Hermione Granger is done hiding. One question turns into a promise when she asks Draco Malfoy to be hers, in public and for real, and his marble mask finally cracks. What follows is heat that feels like fate, a morning of awkward logistics, and a midday walk across the Great Hall with fingers laced for everyone to see. Ginny has opinions, Slytherins smirk, and a study date becomes the first test of how a Gryffindor and a Slytherin make a relationship work under watchful eyes.