Sapphic September 2019 - Harry Potter Femslash Oneshot Collection

Day 5 - Boredom in Potions - Parvansy

Prompt: "Please"
Pairing: Pansy Parkinson x Parvati Patil
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 1,635
Summary: Parvati messes up her potion and gives up for the rest of the lesson. She isn't the only one.

Tags: EWE, Hogwarts Eighth Year, Potions Class, Teasing, Character is outed, Pre-Relationship

Boredom in Potions

Parvati was carefully lowering the heat under her cauldron in small increments when a commotion across the room caught her attention. She only looked away for a moment, just long enough to see it was Pansy and Daphne causing a fuss.

That moment was all it took. When she turned back to her potion it had turned the colour of sour milk, and smelled even worse. With Slughorn snoring at his desk, and Hermione getting touchier and touchier about helping other people the closer they got to the N.E.W.T.s, she sighed in defeat and vanished the ruined potion.

With nothing left to do, she sat on her stool and rested her elbow on the desk. She propped her chin on her palm, turning her attention across the room to where Pansy and Daphne were still bickering. If she had to be stuck there until the end of class with nothing to do, at least there was entertainment.

It wasn't often the Slytherins fought amongst themselves, but it was always amusing when they did. The only time they dropped their dignified airs was when they fought. Not right away, they usually managed to still look dignified at the beginning at least, stony voices and small gestures, but it seemed Pansy and Daphne had moved beyond that already.

Daphne was holding a large, scrunched up piece of parchment while Pansy tried to snatch it from her hand. Over the summer, Daphne had shot up to match even Ron in height, but Pansy hadn't grown at all. In fact, Parvati was fairly sure she was shorter than Harry.

"I swear if you don't give it back I will make your life hell!" Pansy hissed loudly, lurching forward to try and snatch the parchment again.

Daphne easily held it out of her reach, scoffing as she did so.

"Oh please, you don't have anything new on me," she said, sounding delighted. "You've been too busy lately to pay attention, and now I see why. My, my, my, Pansy, how unexpected."

Draco turned around and hissed at them to shut up, but Daphne ignored him completely. Arms held up high, she pulled the parchment taut and looked over it.

Parvati tilted her head to try and see but the angle was all wrong. She'd seen Pansy doodling on parchment a lot since the year had started, but she'd never managed to see much. When they were paired in Defence, Pansy had been halfway through drawing a realistic portrait of Millicent when she'd noticed Parvati looking and hidden it away, and Parvati hadn't managed to get a glimpse of anything else since.

"It's not bad really," Daphne mused. "Though you've flattered her by changing the shape of her nose a little. Lovely study of her hands. Well, I assume they're her hands since she's all over this. Are those her lips too? Gosh, darling, how transparent of you."

In the most undignified manner Parvati had ever seen of her, Pansy jumped up to try and snatch the parchment away from Daphne.

Parvati looked over to Millicent, wondering if Pansy was drawing her again. It didn't seem likely, Millicent had a lovely cute nose. One of the only attractive features of her face, in Parvati's opinion. No need to flatter her with making it look nicer than it already was.

"What do you want for it then?" Pansy snapped, drawing another aggravated hiss out of Draco.

It seemed to bring Pansy's awareness back to the room. She glanced around, her cheeks flushing pink. Parvati looked down at her textbook before Pansy noticed her looking.