Hermione's chest felt…moist? What the hell? Where was she?

Her eyes shot open in a panic, the grogginess of sleep weighing her down, and she realized she couldn't move. Why couldn't move?

Above her a familiar groan and a bushel of blonde tickled the bottom of her chin, strong arms squeezing her even tighter. Her breath got stuck in the back of her throat and she tried to wrestle away.

"Draco…ng…Draco get off…heavy…"

Either he didn't care, or he was still half asleep, because all he did was nuzzle her more. "Mione…"

A faint blush rose to her cheeks, and she stopped her struggle. He'd never called her that before. Damnit, the jerk.

"Hey," she squeezed his cheeks, pulling them apart, "Draco. Wake up."

He whined at that, blinking stupidly, weird sounds leaving his mouth thanks to Hermione pulling at his cheeks.

"Bwaammbiii…" he groaned.

"You drooled all over my chest." She accused.

He snickered sleepily, "Now we're even…" he yawned.

"That was ages ago!"

He plopped down next to her again, groaning some more. "Shhh…sleep…"

"Come on, we have to go. It'll be curfew soon." She tried to nudge him off.

"Mrrmm…" he bit her through her shirt, "Come to the dungeons tonight."

"You mean right now?"

"Mmm…"

"Draco." She flicked his head.

"Owwww," he bit her again, scooching up and then biting her cheek. She yelped reflexively, squirming to get out from under him. "Draco-"

He kissed her, holding her down, keeping her pinned between his body and the couch.

"Gross!" she turned her head away, sticking her tongue out and making a 'blah' sound, "You're all slimy and-"

He ignored her, kissing her all over again, lightly grinding his hips against hers. She laughed in between her squeals, somehow still trying to squirm away. "Fine fine! I'll go to the dungeons!"

He smirked in satisfaction at that, plopping down on top of her again.

"You're so bloody annoying."

"So are you," he yawned, finally rolling off and standing up, "You coming or what?"

She shook her head to show her annoyance, but got up and followed him anyway. They didn't speak much on the way there, both still trying to shake off the sleep. It wasn't until they got into the common room though, that Draco seemed to fully join the world of the living. "Do you have my wand?" he asked, patting his chest.

"You can't be serious."

"I'm not joking! You don't have it?"

"Draco…" she whined.

"Shit. I'll be right back." he rushed out of the room, not giving her a chance to respond.

She sighed, rubbing her head, and heading towards Draco's room. He really was a hot mess sometimes. But she couldn't help but find it sort of cute, and before she knew it, Hermione was smiling stupidly to herself.

"Granger."

Hermione stopped, her smile dropping as she turned around. "Parkinson."

"Spending the night again I see."

"You might as well say what you're thinking Parkinson." Hermione snapped sharply, refusing to let her mood be ruined.

Pansy crossed her arms. "You're a smart girl, aren't you? I thought you would have figured it out by now."

"I've already heard everything. Go on. Get it out of your system." Hermione drew out an frustrated breath.

"I'm not here to pettily knock you down. It's not exactly how I work," she began, "Besides, it'd have no effect on someone like you anyway."

Hermione paused for a moment, "What do you mean?"

"Logic, right? Isn't that how you function? I'll try and be as blunt as I can. We're a bunch of rich kids, in case you haven't noticed. I guess you could call us spoiled. Care to assume who's the worst of us?"

Hermione refused to reply. Pansy smiled, "That's right. With the tantrums he throws its hard to believe he's not five years old-"

"What's your point, Parkinson?"

Pansy looked at her, cocking her head a bit, "What happens to the favorite toy when the kid gets bored?"

Hermione twitched, "That's a grossly inaccurate comparison. I'm not some toy-"

"Aren't you? What does your relationship consist of? So you keep him entertained, for now. Just how long do you expect this to last? I'm speaking realistically."

Hermione stiffened. Pansy's voice wasn't accusatory at all. It was rational, steady. It was unsettling. Worse than that was the fact that Pansy wasn't completely far off in saying that. It was how their relationship had started off after all. They were each other's release and nothing else.

But things were different now. They…

Hermione blinked rapidly. Just what was different? He walked her to class on occasion. He had defended her in front of Lavender. But was he defending her or himself?

"You're realizing it now, aren't you?"

She looked at Pansy, who had snapped her from her thoughts.

"It's not like that anymore." Hermione quickly retorted.

"Anymore? Isn't the fact that it was like that in the first place a bit disconcerting to you?"

She had a point there. Hermione couldn't believe that it was Pansy pointing it out, though.

"Maybe," she said forcefully, "But we enjoy our time together."

"You mean you enjoy fucking."

Hermione paled. "That's not-"

"Don't get me wrong, I enjoy a good fucking myself," Pansy explained, "But don't you think you're going about this in a slutty way? I mean everyone knows."

The door to the common room opened just then, Hermione turning her head to see Draco.

"Oh, I thought you'd be in the room by now." He told Hermione, before nodding his head in brief greeting, "Pansy."

"Draco." She said casually.

"We just got to talking." Hermione said softly.

Draco shrugged it off, and then led Hermione by the waist into his room, leaving Pansy behind. Once inside, she pulled herself away. "I need to go to the bathroom." She tried to speak despite the fact that her mouth was dry.

She quickly rushed into the bathroom, shutting the door just as fast. She was shaking. Had she been doing that this whole time? She slid down the door, slinking to the floor, burying her head between her knees. She wished Pansy would've just called her a slut and gotten the whole thing over with. That she could deal with. But she had backed it up with reason.

And Hermione couldn't do anything to refute it.

Did everyone really know? Had he told them? Sure, people knew they were dating and all, but she didn't think he'd…

Tears slipped from her eyes, and for whatever reason she didn't try to stop them. Was she just some sort of conquest?

She bit her lip. She knew she wasn't. That he didn't see her that way. It was all too obvious in the way he held her, especially now. Unless he was just acting. But who would hold out an act for that long?

She swallowed. If anyone would, it'd certainly be him.

She let out a shaky breath, a small yelp leaving her throat when Draco knocked against the door. "You ok?"

"I'll be out in a bit."

Shit, her voice was shaking. She wiped her eyes roughly with her hand, trying to take in steady breaths while she fanned her face.

Deep breaths, Hermione, she thought, deep breaths.

"Hermione. Open the door."

Panic struck her upon hearing his voice again. Suddenly she didn't want to see him at all. She just wanted to think this all over in the quiet of her own bed and then fall asleep. She held her knees up against her chest, keeping her dead weight against the door. She didn't want him to see her. It was so stupid. She shouldn't have started crying over something like this. Over something stupid Pansy had just happened to mention. This was probably Pansy's goal anyway. To get her to question everything and finally leave the Slytherin Prince alone. But for some reason, Hermione couldn't help it. He knocked again. She wiped her face angrily. "Just hold on." She snapped. Maybe a bit too sharply.

"Hermione."

His voice was low. He probably thought she was being childish. It was his bathroom, after all. And she'd been in here for too long.

To her surprise the door was pushed open, and she was pushed across the floor along with it. She kept her head buried between her knees, not wanting him to see her face. She was expecting a 'what the fuck' or a 'come on you're not a rug' or something stupid like that. But he didn't say either of those things. In fact, he didn't say anything at all.

She heard him close the door, before joining her on the floor. He wrapped his arms around her stomach and pulled her back against him, so that she rested between his legs. He still didn't say anything, but instead just rested his chin on her shoulder.

"Sorry." She muttered, trying to get the tears to stop.

"You don't have anything to apologize about."

She chewed her lip nervously, trying to take in even breaths. They stayed in the quiet of the bathroom for a long time.

"Aren't you going to ask what's wrong?" she scoffed, finding the silence irritating.

He leaned against her head, "You don't have to tell me anything you don't want to." His voice in her ear was strangely comforting, and it was almost enough to make her look up. She sniffled, wiping her face for what felt like the millionth time, and took another deep breath to collect herself.

"Pansy just…it wasn't bad or anything. She just pointed out the fact that…" her voice trailed off. She swallowed, trying to find the right words, "I guess I may have been acting a bit like a slut? I'm not sure."

"If anything, Pansy's the slut, Hermione."

She sighed. "It's not just Pansy. Ginny basically told me the same thing…a few days ago…"

"Well fuck Ginny too then. They're all sluts."

Hermione giggled sadly. "Are you just going to call all the girls at Hogwarts sluts?"

He paused. "Will that make you feel better?"

"No," she smiled, "Maybe. A little."

"You know who the biggest one of all is though-"

"No, stop."

"Come on, you know."

"Stop."

"Mmmmmo-"

"Stop!"

"Moooooooooo!"

Hermione burst into laughter, covering her mouth with her hand. "That's horrible! It's bad karma, you know!"

He shrugged, "I think karma's already hit me with everything it's got Bambi."

She smiled weakly. "Thank you, Draco."

He squeezed her waist and then yawned obnoxiously loud. "Come on, let's sleep. I'm tired as fuck."

"We literally just napped."

He shot her a nasty look, "You clearly don't understand the term 'beauty sleep' Granger."

"You're just lazy, Malfoy."

He smirked, pulling her in closer, "Unless you didn't want to sleep."

She quickly pulled away, recognizing that tone a bit too well, and finally stood up. "Sleep sounds fabulous, actually."

He chuckled, standing up to join her, and then opened the door. "Off we go, then."

"Draco, wait." She tugged the back of his shirt.

"Hm?"

"Are you telling people? About us, I mean."

"I think everyone knows by now, Hermione. You know, the whole standing on the table thing-"

She shook her head. "Not that. I mean…you know," she looked down, "The things we do."

"No." he said flatly, "Why would I?"

"I don't know…"

"Is that what Pansy was saying?"

She looked at him, "I know guys tend to brag about those sorts of things. But I'd appreciate it if-"

"I don't tell anyone jack shit, Hermione. Number one rule as a Slytherin. Don't trust anyone."

She swallowed stiffly, nodding her head to show she believed him. She'd nearly forgotten about that. And for a moment, she couldn't help but wonder if she was included in that statement. "Right," she bit her lip nervously, "Thanks."

"Don't thank me Bambi, it's not like I'm doing it for you or anything."

She scoffed. "Still though."

"Come on," he tugged her hand, "You're starting to piss me off so let's just go to bed already."

"I'm pissing you off?"

"Well," he turned his head around at a weird angle, smirking playfully, "More so than usual."

She laughed, "Is that so?"

"And look you're still talking."

She pushed him, but she wasn't counting on him to actually throw him off his step. "You're pretty annoying yourself."

"Well too fucking bad, because you're stuck with me."

"Well the same goes for me." She countered.

"Then," he pulled her on top of him, falling back onto the bed, his lips just barely brushing over hers, "Keep pissing me off, Bambi."


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