Harry Potter. Hermione X Male Reader Story

Goodbyes and Clear Skies

Ron's POV

After the Aurors swept the Department of Mysteries, Ginny, Hermione, Neville, Luna and I were all taken by portkey to the Hospital Wing in Hogwarts. Harry staying back to talk with Dumbledore and (Y/N) staying behind because he was in no condition to travel.

Of course, Madam Pomfrey gave us an earful about being reckless as always and Hermione was still bedridden but the rest of us got off well, Pomfrey managed to fix Ginny's ankle in hours. The rest of us just had cuts and bruises and a few small broken bones.

Tonks came along later the next morning to explain what we had had to do now. She was looking pale and her face was sunken, some dirt still smeared on her face, her eyes were red and puffy. Even her hair wasn't as bright, it had gone from a bubblegum pink to a light brown.

She sat us all down in the Hospital Wing, first we were sworn into silence about most of the things we had seen at the Ministry, she assured us that Harry and (Y/N) were being taken care of, Harry was actually in Hogwarts, still talking with Dumbledore.

When Hermione questioned about (Y/N) and how he was Tonks' demeanour lowered even more, "He's...coping" was all she said. "Dumbledore will want to speak to him too, but he's not exactly in the headspace to be talking to anyone right now."

"But he'll be alright yeah?" I said, worried, she nodded "'Course he will, he's never been the type of person that would let this keep him down for long..." she trailed off, then sighed. "Listen," she said, looking to her watch.

"He should be here within the hour," Hermione sat up intently, then cringed at the pain. "He needs rest most of all so please try to be mindful" said Madam Pomfrey, who was making herself busy by prepping a bed for him.

"There is one more thing" Tonks said, we all looked at her intently. "Under no circumstances. I mean NO circumstances, are any of you allowed to hand him a wand, not to hold, not to see, not to carry or to borrow"

"But why-" started Neville, she just talked over him "-Do I make myself absolutely clear?" she said with a firmness in her voice I had never heard before. "Do you think he'd go after Dolohov?" I asked her, she looked at me and simply shook her head.

"That scum's halfway to Azkaban by now, everyone says he's gone raving mad, crying, wailing like a baby. No, Moody said he's worried (Y/N) might...never mind...Look...People do stupid things when they grieve, blame the wrong people. Lash out."

We all nodded in unison, "Trust me, I learned that the hard way, a stupid mistake, wasn't thinking..." she muttered "She'd have my head for it..." she muttered with a little laugh.

Shaking her head and looking back to us she stood up, wiping some tears from her eyes, she said her goodbyes, and walked out of the room. We sat there for a while, Ginny broke the silence.

"Do you think he would have done it? The killing curse" "Yeah, I would" I said, imagining what I would have done in his shoes, "Anyone would" Neville agreed. "I can't believe Sirius and (M/N) are dead" lamented Hermione, I nodded solemnly, not sure of what to say.

"Was Sirius Black a friend of yours?" asked Luna, seemingly unfazed by the topic and posing it as more of a question or as if she had just asked you to pass the salt. Hermione, Ginny and I all nodded.

When Neville and Luna gave us questioning looks, we explained his relationship to Harry. They nodded, "How awful." Said Luna sadly. Then we were all preoccupied with the sudden movement in the room.

(Y/N) was stood in the room, holding a teakettle. Despite looking fine, something wasn't right his eyes were glassy, as if he wasn't really focusing on anything, he was visibly trembling and had a thousand-yard stare.