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Title: Pillow Talk
Author: kalina-blue
Word Count: 347
Rating: PG-13
A/N: Written for dramione ldws round 1, challenge 3. Prompt: An Apology.
Pillow Talk
"Goyle apologized to me today." The statement came out of the blue and interrupted Draco's post-coital bliss. He turned his head, too tired to move any more than absolutely necessary, and looked at his girlfriend, who was snuggled to his side.
"What for?" he asked with the bare minimum of interest. What his friends did or said usually wasn't of much concern to him when he was lying naked in bed with Hermione.
"Bullying me at school, calling me a Mudblood… you know…" Hermione trailed of. Draco tried to look at her face to get at least some indication about what she was thinking of that apology, but Hermione had her face buried in his shoulder.
"Did you accept?" he asked, honestly curious this time. Although Hermione and he had been together for more than four months now, this evening had been the first time that he had brought her along when going out with his old friends from school. They both had been nervous about whether Hermione would get along with the former Slytherins, but surprisingly enough the evening had passed without any of the old school rivalry flaring up.
"Of course I did."
"That's good then." Draco had been pleased that the evening had gone so well.
"Can I ask you something?" Hermione spoke softly. Draco could hear the trepidation in her voice.
"Sure," he answered wearily. He wasn't one for emotional conversations and he thought he had a good idea what was coming next.
"Why didn't you ever apologize to me?" Hermione asked, voice low, face still buried in his shoulder.
Though Draco had anticipated the question, he still didn't have an answer; at least none he was comfortable sharing with. Growing impatient with his silence Hermione raised her head, looking him straight in the eyes. Draco absentmindedly lifted a hand to play with her hair, a tangled mess of curls thanks to their earlier activities.
"Do you need an apology?" he finally asked.
Hermione shook her head, sending the curls flying.
"Then I'm sorry," Draco said before drawing her closer for a kiss.