for the @drarrymicrofic prompts: weak & mean. 370 words.
"Hermione come on! You can't just drag me into the library against my will!" Harry whined as they pushed through the wide double doors, his hand hanging limply from where his best friend clutched his wrist. "We've talked about this! Forcing your friends to study is just mean!"
Hermione rolled her eyes, but did not stop. "I'm not forcing you to study. But you need to be quiet now, okay?"
"Why would I-" A glimpse of bright blonde hair caught his attention. Hermione tugged sharply on his wrist again, this time leading him down an aisle where they just barely avoided being spotted by that particular Slytherin.
Together, they weaved through the aisles and, Hermione's various twists and turns giving Harry the impression that they were getting closer. His stomach flipped.
"Hey!" Harry whispered sharply. "What are we doing!?"
She stopped. "I was in here studying when I heard them, and I had to come get you so you could hear it for yourself. Now shut up, and let's go," Hermione snipped, her voice also low.
Not a moment later, they were leaning very, very carefully against a bookshelf listening closely to the conversation happening on the other side.
"Pansy, I really should go to the Hospital Wing," Draco was saying. "It can't be normal for one's knees to feel weak! And my face was definitely warm in class earlier! Right around the same time that my breathing went shallow!"
"Draco!" It sounded then like Pansy smacked him with something like a book. "How many times do I have to tell you in a single, five-bloody-minute conversation that you're not ill?"
"Then, please, explain it to me."
"You really want to know what's happening to you today?"
Draco said nothing, the answer too obvious to merit a response.
Pansy sighed audibly. "Alright, fine. Harry Potter walked into Potions after the summer holiday with a new haircut and a permanent smoulder, and you haven't learned how to cope yet. Happy?"
It took every ounce of self control in Harry's body to stay totally silent. And, well…not do something crazy like jump up and down joyously or…rush around the corner to ask Draco on a date or…something like that.
















