"You're lucky I love you."
The words had definitely slipped out, made even more apparent by the way her hand jumped to her mouth, her eyes went wide.
"I- I didn't---"
But the response came easily to Lucifer. He'd known he felt this way for a while, this was more than just a crush. More than just someone he liked.
This was a girl, the girl, that he would stay with for as long as they both could, "I love you too."
Hermione's hand drifted slowly away from her mouth, her face was difficult to read and for a few moments.
Lucifer thought he'd messed up. Then she threw herself at him and almost sent both of them crashing down to the floor. She would have done it if not for the fence surrounding the shack.
He managed to catch it and prop himself up against it, "I've almost said that to you so many times. Like that time in the library when I got annoyed at Palmistry..."
"I figured so, especially with how you hid your face. But I didn't want to force you into anything."
"You could have said something instead of letting me worry about it!" Hermione cried loudly.
"You mean like you did last year?"
She glared at him, and then her face cracked into a happy smile and she pulled herself back in against his chest.
"Well then, let me do it properly this time. I love you, Lucifer."
"I love you too, Hermione."
The two stayed like that for a few more minutes before Lucifer broke the silence.
"Always the shack."
xxxxxxx
"Hello, is anybody there?"
"Sorry?" Hermione blinked her eyes twice, then stared at Lucifer's face with a question mark.
"You got crashed....Well, how about we visit somewhere else?"
"....Right." They made their way back down the hill about five minutes later, Hermione still in a daze as she walked, she had blanked out again.
They re-entered the high street and began to make their way up towards 'Dervish and Banges', Hermione wanted to see if they had anymore planners for future years as the ones Lucifer had gotten her was proving useful, when they saw Ron and Harry walking towards the Post Office.
She simply shook hef head and the two of them pressed on.
Whilst 'Dervish and Banges' didn't have any more of the planners readily available, they were able to put in a request for one and the shop keep assured them that they would be willing to hold onto it until the next time they could visit Hogsmeade, even if that wasn't until the following year.
They made a stop at Honeydukes now that they knew Ron and Harry had already left and picked up the bits for themselves, Ginny and Luna as per usual.
They stopped at Zonko's joke shop afterwards.
"I'm surprised you never buy more when we're in here," Hermione said as they perused the shelves. "They all seem like your style."
"Whilst they are---" Lucifer said as he investigated a small box of nose-biting teacups, picking it to buy and sending to Fudge's Secretary as a ghost gift, "They're a little bit too 'flashy' for me. Words and tricks are more my style. This level of stuff is for the twins. But there's always something good around if you dig deep enough."
Following this, duo made their way towards the Three Broomsticks and settled themselves in.
"It's especially wonderful in the Winter, because it'll warm you right up," Hermione said and told him to go sit down and that she'd get the Butterbeers for them.
She walked up to the counter where the owner was standing, "Good afternoon, Madam Rosmerta."
"Good afternoon, what can I get for you?" She asked.
"Two Butterbeers please?" Hermione asked politely.
Rosmerta glanced over at the table that Lucifer was sitting at, "Of course," she gave the girl a subtle wink.
When she came back with them, Hermione was about to pay, but the woman stopped her, "Consider it on the House, you don't have to pay."
Hermione picked up on what she was getting at and she was sure her cheeks were pink, "Th-Thank you," She took the mugs back to Lucifer, face surely still pink.
A thought crossed Lucifer's mind, taking his sip, "I hate to put a damper on things but how do you think your classes are going?"
"I hope essays went well, cause of the Dueling, I was a bit unfocused, and there are exams too," Hermione said, having a bad feeling that it didn't.
"Yeah, there's still the idea of dropping subjects, okay? I am already considering to not use Time-turner, it affects your mind... you know aging twice as fast."
"I don't know..." Hermione didn't like the situation at all. Whilst the weather wasn't unpleasant for the day, there was still something warming about sitting in a corner booth.
Butterbeer was on the table in front of him and she was leaning her head on her boyfriend's shoulder as she flicked idly through her Rune translations.
"I hope this never ends," She said idly as she drummed her fingers against the table.
"Hmmm?"
"This," Hermione said, gesturing at her head on his shoulder. "It's like a dream come true, if you'd told me a few years ago that I'd be sitting in Hogsmeade with you as my boyfriend three years from now I'd have called you crazy.... Especially after I met you. Didn't think I'd stand a chance."
Lucifer gave a warm smile and kissed her on the forehead.
"Well, it's very real. I'm here, and I'm not going anywhere. Not unless you chase me off."
"Well then you're staying for a very long time," Hermione said, her eyes roaming the bar.
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