𝑀𝒶 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝓁𝑒 𝒷𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑒

𝒯𝑒𝓃

Hermione reluctantly shuffled out of the castle, she saw Draco stretching by the wall as he waited for her

"Took you long enough" Draco said as Hermione came up to him

"Well be glad that I came" she muttered

"Let's go"

He took off jogging, Hermione groaned but took off after him

The two of them ran in silence, Hermione wondered how Draco didn't look like he was going to pass out in any given moment

"You sound like a smoker Granger, with all that huffing and puffing"

Hermione didn't have the fight in her to retort, instead she showed him the middle finger, the continued running a few more laps before Hermione couldn't run anymore

She stopped and put her hands on her knees, she was breathing heavily

"Come on Granger, didn't you spend a year running from you-know-who?" Draco asked, rolling his eyes in annoyance

"That...was different" she panted

"How?"

Hermione didn't answer, Draco let her catch her breath momentarily

"Come on old lady, let's go"

He took off running again

"You know that they call you the 'Quidditch Nightmare' right?!" She called out after him

Draco turned around and kept running backwards

"And yet...Slytherin has been reigning champions for three years!"

Hermione took off running after him, catching up quickly considering he was still running backwards, he turned back forward and they kept bickering and throwing insults at one another the whole hour they spent doing laps

Hermione would deny it if anyone ever asked but Malfoy reminded her of her teacher, he pushed her well beyond her limits and she missed that feeling

Even if she wanted to murder Malfoy

They finally circled the whole castle and were nearing the entrance

Draco sprinted off, it took a moment for Hermione to register what was happening

"Not fair!" Hermione yelled, she took off sprinting and the closer she got to him she began to hear the slimy bastard laughing at her

They raced until the door, ending in a tie along with everything else as they both collapsed by the entrance breathing heavily with the exertion

"I-I hate running" Hermione panted to herself

"Then tomorrow we go double" Draco panted

"Over my dead body"

"Scared Granger?"

She could practically hear the smirk in his voice

She dug her head into the ground and groaned

"If you make me run double tomorrow, I'll hex your balls blue"

Draco chuckled and stood up

"Come on old lady, we have to get some rounds in"

"I can barely move my legs Malfoy, I'm not doing anything"

Draco kicked her leg and she groaned

"Sod off" she ordered

Draco kicked her again, she slowly got up and kicked him back while glaring at him

"There, let's go"