"That’s what you want me to believe," Hermione continued, not ready to give up on him, not ever. "But I know a lot more of you than you want me to. Draco, I care about you." She moved closer to him until their knees touched. "I don’t really care why you made this Horcrux because no one else besides us is ever going to find out about it." His eyes widened after hearing these words, his face turning from bored to shocked in milliseconds. "You don’t have to tell me anything, but I would appreciate it if you did."