Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy

Phantom answered the compliment with a meow before Gaston had a chance to speak, and he smiled. The little cat began purring wildly and wrapped her front paws around Miss Blaze's hand, clearly loving every minute of the petting she got. That turned his smile into an all-out laugh. That cat was such a ham sometimes! And speaking of cats...

Gaston was a bit surprised by the girl's reaction when he said he'd look into getting cat condos for the dorms. Really, he didn't think he was doing anything special! "I can't make any promises, but I will talk to the other Heads of House about it," he said. He hoped he wasn't getting her hopes up for nothing!

He listened, nodding along in places as she went on about how much she loved to cook. Then she would've loved the cooking lesson he taught last term... well, except for the butter incident. Merlin, that was a disaster! Then she was offering to make chocolates for him... well, that was unexpected! "I must admit, that sounds pretty tempting," he said. Well, as long as her brother didn't get a hold of the chocolates first anyway.

Blink, blink. Then the conversation took a strange turn. He wasn't sure what to think when Miss Blaze suggested buying perfume from her friend. It was a good idea, but somehow he didn't think that would be an appropriate teacher/student interaction. "That's an idea; I'll have to think about that," he said.

Then the actual spellwork began. Gaston nodded as Miss Blaze mentioned using the spell to fold laundry. "Exactly!" he said. He would've been lost without that spell; he couldn't fold laundry to save his life! He watched intently as the girl practiced the spell a few times before trying it on the parchment. It folded into a triangle, and he beamed back at her. He should've guessed she'd do it perfectly on the first try! "Well done, Miss Blaze!" he congratulated her. "I'm afraid I don't have a lot of paper-folding materials here, but there are plenty of supplies in the practice room if you'd like to continue practicing on your own time. i do have a book that might be able to help you..." He aimed his wand at the bookshelf, and one of the books flew off the shelf into his waiting hand. "Here's a book of origami patterns if you're interested."

He blushed a little when she called him brilliant. "Thank you, Miss Blaze," he said with a slightly sheepish smile. He didn't think he deserved the praise; he was only doing his job!