AN: Chapter Dedicated to Desi-Pari Always you have been reading my stuff for like ever and have reviewed nearly every chapter I just have to say thank you so much. To answer your last review hell no this is not going to become a Ron Hermione thing.

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Hermione slowly walked into her room. The rest of the day had gone well with Sophia. They had talked about a lot of things. Including a rough patch her and Ivan had gone through when they were first married. Hermione had realized most of her and Viktor's problems were not just caused by her but their mutual lack of communication, and romance on both sides. Sophia had helped her come to the conclusion that she was feeling neglected and Viktor was mostly likely feeling the same but neither wanted to say anything about it.

Though she had talked and talked about it. She was still angry at Viktor for writing behind her back. Even though Sophia had told her there was no way Viktor could have known the danger he was putting her mother in. But also agreed with her that Viktor should have at least asked her if she wanted him to write to her mother. She walked into her closet and heard a knock on her bedroom door. She slowly came out and could see a shadow moving underneath the door jam. The knock came again and she walked to the door.

"Yes?" she asked.

"Hermione it's me…" Viktor's voice came. She took a small breath as she looked over the door. Sophia said they needed to talk but Hermione was so drained she just didn't feel like it.

You'll talk to him because you don't want to lose him… Open the door… Hermione listened to her inner voice and unlocked the door before turning away.

"Come in." she said as she walked over to her desk. The door slowly opened and Viktor quietly walked in before closing the door. Hermione turned and leaned against the ornate desk. "Hi…" she said with a soft expression.

"Hallo…"

"So…" her arms crossed over her chest. "Where do we start?"

"How about with the fight today?" He asked.

"Okay…"

"What happened there?" Viktor inquired. "Why did you just snap at me like that?"

"Because you went behind my back…"

"I didn't know what else to do you weren't talking to me Luff…"

"You stopped talking to me long before that… You've been hiding something from me for months…"

"What could I have been hiding?"

"I don't know… But it's like we got back here to Bulgaria and everything changed."

"What changed?" He asked not understanding.

"The way you touched me… Kissed me… Held me… All of those things you acted as if they were chores. Did you find someone else?" She hadn't wanted to ask but it had come blurting from her mouth. "Maybe… Some one more fitting to your world?"

"What?" he asked horrified. "Mina No…" he said walking to her and she moved away from him before he could touch her.

"Don't touch me right now I don't want to be touched out of pity." She said her arms crossing over her chest as she once again faced him.

"I couldn't touch you because of the curse… Every time I touched you or got intimate I'd think of the night in the maze and I was afraid I'd hurt you."

"Then why didn't you tell me that?"

"I wanted you to think I was okay…" He said. "I didn't want you to worry about me Mina…"

"That's ridiculous."

"Why didn't you tell me about your father?" He suddenly asked and her jaw clenched.

"What about him?"

"I pieced some things together… You were so angry about me writing to your mother because you thought your dad had caught her writing back. Then I thought back to the night in Dumbledore's office where he slapped you across the face and you said that it was the last time he would ever lay a hand on you which means he must have before… Also I thought back to the letters he would send the mean ones, and Christmas when he grabbed your arm-."

"Stop." She said averting her eyes with a haunted look.

"Why didn't you tell me your father was abusing you?"

"It's not a abuse…" She muttered.

"What is it then?"

"Character building…" she said her jaw set in a firm line as her eyes narrowed on him.

"Character building?" he asked and Hermione averted her eyes once more.

We have to start talking… I can't hide anything from him and expect he not do the same.

"That's what he called it…" Hermione said slowly looking to him.

"So he did abuse you?"

"Yeah… I guess…" she said not fully ready to admit it.

"Why didn't you tell me? You had so many chances too…"

"Because I thought it was my fault…" she said her eyes welling up. "It all started after my little brother Jack died… He blamed me for it… I was with Jack when he passed and my father swore that magically I could have done something but chose not to so the night of the funereal he got really drunk and started wailing on me… He was a juvenile boxing champ so he knew how to hit so that it wouldn't bruise…"

"Why didn't you tell Dumbledore?" He asked his eyes wide.

"Because I knew he'd take me away from there and I didn't want my dad to start beating my mom."

"Why didn't your mom do anything-."

"Don't you dare blame her…" Hermione said with a point. "She tried her hardest to keep him away from me but sometimes we just wouldn't see it coming." He slowly nodded and she relaxed. "So there it is my big secret I have daddy issues." She said. "My father liked to smack me around after a few drinks and call me awful names… It could have been worse…" she shrugged.

"You should haf told me."

"I didn't want your pity."

"It wouldn't haf been pity it would have been me worrying about you Hermione." He said. "Gods you haf this complex and it drives me crazy it really does Mina."

"Complex?" She asked with a cynical laugh. "Really?"

"Yes you haf to carry the world on your shoulders and want no help with it from anyone!"

"You call it a complex?" she asked. "I call it a burden!" angry tears fell. "And I do share that burden I share it with Ron and I share it with Harry. No one else!"

"I share it to."

"Like hell I've made bloody sure you don't share that burden…" She said with a glare.

"You are my burden I worry about you all the time Hermione! I worry what's in your mind. I worry if you're keeping a huge secret plan from me that might get you killed which you were for many many months! I worry that some night if I'm not with you a death eaters are going to come and assassinate you."

"I'm your burden?" Hermione asked and he froze.

"That's not what I meant." He said softly.

"That's what you said. So if I'm such a burden then let me help relieve your aching shoulders I'm done." Hermione said and he stared at her.

"You're done? With us?"

"It seems that's what you want."

"That is not what I want." He said.

"That's what you said."

"I never said that… Is that what you want? Do you want to be done with us?"

"Lately?" she asked. "I think it would be easier for both of us if we weren't together." She admitted quickly.

"How can you say that?" He asked his eyes wide.

"How can you not agree Viktor?" She asked. "You're clearly not happy with me."

"You're clearly not happy with anything! I give you the world you ask for the stars!"

"I should have never allowed myself to fall in love with you…" she said. "I wonder all the time what would have happened if I had just said no when you asked me on that first date."

"You'd be at home getting the hell beat out of you by your alcoholic father." She went to yell something but stopped as her jaw clenched and her eyes drifted off pain evident in her expression.

"At least I wouldn't have gotten the hell beat out of me by my boyfriend in a maze…" she said quietly before looking at him.

"Mina…" he said hurt evident in his expression.

"You cut me verbally I'll cut you deeper every time." Hermione said. "An unfortunate skill after having my alcoholic dad beat me nearly every night." Silence fell over them for a long moment before Viktor sighed.

"I shouldn't have said that about your dad…" he said and she shifted on her feet for a minute.

"I shouldn't have said that about the maze… I didn't mean it."

"I meant it about your dad."

"I know…" she said quietly as she wiped a tear away before a sob escaped her and she covered her mouth. "We used to be so happy… I just don't know why that stopped… It's like the maze happened and you changed and I changed… Maybe we've changed so much we don't fit… Do you think that's happened?" He moved forward and wrapped his arms around her, she instantly returned the embrace.

"I still love you… I can't imagine my life without you…" he slowly pulled away and wiped her tears away. "Do you still love me?"

"Yes… I love you more than anything…" she said. "What happened to us Viktor?"

"I blame myself…"

"No it's not all you." She said.

"I started it." he said. "I withheld things from you… About how much the maze affected me… It slowly ate away at our relationship… I should have known I could never hide anything from you…" he pushed a strand of hair away from her eyes. "I realized today that I didn't need Crouch jr. to raise the spell off me I just needed to know you forgave me for what I did to you…"

"I already said-."

"No you didn't… You said it wasn't my fault… I need you to forgive me Hermione…"

"Of course I forgive you…" she said setting a hand on his cheek. "Of course I do… I love you Viktor…" He smiled softly as he sunk to his knees a weight completely coming off his shoulders as he wrapped his arms around her waist and buried his head into her stomach just as he had done that night. He slowly stood. "I have ask if you forgive me now…"

"For?" he asked confused as he continued to hold her.

"For everything…" Hermione said softly. "For hiding what I hid from you…. For wallowing in my grief… For making you worry… For everything I've said today to you…"

"You were doing what you thought was best…" he said pulling away. "I have learned in the time I have been with you that your mind tends to run… That's the price you pay for being brilliant."

"Do you forgive me though I too need to hear you say it?"

"I forgive you always…" he cupped her cheek as a tear ran over his hand.

"I never meant to be your burden…" She said softly and he shook his head as he moved forward and kissed her.

"You're not my burden… You're the love of my life…" he whispered his lips brushing against hers as he spoke. Viktor slowly pushed her lavender cardigan off her shoulders and her eyes searched his before smiling brightly. Viktor moved forward and captured her lips with his in a heated kiss. She hadn't felt such a kiss since right before Viktor had entered the maze. They slowly moved back and Hermione smiled as she collapsed back onto her bed. Viktors mouth slowly trailed off hers and down her neck.

He relished each moment his mouth met any part of her body. It was the first time in a long time he could kiss her and not worry if he was going to hurt her or not. She trusted him completely and he knew that now. If the wisest witch of her age Hermione Granger could trust him then he could surely trust himself with her body as well.

Hermione smiled softly as she bit her bottom lip. Each time his lips landed on a part of her skin heat would ignite below the surface. She hadn't felt this way with him in months. He slowly lifted off her shirt as his mouth returned to hers. She rested her hands on the bottom of his shirt before lifting it off and tossing it aside. She pushed on his shoulders making him turn on his back before slowly climbing up onto his body. Hermione smiled softly as she set her hands on his belt buckle and moved forward. She kissed him softly as she undid his belt and pulled it loose from his jeans.

Viktor's head lolled back as his eyes drifted closed. He felt his jeans get pulled away and groaned as he felt Hermione move her hand over his throbbing erection. It had been far too long since they had touched each other in this way. She pulled his boxer briefs away and slowly began kissing her way down his body. He groaned softly as he felt her flick her tongue against his most sensitive area. Before she could do more he pulled her back up his body and rolled her onto her back. Hermione smiled as Viktor quickly pulled off her jeans before doing the same to her lace thong. He held it up and looked at before looking to her with a quirked eyebrow as she smiled.

"Did you know we were going to do something?" he asked twirling it around a finger. She laughed softly as she covered her blushing face.

"I was hoping." He smiled as he moved forward and kissed right between her hip bones. She laughed softly as he slowly moved up her body before his mouth quickly found hers.

"You first tonight luff always you first…" he said before kissing her neck and slowly making his way down to her most sensitive spots. Hermione gasped as she felt his tongue slowly slide against her before smiled softly her eyes drifting closed a soft moan escaping her lips.

For eight hours they stayed in bed rolling across the sheets. Taking turns pleasuring each other but never once giving in to each other's true needs. Neither wanted Hermione's first time to be after a blow out fight, and neither had to say it to each other. Even though they hadn't had sex in a way they had made true love spark between their bodies.

Viktor smiled as Hermione gave a hot moan and arched against his body. She gripped onto his shoulders as he slowly removed his fingers from her sweetest of spots. He moved down her body laying his head against her chest as she wrapped her arms around his glistening body. He kissed her exposed breast as his arms completely encircled her.

"Your heart is beating so fast…" he said.

"I know…" she said with a smile and a soft laugh. She found it comical how winded she was.

"Is it wrong for me to ask how many times?" she laughed more and he smiled as he rested his chin between her breasts and looked at her with a cheeky expression.

"I lost count after six... That's not counting the multiples…" she said her cheeks flaring red.

"Six? In eight hours I can do better than that." He went to move down her body but she stopped him laughing.

"No no!" she said. "I can't take anymore… I can't… My heart is already pounding." He smiled as he rested. "What about you?"

"It was very clearly four times…" he said his head lying back down on her chest as she played with his hair. "Which by the way I thought was impossible… Where did you learn that thing with your tongue?" he asked laughing softly remembering the sensation.

"I read… A lot…" they both laughed and she looked down at him as she played with his black hair.

"I love you…" he said after a moment before looking to her.

"I love you too." She said with a soft expression. Viktor smiled as his eyes looked her over before he reached over and grabbed her pocket watch from her bedside table. "What time is it?"

"Eight…"

"Mmm… We have to get out of bed don't we?" she asked stretching.

"I'm afraid so." He said moving up and kissing her.

"Can't we just turn the clock back and pretend it's night?"

"Now you sound like Juliet…"

"Viktor… Have you been reading English literature?" She asked surprised.

"I thought I should seeing as I'm dating an English rose…" he kissed her before slowly rolling off and sitting up in the bed. Hermione knelt behind him her arms wrapping around his body. He smiled as he kissed the back of her hands.

"I have to get a shower…" Hermione said.

"You're not the only one… We smell like orgasms."

"Very true… We're going to have to throw away these sheets…" Viktor laughed.

"Luckily from what Dag says the elves are discreet…" Hermione slowly moved off the bed stretching as she walked to her bathroom. "Luff?"

"Mhm?" she asked looking to him with a soft expression.

"Let's have a day out together…" he said.

"I wish we could but the wedding is today…"

"Oh that's right." He said pulling on his jeans. "Tomorrow then you and me the day to ourselves, I'm going to show you the best of Bulgaria."

"Okay sounds like fun." She said with a smile.

"I'm starving…" He suddenly said.

"Me too…"

"If we get ready fast enough we can still catch breakfast without making the house elves re cook anything."

"I like the way you think." She said with a smile as she kissed his cheek.

"I'll see you soon." He said as he pulled on his shirt and ran off. Hermione smiled before twirling into her bathroom. She felt a hundred percent better than she had since the last night of the tournament. For the first time in a long time she felt completely at ease with Viktor and her relationship with him.

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Hermione laughed softly as she held onto Viktor's hand and leaned against him. He was whispering beautiful things into her ear in his native tongue. She had forgotten how much she loved his voice when he spoke in Bulgarian. It was always low soft and smooth. They walked into the dining room and stopped seeing everyone staring at them with smiles.

"You too look cozy…" Sophia said. "Are the lovebirds in flight once more?"

"Momma…" Viktor said in a scolding tone but with amused eyes. They slowly sat down together and Dag clapped him on the back.

"Dear you won't want to look at the prophet this morning…" Sophia said.

"What lies are they spouting now?" Viktor asked looking it over. He saw picture of Hermione sitting in a shoe shop by his mother. Both had sullen looks and he slowly looked up at the headline.

"Granger breaks down after cheating scandal…" Hermione read. "Lovely."

"This came from your friend Ron Hermione." Ivan said handing her a letter.

"You're secret lover?" Nick asked making Hermione laugh as she opened the letter before Hermione shook her head.

"What is it?" Viktor asked.

"Look, Ron thinks this is hilarious he just wished Harry was getting the paper so we could all laugh about it." Viktor took the letter and glanced it over before laughing. "Seems he gave a quote." Hermione said seeing a picture of her and Ron dancing around a ball room with his words floating beneath it.

"What did he say?" Viktor asked before looking.

"There is no denying that I love my friend Hermione deeply but that just how I love her as a friend."

"Rita skeeter says there was a lot of loves in that sentence." Viktor said with a smile.

"This is your fault you know you should have let me keep her in that jar." Hermione said.

"What about her in a jar?" Sophia asked and Hermione and Viktor looked to each other before laughing hysterically.

"Oh Sophia what time are we getting our hair and makeup done for tonight?" Hermione asked pulling out Viktors pocket watch.

"The stylists are coming at ten we have to leave for the wedding at 12."

"What kind of ceremony will it be?" Hermione asked and they all looked to her. "What?"

"What's a ceremony?" Stony asked.

"You know it's where the bride and groom exchange vows…" Hermione said.

"Oh… We're having our first magical gap here." Ivan said with a smile. "Okay so Hermione you've never been to a wizard wedding I take it?"

"Never." She said.

"Well when the bride and Groom exchange vows that's called the nuptials." Ivan said.

"Oh okay…" she said with a smile. "What's the reception called you know the party after it."

"Still reception." Viktor said.

"So then what kind of Nuptials are they having?" Hermione asked.

"We don't get to go to those in this case." Sophia said. "It's a high ranking political family so only immediate family gets to see the nuptials we just get to go to the party."

"I see… That's too bad I was kind of hoping to get to see a real wizard wedding."

"Want inspiration for you own?" Sophia asked.

"Momma…" The men in the room except for Ivan drawled.

"We can dream can't we?" Ivan asked before his wife could. Viktor looked to Hermione. They hadn't really ever discussed marriage. "What would you think of marrying my son?"

"Father…" Viktor said as Hermione smiled softly.

"Hermione's not going to marry Viktor." Stony said. "It's clear she's just with him until I'm old enough!" Hermione laughed.

"Damn the little one is on to me…" she said. "Stony?" She asked.

"Yes?" he asked with a cheeky smile.

"I'm afraid I have to destroy you now." He leapt off his chair.

"No!" he laughed running away Hermione going after him. She picked him up in the air as he squealed and spun him around. Sophia smiled as she watched Hermione laugh as she spun Stony in a circle.

"She really is good with children…" Ivan said.

"She'll make a wonderful mother…" Viktor smiled hearing his mother's words.

"Hermione don't ruffle my hair!" Stony yelled with a laugh.

"Awe but you look so cute with ruffled hair!" She pinched his cheek and he swatted at her hand playfully.

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AN: So there it is we have found the happy Hermione and Viktor Krum. Everyone goes through rough patches :-D