Note: This was originally going to be under Ikigai, but after debating with myself, I realized it could stand on its own as either a two or three shot. This is definitely going to be finished within the next week or so, so stay tuned.

HP AU! Hip hip hooray!

Rated T for GoGo's mouth. As usual.

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Defense Against the Dark Arts was not GoGo's favorite class (she had a penchant for Potions), neither was it her least favorite class (that spot belonged to Divination). It helped that the professor for this class was one of GoGo's favorites, Professor Callaghan. It helped that her sixth year class meant that she could spend the period with her friend, Honey the Hufflepuff.

It did not help that the Slytherins were not only sharing the period with the Hufflepuffs, but a few Gryffindors as well. And it did not help that Tadashi Hamada was one of these Gryffindors.

As a Slytherin Prefect, GoGo tried her best to get along with other houses. She could handle the Ravenclaw Prefect, Wasabi, despite him being a mildly obsessive perfectionist. She could also handle the Hufflepuff Prefect, Honey, as proven through their unorthodox friendship. But the perfect Prefect Tadashi Hamada, who was this close to being appointed Head Boy? He drove her to her wits' end.

He was as brave and reckless as any stereotypical Gryffindor, as smart and witty as a Ravenclaw, as open and friendly as a Hufflepuff, and (when GoGo was involved with anything, anyway) as cunning and snarky as a Slytherin. It was a dangerous combination, as far as GoGo was concerned.

She and the Hamada had some sort of unspoken tension between them, a desire to beat the other at anything else. For all of her rebel behavior, GoGo had a pretty good head on her shoulders. She was the only one to best Tadashi at Potions, the only Chaser able to get a Quaffle past him, the only girl who dared to roll her eyes when he walked (or strutted, she would insist) down the halls. In turn, he was also the only non-Slytherin to actually get praised by Professor Krei, the Captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team (GoGo had yet to earn this title), and the only one who dared to tease and ruffle the prickly Slytherin's feathers.

Wasabi liked to call it a natural rivalry. Honey insisted it was unrelieved sexual tension. GoGo believed it was pure, unadulterated hate.

Anyways, back to Defense Against the Dark Arts.

"Today, you are going to learn how to produce a Patronus!" Professor Callaghan said, a bemused smile on his face. The room erupted into excited whispers and giggles, which Professor Callaghan quickly quieted by holding out his own wand. "If I may, students. Expecto Patronum!" A Peregrine falcon erupted from the tip of his wand, and quickly did a circle around the classroom.

Honey actually made a loud ooh-ing sound as the falcon passed by, reaching out to touch it. "This is going to be so amazing!" she said happily to GoGo, unaware of her friend's pale complexion.

Of course. Of course they were going to perform GoGo's least favorite spell during today's class. Of course she was going to be completely embarrassed in front of Hamada. She could produce a Patronus of course, that was beside the point. She just didn't like producing one in front of her classmates.

"If you'd like another example, I'd like to as Mister Hamada to produce his own corporeal Patronus. That is, if he doesn't mind, of course." Professor Callaghan smiled proudly at his student in the front row.

"It'd be my pleasure, Professor," Tadashi replied dutifully, and stood up.

GoGo groaned inwardly, even as most of the girls (and a handful of males, too) sighed and tittered as Tadashi walked up to the front of the classroom. Honestly, what was so attractive about him? Sure, he had a body made for Quidditch, long and tall and lean. Sure, he was smart, witty, and could hold a decent conversation. Sure, he was slightly attractive, what with his strangely attractive brown eyes and his strangely adorably dorkish ears that stuck out of the side of his face like arrows.

No. GoGo growled, and steeled her resolve. He was not attractive. His eyes were the color of… of mud. And his ears weren't adorable. They were annoying and distracting.

She could have sworn that his mud-colored eyes scoured the room until they found hers as he uttered the incantation. "Expecto Patronum." A lion, all in its glory, escaped from the tip of Tadashi's wand, doing a slow trot above their heads.

As the lion approached the students in the back of the classroom, she couldn't help but feel a bit dizzy. GoGo clenched her fists so hard until her knuckles turned white. Of course his Patronus was this majestic-looking lion. Of course. Every testosterone-fueled Gryffindor's dream Patronus. She tried to ignore the other dull emotion that was rolling around in her stomach. Impossible.

"Thank you, Tadashi," Professor Callaghan said, as Tadashi retreated to his seat. "Now, I don't expect all of you to start making corporeal Patronuses right at this moment, especially since it usually takes a few months for someone to go beyond just white wisps of magic. But I at least want you to have some kind of progress during this period." He winked at them then, and crossed his arms over his chest. "Who knows, maybe you'll be able to be as good as Tadashi, over here!"

GoGo never wanted to punch Tadashi's face so bad.

Honey, who was sitting next to GoGo, gave her friend a hesitant tap on the shoulder. "Come on, GoGo, let's practice."

"You practice on your own," GoGo grumbled, absentmindedly miming a stabbing motion with her wand. "I'll pass."

"But GoGo, you can't just pass this!" the brunette squeaked, looking horrified. "The Patronus charm is one of the most useful spells today!"

"Yeah, well so is the Bat-Bogey Hex," GoGo quipped, smirking to herself. "Wasabi's rubbing off on you, Honey."

It was safe to say that Honey left GoGo alone for a while after that, leaving the shorter woman to mull over her options. She finally decided to drift around inconspicuously, as her classmates tried to produce Patronuses. She was never in one place for a long time, and no one ever really noticed that GoGo wasn't really doing anything.

No one, of course, but the one person who considered GoGo a worthy rival, and had truly been looking forward to her doing something to try and best him at this.

"I'm disappointed." A voice said, very near to her ear, and GoGo jumped. "Is the first time I see you not even trying?"

She scowled, and turned around to look at Tadashi. "I'm not in the mood for you, Hamada, so step away."

He chuckled, and scratched the back of his head (the motion distracting GoGo). "Wow. Someone's prickly."

GoGo crossed her arms over her chest. "I just don't feel like producing a Patronus today, Hamada. Leave me the fuck alone."

Tadashi looked wounded. "I'm just trying to motivate you to do your classwork!" Tadashi explained, the mischievous glint in his eyes not matching his tone.

"What you are motivating me to do is utter an Unforgiveable Curse," GoGo warned, "And so help me, I will hex you if you don't back off."

"Ah, my best students!" GoGo flinched when she heard Callaghan's voice behind her. No no no no. "Discussing techniques, are we?"

"You could say that," GoGo said drily, knowing full well that all of the professors were aware of the Tanaka-Hamada rivalry. She was also pretty sure that her own House Head, Krei, was betting on them.

"Splendid!" Their professor exclaimed. "Well, you wouldn't mind showing me your Patronus, then, would you, Miss Tanaka?" Her heart stopped beating. "I'm pretty sure you have a splendid one."

She laughed nervously. "Well, Professor, you're being too kind."

Professor Callaghan placed a heavy hand on her shoulder. "No, I insist. I have to admit that I'm very curious to see what form your Patronus takes."

GoGo was too busy panicking to notice her adversary's quizzical expression. After watching her fumble around with excuses for a few more minutes, Tadashi cleared his throat. "Professor, look at Fred Lee's Patronus!" he said, pointing at his Housemate's performance on the other side of the classroom. True to his word, Fred was nearly crying tears of joy at the sight of the light blue bearded lizard crawling on the floor.

"That's splendid!" Callaghan said excitedly. "I must leave you two for a while. Continue your discussion!"

GoGo looked up sourly at her unwanted savior. "I could have handled that myself."

Tadashi sighed. "Is it really that hard to say thank you?"

"To you, yes."

He rose an eyebrow at her, and a slow (sexy) smirk grew on his face, one that GoGo did not like at all. "For saving your skin from whatever you were so anxious about, I think I deserve an explanation."

"You don't."

He leaned in close, and whispered in her ear. "Unused Charms classroom on the third floor. You know the one," he added. "After dinner."

"Or what?" she asked, looking indignant.

"Or I spread the word that your Patronus is a butterfly." GoGo rolled her eyes. Was this the best he could do? "And that you used that old broom closet near the kitchens to -"

She made a loud screeching noise, and reached out to clamp her tiny hands over Tadashi's mouth. There was a cease of conversation as everyone looked to see where it was coming from. When they saw GoGo and Tadashi in their current positions, they sighed, and went back to work.

The entire sixth year was already used to and bored of the daily spat. While it did make life more interesting, they found it boring whenever it was done outside the context of Quidditch.

She glared holes at him. "Fine. Fine. I'll be there." She removed her hands from his mouth, and then, rubbed her palms on the sleeve of his robes, making a face. "It was one time."

"One time I'll never forget," he grinned, as GoGo gave him the middle finger when she was sure Callaghan wasn't looking.

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"Took you a while," Tadashi drawled as GoGo entered the unused Charms classroom. "Did you really find the turkey that interesting?"

"They had chicken nuggets for the first time in a hundred years," she shot back without a second thought, closing the door behind her. "Now can we hurry this up? I have rounds with Wasabi in thirty minutes."

Tadashi had a small smile on his face. "You know we're almost seventh years, right?" They were both on opposite sides of the classroom now, more than enough distance between them.

She rolled her eyes, and leaned against a desk. "Thanks for reminding me of that unnecessary tidbit, Hamada."

"I heard from a little bird that the Headmaster already has his eye on the next Head Boy and Head Girl." He had a very knowing smile on his face, and GoGo could only begin to imagine the (horrifying) possibilities.

"Well, he must be pretty excited," GoGo said, trying to sound uninterested. She'd known for a while that she was one of the candidates for Head Girl – it was a selfish, secret dream of hers. But the way Hamada was smiling at her was making her very, very uncomfortable. There was something in her gut that told her that he was Head Boy, and that she was Head Girl. Which meant-

"I can see your thoughts racing through your head right now," Tadashi teased. "Don't get too excited yourself, Tanaka."

She snapped at him. "This isn't what I came here for. You can either listen to what I have to say about my Patronus or leave. That was the deal."

His curiosity gets the best of him, and he sat down cross-legged on the floor. "You've got me convinced. So why exactly are you so apprehensive about casting your Patronus in public?" he asked, tilting his head to the side.

Ignoring how cute he looked when he did that, GoGo looked away, hoping that the dim lighting in the classroom was enough to hide her blush. "Because I don't know how to alter it yet. I'm still practicing."

Tadashi's eyebrows rose up high on his forehead. "Why would you want to alter it?" She was quiet, and he pressed on. "Your Patronus is literally your spirit guardian, the embodiment of an animal that you identify with." In his indignation, he stood up and stepped closer to her. "To alter your Patronus would be to change the very being of your-"

He paused in his steps when she thrust her wand in front of her, drawing circles in the air, her eyes closed in serene concentration. Tadashi couldn't help but feel something twist in his gut, seeing her so peaceful, calm, and… beautiful. He'd never tell anyone, but it was sometimes her sheer determination and the look she got on her face that made him completely disregard his position as Keeper.

"Expecto Patronum," she said, her eyes still shut.

Tadashi could only gape his mouth at the lioness that appeared in front of GoGo, pacing in front of her conjurer. "You…"

GoGo opened her eyes, and narrowed them at him. "Yes. Leiko 'GoGo' Tanaka, a Slytherin since six years ago, a Prefect and a candidate for Head Girl, has a lioness for a Patronus. Happy now?"

"But…" his voice seemed to fail him.

"What is there to explain?" GoGo said angrily, her Patronus still pacing. "You know very well that I'd become a laughing stock in front of our friends if they knew that my Patronus is a lioness! They'd call me a blood traitor! They'd-"

"Expecto Patronum," Tadashi said under his breath, and his own lion gracefully sailed into the air, right in front of her lioness.

GoGo paled; she had really hoped he wouldn't understand that aspect of her Patronus. She recalled the bubbling in her stomach when she saw his Patronus earlier that afternoon. Impossible. We can't match. That's not fair.

"They match," Tadashi said faintly, looking as confused as she felt.

"It doesn't take a genius to figure it out, Hamada," GoGo bit out. Uncomfortable with the stare he was giving her, she dismissed her Patronus with a flick of her wand. "Happy now? I don't think I have to tell you to keep this mum," she said, ducking her head as she stowed her wand away in her pocket. "Whether you like it or not, I have a bit of blackmail on you myself, so unless you'd like the entire school knowing what exactly is in your Quidditch bag, I-"

When she looked back up at him, she was stunned to find him right in front of her, his Patronus nowhere in sight. She gulped. "I know that you're a smart girl, GoGo," Tadashi said softly, leaning closer to her. GoGo took a few steps back. He rarely called her anything but Tanaka, so hearing him call her her preferred name was

"Of course you do, I could trump your ass in Potions and Transfiguration any day of the week," she quipped, her resolve wavering as he took another few steps closer, the distance between them closing.

"So I don't need to explain to you what matching Patronuses mean, then." His voice had become deliciously tantalizing, husky and deep. GoGo fought back the urge to break out in goosebumps, and reach inside her robe for her wand.

GoGo took another few steps backward, gulping when she felt the smooth wall come in contact with her back. She was trapped. "There's nothing wrong with having matching Patronuses, Hamada. If you're so concerned with your image, then just wait until I can alter it."

"What if I don't want you to change it?" he asked her, a slow smile appearing on his face. Her heart leapt. "What if I want you to keep your lioness?" He leaned in closer, bowing his head down so that his mouth was just by her ear. "What if I've been so irritated at our stupid little rivalry?" He reached up and trapped her in between his arms, placing them on either side of her head. "What if I want to know how you'd react if I did this?" GoGo's breath hitched as she felt him place a kiss on the hollow between her ear and neck, and she couldn't help but place her hands on his chest. Whether she was trying to push him away or just grab onto something so she wouldn't fall down was unclear, but GoGo was one percent away from not caring.

"I-I'd think you're crazy," she breathed out, her own voice making the hair on the back of Tadashi's neck stand up.

He raised his head so that he was looking at her directly in the eyes, his eyes darkening to the likeness of dark chocolate. "I'd think so, too," he said, and finally closed the distance between their lips.

His lips crashed onto hers and GoGo closed her eyes upon impact, kissing him back with as much fervor. She'd be lying if she said she hadn't been thinking this; she secretly believed that Honey was right, that all their petty arguments was just a huge build-up of unrelieved sexual tension. GoGo clutched at the front of his robes, bunching the fabric in her fists as she pulled him closer to her. He groaned, and deepened the kiss as his arms slowly lowered down so that they were resting on her hips.

She gasped as she felt his teeth graze her bottom lip, their breath mingling. She found it amusing that he tasted like chocolate, as well – probably from the chocolate cake served for dessert. She wondered what she tasted like, as she felt his hands tighten around her hips to bring her impossibly closer to him. As if reading her mind, he broke away from her, panting. "Caramel," he said decisively, and continued kissing her once on the lips, then across her jawline and down her neck.

GoGo leaned her head back on the wall, her hands now finding new positions on his broad shoulders. He nipped at a particularly sensitive area above her clavicle, and she made a sound would have made a nun blush, and made Tadashi hum in approval over her skin. This was years of tension rolling off of them in waves, and while GoGo was currently a slave to her hormones, there was still a little voice that was telling her that this was moving way too fast.

She quashed the voice in her head, and reached for Tadashi's face and gently guided him back up to her lips. This time, the kiss had lost the hunger they had expressed earlier, and was sweet, long, and chaste. As their kiss finally slowed to a stop, he leaned his forehead against hers as both of them tried to regain their breath. GoGo placed a hand over her heart, sure that the nurse would definitely think she had just run a marathon.

Their eyes met after a few moments of silence, and for some strange reason, something just snapped in both of them. Both of them paled as the loving gaze that went between of two people who had just made up against a wall slowly faded away until their faces reflected the same emotion – horror.

"Oh my God," GoGo said, her spine straightening. She had just done that. She had just melted against Tadashi Hamada and she had liked it. There was no way she had just made out with a sworn enemy.

"Oh my God," Tadashi said almost the same time she did, his hands immediately going to his head to comb through his hair. "What the – What the-"

"Fuck!" GoGo completed his sentence, paling. She reached out both arms and pushed him away from her, blushing furiously. "Get away from me!"

"Way ahead of you," he said, stepping away. "Listen, this-"

"This never happened," GoGo stressed, pointing a finger to his chest. "You breathe a word of this to anyone and I will deny it. I will deny it to the point that even Legilimency wouldn't be able to crack me," she swore, and stepped away from him.

Her hands shook as she hurriedly tried to straighten her appearance, combing through her hair and straightening her tie and collar. She turned back to watch him doing the same check on himself, and couldn't help but sigh before exiting the classroom.

She was in very, very deep shit.

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Ooooh UST is my favorite thing to work out asdfghjkl. Though I'm not sure if this will be a two or three shot, I can tell you that the next chapter is all Quidditch.

As a clarification for all those concerned, GoGo is a Slytherin, Tadashi, Hiro and Fred are Gryffindors, Wasabi is a Ravenclaw and Honey's a Hufflepuff. I'll definitely be adding OC's and other characters next chapter to fill up the Quidditch teams.

See you next chapter!