Result.

Harry stayed at the hospital for a total of four days. His last two days he came up with a business plan to present to Hermione in order to get her on board with his new idea. Even though his original plan was to come in-between Draco and Ginny, he also thought that expanding and adding a Medical Section in the shop was a great profitable idea. Predictably, to Harry, Hermione had her reservations to the reasoning behind this execution, yet she agreed that this would truly give their business an edge into the publishing world.

For the next several weeks Harry constantly arranged meetings between Draco, Hermione and himself to discuss the expansion in the shop. Additionally, they worked towards creating a bigger library at St. Mungo's for medical references for new Healers-in-training.

The business meetings soon turned into coffee appointments and dinner get-togethers when Harry wouldn't even invite Hermione and he prevaricated to Draco, stating that she was unavailable. Draco didn't seem to mind, Harry noted. Their conversations were less business-like without Hermione; instead they talked about their future plans beyond the Wizarding world, where they were still relentlessly scrutinised. He didn't know when it happened but they were also no longer Malfoy and Potter, now they were simply Harry and Draco.

It had been four weeks since Harry had visited St. Mungo's. He received a reminder letter from Draco stating that he needed to come in for a final check-up to ensure that there truly were no remains of the poisonous plant left in his system. Harry grinned when he saw the letter and Ron asked if he was grinning in such a manner because he was excited with hopes to see Ginny. Harry had almost completely forgotten about Ginny. All the time he had spent with Draco, he had firmly started to believe that Ginny wouldn't be Draco's type, nor would Draco put up with someone who was so demanding for no apparent reason. They truly were simply co-workers and dinner companions. He had briefly wondered why Ginny had let Harry believe otherwise but never fully completed that contemplation. He always ended up simply thinking about Draco.

On the 2nd of May, Harry asked Draco to join him for another 'business dinner.' He made sure to ask Hermione this time if she would be joining them, knowing fully well that she would not. It was not only the day they had won against Voldemort, it was also the anniversary of Hermione's first kiss with Ron. Ron and Hermione rarely had any celebrations in their relationships except for this one particular one. Harry often didn't like making a big deal about the 2nd of May, so he liked to live his life as it was just any other day. Nowadays, any other day for him involved plans with Draco.

Harry asked Draco to stop by the shop and that they would be going out after he'd closed up. Harry was re-shelving some books and asked Draco to wait in his private office. Draco entered Harry's office and took a seat at the sofa chairs in the corner. After a few moments Harry heard the shop door open and slam close. He ran to the front of the store and saw Draco sprinting away. Harry opened the door and called out but Draco didn't turn. He kept rushing away and soon disappeared.

Harry was quite confused and returned to his office. He noticed that in the corner of the room laid a copy of Fun Magical Plants for Children, along with a small note from Ron. 'Harry, I have been reading the book and I think that oleander works best. Though it can cause the most harm if not treated immediately, it has the least mortality rate.' Harry shook his head, he also noticed other notes from Ron that talked about their plan execution and kept calling it 'WGBFTF operation.' Harry thought that he had been so stupid, why had he not gotten rid of all of this stuff already? It was no longer a 'Win Ginny Back from the Ferret' operation. The book had plenty of letters, parchments and detailed plans of how to distract Malfoy and how to make Ginny jealous of Harry.

Draco had seen it all.

How could Harry have been so reckless?

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The next morning after opening up the store and ensuring that Hermione and other staff were there to take care of everything, Harry visited St. Mungo's. He checked in at the receptionist desk and requested to speak to Healer Malfoy. A few moments later he was informed that Healer Malfoy had back to back appointments all day and that he was available to accommodate guests. Harry was about to leave disappointed when Ginny approached him. He hadn't seen or talked to Ginny in well over a month.

"Harry, what are you doing here? Is everything alright?" Ginny asked with an unusual caring tone.

"Yeah, I came to see Malfoy, but it seems he's too busy," Harry responded not acknowledging Ginny's touch on his arm.

"Oh, anything I can help you with?" She smiled.

"No thanks." Harry turned and walked away.

For the next few weeks any attempt Harry made to get in contact with Draco was a disappointment. Draco didn't see him when he visited St. Mungo's. Any time Harry dropped in at Draco's favourite restaurant he was told that Draco had stopped coming by. Harry's owls were often returned without a reply and many times the letters were returned sealed.

Hermione and Ron were at a loss over Harry's depression. Ron attempted to cheer him up by stating that Ginny wanted Harry back. Ron tried to set up a dinner date for Harry and Ginny and Harry took one look at Ginny and left the restaurant. When Ginny came running after Harry she said that she had to make a confession.

"I lied to you Harry. I wasn't dating Draco. We were just friends. I asked him to dinner a few times so it would seem like we were dating so I could make you jealous."

Harry looked at Ginny, expressionless; he looked away, and continued walking. He didn't know why, but he felt dead inside. This was the moment he had been waiting for. Ginny was chasing after him, she had admitted that she had been wrong, she wanted him back. Why did he no longer want her?

"Ron told me what happened," she shouted. Harry stopped walking and turned to look at her. "Ron told me that you were trying to win me back and that's why you digested that poisonous leaf. That's so romantic Harry!"

"That was idiotic," Harry responded coldly.

"No, I was so worried about you. I had to pretend that I hated you so you'd want me, fight for me. I have been wanting to get married for so long, Harry, and I was sure that this final time you'd propose!" Ginny confessed more information that Harry no longer cared for. "But, I was wrong, I'll wait for you. I'll wait until you're ready. I don't want to be without you, Harry!"

"It's too late," Harry answered, not sure what that meant. What did it mean?

"I don't understand."

"I don't know, it could mean a lot of things. But, one thing's for certain. It means that you and I are done forever," Harry replied calmly. "I no longer want you. I am sorry, but I am unsure if I ever did, with my whole heart." He began to walk away again.

"Malfoy. You want Malfoy?" Ginny spoke with as much disdain as she possibly could, Harry noted. He also realised that he hated the way she said his name. "Is that why the two of you are cross? Is that why he seems extra depressed and aloof these days?"

Ginny had stood her ground and this time it was Harry who chased after her.

"What do you mean depressed?"

"He came by my ward the other day," Ginny began to tell the story. "He apologised that he never ended the rumours that we were dating; we both knew that we weren't, but we had let everyone else believe otherwise. He said that his father didn't accept that he was gay and wanted him to marry a pure-blood witch, so he pretended to date me so his father would be further enraged; that if he were to marry a woman then he'd pick a blood-traitor."

"Draco is gay?"

"Since when did you start calling him Draco?" Ginny raised an eyebrow.

"Since the moment I fell in love with him," Harry answered and this time walked away without pausing, without turning back.

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