A Young Wizard's Journey - Prisoner of Azkaban

Your Greatest Fears

Y/N awoke the next morning to something soft rubbing against his face. His eyes fluttered open and he stared blearily up at the sea of brown above him as a voice said softly.

'Morning sleepyhead.'

'Morning,' he said, yawning and stretching as his eyes clarified and Hermione's face swam into focus, as did the hand she currently had placed against his face. 'What's got you up so early?'

'I had to pack up the stuff we bought yesterday, I thought I'd come and see if you were awake and you just looked so peaceful. I hope you don't mind.'

'Not at all. Could get used to waking up and seeing you,' he said softly and Hermione went pink. 'Come on,' he added, patting the empty bit of bed next to him. 'We've still got a while before we need to move.'

Hermione obliged and laydown next to him, wrapping her arms around him and placing her head against his chest. They both breathed a contented sigh and lay there for a while.

'I still can't believe it,' she said into the silence. 'Two years I've wanted to ask you that, and all the while I've been second-guessing what you could say whether it's just friendship or something else...'

'I thought that in our first year. The moment I saw you in Flourish and Blotts, my heart fluttered. I wasn't sure what it was, but I just assumed it was because I didn't speak to people often and you were cute. Then as we got to know each other...'

Hermione was nodding against his chest.

'I know what you mean. First person I'd properly spoken to, and when you said we were friends I felt all warm inside. Couldn't stop thinking about it. Finally had a friend who I was going to a new school with.'

'I didn't know what I was feeling at first, you were the first person I'd ever had a crush on so I didn't understand it. Mum sort of pushed it towards me and after Quirrell, I knew I had to take the time to think. Then it hit me.'

Hermione squeezed him and lifted her head up to look him in the eyes. Her smile reflected his own and her eyes gazed at him with a fondness he'd never seen before. She placed a kiss on his forehead then replaced her head on his chest.

'Thank you, Y/N. For everything you've done for me, I don't know what kind of a person I'd be if you weren't here.'

'You'd still be you, 'Mione. I just helped bring out that confidence in yourself a bit. And that's just 'cause I forced you to deal with my shenanigans,' said Y/N.

'Saying 'forced' implies that I don't love them.'

'You certainly pretend not too when it suits.'

'One of us has to be the responsible one.'

'Is this a fight? Are we having our first couples fight?' asked Y/N.

'If all our fights are like this, I think we're going to be okay,' smirked Hermione.

'I think we're going to be okay anyway. Now come on, we've got a train to catch.'

Hermione grumbled as Y/N went to move.

'I thought you were the responsible one?' asked Y/N, 'Or do you not want to go to Hogwarts this year?'

'Alright alright.'

The two of them clambered out of Y/N's bed and Hermione went back off to her room whilst Y/N got changed and packed up his remaining belongings. Then the two of them dragged their trunks downstairs to wait for Minerva. They were chatting excitedly about their upcoming classes when with a woosh she stepped out of the fireplace, dusting herself off.

'Got everything?' she asked the duo and they both nodded. 'Brilliant, come on then. Make sure you're holding everything tight.'

They stepped out into the back garden, Minerva grabbing each of their hands and turning on the spot.