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Ronald Weasley's Strategies	By : AidaLily Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Draco Views: 19723 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 2
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A/N: My beta is better yay! Thank you to everyone reading and reviewing this story. I really appreciate it. Characters are OOC in some aspects or it wouldn't be fanfiction. :) Enjoy. I answered reviews at the bottom.
Warnings: Almost kissing? Fluffiness.

Ron watched Harry and Draco while he went over his plan to make them annoyed with one another. The way the two were both currently looking at each other was almost one of mutual respect and happiness. Annoying the two about each other might work better if they sided with the other one on the project. In the simplest terms, Ron would side with Draco and Blaise would side with Harry. However, there could be unforeseen circumstances that arise from that and they would need to be prepared for any shifts that happened because of this part of the plan.
He glanced over at Blaise while it seemed that Harry and Draco were talking a bit about something. Perhaps they were debating if they should become friends or something about their project since they were all meeting up in an unused classroom to work on them later. Ron caught Blaise’s gaze and it was almost as if they had an entire unspoken conversation before Blaise gave him a small smile. Ron couldn’t help but return the smile even as he bit down lightly on his bottom lip to try and stop it from taking over his face.
Ron saw as Blaise’s eyes flickered down to his lips before flickering back up to his eyes. A blush rose on Ron’s cheeks and he turned to try and avoid Blaise seeing his smile as he gathered all of his and Harry’s things together. There was no point to sitting in the Great Hall forever now that those two had released themselves from the trinket. Oh and he was totally trying to avoid looking at Blaise at the moment.
“Ron! Hey Ron! Are you still with me?” Harry asked and Ron blinked surprised that he had forgotten about his surroundings.
Ron blinked and nodded. “Yeah sorry I was just thinking about things.” he said as he handed Harry his stuff that he had picked up for him. “Where did the other two go?”
Harry took his bag and smiled before shaking his head. “Apparently Blaise had to go grab something to work on the project with you and get his book for Herbology later. Draco decided to go as well to get a book that he had his mother send from home to help us with our project.” Harry said handing Ron a scroll. “He asked me to hand that to you because he didn’t want to accidentally leave it in the dungeons. It looks like stuff for your project.”
Something for the project?, Ron thought to himself as he took the notebook. Blaise usually keeps everything on him and gives me a copy. We haven’t discussed anything new yet.
Curiously, Ron opened the scroll to see one simple message on the front page. He assumed that Blaise had charmed it to only be read by him just in case Harry had decided to take a peek at what was inside of it. The message simply read:
Now see… why did you try to hide that smile from me? You should know better than that by now.
The redheaded Gryffindor simply shook his head and smiled quite aware that Harry was paying attention to his reaction. He also knew how to play off his reaction in more ways than one as they walked out of the Great Hall and to their usual meeting point.
“Why are you smiling? I didn’t think notes would be that amusing.” Harry said almost suspiciously.
Ron looked at him slightly amused. “Oh. I just find it amusing that he thinks I know less about DADA than he does. Seriously, I followed you on quite a few adventures and lived with Fred and George most of my life. Those things basically force one to learn DADA at the earliest age possible.”
Harry laughed at that. “Fair enough. I would probably find that highly amusing if someone said that to me as well.”
“Exactly! Though I wonder where all your DADA training went earlier. According to Snape, some of those spells were light spells being used for nefarious purposes. I suppose that is what your partner means; that light spells could be used for something bad. I never thought someone would use light spells in such a way.” Ron said thoughtfully. Harry knew that Ron wanted to be an Auror and so Ron was using this as yet another advantage.
A sigh came from Harry as he walked into the usual meeting place. Neither Blaise nor Draco had shown up yet and it was just as well that they hadn’t. “I suppose I could see how some light spells could be used for the Dark Arts, but then how are you supposed to be able to tell if someone used them for the Dark Arts on purpose? I don’t want to concede Draco’s point on this because…”
“So he’s Draco now?” Ron asked Harry with what he hoped was a bit of a surprised and skeptical look. He knew very well that tests to verify someone was telling the truth wouldn’t suddenly be gone from the ministry. In fact, it would be best to perhaps create a spell that reveals a person’s intentions. There were way too many people who may have been in the wrong path of a stray spell and ended up injured in some capacity.
The glare that Harry gave him was one that made Ron quite happy. It meant that Harry had thought about the kiss that he just shared and that it had affected at least how he thought of Draco just a bit. The idea of them being together was definitely successful on this end. He hoped that Blaise had as much luck and if he did… well… the thought caused Ron to smile a little.
“Oh just shut up Ron. You didn’t get trapped in a prank that you had to kiss your way out of.” Harry said glaring at his best friend.
“It didn’t seem like you hated the kiss.” Ron pointed out knowing just which buttons to push to keep Harry’s mind on the subject a bit longer.
Harry’s eyes narrowed even further. “You know what. I should find some way to make you have to kiss Blaise!”
“What about me?” Blaise asked as he walked into the room. Both Draco and he had heard his name, but they had been too busy talking to notice any other part of the semi-shouted sentence. He would have to ask Ron about it and report his progress with Draco. It wasn’t a success, but it hadn’t been a complete failure. Once he realized that he wouldn’t be able to get Draco too annoyed just yet, he switched to indirectly talking about the prank which had done wonders.
“Nothing.”, Harry said with a bit of an annoyed tone. “Draco, I have the list of spells I was thinking we could cover for the presentation.”
Draco nodded. “I have a few ideas of what we can add to it in order to demonstrate the spells. Shall we split the room up into two again?”
“It would be best to not get them caught up in the crossfire or focused on watching our project. I know a decent spell that will keep this in one room, but seemingly put us behind a soundproof wall that cannot be seen through.” Harry said and focused on putting up the spell. It produced a densely, smoky black wall that had an almost door sized opening where the smoke met the wall of the classroom.
Draco went over to it and stepped over to the other side. He began talking about nothing in particular and then casting spells loudly in order to transfigure the mannequins that were needed for his idea. Once he was finished, he stepped back through the makeshift door. “Did anyone hear anything that I did? I didn’t hear anything in here.”
“No.” came the chorus of three voices before Harry grabbed his things and disappeared on the other side of the smoky wall with Draco so they could work a bit more on their presentation.
Ron and Blaise went over to one of the tables and cleaned it off with a couple of spells. They took out both their Potions and DADA work since they had two projects, and started taking notes on the various properties of the potion they would be modifying first. After a couple minutes, in which Ron was sure the other two were engrossed in their project, he turned his body partially towards Blaise. “How did things go with Draco?”
Blaise wrote down a note on his parchment about one of the plants they were using before sighing. “Draco’s new sense of maturity makes it really hard to get him annoyed with anything. I managed to get him slightly annoyed with me by mentioning how I thought that Potter had a point with the light spells. I gave him reasoning why I thought that light spells couldn’t be used for the Dark Arts and of course he was a bit frustrated and spent a good portion explaining to me how wrong that viewpoint was. I listened, even though I understand both of their points, and once I was assured he was done with his explanation, I commented on him calling Potter by his first name. Admittedly, it caused a rather interesting reaction from Draco.”
“Oh?” Ron asked curiously as he wrote down another note that he saw on the page of his Potions book.
“Yes. In fact, he just looked at me and said ‘If I want to call Potter by his first name, then I will. After all, I just had my tongue down his throat and if that isn’t reason to use someone’s first name then I don’t know what is.’ I was just about to answer him when I heard Potter or well Harry I suppose, say my name. Speaking of which, what was all that about?” Blaise asked Ron.
Ron shook his head. “It was nothing. Don’t worry about it.” he said staring at his quill as he dipped it back into the ink.
Blaise stopped himself from frowning. “Keeping secrets from me again, Ron? I mean he did say my name, don’t I deserve to know.”
“You really don’t want to know.” Ron said trying to avoid what Harry had said. He knew Blaise was fine with Harry and Draco, but with the suggestion of them? He wasn’t sure.
“Try me.” Blaise said noticing the light twitches of Ron’s hand. It was a bit surprising that he noticed all the little ticks the other had after only spending the last week or two with him. This particular one meant that Ron was hiding something.
Ron took a deep breath and set his quill in the inkwell before propping an elbow up on the desk and leaning against his hand. “I’m not trying to hide anything from you Blaise. I was merely thinking it was best to avoid the subject and besides, we know how I can’t seem to hide things from you anyway.” he said softly. “What Harry said, when you heard your name, was that maybe he should get you to kiss me.”
“Oh? Is that all?” Blaise asked turned more towards Ron. His voice was a tad bit lower as if he expected the other two to come around the corner at any moment.
Ron leaned a bit closer to Blaise dropping his voice as well. “Does there really need to be anything else?” he asked in an almost whisper.
Blaise found that whisper quite alluring even though the full thought startled him a bit. It wasn’t enough to make him drop Ron’s gaze or for them to stop leaning closer to one another. Their hearts were beating a bit faster and their breathing was heavier. So close was the thought that entered both of their minds as their lips were only seconds away from touching.
“Well I suppose I can see your point about the diffindo spell. If someone was accidentally hit by it then it could be a recipe for disaster.” Harry’s voice came through the doorway separating the rooms meaning the others were about to walk over to their side. It was almost time for the next class and so they were stopping their work to have time to get to them.
Ron and Blaise had broken from their almost kiss the moment they heard Harry’s voice. Harry had come through the door a mere second later with Draco right behind him. Ron looked up at Harry with a smile as he was putting his books and things back into his bag. Blaise was doing the same thing and it didn’t look like the two had been any closer than they were now. The two were ignored as Harry and Draco talked out another time to meet.
“Are we meeting after dinner, Draco?” Harry asked as he slipped his list back into his bag.
Draco put the copy of the list of spells they had agreed on so far, into his bag. “It would probably be best. Once we can decide on all of the light spells to use, then we can work on deciding which dark spells to use as well.”
Harry smiled a bit. “I would say we give ourselves two or three more days to work on the light spells. Since we are taking notes for the paper part of the project, we can practice more spells on the mannequins or do practice trials to see if the result is always the same. We can also add to it by manipulating the amount of power and showing it at various levels.”
“That… is actually a fantastic idea for our project Harry.” Draco said. He could admit to being impressed by the fact that Harry thought that part of it out. It would work well for them to go beyond the general requirements of the project and give a truly informative presentation minus the basics. It made Draco slightly curious to know if there was more to Harry than the other was fond of showing. Thinking about it though, Draco couldn’t truly be surprised. When had Harry truly had time to show anything more with Voldemort after him?
“Thank you. I will take a few notes before we meet up again.” Harry said as he waited for Ron to join him at the door. They both had to go to dueling class next. The headmaster had the seventh years of each house teaching some of the younger years a few things they had learned. It had something to do with him believing that it might be easier on the students or something. The class had one or two teachers as chaperones to make sure things didn’t go overboard and it helped the younger ones feel more important in their respective houses.
Harry was quite happy that Draco took his suggestion though. It was great to have his ideas listened to in a project that he feared was going to be nothing but them fighting all the time. Draco was almost a mystery to him. The other seemed to not only have matured, but truly and honestly put a lot of work into his studies. Partnering up with the other had allowed him to see the Slytherin in a different light. Of course, kissing Draco had allowed him to see yet another side of Draco as well, but he would ignore that for now.
He was still with Ginny and while he questioned the relationship, he didn’t think that meant he should just jump teams. Harry truly cared for Ginny, but if she kept trying stunts like she done already, then it had to end. What could he say to her though? What would everyone else say when he stated that he didn’t want to get married and wasn’t sure he wanted to be with her? Ron would probably kill him or something, even though both he and Ginny never did anything together. Ron might as well have been planning his marriage to Ginny the moment he met them as a way to make them truly brothers or something. He also didn’t want Ginny to be faced with a lot of bad attention for his decision, but they had to talk about this. It just wasn’t the way a relationship would feel….
…and Draco is a damn good kisser.
One kiss didn’t mean he was going to do anything more. It actually made him want to become friends with Draco though. He was worried during their project presentation that Draco would have made some comment about the kiss, but he had been the perfect gentleman about it. He simply said that it was a kiss and while it shouldn’t be treated as an everyday occurrence, it could be treated as something they did to help each other.
The explanation didn’t make Harry upset or worried. Instead, it had made him thankful for the new change in Draco. The rest of the time was spent on the project. A few jokes had been shared between them about the different spells and the mannequins that were created, but most of the time had been researching through a book Draco had brought and testing out the spells. They wanted reactionary spells that had physical effects and that is why it was taking so long for the list. Still, it had been a pretty decent session and he glanced at Ron hoping the other would hurry up.
Ron’s mind was spinning and focused on his – was this second or third – almost kiss with his Potions partner. What was it about Blaise that seemed to make his carefully laid strategies want to fall apart at his feet? It was bad enough, based on the amicable talking going on, that they had failed in making Harry and Draco annoyed with each other. The kiss was still working to the effect that it needed to at least and now he needed a new strategy to push them apart a bit. He said goodbye to Blaise as Harry said goodbye to Draco and they were all off to their next classes.
The Great Hall – Dinner
Harry had gone over to Draco before they entered the Great Hall and handed him the notes he had taken. If Draco finished earlier or something, then he would have time to look over Harry’s notes and make whatever corrections he felt were necessary before they started working more. The dueling session had gone over pretty well and a few of the younger Gryffindors were quite happy to learn some of the techniques.
Ron had been plotting the entire time during the dueling class.   He figured that instead of annoying the two right away, he should lightly push them to becoming friends. The friendship would mean they would fall into a state of comfortableness with one another as acquaintances and then he would do something to annoy them. Playing on Harry’s fame or Draco’s status would be a surefire way to do this. He might have to try and convince another of their admirers to present themselves in a way that disrupts the project or something of a similar nation. Ron was sure he knew enough pureblood customs and about Harry to find ample disruptions that would affect their tolerance levels. After all, who would like to be constantly interrupted while they are trying to get something done?
With that out of the way and plans to ask if Blaise had thought of anything after dinner, Ron let his mind relax and started enjoying his food. It was now that he realized that he hadn’t been enjoying much of anything in his quest to get Harry and Draco together. Well, he hadn’t been enjoying food as much, he might have been enjoying his Potions partner a bit…. Sort of.
Now that he thought about it, what could he do when it came to Blaise? He would have more of a way to help Harry during the first rocky moments of his soon to be relationship with Draco, but what did he feel for the other?   They got along and their first few meetings were almost like a strange, intricate dance as if they were both waiting to strike at the right moment and tumble down a hill into paradise. There were quite a few things that confused him about his collaboration with the Slytherin male.
First, he had nearly initiated a first kiss and, as far as he could remember, Blaise had nearly initiated the second one. They had both hugged one another closely to satisfy the requirements of the test trinket and had been planning together for quite some time. He thought about the times that Blaise was annoyed. It was also odd that he could tell when Blaise was annoyed, tired, happy, and amused. It could be simply that they spent way too much time together and yet the idea of not spending as much time with the other was a bit bothersome.
Ron closed his eyes a moment before reopening them. Maybe they could modify a potion for focus so that he didn’t allow himself to stray far from the path.   Their minor setback with the plan might not have happened, but he still liked the kiss. The inner fangirl of Ron was still dancing at the thought of the way Draco held Harry and seemed to dominate that kiss. He was right of course that Harry would end up in the more submissive position to Draco. It just wouldn’t work any other way in his mind.
He saw Harry getting up and got up as well. They were going to meet the other two at the entrance to the Great Hall and proceed to the usual spot. Blaise caught him before he got out the door as Harry followed Draco and those two began talking about their project yet again. It seemed like Blaise was about to say something to him or at least that is how Ron remembered it; before they were joined by a third person. If only Ron realized how much he was absolutely going to hate what was to come next.
Blaise hadn’t realized they were joined by a third person until he was lightly tapped on the shoulder. At first he looked at Ron figuring he was the one who tapped him, but it wasn’t. Instead Blaise looked really confused at the person standing in front of him and wondered what they could possibly want. He had wanted to talk to Ron about their second almost kiss and if Ron had even wanted to kiss him or if this was just another part of his strategy. However, the person who stopped him had other plans.
“Blaise…. I was wondering… will you go out with me?”

Lilianblack: Thank you so much for reviewing! Don’t squeal too much. You might make Ron’s inner fangirl jealous. :P
delia cerrano: Thank you so much for reviewing! I am glad you like the changes in them. Admittedly, Harry is a bit hard to make too different but I shall do my best to add more to him as this progresses.
Lady_Dy: Thank you so much for reviewing! I am happy you are enjoying this so far. Harry and Draco are on a small rollercoaster at the moment. On to friendship first!
staar: Thank you so much for reviewing! I promise Ron and Blaise are getting there. A lot sooner than one may think. Lol. I am having fun writing them. They are thinking which is wonderful.
Tommy-Lane: Thank you so much for reviewing! Actually Draco made that an offhanded comment without any real conviction. Ron and Blaise are the ones who acted like the guilty party.
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