Fucking Michael Corner.

After the first task, Draco seemed to have made a new friend: Michael Corner. Which Harry did not mind at first. Quite the opposite! Michael seemed like a cool guy. He would join Harry, Draco, and Hermione's study sessions.

"Yeah," Michael agreed with something Draco said in one of their sessions, "it's such a shame there's no quidditch tournament this year."

He shared Draco's love for quidditch. Which, luckily for Hermione, meant Draco had someone else to 'bore' with quidditch news and random fun facts.

"I love Zonko's!"

He also shared Draco's love for magical pranks.

"Speaking of Hogsmeade," Michael turned to Draco, "would you like to go with me on the trip next week?"

"Yeah, we're all goin-" Draco started saying.

"No, I meant like…" Michael interrupted Draco, and then looked aside, slightly blushing.

Was Michael Corner asking Draco out?

"Oh." Draco said, surprised.

Hermione shrieked.

Harry watched as the situation unfolded.

Draco looked at Harry and Hermione. Harry's expressions were blank, while Hermione's were filled with excitement and anticipation.

"Um, sure!" Draco beamed.

"It's a date then." Michael smiled at Draco, and got back to his Transfiguration essay.

"iT's a dAtE tHeN," Harry mocked him, when it was just him and Hermione on the Hogsmeade trip.

"Why do you dislike him so much?" She asked, as they were walking down the alley.

"I don't." Harry said, defensively. "It's just…"

"Just what?"

"I don't know." Harry admitted, exasperated. "Draco's been barely spending time with us lately."

"That's not true."

"Well, with me." Harry amended his earlier statement. "We used to spend, like, all the time together."

"I think it's normal to feel a bit jeal-" Hermione started saying.

"I'm not jealous!"

"I didn't mean it that way," Hermione tried to calm Harry, "I meant there's someone new in Draco's life, and that's taking away from the time he used to spend with you."

"I hate it."

"I think they're adorable together."

"Ugh, stop! They're not!"

What did Draco even see in him?

"His soft blonde hair, which is just the perfect length, and his eyes… oh his eyes! I could get lost in these deep blue eyes…" Harry hated it when Draco would go on and on and on about Michael. Turns out, Draco is quite the hopeless romantic. Besides, Michael's hair is not the perfect length! Harry's heir length is, obviously, the perfect length (he got a haircut.)

"He asked Draco to the Yule," Hermione told Harry, on that same Hogsmeade trip.

Oh shit! Harry still does not have a date to the Yule. He's a champion. He must have a date to the Yule.

He turned to Hermione. "Do you wanna go with me to the Yule?"

That would be perfect! They could go as friends, and he wouldn't need to pretend to like someone, like actually like in the romantic sense, just for the Yule.

Hermione looked surprised at first, but then smiled, and accepted.

"Maybe you could help me pick a dress then?"

And so, they headed to Gladrags Wizardwear, where Hermione tried on dresses, while Harry bitched about Michael and Draco. Draco and Michael. All Harry could talk about that day was Draco and Michael.

Fucking Michael Corner.