Slytherin!Minghao x Gryffindor!Reader
You, my lovely accomplished reader, are the Captain & Keeper for the Gryffindor quidditch team.
Words cannot describe how ecstatic you are to be a part of the team and represent your house, it’s an honor.
So when you're walking down the hall and hear some guy mutter under their breath “come on, what's so good about the Gryffindor team? When was the last time they won?”, you freeze in place momentarily.
You come back to your senses, turn around and stomp up to this kid, yelling loud enough for everyone to hear: “Even though Gryffindor hasn’t won in recent years, you can bet your magic that I’ll make sure we win this year!”, all while staring down the person who made the snide comment.
It wasn’t until you walked away and your rage fizzled down that you took a moment to appreciate that that guy was really cute.
But that didn’t matter, if that person has the audacity to make rude remarks about your quidditch team, it doesn’t matter how cute he is He can kindly fuck off.
Later that night you’re relaxing in the Gryffindor commons room, when you overhear some people talking about you.
“And when Minghao was talking shit about the Gryffindor team, Y/N roasted him in front of everyone and then stormed off”
“I don’t know whether to be proud or embarrassed”
“As long as they actually keep their promise to win, then shouldn’t we be proud?”
You backtrack in your mind to your outburst in the hall earlier and realize: “I told off Minghao, the best Beater that Slytherin has had in the past 100 years. He’s gonna freaking kill me in the Gryffindor vs Slytherin match next week”
Your relaxing is cut short and you understandably go crawl in bed, beginning to panic.
But you pull yourself together, thinking “okay, it’s fine, we’re just going to train even harder, and not back down from this challenge”
When you see him in the hall and in your classes, you become more aware of Minghao and begin to notice him more and more.
You can’t help but wonder if he’s mad at you for calling him out like that, or if he even remembers what you said to him (oh trust me, he did, but you don’t know that).
The two of you didn’t have a rivalry before, but you definitely do now.
You sit at the table directly behind his in Potions, and almost every time you have class, he’ll turn around, glance at you, turn back to the front, and then whisper in a different language to his friend Jun, who sits right next to him.
You’re like “does all this boy know how to do is talk shit about people?? G o s h”
And it seems like if you ever see him in the hallway, he stares you down the whole time.
Basically, you’re 97% sure he hates your guts.
To help follow through with your promise to beat Slytherin, you call for extra practices every day leading up to the match.
At first your teammates were like “dear god why”, but you gave them a good pep talk, and got everyone motivated to go all out for this match.
The Slytherin team apparently had the same idea though, causing your two teams to have to share the practice field.
The first day this happened though, you were running drills with your team, when out of the corner of your eye, you see a mob of green creeping towards you, and you’re just like “gosh darn it, Slytherin please leave me alone”
Their captain, a Chaser named Jun, and Minghao’s best friend (the one who he keeps talking to about you), approaches you and says “Hey, I think we both booked the field, do you mind if we just split it in half? I promise we will try our best not to bother your team”
And you’re like, “...Yeah… I mean that sounds great with me. Good luck with your training”
Because this Slytherin boy?? Who has been listening to Minghao talk shit about you every Potion's class is being nice to you?? What kind of witchcraft is this.
But you’re like “I’m gonna try not to hold a grudge against Slytherin, we have the same goal- to win the match”
This one Slytherin kid keeps coming up to your team members when they’re resting and is talking to them.
Jun doesn’t seem to notice this at all though, so you walk up to the kid about the third time it happens and are like “do you need something?”
And this kid says “Hi! I’m Chan! I just wanted to wish your team good luck our upcoming match, but Jun told me not to go fly over to your side of the field. So I figured I’d wish you guys good luck when you’re taking a break”
In your head you’re like “this boy. He’s so p u r e. Someone protect him”
Out loud you’re like “Oh, well thank you! And good luck to you, too!”
He grins and begins to walk back to his team, when he turns around and shouts to you, “Oh, Y/N! Minghao says ‘Hi’!”, and then walks away.
Meanwhile you’re like 1.) I did not tell this sweet child my name. Is Minghao talking shit about me to his whole team???, and 2.) IF WE’RE RIVALS, WHAT THE HECK IS “HI” SUPPOSED TO MEAN
So you talk to your teammates who are currently sitting down and resting and are like “hey what did that kid say to you??”
They’re answer and say “He wished us good luck. And asked us if you were seeing anyone”
You’ve been so competitive and focused on this match that someone taking a romantic interest in you just does not compute in your head at all.
You brush it off as the Slytherin team trying to play some mind games and get to you, and ignore it completely.
So for the next handful of days before the match, your teams both practice on your respective sides of the field.
And every day Chan walks over and asks your benched teammates random questions about you, like what kind of flowers you like, your favorite color, if you have a crush on anyone, etc.
But he’s so sweet and cheerful that you never tell him to stop or to go back to his own team, you just let him keep asking.
But you’re like “hey team, don’t answer his questions, I don’t know what he’s up to”
And your team is like “yes captain”, and then as soon as you leave to go coach some of the Chasers, they’re like “CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE LIKES THE CAPTAIN???”, “which one of the Slytherin members is it?”, and “gosh I hope it’s not Jun, he’s s o o o dreamy!” my lowkey Jun stan is showing
Finally, the day of the match arrives and you’re like “let’s get this over with so I never have to even think about Minghao, and his stupid pretty face... or the Slytherin team ever again”
The score generally favors Slytherin, as it normally does. But that’s alright with you, because your team’s strategy is to get that snitch, and get it fast.
The score is 178 to 37, Slytherin in the lead, when you finally see it. The seekers for both teams see it, too. The Golden Snitch. If Slytherin gets one more goal (they’re worth ten points), it doesn’t matter who gets the snitch, Slytherin would still win, 188 to 187.
So when you see a quaffle coming for your goal, seemingly just out of your reach, you make a risky, split second decision.
You step onto the wooden part of your broom, watching the quaffle and it’s increasing proximity to your goal. While you’re in the zone, completely focused on your next move, the Slytherin team has caught on to what you’re doing, and it seems like all of them stop. To your delight, your Gryffindor seeker keeps chasing the snitch, even though Chan (the Slytherin Seeker) stops to see if you’ll actually do it.
You hear a “Y/N, DON’T!” and see some Slytherin player rushing towards you, but it’s too late. You’ve made up your mind.
As soon as that quaffle comes speeding towards the goal, you leap as far as you can, and wrap your body around the quaffle, taking the full impact of it hitting you in the chest, knocking the wind out of you.
You plummeting to the ground prevents you from catching your breath, and you faint from not being able to breath. But right before you fade out, you feel an impact, a much softer one this time, and see a blur of emerald green fabric before completely losing consciousness.
When you wake up in the infirmary, you have one question on your mind, so when you’re just conscious enough to make out general shapes around you, and one of them looks like a person, you ask the person-shaped blob: “Who won the match?”
The blob puts a hand on your shoulder and says “Don’t worry Y/N, you won. You told me you would”
You snap out of your semi-conscious haze, and turn your head to see that of all the people who would be next to you, it’s Minghao. G r e a t.
You: “Why are you even here”, you snap at him.
Minghao: “Who the hell do you think caught you? And why would you do something so dangerous like that? If it wasn’t for me, do you think anyone would’ve been able to get to you before you hit the ground?”
You were proud of your victory until he pointed out how reckless you had been. And as you start to feel the dull pain in your chest from the impact, you really begin to question your decision. But hey- it’s not like you could go back and change what you did, so you might as well be happy that you won.
Minghao: “Honestly though, do you know how much of a scare you gave me? I don’t think I’ve been that worried in my life”
You: “Why would you be worried about me? All you do is talk bad about me”
Minghao: “...when have I ever done that”
You: “In Potions, like every single class! You’re always looking at me and then talking to Jun in another random language!
Minghao: “First off, it’s not some random language, it’s Mandarin, genius. And second, I haven’t been talking shit about you, I’ve been telling Jun everything I love about you, and how I couldn’t get you out of my mind ever since you told me off”
In your head, you’re like “y o u w h a t”. 10/10 that was not what you were expecting.
You: “You… fell for me, essentially because I roasted you in the hall??”
Minghao: “No one has ever said a damn thing to me if they heard me saying something they disagreed with. I’m not really sure why though. Jun says it’s because I have ‘severe RBF’, whatever that’s supposed to mean, but you not only called me out, you challenged yourself to do better, and I loved that”
You: “So is that why that cute kid Chan kept bothering my teammates about what flowers I like and what my favorite color and all that??”
Minghao: “...you tell me”
He points to a vase on the sidetable next to your infirmary bed, blooming with your favorite flowers, with a ribbon in your favorite color tied in a bow in the curve of the vase.
Without even realizing it, you feel immensely relieved. You thought he hated you, and before, you didn’t know why it bothered you so much whether he despised you or not, but now you know it’s because along the way, you developed feelings for him.
So in your drugged-up-on-pain-meds state, you go for it.
You: “So, once I get healed, would you want to go on a date with me?”
He looks at you, wide-eyed, obviously not expecting you to feel the same way he does. Speechless, he nods his head repeatedly, grinning widely.
But his smile suddenly drops, and you stop breathing- thinking that he’s changed his mind and you’ve just embarrassed yourself.
Minghao: “You do realize that you have two broken ribs, though? We won’t be able to go on a date for a while then… but could come visit you every day?”
You let out a relieved sigh and agree.
And that’s exactly what Minghao does, he comes and visits you every day until you fully heal- bringing you homework, playing card games with you, and telling you all kinds of crazy stories.
Minghao: “And then Jihoon turned Seungcheol’s hair pink”
You: “Yeah trust me, I know that. Who do you think was the one who had to figure out how to turn it back?”
Your relationship from there on out consists of hyper competitive quidditch matches, and roasting people together as a couple.
And you know what they say, keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
