Bound

Chapter 42

Draco rolled his eyes. "You can't expect to just drag me through the whole castle and still tell me to be patient. At least tell me where we are going."

Hermione rolled her eyes before saying. "The Forbidden Forest."

Draco widened his eyes and shook his head in disbelief when saying. "The what?!"

Fuck, that feels like ages ago. Time with Hermione feels so long but so short at the same time. He can never get enough of her, even if he spends every moment of every day with her.

"Draco! You are slowing us down!" Hermione exclaimed, tugging at his hand.

"We are going to the Forbidden Forest, aren't we?" He asked, lifting an eyebrow as he did so.

She blinked, once, twice, and then answered. "Yeah."

He groaned. "What is it with you and the Forbidden Forest?"

She smiled. "It reminds me of something."

Something?

"What thing?" He asked, now getting really curious.

She huffed before pulling him towards the forest again. "I will tell you once we get there."

"Oh come on! You can't just say that then leave me at the mercy of my curiosity." He complained, and in an effort to make her change her mind, attempted to pout.

Hermione, apparently, found this hilarious, and that ended in her laughing loudly.

His pout became genuine as he asked. "What is so funny?"

"It is just that you are adorable!"

He scrunched his face.

Adorable?

"Granger, I would prefer it if you change that to something more dignified." He stated, pulling his hand away from her grasp and crossing his arms.

She was still laughing, and even though he wanted to listen to her laugh for probably his whole life, he wanted her to tell him about the thing.

"Please, Malfoy, you have lost the right to ask for something like that the second you started dating me. And I don't think you have the heart to threaten that you would break up with me, do you?"

He mumbled something incoherently.

"What did you say?"

"I hate you, and no, I don't." With that, he took a hold of her hand and pulled her with him. The whole time, Hermione was smiling, and Draco, unable to stop himself, smiled at the sight of a smile on Hermione's face.

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"Isn't that where we first—"

"Kissed? Yeah." Hermione smiled.

She had taken him to that same place, the same place that had the mesmerizing waterfall. The same place where he had pressed her against a tree and ravished her. The same place where the both of them had succumbed to their desires.

The same place where they had both done what they had always wanted to do.

"Why are we here?" He asked, wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her closer to him. Having her closer to him was never going to get old.

She reached for her wand that held her hair in a bun. When she pulled it out, her hair fell on her shoulders, and Draco slowly brushed her hair away from her face.