He couldn't sleep and he told himself that it had nothing to do with Krum. Just because everytime he closed his eyes Krum's face popped into his head and it made him feel off kilter meant absolutely nothing.

The next day Draco cautiously entered the great hall, aware that Pansy may not have been able to squash any rumors. He held his breathe but slowly let it out when no one seemed to pay him more mind than usual, further relieved when Pansy sent him a short nod. His only warning was when her eyes suddenly widened and she half came out of his seat.

He whirled around and found himself nearly pressed against Viktor Krum. He felt panic up through his chest, surely Krum wouldn't try anything like that again in front of everyone in the room.

He felt like he should step back, but instead he found himself leaning slightly towards the other even as he looked up at him with big eyes, holding his breathe as he waited to see what Krum would do. The bigger boy watched him for a long moment and he felt himself blushing. It wasn't long before he couldn't keep his eyes on him any longer and moved them to the ground. Only then did Krum raise one hand to pat Draco's shoulder. "Good morning Dray-co."

He didn't look up as he stumbled out an awkward, "Morning" in return.

As soon as it had started it ended as Krum dropped his arm and brushed past him, the other Durmstrang boys following. A few gave him nods but many of them gave him smirks, not that he noticed as he kept his eyes down, only raising them once they had all passed to watch them leave. He quickly threw a sneer their way and hurried to his own table, sliding into a seat between Pansy and Blaise.

"Uh.. Draco?"

"Shut it Blaise."

Blaise laughed, pretending to cough when Draco glared at him. "Er, sorry. Hey, come on Draco. It can't be that bad."

Pansy nodded, "He could be ugly." Both Blaise and Draco looked at her and she shrugged, "There are worse people Draco could be kissing."

Crabbe and Goyle plopped down on the other side of table before Draco could respond and Goyle gave him a smile, "You looked scared of Krum."

Normally he mostly ignored them but he nearly jumped to his feet, only Blaise holding him down. "What!"

Crabbe shrugged, "He didn't mean anything by it. You just did, just now when he passed you."

Goyle looked worried now, "Just thought you should know Draco."

He waved them off with a sigh, slumping in his seat and resting his cheek on his hand. "This just won't do."

Blaise and Pansy exchanged a smile over his head and went back to eating, while Draco contemplated Viktor Krum.

Breakfast and the first half of the day past slowly, Draco daydreaming most of the time. He was following behind Blaise on his way to lunch when he was suddenly grabbed from behind and pulled into a side hallway. He struggled against the arms around him, freezing when there was soft breathe against his ear, "Calm down Dray-co."

"Let me go!"

"Always playing the hard to get Dray-co."

"I'm not… I'm not playing, let me go!"

He tried to struggle away but the arms tightened and he stilled. "That's a good boy, I just want to talk."

He couldn't help but notice that Krum smelled good and the soft voice against his ear had him relaxing against the bigger body. He shook his head, "I just wanna go eat my lunch."

"You do have pretty skin." Draco frantically looked around for help, and let out a squeak when Viktor kissed his neck, the sensation sending chills down his body.

Viktor laughed at Draco's shiver, and it wasn't a nice sound. Draco snapped back to attention and tried to pull away, only to be spun around and slammed against the wall. He barely had time to protest when Krum's mouth was on his, much more insistent than last time. He tried to gasp for breath and was rewarded with a tongue in his mouth.

He had never kissed with tongue before and he was too surprised to bite down. As he stopped struggling Krum pulled back a little, biting Draco's lip. He smirked as he leaned back, raising an eyebrow cockily at the dazed look on Draco's face. "Not such a good kisser though, you must be new to it."

"Draco, you over here?" He was saved from responding to Krum as Blaise came around the corner. He stumbled to a stop as he saw the two of them pressed together, "Oh hey, didn't mean to… Draco?"

Draco shook his head and shoved at Krum, who stepped back. "Leave me alone!" His voice was shaky and he nearly ran past Blaise, face burning with indignation at Krum's insult.

Blaise caught up to him, looking confused, "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine!" His voice broke and Blaise grabbed his arm to stop him.

"Hey-"

"Don't touch me!"

The amused grin slid off Blaise's face as he glanced back at Krum watching Draco walk away. He moved to block his view and pushed Draco towards the Great Hall. "Come on, forget about that ponce, let's get lunch."

He directed Draco to his seat, keeping an eye for when Krum entered. It was a few minutes later and he tried to distract Draco, but the other must have been waiting for him too. Draco watched as Krum entered the Great Hall with his arm around a girl, smiling at her and kissing her hand when she headed off to her own table. He headed towards his table, stopping by the Gryffindor table to flirt with a girl there.

Draco couldn't help frowning, an unfamiliar feeling in his stomach. He didn't like Krum and he didn't want the other to touch him, but the casual way he flirted with the girls made him uncomfortable. He wasn't jealous, but he had felt kind of special that Krum was interested in him. It made him feel somehow worse that Krum went after anything he could get. He turned back to his food, feeling dejected.