CHAPTER 6
Harry spent the whole Trial session staring at his unbearably handsome school arch nemesis. Only thing he couldn't understand was, how did Draco Malfoy get so good-looking? Thinking back to his days at Hogwarts, Harry always had the impression that Malfoy was way too skinny and way too pale to be a living person. His skin tone reminded him of a Muggle movie, which had vampires in it. The vampires were pale as hell, and sparkled in the sunlight. Almost all the Muggle teenage girls and Muggleborns (except Hermione) loved that movie and fantasized about the hero. He saw tit bits of that movie once, when he was alone at Privet Drive. He couldn't find anything great about the movie, but he had to admit, seeing that Muggle actor made him wonder about his sexuality. After seeing that movie, whenever he saw Malfoy, he was curious to find out whether he glittered in the sunlight too. But he didn't.
He had never found Malfoy attractive. Even when he found out that he was bisexual, he never had an attraction to Malfoy. He was scrawny, pale and too skinny. His face was very pointed. Harry admitted he liked sharp features, but Malfoy's features were a whole new level of sharp.
He suspected puberty as the factor for the sudden physical change in Malfoy. It must have happened when Harry was too busy trying to save the world from a man with one seventh of a soul, who was commonly known as Voldemort. Those were years when all Harry could think about was how to rid the world of Voldemort.
Once he had done that, Ginny and he became a thing. He loved Ginny with all his heart, did his best to always keep her happy and smiling. He hadn't had time to even bother thinking about Malfoy. He wasn't even curious to know where and how he had suddenly disappeared the face of the earth right after his Trials (even though he did show his gratitude face to face, but Harry was more worried that he wouldn't make it in time for his lunch date with Ginny, so he didn't bother listening to what Malfoy had to say very closely.), but now, when he was sitting just a few inches away form Harry, looking hot as hell in his perfectly tailored robes, all the forgotten questions came back to him; and also a rather unnecessary question, a question which included the words 'like men', which made Harry's cheeks warm to have even thought of it.
He had come out to the Weasleys and Hermione first when he figured out he was bisexual. This was before he got together with Ginny. He thought after knowing about this, Ginny would never think about being with him. But to his surprise, she was the most supporting person. Even though Ginny knew he was bisexual, she didn't mind being in a relationship with him. Most girls would have scrunched their face and rejected (even if he WAS the Boy-Who-Lived and the Saviour of the Wizarding World), but ever since Harry had made Ginny's acquaintance, he knew she wasn't 'most girls'. This was one of the main reasons why he loved Ginny (other than the fact that she was good looking and understanding and smart and perfect and that he truly liked her).
He had been attracted to a few guys during his Hogwarts days. And one of them was Zacharias Smith. Even though he had been a complete prat, always mean and sounded condescending towards Harry, he had looked good. Then one unfortunate day, after he was the failed date with Cho, he tried kissing the guy. Things turned nasty, and they made a deal to not let anyone know about it. Then there was Seamus too. It didn't get too serious or anything. Just a few kisses, that was all. Just when Harry wanted to get more serious with Seamus, he made the big, big mistake of choosing Dean into the Gryffindor Quidditch team instead of Seamus. That ended with a furious Seamus hexing him and telling him to stay away. After those incidents only did Harry realize how pretty and perfect Ginny was, and spent his time trying to woo her.
Now that Ginny was gone for six months, and that he had full freedom to have a short term relationship with anyone, why couldn't he have Malfoy? He looked good, and Harry too looked good (admittedly not as good as Malfoy), if he was to trust the longing glances of men and women alike and the magazines. Apparently, according to Witch Weekly, he was polled one of the 'Sexiest Men of the Decade' and 'Most Desirable Man of the Year' twice continuously. Harry never bothered about all that, and also stopped his subscription of the magazine after that incident and a few very awkward articles about him. He had chances with Malfoy, didn't he? Should be easy as pie getting him, his chances were great! But he hated you and you hated him during school! Not to mention you ignored the git as much as possible and almost sliced him in half. The rational part of his brain argued.
Harry sighed and closed his eyes. He had always repented casting that Sectumsempera curse on Malfoy. He regretted it deeply, but he never got the chance to apologize for that. He agreed completely with that part of his brain. His and Malfoy's animosity was famous. Everyone knew about in Hogwarts. Why would someone who went out of their way to cause problem to Harry be in the least interested in him? What if Malfoy had changed? Harry argued. Check it out for yourself then, his rational part countered. Yes, I will, Harry decided firmly.
He was so lost in thought, he didn't realize the Trial session had been concluded. The victim was punished; a life sentence in Azkaban, and he was now being surrounded by various Ministry officials, patting his back and shaking his hand for the phenomenal work he had done in capturing the convicted.
Sensing all the commotion next to him, Malfoy turned his head to find out the cause. Through a dense crowd of people, his eyes found Harry's. "Potter!" he gasped softly, but Harry heard the soft gasp turned to look at Malfoy.