And then, he just gave to it. Taking Hermione by immense surprise, his hands found her waist, raced up to her shoulders and then swept her across him and to the ground, where he dropped himself atop her, kissing her passionately with no mind for his injured lips at all. Hermione was knocked senseless by his intensity, and forgot he was injured at all for a few moments, until she accidentally moved her roaming hand to his scar. He winced in unmasked agony as she touched his wounded skin and she broke apart from him.