These Games We Play We'd Be Perfect For Each Other, a harry potter fanfic

If you just realize what I just realized,
Then we'd be perfect for each other
And will never find another
Just realized what I just realized
We'd never have to wonder if
We missed out on each other now.

Realize—School Boy Humor (Better than the Colbie Caillat version)

Chapter 2- We'd Be Perfect For Each Other

4:10 that day found Harry Potter pacing his dorm room in Gryffindor tower, having an inner battle with his mind. Half of him was screaming at him that it would be disastrous to him to go meet with Blaise at a quarter after.

The other half of him however, the part that only spoke up on rare occasions such as this wanted him to go. Call it curiosity, but part of him knew that whatever Blaise had to say would prove to be interesting.

4:12 'Fuck'Harry thought, he knew that whatever decision he took, there would be consequences. If he went he would never hear the end of it from Ron and Hermione. However, if he did not go he knew that he would always regret it and wonder what would have happened if he had gone.

Burying the part of him that was screaming the negatives in the situation Harry flung his blazer over his shoulder, tucked his wand into his pocket and headed down the steps of the 7th year Boys dormitory.

As Harry neared the bottom of the steps that lead to the entrance hall he spotted Blaise facing the large hourglass framing the doors out onto the grounds. He sighed, swallowed and muscled up his supposed Gryffindor courage and walked forward. He cautiously, not wanting to do anything to provoke the Slytherin, made his was over to Blaise and hesitantly tapped his shoulder.

Feeling the tap on his shoulder Blaise turned around and grinned, "Harry!" he greeted brightly, holding Harry's hand in his own for a second before dropping it quickly. The Gryffindor's discomfort was evident, evening ignoring the red blush creeping up Harry's neck to his cheeks.

"Erhm so shall we? You never did say this morning where we were going. And we should probably go soon before my friends start looking for me, I'm sure you know they can be quite ludicrously over protective." Harry babbled stupidly. 'Why is it that I sound like such an idiot Zabini probably just wants to embarrass me, there's no need to freak out over this.'

"Harry, are you alright? You dazed out for a bit, you really don't need to worry about anything I just want to talk about you. As for your friends, I'm sure it'll be difficult but they can manage without you for a little while," Blaise said grinning, "anyways I thought we would just go hang round the lake, if that's alright with you"

"Yeah that sounds fine let's go then, I think people are beginning to stare." Harry said nervously, subconsciously reaching up to his hair and scratching the back of his head. And sure enough they had attracted a small crowd, who were not so subtly in the entrance hall watching to see the anomaly of a Slytherin and Gryffindor conversing civilly. Blaise just laughed and tugged gently on Harry's arm steering him out onto the grounds.

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After walking around the lake a few times it seemed that Harry still had not lost his abrasiveness towards Blaise. Knowing that unless he got to the point he would never get anywhere with him, throwing caution to the wind, Blaise said,

"Harry you know I'm not going to bite your head off." Blaise said his tone toying between sarcasm and slight annoyance.

"I know, and I'm sorry I'm acting like such a jerk, it's just that I'm not used to talking normally to Slytherins you know?" Harry said, finding that this was the first thing he said to Blaise that day where he wasn't about to jump out of his skin in fear of the taller boys reaction.

"It's all right I know that we can come off as a bit scary, who would have thought Harry Potter afraid of an evil overlord? Never! But put him in a room of teenage boys with an affinity for snakes and the colors green and silver and he's petrified." Blaise said teasing Harry lightly.

"Oh shut it you" Harry said shoving Blaise lightly and laughing despite himself. Once they got past the fear and animosity Blaise wasn't so bad it seemed. "Here let's sit down," Harry said, "We've walked around enough times"

"Alright fine, so Harry the reason I asked you to meet me today is because I truly want to get to know you better, now that Voldemort is gone there's nothing that should still be keeping this house animosity alive, and I don't want to be held back by stereotypes set by biased old men who lived thousands of years ago, so anything it takes for you to trust me I'm willing to do. It seems like all of the houses have wasted too much time trying to hold tradition rather than doing what they want and I'm tired of it." Blaise said taking Harry's hand in he stared at him earnestly.

"I mean while that sounds all fine, and you do truly seem like a good guy, there are the seven years we've known each other that I've assumed you've hated me, and it does take a lot to erase that. While you've never done anything to make me hate you, I barely know you Blaise," Harry said his eyes sifting downward to their entwined hands before he blushed light and pulled his hands away, placing them back into his own lap.

Blaise, not missing a beat by Harry's embarrassed reaction smiled and began, "Well my name is Blaise Ryder Zabini, I grew up with a mother and over the course of being alive for seventeen years, I've had fourteen Step fathers, six of which have died mysteriously. I have no idea who my real father is, my mother sleeps around, yes this is my natural eye color, my best friend is Draco Malfoy, my family has houses in every country east of Italy, including Italy I once had a cat named Mittens, I hate live snake ironically enough. Every summer my family and I and sometimes Draco go to America, Draco finds their voices amusing, I've never kept a broom for over a year because I keep crashing them racing, when I was younger I wanted to be the drummer in the Weird Sisters, I have 12 step siblings eight of which I've never met, and I have no siblings that I'm biologically related to. My favorite color is aqua and I once dyed my hair orange by mistake when I was seven, it stayed that way for four months." Blaise said taking a deep breath before cracking a grin. "Is that enough for you Potter?" Blaise finished throwing in Harry's last name for effect.

Harry sat facing Blaise his mouth agape amazed at what he had just heard. "Wait your best friend is Malfoy?" Harry said astonished, after that news had been revealed he had barely heard the rest of Blaise's rant.

"Wow." Blaise said laughing again, "I tell you that I have 8 siblings I've never met, and that I wanted to be a member of a chick band and you're shocked that I'm friends with Malfoy. You amaze me; you really are Harry Potter through and through" Blaise smiled at him fondly.

"I'm sorry I just never really expected Malfoy to have that many friends, followers maybe but from what you said he sounds almost normal, vacationing and crashing brooms with you, it's just not something that I would expect, you know?" Harry said sheepishly.

"No I mean actually Dray's a really awesome guy, the only reason any of us are equated to being like followers of his is because he does look after all of us. The rest of the Slytherins aren't the mindless Malfoy-followers that we get made out to be. But I would say that a lot of us would be pretty lost without him." Blaise was almost gagging on his own words, sure he did think Draco was great but he was making him sound like the bloody high priest. I guess Draco would want m to talk him up as much as possible in order to woo Saint Potter.

"I never got to see that side of him I guess, now that I think about it I almost regret not accepting his hand at friendship all those years ago. I guess the side you know of him is one I'll never get to see." Harry said contemplatively.

'Why does Malfoy always have to get it so fucking easy, I've been talking about him for ten minutes and already Potter regrets not getting all chummy with Draco. Whatever I do Draco does it ten-fold and he always gets whatever he wants handed to him on a silver platter with a fucking silver spoon next to it. Well not this time.'

"Well hopefully you'll be seeing more of him soon…Listen Harry I have a confession to make. I didn't ask you to come meet me here just for the hopes of changing your opinions about Slytherins." Blaise said softly his voice dropping to a low tone. "I need to admit to you that well, I have liked for some time but never thought I had a chance, but maybe you can see that I honestly care for you."

And with that, he kissed him.

DMHPBZDMHPBZDMHPBZDMHPBZDMHPBZDMHPBZ

Harry froze. He couldn't believe what was happening. Seconds ago he and Blaise were horsing and joking around like old school chums and then, suddenly all Harry could think about was 'he's kissing me'.

Realizing that he was sitting there still as a statue, Harry thought it would be best to reciprocate the kiss. He tentatively opened his mouth giving Blaise the opportunity to slip his tongue inside eliciting a low moan from Harry. Seeing this as a sign of encouragement Blaise wound his finger through Harry's unruly black locks, and leaned backwards, pulling the much smaller boy on top of him.

Blaise ran his tongue across the roof of Harry's mouth, making him squirm, causing him to rub against Blaise's groin making them both groan. Blaise's hand began to creep up the back of Harry's shirt causing Harry to give an alarmed 'eep' and jump off the taller boy. He backed up a four feet from Blaise and sat down running his hand through his hair before looking at Blaise.

"Shit Blaise I'm sorry, but I meant what I said earlier I don't know you hell, I guess until now I had no idea you were gay and I'm sure you know that my friends don't even like the idea of my talking to you! How the fuck are they supposed to feel when they hear about this." Harry finished exasperated and breathless by the end of his rant.

Blaise was never the one to be caught off guard by another's actions stood up while brushing his clothes off of any dirt or grass, and strode over to complete the distance between himself and Harry. He grabbed Harry's hand, bringing him up to stand against him. Even when Harry was standing at full height, the height difference between them was huge, Harry was short to the point that Blaise would have to crouch to place his chin on the top of Harry's head.

Wrapping his arms around Harry's waist he said softly to Harry, "I also meant what I said earlier Har, I like you and I want to get to know you. Personally I don't care much for what other people think about me particularly Gryffindors, no offense, but I know that they mean a lot to you. So if you'll agree to be with me, we can keep it hush for as long as you want." He said sweetly.

However, in the back of Blaise's mind his only intention was to prevent Draco's knowing about his relationship with Potter, for the time being. When the opportunity struck, he would embarrass Draco for being nothing more than a manipulative little snake. Then, Blaise would finally pay him back for all the heartache Draco caused him throughout their friendship.

Harry blushed, he couldn't believe that something so amazing as this was happening; he thought that he liked Blaise well enough and wouldn't have to seek the approval of his over bearing friends. "I think," Harry, said his voice dropping to a low melodic tone, "that that sounds absolutely perfect," before entwining his fingers through Blaise' curly tresses and kissing him deeply.

September 21, 1998

Slytherin Common Room

Blaise strode into the common room with a satisfied smirk fixed onto his face. Upon seeing Draco sleeping soundly on a couch in the common room Blaise strode over, placed his foot onto Draco's bum, and used it to roll him off.

Draco landed on the ground with a large 'oomph'. He awoke to see the face of a very satisfied Blaise. "What the fuck do you want" He growled, brushing his clothes off and jumping up to face Blaise.

Draco wasn't as tall as Blaise, but he'd long ago mastered the art of intimidation that Blaise never could. Even though he stood four inches short than Blaise, he still seemed to match his height, causing Blaise to take a step back. "What. Do. You. Want?" Draco asked again, he had been enjoying a particularly good dream involving one Harry Potter and was less than thrilled to be interrupted.

"I just wanted to inform you Malfoythat the progress with the 'Potter Problem' has been going faster than I expected. He and I are getting along 'quite well'" Blaise said smirking.

Never one to underestimate Blaise, Draco knew that smirk could only mean that Blaise was up to something. He also hadn't missed the inflection that Blaise had put on the words, 'quite well'. He took another step forward breaching the gap between them, causing Blaise to take another step back. He continued this until he had backed Blaise against the wall one hand pinning Blaise, their foreheads pressed roughly together. "Define 'quite well' before I show you that I can pound your ass to the ground 'quite well'"

"Fuck you Malfoy, I'm not afraid of you," Blaise spat, using his hands to push himself off of the wall, "besides all I meant was that he trusts me, which is all the better for you isn't it?" 'And all the better for me to get into your pants Draco.'

"You better keep it that way Zabini, or I'll make sure that you never get what I promised you in exchange for Potter's friendship. Don't fuck this up for me and I swear you better not put it past me to fuck you up." Draco said harshly before sticking his leg between Blaise's thighs and grinding into his crotch.

"Fuck you Malfoy, I'm not playing your game by your rules, I'm already doing you a favor by befriending Potter. Don't put it past me to fuck this up for you. In case you've forgotten I hold the power here. You would be nothing without me Drakey." Blaise as much as he was enjoying the close contact from Draco forced him off of him grabbed his shoulders and sharply jabbed his knee into Draco's groin.

"I'll be seeing you later Draco, and expecting my reward once that heals." Laughing Blaise made his way up to his dorm room, leaving Draco sprawled on the floor in the common room.

"That little shit isn't going to get away with this."

"I can keep a secret if you keep me

Guessing, the flavor of your lips is enough

To keep me here, keep me here"

Coffee Shop Soundtrack—All Time Low