Summary: Severus visits Hermione in the hospital wing.

Notes:

Hello everyone. I'm sharing the 2nd episode and I'm a little excited. I hope you like it.

English is not my native language, so I may have spelling mistakes.

Everything belongs to J.K Rowling.

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Nightfall.

Hospital wing.

Severus Snape tried to be as quiet as possible as he opened the door to the hospital wing. He didn't want to confront Madam Pomfrey.

He closed the door quietly and looked around. When he couldn't see anyone, he walked towards the closed curtains and took a deep breath.

I wonder if she was sleeping?

He reached out and slowly opened a small part of the curtain and looked inside. At that moment, he made eye contact with Hermione, who lifted her head from the pillow.

"Professor?" said Hermione in surprise.

When he saw that she was awake, he didn't know what to do. He opened the curtain, went in and closed it again. "Miss Granger." he said as he approached the bed. "Are you okay?"

"I'm better," she said, sitting up in bed and leaning her back against the headboard. "Would you like to sit down?"

Severus hesitated for a moment and wondered whether to sit down, but eventually he pulled the chair to the side and sat down. He was so close to the bed that his legs were stuck between the bed and the chair. "Did Madame Pomfrey tell you when you would be leaving?"

"Yes, he will let me out tomorrow morning." When he nodded, there was silence between them. She decided she wanted to ask the questions that came to her mind. "Professor, can I ask something?"

Severus' face turned mocking. "Just a question? I think you're losing it, Miss Granger."

Hermione giggled a little involuntarily and pulled herself together. "What happened to Draco?" she asked finally.

His mocking face hardened and he tried not to move in his seat. "The principal will give him the real punishment, but I also gave him a 1-month detention sentence."

Hermione was lost in thought for a moment. Draco had actually attempted murder. "Would he really have left me to die if you hadn't come?"

He swallowed silently. "Draco hates Muggles, but he doesn't kill them." he said and hoped it was true. "He probably wouldn't have left you there."

"I doubt it." she muttered.

Severus took the wand from his pocket and handed it to her. "Your wand, Miss Granger."

She instantly breathed a sigh of relief and reached out and grabbed her wand. She felt very vulnerable without a wand. "Thank you." she said happily. Her eyes fell on the black robe on the side. "And thank you for your robe, by the way."

He turned his head and looked at his robe on the side. He reached out and took his dry robe and with a small hum, cast a spell to shrink the robe and put it in his pocket. "You're welcome."

There was silence between them, their eyes on each other. "I have so much to thank you for." she said with a slight smile.

Severus was constantly surprised. Because no one would thank him. "It doesn't matter, it's my duty to protect you." he said as he broke eye contact and looked at the ground.

At that moment, she looked so sweet in his eyes that he involuntarily reached out and held her hand on his knee.

Feeling completely shocked, Severus lifted his eyes and looked at her, his whole body stiffened and he remained motionless, afraid that she would run away if he moved.

Their eyes were on each other.

Severus enjoyed her small and warm hand on his. His eyes wandered from her little hand to her eyes. He calmly let out the breath he was holding and tried to stay calm.

At that moment, he did something that no one could have predicted.

He turned his hand and took her tiny hand in his big hand. "I'm so glad you're okay." he muttered.

Hermione was very surprised by this action of him. She was surprised by her own action, but whatever. She was looking at him with a strange innocence and wide eyes. "Thanks to you."

He wanted to smile when she looked at him with these big eyes. He ran his fingers over her knuckles.

Sweet, warm, smooth...

They remained silent as they looked at each other.

Until a voice was heard.

The sound of a door opening.

They both pulled their hands back so quickly that their arms hit something involuntarily.

They couldn't look at each other, as if they had been caught doing forbidden things in bed.

However, they were just holding hands.

At that moment, the curtain was drawn and Madam Pomfrey entered. She was surprised to see Severus. "Professor Snape?" she said as she entered.

"Madame Pomfrey." he said with his stern face.

How did he change roles so quickly? Hermione was amazed.

"What are you doing here?" The old witch went in and cast a few control spells.

"Checking on Miss Granger."

Although Pomfrey was surprised, she finally turned her eyes to the girl and took out the necessary potions and handed them over. "How are you feeling, Miss Granger?"

Hermione took the potion bottles and started drinking them one by one. "I feel much better."

She nodded and picked up the empty bottles and walked away from the bed. "Don't overwork our patient, Professor Snape."

"Of course." he said quietly.

They both listened as the woman closed the curtains and walked away, closing the office door. Silence reigned again, but this time neither of them could look at each other.

When their eyes finally met, Hermione looked embarrassed and flushed, but Severus tried to look quite calm.

They couldn't make sense of what they had just experienced. They both showed strange movements and this was new for both of them.

They were holding hands.

Which student would hold hands with teacher or which teacher would hold hands with student?

"Can't you make the potions taste less unpleasant?" she asked, grimacing slightly.

Against his will, Severus felt a small smile appear on his face. "I'll try." He lowered his eyes and took a deep breath. He was doing things he never expected and he knew he had to leave here to prevent this from continuing. He stood up to leave. "Get well soon, Miss Granger." he said as he turned around.

Before Hermione knew what she was doing, she had reached out and held his hand. "Good night, Professor." she said quietly and hoped she hadn't done anything wrong.

Severus turned to her in surprise, but otherwise remained motionless. He gasped when he felt the warmth of her hand on his hand again. Then he did something unexpected and moved his hand and held her hand.

They were both a little surprised by this action.

While her hand was soft and delicate, his hand was hard and rough.

Their eyes were still on each other.

He slowly moved his fingers and caressed her knuckles. "Good night, lioness." he murmured, and again, surprising them both, he lowered his head and pressed his lips to her knuckles.

This action took both of their breaths away. It seemed surprising and wrong, yet it also seemed right.

Hermione felt like her heart was going to explode when she felt his lips on her fingers.

When Severus pulled his lips back, he looked into her eyes. He wanted to smile, but then he swallowed hard when he realized what he was doing. If anyone saw him like this he would have a heart attack. He slowly withdrew his hand and took a few steps back, their eyes still on each other. He turned around and was about to open the curtain when he stopped again. "10 points to Gryffindor for your dueling skills today." he said to her as he turned and the corners of his lips turned up slightly.

Hermione was surprised to hear that he had rated Gryffindor. She involuntarily let out a small giggle as she looked at him. "Thank you."

That little giggling sound made Severus' heart skip a beat, so to speak. He wanted to go back to bed and touch her fingers again, press his lips on her knuckles, and even more.

But he couldn't do that.

He didn't even understand why he wanted to do such things. Okay, he admired her intelligence, but it felt strange to feel such extreme emotions.

He quickly turned around, opened the curtain and walked out. His heart and mind were still on that little giggle as he closed the curtain back and quietly walked out of the hospital wing.

And the girl who owns that smile.

Knowing that he added that smile to her face made his heart beat even faster.

Why was he feeling this way?

SHGSHGSHGSHGSHG

Month! I love how Severus doesn't know what to do about emotions...

How do you think their relationship will be in the future?

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