RETROUVAILLE // H. Granger x Male OC (Book 2)

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Draven woke up at the sound of his phone vibrating. He turned off the alarm setting of it, so who would be texting or calling him this morning? He squinted his eyes and checked his phone. It's a message from an unknown number.

'Hi, Draven. It's Hermione. I hope you don't mind but I got your number from Theo. I kind of forgot to ask it you yesterday. At least I can now contact you if you want to have coffee or anything to explore here in the Ministry. Just tell me :)'

It was early in the morning, and he never felt so happy in his mornings. He smiled reading the text he just read and sighed deeply. Oh, how he missed this. He missed her so much. It felt like all the memories of the past are coming back to him. It was so magical, the love he experienced, and he is still experiencing now. It was like he was that 11-year-old Draven Malfoy again, the boy smitten with Hermione Granger the very first time he saw her.

"Breakfast's ready, son." He heard his mother knock on the door.

"Yes, Mother. Coming down in a sec." He told her and stood up.

Draco watched his brother go down the stairs like he won a lottery or something. His smile is so wide, and it is very unusual for someone to be happy at that time of the day. 

"You seemed to be happy." He told his twin brother. "Care to share?" 

"Hermione texted me. Said that we can have coffee together sometime." Draven said to him as he sat down on their luscious living room couch.

"Wait, slow down there... We are talking about Hermione here, your Hermione." Draco fixed his seat and gave emphasis on the 'your'. "What happened?"

"Nah, we just had some dinner together. Talked about some things and yeah, just spent the night together." He said to him. 

"Now that is pretty quick." The younger Malfoy said, looking at him. "So, how are you feeling now?"

"Like it's finally happening? I don't know. I shouldn't be too confident about it either, and still, try to hide the secret from her." Draven sighed. "I don't want to hurt her again."

"You won't be hurting her. You've changed already. And times already changed." Draco comforted his brother. "Come on, you're already here. Best not to waste these days here by just letting the chance slip away."

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"Good morning." Hermione smiled as she was walking down the Ministry's atrium. Harry and Ron were both surprised, seeing her in a chirpy mood at that time of day. Usually, she's already grumpy at this morning, and it's a Monday.

"She's not herself," Ron whispered to Harry as they moved to greet her.

"Hi, Harry. Ron." Hermione greeted them with a small smile. "So, how's the report I've been asking you to do, Harry?"