Title: Blind
Rating: G
Word Count: 619
Summary: Ron's not as blind as some like to believe.
Warnings: other than the fact that this is my first ever Hermione/Severus story, there is none.
Notes: Un-Beta'd.. written for the LJ 100Quills, Prompt set: 50.2, Prompt: Blind.

Blind

Ron Weasley was many things, but stupid wasn't one of them. Oh sure people always took him as the denser one of the "Golden Trio", but he knew more than he let on. Growing up in a huge family gave him an insight into how people actually felt, deep down. This enables him to understand quite a bit about another by just watching and paying close attention.

This was how he knew that his best friend was in love with the Potions Master.

At first he thought he had read the signs wrong. Hermione was different from most witches their age when it came to attraction. Or at least that was what he thought before.

He first noticed something odd one time during double potions. Hermione was watching and listening to Snape with rapt attention, her quill flying across the paper. Of course this wasn't what got Ron thinking. It was the way she was looking at Snape that sent his mind in a whirlwind.

After that incident Ron had vowed to pay a bit more attention to his best friend, and against his more rational side (Yes, despite what many may believe, he did have) Snape.

Since the war there were many changes. One, though quite subtle, was the way the Potions Master treated his students. He was still considered a git, but he was fair. Thus creating a better atmosphere in the dungeons (and less explosions, though Ron still wasn't sure if it was because Neville no longer took potions or because Snape had loosened up a little).

It was about a week later when Ron noticed the looks Snape was sending towards Hermione. They were calculation, curious, and a bit confused almost as if he wasn't sure what he was seeing before him anymore. When Hermione answered questions in his class (always right, like normal) instead of the usual scathing retorts he just nods and moves on. But Ron notices the way he almost smiles. Almost.

This is when he started to believe that Severus Snape, Potions Master, and "Greasy git" shared the same feelings for Hermione.

"You should go for it 'Mione."

He and Hermione were alone in the library studying for their NEWTs so he knew that they wouldn't be disturbed here.

Looking up at him with a raised eyebrow, "What are you talking about?"

Ignoring her question, "Student/Teacher relationships aren't against the rules if the student is of the age of consent."

She opened her mouth, and then closed it. A look of confused sort of shock fell onto her face.

"I have no idea what you're going on about, Ron."

"I'm not blind, you know. I have noticed the way you look at him," Rom smirked a little, enjoying the fact that he had shocked her. Considering it was she, that was an enormous accomplishment for him.

"You're delusional," a look of fear flashed in her eyes, "But I'll bite, the way I look at whom?"

Before he had a chance to reply Harry came into view carrying a couple of his books.

"You know who I'm talking about, 'Mione, and I'm telling you it goes both ways."

Hermione didn't get a chance to reply sense Harry took a seat across from her, but Ron knew she was thinking over what he said.

Ron finds it funny how so many think of him as someone who doesn't pick up on things. He doesn't dislodge the notion by telling them that they're the ones that are blind. They never saw the looks that past between Hermione and Snape. No, they never saw it coming when the NEWTs were over, when the two showed up together at the end of the year dance.