Once the door opened to reveal the sight of the man behind it, the air completely went out of Harry. While Harry rationally knew Draco didn't become more beautiful each time Harry saw him, Harry was always taken aback by the fact that Draco always seemed to be more beautiful than Harry was able to picture.<br/>Painfully delayed and almost out of breath, Harry let out a defeated<span style="font-style: italic">hi</span>in return. Standing there, on Draco's threshold, Harry realized that he didn't have to kiss Draco to fall for him, and the prospect of having to live through Draco explaining to him that he was never interested in Harry - that Harry had gotten it wrong at the after party, reading too much into things - made Harry's heart sink to his stomach.