Hermione was acting so cold toward him that Draco wondered if their kiss had been a dream. Of course, they were in public, at the Ministry, in the middle of the "Level two, Department of Magical Law Enforcement, including the Improper Use of Magic Office, Auror Headquarters and Wizengamot Administration Services", as the metallic female voice of the elevator had announced when the doors opened, and it wasn’t the right place for intimacy, but treating him like a complete stranger seemed excessive. With that kiss, they had crossed boundaries and habits of twenty years. Whatever had happened to Rose during the night could not have diminished its significance.