Chapter 5

Cho's POV

By 8 a.m, Cho was already up. Still in her pyjamas, Cho went to the kitchen and whipped up some chocolate-chip pancakes and strawberry smoothies for herself and of course, her guest.

Her guest! Draco! Could he still be inside the unit? Cho started worrying. She was too pre-occupied with her cooking that she forgot to check if Draco was still in his room, asleep or doing something else. She placed the pancakes and smoothies on the table and proceeded to Draco's room. Cho opened the door hoping to find Draco still there and what a relief it was seeing him there. Draco lay in bed, entangled in his sheets, face buried in the fluffy pillow. Even in a such a state, he seemed so peaceful and she thought she heard him snore a little, too. Cho started snickering and holding in her laughter but it was an adorable sight to behold and Cho seemed to have lost herself for a few minutes just staring at Draco sleeping like a 4 year old.

"And to think he was such a tough guy back at school. Haha.", Cho thought to herself. After giving the slumbering blonde one last look, she quietly closed the door behind her, not wanting to disturb him from his sleep.

For some reason, Cho did not want to close that door. She liked watching Draco sleep. He looked so innocent. Then she slapped herself. What was she thinking? Since when did she find joy in watching other people sleep? Something was coming over her and she wanted to distract herself from it.

"Maybe I should hit the mall first and buy some necessities. I don't think he'll be up any sooner. Right. I'll just prepare myself then go"

She ate her breakfast ahead, took a bath, and dressed up in a plaid skirt, and a black polo. She didn't bother wearing shoes so she just wore her black slippers. On her way out, she placed the smoothie in the refrigerator, grabbed a pen and a paper, thinking that she might have to leave a note for Draco who might start worrying. After scribbling down the note, she posted it on the refrigerator door, then off she went.

DRACO'S POV

Squirming around with his sheets, Draco slowly opened his eyes to a new day.

"What the? Where are my pillows?" his arms started to reach out to other areas of the bed to check where his pillows went. He slowly got up on his elbows, looked down on the floor and saw all his pillows scattered on the floor. He was too lazy to pick them up. He wanted to sleep some more.

"Great. Just great." Then he plopped himself back on the bed. There he was, lying on his back, looking around the room and finally caught himself staring at the bare ceiling. "How long have I been asleep?", he wondered since it seemed that he was in the deepest slumber he had ever gotten. Draco looked around the room searching for signs of a wall clock. Apparently, there was an alarm clock on top of the sidetable on the left side of his bed. He grabbed the clock and looked at the time.

"11:30! I've been sleeping for 11 hours? Oh yeah! A new world record for Draco Malfoy!", Draco stood up from the bed and went outside to greet Cho and thank her for buying a very comfortable bed to sleep on.

"Cho!" he shouted out but there was no answer. "Cho? Where are you?" he said in a calmer tone. He looked around the living room. Maybe she was still asleep. So he checked out if Cho was still asleep. He opened the door gently and took a peek at her room. No one was there. He went to the kitchen hoping to find her cooking lunch or eating brunch but all he saw was a note.

Malfoy,

I just went to the mall, you sleepy head. I needed to buy some necessities and since there wasn't anyone to talk to at home, I just went out to have a little fun by myself. Haha. Don't worry, I'm not mad or anything.

In case your stomach starts to complain, I made you some pancakes which are on the table in case you can't see them with your morning-glorified eyes and a smoothie which you can find in the ref.

I'll be back by lunchtime bearing real food.

--Chang

Draco gave out a little laugh. Then he rubbed his eyes and did he have a lot of morning-glory. This made Draco laugh once more. He needed to wash himself up first before eating the pancakes Cho made for him. When he entered the bathroom, he realized that he didn't have any other clothes. Great. How unhygienic. Nevertheless, he still took a shower and decided on wearing his clothes inside-out. He felt pathetic, but he didn't have a choice. Cho left him some food, why didn't leave him some clothes? "Oh well", he thought to himself.

He went back to the kitchen, grabbed the plate, took the smoothie out of the refrigerator and placed them on the center table of the living room set. He sat down comfortably on the couch then started eating. The table surface was made of glass and beneath it were what seemed photo albums. On one of the albums, the word HOGWARTS was imprinted on the cover. Curious, Draco dropped his fork and took the album out. He felt guilty but his curiousity was too much to handle so he ended up opening the album anyway.

"Besides, Cho wouldn't mind. I already know about her being a wizard anyway", he thought.

The first photo he saw was that of Cedric who was doing an awkward-looking cartwheel on the green fields outside the castle. Cedric was laughing as he failed each cartwheel. "Hahaha. What a dufus", Draco uttered.

Below that photo was that of the Ravenclaw Quidditch team having a little talk during one of their practices. Draco started looking for Cho in the picture but she wasn't there. "Guess she was the one taking pictures. If she did, great job, Cho".

Draco continued to flip through the pages of the album. Other pictures included Weasley and Granger kissing under the mistletoe, Harry chasing the Snitch during a Quidditch match, mourners from Dumbledore's funeral, Cedric's grave, a full moon partly hidden behind the top of the Astronomy Tower, the shimmery lake beside the Astronomy tower which seemed to be like a sea with a vast horizon. All the shots were beautifully taken. He didn't know Cho had an artist's perspective but he never saw really noticed anyone else inside the school bringing a camera, except for that annoying Gryffindor, Colin Creevy. Each photo was better than the next and he could tell that Cho had invested some time and concentration before taking each one because they weren't just candid snapshots.

Then he came to the last page and saw only one photograph. It seemed to be taken along the corridors of the Room of Requirement. In the photo was a teenager. A male teenager. He stood up with his back on the wall, with his head down and his blonde hair falling to his face. The only movement in the photo was when the boy would look up, run his hand through his hair and give out a heavy sigh.

It was him. Draco was the boy in the photograph. He was in disbelief. When had she taken this picture? How did she do it without me noticing? Where had she been hiding when he took that photo? Draco couldn't help at how nicely the photograph was taken despite the fact that it was him. He was intrigued by what he saw. He was so into the photograph, analyzing every single element in it.

"Well, well, well. Like what you're seeing?", it was a female voice.