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Today was the day- the day of the exchange program. At the end of last year, the headmaster, Professor Psy had announced that this year, there would be an exchange program, meaning chosen students from Durmstrang and Beauxbatons in year 6th and 7th would be able to come to Hogwarts for a year to study and live there.

The great hall was buzzing with activity as students lingered on the line between nervous and excited. Even the teachers were tense and clearly wanted to make a good impression- Hwanwoong swore that Professor Jyp had checked his hair about 5 times. Everyone was waiting in anticipation for the students from Durmstrang and Beauxbatons. Professor Psy stood behind the lectern, a signal for the students and staff.

“Good evening Students and Staff.” He began. “As you all now, we have 2 very special schools joining us for the rest of the year for an exchange project. Please join me in welcoming the lovely students of the Beauxbatons Academy of Magic and their headmistress, Cosette Bonfils!”

The students clapped politely, before their mouths dropped and their clapping simultaneously ceased.
The female students wore light blue dresses made of silk and while male students wore a basic white shirt under a blue blazer in the same shade of blue as the female students along with light blue trousers with a dark blue lining. All of them wore a slightly pointy light blue hat.

But that wasn’t the reason everyone was in awe- they were all gorgeous. The walked down the main aisle, smiling and waving at everyone, some seductively, some cutely.

Hwanwoong turned to Seoho, only to see Seoho with his eyes stuck to one certain boy. Hwanwoong followed his gaze and saw the boy Seoho was gazing at- he had silver-grey hair and was tall. Behind him, bringing up the rear was a women Hwanwoong presumed to be the headmistress. She was accompanied by 2 boys, one on either side of her. The one on her right had brown hair parted in the middle while the boy on her other side had long shoulder length blond hair that blended to light purple at the bottom.

“Who are they?” Hwanwoong asked to no one in particular.

“The Son twins.” Seoho replied, not taking his eyes of the tall boy who was now standing in part of a line of students, facing the aisle.

“Who?”

“The Son twins. They’re the headmistress sons- Dongmyeong and Xion. Apparently they’re a quarter veela.”

That explanation would have made sense to why almost all the girls (and boys) were swooning over them as they walked to the front.

The students bowed and curtsied as the headmistress stood next to Psy, smiling as he planted a kiss on her hand.
The students stood until Madame Bonfils sat down before settling down at the Ravenclaw table (Hwanwoong saw how Seoho frowned when he realised the boy wasn’t coming to their table) as Professor Psy stood behind the lectern once more.

“And now, please welcome our friends from the North, the students from Durmstrang Institute and their Headmaster, Dimitur Velikov!”

The door of the great hall opened and again, everyone’s mouth dropped.
The students were wearing cloaks made from brown fur, however, Hwanwoong swore he saw a flash of red underneath.
The students executed a performance, full of backflips, synchronised banging of sticks and fire breathing, however, the biggest gasps came when the headmaster came in, along with 4 students.

“Oh my god!” Hwanwoong managed to hear Seoho say over all the screaming. “It's the Kim siblings!”

“Who?” Hwanwoong questioned, confused. He was a muggleborn, meaning there were still a lot of aspects he didn’t know about, despite being in his 6th year.

“They're part the most powerful family in Europe!”

“The eldest is Solar. She's the one with the blonde hair.” Seoho gestured to the girl with short hair, walking in front of the headmaster. I like her hair.

“The youngest is Leedo, the one with the straight black hair.” Seoho indicated to the buff boy walking next to Solar. He looks scary.

“And the middle child is Ravn. He has the curly brown hair.” He motioned to the boy walking next to the Headmaster. ohmygodhesattractive-

Brushing that last thought out of his head, Hwanwoong stared incredulously at Seoho. “But why are they so loved?”

“What do you mean, why are they so loved?” Seoho exclaimed incredulously.

Hwanwoong gave him a glance. “Are you really going to ask that?”

“Right, sorry. First of all, their parents are Maria Ivanov and Dohoon Kim. The Kim family line goes wayyyy back, so Mr Kim inherited a lot. He’s also a really wealthy and successful business man, he’s like a billionaire cause he has ownership of so many places, such as Gringotts, Borgin And Burkes, Flourish And Blotts and St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, just to name a few. Plus, his wife is pretty well off as well- she came from a rather rich family and is also a famous actress and model in Russia. So yeah, their family is pretty well off.”

“Wow.” Hwanwoong gasped. “So what about the siblings? Why are they so adored?”

“Solar is super social, like a living social butterfly. She has the BEST connections with everybody plus she’s head girl. She’s also super talented.”

“Ravn, oh my god, how do I describe him? He's such a heart wrecker. And good looking. He can charm literally everyone. He’s also top in all his classes He's rumoured to be head boy next year.”

“Leedo is one of the BEST quidditch players at Durmstrang. He's also super strong, not to mention a super big sweetheart. He also has an...interesting voice. You'll see.”
“How did you get all that information?”

“Oh, it's everywhere. On the daily prophet, from media sources, interviews, from their parents even! Plus…”Seoho said, leaning in closer to Hwanwoong. “They’re all single.”

The students stood in a straight line, similar to what Beauxbatons did, as Mr Velikov and the Kim siblings approached the front. Mr Velikov shook hands with Professor Psy, before ushering the Durmstrang students to choose a table to sit at. They watched as the Kim siblings decided where to sit, Ravn eventually picking the Hufflepuff table.

As they settled down, Psy stood up to speak.

“Now that we're all settled in and sorted, I'd like to formally welcome the exchange students and headteachers from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang. We hope this castle will feel like home to you. However, you must all be starving, so without further ado, please dig in!” Psy sat back down, while food instantaneously appeared on the tables.

The students happily devoured the food. Hwanwoong was eating a steak and kidney pie when he got a tap on the shoulder.

“Uh, excuse me? Can you please pass the gravy?” A melodious voice from next too Hwanwoong asked.

The boy sitting next to him was wearing a blood red robe, conforming Hwanwoong’s thoughts. He had curly brown hair, a kind smile, the smell of rose perfume lingering over him and-
Oh no. It was Ravn Kim.

Luckily for Hwanwoong, who was currently not functioning from being near proximity to Ravn, Leedo reached over from where he was sitting opposite his brother and nudged the gravy closer.

Glad that Ravn’s attention was no longer on him, Hwanwoong turned to Seoho, only to see him laughing at his misery.

“Oh my god, you can’t handle being around pretty boys,” Seoho snickered. At that moment the boy from Beauxbatons walked over from the Ravenclaw able to their table. Well, more like being dragged by the 2 boys who he was pretty sure were the sons of Ms Bonfils and another boy with bluey-purple hair following behind, laughing at them.

The boy with long hair- Xion?- nudged the boy Seoho had been staring at, reaching up to whisper something in his ear and then pushing him forwards.

“Oh my goodness, I hate you all,” the boy muttered, before turning to Seoho and Hwanwoong.

“Eh, hi. My friends-” He turned around, giving a nasty look at them before turning back. “Wanted me to ask if we could please have the Blancmange?”

“Oh yeah sure,” Hwanwoong replied, passing the dish to him carefully while Seoho simply nodded and stared.

“Thanks!” The boys said, before walking back to their table.

“So…what about me being the one not being able to handle pretty boys?” Hwanwoong teased, giggling at a red faced Seoho.

“Shut up.”

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After the feast, Headmaster Velikov announced that the foreign students were going to be divided into small groups and sleeping in the same dorm with another house. They would also take lessons with that house and basically be a part of it.

“Now, let’s see…” He mumbled. “Leedo you’ll be in the 6th Year Hufflepuff dorms. Ravn, you’ll be in the Gryffindor dorms. Seungmin, Ravenclaw, the blue ones and Changbin, Slytherin, the green house. Now for the female ones, Yuqi, you’ll be in……”

Ravn zoned out after that, only paying attention again when Professor Velikov said Solar’s names, finding out that she was in Gryffindor.

Professor Velikov then sent them off to their dorms. Him, Yuki, BM and Solar set off to find the Gryffindor dorms, until…

“Wait a minute! Professor Velikov didn’t tell us where it was!” Yuki, the voice of reason exclaimed.

“Dammit,” Ravn cursed.

Solar sighed, shaking her head. “Let’s just ask someone, there’s got to be at least someone who know where it is. BM, go ask someone.”

“Why me?!”

“Because why not,”

“Absolutely not. I would rather sleep in the hallway,”

“Okay fine. Yuki?”

“No thanks.”

“Ravn do it. No buts.”

“But Solar-,”

“Do it.”

“Fine,”
Ravn looked around, most students would know where the dorms would be, even if they weren’t in it, right? He spotted a small guy with light pink hair and a guy with black hair walking with each other. They were both wearing yellow robes, which if he remembered correctly were for Hufflepuff, but the students looked to be around his age, so he stepped towards them and cleared his throat.

“Sorry but excuse me?”

The 2 boys turned around, allowing Ravn to see their faces clearly. The shorter one was very cute, a shy expression on his face. “Ye-yes?”

“Do you know where the Gryffindor dorms are?” Ravn asked.

“Oh yeah, they’re at the top of the school. Just keep going up those stairs until you get to a room with a portrait of a lady on it- also known as the Fat Lady.” Cute guy’s friend replied, pointing to a wide set of stairs.

“Cool, thanks.” Ravn acknowledged. “By the way, what are your names?”

“I’m Seoho.” The dark-haired boy answered.

“My name is Hwanwoong.” The pink haired boy responded, nervously playing the edge of his jumper he wore under his robes.

“Nice to meet you Seoho and nice to meet you Hwanwoong. Cute name by the way.” Ravn said, winking at Hwanwoong and enjoying the way Hwanwoong blushed and ducked his face out of Ravn’s sight. “See you guys around.”

The two waved bye before setting off. Ravn took that as his cue to go back to his friends and start making their way to the dorms.
Solar looked at him with a disapproving glare.

“Cute name? CUTE NAME? Is that the best you can do?”

“Give me a break, it’s only the first day.” Ravn interjected.

Solar looked at him. “But that brings me to my second point: IT’S THE GODDAMN FIRST DAY AND YOU’RE ALERADY FLIRTING WITH BOYS?”

“Cute boys,” Ravn corrected. “Yuki, BM, any criticism for me?”

BM simply shook his head, while very noticeably trying to not laugh. Yuki simply stared at them; the Kim siblings squabbling was nothing new. She then nodded to the stairs, indicating that they should hurry up and go to the dorms.

The group made it up what felt like never ending stairs, to see a person with red robes frantically talking to a teacher.

“Professor, I swear I didn’t see them when the feast ended and now I don’t know where they ar-” the girl in red robes paused when the said group come into view, straggling up the stairs.

“Miss Mori, Miss Kim, Mr Kim and umm, Mr Kim,” the professor began, looking sternly at the company. “Where have you been?”

“Sorry umm,” Solar started, scratching the back of her neck anxiously.

“Professor Yg,”

“Sorry Professor Rbw, we got lost as Professor Velikov forgot to tell us how to get here.

“That’s okay students. However, don’t be tardy next time.”

“Yes Professor Yg,” the four of them replied in unison.

“I’ll leave it to Miss…Kim. Screw it, I’ll leave it to Hyuna.

The Hyuna laughed before smiling at the group. “Hi guys, my name is Hyuna and I’m one of the Gryffindor prefects. I’m in the 7th year, and yes, I’m also a Kim.”

The four greeted Hyuna politely.

“To get into the common room, there is a password. The password will be changed each 3 weeks, it’ll be on the noticeboard inside so just be sure to check it. The password this week is Daedabhabwa. Any questions?” When the four of them shook her head she continued. “Perfect. I’ll bring you inside. Daedabhabwa.” She said to the Fat Lady, to which she opened the door.

Inside was a cosy round room with soft armchairs and a roaring fire in the fireplace. It was decorated in shades of Red, which Ravn thought made sense- their house colour was red after all.

Hyuna then directed them to 2 staircases going up. “The left is the entrance to the girls dorms and the right is the entrance to the boys dorms. Boys can’t go up the girls dorm but girls can go up the boys dorms. Don’t ask, there’s not much we can do about it. I’ll bring the girls up to their rooms, BM and Ravn? Can you find your way up by yourselves? There are nameplates on them, just find the one that says 7th year or the one that says 6th year.

The boys nodded and bid farewell to the girls. BM founded the 7th year rooms and said goodnight to Ravn, who continued climbing until he thought he was at the top of the tower. There, he saw a sign that said 6th year. He pushed the door open and was greeted with a pillow fight between 6 boys. The slowly turned around the creak of the door.

“Oh….hey,” one of them said nervously, brushing his ruffled black hair out of his face, no doubt from the pillow fighting. Ravn swore he heard the boy with a small blond ponytail whisper to another boy something along the lines of ‘we have one of the Kim siblings?'.

“Sooo, what are your names?” Ravn asked.

“I’m Han,” The black-haired boy introduced.

“I’m Hyunjin,” The boy who had whispered said.

“I’m Yonghoon. Nice to meet you.” The boy with brown hair announced.

“I’m Harin.” Another brown-haired boy piped up.

“I’m Beomgyu.” The last brown-haired boy said.

“I’m Xion. I’m from Beauxbatons.” The blond boy with long hair that turned purple at the end stated.

“I’m Ravn.” He said, making his way to the last vacant bed. “Damn, I can’t believe you started the pillow fighting without me.” Those were his last words as Xion and Yonghoon took that as a welcome to start bashing him with pillows.

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Leedo woke up to one of his dormmates screaming at another.

“WAKE UP HWANWOONG!!! RISE AND SHINE!!! TIME TO LIVE!!!” A dark-haired boy screamed at another boy who had cocooned himself in bed.

“Shut up Seoho,” Hwanwoong grumbled, throwing a pillow at who Leedo assumed was Seoho.

“Sorry ‘bout that,” A voice from next to Leedo said. Leedo turned around to his other side in surprise. A boy with messy black hair in the bed next to him, stretching in attempt to wake himself. “This happens every day, you’ll get used to this.”

“Oh-Okay,”

“We didn’t introduce ourselves last night did we? Apologies for being so rude, we’re not normally like this. I’m Bangchan.” Bangchan smiled courteously, in contrast to the duo who were still bickering. He pointed at them. “As you’ve probably heard, that’s Hwanwoong and Seoho.”

“That’s Felix,” He said, gesturing at a boy with grey hair sitting cross legged on the floor, looking though his truck.

He then pointed at a blue with blue hair who was already dressed, sitting on his bed, reading something. “That’s Soobin.” Soobin looked up his name, waving at Leedo, in which he returned.

“That’s Huening Kai.” The boy on Leedo’s other side grinned at him.

“Just call me Kai.”

“And that’s Keonhee.” Bangchan pointed at last boy, who coming out of the shower.

“Hi!” Keonhee said with a big smile, fiddling with a light blue badge that said Beauxbatons.

“Wait- Keonhee Lee?” Soobin said, leaning forward. Leedo listen curiously, pulling on his new uniform given to him, which consisted of black robes with yellow edgings, a white buttoned shirt underneath with striped yellow and black necktie and a badge similar to Keonhee's, except it was Maroon and said Durmstrang on it.

“Yeah?” Keonhee replied, puzzled.

“It’s me, Soobin Choi!”

“Soobin? I haven’t seen you for so long!”

“How do you know each other?” Kai asked.

“Soobin used to go to Beauxbatons with me!” Keonhee replied, excited at seeing his friend again.

“Yeah, I came in the 3rd year remember?” Soobin added in.

“Ohh,” Kai realised.

The boys made their way down to the Great hall, Leedo slowing getting used to his surroundings. The food was a bit different from Durmstrang, where the meals were usually root vegetables like potatoes and carrots and fresh fish from the lake, but the food at Hogwarts was tasty.

As Leedo spotted Ravn coming into the hall, he began raising his hand to signal him to come over before hesitating.

“Um……,”Leedo started, voice faltering.

“Hmm?” Keonhee asked, mouth full.

“Are people from different houses allowed to sit together?” Leedo asked.

“Yeah, I usually go sit with my friends, I just like to sit with my housemates on the first day,” Bangchan confirmed.

“Oh okay. Ravn!” Leedo replied, calling Ravn over. Ravn came over and sat down.

“Hello idiot,” Ravn greeted Leedo, getting a (light) punch in return. “Hi guys,”

They greeted Ravn as they keep eating their breakfast. Leedo quickly checked his timetable.

“Leedo? What classes do you have?” asked Keonhee.

“Double Transfiguration with the Slytherins, Care of Magical Creatures, I thinks that’s Training of Magical Beasts, with the Gryffindors and Charms with the Ravenclaws.” Leedo answered back.

“Oh cool, we have Care of magical creatures together.” Ravn informed, peering over Leedo’s shoulder.

Leedo went to his first class, Transfiguration. That curricular was quite similar to Durmstrang so that was no problem.

He was very excited about Care of magical creatures as he had gotten an O in the subject last year for his O.W.Ls and was thinking about doing a career with it.

“Alright class. For those of you who may not know me, my name Professor Yuehua and I am the care of magical creatures teacher.” The teacher announced. “Today, to start off the year, we’ll be looking at unicorns.”
“Unicorn foals are born gold. When they’re two, they turn silver. When they’re about four years old, they get their horns. The only turn pure white when they’re fully grown, at the age of seven.” The Professor recited. “They prefer a women’s touch so ladies follow me and gentlemen, please step back behind the fence.”

The girls when forwards to pat the unicorns while the boys stayed behind the fence. However, to the shock and surprise of everyone, including Leedo and the teacher, one of the unicorns trotted over to the fence, near the right where it was just Leedo and extended its head.

“Go pat it!” Ravn whispered, nudging Leedo with a delighted smile. “It trusts you!”

Cautiously, Leedo extended his hand. The unicorn didn’t back away and instead leaning into his hand.

“Goodness! This hasn’t happened in all my years at Hogwarts!” Professor Yuehua exclaimed.

“I want to pet it too!” Yelled one of the other boys. Unfortunately, as soon as he came close, the unicorn reared up on her back legs and ran off.

“Oh. That’s pity.”

During Lunch, a muscular boy wearing Hufflepuff robes came over to where Leedo was sitting with Hwanwoong and Seoho, who had in a way, reverse adopted him (despite Seoho being older than Leedo). He seemed to be friendly with Seoho and Hwanwoong, giving them a wave as he arrived.

“Hi Hwanwoong, hi Seoho.” He greeted.

“Hey Wonho,” Seoho and Hwanwoong replied back.

“Are you Quidditch captain?” Hwanwoong asked, eyeing the shiny badge on Wonho’s chest. “Congrats!”

“Thanks! And that’s exactly what I wanted to talk to you guys about. I’m holding Quidditch trials on Saturday in the mornings since most the players are gone. I’m hoping you guys will come because I want you guys in the team but I felt it’d be fairer to hold a whole team tryout.” He spoke to Hwanwoong and Seoho and then turned to Leedo. “You’re Leedo Kim, right? I’m Wonho Lee, Keeper. I asked Professor JYP and he said exchange students are allowed to tryout. You played as a beater at Durmstrang right?”

“Ye-Yeah,”

“Do you want to try out- actually, can you try out please? We haven’t won the house cup in the last 10 years.”

“Sure, I guess I’ll try out. But I don’t have a broom with me. I can and try to owl my parents for it.”

“Yeah, do that. If they can’t get it to you before then, you can borrow my broom.”

“Okay.”

Wonho stood up. “It was nice talking to you lot. See you on Saturday!” and walked away.

Seoho looked at Leedo. “Soo, you trying out for that position of Beater?”

“Yeah sure, why not,”

Seoho extended his hand. “May the best beater win,”

“Seoho’s also a beater,” Hwanwoong explained to a puzzled Leedo. “I’m a seeker,”

“But there are two beater positions…?”

“Seoho just wants to be dramatic,”

“I see,” Leedo shook Seoho’s hand. “May the best Beater win I guess,”.

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Saturday arrived, meaning it was finally quidditch trials day. Seoho saw Leedo walking to the pitch, broom in hand meaning his parents must have sent it over in time. Not any broom, but a firebolt. A state-of-the-art broom. Seoho gripped his Nimbus 2000 and walked over to where Wonho was.

“Okay guys, if we could all start with just a lap around the pitch, ten at a time.” Wonho commanded.

The group was made of pretty decent flyers.
The second group was made of first years who looked like they had never flown, one of them confirming Seoho’s suspicious when she crashed headfirst into a goal post. Wonho quickly escorted them off the pitch.
The third group was made up of gang of silly girls who didn’t even try, simply falling of their brooms and giggling with each other. Wonho swiftly told them to leave and they did, walking to the stands to watch, still giggling and shooting glances at Leedo and Ravn, who had come to watch Leedo.
The fourth group was made up of Gryffindors.

“Does this usually happen?” Leedo whispered to Hwanwoong and Seoho, watching as Wonho instructed them to leave.
“Nope.” Seoho replied. “It’s just because you’re here, Mr buff Durmstrang quidditch star Kim.”

This was going to be a long day.

After 4 hours, Wonho had found 3 chasers- Felix Lee, their roommate who was great at dodging Bludgers, Ireh Cho, a 6th year who scored 12 goals and Gaeul Kim, a 5th year who made every goal she tried. He had also kept Hwanwoong as seeker after an amazing performance from him. All that was left was to find 2 beaters.

“Okay everyone! Just beaters left, if you’re not a beater, please leave!” Wonho yelled, voice sounding a bit hoarse.

One by one, the beaters went up and hit the bludgers. When Leedo when up, Seoho had to admit- he was good. He hit those bludgers with good aim and was very strong with his hits.
Soon, Seoho went. He thought he did decent, he didn’t miss a single bludger and only almost got hit once.

“Okay guys,” Wonho announced. “The two bludgers are Leedo Kim and Seoho Lee! Thank you all for coming to trials today,”

“You did it Seoho! Good job Seoho, good job Leedo!” Hwanwoong cheered.

“You too Hwanwoong!” Seoho praised back.

“Good job Leedo,” Ravn congratulated, ruffling Leedo’s hair, ignoring the latter’s hand batting his hand away. “Good job to you two as well,”

“Thanks Ravn,” Seoho replied.

“Thank you Ravn,” Hwanwoong responded, a shy smile on his lips.

While they were leaving, Leedo shyly tapped Seoho. “Seoho? Good job. You did really well, I was very impressed.”

“Thanks Leedo. You did really well as well, I was so amazed.” Seoho responded, grinning at the former.

The boys laughed and side by side, made their way back to the castle.

Seoho was walking back to the Hufflepuff common room. Ravn, Hwanwoong and Leedo had already gone to lunch but Seoho decided to quickly grab a jacket. He had just made it to the pile of large barrels when he saw Keonhee, his Beauxbatons roommate, crouched in the corner and crying, hair dripping with vinegar.

"Keonhee?" Seoho asked gently, bending down.

"Seoho?" Keonhee replied, looking up at Seoho with what could be described as the most miserable look Seoho had ever seen. "I forgot the pattern a-and the vinegar and-and,"

"Shh," Seoho cooed, tapping the barrels and gently leading him inside and up to their room. It was empty, which made sense as everyone else was at lunch. He fished out a towel and started drying Keonhee's hair. "Why were you coming back to the dorms in the first place? It's lunch,"

Keonhee hesitated before answering, making Seoho panic, worrying that he had asked Keonhee something that made him uncomfortable.

"I've been feeling kinda homesick an-and I have this Ryan plushie that reminds me of home and it's in m-my trunk and I wanted to get it." When he got no respond from Seoho he quickly blurted out. "Sorry I shouldn’t dumped this onto you, you probably think I’m childish or weird or-"

"Keonhee." Seoho said, shutting Keonhee up efficiently. "I don't think its childish, I'm sorry you've been feeling homesick and you can talk to us and ask us for anything if you feel homesick. Okay?"

"Okay." Keonhee sniffed. "Can...Can I have a hug?"

Seoho disliked skinship but most people but for some reason he didn’t really care when he wrapped his arms around Keonhee, allowing the younger to bury his head into the crook of Seoho's neck. He hair still smelled a bit like vinegar but was dry at least.
Seoho broke away from the hug when his stomach rumbled.

"Oh-," Seoho laughed shyly. "I haven’t had lunch yet,"

"Me neither," Keonhee responded, standing up. "Should we go to lunch now?"

"Or, we can go down to the kitchens," Seoho said, excited.

Keonhee cocked his head to the side, confused. "What do you mean?"

Seoho didn’t reply, grabbing Keonhee's hands and dragging him out of the common room and running across the corridors until they reached a portrait of a fruit bowl. Seoho reached out and tickled the pear, to which Keonhee's surprise, giggled and turned into a large green door handle. Seoho pushed open the door, and inside was what Keonhee presumed was the kitchen.
There were 4 tables positioned exactly like the tables in the great hall. Currently, they were full of food, probably because lunch was still ongoing. When the house elves in the kitchen saw Seoho, they greeted him happily, immediately offering him food.

"Master Seoho!" One of the house elves greeted. "Pepe is very pleased to see Seoho Lee and Seoho Lee's friend!"

"Hi Pepe!" Seoho acknowledged. "This is my friend Keonhee. We were wondering if we could have a little lunch?"

"Of course!"

He scurried off and came back with a plate of sandwiches, held up by him and 2 other house elves and a pitcher of pumpkin juice and cups, carried by 2 house elves. "For Seoho Lee and Mr Keonhee!"

"Oh, just Keonhee is fine......" Keonhee began, but by then, Pepe had already been called away.

"I'll him that next time, don't worry," Seoho said. "Dig in!"

"So," Seoho began, mouth full of ham and cheese. "What's Beauxbatons like?"

“Beauxbatons is beautiful." Keonhee gushed. "The chateau is surrounded by gardens and fountains. There's a fountain in the middle of the park- apparently it has healing and beautifying properties. We actually don't know. It's named after Nicolas and Perenelle Flamel. Wood Nymphs sing to us while we eat, and the food is marvellous. At Christmas, the hall is covered with great, glittering, non-melting ice sculptures. They look like statues of glittering diamond." His smile had grown bigger as he spoke, imagining his home. "Oh, am I rambling? Sorry."

"No, don't apologise, keep going. Does Beauxbatons have houses?

"Yeah! We have 3 houses- Bellefeuille, Papillonlisse and Ombrelune. The Ombrelune colour is navy and their house symbol is a moon. It's the house of the cunning, logical, ambitious, and curious. Xion, Madame Bonfils son, is in that house. Bellefeuille is the house of the brave and loyal, the colour is green and the symbol is a leaf. My friend with the blue and purple hair, Cya, is in that house. And finally, Papillonisse. It’s colour is purple and the symbol is a butterfly. It’s the house of kindness, maturity, and gentleness. I'm in this house and so is Dongmyeong, he’s Xion’s twin."
Keonhee talked for a bit more while Seoho listened on eagerly.

Eventually, they finished up their lunch and then stood up and left the kitchen ('Sirs must visit soon again!' Pepe had said) and decided to try and find Hwanwoong, Leedo and Ravn, who Seoho assumed was sitting with them.

"Do you wanna hang out with me, Hwanwoong, Ravn and Leedo?" Seoho asked.

Keonhee smiled, any trace of homesickness leaving. "Sure."