The last weekend of the first month after the Easter holidays revolved around two things.
The first was a Quidditch match.
This was the second match since they had returned from the Easter holidays.
In the first match, Gryffindor versus Ravenclaw, Gryffindor had won without any trouble or scares. The entire match had lasted less than ten minutes.
There was nothing to be done about that. The Golden Snitch had appeared a little too early.
Privately, Harry had actually hoped the match would last a little longer.
Because of the opposing Seeker, Cho Chang.
At the start of the match, Cho Chang had given Harry a small, polite smile, nearly leaving him staring blankly again. Fortunately, the pitch had been noisy enough to bring Harry back to his senses in time.
After that, Cho Chang had begun searching for the Golden Snitch in earnest.
There was a saying in the Muggle world: a man was most handsome when he was focused.
The saying actually applied just as well to girls.
A girl who was focused really was beautiful.
Of course, it was hard to say whether that was simply because the girl was beautiful to begin with. In any case, Harry thought she was very beautiful, and his eyes kept drifting toward Cho Chang entirely beyond his control.
To avoid being caught, he could not let his gaze linger too long, either. He could only steal a couple of glances, look in another direction, then steal another couple of glances and look away again.
Then...
Holy shit, the Golden Snitch!
Then the match had ended. With his Firebolt, Harry was simply a little too fast. Cho Chang had actually spotted the Golden Snitch almost at the same moment he did.
But the Golden Snitch was about the same distance from