Despite the odd ( it wasn’t hostile, just strange ) tension that seemed to exist between the both of them, Pansy forced herself to slow down just a bit so that Daphne could walk beside her. A conversation was easier to hold when two people were side by side, she told herself. Looking over at the other girl again, she replied with, “This? Circe designed it. You know, Circe Lockhart. Then I had my aunt custom made it at Twilfitt and Tattings.” There was a tinge of pride in her tone when she said it. The dress, Pansy knew, looked good on her. And it was the only one that looked like it, considering that it was tailored for her. “Mmhm, I do hope that I could put Blaise to shame more often, though. Don’t you think I already do, Daphne?”
—– daphne held back a brow raise when the other slytherin slowed. she was used to walking behind her. ( a literal metaphor for where pansy ranked her, a detail that she’d probably find funny later in private. ) “lockhart? no shit. i didn’t know she was into that.” the dress WAS appealing. maybe daphne would chat with the girl about a few commissions. she sensed the pride in pansy’s words, and looking in the other direction where it couldn’t be seen, it brought a smirk to her lips. daphne didn’t know why she found parkinson amusing, but she did. when she worked it off her lips, she turned back to glance at the girl. “hm?” she queried at the near-missed last sentence pansy spoke. “oh, shit yeah. blaise is pretty, he dresses to die for and all. but i’m more into girls, anyways,” she said, shrugging. “if fashion could kill, pansy,” daphne too echoed her housemate’s name, and it felt distinctly fake, like watching that muggle television show the brady bunch. but she went with it regardless, because the alternative: being on pansy’s shit list, seemed like a lot more effort than occasionally playing nice and living up to her standards.