When Hermione Fights

The Last Night

Chapter beta: Dani

Chapter translator: Aivy

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Lucius' POV

When there was a knock at my door, I was very surprised. I quickly opened it and saw a rather angry looking Hermione in front of me, who, without a word or giving me the chance to invite her in, stormed past me and started pacing wildly up and down my living room. What a glorious picture!

"Lucius, I'm moving into Narcissa's rooms today already. I am not prepared to share a room, let alone a bed, with Draco tonight," she declared, upset and determined, putting her hands on her hips, stopping her pacing back and forth to give me an unyielding look.

I was really surprised. What had my son done to make her so upset? I was stunned. But that she was already moving into Narcissa's rooms, that was totally out of the question! So I answered her calmly but very firmly, not tolerating any contradiction:

"If at all, you will stay in one of the guest rooms in my wing tonight. You will not use the rooms occupied by that woman who tried to kill you as long as even a little bit in them might remind you of her, do you understand?" She looked at me with wide eyes, seemed very perplexed by my firm statement and finally simply nodded tentatively, but that was enough of an answer for me.

Very curiously, but in a calm and soothing tone, I asked:

"What has my son done to upset you like this, Hermione?" She was similarly good at hiding emotions as Draco, Severus, and yours truly, so if she exploded like that, he must have made a huge faux pas.

Still standing in the slightly open doorway, which I finally closed behind me, I had to grin when she abruptly started pacing back and forth restlessly again and suddenly ranted:

"Do you all actually only see one thing in me? Do all three of you see me only as a sex object? I'm so sick of this, Lucius! Am I only good for ONE thing?" She looked at me for a moment and I raised an eyebrow questioningly, still amused by her behaviour but also curious to know what she was going to tell me. Her reply did not sound like an answer to my question, but it seemed that, for now, she had to vent her anger. How nice, so now the table had turned and I would be the quiet listener. It was very interesting how everything was developing between us.

I was sure that just a few hours ago it would not have been possible for her to come and talk to me about her aggravation with Draco. Or was she just so upset that she did not care that it was me who was listening to her?

"First Severus, who thinks he can just have me if he feels like it... It's just a good thing you had him summoned to you. Do I need to thank you for that? If so, thank you, Lucius." The sarcasm just flowed from her words, she really was a lot like Severus in that respect. I couldn't help smirking. Even though I did not realise when I was supposed to have saved her from him, I had done so gladly and just nodded kindly. For Severus, I'm sure she was simply a sex object; after all, he still would not admit that he had feelings for her. The way I assessed him, it would be a long time before he did. While I was thinking, however, she was already lamenting further, now throwing her hands in the air.

"What you see in me, Lucius, I don't know. Until a few hours ago I would have said that you too just wanted me in your bed, to get into my knickers, to fuck me and nothing else, but now... I'm not so sure. You're as transparent as a murky pond, your behaviour is really unusual, I'd say. And then Draco, that jealous idiot!"

Questioningly, I looked at her and stepped towards her.

"What has my precious son been up to, dearest?" I inquired again with a wry smile.