“No, Minghao would never hurt us,” there’s so much sadness in Mingyu’s brown eyes.
“Right, Hao?”
Minghao lets out a pained sound, almost like a wounded dog.
Mingyu takes it as a cue to take another step closer.
“Hao? It’s me, Mingyu,” the Gryffindor slips his hand on Seokmin’s robe pocket and slowly
takes out the vial, holding it tight in his palm. “Please let us help you.”
“Mingyu!” Seokmin shout-whispers, clearly worried about Mingyu’s next step.
Minghao lets out a snort before taking a few steps closer towards them and that makes
Mingyu even more nervous. Just a little bit more gap until he can throw the potion into Ming-
hao’s lips and save him…
Except the werewolf suddenly lifts his hand and strikes him with his sharp claws.
Mingyu wakes up with a gasp, as if he had been running for his entire life.
He takes a long, shuddering breath before finally registering the people around him. Madam
Pomfrey is looking at him with concern, an empty glass in her hand. Professor McGonnagall
is busy checking him from head to toe, muttering about another troubled student under her
wings. Professor Snape is standing on the edge of his bed with Seokmin, who looks nearly
burst into tears.
“Mr. Kim, I think I should talk to you later about the trouble you get into this time,” Professor
McGonnagall says while patting his arm. “Madam Pomfrey suggests you, Mr. Lee and Mr.
Xu to stay another night here. But no more trouble, please.”
“Yes, Professor,” Mingyu nods dumbly.
Madam Pomfrey pushes him back to lie on the bed, “Take a rest. I can’t believe you kids
made Draught of Living Death! Good thing that Professor Snape here knows about Wiggen-
weld Potion, or else you’ll die in your sleep.”
Mingyu frowns upon hearing his least favorite professor saving his life, but slightly bows at
the man, “Thank you, Professor.”
Snape answers with a snort, “I hope this will be a lesson to not dream too much, Mr. Kim.”
Seokmin runs to his side when Snape retreats to nowhere. He makes sure that Madam
Pomfrey is also out of hearing before whispering, “Thank Merlin, you finally wake up!”
“What happened?” Mingyu sits up. “The last thing I remember was we drank the potion and