Even if Draco had long ago stopped trying to make sense of his life, he couldn’t say that he would ever really get used to regularly seeing Harry Potter in a casual setting.<br/>After the war, Draco’s life was turned upside down, in more ways than one, and in an attempt to get some control over his life he had reached out to his estranged aunt. He had never had a relationship with Andromeda, her having been disowned before Draco had been born, but he found that he enjoyed getting to know her.<br/>It felt like a missing piece was falling into place, especially now that he only really had his mum left. It had felt empty and a little lonely, so getting to connect with Andromeda was something he felt that he had needed to do.<br/>The fact that that meant that he would<span style="font-style: italic">also</span>be reconnecting with Harry Potter was not something that he had expected, but it was also something that he found that he didn’t mind terribly much.<br/>The first couple of times he had been forced to hang out with Harry had been incredible awkward, something that he had been able to see mirrored in Harry’s reactions as well. However, over time, the two of them had fallen into a tentative acquaintanceship and that was honestly far more than what Draco had ever expected to get from him.<br/><br/>As they sat in Andromeda’s garden, Draco tried to soak in the calm of it all. He rarely afforded himself breaks from his studies, feeling the need to not only succeed but excel. It was hard work, but so was keeping up the relation that he had managed to build with Andromeda and he found both to be important to him.<br/>Harry’s question brought him out of his bubble, forcing himself to actually be present and not just allow himself to get lost in his thoughts.<br/>“Classes are starting up Monday next week,” Draco stated, finding it nice that Harry was even interested, when he knew that he didn’t have to be. Even if their relationship could hardly be called friendship, Draco still found that Harry seemed genuinely interested in him, which was both intimidating and comforting.<br/>“I start residency one this semester is over.”