"wha-what are you staring at?" she said

but he remained quiet

she quickly waked to her room but felt a strong grip on her arm. He turned her face to face with him. She tried to move away but he held her on her both shoulders tightly. "What are you doing?" her voice start shaking again. He just stared at her with those energetic eyes breathing faster. He pushed her on the wall as he smelled her unexplainable scent and it drove him out of his mind again. He held the back of her neck and saw the hickey that he left. Then he remembered how soft and gentle her skin was. With his left hand on her shoulder and his right hand at the back of her neck, Hermione can't move.

"MALFOY STOP DOING THIS!!" she pushed Malfoy with her great force and he stepped back looking at hermione running to her room.

"Why am I doing this?" he said as he sat again on the crouch staring at the fireplace.

Hermione woke. "It's 4:00 am," she said. "I can't sleep anymore…" she wore her robes and tiptoed to the common room and found Malfoy sleeping on the crouch. She sat on the floor in front of him. She just stared at his angelic sleeping face. 'He's cute' she thought… 'When he's asleep…' she added. She held his hand and notice that he's cold. She pulled her robe and gently covers his body leaving his head while she's staring at him. 'Draco" she thought. She stared at his eyes to his cheek to his ears… his jaw… then to his lips. She bit her lips then gulped. She stared at his lips for ages that she didn't notice that Malfoy's open eyes were on her.

"Want to kiss me?" he smirked

She gasped and stood turning bright red

"What?" she said breathlessly

"You want to kiss me…"

"What on earth will be the reason I want to kiss you!"

"Because you like me" he smiled

'Oh gosh!! His smile… he's so…' she thought

"Oi, why can't you answer back? I thought Miss Know-It-All always know all the answers."

'His smile…his lips…he's so…' she remained speechless

"Hey!" snapped Malfoy

"What?" she asked getting back to herself

"What's happening to you? Does my charming smile makes you go for me?" he teased

"Dream on Draco!" she said… 'Shit! Did I really said Draco?'

"You called me Draco?" He asked

'Ooppss… I really said…' she thought trembling "S-so what?"

"So what?" he repeated

"So what" she repeated too "I mean… saying your first name doesn't change you from being a git you know!"

"Why you…" loosing his patience he stood noticing Hermione's robes fell from him.

'Oops..' she thought again

"You don't like me?" he said smirking again "then what on earth will be the reason for you to warmth me with your yucky robe?

"It's just that-"

"You like me"

"No! It's just that-"

"You're concerned"

"No!" she shouted, "It's just that…"

"Spit it out!"

"I don't want you to be cold"

"See?" he said contented

"Because I don't want to patrol alone you know" she smiled "but even you have cold you can't escape from patrolling!"

With smile fading on his face he went to the bathroom

"Draco…" she whispered

In the bathroom…

Draco took his clothes off and he lay on the bathtub. With his arms on either sides of the tub, he relaxed and closed his eyes. Suddenly Hermione's face flashed in the darkness of his sight. He thought she second while he's looking at her eyes while she was staring at his lips.

'I should've not talked that time. I should've stared her for ages too… her beautiful, angelic face… her lips that makes me hungry for it. I should've kissed her…' He said to his mind

He licked his lips dreaming of Hermione…

"I want her" after his bath, he wore his robe then went to the common room. She found Hermione stepped through the mirror and vanished. He stepped out of the room and followed Hermione.

"I thought you're not going with me. You've been bathing for a long time!" she shouted

He remained silent. 'What's happening to him?' she asked herself

While patrolling, Draco went to the narrow corridor. It was kind of dark in there.

"Dra- Malfoy!" she called him "were not supposed to go there"

But silence remained in the dark, narrow corridor

"Malfoy?" she called him once again "What are you doing there?"

She walked slowly to the corridor. "Where are you? Don't trick on me Malfoy!"

She walked more further. Now darkness filled the corridor that Hermione can't see even the pathway out. She felt a strong grip on her shoulders.

"Malfoy? Is that you?"

"Hermione" he said

"Malfoy stop it! Let's continue patrolling. It's-"

She felt his lips brushed against hers.