Harry was a shy, giving young boy. He had learned to be like this the hard way. He grew up with an unloving family, and he had lost his parents when he was only a baby. Because of how badly he was treated by his aunt, uncle and cousin, he taught himself to be kind. It was in his nature. So, naturally, when he finally went to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry he became friends with Draco Malfoy. This only happened for one reason: pressure. It wasn't all that bad anyway. On the first day, Draco had gone up to Harry (who was speaking to a bedraggled ginger boy) and said "You don't want to be making friends with the wrong sort." He sneered at Ron Weasley, the ginger boy. "I can help you there" Draco continued, extending his hand to Harry. Harry gave Ron a guilty look and shook Draco Malfoys hand. This was the beginning of a beautiful...friendship.
Everyday, Draco and Harry would walk around school like they owned the place. Nobody challenged them on this, as they essentially did run the school due to their combined popularity. The duo played pranks on their fellow students and the teachers never really bothered with sorting the boys out. After all, their parents were famous wizards, for completly opposing reasons. The boys didn't let this get in the way of their friendship though. All the way through first and second year they were extremely close. They had always been inseparable and even the Weasley twins, Fred and George, thought it was peculiar. It wasn't an odd thing for best friends to be close, but students were more concerned for how touchy they were with each other and how much they talked about each other on the rare occasion that they weren't together. Harry and Draco were put into different houses, and so spent their lonely nights in different parts of the castle.
Harry shared a dorm with Ron. During their first year, they managed to get past the awkward tension that was created by Harry ditching Ron for Draco. This was forgiven because Ron had grown to really like Harry. He was kind, considerate and Ron liked how he shared all his sweets. Harry and Ron were friends, but Harry noticed that whenever he spoke about Draco, Ron went quiet. He just assumed this was because of what happened on the first night. The one thing Ron didn't like about Harry was that he was too nice, which meant that because Draco didn't like Ron, Harry only spoke to him when they were alone. But Ron didn't mind, because Harry was the boy who lived.
This was another reason the pair were so popular. Draco was intimidating so everyone worshipped him, and Harry was 'The Boy Who Lived'. He never let this get to his head though, as he continued to be a genuine person for all his life. So, naturally, everyone loved the two boys and everyone wanted to be their friend. People got flustered when either of the boys spoke them. Harry never quite understood why, but Draco loved the attention. In some ways, Harry made his companion a better person. The more time they spent with each other, Draco got ever so slightly less spiteful towards other people. It was always a good day for the whole school when Draco was in a positive mood. He brought laughter to the classrooms and corridors, and Harry was the string that tied it together. In many people's eyes, they were the perfect beings.