Though the Malfoys enjoyed a high social status before and after the war, the family never had genuine friends. The Crabbes and Goyles were imprisoned. The senior Nott merely treated his father as a business partner and therefore Nott had never considered him a friend. Blaise Zabini, whom Draco was the closest to back in Hogwarts, had gone back to Italy to run his family business. This left Draco alone. With his passion in potion brewing and inventing, he had further locked himself from any form of relationship. He had rarely interacted with others.