Hi heres the next chapter and plenty more to come... hopefully. I'm actually off on hols now so I'll be taking KTSN with me and completing the next chapter in the car.

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Chapter four: The strangers tears.

Hermione had fallen asleep curled up against Draco, weakened by her emotional out burst. Draco knew when you bottle up your feelings and they break out and with it taking your every last slither of energy, Draco knew this because he'd been there. In the back of his mind he wondered what could have upset Hermione in such away but exhaustion was quickly over coming him, carefully he adjusted his pillows. He tried hard not to wake the sleeping girl as he carefully lay down and her arms tightened around his neck. He thought back to when he and Pansy had lay together, the way Pansy would curl up her knee's digging in Draco's side. Hermione was softer. Her leg came up and draped across his legs, her breath tickled his neck, her hair like silk caressing his jaw line with her every breath.

Draco fell asleep feeling safe and warm, thinking how nice it felt. Suddenly it didn't matter that she was a mudblood he was fully confident she would pull him through this plight. Hermione was the first to wake up. She slipped out of the bed awkwardly and with in moments the alarm went off. She put her hand gently on Draco's shoulder.

"Pan….ssssss 'm not in the mood for sex right now…" his eyes opened when Hermione snorted with laughter. Their eyes met and Draco blushed, Hermione wasn't even Sure Draco could blush given the fact he'd lost a lot of blood and he was Draco Malfoy. Hermione took the blush for a good sign. A few awkward moments passed, she handed Draco the vile of Potion. Hew drank it gratefully and she handed him the painkillers.

"What are they" Draco said looking at the muggle Pain killers as if they were a foreign object.

"Muggle Pain killers" Hermione said "I don't have the any more of right ingredients for a pain killing potion I gave it to you last night…"

"do they work?" Draco said wrinkling his nose.

"Of course they work don't be stupid and just take them." Hermione said with a scowl that would have beat one of Snapes. Draco Obeyed.

"I'm going to have to go to Diagon Ally… and you need a bath or shower or some thing" She said wrinkling her nose. " and you'll be needing clothes."

Draco lay back down and Hermione's hands on his stomach caused all the muscles to tense, another wave of pain more intense than ones he'd been experiencing. Exhaustion had numbed the pain but now he wasn't so exhausted he was beginning to become more aware.

"fuck that hurts" He cried out as Hermione sat him up to unwrap the bandages. Draco was starting to squirm in Pain, if he didn't stop moving he was going to split the wounds more. She lay him down. The bleeding had stopped thanks to the spells she had used the night before but the wound was still gaping. The pain increased suddenly and Draco cried out again Tears forming in his eyes he was moving again, making things worse. He Cried out Hermione's name. She blinked and pinned him down by the shoulders and kissed him pointing her wand at his wounds concentrating on the spells. Draco dazedly kissed back, Pushing his lips against hers trying to get lost in the kiss, Surprisingly it was working, the wound was becoming numb once more and he pulled Hermione Closer kissing her harder wishing away the last of the pain. Then they finally pulled away, Hermione Sat him up and wrapped his wounds in fresh bandages. He looked down at her. She'd kissed him and he liked it... She reached up and wiped the tears from his eyes.

"Rest… I'll be back as soon as I can." She smiled and Disapparated.

Draco was left to think over that kiss and the rest of the morning's antics. Her tears had affected him… why? He didn't know. If it was just Pansy he would have pushed her away or feigned concern but Draco felt obligated to help Hermione smile once more.

She's doing every thing in her power to save my life… that's why I feel the need to make her smile, make her happy, No Malfoy would stand being in debt to any one never mind a Mudblood. So he had to repay the favor.

Hermione walked quickly down Diagon ally, her head down, preying no one would notice her. She couldn't understand why she had kissed Draco.

I just had to stop his pain and stop his tears; I wasn't thinking…I just kissed the enemy! I was just panicking.

She rationalized it all away, she was good that. She apparated back to Draco; they both acted normal. She offered him a small shaky smile; He just gave her a cool look. She knelt to start making a potion. Draco watched her work, the way her hair would fall in front of her eyes and she'd push it back irritably. She looked up and caught him watching. She gave a small smile and his stomach did a little flip.

Both of them had allowed themselves to be effected by the stranger's tears, the strangers pain bringing them closer together. Some where in the depths of their hearts a part of them already vowed to do what ever it costs to keep tears from the strangers beautiful eyes.