In The Safety Of Magical World

Chapter 9

I surely didn't expect this to be my first guest. This was the face I wanted to see the least. I put down my food, appetite was gone forever when Draco Malfoy strolled into the hospital wing. 

God damn it. I hoped that he might have come to see another patient but no, he was heading straight towards me. I felt like by the time I'll be leaving Hogwarts, I'll have learned to hate silver and green colors for the rest of my life because they would remind me of the Slytherin house. Or maybe not...that latter was also the color of Harry's eyes, after all.

I sighed audibly when he came up to my bed, to make sure he heard and understand the annoyance that his unsought-for visit caused me. Draco pulled up a chair and sat next to me, the creases of his neatly ironed trousers looked sharp as a razor blade.

" Are you not going to leave me alone even in the hospital? "

" I just came to see how you're doing. "

" Brilliant, as you can see. Now leave. "

Draco crossed his legs knee over the knee and obviously didn't even think of leaving. His facial features shifted to form the arrogant sneer I knew so well already. But he definitely wasn't wearing it when Harry grabbed the Snitch from the tip of his nose, such thought almost made me smirk in return.

" That's rude, " he said and reached for the toffees, noticing the mini confectionery on my nightstand. " Injured folks normally are happy when someone visits them. "

I slapped his hand away from the sweets. My friends didn't bring all of it for him to gobble down.

" What's rude is to barge in without finding out first if the patient is in the right condition and wants to see any visitors. "

Malfoy was twirling the ring on his finger. I ran my eyes over it carelessly and saw what looked like another serpent. Slytherins seemed to be obsessed with snakes while I disliked reptiles. There was something about them that was appalling.

" I bet you wouldn't be speaking like that if it was Potter sitting here, would you? " Draco said frankly as he leaned a little closer to me. I pulled back, the sudden movement sent a jolt of pain through my brain.

" Can't you see I'm not feeling well? I didn't invite you here and certainly wasn't waiting for you. Get out of here and let me rest! "

" What did he tell you about me? That I'm mean? That I'm evil? That's so much like Potter, he's the only one who's a saint! "

In Malfoy's voice, I heard the same disdain that was apparent in Harry's voice as well when he was talking about Draco. They both hated each other way more than I acknowledged and I wondered why. Have they already fought in the past over a guy or a girl? Or were the reasons behind their antipathies purely of wizarding context? I could only make my judgments based on the few months I had spent in Hogwarts. I didn't like Malfoy because of his ignorance, harassment, and stalking tendencies.

" He didn't tell me anything I hadn't witnessed for myself by now. You have totally ruined the first, the second, and all the following impressions of yourself. I'm not attracted to you and want nothing in common with you. Leave. "

" Who are you attracted to then? " Malfoy insisted. One of his hands lied on top of my blanket-covered thigh. " Potter? Are you actually interested in skinny, four-eyed weirdos? I'm better than him. "

I jerked my leg away which sent a chain of unpleasant sensations through my head once again.

" Leave, before I call for Madam Pomfrey! "

" That won't be necessary, Mr.Winters. "

A composed, authoritative voice surprised Draco and me unprepared. Talking to him I hadn't noticed the door opening and someone else coming in. Albus Dumbledore was walking towards me, sublime, his silvery grey robes flaunting with every step. Looking at the elderly wizard sent an army of ants down my spine. I felt like a peasant standing (or sitting) in front of a king.