Two Meddling witches and two hopeless lovers

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Hermione

It's been a week, and Hermione nor Draco have gotten anywhere, the MACUSA team has been stubborn and aren't listening to reason

Twice has it happened that Draco stormed out of the conference room

The MACUSA team has been playing dirty, using their pasts, especially Draco's, against their case

Draco had just stormed out of the room once again, Hermione hot on his tail

"Malfoy...Malfoy...Draco!" Hermione yelled, he spun on the heels of his feet and looked at Hermione, she reached him quickly and dragged him into their temporary office

"You have got to stop doing that!" Hermione yelled

"Th-"

"They are using your past against you, I get it, but you storming out of there like a little boy who was just told no is not helping our case!" Hermione yelled

"They are making me look like a cruel man who will at any second summon you-know-who again! who doesn't care about anyone, who want to see muggle-borns, to see you, in danger!"

It took him a moment to register what he had said, he had practically confessed that he truly worried about her on a deeper level

Hermione slowly walked up to him, standing less than a foot apart she had to crane her neck up in order to look at him

"Draco...this is what they want you to do, Draco you need to calm down" Hermione whispered softly to him

"But..."

"Draco...those things that they say about you, they're in the past, show them how far you've gotten, that you are no longer that boy, but one of the best the best workers from the ministry" she whispered to him, somewhere along the way she put her hands on his cheeks, she felt the faint stubble against her hands

He sighed and nodded, he was focusing on the warmth of her hands against his cheeks, he hoped that the red tint on his cheeks she mistook from anger

Unfortunately, she didn't and she ended up blushing along with him, she smiled at him

"You, Draco Malfoy, are an extraordinary person, a brilliant wizard and an amazing person, don't let anyone ever tell you otherwise, who you become is up to you, nobody else"

She hoped he would listen to her words, that he would understand how much she cares for him, that she has seen the drastic changes

"You're an amazing...friend"

Well...that hurt us, didn't it?

Hermione smiled at him, she nodded and stepped away from him, she walked towards the conference office again, not hearing the sigh of defeat coming from Draco

Hermione wasn't paying attention to where she going and crashed into someone, they put their hands on her waist and she looked up and was greeted by a man with green eyes, his skin was a suntan brown, his hair black and messy, Hermione would be lying if she said he wasn't attractive

"I-I-I'm sorry" Hermione stuttered while she blushed red

"No problem, Hermione Granger, isn't it?" He asked, his American accent made Hermione blush even more

"Yes, and you are?"

"Finn Wilson, I'm an Auror here in MACUSA" he introduced himself

They shook hands

"I'm sorry for walking into you, I wasn't paying attention to where I was going?" She told him

"A penny for your thought?" He asked her