Malfoy pulled away from her kiss, a bit distraught.
“I still don’t like you and Potter rooming together.” He snarled.
Hermione rolled her eyes.
“You’ll get over it.”
Malfoy put on a face that resembled a pout, but there was a vindictive rage glowing in his steely eyes. He looked away from her for a moment, trying to clear his thoughts.
“You know what? I have an idea.”
He snapped his gaze back to her.
“What is it?”
She took a step back, then began walking around him.
“Well, I’ll just tell Harry that I’m working late. But I could really go stay with you, if it bothers you that much.”
Draco’*** changed hopeful.
“That could work. I must warn you, though. When it comes to my shower and bedtime
rituals, I take quite a while in the bathroom.” He smirked.
Hermione scoffed.
“Gotta keep up that look you’ve got going for you, huh?” She ran her fingers through his hair, causing the hairs to escape from their set way.
He pretended to be mad, but his smile couldn’t be repressed. Hermione studied his hair.
“You know, I think in our third year’s when you really got cute.” She smiled.
“What? I’ve been adorable all my life.” He protested.
Hermione laughed.
“I know, trust me, I know. I’m saying when you changed your hair from that overly-gelled look, you got a bit cuter.”
The corners of his mouth turned up into a half smile.
“It really was a pain in the ar*se to put that in every morning. I guess my laziness paid off.”
He snickered.
He pulled her closer to him, wrapping his arms around her waist.
“So what’s the plan for today?” She asked.
“Well, we have to go check with Kendrina. I think they’re doing another surveillance today.”
He frowned.
Hermione’s eyes widened. She was still frightened after what had happened the last time. She could still picture the man with the greasy blonde hair grinning at her like he was a cat about to catch a mouse. She shuddered.
“It’ll be fine – probably NOTHING like the last time.” He said, trying to reassure her.
“I guess. I just really wish this wasn’t a part of the job.”
“Paperwork seems like a lot of fun now, huh?” He asked, smirking at the dirty look she threw him.
“Ah, let’s just go and get it over with.” She grumbled in the process of pushing him away.
He raised his eyebrows in amusement.
“You’re way too easy to tease.” He said as he followed her out of the office, taking one last look of it.
~
Hermione and Malfoy had managed to track down Kendrina without any major problems. Hermione was nervous about it; that wasn’t doubtful. She kept replaying images from the last time in her head and calculating ways that it could all go wrong. Malfoy just quietly kept to himself, leaving her to her thoughts. He knew that trying to tease her more would only make things worse.
