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"And where were you, might i ask?"

The voice startled Draco as he tried to silently get into bed without waking Hermione.

He obviously didn't succeed.

Hermione turned the light on and stood by the doorway with her arms crossed, waiting for an answer.

"I can explain-""Don't worry about it, but what did your mother say?"

Draco smiled at her in gratitude as she sat down next to him. "It's a bit of a long story i suppose but basically  Lucius killed his soulmate." "He killed your biological mother?" "It's Lucius. Are you really that surprised?"

Hermione gave him a flat smile and sighed. "How do you feel?" she asked, taking his hands into her own. "Physically, i'm fine now. Emotionally, it's a lot to take it." he shrugged.

She turned her body to face him and dropped his hands, cupping his face instead, "You are truly one of the strongest people I know." "I-""No, let me finish. This is just another obstacle that you will easily pass. I will be there for you, I just need you to understand that you don't have to do this alone."

Draco didn't say anything. He just stared at Hermione who wasn't sure whether she should turn away or carry on staring at his eyes.

Before she could make a decision, Draco brought their lips together.

The kiss started out slow and he intended to keep it that way, but it wasn't long before it turned into something more.

Draco bit her lip and he couldn't help but curl his arms around her body, lifting her up when she let out a small moan. Hermione wrapped her legs around his waist as he pressed her up against the bedroom wall.

He left a trail of kisses along her jawline, muttering 'god i love you.' when he reached her ear. She squirmed slightly but it definitely didn't make her want to stop.

Draco pulled away for a few moments, letting Hermione drop down to stand on her feet. He stared at her lust-filled eyes, not quite realising that he became the one being pressed against the wall. 

He was overtaken by surprise for a few moments before smirking and leaning in to kiss her bare collarbone. "What a Gryffindor move." he muttered against her skin. Hermione giggled at the feeling of his warm breath on her neck and tugged at the material of his shirt.

He pushed Hermione away lightly and pulled the shirt over his head, bringing the girl back in when all he had on was his usual sweatpants.

"It's three am. Are you sure we should be doing this?" she whispered. "Yes, Granger." he replied, playfully rolling his eyes.

Hermione smiled and was about to lean in again when Draco paused.

He'd just remembered something.

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"Alright, Draco. I think I might head to bed now. It's getting kind of late." Hermione said, putting her books in her bag.

She turned to face the boy to say goodbye when she suddenly felt his lips on hers.

The kiss happened so quickly Hermione wasn't so sure that it had happened at all.

She furrowed her eyebrows and put down the pen that was in her hand. "Did you just-""Yes, Granger." he rolled his eyes.

Hermione frowned and stood up, swinging her bag over her shoulder, "Didn't want to take the time to do it properly I suppose?" Draco pulled her back down into the chair, bringing their lips together again for the second time.

Hermione was sure that it had happened. She felt the butterflies fluttering in her stomach.

Draco pulled away after a few moments. "You're right, it is getting kind of late." he said, packing his things away. He looked up and smirked at Hermione who was sitting with her arms crossed.

"You don't get to do that and decide that it's time to leave it." she huffed. Draco laughed and stood up, making sure to mess her hair up as he did so.

"So I'll see you tomorrow?" he asked, raising his eyebrow suggestively. Hermione rolled her eyes but smiled nevertheless, "Tomorrow."

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"Draco? Draco, what's wrong?" Hermione asked, holding his face in her hands. Draco snapped back into reality and looked around, remember what he was doing moments before.

"I got another memory." he said. "I know. You looked like it w-""I don't think we were just friends at Hogwarts, Hermione."

She furrowed her eyebrows, "What do you mean?""I mean that i think we were more than just friends. Friends with benefits at the very least."

Hermione's eyes widened and she shook her head, "What benefits? No, that can't be."  "You're a virgin?" Draco raised his eyebrows.

A blush crept up her neck at what she just openly admitted to but she crossed her arms and sighed, "No. Well, yes, but that's not the point!"

Draco smiled in amusement as Hermione tried to recover, laughing when her cheeks turned crimson. "You're adorable, you know that right?" he laughed, pulling her towards his body.

Hermione groaned as she buried her head in the crook of his neck, missing the kiss that he left at the top of her head.

"Don't worry, Hermione. The memories will come back eventually." Draco said. She nodded and smiled, letting herself fall into his hold.

"Just get some sleep." he whispered, carrying her to the bed.

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"Are you sure he thinks he's a half blood?" Lucius asked, staring into his glass of firewhisky. Narcissa frowned at him when he drank the whole glass in one go. "Yes, I'm certain." she replied.

Lucius chuckled and nodded, "Good, good. It's safer for him to believe this story that we've made up than for him to know the true nature of his mother."

The woman rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. "Last I checked, I was his mother." she said. Lucius looked up and raised an eyebrow at her, "Keep up the act, you're doing great, dear."

"Expelliarmus."

The glass that was in Lucius' hand flew through the air, smashing against the wall. "Well that was rather uncalled for, don't you think?""Uncalled for? Lucius, I don't want to lie to him.""Pity."

The man stood up and walked up to Narcissa, leaving nothing but a few mere centimetres between each other. "He doesn't need to know about the werewolf gene his pathetic mother left in him." he breathed.

Narcissa sighed and nodded, taking a step back. "I understand.""Fantastic."

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damn lucius you sly little bitch

so what's the truth about his birth mother? hMmMM

anyways i'm back home lmao, i feel great. had to run on 2 hours of sleep but i'm on my pc now so we're all good

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