It wasn't a surprise to Hermione that Antonin didn't come after he banished her from the castle. Their fight outside of the hospital ward was without a doubt the worst one they'd ever had. Maybe it wasn't as violent as some of the others had been in the past, but that didn't matter. Never did she expect to hurt the man she married as much as she did with the truth. So, she waited back in Aubin's cottage for the moment when she knew he would eventually return. He simply needed time to clear his head, to calm down. After thirteen years of marriage and over twenty years of a friendship, this was hardly the first time he needed a break from her presence.