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for being able to pull the broomstick out of her arse. In fact, if she didn't look exactly like
Granger, I'd be half tempted to consider a union with her myself."
Sirius grinned. "Well, she's definitely taken."
Draco suppressed a laugh. "Strange, I didn't feel a ring when I got an up-close look
at her fist. Speaking of which, now that the pair of you are clearly no longer avoiding your
embarrassing, secretly-bonded relationship, could you do a man a favour and request that
she cease striking me?"
"She's only done it twice. Your pretty face is perfectly intact."
"Still, I'd much prefer her company if she was not threatening me." He looked up to
see Ron still staring at him, mouth open. "What's wrong with your pet weasel, Scarhead?
Is he hungry and just waiting for someone to spoon feed him?"
Harry narrowed his eyes.
Ron closed his mouth and fumed before spitting out, "You just said that you'd
match yourself to Hermione if she wasn't with Sirius."
Draco rolled his eyes. "Remarkable attention span, Weasley. She's a powerful witch
who finally figured out how to brush her hair."
"If all it took was a girl punching you in the face, Malfoy, you should have been
besotted with her third year," Harry said. "Even then, she's still a Muggle-born; isn't that
against your standards?"
Draco glowered back at Harry, clearly offended. "Don't presume to know anything
about me, Potter, or about anything in general. Your ignorance of Wizarding customs and
traditions is astounding, and I'd rather walk back into that house and have my nose broken
again than listen to the grinding sound that your brain is making as it tries to feebly put the
pieces together."
Harry glared. "What's that supposed to mean?"
"Put what pieces together?" Ron asked, confused.
"Are they actually going to let the two of you be Aurors?" Draco asked in an
astonished tone. "Was there even an examination, or did Potter have a plus one invitation
to the Ministry attached to that shiny Order of Merlin he received? She's no longer a
Muggle-born, you half-wits."
When Harry just stared at him, Draco sighed and looked at the man as though he
could not quite believe how stupid he was. "I know you were raised by Muggles and—