omg i am so sorry, i JUST saw this. i think i had checked the notif email in the morning before going back to sleep and never saw it while conscious.

BUT YEAH YEAH YEAH!! definitely friends! despite his showboating, he DOES prioritize quidditch and a lot of the reason he tries not to get detention is because he absolutely does not want to miss quid practice. he's here on sports scholarship and he jokes that he's just here to play quid until he graduates to professional and so his grades don't matter.