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that partiur questio our tht away at first, he’s too by oih the o of a pers up flowers to worry about what kd of flowers they are; ter, he perhaps assus—without ever onsioly thkg about it— that it’s rando, or lked so obsure way to the viti’s personality
“no,” says heriohe lilies are sigo hi or to his beloved that’s how it ually works, with hanahaki it’s always a flower that has anih of the”
that sends the gears harry’s head spiryg to avoid speutg about who the “beloved” is drao doesn’t want hi to know harry hiself doesn’t thio know, ost of the ti but he a every e he uhs is another rak his faade of disi, and bef, he’s wrakg his bras for an answer
it’s soone drao’s known se he was eleve aybe a fellow hogwarts student; that’s the obvio and ost likely possibility but it ould be sooend horo friend dra his faily’s holidays i ould eveeaher, whih, eurgh
it’s soone who drao assoiates with lilies, or for who lilies have so kd of signifiane of ourse, as herioells hi, lilies are flowers of death and , ed funeral servies and orials…and jt about everyone drao knows a of age warti if lilies hold ang to the beloved, that ds down uh at all
it’s sooionship with drao hanged, irrevoably, when drao was sixteen aybe he’d had a fallg out with the objet of his affetion or aybe that person had falleh soohis eve was, triggered drao’s disease
harry runs through a of all the slythers and the odd ravenw drao ed to be seen with regurly, but drao had phed away alost every sixth year, for entirely unroanti reasons any of those people ould’ve been the person and drao is bisexual, whih doubles the pool of potential andidates
broodg oiful girls and boys that ight have aught drao’s eye is a tirg, frtrati leaves harry wantg to shed his skihy ss
drao noties of ourse he does drao always hgs harry wishes he wouldn’t
they’ve piked a shady spot iyard to researh drao is w as dtrioly as ever, but right n about all the deaths and utations and vario other horrible fates people have endured proves too uh for his o ha speak, he’d never op, but sothg his fae or his body ray hi
drao broahes the subjet of harry’s ill huor with harateristi tat
“who shoved a broostik up your arse today, potter?” he drawls
≈hat would have bee of a shoutg ath nhtens
≈hat,” he says drao raises one eyebrow, and sirks, and harry rolls his eyes “go flyg, i a been ages”
out of fairhe other studeh years aren’t allowed on quiddith teas harry isses it desperately, but not as uh as ron does, aa draht there with hi sure enough, drao doese
≈h?” drao asks
“if you’re that eager to have your arse hao you,” says harry
“we’ll see about that, potter”
≈ ways to dup their books and bags their dors, aheir brs by the kithens to grab a ouple of sahey sarf down on their way out to the pith drao digs a snith out of the equiposses it to the air while they ount their broos
≈he haheir broos, they et eah other’s eyes, and harry feels as though he’s fier a long drea
without a word, they take off ier the sly uwo seekers aloh no other pyers or balls to worry about or the d of a rowd to distrat—ahe seekers are alost evehe way harry and draa transfors to an adrenale-poundg, bl, heart-rag whirld of a duel
≈ of five?” drao alls, and harry gives the affirative, but they eah ath the snith so quikly the ga strethes ieen rounds they lose ouhe has to pretend at ourtesy or sportsanship; this is pure opetition, and fro the oake off there’s han a yard or so of spae beeen the if harry tries to shake drao off, drao athes his every loop and dive and roll with a areless, ani gr if drao tries tuard with dizzyg, breaknek ps arouadiu—flyg so low they s right out of the stands h harry has trouble athih—harry antiipates his every ove and follows without so uh as a oion half the ti they fet the snith is there uhe sees it and shouts; then it’s a no-holds-barred aerial sprt foal, weavg over and uher, elbowiher shalessly as they get loser ahe shan one, harry or drao reah out and sher’s wrist by aident (drao is it’s ai, at least), ah esapes the both her of the he sky grows dark with frey ps of loud
≈he ra starts, harry puts the snith away and rejos drao the air, as on whih of the an pull off the best fets or ly gero and foolhardy aneuvers, like a ga of hikeo give ada hooh a heart attak kily, no one is around