draco' s pov:

i was dreading the detention as snape made us write down five inch essays on draught of living. seeing as he had some work, i was happy that he would let us go but he didn't.

instead he told us to find all the species of the flowers in the forbidden forest with filch so that he could keep an eye on us.

i was happy that i wouldn't have to write an essay anymore but the forbidden forest did scare me out. filch left us all alone but hazel suddenly turned away from me.

"hey, where are you going?" i wasn't going to do the detention all alone even though it was still daylight.

"i have got something important to do. just give me thirty minutes and i'll be back. and don't tell snape." she smiled forcefully at me and hurried away before i could stop her.

i let out a huff and stuffed my hands in my pockets before making my way out of the castle. the sun was painted a reddish shade, somewhere between yellow and orange as it would soon go down the horizon.

i stood near the forest, waiting for potter to arrive so that we could start working on whatever shit sprout asked us to do. i doubted if i'll ever agree to the task but i was surprised by myself when i didn't think twice about it.

as my legs started hurting from standing for like half an hour, i sat down on the grass and squinted my eyes to look through the sunshine. there in a white floral dress was hazel potter with a basket hung on her arm and a faint smile resting on her lips.

"malfoy." she greeted me, almost towering over me as the smell of her vanilla perfume invaded my nose. she just had a bath, i was sure.

"i think you considered this a date potter." i smirked and stood up on my feet, dusting the grass off my trousers,"dressed up and all."

hazel furrowed her eyebrows together, sending me an unpleasant look before speaking,"i didn't do it for you malfoy. i dressed up for myself. ever heard of self appreciation and self love? i'm sure you have as you're clearly obsessed with yourself."

"why are you so rude to me?" i frowned, stuffing my cold hands in the pocket of my trousers.

she blinked at me before bursting in a soft laughter, using her hand to cover her mouth.

"says the one who almost bullied me and my friends." she managed to say and i had to admit that kinda stung.

"yeah i'm sorry about that." i waved it off.

"hold on─what?" she dramatically raised her eyebrows at me,"the draco malfoy just said sorry to me, to hazel potter."

i just shrugged as a response before changing the topic,"what is the basket for?"

"oh." hazel pulled up the wooden basket for me to have a look,"this third year, luna lovegood asked me if i could get some flowers for her. really cute if you ask me."

i made a gagging face just to annoy her further and smiled in satisfaction when she scrunched up her nose. i really can't with this girl. she's the only one i have ever met to wear a dress for a detention, like that's unbelievable.

"hey!" she called, standing on the edge of the forest and waved at me to follow her.

i sighed and lazily dragged myself after her. i just stood there besides her while she picked up some flowers and wrote down the names of the different plants creatures which was a part of our detention but she was happily doing it all by herself.

"you know some of these might be poisonous." i said as i squatted down to her level and plucked a white, wild flower.

"i clearly know which one is safe malfoy. thank you for worrying." she gave me a tight lip smile and stupid me smiled back at her.

i couldn't refrain myself from smiling as she was really close to me and her eyes looked just mesmerizing from the little distance. "your eyes─"

"don't you dare say a word about my eyes. they're beautiful i know so don't even think of making fun of them." she warned, casually jotting down the name of the flower in her notebook using a muggle pencil.

"god damn." i sighed, picking up a flower and tucked her behind her ear much to her surprise as she widened her eyes,"you're a bit hostile, potter."

"i am." she gulped and i smirked at her flushed cheeks. i noticed how for the rest of the evening, hazel tried to maintain an appropriate distance between her and me but i didn't bother to ask her.

at last when we were done, we made our way back into the castle and submitted the names of the species to snape who looked quiet impressed with us.