They walked the castle halls hand in hand, Draco leant down to kiss her constantly, in front of everyone - he no longer cared either. Their secret was out, within the teacher's circle anyway. It was sure to spread through the student body soon - there was more than one child of a death eater here. Draco kept close to her side, using the excuse of protecting her as reasoning to be so needy but Hermione knew that like her, it was a different kind of hollowness to be apart. She hoped that when the bond was finally sealed they would not feel the need to be touching every second of the day as the invisible string would have been placated. For now, she would relish in his attention, she had never felt so cherished, so wanted by anyone ever. It was refreshing, knowing this gorgeous man would walk to the ends of the earth for her and he was hers, forever.