exasperated, you trudged up the shifting staircase, blaise following close behind. earlier that week, he asked to borrow some potions work to review for an upcoming exam. you stumbled across him in the hallway and asked him for the papers back, but he admitted to losing them.

"blaise, I needed to study those! snape is going to be on our asses if we don't pass this next test." you sighed as you climbed up the stairs in a hurried pace. "i know, and i swear i never lose things. you gotta believe me." he said, skipping several stairs as he caught up beside you.

"im not letting you borrow papers again. we can just study together." you remarked decidedly. a random student passed by, going the opposite way down the set of stairs. blaise shot them a dramatic expression. "marriage bro," he rolled his eyes, "save yourself."

you turned around and lightly smacked blaise in the shoulder.