you're nobody until somebody loves you

A HariPo drabble collection

by mew-tsubaki

- ^-^3

She didn't need an audience in the library, searching for a solution to Harry's conundrum with Slughorn. Yet, whenever she rounded an aisle, she spied Blaise somewhere in the background. Hermione sent him a pointed stare, a warning to back off.

Blaise nodded in reply but shrugged and held up his hands in a calming manner as he neared. "No need to be hostile, Granger."

"Then may I help you, Zabini?"

He snickered. "You're amusing to watch, you know. Like a storm blowing through the stacks but with a mission." He raised his eyebrows appreciatively.

And Hermione felt oddly flattered.