The room spun as he kissed her bare hand. She had to act fast before she missed this opportunity completely. Hermione Granger buried her nerves and willed the flutter of wings in her stomach to stop. She took a step closer to him, his scent surrounding her frail figure as he brought himself up to leave. But she wouldn't allow that to happen, she wouldn't miss this moment of weakness. No, instead Hermione threw her arms around his shoulders and embraced him tightly before crashing her lips onto his own. He staggered slightly at the sudden impact and wrapped his arms around her waist to steady them both from falling over. His lips were much softer than she expected, her heart raced as she pushed her body closer into him, kissing harder, silently willing for him to kiss her back. His hand moved from her waist to the nape of her neck, swiftly grabbing a fistful of hair, he tilted her head back barely using any of his strength to take control and slowed down their kiss, capturing her bottom lip with his own. She could only take a brief moment to taste him, mint and citrus met her tongue as she broke the kiss and stepped back.