This is based on @cherrycapturedwolf‘s bulletpoint SyaoSaku Hogwarts fic that was born in a Clow Kingdom’s Discord discussion. It’s been literal years since I wrote anything and it’s my first-ish time writing in English but I had a lot of fun doing it so I’m sharing it with you all. @witchandhuntress @risamari @australet789 was someone else interested??

Enjoy!

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Sakura felt the wind blowing in her face as she soared through the sky looking for the golden Snitch.

Down below, the stadium was covered in orange and green banners, filled with the excited cheering of students. It was the first time she was playing against Slytherin as the Seeker of the Hufflepuff team and the score was pretty much even. The green and silver team was particularly good, specially the Seeker, who was known for never losing his team a quidditch match.

But then again, neither did Sakura.

She took a deep breath as her emerald gaze traveled through the field and spotted the brown haired Seeker of the opposite team, a very serious boy that came from an ancient chinese pureblood family.

Sakura had never talked to him, despite their being in the same Potions class.

A golden streak flashed in her peripheral vision and her hands clenched against the Firebolt as Sakura sped around the pitch with a determined look on her face. Not to long after that, the cherry blossom girl felt a magical presence approach her, as the Slytherin Seeker joined the race for the golden Snitch.

Sakura’s delicate fingers almost brushed Snitch’s tiny wings before it took an abrupt turn and disappeared into the foliage. The green eyed girl blinked in confusion as the boy in front of her spinned violently to avoid colliding with her. Despite his timely reaction, the brush of his shoulder against hers was enough to throw the cherry blossom off balance. A warm masculine hand catched her flailing arm in midair and helped her back into the Firebolt.

“Thank you”, she smiled shyly.

“You need to pay closer attention”, Syaoran scolded her with an annoyed frown, “now the Snitch is gone”.

“Hoe? Um… I’m sorr…” she babbled but the little wolf boy turned around and left.

Sakura lowered her head but lifted it almost immediately. There was no point in sulking over this, she had a golden Snitch to catch. With a renewed determination in her emerald eyes, the cherry blossom girl continued her search, soaring through the field, diving around both team’s Chasers and dodging speeding Bludgers as the skilled Seeker she was.

It was as Sakura crossed paths with Syaoran once again that she caught sight of a flash of gold near one of the goal hoops. They rushed side by side toward the furtive little ball, swirling around the Chasers that were still engaged in a Quaffle toss over.

The big brown ball passed from hand to hand, sweeping by Syaoran’s hair dangerously as he chased after the Hufflepuff Seeker. The closer they got to the goal posts, the more cramped they were in between their teammates. A Quaffle holding arm swished by Sakura’s face and a broom’s tail bumped against Syaoran’s knee but both Seekers had their eyes on the golden Snitch.

As if feeling their approach, the little ball restarted its trail as soon as the two Seekers were close enough to attempt a catch. It was really fast, and the light bouncing off its metallic surface was temporarily blinding as it eluded Syaoran’s fingers and made a turn around Sakura’s face.

Without waiting to regain her vision, the cherry blossom turned the other way to chase the Snitch, knowing that she couldn’t afford to lose a few seconds when facing someone as good as the Slytherin Seeker because they could mean the difference between victory and defeat.

Unfortunately, it also meant that Sakura failed to realize she was diving right into one of the goal posts. By the time she was able to see the metal circle, the only thing that was left to do was jump. Leaving her broom behind, she leaped into an arc above the goal hoop to fall back into the Firebolt that crossed the goal post with a clean shot.

Meanwhile, Syaoran was blasting through the pitch, approaching the golden ball dangerously. He seemed to have deciphered the Snitch’s apparent erratic pattern and was getting closer to predicting its trajectory with every attempt.

The cherry blossom girl furrowed her brow as she shot through the air taking advantage of her small frame and unbeaten speed to catch up with her opponent before he could manage to grab the little winged ball. They were circling the Snitch and closing in on it, blocking its way whenever it tried to get away when a furious Bludger came blasting in Sakura’s direction.

The Hufflepuff Seeker was so concentrated on the golden Snitch almost within her reach that she was completely oblivious of the rapidly approaching ball towards the back of her head. Before he had time to stop and think, Syaoran found himself blocking the Bludger’s path with his shoulder.

The force of the impact dismounted the little wolf boy but he used the momentum to spiral back into place with a mill circle as Sakura continued to enclose the Snitch with more difficulty now that she had to cover all directions without his help. Syaoran rushed to recover and joined the cherry blossom girl in the persecution of the elusive winged ball.

They were so close, flying upwards with their outstretched hands mirroring each other and the golden Snitch between them that it looked like they were going to touch it at the same time when the ball ricocheted violently downwards. Emerald met amber for a fraction of a second before Sakura let herself fall.

Syaoran cursed angrily while watching her free fall gracefully and use the gravity to gain speed before resuming flight. Darting up ahead, he tried catching up with her but the girl was unquestionably faster than him and that infuriated the little wolf. He was putting an extra spurt of speed when Sakura’s fingers closed around the metallic little ball.

By the time the Slytherin Seeker reached the ground, Sakura was holding the golden Snitch triumphantly with an embarrassed but pleased smile while the narrator’s voice resonated across the stadium announcing Hufflepuff’s victory.

For all he cared, it might as well have been broadcasting Slytherin’s defeat.

“Well played, you put up a real challenge!” Sakura giggled, offering her hand for Syaoran to shake.

Syaoran let go an enraged huff and walked away from her, leaving a very confused Sakura to be surrounded by her celebrating teammates.

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“I wanted to thank you for your help, I couldn’t have cornered the Snitch like that without you…”

Syaoran groaned in annoyance at the reminder of the last Quidditch game, and the humiliation of losing a match for the first time. He continued to arrange the potions ingredients on his desk, ignoring the cherry blossom girl.

“How’s your arm?” she lifted a hand towards his shoulder but stopped when the boy flinched.

“It’s nothing”, he spat angrily.

Sakura looked at those fiery amber eyes for a minute and then smiled warmly.

“Thank you for blocking that Bludger for me”.

“Don’t get any strange ideas. I just did it because I didn’t want to win only because the other Seeker was knocked out by a stupid Bludger”.

To the boy’s bafflement, Sakura’s smile didn’t fade.

“Still, I want to say thank you”.