riki slytherin with a snake emoji

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Rating: General Audiences

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Category: M/M
Fandom: ENHYPEN (Band)
Relationship: Nishimura Riki | Ni-Ki/Park Sunghoon, Nishimura Riki | Ni-Ki & Park
Sunghoon
Character: Nishimura Riki | Ni-ki, Park Sunghoon (ENHYPEN), Sim Jaeyun | Jake
Additional Tags: First Meetings, slytherin riki, gryffindor sunghoon, Hufflepuff Jake,
inspired by u alr know, Hoonki Potterheads, they are nerds, Alternate
Universe, Tags Are Hard
Language: English
Stats: Published: 2022-10-30 Words: 1346

riki slytherin with a snake emoji

by nikiwluv

Summary

“There’s no way that is yours,” Sunghoon blurts out and points at the Slytherin cap the guy
is wearing. “The way you inhaled that bread roll, you’re a Hufflepuff.”

(or: sunghoon meets a guy wearing a slytherin cap and is personally offended.)

Notes

that feeling when seeing hoon in a gryffindor robe and ni-ki in a slytherin robe inspires you
so much that you neglect ur 6 other wips to write 1000+ words on them bantering about
hogwarts houses. yeah, that's me rn.

p.s. just in case it isn't clear enough or anything, the italicized words are text messages.
sunghoon's are in bold.
i wrote this on a whim, so all mistakes are mine. enjoy!

See the end of the work for more notes

opposite of me, a guy with a Slytherin baseball cap is eating his tomato-mozzarella bread roll
and I’m assuming he’s wearing his boyfriend’s cap because… the way he's leaving crumbs
everywhere, he's a Hufflepuff.
Sunghoon looks up from his phone and glances at the guy sitting in front of him. He takes bite
after bite out of his bread roll, chewing and swallowing it as if it's the best thing he’s ever eaten.
Lots of crumbles fall on his dark hoodie, some stick to the corner of his mouth. Definitely
Hufflepuff.

The guy barely acknowledged him when Sunghoon had sat down in one of the few free seats on
the train a few minutes ago, so focused because he’d been stuck on his little snack ever since.

New text message. Jake.

Hufflepuff isn't about food, Sunghoon.

Sunghoon grimaces as he types his reply.

but he's just like you when you think no one's watching

I take offense to that.

Jake is typing...

Why are you so passionate about his Hogwarts house anyway?

he’s so disgusting that I can't stop staring

... disgustingly handsome?

Sunghoon replies with an eye-roll emoji, grunts, and puts his phone on his thigh, his fingers
nervously tapping on the screen. As subtle as possible, he steals another glance. Short dark hair
under the Slytherin cap, dark eyes, pretty tan skin. A backpack with a NASA and a bi-pride patch.

Another message pops up.

Jake, of course.

A cuuuutie.

Pretending he’s still staring at his phone, Sunghoon observes the guy finishing the bread roll,
wadding up the paper bag into a ball, and throwing it into the little trash can next to his seat.

“What ya staring at?”

Sunghoon’s eyes widen as he suddenly feels both dark eyes fixed on him suspiciously. The guy
brushes away some crumbles from his mouth with the back of his hand and waits.

“There’s no way that is yours,” Sunghoon blurts out and points at the Slytherin cap the guy is
wearing.

The boy gawks at him, utterly confused. He squints his eyes as if he has to remember what he’s
wearing on top of his head. After a second, he raises his eyebrows almost mockingly, forcing
Sunghoon to elaborate on his statement.

“The way you inhaled that bread roll, you’re a Hufflepuff.”

The boy scoffs and crosses his arms over his chest. Wildly offended, he looks around, trying to
make eye contact with other passengers to validate that the stranger in front of him is absolutely out
of his mind. No one around them seems to have listened or is interested at all and the boy brings
his attention back to Sunghoon.

“First of all," he says and points a finger at him, "how dare you question my Hogwarts house. Also,
what’s up with the Hufflepuff cliché?“

“I wasn’t—“

“Da, da, da, da, da!” the guy interrupts him. “Educate yourself on Pottermore or take some
Buzzfeed quizzes, for God’s sake. Look up the house traits in a Harry Potter wiki."
"I was just stating my observation!”

“Let me guess," the Slytherin guy says and leans forward, a mischievous sparkle in his eyes.
"You’re a Gryffindor, aren't you?”

Sunghoon swallows. “What makes you think that?"

“Well, you think you know better. You think you're above everything. That’s why.”

"Now who's the one with the prejudices?" Sunghoon shoots back.

"Then tell me I'm wrong. Tell me you're not Gryffindor."

Sunghoon bites his lip and offers him a little shrug.

"Ha!"

The boy claps his hands together and flashes him a winning smile. A pretty smile that catches
Sunghoon off guard. Before he can come up with a witty reply, his phone vibrates.

Jake again.

The lack of an answer speaks volumes. So he's a cutie, right?

Quickly, Sunghoon sends him a message.

i was wrong, he's def Slytherin, arrogant prick

Ask him for his number.

“Is it Dumbledore?” When Sunghoon looks up from his phone, the Slytherin boy is still grinning at
him like the Cheshire Cat. “Did ya win the house cup?”

“Shut up,” Sunghoon dismisses him as he pretends to be busy on his phone but there’s no bite in it.
The boy gives him a playful wink when he leans back into his seat, eyes still fixed on Sunghoon’s.
And oh—okay.

Meanwhile, the ticket inspector draws closer, walking around and asking passengers to take out
their tickets. Sunghoon reaches inside his backpack to look for his.

“Do you sell Bertie Botts Beans?”

He looks up. The Slytherin boy grins expectantly at the poor employer who furrows his brows as
he checks the boy's ticket.

“Um—“

“Chocolate frogs?”

He hands him back the ticket and turns to Sunghoon.

“Your ticket, please.”

Oh.

"One second, please, it's here somewhere…"

"You have to excuse him, it's his first trip to Hogwarts."

Sunghoon’s head shoots up, eyes switching between the mocking grimace on the boy’s face and
the impatient look of the other man.
"It's not my first trip, alright?" Sunghoon scoffs.

Riki turns to the inspector, ignoring Sunghoon. "Yeah, he's worried he's not gonna pass his
O.W.L.s." He puts a hand next to his mouth. “He’s still saying Wingardium LeviosAAAR instead
of LeviOsa!” he whispers, forcing a chuckle from the inspector.

Finally, Sunghoon finds his ticket and tries his best not to throw it toward the man who scans it
with his device.

"I'm Ravenclaw,” he says good-humoredly and continues his walk through the train.

Sunghoon stares blankly at the boy who seems to be having the time of his life.

“I’m not gonna roleplay some Harry Potter shit with you.”

“Said the fanboy who is personally offended by some stranger’s Hogwarts house.” The guy
pauses. "Not your first trip, huh?" he says conspiratorially and leans forward to nudge Sunghoon’s
knee.

Sunghoon rolls his eyes. "It just slipped out, okay?"

“U-huh…”

A voice announces the next stop through the train’s speakers.

"My stop is coming up next,” the guy says and tilts his head. “That’s unfortunate."

"Is it?"

"Hell yeah, it is. This Gryffindor-Slytherin tension here,” he waves his hand between them, “it's
unresolved."
"And?"

"I'd say," the guy says, "we need to work on that. So… Are you free tonight?"

"Uh. Technically."

"So what would you say if I technically invited you to a butterbeer? You know, so that we can talk
things out. Some Gryffindor-Slytherin bonding."

Although Sunghoon already learned that the guy has a quick tongue, his forwardness takes him by
surprise.

"Are you, like, asking me out?"

At least the guy has the decency to blush. “Madame Rosmerta still owes me."

"You're such a nerd."

“Just very determined. It’s a Slytherin trait. Can I give you my number?”

Sunghoon makes a show of reluctantly giving the boy his phone to add his number to his contacts.
He doesn’t want to give him the satisfaction of showing that he’s secretly very excited about the
sudden turn of events. Sunghoon does a poor job of hiding his anticipation, though. His heartbeat
feels like it's beating a thousand times per second and he’s sure his face is flushed, but he keeps his
eyes on the boy adding his name in as 'Riki Slytherin' with a snake emoji in his contacts.

Riki, huh.

“Gimme yours, too?” Riki asks and Sunghoon obliges.

He adds his own contact info to the guy’s phone and names himself 'Sunghoon Gryffindor' with a
 lion emoji. And that was that.

The train slows down to a stop as they exchange their cell phones again and Riki gets up.

“I’ll text you the when and where later.” He throws his backpack over his shoulder. “See you
tonight, Sunghoon Gryffindor.” The last thing Riki does is take off his Slytherin cap to put it on
Sunghoon’s head gently. “Looks good on you.” He winks. “I want that back tonight.”

Sunghoon’s heart is still racing when Riki is gone and the train has left the station. He straightens
the Slytherin cap and takes a quick selfie to send it to Jake.

???

i might have a date tonight with Slytherin boy

...

20 points for Gryffindor ;)

End Notes

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