I can see you
"Why can't you just admit it?" Harry walks next to him as he practically runs to Divination. Easy class means an easy grade and also he is very fond of Trelawny. But it's a terrible class to try to get to when the boy wonder himself is here to bug and harass.
"I can't admit anything" he seethes "because I don't like him"
He starts to climb the ladder up when Harry reaches out to tug at his cloak, stopping him from climbing and making him almost lose his balance. He looks down to see Harry smirking up at him and oh Merlin. Wow. Harry's eyes crinkle at the sides and the smile shows off a dimple on his brown skin and Draco is weak. He tightens his grip on the rung and hopes his heart doesn't give out.
"It's okay if you're scared Malfoy"
There's a record scratch somewhere in his brain and Draco manages just barely not to kick him in the face.
"Scared?" He practically screeches as he tugs his cloak out of Harry's hand and scrambles up the ladder "You can go fuck yourself Potter" he angrily whisper shouts down only for Harry to laugh brightly back up at him. He doesn't turn around to look, he definitely doesn't.
Draco can hear the smile in his voice ashe calls after him "See ya later Draco"
"Not if I can help it"
–
Lunch is usually a weird affair because everyone is supposed to stay at their tables for meals, but Ginny is almost always sitting at Ravenclaw, but only if Luna is there which is always. Pansy will go anywhere so long as it's not Gryffindor (red clashes with her skin tone apparently) and Hermione prefers Gryffindor but will join if a big test pops up for last minute study prep (or if in a fight with Ron).
So today he's sitting with Ginny and Luna when he gets accosted by Potter yet again.
"Hello everyone" Harry sits right next to Ginny and right across from Draco smiling bright and just a little bit too menacingly for his liking. Draco sighs as dramatically as he can and continues to eat his chips while trying to continue his conversation with Ginny about Dean. She's moved on apparently, Draco is proud of her and hates himself at the same time.
It's an odd feeling.
"He is quite fit for a Gryffindor" Draco muses as Ginny holds back a laugh as Harry tries and fails to get his attention. There's a lot of movement on Ginny's side where a black, green and red blob sits and Draco refuses to acknowledge it.
"Draco seriously-"
"He has a very nice voice" he takes a sip of his water looking over at Luna who nods as well. Dean does have a very nice voice, it's deep and soft at the same time.
"He's also very kind" Luna supplies "He's never made fun of me and he actually seemed interested when I gave him a copy of the quibbler last week"
"Funny too" Neville supplies as he walks up taking the seat next to Harry and smiles at everyone as a hello "talking about Dean right?" He asks, knowing the answer already, and in a soft voice he leans over Harry to whisper to Ginny "Doesn't snore either"
Ginny snorts. Harry looks livid.
"No seriously Draco plea-"
"But I'm sure he finds you attractive" he leans across the table to whisper to Ginny "the entire time we've been sitting here he hasn't stopped looking at you"
Ginny's eyes widen and starts turning to look, Draco softly takes her chin in his hand to keep her focused on him "Nope no looking" he caresses her cheek, giving it a soft pat "then he'll know we are talking about him and we can't have the male species know they are our entertainment"
He smiles deviously as he leans closer to whisper in her ear "Plus this might make him jealous" at that Ginny lets out a chuckle and Draco pulls back looking smug. Harry is sitting there spluttering, looking slightly upset and red in the face.
"What about Ron?"
Ginny laughs harder when she looks over at Harry "What about Ron?"
"He thinks I have a thing for your brother" Draco sighs "Fred and George I could understand" he waves his hand to point out the twins looking tall and handsome "but Ron is just an insult"
"You flirted with him"
"Yeah so?"
"And then I just watched you flirt with Ginny"
"Yup" he pops the p, just like Harry did earlier smirking at him from across the table when that earns him a rather heated glare.
"So you don't like Ron?"
"Listen" Draco props his head in his hands staring into Harry's lovely eyes, hoping to get the point across "I flirt, I joke, I like to make people uncomfortable"
"You're also a little shit" Ginny adds for him.
Draco motions to her with his head "Yes and that" he agrees "but believe me when I say that your dear Ronald is not my type"
"But Ginny is?" Harry asks bewildered, Draco can see the wheels turning but the machine is broken.
"Harry" Luna reaches across the table to touch his arm, breaking the stare between the two boys so Harry turns to her "Draco only has eyes for one boy and that boy is-"
"NONE-" Draco applies a hand to her mouth before turning back to Harry "absolutely none of your business"
"And for your information Potter, I am gay, women are not in the cards for me, but know that if they were Ginny would be a top contender for best Weasley" he looks at Ginny "right dear?"
Pressing a hand to her chest she sighs dreamily "As if you could afford me"
"True, redheads are rather expensive"
Harry sighs, dropping his head into his hands looking disappointed which makes Draco very confused.
"Now Potter" he touches his arm very briefly as he coos. Sparks go up his finger tips at such a small little thing "You can have me all to yourself, you don't even need to share"
"What?"
"I know you were getting jealous"
"Excuse me?"
"No point in trying to hide it Potter, you have a thing for me, most people do" he wiggles his shoulders playfully and feels Ginny kick his leg under the table. He sends her a wink.
"I do?" Harry tilts his head.
"You do" Draco nods.
Harry sits up straight glaring at him.
"Like fuck I do"
"Mmm I love when you play hard to get"
Harry gets up, all red cheeked and angry stomping over to his usual table leaving the rest of them giggling. Neville just sighs exasperatedly while Ginny tuts at Draco.
"Good job Draco now he hates you"
"At least he doesn't think I wanna snog your brother anymore"
"Hermione would be so mad" Neville supplies.
"She's already mad enough" Draco nods in agreement.
"Think if I just flirt with him enough he'll start to like it?" He takes another sip of his water, musing with his friends. Luna shrugs her shoulders.
"Worth a try"
"Thank you for enabling me Lovegood"
"Oh you're quite welcome"
–
It becomes glaring at him at meal times and flirty waves from across the great hall. It takes maybe two days for Harry to start looking really mad. Draco dials it up for the fun of it.
It takes one single breathless "Hello Harry" in the hallway for Harry to snap and drag him to an abandoned corridor. And Draco is thrilled. His heart is beating, his skin is tight, he wants to leap off of a building to try to fly. The hand around his wrist is warm and it's lovely and it's magic, pure and simple.
Draco leans up against the wall once Harry lets him go, arms folded and smirking at the red-faced boy in front of him. Hand in his hair and looking flustered and confused Draco is loving every minute of this. He never thought he'd see him so disheveled and here it is all because of him.
"Look Draco I-"
Draco rolls his eyes and he leans forward to poke Harry in the chest with a single finger, stepping closer "Listen" he murmurs and forces himself not to preen when Harry stops talking to look down at him.
Looking up into green eyes he flattens his palm against Harry's chest to feel the beat of his heart "this is what I do" he slides his hand up where it barely touches the knot in his tie "I flirt" he smiles as he slides his hand to the back of Harry's neck to tangle in unruly hair. He lets out a quiet gasp as Draco's other hand presses against the other side of his neck.
"I joke" and as he steps closer to lean up to whisper he feels Harry's palm meet his hip "I make people uncomfortable"
When he leans back and steps away Harry is wide-eyed and red, hand falling back to his side like he never touched Draco. Hair is mussed slightly from Draco's fingers, tie a little more crooked, and his eyes are so very green as they track his every movement.
"I- wait" Harry mumbles taking a small step forward following Draco to the wall he leans on, making Draco stare up at him. Draco can't help but lick his lips and watches, fascinated that Harry tracks the movement with his eyes.
"Yes?" Arms crossed back over his chest so he can't be tempted to touch again, Harry frowns.
"You flirt for fun"
"Yup"
"With Ron?"
"Mhmm"
"Ginny?"
"Uh huh"
"M-me?"
"There you go darling"
Harry blinks hard and steps back running a hand through his hair again. A nervous habit Draco really likes. Draco smiles softly at the boy while he slowly figures it out.
"Look I got class I need to go to" Draco leans off the wall and presses a hand to Harry's elbow as he passes by catching him unaware as he looks down at the blonde boy.
"See you Potter"
"Yeah" Potter calls back "See you"
–
"I think I'm gay"
Hermione instantly closes her book that she was reading to sit up and look at Harry as he flings himself onto the couch next to Ron. With a grunt Ron wakes up looking confused and out of his depth by the way he looks between both Harry and Hermione.
"Harry" Hermione starts softly "we love you no matter what"
Ron rubs the sleep from his eyes as he glances between them, clearly missing the plot.
"What's happening Mione?"
"Harry thinks he's gay" she whispers back to Ron, who nods thoughtfully, turning himself to look at Harry looking him up and down.
"Yeah okay I figured it was something like that"
"Oh what the fuck does that mean?" Harry spits out looking a tad upset to be learning about his sexuality last. Even Ron isn't surprised at this revelation.
"Well I mean you had that crush on Cedric this year didn't you?" Ron muses "And then there was that thing with Charlie over the summer"
"Charlie?" Hermione smiles over at them "oh Harry"
"No no" Harry pushes both hands up palms facing them "I just think Charlie is cool"
"Yeah he is." Hermione sighs.
"Oy that's my brother you're talking about there"
Hermione waves him off and settles her brown eyes in Harry before leaning forward to press a hand to his knee "Do you need to talk about it?"
Harry sighs and drops his head into his palms.
"Draco" he mutters.
"Hmm?" Hermione hums, "you know I can't hear you when you mumble"
"It's Draco"
"Oh what do we have here" Ginny, like an unwanted pest shows up, smirking as she stops on her way to her room "What about Draco?"
"Nothing"
"Sure looks like a whole lot of nothing" Ginny agrees smirking at the three of them, before ruffling Harry's and Ron's hair as she heads to the female dorms "have fun talking about nothing" she winks.
"Really Harry?" Ron sighs once Ginny is gone "Malfoy really? His father was a death eater and he's kind of rude"
"Draco's father has nothing to do with him" Hermione frowns at Ron, looking angry and upset "absolutely nothing to do with him, yes he shares DNA but Sirius is also related to death eaters don't you remember?"
She pulls her hand away from Harry's knee and sits up straight.
"There's nothing wrong with liking Draco" she looks at Harry "and if you think for one second it's wrong because of who his family is then you're the one who is wrong"
"No Mione I just didn't know that I liked guys before he started flirting with me"
"Oh well then okay we are good"
"Yeah I guess so" Ron huffs "He's not so terrible at least"
"He is very pretty"
"It's the hair" Hermione supplies flipping back open her book.
"And the eyes"
"Ugh gross"
"That's homophobic Ron" Hermione supplies.
"Not if it's Malfoy it isn't"
"Didn't you blush when he was flirting with you last week"
"I don't recall that"
"Mhmm"
–
Harry joins them for lunch the next day only for Pansy to kick him out as soon as he sits.
"No" she calls from the bench leaning over Harry sprawled out on the floor "No Gryffindors while I sit here, you take all the good food"
Draco hides a beautiful smile behind his hand and shrugs at him apologetically "Maybe next time Potter"
He angrily sits down next Ron at his usual table. Stupid beautiful blonde boys he's only just noticed he likes. Stupid Slytherins taking over the ravenclaw table. Stupid pretty Ravenclaw boys with lovely smiles and pretty grey eyes and long fingers and lovely soft looking hair. He doesn't realize he's glaring at Draco until draco looks over and gives him a slow smile in return. Ron notices and shakes his head in sympathy.
"Tough luck buddy"
"Pass the treacle tart"
"Starting early there aren't you?"
"Pass" he seethes "the treacle tart"
"Alright alright damn"
When Hermione shows up he's already through half of the tart and she can only sigh in response before she turns abruptly and goes to sit next to Pansy instead.
Which she allows without kicking her to the floor.
Fucking Slytherins.