What Have You Done to Me? (Blaise Zabini/oc fanfiction)

Chapter Six: How'd You Get to That Conclusion?

"He likes you," Nat suddenly said.

Lyra looked up from her book in the common room, looking at Nat with amusement. "Who likes me? Draco? He's like my brother. An older, protective brother that-" she asked, snorting lightly.

"No. Blaise," Nat said, scratching out words on her parchment.

It was after dinner and people were either outside-it was kind of sunny- or they were in the common room-like Nat and Lyra- finishing their homework or just talking.

Suddenly, the door burst open and Draco, Blaise, and Theo came sauntering in.

"Hellooo, Ladies," Blaise crashed behind Lyra and put his legs on either side of her, leaning back on the couch.

"What?" Lyra stated bluntly, writing a few more words in her swirly cursive.

Blaise looked at her parchment and whistled. "Can anyone read that?" he asked, playing with the bottom of her hair.

Lyra looked at him and snarled. "Of course they can," she snapped, ignoring the fact that his fingers were coiling and uncoiling the bottom of her blonde hair.

There was a moment of silence before Nat spoke up with curiosity. "How do you know how to braid?" she asked, facing Lyra and Blaise.

Lyra looked at her best friend in confusion. "I've known since-"

Nat shook her head. "No, not you! Him!" she pointed at Blaise who was running his hands through Lyra's hair now.

Hey... that actually feels good. His hands are really soft and-NO! Bad Lyra! You hate him and he hates you remember?! Lyra involuntarily shivered and she felt Blaise pull away from her curls.

"Why'd you stop?" Lyra asked, turning to Blaise, making Nat snicker. She got an elbow to her gut in response.

Blaise shrugged. "Your hair is soft and I like your curls," he said without any shame. Lyra prided him in that.

"Thank you?" she tilted her head and begged for the heat she felt on her cheeks to be concealed.

Blaise chuckled lightly, tilting her chin up. Lyra saw Nat quickly dart off the couch and head down to the dormitories from the common room.

"I made the great Lyra Vaillancourt blush?" he laughed. "I'm amazing," he exclaimed, tugging on a curl.

"Sure you did," Lyra mumbled, being a little speechless at their close proximity.

"Oh, but I did," Blaise cooed.

He pushed himself off the couch and waved his wand, making Lyra automatically duck.

"Relax, Vailla," he joked, muttering a spell under his breath.

"Vailla? Really, Zabini?" Lyra raised an eyebrow. Suddenly, she felt a breeze through her hair. Her hand immediately flew up. "What did you do?" she asked, eyeing the dark-skinned boy who was smiling.

"Here." He produced a compact mirror and showed it to her.

Lyra gasped, her hands going to cover her mouth. "Salazar, Blaise," she breathed. Her right hand went up to touch her hair. It was perfect.

Her golden blonde hair was in a loose fishtail braid, swept over to the side of her shoulder. Her curlier curls had been taken out to frame her face, making her sharp blue eyes stand out. All-in-all, her was never better.

"Like it?" he asked, twirling his wand between his fingers.

Suddenly, Lyra did something she never thought she would do. She launched- yes, launched- herself into Blaise's arms and hugged him.

He hesitantly hugged her back, fully knowing that she was never a touchy-touchy person.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you," Lyra said, her voice muffled by his shirt.

"Er. You're welcome?" Blaise scratched his neck.

Lyra pulled away abruptly, a rosy colour tinting her cheeks. "Merlin. I'm so sorry. I don't know what came over me! I just really liked what-"

Blaise put his finger on her mouth, shushing her. "It's fine," he laughed. "It's you after all," he pointed out before turning and walking up the steps, into his dorm.

Lyra was left speechless in the common room. What had he meant by "It's you after all" ?

She shook her head and quickly bounded up the steps and into her dorm... where Nat was waiting for her, hands on her hips.

"Spill," she commanded.

And Lyra did just that.

Author's Note: Sort of fluff for youuuuu! This was a little filler chapter!

-Dominique M.