The Slytherins as kids makes me feel way too excited!
Day Eleven: "You once told me that calling me 'Satan' was an insult to Satan." / "Well, no one's perfect." (The Vampire Diaries)
Once, when he, Draco, and Theo had been young and running wild in the extensive grounds of Malfoy Manor, they had played a game of hide and seek.
Blaise remembered crouching behind a stone peacock, his stick-thin legs folded uncomfortably against the white stone. Games in the gardens could stretch on for hours, so he had brought a snack with him. He pulled his jelly beans out now, prepared to rest; last time he'd seen, Theo was running toward the other end of the garden in search for him and Draco.
He had barely eaten one jelly bean when he spotted a glint of platinum blond hair within the hedges. Perking up, Blaise hissed, "Draco!"
Draco peeped upward and lit up when he saw Blaise. Gray eyes shining mischievously, Draco, to Blaise's horror, tipped his head back and blared, "Can't catch me, Theo!"
Blaise's eyes widened. "Traitor!" he squeaked before jumping to his feet while Draco snickered and ran off to hide.
Blaise had only run about two steps before Theo came bursting out of the hedges. "Gotcha!" he proclaimed, eyes locking on Blaise and his Bernie's Botts beans.
He let out a great groan and stopped in his tracks, throwing a bean at Theo's triumphant expression. "That was all Draco," he felt the need to say. And when the blond popped out of the nearby line of tall flowers, he declared, "You are as bad as Satan!"
Not that six-year-old Blaise was entirely certain who Satan was, but that wasn't the point.
Draco smirked, already infuriating as a young boy. "You once told me that calling me Satan was an insult to Satan."
"Well, no one's perfect," Blaise grumbled before fixing an evil little smile on his face. "And you two better run because I'm going to get you!" He launched forward, beans spilling on the ground as Theo and Draco shrieked like they were girls and ran.