This chapter delivers a tender Hospital Wing reconciliation that turns on honesty, consent, and choice. Hermione and Draco finally say the quiet parts out loud, a kiss turns public when Blaise, Pansy, and Theo arrive, and Madam Pomfrey restores order while Draco admits what he really feels. After the storm, there is a soft scene of shared pages and sleep, then a corridor coda where Theo waits with something to say and Hermione decides how much trust she can give.