Masked

(13) Attraction

Draco's eyes went wide as he looked around in panic. The panic, however, quickly left his face as he put on a calm façade. Draco turned to Harry and asked timidly, "Can we talk in private?"

Harry noticed Draco's eyes shift towards Pansy for a few seconds before he fixed his gaze on him again. "Sure."

"Alright, let's go! I think the classroom around the corner here is empty."

Both boys looked at Pansy with blank expressions and after a moment Draco spoke up, "Pansy, you are not invited. And don't you dare eavesdrop!"

Pansy made a pouty face before walking down the corridor towards a secret passage that led to the entrance hall.

"So," Harry started awkwardly, "should we check if that classroom she mentioned is, in fact, empty?"

Draco simply nodded and the walked side by side to the room. Harry opened the door cautiously and peeked into the room. "It's empty."

They both moved to enter the room at the same time and as soon as their arms brushed together, the boys froze in place. Draco could tell that the fur of his, currently hidden, tail was standing on end. He snapped out of his frozen state and moved into the room when he felt a sudden, burning desire to hug Harry. Draco stood still in the centre of the classroom for a minute as he tried to process what he had felt at that moment. It was so strange. He just wanted to hug Harry Potter, to hold him close and cuddle with him.

Harry wasn't much better. He was still standing in the doorway, not having moved since the moment their arms brushed together. He had felt that jolt again, except this time he had also felt the want, the need, to attack Draco. Not in a violent, kill your enemy, kind of way, but in a more... sexual way. Harry was now trying to make sense of his crazy emotions and wild thoughts. He didn't know what to do. If he stayed there he wouldn't be able to hold himself back. 'Why am I experiencing such a strong attraction to Draco Malfoy? Of all the males at Hogwarts, why him? ' Harry thought desperately, 'If I stay here- no. I can't. If all I can think about at the moment is wanting to be in the same position we were in during our encounter on the train, then staying around him longer is not a good idea! He's Draco Malfoy! Well, I did decide to try to be nice to him... but that doesn't mean I have to like him, at least not as more than a friend. But... I can't help this attraction I feel, it started when we crashed into each other on the train yesterday, but I don't know why I feel this way. I mean, he is good looking-'

"Harry?" Draco snapped him out of his thoughts and Harry looked up to see him standing right in front of him.

"Uh," Harry's eyes widened and he started backing up slowly, "I just remembered that Ron is waiting for me at breakfast."

"Breakfast is probably over by now." Draco took a step forward.

"What?! We'll be late for class!" Harry stopped in the middle of the hallway, facing Draco who now stood in the doorway of the classroom.

"Can we still talk later?" Draco questioned.

Harry opened his mouth to reply but was cut off as Hermione enveloped him in a hug. "Come on, Harry, we'll be late for class."