Not a minute later, the sound of apparition is heard coming from outside. I opened the door and saw Severus walking somewhat quickly towards the house. My mother watched from the door, holding (B/N) while I walked over to meet him half way.

"Severus, what just happened?" I asked him with a shocked expression finding it's way onto my face.

"That is what I have come to talk to you about." He replied.

We made our way inside and began talking about what had just happened as soon as my mother put (B/N) in his room to play.

"Severus, could you please explain to me what just happened here?" My mother asked after sitting down on a chair in the kitchen.

"(F/N) as you now know is a Death Eater. He was planning to follow through with an attack on a group of muggle-born wizards and witches this evening. Luckily, the Ministry was able to intercept before a disaster could take place." Severus explained calmly.

"What is going to happen to (F/N)?" My mother asked him.

"He is being taken to Azkaban as we speak." Severus replied.

My mother held her hand up to her mouth and seemed as if she were about to cry.

"There is one more thing I must inform you about before I take my leave Ms. (L/N)." Severus tells my mother.

"And what is that?" She replies sadly.

"(F/N) ended up bringing (Y/N) into this mess by having her forcibly turned." Severus explained to my mother.

"(Y/N)? Please don't tell me you have that.. mark on your arm.." My mother asked me.

"Unfortunately, I do have it.." I replied as I rolled up my sleeve to show her.

She covered her face with her hands and sighed in defeat.

"Ms. (L/N), I must also inform you that (Y/N) will have to be housed elsewhere for the time being. I need to be able to teach her various defensive and offensive spells that will aid her in her position as a 'Death Eater'." Severus explained to my mother who was now looking at him again.

"I want (Y/N) to be safe. And if that means she has to live somewhere else for a while, I am fine with that." My mother replies, somewhat calming down.

"Wait what? Are you serious Severus? I can't just leave my mom alone with (B/N)." I responded.

"We can have Auror's stop by occasionally to make sure they are safe (Y/N). But it is in your best interest to not stay here at the current time." Severus told me.

"Fine. I'll do it." I sighed.

"Why don't you go pack a bag (Y/N)? You'll probably need a couple things from your room." My mother suggested as she got up from her seat.

I nodded my head and began making my way to my room. Around 20 minutes later I had the things packed that weren't already in my suitcase before. Severus was standing in the living room, talking to my mother. I walked up to them and spoke,

"I'm ready to go. Mom? Take care alright?" I turned to her and asked.

"I will. I hope you'll be alright (Y/N)." She replied, pulling me into a hug.

I hugged back and told her,

"I will mom. I'll be fine."

(B/N) was heard coming down the stairs.

"Where is Sissy going?" He asked my mother.

"She's going to go with Severus on.. vacation." My mother told him to keep him from asking more questions.

"Oh, ok. Bye Sissy!" (B/N) said before running at me to give me a hug.

I gave him a hug before picking up my suitcase again.

"You'll take care of Benny for me right (B/N)?" I smiled at him.

"Yes yes! Benny!" He replied happily.

I chuckled and walked over to where Severus was standing.

"Apparition I'm guessing?" I assumed.

"You'd be correct." Severus replied before holding out his hand.

I took hold of it and smiled at (B/N) and my mother before apparating with Severus.

After a short time of spinning, we appeared somewhere in front of rows of houses. Except this neighborhood looked a bit dull. Everything was gray and there was a bit of fog. It gave off a bit of an eerie or depressing feeling.

"Where are we Severus?" I turned my head to him and asked.

"Spinner's End. This is where I live." He replied curtly before walking up to one of the many apartment-like homes.

"I'm staying with you?" I inquired while my face began to turn a bit pink.

"Yes. It will be much easier to teach you apparition amongst other things now that you're staying with me." He replied as he unlocked the front door and lead me inside.

We walked into a room lined with bookshelves. I couldn't even see two of the walls because of how many books there were. I chuckled and said,

"Wow, I knew you were a book worm, but this. This is something else."

Severus rolled his eyes and lead me through to another room. It was a small kitchen, which then lead towards a set of stairs. He held his hand out in front of himself, gesturing for me to go up the stairs. I smiled and went ahead, him following close behind. Once at the top, there were two doors. One lead to a small bathroom, which means the other one must be a bedroom. The room was pretty cozy. There was a fireplace on one wall, and a bed against the opposite one. I peeked behind the curtain and saw that it had begun raining outside.

"Your room is nice." I said while watching the rain pour.

Severus replied with a short thank you and walked over to me,

"You can set your suitcase against the bed if you'd like."

I looked at him, not having noticed that he was standing right there.

"Right, yeah. My arm could use a break." I chuckled as I set it down against one leg of the four-poster bed.

I hadn't noticed until I was closer to the bed that there were snakes embroidered into the curtain on the bed posts. It was a nice little detail.

"Would you like to eat something?" Severus asked me as he walked back over to the door.

"Yeah, I don't think I've eaten since breakfast." I replied, finally realizing how hungry I was.

I followed him down to the kitchen and looked around. The cupboards seemed a bit bare. But that might just be because Severus lives alone.

"I will prepare something to eat. You can wait in the parlor if you'd like." Severus explained while grabbing some things out of a cabinet.

I nodded and made my way into the room with the many bookshelves and looked around for something to do. I saw a newspaper on the table and picked it up. There were many new articles popping up on the page, one of which caught my eye.

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(F/N) (L/N) Sentenced to life in Azkaban

(F/N) (L/N) was found out to have been planning an attack on a primarily muggle-born gathering.

It has also been revealed that (L/N) is an avid follower of You-Know-Who. It is said that he will be interrogated before being sent to Azkaban.

I frowned at the article and flipped the newspaper over to distract myself with something else. I noticed a crossword puzzle on the back and decided to work on it while I waited.

Around 15 minutes later I found myself leaning back in the recliner, struggling to figure out one of the few empty lines. I heard someone clear their throat and looked up to see Severus standing in the doorway with a tray. I sat up in the recliner as he set the tray down on the coffee table. Severus sat down on a chair that he had gotten from the kitchen and gestured at the tray. I looked over and saw two plates with sandwiches. I took one and thanked him while setting the newspaper on the arm of the recliner. Severus began eating his sandwich as well.

We sat in a comfortable silence while we ate. After both of us had finished eating, we brought our plates to the kitchen. I decided to take the newspaper upstairs so I could continue the crossword after unpacking.

It was getting darker while I was unpacking, and by the time I was finished, it was pitch black outside. I decided to go sit on the bed and continue the crossword puzzle. I only had one line left and I couldn't think of the right word. I let out a frustrated sigh and stared at the page.

"What's wrong?" I hear Severus say from the doorway.

I looked over at Severus, who began walking over to where I was sitting on the bed. I turned the newspaper towards him and explained my frustration to him,

"I'm trying to figure out the last word on this crossword puzzle. The definition is 'sincere regret or remorse', but I don't know of a 10 letter word that could fit that description."

Severus sat down next to me and looked down at the page. He then looked up from the page and turned his head towards me,

"Repentance."

"Repentance? I have never heard that word in my life." I chuckled as I began filling in the word.

As soon as I filled in the word, the ink on the page seeped together and formed the words, 'Puzzle Complete'. I set the newspaper on the nightstand and turned to look at Severus who was currently looking down at his hands.

"Do you feel repentance about anything you did or didn't do in your life Severus?" I asked him curiously while turning myself to face him.

He looked up at me and registered what I had just said. He sat up straight and turned towards me, crossing his legs. He inhaled but hesitated. I took his left hand into my right and gave him a reassuring smile. He inhaled once more before speaking,

"I believe there are.. many things I feel repentance about. But there are two things I regret most. Becoming a Death Eater and.. not acting on my feelings for you when I first noticed them.."

Severus looked a bit embarrassed after he confessed that to me and tried to avoid eye contact. I lifted his chin and replied,

"I feel repentance for the exact same thing."

Slowly but surely, we both leant forward into a long awaited kiss. It felt as if it had been ages since the last time. Which, technically, it had been. Severus placed his hand just below my ear to deepen the kiss. After a couple more seconds we pulled away from each other, both out of breath. I sat back against one of the bed posts and smiled,

"Not going to lie. That was kind of hot, Sev."

Severus' face was now visibly pink. He got up from the bed and walked over to a wardrobe.

"Embrace your hotness~" I jokingly whispered.

Severus jerked his head around to face me with a bewildered expression, his hair flipping in the process.

"That hair flip though.. THAT. Is the best part." I grinned at him, getting up from the bed and walking over to him.

Severus' face just became redder and redder the more I spoke. But. He didn't respond.

I wrapped my arms around his waist and rested my chin on his shoulder,

"Why won't you respond, Sevy?" I asked.

He turned around and gave me a look while I still had my arms wrapped around him.

"I thought we'd moved past that nickname.." Severus groaned.

"So you respond! After all that the nickname gets yo-"

"(Y/N)?" Severus cut me off.

I looked at Severus, who had a small grin plastered on his face.

"Be quiet." Immediately after Severus had said that, he pulled me right back into a kiss.

This time, it was longer and more passionate. I could feel him smiling, which caused me to smile a bit as well. The longer the kiss went on the more intense it became. But it had to come to an end at some point. Severus pulled back to look at me. I felt him exhale on my face, which caused some goosebumps to form on my shoulders. Severus pushed a hair out of my face and tucked it behind my ear while examining my face. It was currently turning a shade of pink.

"I love you, Sev." I said out of the blue.

Without hesitation, Severus responded,

"I love you too, (Y/N)."

After all that sappy stuff, we decided to get ready for bed. I changed into some comfortable sleep clothes in the bathroom while Severus changed in his room. Once I walked back into the room, realization hit me. There's only one bed so, does that mean we're sleeping in the same bed?

I was too sleepy to think about that and just let myself fall on one side of the bed. Severus apparently thought it was funny and chuckled at me. I turned and stuck my tongue out at him. It was only then that I noticed what nice sleep clothes he had on. Looked kind of like silk to be honest.

"You can sleep there if you'd like, I'll be downstairs if you need anything." Severus said before walking towards the door.

"Severus." I said, stopping him from leaving.

Severus looked at me with anticipation while I sat up a bit.

"Sleep with me." I said while holding out my hand.

He smirked at me and I realized how I had just worded my sentence.

"You know what I meant Severus!" I exclaimed as he walked over to me and took my hand.

He sat next to me and seemed a bit unsure. I ended up just pulling the blanket over the both of us and pulling him down so that we were both laying down. We faced each other and didn't say anything. Then, I decided to wrap my arms around him and rest my head against his chest. Severus eventually rested his chin on my head and put his arms around me. I sighed and became very sleepy all of a sudden. Within a minute or two, both of us had fallen asleep to the sound of the rain hitting the window.