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Anywho, I wrote this eat kitkats and listening to Every Avenue, like a boss XD So enjoy my children!

A Strange Encounter

Harry wandered down the corridors of the castle, having finally escaped the few students that didn't fear him because of his Parseltongue but instead decided to crowd around him and ask him questions. He sighed and kicked at nothing, turning a corner and looking up, his brows coming together when he heard noise coming from further down the corridor.

"Hey, Blaise, have you got a second?" A voice that Harry recognized as Fred and George's friend, Balisk.

The blonde somehow sounded different, in a way that had Harry leaning towards it without thinking.

"S-Sure, Balisk," Harry peeked around the corner and saw Balisk leaning dangerously close to the Slytherin boy.

"You see," Balisk placed his thin arms around Blaise's shoulders; Harry didn't miss the slight shudder that went through the younger boy. "I'm fairly low on funds, I'm afraid. I was planning to buy something rather…special," Balisk gave a flirty giggle. "And I was wondering if you could help me in any way?"

Balisk smiled and licked his lips casually, waiting for an answer. Blaise swallowed and nodded.

"Yeah, of course."

"Thanks so much," Balisk waited patiently for Blaise to pull out several Galleons and then pocketed what was handed to him. "I really appreciate this, Blaise." With that, Balisk leaned forward and pressed his lips again Blaise's darker ones in a quick kiss before pulling away.

Blaise swooned a bit and leaned against the wall as Balisk walked down the hall, towards Harry.

"Hello, Harry." Balisk grinned, clapping Harry on the shoulder. "How are you?"

Harry decided that asking Balisk about what he'd done to Blaise would just lead to him being stared at by Balisk's right eye until he barely recalled the incident. While Balisk had never done it to him, Harry had seen him do it to several other students (mostly when he was caught with the twins doing something they weren't supposed to).

"Not so good."

Balisk frowned and Harry felt the strong urge to take it back so he'd smile again. What's wrong with me?

"Why is that?" Balisk asked, his voice going back to normal as he put an arm around Harry's shoulders like an older brother would.

"The rumors that I'm Slytherin's heir because I'm a Parselmouth."

Balisk smiled and muttered, "Oh, don't worry about them. It's all just nervousness in uncertainty. They just want to believe something, so they go with the first thing that makes the slightest bit of sense. I know for a fact you could never do anything that the heir is supposed to."

"…How?"

"Let's just say I have a sixth sense about these things," Balisk winked at him and removed his arm from his shoulders, spotting one of his own classmates wandering the halls. "See ya, Harry. Hey, Lee!"

Harry felt the tiniest of smiles tug at his lips as he remembered what Balisk had said. Even if Balisk wasn't his favorite person in the world, it helped to know that there was at least one person here that really believed he couldn't be the heir.

*break*

Balisk sat up in bed, hearing something shifting around in the stillness of the dorms.

"Who the bloody hell would be up at this hour?" He muttered to himself, grabbing his wand and climbing out of bed. As an afterthought, he looked down at himself and saw he had no shirt and a pair of George's old pajama bottoms that he'd been given since Ron was too tall to wear them. "Eh, who's going to see me?"

Balisk grabbed his wand and whispered, "Lumos," before he ventured around the other boys' beds in the direction of the noise.

As he got closer to the sound, Balisk's eyebrows came together when he hear a vaguely familiar voice muttering to itself. He padded down the stairs to the common room and stopped, casting the blue light on the dark figure crouched in the corner, ripping the stuffing from the chairs.

"…Ashton?"

*OWARI*

DUN DUN DAHHHHH!~ Okay, kids, you can send the hate mail now since I gave you a cliffhanger.

…I love you all very much kids. You know Auntie Riddle just wants you entertained.

BTW, does anyone feel gayer than usual after reading that little hint of Balisk/Blaise I threw in there? I sure did.

And finally, I'm taking requests for stories. I won't be doing a multi-chapter bitch like this one, just one-shots. You can make them yaoi or whatever, and I can do fluff and M-rated. I just need to keep my hands busy. Just a warning that my skills are only as good as the best chapter of A Strange Encounter that you've ever seen, so expect that. Message me if interested. ;D

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