HP Dawn Night

I froze for a moment and didn't react for a while.Draco looked at me anxiously: "Sorry, I should have invited you earlier."

"Of course." I smiled, "It's not too late now."

"Great!" Draco relaxed suddenly, "I mean - I thought you'd have promised someone or something..."

"I was waiting for you to invite me, Draco." Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Astoria Greengrass walking by us, and she didn't look happy at all. Earlier today, you probably turned someone down"

Draco turned his head keenly to follow my gaze: "Ah, yes. Of course I rejected her."

I fiddled with his cuff: "What's the reason? I don't want to upset Nott? Or do I prefer to choose Daphne?"

"It's because I just want to invite you to the ball." Draco held my fingers back, and when I raised my head to meet those gray eyes, I felt as if I had lost part of my language function:

"Ah... yes..."

My words were completely silent the moment Draco reached out to stroke the top of my hair.It wasn't the first time he touched my hair, but it was different.I instinctively held my breath and began to believe that human hair also has sensitive sensory cells that can receive all the information from the outside world.I could see myself shrinking in Draco's gray eyes - I had never realized before that his eyes looked like gray crystals - I could smell his unique scent, I could even Feel the temperature on his palm.These are things I never realized.

None of us spoke for a while.There was the tiny crackle of the firewood crackling in the fire, and the other sounds were distant—battered chatter, laughter, chatter—as if time stood still for a moment.Or rather, it was as if there was no one else in the lounge but us.

—— "It seems that I came back at the wrong time."

I blinked my eyes back to my senses.Bray Stein stood calmly not far behind Draco, with obvious banter on his face.Although he expressed apology, he walked over generously and sat down opposite us.

"Looks like you got nothing." Draco's hand moved naturally from my shoulder to the back of the sofa behind me.

Blaise didn't seem to mind: "Anyway, I'm not going to the prom alone."

"Did you see Pansy?" I cleared my throat, feeling the need to say something.

"You still remember to ask Pansy, Violet." Blaise shrugged and said pointedly, "For a moment just now, I almost thought you only had Draco in your eyes."

I coughed, trying to correct something in his words.Blaise raised his eyebrows, looking like he was open to rebuttal.I suddenly couldn't find the right lines.

"I remember you're not very good at dancing, are you?" Draco asked suddenly.

"To be precise, no." I shyly.

Blaise looked at Draco with interest: "It seems that you need to spend more time teaching."

"Quiet, Blaise." Draco warned in a low voice, and Blaise smiled indifferently, "We can start tomorrow and find a place where there are no people."

"I know a small hill near the Whomping Willow, and no one usually goes there."

It had been snowing since the morning of the next day, and when I walked to the auditorium, I even heard the howling of the wind passing through the entrance hall.

I caught Pansy at the breakfast table: "What time did you get back last night? You left this morning without waiting for me!"

Pansy looked listless and in a trance, as if she didn't hear what I said, she reached out to the bottles and cans on the dining table.

"Be careful! Pancy, what's wrong with you?" I quickly stopped her from adding peanut butter to the donuts, and sat down next to her.

Pansy's eyes wandered a little, and it took me a long time to hear her sigh: "Ugh..." Then she began to eat breakfast, "Let me be quiet, Vio, I think I need to think about something."

At this time, Draco walked into the auditorium alone.

"It's so weird today." I looked at him suspiciously, "Is Blaise sleeping late?"

"Sleep late? No, I woke up this morning and saw him sitting on the bed in a daze. It was really scary. I dare say he almost stayed up all night." He sat down across from me, and he didn't seem to be bothered by Pencey's appearance. Surprised, "Anyway, I ordered him to drink some tranquilizing potion, and he is probably asleep by now."

I was about to open my mouth when Draco kicked my leg lightly under the table.I looked up and he gave me a look.

Well... I fiddled with the beans on my plate.Presumably something else happened without my knowledge.It never hurts to keep silent anyway.

After breakfast, Pansy still sat motionless in her original position. I wanted to persuade her to go back to the lounge, but Draco dragged me out of the auditorium forcefully.

Naturally, some people cast curious glances at us.

"Okay, okay, you can let go." I was a little uncomfortable trying to get rid of his restraint.

"If I don't do this, I'm afraid you will go back to accompany Pansy." Draco let go of his hand and helped me fasten the scarf. "Believe me, it's better to leave her alone at this time."

He took my hand and walked out of the hall, and the cold wind suddenly hit my face, I shrank my head subconsciously, trying to pull my hand back awkwardly.

"It's such a cold day... let's practice dancing in another place." Looking at the whiteness in front of me, I couldn't help suggesting.

"As far as I know it's the only place that's quiet and big enough," Draco said unquestionably, "unless you want others to appreciate your dance moves..."

"Ah, there's no need to change it. In fact, it's not very cold today. Ah Xie—" It's just that the wind is a little stronger.

Sure enough, there was no one on the hillside, we found a flat open space, Draco asked me to stand face to face with him, then took my left hand and put it on his shoulder, and then held my right hand:

"Let's start with the basics first, listen to my password - take a step with your right foot, step with your left foot, and move your feet together - take a step back with your left foot, step with your right foot, and move your feet together -"

Draco pulled me stiffly around in a circle.

"Go on, repeat the action just now—be careful!" He took a deep breath as if acting in a play, and deliberately grinned, "You are so clumsy."

"I'm so sorry." I blinked and stomped again, "You know I can't dance."

"That's why I came to teach you." He said softly.

The snow fell softly, and the howling wind finally entered a pause.Only Draco's voice was heard: "—step back to the left, put your feet together, and rotate—move your center of gravity up...better than before."

Spin, back, side step, spin, forward, side step... I closed my eyes and beat the beat in my head, letting Draco control our dance steps.

There was a flake of snow on my lashes, giving it a cool touch.This is in stark contrast to the fiery temperature coming from my palm.

I'm sure I heard a melody accompanied by a waltz in the snow, in the dim sunlight, and under the castle.

The author has something to say:

There is an inexplicable sense of disobedience when writing this chapter (==) I don’t know why-.-

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