Why? (Drarry)

Why are you avoiding me?

A/N: Snape didn't die in this story. He is still the potions master.

Harry was still in a bubble of happiness as he entered the Great Hall for breakfast the next morning. Ron and Hermione had woken up earlier and were already at the Gryffindor table. Harry made his way through the Hall and sat down opposite his two best friends.

He was in the middle of pilling food on his plate when he remembered what he had told his friends last night. Harry looked at Hermione and she gave him a comforting smile. He gave a small smile back. Harry then shifted his eyes to the side to look at Ron but stopped half way because in the gap between his friends' heads, he saw Draco at the Slytherin table.

Harry couldn't help but stare as his face adopted an expression of worry. Draco looked like he hadn't slept at all. He had dark rims under his eyes and his hair was messy, like he hadn't brushed it this morning, which is a rarity for Draco. He was deliberately ignoring Pansy as the girl clung onto his arm.

Harry realized with a sudden blush that he was jealous. He didn't want anyone else touching his Draco. 'Wait,' harry thought quickly, 'since when is he my Draco?'

The thought was quickly diminished, however, when he noticed that Draco's hair still had a red streak in it. Harry began giggling. That caught his friends attention.

"What is it, Harry?" Hermione asked curiously. Ron followed Harry's gaze and immediately started laughing loudly at the sight of Malfoy's hair.

Draco heard the sudden outburst and looked up. Harry looked back at the Slytherin table and his eyes met Draco's. To Harry's surprised and disappointed, Draco immediately looked away, gathered his things and ran out into the entrance Hall.

The Gryffindors didn't have any classes with the Slytherins until last period, potions, but the students usually crossed paths in the corridors or the entrance Hall. Unfortunately for Harry, he didn't see Draco all day. Not even at lunch.

'Maybe he is regretting what happened yesterday' Harry thought as he made his way to potions, 'or it could be part of his plan to embarrass me...'

Harry stopped going over the possibilities in his head when he, Ron and Hermione reached the corridor outside the potions classroom. The rest of the class was already there waiting for Snape to let them in.

Harry looked around and spotted Draco. He had his back to Harry and seemed to be looking down. When Snape opened the door to let them in, Draco rushed inside and made sure to sit as far as possible from Harry's usual desk.

The lesson passed uneventfully and soon the students filed out of the room. Harry passed by Draco, who was taking particularly long to pack his things, and slipped a note onto his desk.

Draco took it back to his dorm before reading it.

"why are you avoiding me?" Was written across the scrap of parchment in Harry's messy scrawl.