumps in to confirm, a smirk tugging at his lips. he’s a prodigy at teasing others at any given time. it’s no surprise that he and jess are in a relationship. they’re made for each other. “don’t worry, little one. i didn’t say a word to him about it though i probably should have. his reaction would have been priceless.” “leave me alone,” the ravenclaw whines, hiding the redness in her face with her hands. “let’s not forget that we’re also here to support rina!!!” arazely laughs while jongup is highly confused but ends up smiling brightly anyhow. and nadine, well-- she stays staring at youngjae bicker with daehyun like a lovesick fool.
down below, madam hooch is seen with broom in hand as the two teams walk onto the middle of the field.
the stands go wild, whistling and chanting being heard from every direction.
“game time!” daehyun yells, fist punching the air, waving it around hysterically.
- - -
“alright, you kids know the rules. i want a clean game,” the older woman states.
rina hears taekwoon sigh beside her, and although she feels the struggle of wanting to get into the air asap, she can’t stop herself from poking fun at him for a bit. “hey taek,” she whispers, bumping his shoulder. the boy lazily turns his head, the look on his face asking “what?” “don’t think that cause you’re my friend’s boy thing that my team’s going to go easy on you.” taekwoon scoffs, clearly offended that the thought of putting no effort into competing against him even crossed her mind. “what ever do you mean?”
“you knoooow,” rina wiggles her eyebrows suggestively. he sighs again, only this time a tad louder. why must mei hang around such strange people? he doesn’t deserve. their little conversation is cut short when madam hooch finally says “mount your brooms.” the fourteen players hurriedly do so, kicking the ground to fly upwards, and off they go in the speed of light.
- - - ★ “gryffindor’s hakyeon cha has the quaffle, nevermind i’ve spoken too soon -- sunyoung park of ravenclaw retrieves it. she’s going for the goal -- nope! excellent block from gryff’s keeper!” ☆ “don’t get too excited. captain jung taeks it, aha see what i did there -- OH FUC-- fudge, sorry prof, a bludger is coming straight for him, watch out!” arazely and mei shriek at the same time, causing their friends around them to jump in surprise. even professor mcgonagall is shaken. thankfully, one of the beaters arrive in time to hit it in the other direction. nadine stares into her binoculars and spots rina flying about, 100% searching for the golden snitch. if there’s anything that she knows about the other, it’s that she’s got a good eye-- when it comes to the small winged ball anyway. at exactly 1 minute of game time, much to youngjae’s dismay and daehyun’s delight, hakyeon scores 10 points. students cheer in their seats while the ravens’ keeper throws the ball back into play. ☆ “GO, GO, GO, GO!!! NOOOOO, what the fuc--” “YOUNGJAE YOO.” ☆ “HECK, I MEANT HECK. HE COULD’VE MADE THAT SHOT THOUGH.” ★ “could’ve, would’ve, DIDN’T. HA HA SUCKERS -- oho looks like the golden snitch has finally made its appearance! the team seekers are both seemingly fast, but of course rina is one step ahead of timoteo! as expected of our beloved captain.” youngjae stares at his best friend like the guy from the office stares into the camera. (don’t question how he knows about the muggle television show. he just does.) jessica really wants to shove her wand up both their asses. she really, truly desires to push them over the ledge of the stands, but then she’d be considered a murderer and cause nadine to become one as well for the death of her boyfriend. rina needs to catch the goddamn snitch because daejae commenting this game needs to be OVER, ABOLISHED. ☆ “RAVENCLAW HAS SCORED. WOOOOO, DID YOU SEE THAT BEAUTIFUL SHOT? DID YOU?” ★ “it wasn’t that great. congrats tho, ravens.” ☆ “i’m sick of you -- you need to be fired from this job.” down with daejae, dammit. - - - 37 minutes have passed. gryffindor is at 40 and ravenclaw at 50. rina is close to grabbing the snitch. timoteo is flying closely behind her thus she picks up speed. there is no way in hell that she’s letting him take the win. she’s worked too hard for this. the girl zips through the middle of the players, narrowly escaping a bludger. “almost there, c’mon,” she grits through her teeth. the golden snitch is a centimeter away from her fingertips. she can do it, she fucking can. with all her force, she pushes forward, closing her eyes all while hoping for the best. when she feels the sneaky little shit in her hand, rina swoops down, a wonderful rush pumping through her veins. her teammates follow suit and once they’ve reached land again, they all throw themselves at her. “great job, little one,” hakyeon grins as he hugs her. “DAMN STRAIGHT,” wonshik yells, pinching her right cheek. “where would the team be without you?” rina doesn’t shove either away this time. she’s too happy and out of breath to complain. - - - ultimately, rina and her team are celebrating the victory in the common room. it’s wild af in there. youngjae stays angry until nadine melts it all away with a kiss. daehyun tells them to get a room before joining his housemates. jessica manages to NOT hurt anyone, soon running off somewhere with hongbin. mei finds taekwoon in the courtyard later, letting him rest his head in her lap while she soothingly runs fingers through his hair. jongup and arazely. well. those two stay behind in the great hall, filling their faces with sweets and holding hands like nothing else in the world matters. in their own way, everyone manages to become a winner.