Treasure Hunt | Dramione ✔

Chapter Five

Day Ten

"What is this?" Hermione cries out in frustration.

Malfoy tsks behind her. "Tired already, Granger?" He drawls.

Hermione puffs out her cheeks and bites her tongue to control her temper.

"It's alright, Granger. We all have our days." Malfoy says, and she can hear the smirk in his voice.

"Sod off, Malfoy" she snarls, her nails digging into her palms.

" Losing our temper, are we?" Theo interrupts.

" Keep Malfoy away from me, Theo!" She sneers into the air.

"For how long are you planning to keep him away?" All humour was wiped clean from his voice.

Hermione turns her head and finds Malfoy glaring daggers and swords at Theo who was trying to tell Malfoy something using sign language.

The air feels thicker and Hermione feels the need to dissipate some of the tension, so she snorts.

Theo turns towards her, a bemused expression on his face.

"So mature, you are, oh Granger" he snickers.

Hermione gives him a lopsided grin and without a warning, drops on the sand and crosses her legs at her ankles.

"What the fuck, Granger?" Malfoy snarls.

Hermione glares at him for his foul language and then leans back on the sand, using her bag as a pillow.

"Granger" Malfoy hisses.

"Malfoy" she mimics.

" What are you doing, Granger?" Theo asks as he sits down beside her.

Hermione looks at Malfoy, as if telling him 'This is how humans ask, ferret', and then turns towards Theo.

"Look, we're going to have to work this clue out like adults-" she looks pointedly towards the blonde, and continues "-and now is the time. So sit down" she looks up at Malfoy again.

Theo chuckles beside her, and drapes an arm over her shoulders.

" You're so intelligent, Granger" he smirks at her.

Hermione shifts a bit. " So I've been told"

"Hah!" Malfoy rolls his eyes. " He was mocking you, thickhead"

" Yeah well, he can mock me all he likes, Malfoy. He's my friend" she sniffs.

She feels Theo stiffen beside her as Malfoy narrows his gaze at him.

"Friend" he spits out as if the word is offending and disgusting.

" Yes, friend, Malfoy. But you wouldn't know about them, now would you?" She sneers at him.

Theo's arm drops from her shoulders and he shifts away. Hermione looks at him with curious eyes, but he seems intent on not making eye contact with her.

Malfoy blinks, and then walks away.

" Shit" Theo swears. " You shouldn't have said that, Granger. What am I? A baffoon? I'm his friend, Granger...His friend before yours" he says and gets up from his place, walking towards where the blond had disappeared.

Hermione's lips begin to quiver.

Swallowing the lump in her throat, Hermione, too, stood back up to follow her team mates.

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"Malfoy" she says, her voice unreasonably soft.

He neither moves nor indicates that he has heard her.